Chapter 441: Chapter 440: Fell for It
Before the dawn broke, an endless darkness swallowed the moonlight, plunging the entire land into the darkest moment.
Having reached the Realm of Unity of Heaven and Man, Yang Fei’s recovery was extremely fast, yet this time he had nearly exhausted all the True Yuan within his body, even his Sea of Consciousness suffered a great impact, and a complete recovery in a short period was impossible.
However, Yang Fei was secretly thrilled.
He discovered that after entering this state of Unity of Heaven and Man, not only was his recovery speed astonishing, but also the Heaven and Earth Power that entered his body continuously nourished his meridians and acupoints all over, giving him a feeling of ceaselessly tempering his body.
This feeling was different from his past cultivation.
Past cultivation was merely about absorbing the Heaven and Earth Power and then converting it into True Yuan for his own use.
The current state, however, was about using the Heaven and Earth Power to temper the body.
This was a completely new state.
Yang Fei understood that according to the Taoist texts, this belonged to body tempering for a Golden Body.
Of course, the Golden Body here was not the same as the true Golden Body Immortal.
In essence, this stage of body tempering should be what is known in the orthodox Taoist Cultivation Realm as Foundation Establishment.
Forging a Cultivation Body that harmonizes with Heaven and Earth, and achieving a Cultivation Body suitable for the Taoist practice.
Although he had already discovered the knack of Foundation Establishment during his Dual Cultivation with Qin Yanyang, and his feet had been tempered and transformed,
That was due to the True Yuan within his body impacting the acupoints.
The current state, on the other hand, was attracting external Heaven and Earth Power to temper the body.
This effect turned out to be much stronger than the tempering by the internal True Yuan.
At the current pace, he would only need a few months for all the acupoints, meridians, and bones in his body to be tempered; by then, he would have successfully established his foundation, possessing the so-called Dao Body of Taoism, and truly stepping onto the path of cultivation.
In fact, Yang Fei could have reached this state of Unity of Heaven and Man in his cultivation long ago.
But the spiritual energy of the outside world was too weak, and after the Heaven and Earth Power entered the body and circulated, the effect on the body was not very noticeable.
Now that he had come to the Hidden Sect World, where the nature’s spiritual energy was relatively abundant, once he entered this state of Unity of Heaven and Man, the effect was clearly evident.
After ten years of Qi Cultivation, he had finally stepped into the Foundation Establishment Stage.
In this Dharma Decline Era of cultivation, that was considered a defiance of the heavens.
A hundred meters away, Immortal Yan carefully hid behind a large tree, her eyebrows tightly furrowed, her face showing a hint of confusion.
It shouldn’t be like this.
How come he hasn’t fallen after such a long time? Could the Bone Erosion Powder have lost its effect?
While puzzled, the continuous stream of Heaven and Earth Power towards that young man suddenly stopped.
With a thud, the young man collapsed to the ground, unconscious.
"Clap, clap!"
Immortal Yan clapped her hands, flashed out from behind the tree, her petite figure appearing like a night cat, and in an instant, she was within about ten meters of Yang Fei.
She stared at the unconscious Yang Fei, her face showing a bit of joy but not losing her vigilance, her bright eyes fixed on the closed-eyed Yang Fei, closely observing.
Yang Fei lay as if he had fallen into a deep sleep, without any movement.
Immortal Yan slowly retreated backward, her movements graceful, and in an instant, she had put another ten meters or so between them.
"Stop pretending," Immortal Yan said, staring at Yang Fei.
Yang Fei lay still, motionless.
"I never expected you to be an impressive doctor, knowing to suppress the poison into one spot at the first moment, preventing it from spreading. But it’s useless, the Bone Erosion Powder has been absorbed into your body. It is silent and colorless, blending with the spiritual energy, and only after a certain amount accumulates will the poison flare up. Even if it’s detected after poisoning, it’s difficult to force it out of the body, because it has fused with your internal True Yuan," Immortal Yan said with a few traces of mockery and derision on her face as she saw Yang Fei still lying motionless on the ground.
"Sigh," Yang Fei sighed and got up from the ground.
His complexion was very poor.
In addition to his huge consumption that had not yet recovered, being poisoned was also a factor.
As a master of medical skills, Yang Fei had never thought that he would be poisoned.
He was an expert in medical theory and had a strong ability to discern toxins, making it very difficult to poison him under normal circumstances.
Even if some toxins were accidentally inhaled into his body, he had ways to contain them within a local area to prevent them from spreading and causing an outbreak.
With his cultivation, he just needed to practice Qi to expel it from his body, and he would be unaffected.
However, this time it was very different.
The poison was colorless and tasteless, silently blending with nature’s spiritual energy, and he had inhaled it into his body without noticing; by the time he discovered it, as Immortal Yan had said, the toxins were mixed with the True Yuan inside his body, making them difficult to separate.
Yes, difficult to separate, but not impossible as Immortal Yan had claimed.
For Yang Fei, although the poison was somewhat domineering, with his medical skill and the Revitalizing Needle Technique, he was confident that, albeit at some expenditure of time and True Yuan, he could gradually eliminate the toxin entirely.
It was just a pity that this woman was too cunning—she could see that he was feigning unconsciousness.
In the darkness, both could see clearly, and Immortal Yan inwardly praised him, "Such a strikingly handsome man."
Immortal Yan was dressed for traveling at night, but having exhausted quite a bit chasing Yang Fei, she found her masked breathing uncomfortable and had already torn it off. Yang Fei caught a glimpse of her stunning beauty and was momentarily dazed.
Immortal Yan was evidently very confident in her own beauty. She smiled radiantly, a vision of charm, "So you’re Yang Fei?"
Yang Fei recognized her voice and responded with a question, "Are you that woman from the Duanmu Family?"
Immortal Yan nodded, "That’s right, it’s me."
Yang Fei asked, "You’ve been following me all this way?"
Immortal Yan smiled and nodded again, "Yes."
"Impressive."
He sincerely admired her.
He had managed to elude even the two old ancestors of the Duanmu Family, yet Immortal Yan had managed to keep up. This woman was indeed remarkable.
Immortal Yan smiled proudly and said, "Those two old fools are stupid. They flaunted their ability to soar through the sky, haha, flying such a long distance in one breath, using up a great deal of True Yuan and Divine Soul Power, yet they didn’t anticipate that you could run so well and so fast. Thus, they ran out of strength and lost you."
Yang Fei chuckled lightly.
He found it amusing too.
If the two old ancestors of the Duanmu Family hadn’t shown off by flying through the air, he might not have been able to shake them off.
But now, he had been caught by this mysterious woman who had poisoned him, and Yang Fei wasn’t pleased about it.
After all, he had underestimated the prowess of the Hidden Sect masters.
This girl might not be as powerful as the old ancestors of the Duanmu Family, but her methods were much more troublesome.
"You’re following me because you’re interested in the Taoist heritage, aren’t you?" Yang Fei got straight to the point as he looked at Immortal Yan.
Immortal Yan’s eyes twinkled, and she said cheerfully, "Yes, if you are willing to cooperate, I’ll ensure you’re unharmed."
Yang Fei nodded, "I’ll cooperate."
Immortal Yan giggled, "Really? I don’t believe you would give in so easily."
Yang Fei replied with a bitter smile, "Compared to life and death, not to mention Taoist cultivation methods, I would hand over even the secrets to Immortality. I’m still young and have a brilliant life ahead of me—why would I make things difficult for myself?"
However, Immortal Yan remained unmoved and said playfully, "Your stalling won’t work; Bone Erosion Powder isn’t so easily driven out of the body."
Yang Fei, speechless, looked at her and said, "In the time you’ve been speaking, you have released seven colorless and tasteless toxins. It’s obvious that you were lying earlier; you never intended to spare me but to incapacitate me."
Immortal Yan laughed heartily, "Hehe, you really are remarkable, being able to discern even how many types of toxins I’ve used just now. Compared to those so-called geniuses from the aristocratic families and Sects, you do have some skill, and you’re much more interesting."
Yang Fei stopped talking.
During this time, he had been trying to find a way to expel the Bone Erosion Powder, but she kept stealthily poisoning him, forcing him to remain on guard and leaving him no time to rid himself of the poison.
This woman was too troublesome to deal with.
This couldn’t go on.
If he lingered here too long and the people from the Duanmu Family caught up, it would spell big trouble.
Seeing Yang Fei silent, Immortal Yan gauged the time, and with a smile, approached him.
She also knew she couldn’t waste too much time here and needed to take Yang Fei away quickly to question him at a perfectly safe location.