After an indeterminate amount of time, Lu Sheng slowly opened his eyes.
Before him was the cold, bumpy floor of the secret chamber. The black metal floor still had dents left by his previous cultivation.
"Water …" His body instinctively felt parched. His throat felt as though it was smoking.
The secret chamber was silent. It was a pity that he was the only one here. No one could help him.
Lu Sheng propped himself up with his hands and tried to stand up.
"Bam!"
His arms were weak and he actually fell back onto the floor.
"Water …" he moaned softly.
No one responded. He had personally designed the soundproofing of this secret chamber. The metal plates were filled with stone slabs and cotton. The cost was staggering but the soundproofing was excellent.
Moreover, he had instructed that no one was to disturb his seclusion for no reason. No matter what the guards outside heard, they were not to disturb him.
Therefore, even if he yelled and screamed inside, no one would come outside.
Lu Sheng struggled for a while but still could not get up. He could only lie on his stomach to rest and recover his strength.
His thighs, back and arms were burning with pain. He tilted his head to take a look. There was a large wound on his thigh. A thin layer of white hair was growing on the surface of the wound.
"Damn it! What kind of demon is that Officiator? How can he be so poisonous! " Lu Sheng's heart skipped a beat. Yin-Yang Jade Crane Skill circulated rapidly within him to stimulate his body's immune system.
After lying on his stomach for a while, he finally regained some strength. Then, he slowly propped himself up and inched his way to the compartment where the food and drink were kept. He took out a water bag and opened it to drink.
The secret compartment was a hole dug out from the wall. Not only was the food and drink stored inside, there were also some basic medicinal poultices and powders. Bandages and the like.
Lu Sheng picked out a medicinal powder wrapped in white paper. He opened it gently and swallowed it in one gulp.
"I hope it works. This is the antidote powder that Senior Apprentice Brother developed. " He knew that these medicinal powders were only meant to cure mortal poisons and had almost no effect on poisons above the level of Bind. However, Lu Sheng still stuffed several antidotes into his mouth in a messy manner and swallowed them down with water.
After eating some dried meat and snacks, he finally recovered some strength. Enduring the pain, he began to treat his injuries.
First, the thigh.
A fist-sized chunk of flesh had been dug out of his thigh, along with his fascia. The injury was severe, and even his bones were almost destroyed.
And the most terrifying thing was the layer of white hair growing on the flesh of that mouth.
Lu Sheng endured the pain, took out a small knife from a hidden compartment, and fiercely cut the wound.
"Ah!!"
He let out a low roar and his entire body trembled. Blood immediately gushed out from his thigh. The layer of white hair and a small layer of flesh were all cut off by him.
Lu Sheng quickly pressed his palm against the side of the wound and firmly blocked the main blood vessel. Then, he took out a piece of cloth or cotton from a secret compartment and quickly poured the medicinal powder on it. In addition, he used his hard body skill to control his muscles and tighten them to stop the bleeding. He was finally done.
After dealing with the wound on his thigh, Lu Sheng quickly bandaged the rest of the injuries on his body.
After he was done, he sat down cross-legged and began to inspect the condition of his body.
After closing his eyes for a moment, he quickly opened them, a bitter smile on his face.
'This is bad. My injuries are much more serious than those from Black Fury Skill, and I don't have enough self-healing ability. Fortunately, I've killed the Officiator, so there's no threat for the time being. As long as there's no concrete evidence, with Shangyang Family behind me, and I've shown sufficient self-defense ability, I won't be sacrificed so easily. '
His body was a mess. Ultimate Crimson Nine Furies Skill had been depleted, and only a sliver of it was left flowing slowly in his body. If it had been a river before, it was now a small water pipe.
Yin-Yang Jade Crane Skill also consumed a lot of inner Qi. Just as it emerged, it was quickly consumed by the wound. Suppressing poison and accelerating self-healing — both required a large amount of nourishment from Yin-Yang Jade Crane Skill.
The only good news was that because his hard body skill was extremely powerful, his injuries were not too serious. Only the internal injuries were critical.
Mainly because he had detonated liquefied Qi twice, his meridians were severely damaged, and his inner Qi recovery speed was extremely slow. Whether it was Ultimate Crimson Nine Furies Skill or Yin-Yang Jade Crane Skill, their recovery speed was greatly reduced, not even one-tenth of their original.
After meditating and regulating his breathing in the secret chamber, and taking some medicinal pills to recover inner Qi, Lu Sheng went into seclusion for half a day and soon came out.
Although he had killed the Officiator this time, he had also sacrificed eight hundred men to kill a thousand enemies. Going into seclusion would not help. He needed to find some special healing skills and medicine.
Outside the secret chamber, Jade Lotus and another Elder were waiting respectfully. Seeing Lu Sheng emerge from seclusion, the two hurried forward and greeted him respectfully.
"Sect Master, Xiao Manor has sent someone to invite you to tonight's banquet."
"I'm not going. Just say that I'm in seclusion and cultivating. If there's anything important, just send them a letter." Naturally, Lu Sheng would not go to Xiao Manor at this time and get himself in trouble.
He had killed four Emissaries and a Officiator from Ashoka Manor. If he went there and was discovered, wouldn't he be courting death?
Jade Lotus nodded and took note of the reply.
"Also, Sect Master Chen Ying has returned from Twin Wind City with a little boy. He's said to be a child of a disaster victim. Looks like he's going to adopt him into the sect. "
"Just get someone to register him. Check out that child's background. If there's nothing wrong, then leave him be." Lu Sheng had no time for such trifling matters. "Oh, right. Where are the External Affairs Emissaries who went out on missions? Not back yet? "
"Er … one returned. There's no news of the others," Jade Lotus said in a low voice.
After so many days without news, Lu Sheng's head began to hurt. The casualty rate of an External Affairs Emissary was extremely high, so it was usually rotated among the sect's upper echelons. Now it was Internal Affairs Emissary Wang and Elder Ouyang's turn. He wondered how they were faring.
It was a pity that he was heavily injured. With his current strength, he might not even be able to defeat an ordinary Single-Vein. If an enemy were to attack now …
Lu Sheng's heart skipped a beat, but he remained calm on the surface. He quickly dismissed Jade Lotus and Elder Ouyang, and went straight to the Martial Proclamation Library.
The pavilion elder at the counter on the first floor was sleeping soundly. There were only a few people on the first and second floors of the Martial Proclamation Library. The other floors were empty.
Lu Sheng went straight to the fourth floor, where healing inner force skills were stored.
He quickly returned with several Strength Proficiency mantra manuals, as well as the Intent Proficiency manual that he had asked the Elder to bring back. He placed them on the fourth floor for the upper echelons to cultivate. He took them out as well.
"Pavilion elder, do you know of any inner force skills that have miraculous healing effects?" Lu Sheng's breathing was extremely unstable. His face was pale from the excessive blood loss. Anyone could tell that he was injured at a glance.
He decided not to hide it, and took the opportunity to ask the pavilion elder.
The old man raised his head from the counter with sleepy eyes and glanced at Lu Sheng. With just one glance, his expression suddenly changed.
"You fought a zombie!?"
Lu Sheng was stunned.
"Zombie?!"
"And not just any zombie. It's at least at the level of a Red Phosphor Corpse General!" The pavilion elder's expression quickly turned serious. "Sect Master, your forehead is slightly black, your eyelids are faintly purplish-red, and there are faint grey spots on your neck. Tell me honestly, is there a layer of white hair growing on your wound!?"
Lu Sheng did not expect the pavilion elder to be so proficient, to be able to tell his condition at a glance. He did not hide it, and nodded. "That's right, that's indeed the case. Pavilion elder, do you have any way to cure the poison?"
The pavilion elder was silent for a while.
"The only way is to bathe in large quantities with Nine Villages Lotus Hearts, and at the same time ingest the Fire-Dissolving Powder four times a day! Take it for at least a year. As for the effect, it depends on the degree of recovery, Sect Master. But you'd better be mentally prepared. The poison of the Red Phosphor Corpse is very difficult to deal with. "
Coming out of the Martial Proclamation Library, Lu Sheng's heart was heavy. He did not expect the Officiator's poison to be so potent, and so obvious.
He quickly sent for the Nine Villages Lotus Hearts, and immediately began to bathe. After the bath, he felt refreshed, as if his body had been cleansed of a lot of toxins.
Although his meridians did not recover much, he could clearly feel that the burning sensation around his wounds had lessened significantly.
Returning to the secret chamber, he once again took out the piece of metal he had obtained from the Officiator's body, and placed it in front of him to observe it carefully.
Under the dim candlelight, the surface of the metal glowed faintly with a dark yellow light. The patterns on it were like small, animated snakes. It was filled with a large amount of Yin Qi, so dense that it had reached a certain level.
'Looks like the only way for me to recover from my injuries is through Yin Qi.' Lu Sheng's eyes narrowed slightly, and he stared fixedly at the dark gold piece before him.
He casually wiped some blood from his wounds, and lightly smeared it on the surface of the metal.
"Hiss …" A large amount of white Qi rose from the surface of the metal. Like a breached dam, a vast amount of Yin Qi surged madly into his body.
The chilling Yin Qi caused Lu Sheng to groan involuntarily, but he could only endure it.
'The only effective thing now is to quickly raise the level of healing skills like Yin-Yang Jade Crane Skill to recuperate! Luckily, I've obtained so much Yin Qi this time. Otherwise, it would've been a huge loss. 'Lu Sheng sighed inwardly, quietly waiting for the Yin Qi to end.
Time ticked by. In the blink of an eye, twenty breaths had passed, and the Yin Qi was still surging in. Lu Sheng had clearly estimated that twenty units of Yin Qi had entered his body, but the Yin Qi from the metal piece was still gushing in endlessly.
This was a sign he had never seen before.
Suddenly, Lu Sheng recalled the Divine Weapon shard that Zhang Peng had mentioned earlier.
'Could this be the so-called Divine Weapon shard??' His heart skipped a beat.
The Yin Qi flowed in endlessly. After a full fifty breaths, it gradually weakened, and then faded until it completely disappeared.
'At least fifty units!!' Lu Sheng had been calculating carefully, and was overjoyed. This was an unexpected gain.
'Deep Blue!'
He had to immediately extrapolate and raise the level of Yin-Yang Jade Crane Skill to heal his wounds. Otherwise, in this position, if he was discovered to be lacking in strength, the umbrella lady would definitely not let this opportunity slip by.
Scarlet District had never been on good terms with the Noble Families. They did not care about Shangyang Family at all. Moreover, Shangyang Family was only here in name. They would never mobilize experts into the Northern Lands. It was only an accident that a genius like Shangyang Jiuli had stayed here.
With a swoosh, the pale blue frame of the Modifier floated before Lu Sheng's eyes.
His gaze quickly fell on Yin-Yang Jade Crane Skill.
Only then did he realize that his Yin-Yang Jade Crane Skill was only at Level Four. Up until now, Ultimate Crimson Nine Furies Skill had already liquefied his inner Qi and reached Level Nine. Yet this combination of life-force skills that he had initially relied on was only at Level Four.
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