Cold Poison Backlash, Treatment

Xia Yu had never expected that Meng Hongchen, perfectly fine until now, would suffer a cold poison backlash.

Hadn't she been training at Sun Moon Imperial Academy these past few days, preparing for the upcoming Radiant City Tournament?

Could something else have happened?

At that thought, Xia Yu's brows furrowed slightly.

Just as he was about to question Meng Hongchen, she spoke first.

"It's fine, Brother Yu. Isn't it just a cold poison backlash? I'm already used to it."

As she spoke, Meng Hongchen even forced a strong smile, indicating that she was fine.

Of course, it would have been more convincing if not for the pain that would not fade from between her brows.

But unfortunately, she could not manage that.

So Xia Yu simply ignored Meng Hongchen's explanation.

"Tell me, what exactly happened? Why did it become like this?"

As he spoke, Xia Yu picked Meng Hongchen up and placed her back on the bed.

"This..."

When Xia Yu asked again about the reason behind her cold poison backlash, an embarrassed look flashed through Meng Hongchen's eyes.

At the same time, she secretly hesitated over whether to tell Xia Yu what had happened.

"Could it be that you brought this upon yourself?"

Seeing the embarrassment and hesitation in Meng Hongchen's eyes, Xia Yu more or less understood.

For her to react like this, this cold poison backlash had probably been caused by Meng Hongchen herself.

It was not, as he had guessed, the result of some other incident.

"Yes, this cold poison backlash really was caused by me..."

Since Xia Yu had already guessed the reason, Meng Hongchen simply stopped trying to hide it and told him everything from beginning to end.

It had started when Xia Yu used his Velvet Sky-Piercing Chrysanthemum martial soul to cleanse Meng Hongchen's body with medicinal power, greatly improving her physique.

This had also significantly reduced the chance of Meng Hongchen suffering a cold poison backlash.

As a result, she gradually relaxed her restraint over herself and became increasingly reckless when using the power of her Vermilion-Eyed Ice Toad martial soul.

That was how the hidden danger had been planted.

Finally, during an all-out internal mock battle, an even fiercer cold poison backlash struck.

Under this cold poison backlash, far worse than any before, Meng Hongchen collapsed to the ground with a snap and could not rise again.

It was only because Sun Moon Imperial Academy's rescue had been timely that it was still uncertain whether she would even be able to get back up by now.

"You really brought this upon yourself."

After hearing Meng Hongchen's account, Xia Yu did not even know what to say to her.

"Hmph, wasn't it all because of Xiao Hongchen? If he hadn't gone crazy and kept increasing the intensity of training, how would I have..."

Meng Hongchen was clearly unconvinced. Sure enough, she shifted some of the blame onto Xiao Hongchen.

Well, it was not entirely unjustified blame.

Xiao Hongchen's frantic increase in training intensity had indeed been a major trigger.

But the main reason was still that Meng Hongchen had become too carried away and failed to keep her special condition in mind at all times, leading to this cold poison backlash.

Xia Yu did not want to say anything more about that.

The urgent matter was healing Meng Hongchen's body.

Seeing her pale face and the pitiful expression of pain constantly lingering between her brows, Xia Yu's heart ached for her.

Fortunately, the Gold of Life he had just obtained could help Meng Hongchen recover quickly.

Without the slightest hesitation, Xia Yu immediately drew forth a strand of life force from the Gold of Life within his Second Sea of Consciousness.

"Ah, that feels so good. What is this, Brother Yu?"

The moment that incomparably dense life force appeared, before treatment had even begun, its radiance and aura alone eased much of Meng Hongchen's pain.

"This is life force, a special power released by the treasure known as the Gold of Life, which I obtained in the Star Dou Great Forest. It happens to be able to heal your body."

Xia Yu did not hide anything and directly told Meng Hongchen about the Gold of Life.

In any case, she did not know much about such a special treasure as the Gold of Life, so it was no big deal for her to know that he possessed it.

"Ah, it's that amazing? Then hurry up. I've had enough of this weak, powerless state."

After learning that life force could quickly restore her, Meng Hongchen became even more impatient.

Seeing this, Xia Yu did not make Meng Hongchen wait any longer. He immediately sent the life force into her body, healing her while cleansing her as well.

"Mmm, this feeling... It's so incredible. It makes me want to lose myself in it. I can't..."

Even Xia Yu could not withstand the sensation brought by the cleansing and could not help becoming immersed in it. Meng Hongchen was even less capable of resisting it.

As expected, she soon became completely engrossed in the cleansing.

It was not until sunset, when the cleansing ended, that Meng Hongchen finally came back to her senses.

"Wow, I feel better than ever before. This is wonderful."

After the cleansing, Meng Hongchen was lively again. She bounced around like a little sprite.

Her joyful excitement even infected Xia Yu, drawing an involuntary smile onto his face.

"Alright, stop jumping around. I have something to ask you."

Xia Yu beckoned to Meng Hongchen, signaling for her to stop.

"What is it, Brother Yu?" Meng Hongchen walked over and sat beside Xia Yu.

"It's about the cold poison problem of your Vermilion-Eyed Ice Toad martial soul. Why has it still not been resolved?"

Xia Yu naturally reached out and pulled Meng Hongchen beside him into his arms.

"Brother Yu, the cold poison of the Vermilion-Eyed Ice Toad cannot be resolved at its source."

Meng Hongchen adjusted her sitting position in Xia Yu's arms before explaining helplessly.

"As long as my martial soul remains the Vermilion-Eyed Ice Toad, cold poison will continuously arise, and all I can do is find other ways to adapt to it or isolate it."

"Adapting to the cold poison is too difficult for me. It would require a very long time, and I definitely cannot do it now."

"So the only option I have is to isolate the cold poison's backlash against my body. That requires a torso Soul Bone produced by a top-tier ice-attribute soul beast."

"As for Soul Bones, Brother Yu, you know how rare they are. A torso bone, especially, is even harder to find, so..."

At the end, Meng Hongchen fell silent.

But she did not need to continue. Looking at her current situation, it was clear that the Red Dust Family had not found a suitable ice-attribute torso Soul Bone for her.

"Using an ice-attribute torso Soul Bone to absorb the cold poison and isolate its backlash against the body... Doesn't that still only treat the symptoms rather than the root cause?"

After hearing Meng Hongchen's explanation, Xia Yu could not help falling into thought.

Meng Hongchen's situation was exactly the same as the problem Dugu Bo's family had faced ten thousand years ago.

With suitable immortal herbs, this condition could be completely cured.

But there was still the same problem: the immortal herbs within the Ice-Fire Yin Yang Well were not easy to obtain.

Did he really have to find her an ice-attribute torso Soul Bone?

Sigh, could the Ten-Thousand-Year Mysterious Ice Marrow resolve the cold poison of the Vermilion-Eyed Ice Toad?

As he thought, the image of the Ten-Thousand-Year Mysterious Ice Marrow could not help surfacing in Xia Yu's mind.

This thing could create Skydream Iceworm and restore the Snow Empress's strength.

It seemed highly likely that it could resolve the Vermilion-Eyed Ice Toad's cold poison problem as well.