Chu Liang, This Guy, He's Good!

Xu Ziqing perhaps found the ground a bit dirty and didn't want to sit down, so she stood to the side. The young girl had been walking in the middle of the group just now, protected by everyone, so she wasn't tired and didn't really need to rest and adjust her breathing.

As everyone else sat down to meditate and circulate their energy, she felt a bit bored. Her lively eyes darted left and right, looking at the scenery around the dense forest.

Suddenly, a leaf in front twitched, and something seemed to move indistinctly. She was a little curious and stared at it.

Immediately after, she heard a rustling sound, and with a whoosh, a palm-sized Azure Toad darted out from under the leaves! Its large eyes bulged, and it was ugly and ferocious.

This creature wasn't a demon, so it hadn't been locked onto by Fang Ting's divine sense, and it approached the area where everyone was.

"Ah!"

But even without danger, this terrifying-looking creature caused great harm to the young girl's spirit. She stumbled in fright and retreated several steps.

With this retreat, she stepped out of the area covered by the lantern's light.

Just one step.

Just as everyone's attention was drawn over, a vine at the edge shot up with a swoosh sound, opening its fanged mouth wide!

Chirp—

The young girl was caught off guard and was bitten on the calf by the flower demon!

"Junior Sister Ziqing!" Fang Ting exclaimed, and the long sword on his back instantly struck out.

Crackle A golden dragon surged, and a torrent of sword energy carrying thunder erupted, instantly engulfing the body of the flower demon. Along with the vines, giant trees, and a large area of the dense forest behind it, a deep gully over ten zhang long was plowed out.

Chu Liang had already heard Lin Bei say that the precious sword on Fang Ting's back was called the Thunderclap Sword, and the Golden Core he cultivated was the Divine Firmament Five Thunder Golden Core, specializing in thunder sword energy.

Seeing the power of this sword now, it was indeed terrifying.

And this sword, with such exaggerated power, passed right by Xu Ziqing's body without even touching her clothes, which showed astonishing control.

There truly was a huge gap between Golden Core Realm cultivators and those in the Divine Intent Realm.

But no matter how fierce his subsequent retaliation was, it couldn't change the fact that Xu Ziqing had been bitten by the flower demon. The young girl stumbled and fell to the ground. She was quick to react and immediately circulated her energy to stop the bleeding, but soon, she heard her cry out in panic again.

"This flower demon is poisonous..."

Looking over again, sure enough, where she had lifted her pant leg, between her smooth, fair calf and ankle, the deep wound was oozing black blood. The surrounding skin was somewhat stained by black energy.

"The Green Vine Flower Demons in this forest are non-poisonous. That one just now... should be a mutated Purple Vine Flower Demon," Fang Ting said.

"This is bad," Lin Bei said. "The antidote we prepared is the Miasma Cleansing Pill, which is for the miasma in the forest. This Purple Vine Flower Demon is quite rare, and we didn't prepare an antidote for it... As of now, there's only one way!"

"What?" Everyone looked at him.

Lin Bei had a look of heroic sacrifice on his face and said resolutely, "Junior Sister Ziqing, seal your blood and energy yourself to slow down the poison from entering your body. I will immediately circulate my energy and help you suck out the poisonous blood!"

As he spoke, he bared his teeth and grinned, seemingly already preparing himself.

"Nonsense!" Fang Ting frowned and reprimanded him. "Your cultivation is similar to Junior Sister Ziqing's. What if you get poisoned too if you suck out the poisonous blood? Hmm... My cultivation is higher, I'll do the sucking."

It wasn't until this moment that the usually silent Lu Ren also spoke up, "Senior Brother Fang has a great responsibility and shouldn't take risks. Junior Brother Lin's cultivation is lower, don't act rashly. How about, I'll do the sucking."

After saying that, he also licked his lips.

"Ah..." The young girl held her delicate little foot, her voice already tinged with tears. The scene before her was clearly something she had never imagined.

Just as the three were arguing, Chu Liang from the side interjected, "Everyone, I..."

Lin Bei looked up at him. "What? You want a bite too?"

"No." Chu Liang shook his head. "I wanted to say, I brought a kind of antidote that might be able to cure Junior Sister Xu's flower demon poison."

"What?" Xu Ziqing immediately looked at Chu Liang as if she had found a life raft, her eyes shining. "Senior Brother Chu, you really brought an antidote?"

"Yes, although it's not specifically for flower demon poison, it should have some effect." Chu Liang took out the Hundred Flowers Powder and said.

"It's not a specific antidote, so there are still some risks." Lin Bei seemed a bit reluctant, looking at Xu Ziqing. "Junior Sister Ziqing, you decide..."

"In this situation, there are only two options: suck it out with your mouth or take the medicine?"

"I'll take the medicine!"

Xu Ziqing said without hesitation.

Chu Liang handed over the Hundred Flowers Powder and said, "Half taken internally, half applied externally."

"Okay, thank you, Senior Brother Chu." Xu Ziqing was extremely grateful.

"Sigh." Lin Bei sighed, looking guilty. "I can't help at all, it really bothers my conscience. Since I can't help you suck out the poisoned blood, how about I help you apply the medicine?"

This only earned him a big eye roll from Xu Ziqing.

Following Chu Liang's instructions, she divided the Hundred Flowers Powder into two halves, applying one half to the wound and taking the other half with water, then circulating her energy to regulate her breathing slightly.

In less than the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, the black energy at the wound had completely receded! Even the bowl-sized wound was healing at a visible speed.

While it was true that cultivators had vigorous qi and blood, the healing effects of the Hundred Flowers Powder definitely contributed greatly.

"Senior Brother Chu, your medicine is truly miraculous!" Xu Ziqing looked at Chu Liang in surprise.

"As long as it's effective." Chu Liang just smiled faintly.

For cultivators, as long as there was no demonic poison, ordinary flesh wounds wouldn't cause any significant impact. Xu Ziqing applied some external wound ointment, and immediately stood up as if nothing had happened, full of energy.

Perhaps it was just her imagination, but she felt that after using the medicine Chu Liang gave her, her body started emitting a fragrance, and this fragrance even changed. At first, it was a faint jasmine scent, then a fragrant rose scent, and later it turned into... well... a strange smell she had never smelled before, and it was quite strong.

Perhaps it was some kind of floral scent?

After regaining her mobility, she gracefully walked over to Chu Liang and whispered, "Senior Brother Chu, how should I thank you?"

"It's nothing." Chu Liang smiled. "You gave me Qi Gathering Pills, I gave you Hundred Flowers Powder, it's just reciprocating courtesy."

"But..." The young girl tilted her head. "Qi Gathering Pills and your Hundred Flowers Powder... how can they compare?"

Chu Liang waved his hand. "We're fellow disciples and friends, why be so calculating?"

"We're friends...?" Xu Ziqing was startled for a moment, then suddenly showed a sweet smile. "Okay."

At this time, Lin Bei also asked from the side, "However, Brother Chu, weren't you pulled over directly from the Sword Exchange Pavilion by us? Do you always carry antidotes with you?"

"Better safe than sorry," Chu Liang replied casually.

Before long, Fang Ting called for the team to set off again, and Chu Liang immediately walked to the front, resuming his task of leading the way.

This time, as everyone looked at his back, their gazes were much softer than before. The disciples of Jade Sword Peak now felt that... this disciple from Silver Sword Peak was reliable. If there were demons, he would truly fight, and if he had medicine, he would truly give it.

Chu Liang, this person, is good!