Chapter 941: Chapter 941: The Secret of the Relic Pearl
Liu Zixuan glanced at the noblewoman lying on the bed and frowned, asking, "Is it a meridian issue?"
"The damage to the meridians will recover over time, but what’s troubling is a very peculiar corpse poison that has directly entered her dantian. For people like you, with special constitutions, or like me, who has been studying medical skills since childhood, we might resist it on our own, but for someone like her, it’s very difficult to resolve." the beautiful master explained.
Liu Zixuan was silent for a moment, then walked to the bedside. A Ghost Gate Needle appeared in his hand and pierced into his own pulse point. Following this, a stream of pure inner strength from Liu Zixuan’s fingers went directly along the meridians toward the dantian.
In a short moment, he sensed that strange corpse poison lurking in the depths of the noblewoman’s dantian.
"Is it incurable?" Liu Ruyan asked.
"It can be cured. But not right now." Liu Zixuan gave a bitter smile: "If there were two Ghost Gate Needles with both Profound Yin and Profound Yang, the poison could be expelled quickly, at most causing a slight decline in realm. But right now, those two Ghost Gate Needles have been taken away by the Sect Leader of Medical Immortal Sect."
"Then what should be done? Should we tell Tongtong about this?" Liu Ruyan asked again.
"No rush, I will awaken her and ask for her opinion first."
"For now, that seems to be the only option." The beautiful master sighed as well.
Liu Zixuan asked them to step aside, then gently supported the noblewoman up. Four Ghost Gate Needles suddenly appeared between his fingers, piercing respectively into the Celestial Spirit Acupoint, Ren Zhong Acupoint, Dantian Acupoint, and Tian Shu Acupoint on the woman’s back.
Once all four Silver Needles were inserted, Liu Zixuan paused his palm, the power of the Holy Medical Scripture gathering above it, slowly infusing into the noblewoman’s four acupoints.
"Cough cough cough!"
In no time, the unconscious noblewoman coughed twice and opened her hazy eyes.
"Where... am I?" The noblewoman asked, confused.
Liu Zixuan turned around and came closer: "Senior, you and Tongtong are both safe, in Lingxiu Village!"
A smile appeared on the pale face of the noblewoman: "Thank you!"
"Let’s not talk about that now. There’s something important I must tell you." Liu Zixuan said solemnly.
"Go ahead."
"There’s corpse poison within your dantian, and it’s currently difficult to remove it. So there are two choices available right now: First, I can seal your dantian to prevent the poison from spreading, but doing so will make you just like an ordinary person, no longer a martial artist. Second, I can temporarily suppress the poison’s spread, but in no more than twenty days, the corpse poison will erode your internal organs, leading to a gradual death!"
Liu Zixuan paused for a moment: "Also, should we inform Tongtong about these matters?"
"Do not tell Tongtong about this for now, and as for those two choices, I choose the second." The noblewoman responded with a bitter smile, "I assume Tongtong has already informed you about the matters of the Jade Maiden Sect?"
Liu Zixuan nodded.
"Tongtong is now the only hope for the Jade Maiden Sect. Her master used herself as the array base to initiate the protective grand array, which won’t last much longer. Now, the only thing that can help Tongtong cross the barrier and step into the Emperor Realm is me. If I lose my realm, I won’t be able to help her." The noblewoman smiled, "So please, Young Liu, suppress the poison for me, I need to help Tongtong break through to the Emperor Realm as soon as possible."
"What is needed to help her achieve the breakthrough to Emperor Realm? If I can take on the task, there will be no need for you to take such risks." Liu Zixuan asked.
"No one else can do it; this is a secret technique passed down exclusively in the Jade Maiden Sect. I’m not hiding it from you; even if I were not poisoned, assisting Tongtong to step into the Emperor Realm would turn me into an ordinary person. Thus, it’d be better to use the remaining energy I have to help Tongtong!" The noblewoman said bitterly.
Liu Zixuan frowned slightly, "Alright then, I’ll help suppress the spread of the poison for you first!"
"Wait!" The noblewoman struggled to retrieve a thumb-sized pearl from a pocket on her side, handing it to Liu Zixuan.
"This is something the Celestial Dao Alliance has always wanted. It can help them open a small ruin, which contains many cultivation techniques and elixirs for improving cultivation. Four keys are needed to open the ruins, and this is one of them. Under no circumstances should it fall into their hands!"
Liu Zixuan took the pearl and looked at it, "Is the Celestial Dao Alliance pursuing you all for this reason?"
"Exactly, besides this, there’s also the secret technique of our Jade Maiden Sect, which can directly advance a person from the Half-Step Emperor Realm to the Emperor Realm. So what they’re after are these two things." The noblewoman nodded.
"I heard they’ve already opened part of the ruins. If they get hold of this, they should be able to access it all, correct?" Liu Zixuan asked.
A look of pride appeared on the noblewoman’s face, "The part they accessed with their three keys is just a very small portion of the ruins. This pearl is the most important key, apart from which, even if they enter now, it’s only a few senior ancestors, and each time they’re in, it’s not for long."
"That’s right, I’ve heard about this, and the items taken out are limited. So how did this pearl end up in your hands?" Liu Zixuan asked in confusion.
"Grandfather Liu should have told you about that Martial Realm secret from long ago, right?"
"Yes, he once said that back when an Ancient Ruin was entered, all martial artists above the Emperor Realm disappeared without a trace, but those who returned alive gained great fortune."
At this point, Liu Zixuan suddenly looked up, "Could it be that back then there was also a senior from the Jade Maiden Sect who entered?"
"Yes, it was indeed my master. Back then, she was the strongest, and thus got this pearl, which was the most important. Those who returned had agreed to, one day, retrieve the Relic Pearl from the Witch Country and open the ruin together.
But due to a conflict in the Martial Realm, everything changed, and since my master has been missing for years, that’s why they are now attacking us so brazenly. Had my master still been around, even the Four Great Clans, the Eight Great Powers, wouldn’t dare to act against us!"
Liu Zixuan found this believable; back on the Weiyang Highland, everyone, including people from the Four Great Clans and Eight Great Powers, showed great respect for this noblewoman. It seemed Tongtong’s sect’s ancestor was indeed a super powerful existence back in the day.
However, as people come and go, when there’s no one to hold fort in a sect, naturally, there would be those who seek to bully them!
"If you get the chance to obtain the Relic Pearl, use this small pearl to open it, it will definitely strengthen your force. If not, look for an appropriate opportunity to destroy it, but under no circumstances let it fall into the hands of the Celestial Dao Alliance."
The noblewoman suddenly grasped Liu Zixuan’s hand, "After I help Tongtong step into the Emperor Realm, I hope you, Young Liu, can give her some support and guidance. She must always remember that she is the hope of the Jade Maiden Sect, and never, no matter where or when, forget the unforgivable enmity that the Celestial Dao Alliance holds against the Jade Maiden Sect!"
