Plans Set in Motion

Lu Chen walked over to Yun Qingyue, crouched beside her, and asked gently, "How do you feel? Does your heart meridian still hurt?"

Yun Qingyue shook her head lightly, forcing a faint smile onto her pale face. "Much better. Your power is very unusual. It seems to restrain the gu poison." After all, she was a top disciple of Medicine King Valley. Though gravely wounded and weak, her discernment remained.

"It's a new power I fused in the secret realm, called Dragon Thunder Baleful Force." Lu Chen did not conceal it. "But it can only suppress it temporarily. To eradicate it completely, we'll need another method." He told Yun Qingyue the essential details of the intelligence he had obtained from the captives, as well as several solutions analyzed by the system.

At the mention of the "Soul-Purifying Pill" and the "Thousand-Year Snow Jade Lotus," a glimmer flashed through Yun Qingyue's eyes. "Soul-Purifying Pill... I seem to have seen this name in the ancient texts within the valley. It truly is a top-grade earth-rank sacred antidote, especially effective against gu poisons and curses that target the soul. The pill formula... I vaguely remember part of it, but the main ingredients and refining method are missing. The Thousand-Year Snow Jade Lotus grows atop the bitterly cold snowfields, and one can only encounter it by chance. As for the Azure Dragon World-Purifying Flame..." She looked at Lu Chen. "That is said to be the Azure Dragon's natal true flame—supremely yang and utterly pure, capable of vanquishing every sinister evil under heaven. Though your Dragon Thunder Baleful Force contains dragon essence and lightning, its nature leans more toward assault and destruction. I fear it still falls short of the World-Purifying Flame, which exists solely for purification."

Lu Chen pondered. "So even if we gather