Returning to the room he had once lived in, Huang Xiao felt a little wistful. He had never expected that, even after his two-year absence, his eldest senior brother would still keep his room for him, and it looked as though it had been cleaned regularly.
Sitting cross-legged on the bed, Huang Xiao took the little jade vial from inside his robe and stared at it for a long time. Only then did he draw a deep breath, open the stopper, and pour out a translucent pill that gave off a faint, fresh fragrance.
Whether I live or die is up to Heaven! Huang Xiao swallowed the Sinew-Strengthening Pill in one gulp. After all, it was only a half-finished pill, so its efficacy was certain to be greatly reduced. From what the Valley Master had said, only a finished Sinew-Strengthening Pill could save him. With this half-finished one, his chances were probably slim. Of course, even a slim chance was better than none. At least it might let him live a little longer.
For someone facing death, every extra day alive was a gain.
The Sinew-Strengthening Pill dissolved as soon as it entered his mouth, turning into a warm current in his lower abdomen. In an instant, that current filled the meridians throughout his body before finally surging toward his dantian.
It hurts, it hurts, it hurts! At first, Huang Xiao had found the warmth wherever the current passed very comfortable, but before long, that seemingly gentle current turned violent.
The hot current went somewhat out of control in an instant, battering the meridians throughout his body as though it meant to shatter them. Yet Huang Xiao was helpless. He found that even when he circulated the internal power in his meridians to try to stop those rampaging currents, the