Cultivation begins with the Druid panel

Chapter 158 Poisonous Cultivation Methods

Bamboo leaves gently fell to the ground, and the painted world behind Lu Lin slowly dissipated in the breeze, merging back into the folding fan in Lu Lin's hand. The scene before him gradually returned to normal. Lu Lin let out a long breath, closed the folding fan in his hand, and respectfully asked Shi Jia, "Senior Sister, how was my performance? Was it satisfactory?"

When Shi Jia heard Lu Lin's soft call, she slowly came back to her senses. She looked up and around, and then carefully pondered the situation. There wasn't even any residual aura of the formation in the air. Lu Lin had broken the formation cleanly and thoroughly, leaving no flaws for Shi Jia to criticize.

It seems that Lu Lin has put in a lot of effort in breaking the formation after returning.

"Not bad." After a moment, Shi Jiayi finally spoke two words, and did not hold back his inner praise: "You were able to break my formation so easily, which is beyond my expectations. It seems that your level of dealing with formations is already qualified."

Lu Lin was delighted to receive Shi Jiayi's approval, but he remained standing still, waiting for Shi Jiayi's next instruction.

Sure enough, not long after Shi Jia finished speaking, she spoke up to Lu Lin, saying, "Formations are the most important part of unorthodox methods. Now that you have learned how to deal with formations, let's begin other practical training."

Shi Jia didn't specify which aspect she would be training next. Instead, she jumped down from the rock, came to Lu Lin, and with a smile, patted his shoulder: "The next training I'm going to give you is on how to deal with the methods of poison cultivators. Are you ready?"

Upon hearing the words "poison cultivator," Lu Lin immediately felt confident. The medicinal properties of spiritual plants are also their toxicity, and as the youngest spiritual plant master in the Cliff Academy in nearly a hundred years, Lu Lin was very confident in this.

But just as he was about to nod in agreement that he was ready, he suddenly found that he could not speak and at the same time felt a sharp pain in his shoulder.

He immediately turned his head and saw that Shi Jia had stuck a silver needle into his shoulder. The needle was very thin and almost invisible in the morning light.

Upon realizing she had been discovered, Shi Jia laughed and removed the silver needles from Lu Lin's body: "These silver needles contain some kind of toxin. You have half a day to understand and neutralize this toxin. If you cannot resolve it within half a day, you will become permanently mute."

Lu Lin's expression changed, and then he saw Shi Jiayi leave with the silver needles.

Lu Lin felt his vocal cords go numb and couldn't utter a single word. In the end, his entire mouth lost all sensation. It seemed that the effects of this toxin would become stronger over time.

Lu Lin realized the seriousness of the situation and understood that Shi Jiayi was not joking, so he immediately took out a book about poisons from his Qiankun bag and began to read it.

Lu Lin had read these kinds of books before, but he only had a superficial understanding of them. At this moment, that superficial understanding was far from enough to cure the toxins in his body, so he could only continue to study.

[You have completed a reading session, deepening your understanding of toxin pharmacology. Heart of Nature experience points +3, Divine Enlightenment experience points +3]

[As you continue this behavior, your experience points will continue to increase —]

Sitting on a rock in the bamboo forest, Lu Lin focused his attention on the book in his hands. In a short while, his understanding of the pharmacology of toxins more than doubled. After browsing through the book, he also determined the type of toxin he was currently suffering from.

In the field of toxicology, this type of poison has a general name.

It is called the Five Spirit Poisons.

"Five refers to the five senses," and "spirit" refers to spiritual poison.

This toxin is insignificant among the many methods of poison cultivators, posing no threat to life whatsoever. Moreover, there are many ways to detoxify it, such as acupuncture, bloodletting, or even internal energy cultivation.

Therefore, this type of toxin is rarely used by poison masters in actual combat, since its effect is not significant.

The reason Shi Jiayi is giving him this poison is probably to give him a chance to adapt.

"It seems my senior sister went easy on me." Lu Lin thought to himself as he sat cross-legged on a rock and began to circulate his qi to heal his injuries.

These types of toxins can be neutralized simply by circulating the Taiyang and Shaoyang meridians. Finally, the toxins are dissolved into the stagnant blood and expelled, thus completely detoxifying the body. However, the method of circulating the meridians is slightly different from the usual method, requiring the meridians to be reversed.

However, this was not difficult for Lu Lin.

Lu Lin closed his eyes and mobilized all the spiritual energy in his dantian. The spiritual energy flowed through Lu Lin's meridians. Perhaps because of the toxins, Lu Lin felt obvious pain during the flow of spiritual energy, but fortunately, the pain did not last long and soon disappeared.

At the same time, Lu Lin could feel a breath flowing upwards, which was the toxic gas produced by the toxin entering his body, and also the toxin's own toxic energy.

Lu Lin closed his eyes tightly and mobilized the power in his body to force the poison gas to his throat. His previously numb vocal cords finally started to react.

Immediately following suit, Lu Lin made his move, using his fingers as a sword to quickly tap around his throat and chest. His face flushed red for a moment, and then he spat out a mouthful of black blood.

The black blood emitted a foul stench and quickly evaporated and disappeared upon contact with the ground.

His previously numb vocal cords began to recover gradually. Lu Lin coughed twice and finally regained his voice. He smiled slightly, realizing that detoxification wasn't so difficult after all.

At the same time, a panel refreshed in front of Lu Lin:

[You circulate your spiritual power, reverse the flow of spiritual energy, and force the toxins out of your body. Natural Heart experience points +5, Divine Enlightenment experience points +5]

Lu Lin glanced at the panel's contents briefly, then waved his hand to close it.

Immediately afterwards, Lu Lin looked up at the sky. Only half an hour had passed, but Shi Jiayi had given him half a day. It seemed that Shi Jiayi had underestimated him.

Lu Lin smiled and then lay down on the rock.

He naturally wouldn't go looking for Shi Jiayi, since he was happy to have some free time and could use this time to rest properly.

However, he did not know that all of this was actually a test for Shi Jiayi.

Lu Lin had only been lying on the rock for a short time when he suddenly felt a chill on his neck. He immediately reached out and touched his neck, only to find a trace of blood.

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Lu Lin's expression changed, and he immediately sat up and looked back, only to see Shi Jiayi appear in the bamboo forest at some point, smiling at him, holding a small spider that she had just retrieved.

Lu Lin wiped his neck again; the blood was still there.

Shi Jia said, "The worst thing you can do when dealing with a poison cultivator is to let your guard down. This little spider was obtained by Master when he went down the mountain many years ago. Its venom is unknown, but it will cause unbearable pain. You should detoxify as soon as possible, otherwise you won't be able to sleep."