Sword Dao Inheritance?

Watching Zhao Huaian, Liu Bohu looked tense, afraid he would hear bad news from him.

"Junior Brother Zhao, how is he?"

Liu Yuanping lay on the bed, looking weakly at Zhao Huaian, his eyes filled with worry.

"Thankfully, it's not too bad. We caught it in time!"

Zhao Huaian let out a long breath and said to Liu Yuanping, "Senior Brother Liu, the reason your injuries aren't healing isn't that they're too severe. It's that a potent poison has infected your body.

"If we don't drive out the poison, then no matter how many healing pills you take, they'll be useless. And once the poison spreads to your internal organs, I'm afraid there'll be no saving you."

"Poison?"

Liu Yuanping furrowed his brow and pondered.

A moment later, his eyes flew open, and he muttered to himself, "No wonder. The claws of that Eight-Clawed Monster must have been poisonous. I wondered why my injuries kept getting worse after it attacked me. So I'd been poisoned!"

"Then, Brother Zhao, do you have a way to get rid of the poison? Can you help my clan brother through this?"

Hearing this, Liu Bohu hurriedly turned to Zhao Huaian, his eyes full of hope and expectation.

Since Zhao Huaian had managed to identify that his clan brother had been poisoned, he must also have a way to detoxify him.

Zhao Huaian furrowed his brow and thought it over for a long while before slowly replying, "Now that I've figured out the root cause of the injuries, I'm fairly confident I can treat him. But this monster poison is extremely potent, and ordinary methods won't be enough to remove it. At the very least, we'll need a Tier Two or higher Detoxification Pill to assist the treatment."

With his Medical Skill at the perfected level, Zhao Huaian was fairly confident he could completely purge the poison from Liu Yuanping's body and treat his injuries, provided they had a Tier Two or higher Detoxification Pill.

However, Tier Two and Above Detoxification Pills were extremely expensive. Even the lowest-grade ones cost several hundred Low-grade Spirit Stones.

In this situation, Zhao Huaian didn't know whether Liu Yuanping and the others had any Spirit Stones left to buy one.

Just as Zhao Huaian had expected,

when they heard they needed a Tier Two or higher Detoxification Pill, both Liu Yuanping and Liu Bohu looked troubled.

If it had been two days ago, they would have had enough resources to buy one.

The problem was that over the past two days, they had been so frantic to find a cure that they'd bought large quantities of healing pills. Their Spirit Stones were now completely spent, and they'd even pawned off quite a few Dharma Artifacts.

"Brother Zhao... do you have any spare Spirit Stones?"

Liu Bohu asked awkwardly from the side.

He wasn't holding out much hope. After all, Zhao Huaian was only at Qi Refining Layer Four. How many Spirit Stones could he possibly have?

Zhao Huaian shook his head. "I only have twenty or thirty Low-grade Spirit Stones on me. That's nowhere near enough to help you buy a Tier Two or higher Detoxification Pill."

He wasn't lying to Liu Bohu.

After buying a large quantity of cultivation pills and monster beast blood and flesh, he had only twenty or thirty Low-grade Spirit Stones left.

Of course, even if he had several hundred Low-grade Spirit Stones on him, Zhao Huaian wouldn't have brought them out recklessly.

That many Spirit Stones didn't match his apparent cultivation level.

If he took them out without thinking, he'd only invite suspicion.

And to put it bluntly, Liu Bohu and Liu Yuanping might even grow envious.

He wasn't about to gamble his life on so-called human nature.

"Ah... never mind. I'll think of something else," Liu Bohu said with a sigh, his head drooping.

Zhao Huaian said nothing. He simply watched Liu Yuanping and Liu Bohu in silence.

He had already done all he could by finding the root cause of Liu Yuanping's injuries. The rest was up to them to figure out.

If they couldn't get a Tier Two Detoxification Pill, there was nothing more he could do to help.

If they managed to buy one, he'd step in once more and help Liu Yuanping purge the poison from his body.

The atmosphere in the room fell silent, broken only by a few faint breaths.

"Sell the inheritance I found in the Secret Realm last time," Liu Yuanping said with a sigh, breaking the silence.

"No! The Black Wind Mountain Rogue Cultivator Market is holding an auction in half a year.

"If we can hold out until then, we'll be able to sell it for a good price. If we sell it now, it'll probably fetch only a few hundred Low-grade Spirit Stones at most."

Hearing Liu Yuanping's words, Liu Bohu's eyes widened, and he hurriedly objected.

While completing a mission, they had once stumbled upon a small Secret Realm and obtained a minor inheritance.

But the inheritance didn't suit their cultivation paths, so even if they practiced it, it wouldn't be of much use to them.

So they planned to sell it.

They had already asked around about its price.

If they sold it at Greenwood Sect, they'd have to let it go cheap. They could get only a few hundred Low-grade Spirit Stones at most.

But if they sold it outside Greenwood Sect to Rogue Cultivators, especially at an auction, they could get at least a thousand Low-grade Spirit Stones.

How could Liu Bohu not feel pained by such a huge difference in profit?

"Do you have any other ideas right now?" Liu Yuanping looked at Liu Bohu and shook his head with a sigh. "The others in our Task Team are all seriously injured too. They've practically emptied their pockets to pay for treatment. Who else can we turn to now?"

"Chen Feiyu! I remember he lends money in the Outer Sect. If we borrow from him, we can definitely get through this!"

Liu Bohu suddenly thought of something and hurriedly spoke up.

"Fool!"

At Liu Bohu's words, Liu Yuanping scolded him furiously. "Do you know what kind of person Chen Feiyu is? He'll swallow you whole without even spitting out the bones! His interest rates are sky-high. Could you ever pay him back?"

After Liu Yuanping's furious rebuke, Liu Bohu calmed down. He hung his head and didn't dare say a word.

"Ah, never mind. We'll sell the minor inheritance we found through the sect and get through this crisis first."

Liu Yuanping sighed, looking reluctant too.

How could he not be pained by the loss? But what other choice did they have now?

As for borrowing from Chen Feiyu,

he wouldn't even consider it.

The interest was terrifying: borrow nine, repay thirteen.

With interest that high, even if they sold the minor inheritance at the Rogue Cultivators' auction six months from now, they'd probably get only enough Spirit Stones to repay the loan.

So why borrow Spirit Stones from Chen Feiyu in the first place?

They might as well sell the inheritance now and spare themselves the worry.

"Senior Brother Liu, forgive me for asking, but what exactly is this Secret Realm inheritance you mentioned?"

Zhao Huaian, who had been confused until now, couldn't help looking at Liu Yuanping.

He was also curious about the inheritance they'd found in the Secret Realm.

"It's a small opportunity we came across while carrying out a mission," Liu Yuanping explained with a sigh. "It's a Sword Dao inheritance left behind by a Foundation Establishment Cultivator."

"A Sword Dao inheritance? Left behind by a Foundation Establishment Cultivator?"

Zhao Huaian raised his eyebrows, sounding incredulous. "A Sword Dao inheritance left behind by a Foundation Establishment Cultivator should fetch at least a thousand Low-grade Spirit Stones, even if you sold it at Greenwood Sect. How could it be worth only a few hundred? Is there something else going on?"