Absorbing Toxin

"Damn thing!"

Fang Mu angrily beat the Green Snake in his hand.

This bastard actually had ulterior motives. Although he didn't know how Fang Jing managed to protect herself and successfully contract the Green Snake, Fang Mu felt he had been too careless and almost caused harm to Fang Jing.

Xixi was too timid and unreliable, so Fang Mu had thought of finding a protective charm for Fang Jing, but he almost backfired and harmed her.

Thus, the enraged Fang Mu rained down blows, hitting the Green Snake until its skin was torn and it was on the verge of death.

The Green Snake finally transformed into a green light and merged into the contract rune on Fang Jing's arm, not daring to reappear.

This time, the Green Snake was also thoroughly frightened. It had been beaten by Fang Mu and didn't dare to harbor any resentment.

It had seen something terrifying and no longer dared to show any disrespect. Being beaten by Fang Mu actually made it feel much more at ease.

With a heart full of apprehension and fear, the Green Snake fell into a deep sleep.

Seeing the Green Snake disappear, Fang Mu cursed under his breath before stopping.

He felt he needed to beat the Green Snake whenever he had the chance, to make it remember its place and prevent it from getting any bad ideas.

Carrying the unconscious Fang Jing on his back, Fang Mu controlled the Demon Vine to wrap around and secure her.

Walking out of the dark corner, Fang Mu noticed some bloodstains on the ground, indicating that the beast that had ambushed them earlier was either dead or severely injured.

He ignored it; the immediate priority was to find Wen Xuan and the others.

With the pupil technique ability of Black Eyes, he could see faint wisps of blood mist drifting in the air.

Following the barely visible wisps of blood mist, Fang Mu arrived at a dark stone wall.

The ground by the stone wall was covered with many rotten and broken wooden planks. Beneath a wide plank, there was a hollow-sounding stone brick.

Fang Mu pushed aside the stone brick and discovered a cellar below.

The wisps of blood mist that were seeping out were emanating from the cellar.

Slipping into the cellar, Fang Mu was suddenly attacked.

Several sounds of breaking air rang out, and a few sword lights whistled past, startling Fang Mu into quickly activating Extreme Wind Speed to dodge.

"It's us! Don't attack!" Fang Mu dodged several sneak attacks from hidden weapons and shouted.

"Fang Mu?" a disbelieving, surprised voice rang out.

"It's me!" Fang Mu recognized Qi Zhu's voice and replied with relief.

As light illuminated the area, Wen Xuan took out a tinder to light up their surroundings.

Fang Mu found that only Wen Xuan and Qi Zhu were in the cellar, with two corpses beside them and several severed snake bodies.

"You're poisoned?"

Fang Mu approached Wen Xuan and asked with surprise, looking at Wen Xuan's somewhat purplish face.

Wen Xuan pulled up his pant leg, and Fang Mu saw that his leg had turned black.

"I'm ashamed! I was bitten by a poisonous snake's sneak attack. If not for Qi Zhu's protection, I might have lost my life."

Listening to Wen Xuan's sigh, Fang Mu realized the poison he had taken seemed quite deep and serious.

Qi Zhu looked somewhat pale, appearing to have also depleted a large amount of Vital Energy and stamina.

Without time for further questions, Fang Mu took out a low-grade Essence Blood Pill and handed it to Wen Xuan.

Then, he drew the dagger from his waist and directly let Wen Xuan bleed.

"Hiss!" Wen Xuan gasped and quickly swallowed the pill.

Fang Mu didn't think much of Wen Xuan's trust.

Wen Xuan was a smart person and knew that if Fang Mu wanted to harm him, he only needed to ignore him. He wouldn't have lasted much longer before the poison took effect.

Wen Xuan was surprised by Fang Mu's pill because its effect was surprisingly good; it definitely wasn't from the County Office.

"Although the pill is good, it's only a temporary fix. That venomous snake is too difficult to deal with. Even bleeding is useless; the poison has already seeped into my body."

"If bleeding is useless, then I'll suck it out."

"Holy crap..."

Wen Xuan stared dumbfounded as Fang Mu lifted his leg, knelt down, and began sucking the poisonous blood from his leg.

"Fang Mu! Are you crazy?" Qi Zhu exclaimed in shock, thinking, Have you two really fallen this low?

"Uh, Fang Mu, if you poison yourself to death, I won't be grateful to you."

Although Wen Xuan was somewhat touched, he also felt awkward and quickly tried to dissuade him.

Fang Mu's face turned dark, not from the poison, but from the disgusted look in Wen Xuan's eyes, which annoyed him.

It wasn't that he had any peculiar habits, but Xixi, that little thing, had detoxification abilities.

However, to avoid exposing it, Fang Mu could only resort to this method.

Of course, Fang Mu wouldn't be so enthusiastic without some benefit.

Although Wen Xuan's blood was poisoned, it contained a powerful energy.

If he could absorb this energy, it would definitely enhance his strength.

Fang Mu had an intuition that by absorbing and refining this energy, his physical body might even improve.

As for the Demon Core in his dantian, it had been constantly emitting energy during this time, pouring into his body and subtly strengthening his physical form.

Therefore, Fang Mu didn't need to worry about it; in fact, he wished he could get a few more Demon Cores.

Wouldn't his physical body grow like a rocket, increasing rapidly every day, without him needing to cultivate at all?

"Fang Mu! Stop absorbing! You'll be poisoned to death if you keep going!"

Qi Zhu pulled him with all her might, snapping Fang Mu back to reality.

Seeing Qi Zhu's face full of worry, she looked at the arm Fang Mu was holding Wen Xuan's with with ill intent, as if she wanted to bite him.

Fang Mu quickly let go and exclaimed, "Stop messing around! My constitution is special and can detoxify, so it's fine for me to absorb poison."

Startled by Fang Mu's shout, Qi Zhu had actually intended to bite Fang Mu.

"Really? You can detoxify?"

"Nonsense, if I couldn't detoxify, why would I be absorbing poison? Am I stupid?"

"Uh..."

"..."

Wen Xuan also felt speechless. The small surge of emotion he had felt in his heart instantly vanished.

However, he also breathed a sigh of relief, thinking to himself that it was good that Fang Mu was still straight and not gay. Otherwise, he would have to consider whether or not to be friends with him in the future.

Ignoring Wen Xuan and Qi Zhu, Fang Mu continued to absorb the toxins.

He was currently experiencing both pain and pleasure. After the toxins entered his body, they began to spread and infect his Blood Essence.

The beams of light that Xixi poured into his body enveloped the toxins and began to absorb and refine them.

As the toxins were stripped away, the remaining pure energy was an external, foreign energy, different from the Vital Energy within Fang Mu's body.

Before the energy could wreak havoc in Fang Mu's body, it was absorbed by the Demon Core, converted into a gentle medicinal effect, and integrated into his limbs and bones.

As time passed, a large amount of energy was refined and absorbed, and Fang Mu could feel his physical body rapidly improving and growing.

His physical body became stronger. Much of the energy that merged into his body was not fully absorbed, and a considerable amount of energy was still accumulating.

Wen Xuan's cultivation was only around the third or fourth stage of a martial artist, yet his blood could contain so much energy.

Fang Mu could feel that Wen Xuan's physical body seemed to be no weaker than his own, which greatly surprised him.

Fang Mu had to know that he was a body cultivator; he didn't know how many pills he had consumed to achieve his current physical strength.

And Wen Xuan was clearly not a body cultivator, yet he possessed such a formidable physique. It seemed he also had many secrets.