While Liu Jianling was giving out orders, a voice was suddenly heard, "Sect Master, there's an urgent matter."
Liu Jianling stared, then he said, "Come in and talk." The person outside the door nodded, then he walked in and gave Liu Jianling and the others a salute.
Liu Jianling said, "Speak, what's the matter?"
That person immediately replied, "Gang Master, just a moment ago, a large number of people in the gang suddenly had strange things growing on their bodies for some unknown reason. They look like tree bark, and their spiritual qi is rapidly spreading. Right now, the number of infected people has already reached over a thousand."
When Liu Jianling heard this, his expression couldn't help but change. Then he said, "Quickly, take me to see them." Then he immediately stood up and walked outside. At this time, the others also stood up and followed Liu Jianling outside.
Before long, they arrived in front of a room. Painful roars could be heard coming from the room. The roars didn't seem to come from a person.
Liu Jianling's expression changed as he followed the other elders into the room. As soon as they entered the room, they saw a monster lying on the bed. The reason why they called him a monster was because although he looked like a person, there were a lot of dark brown things on his body that looked like dried tree bark. These things looked like tree bark that had been blown away by the wind. If it wasn't for the fact that the person was still in human form and was still roaring, Liu Jianling would have thought that it was a tree stump that looked like a person.
Liu Jianling immediately went to the bed and carefully looked at the person. He knew this person, he was an inner disciple of the Jianyu Sect. His talent was very good, he was called Ma Zhong. Liu Jianling didn't think that he would become like this.
Liu Jianling could clearly feel that the spiritual qi in his body was rapidly disappearing. And along with the disappearance of his spiritual qi, the bark-like things on his body were rapidly growing. This made him look even more terrifying.
Liu Jianling's expression sank, he used his hand to touch Ma Zhong's bark-like body. It was rough to the touch, it felt the same as tree bark. Liu Jianling used his spiritual force to test it, but this test made him even more surprised. This was because Ma Zhong's body was made of tree bark, it wasn't made of human flesh. This made Liu Jianling very surprised.
At this time, Liu Jianling suddenly felt an itch in his hand. He looked down and found that he didn't know when the bark-like things started to grow on his hand. This made Liu Jianling's expression change. He immediately shouted, "Everyone, leave the room. This thing is contagious. Because of this, no one is allowed to enter the room." While speaking, he quickly left the room.
After Liu Jianling left the room, he immediately used his spiritual qi to feel his hand. However, as soon as his spiritual qi entered his hand, it immediately dissipated. Then his hand turned into a tree stump, and the tree bark became a lot thicker. Liu Jianling didn't know what to do with his spiritual qi.
At this time, Liu Jianling heard a few low cries coming from beside him. He turned his head and saw that the hands of the elders who had followed him into the courtyard were also growing bark-like things. Moreover, these things were still growing rapidly.
Liu Jianling's expression completely changed. He didn't think that these things would be so strange. They were actually contagious. Moreover, when they came in contact with spiritual qi, their growth would accelerate.
Liu Jianling waved his hand and a jade bottle appeared in front of him. Then the jade bottle opened itself and a pill flew out and directly entered Liu Jianling's mouth.
After Liu Jianling ate the pill, he began to pay attention to the changes on his hand. The pill had already turned into medicinal power, but the bark-like things on his hand didn't change at all. This made Liu Jianling's expression even more ugly.
What Liu Jianling ate was an antidote made by the Jianyu Sect. Although this antidote couldn't be said to be able to cure all poisons in the world, it was still able to suppress ordinary poisons. However, after Liu Jianling ate the antidote, it didn't have any effect. It was as if he wasn't poisoned at all. There were only two explanations for this situation. One was that he wasn't poisoned, and the other was that the poison was very strange. The antidote had no effect on him.
However, no matter which one it was, Liu Jianling didn't want to see it happen. Liu Jianling's expression was very ugly as he said, "Pass down the order. Seal the sect. No one is allowed to enter or leave. Everyone is to return to their rooms. Without orders, no one is allowed to come out." Then his figure moved and disappeared. The other elders did the same.
After Liu Jianling returned to his room, he immediately sat down cross-legged and felt the changes on his body. But what made him feel strange was that aside from feeling itchy, there were no other changes. If he didn't see his hand turn into a tree stump, he wouldn't have believed that his hand would become like that.
But the more this was the case, the more worried Liu Jianling was. This was because even he didn't have a way to deal with this poison. If other people in the sect were to be poisoned, then the situation would be even more serious.
Liu Jianling slowly closed his eyes and felt the poison in his body. However, he soon discovered that the poison had begun to spread from his hand to his surroundings. The itchy feeling had already spread to his elbow.
Liu Jianling's expression couldn't help but change. He now had two choices. One was to cut off his wood-like arm to prevent the poison from spreading. However, there was only a 50% chance that this method would work. This was because this poison was too special. It was completely different from the poisons he had seen before. He didn't know if this method would work or not.
The second method was to endure it and think of other ways to treat it. If it could be cured, then it would be for the best.
Liu Jianling let out a long breath. In the end, he didn't cut off his hand. This was because a Cultivator without a hand would have a huge impact on their strength.
Liu Jianling tried to move his hand, but he found that he couldn't move it at all. It was as if his hand had turned into a piece of wood. He couldn't feel anything at all. His face turned even uglier.
Then Liu Jianling took out several pills and ate them all. However, they were still useless. The poison was still spreading to his body. Moreover, it was getting faster and faster.
Liu Jianling's expression was very ugly. However, he didn't dare to mobilize his spiritual qi to resist the poison. This was because even if he didn't mobilize his spiritual qi, he could feel that his spiritual qi was being absorbed by the poison. If he mobilized his spiritual qi, then it would be even more dangerous.
Soon, Liu Jianling felt that his left hand was completely numb. Liu Jianling knew that he had to think of a way. If he couldn't, then he would be in trouble.
Suddenly, Liu Jianling's eyes flashed. He thought of a way, and that was to use his sword intent to resist the poison. Sword intent and spiritual qi weren't the same. Pure sword intent couldn't kill people. Only by using spiritual qi to form sword qi would he be able to display great power. Sword intent and sword qi weren't the same thing. Sword intent was a person's understanding of the sword. Only when you truly understand the sword and comprehend your own sword intent could you be considered to have touched the threshold of a Sword Cultivator.
However, it was a pity that sword intent was not so easy to comprehend. Even a swordsman who had been taught the way of the sword would find it difficult to comprehend sword intent.
However, Liu Jianling was the Sovereign of the Imperial Sword Sect. Naturally, he was able to comprehend sword intent. Now that he had no other choice, he could only send his sword intent to his arm. This was because he heard that one sword could break ten thousand laws. Some people used sword intent to remove the poison in their body. Therefore, he wanted to give it a try.
But generally speaking, people who knew sword intent wouldn't allow it to travel through their body. This was because sword intent was too strong. If they let it travel through their meridians, it would hurt them. But Liu Jianling didn't care about that. He wanted to try and see if sword intent was useful or not. If sword intent wasn't useful, then he would have to cut off his arm to see if it could stop the spread of the poison. Liu Jianling didn't care about that at this time, he wanted to see if sword intent was useful or not.
Before long, the sword intent reached Liu Jianling's left arm. Liu Jianling felt a heart-wrenching pain. He couldn't help but groan. But then he became happy. This was because this was the first time he felt something other than itching.
Although the sword intent was moving through his meridians, the pain was only a faint pain. It wasn't very uncomfortable. But now that the sword intent entered his left arm, the feeling was completely different. It felt as if a large needle had pierced his left arm. It made people feel a pain that went deep into their bones. It was really unbearable.
However, Liu Jianling was very happy. He looked at his left arm and found that the sword intent was pushing forward little by little. The bark-like thing on his left arm was slowly peeling off, revealing his arm once again. Although his arm looked like it was peeling off a layer of skin, in any case, it was getting better. This made Liu Jianling very happy.
Liu Jianling controlled the sword intent and pushed it forward little by little until it reached his elbow. Liu Jianling didn't stop, he still controlled the sword intent to push it forward. This was because he knew that once he stopped, the poison would immediately counterattack. He felt that the poison had been resisting his sword intent. As long as he relaxed, the poison would immediately counterattack.
Liu Jianling, who was looking at his arm, suddenly felt a stinging pain in his eyes. He stared blankly, but he immediately discovered that he was sweating profusely. Just now, the sweat had fallen into his eyes, making his eyes uncomfortable. Liu Jianling casually wiped his head with his right hand, and focused his attention on his left arm.
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