Chapter Seventeen: Silver Needle Detoxification

  The carriage stopped in front of a low group of buildings.

  Unlike the beautifully constructed, majestic and magnificent college buildings, the preparatory class building was obviously much more dilapidated, showing a difference in status. After getting off the carriage, Xiao Chen returned to his dormitory based on memory.

  Because it was daytime, the students all went to class, and Xiao Chen didn't run into anyone. He walked into a room that wasn't particularly spacious, inside was very simple, with only two tables, on which were placed books and some magical tools.

  There were two beds against the table, and Xiao Chen remembered that the one on the right was his own.

  It's been so long since I came back, and the top should be covered with dust, but now, the quilt and bedding are very clean, and they're not like what I remembered.

  Xiao Chen didn't mind and just washed up a bit.

  He sat down on a chair and took off his monk's robe, revealing his thin upper body.

  Although still a young man's skeleton, after the continuous tempering of the Black Blood Swamp blood war, Xiao Chen's pale skin has long since disappeared. All over his body, he is a dark wheat color, without an ounce of excess flesh, and scars crisscross, marking him as a man.

  Anyone who sees it will not think that this is a monk's body, but a warrior, a warrior who has been through a hundred battles.

  Xiao Chen's gaze fell on his lower abdomen, a small black dot about the size of a grain of rice.

  "Eliminate the snake poison completely today."

  He took a look and thought silently.

  Although these poisonous snakes were strongly suppressed by him, they were like a festering wound, deeply entrenched and stubbornly lingering, casting a shadow that would not dissipate unless eliminated.

  After failing to find the antidote for the Black Lin snake's venom, Xiao Chen decided to use his own method to expel the poison. Now, he also has the necessary conditions.

  He reached out, took a small bag from the inside pocket of his robe and opened it. Inside were two attached bags, one containing gold needles and the other silver needles, each varying in length and as thin as hair.

  Silver is a material that repels evil, poison is evil. In ancient times, there was a silver needle test for poison, which would change color when inserted into a poisonous substance.

  On his way, he passed by a blacksmith's shop and had this set of gold needles and silver needles made.

  Closing her eyes and meditating.

  After the continuous battle in Hei Xue Marsh, and five days of non-stop cultivation on the airship, Xiao Chen clearly felt that his spiritual power had increased a bit. The white color on his soul was no longer as elusive, but instead had some substance to it.

  He "meditated" while constantly mobilizing magical power from the whirlpool of wind in his dantian, surrounding the remaining snake venom from all sides.

  The snake venom had been tormenting Xiao Chen for many days and was now concentrated into a single point.

  As Xiao Chen's magical power grew stronger and more oppressive, the snake venom was compressed into an increasingly smaller space, but it still refused to be dispelled.

  Xiao Chen's strength was still somewhat insufficient, at this time, he suddenly pinched a long silver needle and stabbed it into his abdomen.

  Although he didn't open his eyes, his divine sense enveloped everything, and all was extremely clear. The silver needle pierced the tiny venomous condensation point in an instant. Suddenly, the snake venom spread violently as if it had encountered its arch-nemesis.

  In an instant, that silver needle also turned as black as ink.

  Xiao Chen didn't hesitate, pulled out that silver needle, and pinched another one, lightning-fast stabbed in, again into the dark.

  The venom seemed to know it was doomed today and desperately fled through the bloodstream.

  But under Xiao Chen's divine sense, it had nowhere to escape.

  Xiao Chen's movements were as swift as lightning, each stab precisely striking the condensation point of the snake venom, forcing it into the silver needle.

  Silver needles, one by one pitch black, the snake venom in Xiao Chen's body is also getting less and less.

  Finally, the forty-eighth needle was inserted.

  The last venom was also cleared, Xiao Chen opened his eyes, and a layer of sweat appeared on his body. With the venom gone, the suppressed power returned to his body, and Xiao Chen felt a sense of relief, his strength increased by 30%.

  On the ground, there were dozens of black silver needles that were originally meant to be destroyed. Xiao Chen thought for a moment and picked them up. These silver needles had absorbed the venom of the Black Lin Snake, which was known to be deadly poisonous. In the past, Xiao Chen wouldn't have bothered with such minor toxins, but now his strength had greatly decreased, so these small tricks might just come in handy at critical moments.

  After cleaning up, Xiao Chen put on his clothes and closed his eyes for a moment of contemplation.

  Outside, footsteps sounded.

  The door was pushed open and a person came in. When he saw Xiao Chen, he let out an "ah" and looked like he had seen a ghost in broad daylight.

  Xiao Chen was lost in thought and was disturbed by someone, with some dissatisfaction he opened his eyes.

  He saw a boy even thinner than him, with a messy brown hair, eyes cast down, as lifeless as a dead fish, but now, his eyes were wide open, his mouth agape, big enough to swallow an egg, looking utterly ridiculous.

  In Xiao Chen's mind, some information quickly emerged.

  This man was his roommate, Jett, also one of the preparatory school's colleges, and reportedly the son of a marquis from the First-Class Civilization Kingdom of Kran.

  But that's nothing, those who can come to the Tianxing Academy for cultivation are all somewhat prestigious, even if they're in the preparatory class, they're all children of earls and marquises, and there are even some young princes from small countries.

  "Xiao... Xiao Chen, you, you, you're not dead." Jie Te stuttered, his mouth agape.

  "Nonsense, of course I'm not dead. Even if you died, I wouldn't die." Xiao Chen glared and said irritably.

  Because he inherited the memories of the magical apprentice "Xiao Chen", Xiao Chen is still very familiar with Jie Te, and this little guy is also one of the few friends Xiao Chen has in the academy.

  "No...not that, I didn't mean it." Jett was glared at by Xiao Chen's fierce gaze. He couldn't help but shudder and hastily explained.

  He was stunned again, seemingly disbelieving. The impression Xiao Chen had given him before was that of a very weak and self-abasing person who usually didn't even dare to speak loudly, when had he ever been so rude?

  "What's wrong?" Xiao Chen asked impatiently as he saw him not speaking and staring at himself.

  "Nothing... I just feel that, Xiao Chen, you seem to have changed." Jie Te muttered softly: What's with the fierce attitude.

  If it were before, Jie Te would have dared to retort loudly, although he himself was one of the most bullied and useless people in the prep class. But in front of Xiao Chen, who was even more timid, he seemed to be able to regain some courage and confidence, otherwise he wouldn't have pulled Xiao Chen to live in the same dormitory. However, now those retorts were stuck in his throat under Xiao Chen's sharp gaze, unable to be spoken out, as if bearing an invisible pressure.

  "Hmm..." Xiao Chen naturally understood that he was completely different from the merged "Xiao Chen", but he didn't want to pretend either. It was laughable, a demon star like him couldn't live so weakly. He also didn't care about others' astonished gazes.

  "Where have you been? You've been gone for so long." Jie Tuo was this kind of person, although timid, but adaptable and wouldn't dwell on Xiao Chen's "change".

  "Black Blood Marsh." Xiao Chen replied casually.

  "Pffft... Cough cough." Jet was drinking water and it came out directly from his nose.

  "Black Blood Swamp...... Xiao Chen, you're really good at bragging, haha."

  Jie Te thoroughly forgot Xiao Chen's "change" and burst out laughing.

  Xiao Chen didn't bother explaining either, believe it or not.

  Jie Te smiled for a while, but gradually felt it was meaningless. Just as he was about to ask a few more questions, he suddenly seemed to remember something, his face turned ugly, and he stammered: "Xiao Chen, you'd better leave quickly, Lusite will be back soon."

  "Rust? Who is he? Why should I leave just because he's coming?" Xiao Chen slightly furrowed his brow.

  "Rust is a new student, he's Lukkat's younger brother, you know, Lukkat, who's about to become a mage. You've been gone for so many days, we thought you were missing, so Lukkat just had his brother move here..."

  Xiao Chen understood as soon as he heard it.

  It turned out that his bed had been occupied by someone else, no wonder everything on the bed and desk looked so unfamiliar.

  "What about my stuff? The quilt and all."

  "This... they threw it all away... I, I was trying to stop them... Look, look, I even got beaten up..." Jie Te hastily explained, pointing at his eye socket.

  Above, there were indeed some faint bruises.

  "Thrown away?"

  Xiao Chen coldly laughed: "Very good, you still want me to leave? You're quite bold to think of that."

  "Xiao Chen!" Jie Te saw that Xiao Chen had no intention of getting up, and anxiously called out: "Lukaite is about to become a law enforcer, you can't defeat them. Why don't you leave first? A good man doesn't take unnecessary risks. You still have connections in the academy, right? Snowy and Xue Hua came looking for you, you can go find them."

  "Jie Te, what are you yelling about in the room? Who are you talking to?"

  The door was pushed open at this time.