Supreme Alchemist
Chapter 168 - 168 168 Life-essence Corpse Poison

168: Chapter 168: Life-essence Corpse Poison 168: Chapter 168: Life-essence Corpse Poison “Speak, who are you?”

In the courtyard, Long Yan stood with his hands behind his back, his gaze falling on the man in the black robe.

“Ba Wuliang.”

Ba Wuliang answered.

“So you’re Ba Wuliang?”

Long Yan’s gaze flickered, slightly taken by surprise.

Back when he was at Pill King Hall, he had heard of the name Ba Wuliang.

Ba Wuliang, also known as Master Wuliang, was a loose cultivator and an alchemist.

He had a peculiar nature and unpredictable temper, making him an elusive figure.

Ba Wuliang possessed a high talent in the Pill Dao, and during the same period, even the genius alchemists of Pill King Hall couldn’t compare to him.

The Five Great Powers all wanted to recruit him, especially the Martial God Palace, Ancient Sword Gate, Ten Thousand Phenomena Sect, and Leng Family, who offered him extremely generous conditions, but they were all refused by Ba Wuliang.

It’s clear that Ba Wuliang was an extremely proud person who didn’t care for the Five Great Powers.

“The rumors were true; this guy has a high talent in Pill Dao.

If he were at Pill King Hall, he’d probably already be a Pill King.”

Long Yan thought to himself before speaking, “What do you want with me?”

“Master Yan, I heard that you removed the congenital poisonous fire from the body of the Leng Family’s second young lady.

Is it true or false?”

Ba Wuliang slightly raised his head, looking at Long Yan.

“Your information is quite well-informed.”

Long Yan gave a faint smile, guessing Ba Wuliang’s purpose.

“Master Yan, I want to make a deal with you.”

Ba Wuliang’s tone became somewhat excited.

“What deal?”

Long Yan smiled faintly and said, “I have rather high standards.

Ordinary things don’t catch my eye.”

At that moment, Ba Wuliang pulled back the black robe over his body, revealing his true face to Long Yan.

His face was covered in blood-red patterns, and it had even begun to rot, emitting a foul smell.

It was extremely ferocious, with bulging eyes that resembled a fierce ghost’s.

A putrid aura emanated from his whole body, making one feel nauseous.

“You’ve been poisoned by the Life-essence Corpse Poison, and I fear you won’t last more than ten days.”

How keen was Long Yan’s eyesight!

At a glance, he saw that Ba Wuliang had become like this because he had been poisoned by Life-essence Corpse Poison.

Life-essence Corpse Poison was extremely domineering, capable of continuously consuming a martial artist’s essence blood, and it was difficult to eradicate it completely until the host’s life ended.

Once a martial artist was infected with the Life-essence Corpse Poison, unless a powerful individual used their absolute strength to remove it, their death was just a matter of time under the gradual consumption of the poison.

Ba Wuliang had already reached the point where he could no longer suppress the Life-essence Corpse Poison.

“Master Yan, do you have any way to remove the Life-essence Corpse Poison for me?”

Ba Wuliang looked at Long Yan, filled with expectation.

If there was anyone in the entire Shenwu Continent who could remove the Life-essence Corpse Poison for him, it had to be Long Yan.

If even Long Yan couldn’t do it, then he could only wait for death.

“It’s a bit troublesome, but it’s worth a try.”

Long Yan frowned slightly.

Indeed, the Life-essence Corpse Poison was rather troublesome.

Even if he had cultivated the Poison God Finger, he wouldn’t be able to force the Life-essence Corpse Poison out of Ba Wuliang’s body.

However, aside from the Poison God Finger, he had other methods.

“I beg Master Yan to remove the Life-essence Corpse Poison for me.”

Ba Wuliang immediately paid a great tribute, grasping at the straw that could save his life.

“What’s in it for me if I save you?”

Long Yan asked.

Ba Wuliang took a deep breath and said, “Master Yan, to be honest, five years ago, I had already cultivated the pill patterns and was preparing to challenge the Pill King.

Before that, I had been searching for news about the Soul Stabilizing Fruit everywhere.

Finally, I learned that the Tiansha Mountain Range might have the Soul Stabilizing Fruit, so I went to the Tiansha Mountain Range.

I was lucky and managed to obtain the Soul Stabilizing Fruit there.”

At this point, Ba Wuliang paused for a moment, his gaze suddenly narrowed, and then he continued, “Just as I obtained the Soul Stabilizing Fruit, I suddenly sensed a powerful aura fluctuation in the Tiansha Abyss.

The Tiansha Abyss is filled with condensed evil qi, and even a Heavenly Martial Realm expert cannot completely ignore its existence.

In many people’s eyes, the Tiansha Abyss is a deathtrap.”

At this moment, Ba Wuliang’s eyes became noticeably more solemn: “I took a risk and entered the Tiansha Abyss, where I found an ancient tomb.”

“That ancient tomb had never been entered by anyone.

As soon as I entered, I was attacked.

It was because of that incident that I was poisoned with Life-essence Corpse Poison.

Although I survived, my life has been worse than death.”

Ba Wuliang said, “Master Yan, there may be a great secret hidden in that ancient tomb.

This news should be of some value to you, right?”

This was the deal between Ba Wuliang and Long Yan.

He gave Long Yan the information about the existence of the ancient tomb in the Tiansha Abyss, and Long Yan agreed to remove the Life-essence Corpse Poison for him.

“Corpse Blood Divine Weapon.”

Long Yan’s gaze narrowed sharply, and he was absolutely certain that the thing that attacked Ba Wuliang was the Corpse Blood Divine Weapon.

“If the Corpse Blood Divine Weapon exists, it seems that the ancient tomb in the Tiansha Abyss is not simple, and it’s worth a visit.”

Long Yan calculated in his heart that if the ancient tomb was guarded by the Corpse Blood Divine Weapon, the things in the tomb would be worth risking for him.

After hesitating for a moment, Long Yan said to Ba Wuliang, “I can save you, but I have one condition.”

“What condition?”

Ba Wuliang’s gaze frowned slightly.

As long as it was acceptable, he would never refuse, as this was his only hope for survival.

“From now on, you must obey me.”

Long Yan spoke very seriously.

Ba Wuliang was a genius with extremely strong soul power, and a good seedling to be an alchemist.

Such a person, if kept by his side and given proper training, could achieve great things.

In the future, he might become his right-hand man.

“This…

”

Ba Wuliang hesitated, as Long Yan wanted him to submit.

He was born with a high pride, and he didn’t even put the Five Great Powers in his eyes.

Long Yan’s condition made him very embarrassed.

“If you don’t want to, you can leave.

You can also tell others about the existence of the ancient tomb in the Tianshasha Abyss.”

Long Yan said.

Ba Wuliang’s eyes were extremely solemn.

Things had come to this point, and he had no way out.

After pondering for a moment, he finally decided to agree to Long Yan’s condition.

“Master.”

Ba Wuliang knelt in front of Long Yan and respectfully called out.

“Follow me.”

Long Yan’s mouth corner hooked, and a force lifted Ba Wuliang up.

He then took Ba Wuliang out of the courtyard and headed towards the secret chamber in the rear mountain.

In the secret chamber.

“The Life-essence Corpse Poison is extremely domineering, like bone maggots.

It is very difficult to remove.

The only method is to force it out of the body with Strange Fire.”

Long Yan handed a jade box to Ba Wuliang and said, “I happen to have a Non-poisonous Fruit here, which can temporarily suppress the Life-essence Corpse Poison.”

At that time, in the Ten Thousand Poison Forest, he had snatched the Non-poisonous Fruit from under the eyes of the three Lin Family elders.

He had never used it before, and now, it came in handy.

“Non-poisonous Fruit.”

Ba Wuliang’s eyes lit up.

The Non-poisonous Fruit was a sacred fruit for detoxification.

Once taken, ordinary people could become immune to all poisons.

He had been searching for the Non-poisonous Fruit all this time but had never found it.

He didn’t expect Long Yan to have one.

“First, take the Non-poisonous Fruit to suppress the Life-essence Corpse Poison.

Then, I will use the Strange Fire to forcibly expel it from your body.

This process will be very painful, and you must bear it.”

The Life-essence Corpse Poison had already merged with Ba Wuliang, and forcibly separating the poison would be like separating flesh from bones – the pain was indescribable.