Entering the Great Desert

Chen Cheng nodded, then left with his hands clasped behind his back.

He had not gone far when his body shuddered. The color suddenly drained from him, and his skin rapidly turned ashen.

An intense cold radiated from him. The wild grass along the road froze into ice sculptures in an instant.

Snow Maiden quickly changed from a rabbit into a little girl. She took Chen Cheng's hand in her small one and began suppressing the outbreak of Cold Poison inside him.

This outbreak was fiercer than the previous ones. Even Snow Maiden, a spirit born of ice and cold, could not quickly neutralize it.

Someone soon found Chen Cheng, and he and Snow Maiden were carried back to his tent.

His Cold Poison had flared up before during the past month, so the others knew about his condition. Chen Cheng had said he could handle it and had asked Prince Pingbei and the others not to draw the poison out for him.

Otherwise, weakened as the Cold Poison was, two Demigod Level experts could still have removed it for him.

Prince Pingbei came to Chen Cheng's tent as soon as he received word. Seeing him looking like a corpse frozen to death, he immediately moved to draw out the poison.

But Snow Maiden, who was helping Chen Cheng keep the Cold Poison in check, shouted, "You can't remove it! That would put him in even greater danger. Help me stabilize the Cold Poison inside him instead."

Prince Pingbei knew Chen Cheng was hiding something, so he did not dig in his heels. He worked with Snow Maiden to suppress the Cold Poison.

The poison gradually came under control, and Chen Cheng's thoughts cleared from their haze.

"Your Majesty, you're awake. I still think you should let me remove this