That's right!
That Cui Jie was already dead.
He had not even struggled before dying.
It was not that he did not struggle—he simply had no time to.
He had been refining an Antidote Pill perfectly well when, in an instant, the poison attacked his heart. The poison flared up, and he died. His body remained standing there for a while, but he was already dead.
Because he was still standing and was some distance away, no one paid much attention!
It was not until Cui Jie toppled headfirst into the Medicine Cauldron that everyone realized something was wrong!
"Dead? He died just like that? Didn't he confidently go straight to refine an Antidote Pill? How did he die?"
"Wo Cao! This Fourteenth Elder is incredible. He did not even give him time to refine an Antidote Pill? Does that mean Fire Poison Venerable lost?"
"Although Cui Jie was competing against the Fourteenth Elder, it should really count as Fire Poison Venerable's loss! Fire Poison Venerable must have been the one guiding Cui Jie from behind the scenes."
"What about the Fourteenth Elder? Is he all right?"
Their attention turned back to Ye Tianyi.
It looked like he really was fine.
"Fire Poison Venerable, you lost this round, didn't you? No, your disciple lost, didn't he?"
Ye Tianyi smiled as he looked at Fire Poison Venerable.
"Hmph!"
Fire Poison Venerable placed Cui Jie's corpse to the side, his eyes narrowing!
To be honest, he was truly astonished!
Was this kid's medical skill really that high?
No, how could he directly cure the Nine Yin Evil Poison? This was Nine Yin Evil Poison that he had modified! He had not even refined an Antidote Pill—had he cured it with some Antidote Pill from before?
Most importantly, he had actually said that