Chapter 419: Chapter 418: What happened to the curse that was supposed to have no effect on you?_1

“By the way, I also have a question for the Valley Master.”

“Please proceed.”

“When Old Meng’s curse turned into making women repel him, do you think the curse will affect you?”

Lord Shuang wore a displeased expression, as she felt that her authority was being questioned by Lu Yang. “I have never encountered Mend Jingzhou’s curse before, which resulted in a mistake and I let him wander for a while. But now, after diagnosing through the Hanging Thread method, I fully understand his curse condition. After following my treatment plan, the curse has reduced to a level that it can no longer affect me.”

Lu Yang was relieved. That’s good.

…

“Master Shuang said that you will need to consume toad’s skin, dried centipedes, and five poisonous bug powder… preferably raw since it will be more effective.”

Lu Yang instructed Meng Jingzhou on behalf of the Valley Master.

Watching the strange medicinal herbs, Meng Jingzhou turned pale. Were these things even edible for humans?

“Are you sure the raw method is more effective?”

“These are not my words. They’re from Lord Shuang.”

With no other choice, Meng Jingzhou, struggling to suppress his gag reflex, painstakingly consumed all the ingredients. Even though they were all dead substances, they felt alive once they had entered his belly, stirring it as if a storm was raging inside.

Zhao Po watched silently from the side, contemplating whether this is how the two prodigies of Seek Dao Sect fought – by outwitting each other.

“We also need to perform bloodletting with needles.” Lu Yang took out the seven-star silver needle that Lord Shuang lent to him. The needle must have been a formidable magic artifact. Lu Yang easily penetrated Meng Jingzhou’s defenses with the needle without even needing to channel his spiritual essence.

It is important to remember that Meng Jingzhou is a Body Cultivator with astonishing defensive capabilities. Lu Yang doubted that he could break it in a short period of time.

“Hiss— Can’t you warn me before stabbing me with a needle!” Meng Jingzhou hissed in pain, his face twisted in agony. It had been a long time since he last felt such intense pain.

If a professional doctor administered the needle, it could be inserted painlessly, and the patient wouldn’t even notice anything.

Unfortunately, Lu Yang wasn’t a real physician, let alone a professional one.

“Do you know how to use needles, Fairy?” Lu Yang suddenly remembered that he had a theoretically advantageous helper in his Spiritual Space.

“Know how to draw blood? That, I’m familiar with. The gamey taste of Demon Beast meat is because they didn’t get rid of all the blood properly. With my method, I guarantee that not a drop of blood will remain.”

Lu Yang decided that Meng Jingzhou didn’t need to pay such a high price for this.

Upon pulling out the silver needle, blood flowed out of Meng Jingzhou’s wound like a fountain. The wound seemed to have a self-healing restraint. Meng Jingzhou’s prideful, self-healing powers had no effect whatsoever; he could only slowly wait for the wound to heal itself.

The flowing blood dropped to the ground. This was the blood of a Golden Core Great Cultivator, containing extremely precious spiritual essence. Moreover, being from the bloodline of a Double Single Golden Core cultivator, it was pure and hearty. Its effectiveness was even greater than many Henyang medicines’.

Various insects seemed to sense the viability of this blood and came over to suck up Meng Jingzhou’s blood. After feeding, they felt full of energy.

However, the one thing these insects didn’t know was that from that moment on, they would never encounter a female insect again.

However, at this point, nobody knew this. Not Lu Yang, not Meng Jingzhou, and not the insects themselves.

As the wound healed, Lu Yang would inject the needle, pull out the needle, let the blood flow, and then heal. After doing this cycle thrice, Meng Jingzhou felt that the uneasiness in his heart had lightened a bit, making him joyful.

“It really works!”

Although it didn’t completely dissolve, even a partial dissolution was progress. This was a huge step forward.

Coming to the Wild State was indeed the right choice, much more reliable than the Elder diagnosing him.

As Lord Shuang calculated the timing, feeling that it was about right, she exited the Seven Emotions Valley, finally meeting Meng Jingzhou.

“So you are the Mend Family’s lad?”

The moment Meng Jingzhou saw Lord Shuang, he knew that the slight relief he felt in his heart was not an illusion. A part of his curse had indeed been dissolved.

“Responding to the Valley Master, I am Meng Jingzhou of the Mend Family, a disciple of the Seek Dao Sect.”

Lord Shuang huffed coldly: “Just as I thought, Mend Family members.”

Lu Yang had a bad feeling about this and quickly stepped forward to ask: “Thank you for treating my companion, Lord Shuang. What should we do next to fully cure Old Meng’s curse?”

Lord Shuang appeared displeased: “I shouldn’t have treated him just now. Old Buyu tricked me, and you Mend Family people are no better. Just get lost!”

Lu Yang: “…”

What happened to the curse having no effect on you?

Can’t you be more consistent, Valley Master?

There was no room for arguments at this point. Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou had no choice but to leave the Seven Emotions Valley for now.

Back in their horse-drawn carriage, it was Zhao Po who broke the silence first: “Why don’t we go to our Corpse Chasing Sect first? Our Elders and Sect Leader are familiar with the Wild State and know a lot of top curse masters and strange talents; maybe they can help.”

“I guess that’s our only option.”

…

On their journey of three men, one corpse, and a horse, they heard a commotion near a city as they approached for rest.

“Gentlemen, my name is Qing Luo, the newly appointed Sect Leader of the Cloud Platform Sect. According to our sect’s rules, if a woman becomes a Sect Leader, she must select a husband through a trial of combat.”

“Therefore, I have set up a ring here, allowing anyone to challenge me. Any man who can defeat me can become my husband!”

Qing Luo was around 28 years old, pure, and gorgeous. Her eyes were pure and big and she carried an innocent beauty. Her determination captured people’s hearts.

Qing Luo had announced her decision to choose a husband through a combat trial well in advance, so most people in the vicinity were already aware of this. Many had come to win her hand in marriage.

However, not everyone knew about it, like Lu Yang and his companions.

“Cloud Platform Sect? I have never heard of this sect before, Brother Zhao, have you?”

After some deep thought, Zhao Po finally dredged up some information about the Cloud Platform Sect from his memory.

“The Cloud Platform Sect is quite a small sect, among the low-tier ones. Their influence is limited to just one city, or maybe even less. The highest level of cultivation in their sect may only be the Golden Core Stage. The Cloud Platform Sect is most famous for its rule that if a female becomes a Sect Leader, she should choose a stronger male as her husband, like the situation we are witnessing now.”

There are countless minor sects like the Cloud Platform Sect in Great Xia.

Do not think that because Lu Yang frequently came in contact with people at the Golden Core and Nascent Soul stages, with his enemies being at the Unification stage and above, and befriending people at the Immortal stage, this was a common occurrence.

That’s because Lu Yang is a disciple of the Seek Dao Sect and his exposure was extremely high.

The Seek Dao Sect was considered the best among the Five Great Immortal Sects, gathering the extreme talents from across the continent. Any random disciple could make a big name for themselves on the Central Continent.

In reality, the majority of Cultivators would find it hard to even establish their Foundation during their lifetime, with the Golden Core stage being an almost unreachable goal. This is the reason why there are Golden Core influential families and Golden Core sects.

Seeing Qing Luo, Meng Jingzhou’s eyes lit up. He seemed to be interested and felt that his luck in love affairs was coming.