Antidote

"So it's this!"

After a long while, Gu Sheng bent down and plucked a small purple flower from a clump that had been crushed by the Verdant Python. A slightly green sap splattered on his hand, sticky and slippery. Rubbing his fingers together, he felt it was very viscous and had a faint odor, which became more pronounced as it was exposed to the sun.

There's a saying that within a hundred feet of poison, there must be an antidote. There is some truth to this statement. Plants that can survive near poisonous substances must have antibodies, which allows them to survive. This is another form of survival of the fittest.

However, just because a plant has antibodies doesn't mean that animals can directly use it for detoxification. Antidotes and plants generally require secondary processing. It is rare to be able to pick something and take it directly for detoxification.

This purple flower is the same. Because it has been accidentally injured by the Verdant Python's venom for many years, it has developed immunity to the venom. However, extracting its effective detoxifying components is not easy. If Gu Sheng didn't have the system, he might not have been able to discover a way to use it for detoxification.

To make an antidote from the purple flower, you need the sap from its flower stem, which must be exposed to the scorching sun for a long time and dried in the shade to obtain a very viscous ointment. Applying the ointment to a poisoned wound can detoxify it, and it can also be applied in advance to prevent venom splashes. This is for external use only and should not be taken internally, as it will cause poisoning.

Of course, if the amount of venom is too large, the ointment will not be of much use. The most terrifying aspect of the Verdant Python's venom is its corrosive nature, similar to strong acids and bases. Ointment can neutralize this, but a small amount of ointment cannot withstand a large amount of venom for long.

Gu Sheng's eyes flickered for a moment, and then he took out a dagger and began to harvest the purple flowers, bending over like a farmer harvesting wheat. Gu Sheng moved quickly, and in a short while, he had cut a large bundle. While cutting the flowers, he also carefully observed his surroundings to guard against any potential dangers.

Gu Sheng finished cutting a large bundle of purple flowers and carried it on his back. Just as he was about to leave, a flash of light on the snake path where the Verdant Python had left caught his attention.

Gu Sheng walked over slowly. It was a dark green rock with patches of blood and a few scattered green scales. Mixed in with the green scales were a few fiery red, stiff hairs – the fur of an Iron Arm Ape.

"Looks like it's seriously injured!"

A strange look flashed in Gu Sheng's eyes. There were obvious scraping marks on the rock, and not just in one place, but further along the snake path as well. This meant that the Verdant Python was trying to clean its wounds along the way. This also showed that it had been seriously scratched by the Iron Arm Ape.

"In that case..."

Gu Sheng pondered for a while, and some ideas came to his mind.

"However, it's too risky to go there now. I should go back and think it over!"

Gu Sheng took a deep look at the snake path in the distance, then turned and left.

He carried the purple flowers on his back and walked like the wind. Following the mountain path he had come from, he quickly descended the Iron Arm Ape Mountain along an old vine. At the foot of the mountain, he identified the path and headed straight for a cliff cave about thirty feet above the ground, which had been sealed off. This cave was where Gu Sheng had left Chu Xin.

Gu Sheng jumped up the rock wall in a few steps, using a specially made grappling hook to grab the mountain wall. Then, he used his right hand to tap on the mountain wall near the cave entrance in a rhythmic pattern.

Chu Xin's voice came from inside, "Gu Sheng, you're back!"

"Yeah."

Gu Sheng's voice accurately reached Chu Xin's ears inside the cave. Then there was a sound of moving things inside, and after a while, Gu Sheng helped move the thick stone slab that sealed the cave.

Gu Sheng had put a lot of thought into Chu Xin's safety. There was not much space to stand around the cave entrance, and in addition to the stone slab, many stones had been used to seal the back. Without Chu Xin's cooperation from the inside, ordinary monsters would definitely not be able to enter the cave.

"How is it? Did you get anything? Did you find what you were looking for? What exactly are you looking for!"

Chu Xin looked curious. Gu Sheng had been acting mysterious all along, planning something, but he wouldn't tell her clearly. If it weren't for Li Jun's mission giving her almost blind faith in him, she wouldn't have followed Gu Sheng on this adventure!

"Vermillion Fruit!"

Gu Sheng looked up at the high-hanging sun. As he spoke, his eyes wandered, and he saw a suspended platform thirty feet away. His eyes lit up, and he beckoned to Chu Xin inside, "Come out and help me!"

"Vermillion Fruit! Hey!"

Chu Xin tilted her head, ready to ask a question, but Gu Sheng called again. She suppressed her doubts and followed Gu Sheng out of the cave with light steps.

Gu Sheng jumped onto the platform in a few steps, took out the Jade Chill Blade he was carrying, and waved it a few times with Inner Force. A smooth surface was immediately cut out on one corner of the platform.

Gu Sheng put down all the purple flower stems he was carrying on his back, squeezing the sap from each one and dripping it onto the smooth surface that resembled a groove.

"What is this again?"

Chu Xin had just jumped onto the platform following Gu Sheng's footsteps and saw a large pile of purple flower stems on the ground. Her small face was full of doubt.

In her eyes, Gu Sheng was very mysterious, knew a lot of things, and had a lot of strange knowledge. This was not the first time she had seen Gu Sheng fiddling with various plants along the way.

"An antidote for the Verdant Python's venom!"

Gu Sheng replied, "Come and help me squeeze the sap out and dry it here."

"Okay!"

Chu Xin nodded obediently, without any airs of a young lady. She directly rolled up her sleeves and helped Gu Sheng with the work.

Although she had been a Li family young lady for a while in The Nine Cauldrons world, Chu Xin was not a pampered young lady who never lifted a finger in the real world. She often did housework at home.

With Chu Xin's help, Gu Sheng moved quickly. Before long, a small square of slightly green, thick sap appeared before the two of them.

Gu Sheng clapped his hands and looked at the sky. It was about four o'clock in the afternoon. If he calculated the time, the ointment would be ready tonight.

Gu Sheng turned his head and saw Chu Xin rubbing her hands with a look of disgust. Her originally fair and tender hands were covered in pale green, sticky grass juice.

He nudged her sleeve with his elbow and said with a smile to the little beauty, "Don't rub it. I found a river when I came back. Let's go there to wash our hands and cook.

It's still early, and you can take a bath then. You've been wronged during this time."

"Really!"

A few traces of joy appeared on Chu Xin's small face. Being in the depths of the Wildlands for more than half a month, she was already very uncomfortable. She had been rushing on the road and hadn't taken many baths. Her clothes had been changed back and forth and already had a bit of a smell.

"Silly girl! How long can these good days last? This is, after all, the Sovereign's world!"

Gu Sheng looked at the girl smiling so brightly, and his heart couldn't help but ache. This girl was originally just an ordinary student, but now she had been brought by him to the dangerous Wildlands. Really… In his heart, he had never let go of his worries about the future, from the moment the Sovereign appeared.

"Let's go!"

Chu Xin tugged at Gu Sheng, and then ran forward with a beaming smile.

"Why think so much!"

Gu Sheng was also infected by her, shook off the thoughts in his mind, and rushed towards Chu Xin with a whoosh.

"Little Xin'er, don't run, let Gu-gege..."