Although Chen Fei had already found many traces of the Cultivation World on Earth, he was still startled when his master, Ming Daochuan, so bluntly revealed the biggest secret in his heart. An involuntary cry escaped his lips.

"Cough, cough… I didn't expect it to be true. It seems you have some incredible luck, my boy," Elder Ming Daochuan said, his aged eyes squinting slightly as he coughed, his voice laced with weariness.

"Master, are you alright? Let me take a look."

Hearing his master's unnatural cough and sensing the fatigue in his tone, Chen Fei's grim expression remained unchanged. He quickly stepped before Elder Ming Daochuan, took his wrist, and began to check his pulse. Feeling the "attack" from his disciple, Elder Ming Daochuan's gaze sharpened, his body reflexively tensing to react. However, he immediately realized it was his own family, his disciple, before him.

So, he just shook his head slightly and relaxed his guard, allowing Chen Fei to take his right wrist and check his pulse.

"This is…"

After a thorough and careful examination, Chen Fei's already grim and anxious expression intensified. He discovered that his master's body was riddled with a massive amount of toxins. Worse, they were not ordinary toxins—they were the work of a Cultivator.

"Master, was this injury left by a Qi Practitioner?" Chen Fei asked, looking up at Elder Ming Daochuan's withered face. He could see at a glance that the immense True Qi in his body was circulating sluggishly.

"You could really tell? Right, you should be considered a Qi Practitioner yourself now. You're familiar with this sort of thing," Elder Ming Daochuan said, nodding after a moment of surprise.

It turned out that he had been ambushed during an encounter with a weaker opponent, which was the main reason for his recent disappearance and growing weakness. The methods of a Qi Practitioner were far more formidable than those of an Ancient Martial Artist. If this continued, he feared even he, Ming Daochuan, would succumb to this Demon Poison.

The toxin was extremely domineering and had accumulated in his body for too long. Because of this, even an expert at the Later Stage of the Innate Realm, someone more powerful than him, would struggle to expel the poison.

Unless, perhaps, it was an expert at the Innate Late Stage Peak! But a powerhouse of that level was not someone you could find easily.

"Let me try. Master, please sit down."

Hearing this, Chen Fei waved his hand, his expression turning serious as he gestured for Elder Ming Daochuan to sit.

"What are you planning to do?" Elder Ming Daochuan asked, somewhat startled.

But in the next instant, before he finished speaking, Chen Fei had already tapped the back of his hand. A stream of Spiritual Energy shot out, forming a blade that made a small cut on the skin. Then, strands of dazzling, thumb-sized Sword Qi burrowed into his master's body. In a flash, Elder Ming Daochuan's aged face flushed a deep red.

However, amidst the red, a nauseating black miasma rapidly counterattacked, a deeply unsettling sight.

After only a few moments, Chen Fei was already drenched in sweat, his body shaking violently as he manipulated the Sword Qi of Sanyang True Fire to purge the poison for his master. Foul-smelling drops of blood seeped from his pores, only to be instantly evaporated.

"That's enough! Stop!"

Just a few breaths later, Elder Ming Daochuan's expression changed abruptly. He forcibly severed the connection between Chen Fei and the Sword Qi of Sanyang True Fire inside him, pushing his disciple away. At that moment, Chen Fei's face had become deathly pale, as if he had been soaked in a downpour. His breathing was erratic, and his body was shaking uncontrollably.

"What potent poison… A demonic cultivator at the Qi Refining Sixth Layer?" After being pushed away, Chen Fei murmured, his eyes flickering with lingering fear and a sudden, savage glint.

He was shaken by the realization that a Qi Practitioner of such a level—the Qi Refining Sixth Layer—even existed on Earth. And his sudden surge of ferocity was simple… that person had dared to make a move on his master!?

BANG!

Suddenly, he felt a sharp rap on his head. He looked up to see Elder Ming Daochuan staring at him gravely and scolding him sternly, "Why were you being so reckless, boy? Do you realize that if I hadn't reacted fast enough, you would have ended up just like me, afflicted with this troublesome poison?"

Chen Fei fell silent for a moment before asking again, "Master, what exactly happened? How did you end up poisoned like this, and who did it?"

"You…"

At this, Elder Ming Daochuan's aged eyes narrowed, a gentle warmth flowing from them. He finally shook his head with a soft sigh and said slowly, "Just bad luck. I was ambushed. But that person is incredibly strong now. Even if I had been prepared, I probably wouldn't have been his match."

"Even with your strength at the Later Stage of the Innate Realm, you're no match for him?"

Chen Fei's eyes narrowed slightly, and he then murmured to himself, "It seems that person is no simple practitioner at the Qi Refining Sixth Layer. Could he possess a complete set of Cultivation Techniques of the Qi Refining Realm?"

Though shocked and surprised by the thought, Chen Fei didn't dwell on it for long. His jet-black eyes, clear as glass, were fixed on his master as he asked, "Master, who exactly attacked you? Hasn't he gone too far?"

"Gone too far?" Elder Ming Daochuan shook his head with a sigh. "If you knew what he's been doing lately, you wouldn't call it 'going too far'—you'd call it utterly insane! Do you know Luo Zun of the Tiger Leopard Hall? He somehow found the demonic technique that once caused a bloodbath in the Martial Forest, and he has successfully cultivated it. That technique can absorb the blood and essence of Ancient Martial Artists to increase his own power. That's why so many Innate Experts have mysteriously disappeared in recent years…"

"Luo Zun?" Chen Fei's eyes flashed with violent ferocity. "Master, are you saying he's targeted you, and that's why he attacked you?"

The words had barely left his lips when an intense, uncontrollable rage surged through him.

Luo Zun? He was more than familiar with the man's crazed reputation, but for that lunatic to dare move against his master, Chen Fei's master… Did he really think he was invincible and could act without consequences? A demonic technique that once caused a bloodbath in the Martial Forest? It sounded impressive and powerful, but in Chen Fei's eyes, it was nothing but third-rate trash! Truly formidable cultivation techniques would never rely on such crooked, underhanded shortcuts… Damn it! That bastard really has some nerve.

"That's right." Elder Ming Daochuan shook his head helplessly. "He now possesses the strength of the Later Stage of the Innate Realm, so the True Yuan of ordinary Innate Experts is probably useless to him now. That's most likely why he targeted me. I was caught in his ambush, and although I managed to escape, this poison…" He trailed off, shaking his head with a bitter smile.

He had originally called Chen Fei over to see if his disciple could help him, but after seeing what just happened… if there was no cure for this poison in his body, he probably wouldn't be able to hold on for much longer.

"Master, don't worry. I have a way to deal with this poison," Chen Fei said suddenly, making Elder Ming Daochuan's eyebrows shoot up.

"A way? Are you serious? You aren't lying to me?" Elder Ming Daochuan looked at his disciple with a strange expression. "But just now you were… Although you are also a Qi Practitioner now, that man's power should be far greater than yours, right?"

"That's correct. My current strength is no match for his," Chen Fei nodded, then added, "However, I have other ways to cure the poison."

"What way?" Hearing this, Elder Ming Daochuan's gaze sharpened as he asked with utmost seriousness.

"Do you remember the underwater cave beneath Emerald Lake?" Chen Fei asked, his eyes narrowed as he spoke slowly. "In that underwater cave, there is one of the Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures called the Jinchan Moon Fruit. It's a precious, Mid Grade Human Level spiritual medicine. As long as we can go and retrieve it, the poison in your body, Master, will be no issue."

"Then what are we waiting for—But, there's a troublesome beast down there." Elder Ming Daochuan was excited at first, but then his brow furrowed as he recalled the formidable beast that dwelled beneath Emerald Lake.

Even before he had advanced to the Later Stage of the Innate Realm, he had been unable to wrest that miraculous spiritual medicine from the beast's grasp underwater. Now, although he was an expert at the Later Stage of the Innate Realm, he was severely injured and no longer had the strength or confidence to make a move.

"I'll give it a try. With my current strength, it should be enough," Chen Fei said at that moment.

"You'll go?" Elder Ming Daochuan looked up at his disciple, a flicker of surprise in his eyes. He said slowly, "Although that beast's original strength isn't that great, only around the Innate Middle Stage, it has the home-field advantage underwater… Even I couldn't get the better of it back then. Are you really sure you can handle it?"

"Don't worry, Master. With my current strength, it shouldn't be a big problem," Chen Fei replied with a smile, though his inner thoughts were quite different.

He knew very well that his master's condition couldn't wait. So, regardless of his confidence, he had to go! And he had to succeed! Otherwise, the situation would become truly dire.

"Alright, then."

Naturally, Elder Ming Daochuan was unaware of Chen Fei's true thoughts. He simply figured that with his disciple's current strength, he might actually be able to retrieve that miraculous spiritual medicine from the beast.

And even if he failed, escaping with his current power shouldn't be a problem. So, he didn't try to stop him.

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