"Senior Brother Wang?" Zhang Xiaohua froze.
Lu Chaoxian said, "The junior brother who was just bitten by the Five-Colored Snake."
Then he immediately stopped, leapt down from the carriage, and asked in confusion, "Didn't we have him take an antidote pill just now? How could he already be failing? Right, has Senior Brother Xu been notified?"
The disciple hurriedly said, "He has. Senior Brother Xu is the lead disciple of our Pill-Refining Hall—how could we not notify him?"
The convoy had already come to a halt. In the dim forest, the other disciples wore faintly anxious expressions. This was no good place to stop; Carnivorous Beasts and Five-Colored Snakes had appeared one after another just now, and other savage beasts might emerge at any moment.
When they reached the carriage ahead, they saw Senior Brother Wang lying flat before it, his face already a patch of ashen black. Looking down at his leg, they saw a Five-Colored Snake biting his right leg. Only the latter half of its body was missing; it had presumably been chopped off.
Just as Lu Chaoxian arrived, Senior Brother Xu, the convoy leader, came over as well. He walked up, lifted Senior Brother Wang's eyelids to inspect them, then leaned close to his mouth and sniffed the scent of his breath. Frowning, he asked, "Did Junior Brother Wang not take an antidote pill after being bitten by the Five-Colored Snake?"
The disciple who had called for help quickly said, "He did. He took one as soon as he finished speaking with Senior Brother Lu. Later, when I saw the snake venom still spreading, I even gave him my own share, but it was still useless. Senior Brother Wang's face was turning black before my eyes..."
"Strange. These antidote pills are specifically for snake venom, and