"Excellent!" a Joyful Sect disciple hurriedly said. "How does Senior Brother Xiao explain this poison?"
"To be honest with you all!" Xiao Hua raised his voice. "Just now, this Xiao took more than a dozen antidote pills, and none of them worked. Of course, this Xiao has other methods of detoxification that I have not yet tried. I cannot say they will definitely cure it, but... this Xiao feels that this poison... will likely not be easy to dispel. It may even... not be a poison at all!"
As soon as Xiao Hua said this, everyone grew dejected again. Yet someone still anxiously said, "If Senior Brother Xiao has another method, please try it quickly. It would be best if it works!"
"Fine, this Xiao will first try it on himself!" As he spoke, Xiao Hua raised his eyes toward the cave entrance, which was over a man's height tall, and asked, "Which fellow Daoist has a concealment formation? How about hiding this entrance?"
Only after Xiao Hua asked three times did a Qingfeng Valley disciple quietly say, "I do have a formation, but it is exceedingly crude. It may not be of much use!"
"Mm, fellow Daoist, bring me the formation talismans and formation plate. This Xiao will set up the formation for you!" Xiao Hua understood what the cultivator meant and spoke.
"That would be splendid!" Upon hearing this, the disciple hurriedly took out several formation talismans and a formation plate and handed them to Xiao Hua. Xiao Hua accepted them, looked over the jade slip, pondered briefly, then activated his magic power and placed the formation talismans. Pointing at the formation plate, he saw light flash, and the cave entrance was indeed blocked by the formation. However, Xiao Hua had also expended quite a bit of true