"What do you mean?"
Gu Li asked with bloodshot eyes. The Venerable of Numinous Treasure merely glanced at him indifferently, but said nothing.
"Speak!"
Gu Li was about to go crazy. An Lu was his life, yet this person said that if he left the mountain, she'd die.
Now, he was filled with regret. If he had known that something like this would happen, no matter how much An Lu begged him, he would never have brought her to such a place.
"Is this how you ask for help?" The Venerable of Lingbao snorted. "You don't have the strength of the Emperor Star, but you do have the temper of the Emperor Star."
"Sovereign, Gu Li is anxious to save someone. If you know what's going on, then just say it," said Ye Zichen worriedly.
"I'm not too sure, but I'm sure that they'll definitely die if they descend the mountain now. The only thing we can do now is to keep moving forward." The Sovereign of Numinous Treasure looked at An Lu and Pu Jingwan. "It's best if the two of them are isolated from everyone else. No one can be sure if the symptoms really are contagious."
"What do you mean by that?" Gu Li glared.
"You don't have to glare at me. I'm just saying what I want to say. Even the Hermit Emperor couldn't see through their symptoms. I have my suspicions, but I can't prove them. The girl in your arms only got sick after she started following Pu Jingwan. Who knows if it's a contagious disease? "
The Venerable of Numinous Treasure said calmly.
"The two of them must be separated. And you … You're hugging her like that. Maybe you're also a carrier of the virus. Please stay away from us."
"Hmph, even if you don't say it, I can't be bothered to associate with you."
Gu Li clenched his teeth, then carried An Lu to the back of the group. Ye Zichen muttered to himself for a moment, then followed.
"Ye." "Don't come over. The Venerable of Lingbao is right. No one can be sure if this is an infectious disease. What's more, we're in the middle of a mountain range filled with ferocious beasts. If we all get infected, then we'll all be wiped out if we encounter a ferocious beast, "Ye Zichen glanced at Gu Li.
It was also to let him understand the Venerable of Numinous Treasure's intention.
Those suspected of carrying the virus were quarantined at the back, while Yang Jian and a few other healthy people led the way.
However …
"Monkey."
No one would've guessed that not long after they left, the Great Sage would show the same symptoms as Pu Jingwan and the others. It wasn't just him; even Xuan Ji of the Profound Pavilion was showing the same symptoms.
When the symptoms broke out, several Imperial Lord experts were struck down by what appeared to be altitude sickness.
The Great Saint's hands pressed against the ground as he coughed uncontrollably. Xuan Ji's brows furrowed as she sat on the ground, unable to move a single step.
"Pu Jingwan."
Just as the team came to a halt, Pu Jingwan, who was the first to show symptoms, collapsed on the mountainside.
Ye Zichen probed her nose. He could still sense her weak breathing, but it was barely discernible.
Even the Hermit Emperor was at a loss for what to do. He had practiced medicine for hundreds of thousands of years, but he had never encountered such a strange symptom.
The Venerable of Numinous Treasure walked up to Pu Jingwan. He reached out and flipped her eyelids, then placed his fingers on her neck for a long time. Finally, he ripped off her left sleeve.
A dark red dotted line extended from her arm to her shoulder.
Then he walked over to An Lu's side and ripped off her left sleeve as well. Another dark red line appeared, but her condition was much better than Pu Jingwan's.
When he reached Xuan Ji and the Great Sage's sides, the same thing happened to their arms.
Especially the Great Sage. The dark red line on his arm was even worse than Pu Jingwan's.
"You've been holding it in all this time?" The Venerable glanced at the Great Sage.
The Great Sage said nothing, but it was clear that he was in great pain. At first, he was wheezing and coughing, but now he was retching.
"Venerable Numinous Treasure, what on earth is going on?"
The Hermit Emperor didn't know what was going on, but judging from the Venerable's expression, he knew a thing or two.
Everyone else who wasn't showing symptoms looked at him. The Venerable furrowed his brows, then looked around.
"If I'm not mistaken, the problem lies on this mountain."
"Do I need you to tell me that?" roared Gu Li. The Venerable glanced at the furious Gu Li. He clearly didn't want to say anything more. However, he and the Great Sage were good friends. Whenever they had something to do, they'd exchange tips on how to "retrieve" treasures. He couldn't be bothered to care whether the others died or not. If the Great Sage died as well, he'd lose a dear friend.
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The Venerable completely ignored Gu Li and looked directly at Ye Zichen.
"Their symptoms seem like they've ingested the pollen of a Thousand Lotus."
"A Thousand Lotus?" The Hermit Emperor arched his brows. It seemed he knew about the flower. "That flower is a medicinal ingredient. Quite a few pills contain it, but I've never heard of it being a poison."
"A Thousand Lotus is a pill refinement ingredient, but how much pollen do you put into a pill?"
Although the Hermit Emperor wasn't a pill refinement grandmaster, he'd practiced medicine for many years and had some understanding of pills. The Venerable's words instantly brought him to his senses.
"You're saying there's a field of Thousand Lotus flowers nearby?" The Venerable nodded noncommittally. "Thousand Lotus flowers live in snowy mountains, and this is a snowy mountain. It's the perfect place for them to grow. Furthermore, this is the Transcendence Mausoleum. It only appears once in a trillion years. Without outside interference, a hundred million years of growth will make the Thousand Lotus Flowers grow to what?
How long will they grow? "
"That ….."
When he heard this, the Hermit Emperor couldn't help but think of a field of Thousand Lotus flowers.
The Thousand Lotus Flower was a rare and precious medicinal herb, and its effect was to purify the color and medicinal efficacy of pills. Even divine-grade pills could be purified by adding a bit of Thousand Lotus Powder.
As a result, Thousand Lotus flowers were priceless outside. They were priceless, but there was no supply.
Countless pill refiners dreamed of obtaining them.
In the Upper Three Realms, anyone who could find a single Thousand Lotus flower wouldn't only be able to leap through the dragon's gate, but after selling it, they'd be able to go from supreme-level to divine-level.
From this, it could be seen how valuable the Thousand Lotus Flower was.
However, the Hermit Emperor had no idea that too much of their pollen was a kind of poison.
This wasn't because he was ignorant or ill-informed. Rather, there was simply no place in the Yao and Demon Realms where Thousand Lotus flowers could grow for millions of years without being destroyed. Anyone who saw a Thousand Lotus Flower, even if it wasn't fully grown yet, would want to dig up everything within ten miles of it.
"You still haven't told me how you're going to save them," said Gu Li.
He didn't care whether the Thousand Lotus Flower was a Thousand Lotus or not, nor did he care how expensive it was.
At this moment, all he could see was the poisoned An Lu and the method to detoxify her.
"Around the Thousand Lotus Flower, there will be a type of grass known as the Sorrow Relieving Grass. This kind of grass was extremely poisonous, and eating it could make one forget their worries. Of course, the result was naturally death. You should know about the Hermit Emperor, right? This type of grass is usually harvested to make poison, "said the Venerable of Numinous Treasure.
The Hermit Emperor nodded, and the Venerable of Numinous Treasure added. "The herb that can cure the poison of the Thousand Lotus Flower Powder is this Sorrow Relief Grass. If it can survive under the Thousand Lotus Flower Powder, this Sorrow Relief Grass will definitely have resistance to the Thousand Lotus Flower Powder. If you find it and give it to these people, they might still have a chance to live. As for the location of the Thousand Lotus, judging from the current situation,
There should be a Thousand Lotuses area nearby. You just have to search carefully. "
"I'll go right now," said Gu Li without even thinking about it. "If you go by yourself, you'll just be courting death. The Thousand Lotus Flower is a supreme treasure in the Divine, Yao, and Devil Realms. Any one of the Thousand Lotus Flowers would be surrounded by fierce beasts, let alone a field of Thousand Lotus Flowers. If there wasn't a group of ferocious beasts guarding that place, then the ferocious beasts that were able to take control of the Thousand Lotus Flowers by themselves had to be at a fairly high realm.
So high. "
The Lord of Numinous Treasure glanced at Gu Li, then at Yang Jian and Ye Zichen. "The two of you come with us. The Hermit Emperor and I will stay here to take care of the patients. Pu Jingwan and the monkey's situation is critical, and we don't have much time left for them. If that crimson thread reached their hearts, their hearts would explode.
It will become the place where the Thousand Lotuses will sprout. "
Take root and sprout?
The expressions of Ye Zichen and the others froze. If their hearts became the seeds of a thousand lotuses, not even a Golden Immortal of the Great Firmament would be able to save them.
He had to find the Forget Worries Grass quickly.
"Let's head out right away."
"Before you go, leave me some spirit-recovering pills. They'll use up their spiritual energy quickly. In this kind of frigid weather, if they don't have spiritual energy to protect them, they'll freeze to death before the Thousand Lotus Flowers take root in their hearts," said the Lord of Numinous Treasure.
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It was still snowing heavily.
Ye Zichen left practically all of his divine-grade spirit-recovering pills with the Lord of Numinous Treasure. He only kept a few bottles for himself in case he needed them.
Yang Jian, Gu Li, and Ye Zichen left the encampment and began to search aimlessly for the Thousand Lotus.
Based on the Lord of Numinous Treasure's description, there should be a large field of Thousand Lotus Flowers nearby. However, finding them was still difficult. They were on a snowy mountain, and the Thousand Lotus Flowers were snow-white. The snow seemed to act as their camouflage, making them difficult to detect.
"We left in too much of a hurry. We should've asked how to find them," said Yang Jian.
"The Thousand Lotus Flowers have a strange fragrance. If they're in a large field, the fragrance should be very strong. All we have to do is follow the scent," said Gu Li.
"Are you an idiot?" Yang Jian rolled his eyes in exasperation. "Just listen to the wind. Even if there's a strange fragrance, do you think we'll be able to follow it?"
"Then tell me how to find them," said Gu Li. For once, he didn't retort.
"I …." Yang Jian pursed his lips. "I'm usually not the one to do things that require brains."
"Shh!"
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