Inside the carriage, a foul, nauseating stench hung in the air. A woman lay quietly on a blanket, her entire body ulcerated and oozing pus, barely clinging to life.
Her eyes were closed, despair filling her heart as she said weakly, "Fellow Daoist Purple Sun, this poison of mine is Starlight Poison Water. They say it was personally created by Poison Venerable of the Immortal Alliance. In all the world, aside from Poison Venerable and his disciples, no one can cure it..."
"Fellow Daoist Luo, I promised Fellow Daoist Chen that I would look after you." Hearing the woman inside the carriage, the purple-robed young man outside revealed a look of overwhelming sorrow. His voice choked as he said, "I cannot stand by and watch you perish. Even if there is only a one-in-ten-thousand chance, I have to gamble on it..."
"Alas." The woman was somewhat moved by his words, though her expression grew complicated as well. She stared blankly at the carriage roof and sighed softly. "Life and death are fated, wealth and honor lie with Heaven. After I perish, bury me in the Heaven-Reaching Sea. That way, I will be a little closer to the Wilderness."
The purple-robed young man could no longer hold himself together and burst into tears.
Even as an alchemist, he was helpless against the poison afflicting the woman in the carriage.
His crying was so loud that passersby kept turning to look.
"Hey, why are you crying for no reason?"
A passing alchemist could not help asking out of kindness.
The purple-robed young man looked up at the alchemist and asked blankly, "Fellow Daoist, do you know who in Green Deer Town can cure the poison of Starlight Poison Water?"
"Starlight Poison Water?"
The alchemist was startled and said in horror, "Isn't that