Liu Wangzhou sat in his study, the power of his blood surging ceaselessly toward his chest to suppress the virulent poison in that hideous wound.
It was corpse poison carried by Heaven-and-Earth Profound Qi, and it was fiendishly difficult to deal with.
Liu Wangzhou had underestimated the Corpse-Poison Wushang Profound Qi. The wound refused to heal, and the poison had only been suppressed. He could not purge it with his own strength.
Liu Zhiming had written to explain the relationship between Doctor Yun and the Poison Demon. It seemed only Doctor Yun could remove the poison.
Liu Wangzhou did not yet know that Doctor Yun had already fled far away and was no longer in Verdant Grain County.
Fortunately, the resources promised by the Three Great Families had all arrived.
"With these resources, Yunche and Qing Yue should have enough to cultivate to Tendon Forging."
As Liu Wangzhou thought this, he turned toward the window and sighed softly. "Troubled times..."
Footsteps suddenly sounded outside the door, light and unhurried.
Liu Wangzhou's gaze sharpened. The footsteps had appeared abruptly outside his door, not in the courtyard. Whoever had come wanted him to hear them.
"Which friend has come to visit?"
Though he was injured, his senses had scarcely weakened. Yet he had noticed nothing until the visitor deliberately made a sound.
The visitor was powerful. Liu Wangzhou instantly grew wary.
Qinglü, High Cultivator, reached the door, and it opened on its own. She entered without breaking stride.
She stepped into the study, and their eyes met. Her gaze was calm, while Liu Wangzhou's back went rigid.
The visitor was a woman who looked about thirty, dressed in a blue-green palace gown. Every movement carried the authority of someone accustomed to command.
She walked as though borne by the wind, light but