Da Xuan Martial Saint-Chapter 392 - 260 Poisonous Plan_2

They met the dust-covered Chen Yue as he burst into the courtyard, closely followed by a figure who stepped into the yard without any change in appearance from when he had left; it was indeed Chen Mu.

"Hongyu, Little He, Little Ru."

Chen Mu’s gaze turned to the women in the back courtyard, calling them gently one by one.

Xu Hongyu’s face was as beautiful as jade, and compared to more than two years ago, there was no discernible change. Her eyes, like shimmering gems, fixed on Chen Mu with seemingly uncountable things to say, yet it seemed none needed to be spoken.

But as she walked toward Chen Mu, her entire body suddenly shook slightly, and a trace of pitch-black appeared in her eyes. Following that, her Qi-Blood abruptly became chaotic.

Whoosh.

Chen Mu instantly appeared in front of Xu Hongyu, placing a hand on her, as a surge of Yuan Gang Force flowed into her body, colliding and entangling with the strands of dark Demonic Qi emanating from her. Read exclusive chapters at novelbuddy

Chen Yue, Ning He, and Yu Ru, who were nearby, were all taken aback by this sudden change, instinctively moving forward to check, but they then heard Chen Mu speak in a deep voice.

"Don’t come closer, everyone stay back."

Chen Mu looked at Xu Hongyu in his arms, a trace of unprecedented chill flashing in the depths of his eyes.

He had anticipated that due to his own reasons, people like Xu Hongyu might be implicated, but he hadn’t expected such a vicious method to be directly employed!

Xu Hongyu was at the peak of the Bone Tempering Realm, not yet in the Five Viscera Realm, but general poisons were hardly lethal to her, and to poison her, aside from infuriating him, a man of the Wind Cloud List, had no other purpose.

Thus, this wasn’t poison.

At the first sign of Xu Hongyu’s sudden change, Chen Mu had recognized what it was, something he had seen before, experienced firsthand in Sha Prefecture—the scent of Demonic Qi!

Though he didn’t know who was so malicious, in just a moment, Chen Mu understood the perpetrator’s intention.

Demonic Qi, something that only after reaching the Five Viscera Realm and tempering the Five Viscera, does one start to have some resistance, and to completely suppress it, one must enter Marrow Cleansing and cultivate a flawless Martial Body.

The perpetrator had seeded Xu Hongyu with Demonic Qi and intentionally let this Qi flare up the moment he returned, clearly giving him two choices—save her, or don’t.

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His cultivation was not yet that of a Grandmaster.

To save Xu Hongyu, he could only draw the Demonic Qi from Xu Hongyu’s body into his own and then suppress it. However, whether at the Five Viscera Realm or the Six Viscera Realm, unless one was a Grandmaster, one could only suppress it, not eliminate it. Even if one could eliminate it, it would not be an overnight task but would need a very long time to gradually eradicate.

Followers of the Qiankun Path striving to become Grandmasters already faced great difficulty; if now delayed by years or even more than a decade because of Demonic Qi, that almost certainly meant severing one’s own Grandmaster journey.

As for not saving...

Not to mention he could not possibly choose that, even if he did, it would lead to "guilt" and "regret" in his heart, which would undeniably destroy or even regress the solidifying of his Martial Arts Intent, significantly impacting his future breakthrough to the Mysterious Pass.

Leaving him with a choice, instead of outright killing Xu Hongyu, was indeed the most venomous aspect; whichever option he chose, although there was no threat to his own life, it would significantly affect his Martial Arts journey.

"..."

Chen Mu’s eyes were icy.

Ranked first on the list of up-and-comers, he had reached the Wind Cloud List in his thirties and was also cultivating the Qiankun Path; it was unquestionable that he was seen as a thorn in many people’s eyes, and those wanting to block his Martial Arts path on the Northern Path were not few.

Chen Mu was well aware of this. As the saying goes, a tall tree catches the wind, but he was not afraid—by meeting soldiers with generals and water with earth he’d cope. However, using his loved ones to set such a malicious trap crossed his line.

He had no time to ponder because once Demonic Qi fully invaded the viscera, it would be exceedingly difficult to extract.

Hum.

Almost without thinking, Chen Mu’s Yuan Gang Inner Breath converged with the Qi-Blood inside Xu Hongyu’s body. Then, the strands of Demonic Qi spreading within her were instantly drawn by Chen Mu’s higher quality Inner Breath, abandoning Xu Hongyu and swarming towards him, quickly entangling with his Inner Breath.

In a brief moment, Xu Hongyu’s Qi-Blood cleared, while Chen Mu looked profoundly solemn, using the Five Viscera cycle and Yuan Gang Inner Breath to suppress every strand of Demonic Qi within his body, containing it deep within the Five Viscera, no longer diffuse and spreading.

However.

Chen Mu was slightly surprised that after he used his Inner Breath to pull the Demonic Qi into his Five Viscera and suppress it, it did not show the stubborn, scab-like condition he had imagined. Instead, under the circulation and absorption of the Five Viscera Inner Breath, each cycle eroded it like melting snow, appearing as though it would soon be completely eradicated.

"That’s right, my Five Viscera have been tempered to the limit, now compared to a normal person’s Five Viscera, it is almost a completely different form. Demonic Qi, though troublesome, is actually not much for me."

Chen Mu had a realization.

He was not too concerned with the entanglement of Demonic Qi; after all, his advancement in cultivation relied more on the system panel rather than his actual cultivation. The mere idea that Demonic Qi was aiming to obstruct his Martial Arts path was a fool’s dream, but being able to completely eradicate the Demonic Qi was undoubtedly better, there would be no need to split his focus in suppressing the Demonic Qi.