You're Hard to Kill!

Li Xuanxiao poured all the Five Poisons Powder onto her wounds, then thoughtfully asked:

"Does it hurt?"

The Woman in Red answered his question with silence.

Li Xuanxiao picked up another bottle of disinfectant.

Corrosive Water.

"Sizzle—"

The Woman in Red's body trembled slightly.

It worked?

Li Xuanxiao reached out and removed the inner armor from her back. Even through his fingers, he could feel the lingering warmth and powerful aura upon it.

The woman's bare back was fully revealed before Li Xuanxiao's eyes.

If one ignored the wounds, the lines of her back were beautiful and fluid. Every inch of skin gave off a captivating sheen, so delicate that one could not help wanting to reach out and touch it, yet feared sullying that beauty.

From her slender neck down to her waist, narrow enough to encircle with one hand, every curve was just right.

Yet Li Xuanxiao had no mind to admire it.

He held a small green bottle and sprinkled its contents over her wounds.

Anesthetic Powder.

A small pinch was enough to knock out an elephant.

Yet even after half the bottle had been poured onto the wounds, it was still completely useless.

I'll give you something stronger!!

Li Xuanxiao mixed several medicine bottles together.

"What is that?" the Woman in Red suddenly asked.

"Your injuries are too severe. These medicines need to be mixed together."

The Woman in Red said nothing more.

Li Xuanxiao smeared the multicolored ointment all over her body.

Then he wrapped the wounds in gauze.

I refuse to believe I can't poison you to death!!

The woman sharply drew in a breath, then slowly said after a moment.

"The front."

The Woman in Red's eyelashes trembled slightly as she turned around.

Only then did he notice that a seductive blush had risen across her cheeks.

That blush was like peach blossoms newly opening in spring, tender and glistening with moisture.

It lightly covered her fair, jade-like skin, lending even more charm and allure to her already lovely face.

Li Xuanxiao's expression did not change as he thought to himself:

I refuse to believe this still won't poison you to death!

As Li Xuanxiao applied the medicine,

the woman's willow-leaf brows drew tightly together. Her exquisite face twisted slightly, as though she were enduring immense pain.

A low, suppressed moan escaped involuntarily from beneath her delicate, proud nose.

Thirty-year Crane's Blood, fifty-year Peacock Gall, sixty-year Heartbreak Grass, poisoned wine...

Li Xuanxiao mixed all of it together, then silently crushed a poisonous scorpion into the mixture.

He spread it evenly over her wounds, then took out gauze and wrapped them up.

"Phew!!"

It was finally over.

The Woman in Red seemed to let out a sigh of relief.

She lay upon a stone in the cave, her gaze lifting slightly to settle on the young man who had helped her.

You're hard to kill!!

Li Xuanxiao thought bitterly.

Only then did the Woman in Red remember to reach out and tug at her clothes.

"The wounds have already been treated. Be careful not to make any large movements recently, and try not to fight anyone again. As for your internal injuries, forgive me, but there is truly nothing I can do about them."

"You'll have to rely on yourself for those. All I could do was help stop the bleeding first."

"Get some rest first. I'll be leaving now, so there's no need to see me off."

"By the rules of the martial world, meeting is fate..."

Li Xuanxiao continued speaking to himself, then lifted a foot and headed toward the cave entrance.

"Wait." The Woman in Red parted her crimson lips.

Li Xuanxiao's expression remained unchanged. "No need to be polite. There's no need to say thanks either. Keep it all in your heart."

"Stop!"

Her tone was several degrees colder this time.

Li Xuanxiao stopped moving.

"I never said you could leave," the Woman in Red said coldly.

Li Xuanxiao promptly sat back down. "May I ask if there's anything else I can do for you?"

"Before I leave, you are not allowed to go anywhere."

"Um... I should explain that we came to the Southern Border to train. If I do not return for a long time, the elders of my sect will organize a large-scale search of the mountains. I fear that would become troublesome."

Li Xuanxiao indirectly reminded her of the people behind him.

"A mere Golden Core Young Elder." The Woman in Red's tone carried arrogance.

Well, damn! She's even figured out all our details.

Li Xuanxiao obediently shut his mouth.

"I never owe anyone anything. Don't worry." After saying that, the Woman in Red closed her eyes.

Li Xuanxiao did not know whether she had fallen asleep or was testing him.

For a while, he did not dare make any rash move.

About a day passed like this.

The Woman in Red woke again. This time, her complexion had become much rosier, and the bleeding from her body had long since stopped.

"What medicine did you use on me? The wounds have healed rather well."

Li Xuanxiao's mouth twitched slightly, and he could only say that it was Shu Mountain's fine medicine.

Damn it! Could she be immune to a hundred poisons?

Could she absorb any poison as nourishment?

The Woman in Red sat up, seemingly circulating her cultivation to recover from her injuries.

Li Xuanxiao's head felt twice as large. She was already this terrifying with serious injuries—if she fully recovered, wouldn't that be the end of him?

At that thought, Li Xuanxiao stood up.

"I'll go outside and look for something to eat."

After all, he was only at Foundation Establishment and needed food to replenish his energy. This reason could not have been more normal.

"I'll also collect some dew for you."

Dew gathered spiritual energy. Cultivators like the Woman in Red likely would not normally think much of dew.

But now that she was injured, that was another matter altogether.

The Woman in Red nodded.

Only after receiving her consent did Li Xuanxiao leave the cave.

However, he had no intention of running away.

What a joke. With this great deity sitting there,

even if she gave him a full day's head start, she could easily catch him and drag him back.

As for asking others for help, that was even less worth considering.

The Young Elder leading the group was only at the Golden Core stage, and in her eyes, he was not worth mentioning.

Li Xuanxiao left the cave and took out a blue bottle from his Storage Ring, scattering its contents around the area.

This medicinal powder could attract the vicious beasts and poisonous insects in the forest.

After scattering all of it, Li Xuanxiao slipped away.

He collected some dew, waited for a while longer, then put on a show and returned to the cave.

Inside the cave,

Li Xuanxiao looked at the Woman in Red sitting on the stone.

Then he looked at the corpses of several enormous, powerful vicious beasts.

"What... happened here? Did you go out hunting?"

Li Xuanxiao swiftly accepted the fact that his plan had failed, his acting flawless.

"More or less. It'll be good for nourishing the body," the Woman in Red said blandly.

Thus, the guilty Li Xuanxiao voluntarily took on the task of dissecting the vicious beasts and cooking them.

The small bottle labeled chili contained red powder when poured out, no different from chili powder.

It even carried a slightly pungent smell.

In truth, it was Heart-Piercing Powder...

After a while, a pot of vicious beast meat soup was ready.

Under Li Xuanxiao's cooking, it looked exceedingly appetizing.

The Woman in Red glanced at Li Xuanxiao. She had not expected young people these days to have such skill in cooking.