Normally, even a Spirit Severing Stage cultivator who could break Su Jiu's Ice Binding Technique could never have done so through brute force alone, much less in such a short time!
"It was what they call the Immortal Pool Spring."
Just as the two of them were utterly baffled, Qi Song spoke from beside them. Compared to his earlier shock, however, he now seemed more forlorn.
Lan Fang Ziyi could not help frowning. "What exactly is that stuff? It can even alter the effects of an Explosive Pill? And who gave her the pill? Does she know?"
Faced with Lan Fang Ziyi's many questions, Qi Song fell silent for a moment. "The Immortal Pool Spring grants a cultivator a corresponding level of cultivation at the cost of draining their life. Once their cultivation can no longer rise, it turns into spiritual qi stored within their body.
"But the Immortal Pool Spring has always refused nothing. Without conscious guidance, it draws everything into the vessel that is the body. If my guess is right, A Cen now has spiritual qi of all five elements inside her, and her meridians have swollen to a considerable degree."
"Can she even survive that?"
Qi Song shook his head. "Most likely not. As for who gave her the pill, I don't know either."
"It was probably Shui Rao'er," Huo Yun offered at just the right moment.
Huo Yun's guess was certainly not without merit. After all, in most people's eyes, Shui Rao'er was the only person who had access to the Immortal Pool Spring.
"But why would she harm her own disciple?"
A trace of mockery flashed through Huo Yun's eyes. "Would someone like Shui Rao'er ever genuinely care about anyone? To her, those so-called disciples are probably just pieces on her chessboard. Once they're