Medicinal fumes filled the Spirit Pivot Institute.
When Lu Changfeng swept in like a gust of wind, the atmosphere inside was grim.
Three women in fitted martial attire lay side by side on the couches, their faces an unnatural bluish black and their breathing faint. They were the Three Seasonal Signs of Beginning of Spring.
Beside them, Lan Die'er anxiously cradled the Bloodweaving Spider, trying to coax it toward the injured women. But the spider seemed deeply afraid and shrank back, refusing to approach.
Another young female physician, Zi Zhi, wore an Inner Guard uniform embroidered with plum blossoms. Sweat beaded on her forehead as she sealed vital points around the three women's hearts with golden needles to slow the poison's spread, but her efforts were clearly having little effect.
"Sir!"
Seeing Lu Changfeng, Lan Die'er and Zi Zhi looked as though their savior had arrived.
Without a word, Lu Changfeng stepped forward and placed his fingers on the nearest woman's wrist.
Shennong qi flowed into her body, and Lu Changfeng frowned slightly. A viscous poisonous force seemed to lurk within her meridians. Cold and bone-corroding, it was devouring her vitality with wild abandon. Wherever it passed, her meridians grew fragile and dim, as though eaten away by corrosion, while waves of unbearable pain followed.
Had the dose not been small, and had the three women not reached the grandmaster realm, they would already have been three corpses.
"It resembles snake venom... but it certainly isn't the 'Crimson Refinement' or 'Golden Thread' poison commonly used by the Golden Chi Palace lineage in the Western Regions." Lu Changfeng released her wrist, his brows tightly knitted. "It's colder, fiercer, and extremely corrosive."
He looked at Zi Zhi. "When did the poison take effect? Before or after they entered the residence?"
Zi Zhi