Chapter 86: Deep Fire Poison Endangers Little White’s Life, Li Yu Saves the Day with Treasure (Two-in-One)
Bang!
A loud bang came from the Wang Family’s courtyard, and at the same time, charred smoke billowed from the Pill Furnace.
“Fa-failed?” Little Black turned to look at his sister, whose face had grown even paler, and forced a smile: “It’s o-okay, we still have a chance.”
Little White secretly swallowed the clotted blood in her mouth, also showing a smile: “Mm, I know, Brother.”
“You go back to the house and rest for a while, I’ll clean up outside.”
Little White nodded, struggled to stand up, and slowly moved towards the house.
Upon closer inspection, every step she took left a charred mark on the ground.
This showed how deep the fire poison was, already at a critical stage.
If their clothes weren’t Magical Artifacts, they would have probably turned to ashes long ago.
Yet, Little White always maintained a faint smile, never once crying out in pain.
Looking at his sister, Little Black pursed his lips tightly.
Indeed, as the Zhengyang Sect Disciple said, their Family’s ancestor, in order to become an Alchemist, used a secret method to draw heavenly fire into his body.
This resulted in all descendants of the Wang Family being afflicted with fire poison, which grew progressively worse.
By their generation, the fire poison had become unfathomable.
He possessed a fire-attribute Spiritual Root, so he could barely suppress the fire poison, but his sister, for some unknown reason, had a Spiritual Root attribute unrelated to the Five Elements.
This meant his sister was completely unable to resist the fire poison, enduring the torment of being burned by scorching flames every moment.
Her survival to this day was solely due to her will to live.
If he still couldn’t successfully refine the Qingyan Pill…
“What’s wrong?”
Feeling her brother’s gaze, Little White gently turned around and said with a smile: “If Brother is tired, I can clean up too.”
“No, no need, you go rest first.”
His sister had a strong personality and didn’t want him to help her, so Little Black watched her enter the house before carefully pouring out the charred ashes from the Pill Furnace.
Not long ago, these were precious Spiritual Plants and Spiritual Objects.
Looking at the ashes, Little Black sighed in his heart.
It had indeed failed again.
Frankly speaking, Little Black and Little White’s Cultivation talent was quite extraordinary.
But because of the fire poison in their bodies, they could only barely Cultivate.
Although they could use one or two fire-attribute Spells, it was very difficult to use them for Alchemy.
In Alchemy, a slight deviation leads to a huge difference.
Whether it was the proportion of Materials, the Alchemy time, or the intensity of the Pill Fire…
All had extremely strict requirements; one misstep would lead to complete failure.
Given the condition of the siblings, it was naturally very difficult for them to refine any Medicinal Pill.
Fortunately, their Alchemy talent was also exceptional, which preserved a glimmer of hope for them.
Little Black reached out, pinched a bit of ash, put it in his mouth, and murmured: “The Materials are largely sufficient for refining the Qingyan Pill, but the heat is still very difficult to control.”
After roughly understanding the reason for this Alchemy failure, Little Black cleaned the courtyard, placed the precious Pill Furnace in the center, and then prepared to go hunting.
As he was leaving, the Divine Hidden Butterfly perched on the tree suddenly spoke: “Since an Immortal is willing to help you, why do you still try yourselves? It must not have been easy for you to gather the Materials for Alchemy, was it?”
Little Black looked at the Butterfly, his tone very calm: “Ever since our Family suffered a great disaster, hundreds of years of Family experience have taught us one thing: it’s better to rely on oneself than on others. There are countless difficulties in life, how can one rely entirely on the help of others?”
“People must save themselves.”
Leaving this remark, Little Black went out hunting.
The Divine Hidden Butterfly remained quietly perched, estimating the time of its master’s arrival.
Approximately three more days.
Half a day passed, and Little Black caught two wild pheasants and even found several Spiritual Plants.
Such a great harvest made Little Black quite excited.
“I can try again!”
Returning to the courtyard, he plucked, cleaned, and boiled the chickens as usual.
He looked at his sister resting in the house, thought for a moment, and pulled off a small handful of Spiritual Plants to throw into the soup.
This immediately made the chicken soup taste even richer.
After a while, the chicken soup was thoroughly cooked.
Little Black pulled off two chicken legs, two chicken wings, and served a large bowl of chicken soup, carrying it into the house.
“Brother, I’ll do it myself… cough, cough, cough—”
Splat!
Splash!
“Cough, cough, cough…” “Sister!”
Before her weak words were finished, violent coughing, the sound of bowls and pots falling to the ground, and exclamations came from the house!
The Divine Hidden Butterfly was startled, quickly flew into the house, and saw half a broken bowl and a puddle of chicken soup scattered on the ground.
Besides that, Little White was coughing violently, with large patches of blood on her body.
Little Black held his sister, mumbling indistinctly: “Sister, hold on, there’s still a chance, there’s still a chance. I found new Spiritual Plants, and with the Family’s treasured collection, we can continue Alchemy. I think this time it will definitely work!”
Little White lay in her brother’s arms, blood at the corner of her mouth.
She gently shook her head: “Brother, take me for a walk in the mountains, okay?”
“Okay, okay!”
Little Black, with tears streaming down his face, carried his sister on his back.
Feeling his sister’s weak breathing and increasingly hot body, Little Black’s heart clenched fiercely.
However, he said nothing, just carried his sister out: “When I was hunting just now, I found a small river. The water is clear. I’ll take you to see it.”
“Okay.”
Lying on her brother’s back, Little White felt incredibly relaxed.
Her body still ached intensely as if burning, but the mental pressure gradually dissipated.
She knew that she had, after all, failed to grasp that glimmer of hope, and her life was about to end.
She took a deep breath and quietly said: “Brother, you carried me like this when I was little too.”
Little Black felt a pang of sadness but didn’t want to show it in front of his sister. He just forced himself to say: “I’ll take you out for walks every day from now on.”
“Okay.”
The Divine Hidden Butterfly quietly watched this scene and reported the situation here to Li Zhuo using a sound-transmitting Jade Slip.
“I know, follow them.”
His master’s voice came from the Jade Slip. The Divine Hidden Butterfly felt a little relieved, then gently flapped its wings, following the siblings.
Little Black’s steps were steady. Every so often, he would tell Little White interesting stories about the mountains:
“A few days ago, I even saw a white tiger, but it ran away.”
“Heh heh, if the white tiger hadn’t run, it would have been your turn to run, Brother.”
“What are you saying? Your brother is incomparably Divine Might. Wait two more days, next time the white tiger comes, I’ll make you tiger bone soup!”
“Okay.”
“A little further ahead, there’s a big bird’s nest. Unfortunately, there are no bird eggs in the nest, otherwise, we could have had a feast.”
“I believe that. Brother can’t beat a tiger, but he can bully a bird.”
“What bird? That’s a Spirit Beast!”
Little Black spoke easily, but tears were already streaming down his face.
Because he could clearly feel that his sister’s body temperature was rapidly rising.
In about half a day, she would burn to death.
Little Black forcefully suppressed his trembling voice and finally brought his sister to the small river: “Look how clear this river is, there are many big flying fish in it. Too bad I haven’t caught any.”
“You stab at the fish directly, of course you won’t catch any. You need to aim three inches lower. Catch me a fish in a few days and make some fish soup to drink.”
“Okay, okay!”
“The sun is about to set, it’s so beautiful. Come to think of it, we rarely have a chance to admire the scenery like this.”
“Yes, when you get better, we’ll admire the scenery every day—”
Little Black finally couldn’t help but choke up.
Little White looked at her brother, smiling faintly: “It’s okay, do you see that ray of sunlight? I’ll become that ray of light.”
Little Black was still sobbing uncontrollably.
Little White wanted to pat her brother’s back, but found that she couldn’t even lift her hand.
She chuckled: “The bustling city and the mountains and forests are truly beautiful. Brother, you must enjoy life well.”
After a sigh, Little White finally felt her spirit about to give out.
She felt as if she had fallen into lava, her body completely enveloped by a scorching sensation, and even her vision gradually blurred.
Little White felt she was going to die, but she wasn’t afraid.
Little Black held his sister, crying loudly.
Despair completely enveloped the place.
Just then, in the despair of endless darkness, a dazzling ray of light seemed to pierce through.
A strange voice suddenly came from outside the woods.
“Yes, life is beautiful, so you must live well!”
Little Black immediately became alert.
He held his sister, staring intently at the source of the voice, like an enraged beast.
Rustle, rustle, rustle—
In a short moment, a figure emerged from the dense forest.
Long beard and whiskers, full of vigor.
Dressed in a tiger-skin robe, yet it didn’t seem out of place at all, appearing like an old Immortal from the mountains.
It was Li Zhuo’s subordinate—Li Yu!
Little Black opened his mouth, about to say something, when Li Zhuo spoke directly: “If you want your sister to live, listen to me.”
“Uh, you—”
The Divine Hidden Butterfly gently flapped its wings and landed on Li Yu’s shoulder: “This is the old Immortal who can help you.”
Little Black seemed to grasp a life-saving straw.
Even though he fully understood his sister’s condition, even though he knew his sister was almost beyond saving, even though he didn’t believe in such unprovoked kindness.
However, Li Zhuo’s appearance still gave him a glimmer of hope. That’s how people are; in despair, as long as there’s a shred of hope, they will magnify it infinitely in their hearts.
Little Black froze for a moment, then, holding his sister, he was about to kowtow and bow.
Li Zhuo waved his hand to stop Little Black and took out a cerulean Spiritual Fruit from his Storage Ring: “Feed it to your sister.”
This was a fruit from the Five Elements Fruit Tree, which Li Zhuo had already enhanced into a pure water-attribute Spiritual Fruit.
Little Black looked at the cerulean fruit, stunned for a moment, and then began to tremble all over.
He held his sister, who had already lost consciousness, with one hand, and took the fruit with the other, his voice trembling as he said: “Th-this is…”
“Alright, alright, hurry up and feed her!”
“Yes!”
Little Black breathed heavily, bit off a piece of fruit, and put it into his sister’s mouth.
Unfortunately, Little White was completely unconscious and couldn’t swallow it at all.
Little Black gritted his teeth, about to force the fruit into her mouth.
Looking at Little Black’s actions, Li Zhuo was speechless for a moment: “Why are you so stubborn? Squeeze some juice for her.”
“Oh, right, right!”
Little Black finally reacted. He peeled off a piece of fruit, aimed it at his sister’s lips, and gently squeezed. A few drops of crystalline juice entered his sister’s mouth.
Whether it was an illusion or something else, after his sister drank a few drops of juice, Little Black actually felt that his sister’s body temperature seemed to have truly decreased slightly.
This made Little Black extremely excited.
He carefully placed the squeezed fruit pulp aside and then peeled off another small piece.
Before long, all the juice from the water spirit fruit had entered Little White’s mouth.
Little Black held his sister, quietly observing her changes, his heart in his throat.
After a while, his sister frowned slightly, and at the same time, smacked her lips, letting out a soft groan.
“Sister…”
“Don’t wail!”
Li Zhuo frowned, took out a small porcelain bottle, and handed it to Little Black, muttering: “I didn’t want to use this originally. This bottle is… sigh, give her half a bottle.”
Little Black was stunned.
He took the porcelain bottle, pulled out the stopper, and with a gentle sniff, felt an extremely rich water attribute.
As someone from an Alchemy Family, Little Black immediately understood what it was: “Xuan, xuan ling water?!”
“Don’t be so startled, hurry up and feed her, remember to feed half a bottle.”
“I, I—Yes!”
Little Black tremblingly aimed the bottle at Little White’s mouth, carefully poured out one or two drops of crystalline xuan ling water, then quickly capped it and returned it to Li Zhuo.
This action surprised Li Zhuo.
He thought to himself that he usually drank it in gulps, and only now realized that xuan ling water was so precious.
“Th-thank you, Senior!”
Li Zhuo sensed Little White’s condition and nodded: “Breathing is stable, she should be able to last another two days.”
Then he looked up at Little Black and said with a smile: “Why, aren’t you going to invite me to your house for a sit-down?”
“Oh, right, right, it was Junior’s oversight.”
With that, Little Black carefully carried Little White on his back and led the way.
He brought Li Zhuo back to his small courtyard.
Entering the courtyard, Li Zhuo immediately saw the Pill Furnace in the very center.
The Pill Furnace was about half a person’s height, with a round belly, three legs, and two handles, looking like a round tripod with a lid.
Li Zhuo immediately focused all his Divine Sense on the Pill Furnace, and its detailed information appeared in his mind:
【Individual Information: Treasure Category — Crimson Flame Pill Furnace ★★】
【Treasure Effect】
【Pill Gathering and Source Unblocking (Yellow)】: When refining Medicinal Pills, it can increase the success rate of basic Medicinal Pills by +20%, the number of Pills formed by +20%, and the quality of Medicinal Pills by +20%.
【Attributes】
【Treasure Power】: 56
【Treasure Impurities】: 24
【Negative Effects】: 22
【Allocatable Attribute Points】: 0
Looking at the detailed information of the Pill Furnace, Li Zhuo sighed inwardly. As expected of a former great Alchemy Family, even the Pill Furnace they used was a two-star Treasure.
Feeling Li Zhuo’s gaze, Little Black immediately explained: “This Crimson Flame Pill Furnace is the only Treasure left of the Wang Family. If not for the Wang Family’s Divine Sense imprint on the Pill Furnace, ordinary Cultivators wouldn’t be able to activate it, and we wouldn’t have it now.”
Li Zhuo nodded.
He looked at Little Black and asked: “I heard that you need the Qingyan Pill to treat your fire poison. Do you have the Pill Formula?”
Little Black gently placed Little White on the bed and shook his head: “The Pill Formula has already…”
“Let me see it.”
“Okay, okay!”
Little Black immediately picked up a stack of small booklets and handed them to Li Zhuo with both hands: “Senior, this is the Pill Formula that my sister and I have tested over a long period.”
Li Zhuo shook his head: “Not this, I want the original Pill Formula.”
Little Black was stunned: “But, the Jade Slip where we recorded the Pill Formula is already… I’ll get it for you right away!”
After speaking, Little Black immediately ran into the house, then rummaged through boxes and cabinets, taking out an extremely damaged Jade Slip.
“Senior, this Jade Slip was written by the Wang Family’s ancestor and records Alchemy methods and some Pill Formulas. Unfortunately, it is completely damaged.”
Li Zhuo took the Jade Slip, chuckled, and probed it with his Divine Sense.
【Individual Information: Cultivation Technique Category — Alchemy True Understanding ★】
【Cultivation Technique Effect】
“Alchemy True Understanding (White)”: Cultivator’s comprehension of Alchemy +10%.
【Pill Formula Mastery (White)】: Cultivator’s success rate in refining Pill Formulas recorded in the Cultivation Technique +20%.
【Attributes】
Cultivation Technique Effect: 17
Comprehension Difficulty: 38
Cultivation Technique Flaw: 16
【Special Status】
Damage Level: 55
【Allocatable Attribute Points】: 0
“Finally, a professional match!”
Li Zhuo put the Jade Slip into his sleeve to prevent Little Black from seeing it, then began to chant silently in his mind.
“Add points!”