Chapter 30: The Secret of the High-Order Talisman

  Qin Luoyi looked at him with an urgent expression, curved her lips into a smile, and the white and beautiful face emitted a bright glow. Her phoenix-like eyes were black and shiny: "This Duanhuncao poison is not easy to cure."

  The brightness in the eyes of the big man in black gradually dimmed, and then he reacted again, she said it was difficult to solve, not that it couldn't be solved.

  "With a stir in his heart, he looked at the talisman manual in her hand, and with a glint in his eyes, he said in a low voice: 'Miss, if you can help me dispel the poison of the Soul Severing Grass... this talisman manual, I, Xiong Sha, will offer it to you with both hands, without taking a single penny, what do you say?'"

  Qin Luo Yi sneered in her heart and lazily looked at the man in front of her, who was as sturdy as an iron tower, and said faintly: "This book of yours... is it worth me helping you get rid of the poison of the Duan Hun Cao?"

  A sharp glint of sarcasm flickered in his eyes.

  The elixir of the Soul- Severing Grass is a 7th-grade elixir... Hehe, a 7th-grade elixir in Chu State is extremely precious and can be sold for tens of millions of silver taels! Using tens of millions of silver taels to exchange for this symbol collection that's only worth a few thousand taels?

  She still got ripped off!

  Xiong Sha's face turned red, and a hint of embarrassment flashed in his eyes. He gritted his teeth: "As long as I can detoxify, what conditions do you have, miss... just name them!"

  Qin Luoyi raised an eyebrow upon hearing this, seemingly smiling yet not quite, as she sized him up from head to toe. It wasn't that she looked down on people... This man, from his clothes to his shoes, didn't have a single valuable item on him; even if he were sold, he wouldn't be worth much money, let alone enough silver to buy a seventh-grade antidote.

  She shook her head secretly, softened in her heart, and didn't want his book anymore. It seemed that he wanted to sell it for 10,000 taels of white silver, probably to raise money to detoxify himself. She couldn't stand in the way of someone's fortune, could she?

  "After some thought, she lightly opened her red lips and said: 'The poison of the Soul Severing Grass is extremely severe, but it has a latent period. Within two months, it won't break out... looking at you, the poisoning can't be more than ten days old... if you want to detoxify, go ask someone to help you refine a 7th rank dan medicine, the Scarlet Fire Dan, and it will thoroughly expel the toxic air from your body.'"

  Xiong Xiao heard her say the detoxification method, first delighted, then his face turned pale.

  Seven-tiered Elixir!

  It turns out that it takes seven-tiered Dan medicine to detoxify!

  As a cultivator, he also knew how rare the Seventh-Order Dan medicine was. Throughout the Chu State and even the entire Holy Dragon Continent, those who could refine the Seventh-Order Dan medicine were as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns! To ask them to refine the dan, the price of the dan itself wasn't even worth mentioning, it was extremely expensive, and just the refining cost alone was a staggering sum!

  But he didn't have that much money in his hands...

  Qin Luoyi looked at him, stunned on the spot, and understood in her heart. However, this is the way of the Cultivation Realm - if you want to become stronger and gain more cultivation resources, you must also bear infinite risks...

  No longer looking at him, she turned and left. The apricot-colored skirt hem drew a beautiful arc in the air... As he gazed at her gradually disappearing slender figure, Xiong Sha suddenly came to his senses from his daze, reddened his eyes, gritted his teeth, and with an action that was completely out of sync with his body, quickly packed the things on the stall into the storage ring, and then chased after Qin Luo's disappearing direction.

  Qin Luo Yi left Xiong Sha's place and dispelled the idea of leaving, then returned to the streets and carefully strolled around again.

  Apart from Xiong Sha's place, there were also many stalls selling simple talismans in other places, but no books on how to make talismans. Shén xíng fú (Spirit Movement Talisman), Bīng zhēn fú (Ice Severance Talisman), Fēng shā fú (Wind Sand Talisman), ān shén fú (Tranquil Spirit Talisman), Dìng shēn fú (Stabilizing Body Talisman)… A single sheet of talisman paper could sell for 50 taels of silver, second-grade ones would cost around 200-300 taels. In the market, she saw that the highest grade was third-grade talismans, which could sell for over a thousand taels of silver!

  Qin Luo Yi was somewhat disappointed, after leaving the market, she went around the capital city again, still nothing.

  She was thoroughly disappointed, and after finding a few people in the tea house to ask around, she finally learned that on the Holy Dragon Continent, there were specialized sects that made talismans, but the secret recipe for making talismans was not passed down.

  Moreover, making talismans consumes a lot of spiritual energy and mental power, so ordinary people are simply unable to make them. Therefore, the masters in this world who can create high-quality talismans are even rarer than alchemy masters!

  Watching the sunset in the west, the sky gradually darkened, Qin Luo had no choice but to prepare to head back home.

  After turning a few corners and walking out of the bustling streets, the corner of his eye glanced at the huge black shadow that had been following him all along, hooked his lips, and a cold intent flashed across his absolutely beautiful face.

  She didn't even prepare to return home when she still brought a tail back with her.

  "Xiong Sha!" With a light wave of her hand, she turned around and beckoned Xiong Sha over.

  Xiong Xiao followed behind her, never intentionally hiding his tracks, and would be discovered by the girl in front of him, which was also within his expectations...

  He hastily took two steps forward, running up, his dark face slightly flushed, hoarsely and abruptly saying: "Miss! I..."

  It's obvious what he wants to say, Qin Luoyi knew she wasn't a good person and wouldn't sympathize with others when they're down on their luck. With a somewhat impatient wave of her hand, she cut him off: "You don't need to say it... I know what you want to say! You have time to follow me, why not go find the spiritual plant instead, then find someone to help you refine the medicine and detoxify? Two months isn't a short or long period of time..."

  Xiong Sha's eyes turned red, and with a loud thud, he heavily knelt down, stuttering: "Miss, please save my master! My master was poisoned more severely than me... In just five days, it will be two months!"

  While speaking, he kept kowtowing heavily to her.

  Qin Luoyi was slightly stunned.

  This bear, unexpectedly, didn't follow me to get the antidote for itself, but rather its master... These two are indeed quite unfortunate, as the Soul Severing Grass is rare and the Ice Spirit Cold Petal even more so; yet both of them have been poisoned by the Soul Severing Grass.

  She slightly narrowed her eyes, and a glimmer of cold light flashed in them: "I've already told you the formula for the Soul Severing Grass pellet!"

  Although Xiong Xiao was rough, he had a delicate heart and keenly sensed the subtle changes in her expression. Her face turned even redder as she spoke in a hoarse voice: "To be honest with you, Miss, that seventh-grade elixir... I... can't afford it now..."

  Even a spiritual plant that can refine seventh-grade elixirs is now something he cannot afford!

  Qin's eyes grew even colder as he gazed at the man's dark, agitated face, and said slowly: "Whether you can afford it or not is none of my business!"

  Xiong Xiao was just a stranger she met today, and his master had nothing to do with her, whether he lived or died was none of her concern.

  He stepped over the kneeling Xiong Sha and continued walking forward.

  A glimmer of despair flashed across Xiong Zuo's eyes.

  Almost two months ago, the master went missing and everyone was busy searching for him. Later, after much difficulty, they finally found the master... only to discover that he had been poisoned!

  However, after trying many methods, no one in the capital can identify the poison that the master was poisoned with! A lot of money has been spent and many medicinal pills have been used, but the toxin hasn't been eliminated at all, on the contrary, it's getting more and more severe!

  Today this girl... just took one glance at him and knew that he was poisoned by the He poison, and even mentioned the antidote - Chi Huo Dan! This kind of dan medicine, he had never even heard of it before!

  The master's body... can't hold on for much longer!

  This girl looks young... but gives people an unpredictable feeling... He can't give up this only chance to save his master!

  He stood up and ran to Qin Luo's face, kneeling down with a crystal clear white jade slip in his hand: "Miss... this jade slip is the secret recipe for making high-level talismans that my master obtained by chance some time ago. As long as Miss is willing to lend a hand, the talisman book just now and this jade slip are all yours... As for the seventh-grade elixir, during this period of time, in order to detoxify our master, we spent almost all the money on us, but don't worry, I, Xiong Sha, swear to heaven that within ten days at most, we will definitely present the money for the elixir!"