Chapter 164: Brother, Have You Been Expelled From the Sect?
Inside the tavern.
Zhang Yuanshan paid no mind to the peanuts and wine before him being stained with his own blood.
He picked up a peanut stained with his blood and popped it into his mouth.
The divine doctor's plan was acceptable to the slightly impoverished Zhang Yuanshan, after all, it was far better than losing his life.
And at first, it wasn't too much trouble.
Initially, Zhang Yuanshan was not this sloppy. After all, it was just a bloodletting therapy, followed by taking some blood-replenishing pills.
A Golden Core True Person had plenty of methods to manage it.
And he only needed to let out a wave of blood every two days.
Unfortunately, he had encountered Li Xingtian, who had switched his cultivation method.
And Li Xingtian had also overestimated himself.
Given that he and Zhang Yuanshan had gotten along very well during their time in Central Continent, and that Zhang Yuanshan was extremely righteous, which greatly appealed to Li Xingtian's values.
Watching Zhang Yuanshan periodically release blood.
Li Xingtian thought that when it came to things like blood, he naturally felt he should have some persuasive power.
Besides, even if he failed, it couldn't get any worse, right?
But the facts proved that expertise lies in specialization.
Theory and practice are often worlds apart.
Li Xingtian didn't understand the specific principles. In short, his efforts ended in failure.
But the failure wasn't entirely in vain. Although the poison wasn't cured, there was a side effect.
Spurred on by Li Xingtian's meddling, the blood within Zhang Yuanshan's body began a suicidal resistance against the poisoned blood.
Unless Zhang Yuanshan constantly divided his consciousness to control his own blood, a civil war would rage within his body.
At first, Zhang Yuanshan tried to control it a little, but as time went on...
Zhang Yuanshan felt that doing this was a bit like sticking his face out to be slapped on purpose.
It was truly too suffocating.
Zhang Yuanshan thought to himself—isn't it just vomiting blood? Then just vomit!
From that day on, vomiting blood became Zhang Yuanshan's daily routine.
And the volume was immense!
So immense that Zhang Yuanshan had to take a large number of blood-replenishing pills every day.
Zhang Yuanshan didn't blame Li Xingtian for this matter, after all, he had agreed to let Li Xingtian try.
Li Xingtian should... have had good intentions.
But Li Xingtian, whose good intentions led to a bad outcome, didn't just slap his butt and leave.
Li Xingtian chose to take him back to show his own master. After all, his master was a legendary Karma Nascent Soul.
During this period, Li Xingtian had also acquired many good things from mountains of blades and seas of blood.
The money to build a grand hall for his master was finally complete.
He had also bought many good things for his senior martial sister and Chen Baiqing, and brought some gifts for the junior martial brothers and sisters he had never met.
He would go back and have a look, first letting his master build the grand hall.
Additionally, if his master couldn't solve it either, he would give Zhang Yuanshan a sum of money and send him back to see that medical cultivator.
If he could be cured, they would save a sum of money.
So at this moment, the two were on their way back to the sect in Yuzhou City.
Li Xingtian still felt a bit guilty, but watching Zhang Yuanshan vomit blood like this, he couldn't bear it and tried his best to say tactfully:
"If you can't drink it, then don't. You're already a Golden Core, you don't have to be greedy for this one sip."
Zhang Yuanshan looked at Li Xingtian and said with sincere tone:
"I'm just treating this as my last meal. Are you really sure your master won't medical-treat me to death?"
Li Xingtian sighed: "I didn't say I'd treat you. I'm just taking you back for my master to see."
After vomiting a large mouthful of blood, Zhang Yuanshan wiped the bloodstains from the corner of his mouth and said:
"That's what you said before you treated me too."
Hearing this, Li Xingtian could only fall silent and close his mouth.
"Eh, don't mind." Zhang Yuanshan laughed, revealing a mouthful of blood-stained teeth.
"I don't blame you. I just want this drink. The Golden Core's avoidance of grain is for the body, not the spirit. I'm still a common man. A little drink, a little drink."
"I, Old Zhang, am willing to come because I trust you, brother."
"And besides, just based on that one healing pill you gave me that your master refined, which made me vomit blood for two whole days, and based on that feeling of my soul almost leaving my body, I should believe your master is a grandmaster of alchemy."
"What a formidable medicinal effect."
As Zhang Yuanshan spoke, he recalled the pill Li Xingtian had given him.
The medicinal effect was truly formidable. The amount of blood replenished was far more ferocious than taking a whole bottle of the blood-replenishing pills next to it. It was just that he vomited so much blood that it felt like enduring a world-class torture.
Hearing this, Li Xingtian quickly lowered his head to look at the blood-stained peanuts before him, and instantly felt that it seemed... not so unacceptable after all.
That day, Li Xingtian hadn't dared to say that Zhang Yuanshan's discomfort wasn't from vomiting too much blood, but because the pill his master refined was a bit sinister...
Half an hour later.
Li Xingtian led the pale-faced Zhang Yuanshan out of the tavern.
When Li Xingtian stepped out of the tavern, he discovered that the blood Zhang Yuanshan had vomited had already flowed from inside the tavern to the door, dyeing a large patch of the ground red.
After thinking for a moment, Li Xingtian turned back and tossed a small piece of gold onto the table full of bloodstains.
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Near Yuzhou City, two Golden Core True Persons were traveling through the air.
After some days of travel, Li Xingtian finally set foot once more on this familiar land.
A sense of returning home spread through his heart. He wondered how his master had been during this time.
At this moment, Li Xingtian was leading Zhang Yuanshan toward the sect.
Zhang Yuanshan felt the somewhat sparse spiritual energy here and couldn't help but sigh:
"I really didn't expect, Brother Li, that with your cultivation and skills at such a young age, you would actually be from the Southern Continent. Truly, a hero's origin is not a concern."
Li Xingtian said in a calm tone: "It's all thanks to my master's good teaching."
Zhang Yuanshan had now changed into a clean set of clothes and also separated a sliver of his consciousness to control the civil war of blood within his body.
After all, he was going to meet his brother's master. He had to maintain some semblance of etiquette.
He couldn't very well show up in a blood-soaked robe and spit out a mouthful of blood as soon as he opened his mouth, could he?
For now, he could only choose to stick his face out to be slapped.
Zhang Yuanshan said with a smile: "Then it must be that a famous master produces an outstanding disciple."
Hearing this, a hint of a smile could not be concealed on Li Xingtian's otherwise expressionless face.
Seeing this scene, Zhang Yuanshan couldn't help but chuckle lightly in his heart.
If you praised Li Xingtian, ninety percent of the time there wouldn't be a ripple in his heart, but if you praised his master, ninety percent of the time Li Xingtian was happy.
The depth of the master-disciple bond was truly moving.
At this moment, Li Xingtian could already see his own sect in the distance:
"Brother Zhang, it's just ahead."
Zhang Yuanshan followed his gaze and perked up: "Hehe, we're finally here. It's been a long journey."
After a moment of talking and laughing.
The two flew to the front of the sect's main gate.
Li Xingtian looked at the sect before him, unable to conceal his excitement, and flew in without hesitation.
Bang!
A violent fluctuation of spiritual energy came.
Li Xingtian felt as if he had crashed into a wall of cold iron. Immediately after, a fierce spiritual energy directly sent him flying, smashing him to the ground.
Zhang Yuanshan, who was in mid-air, quickly stabilized his form.
He watched the grand protective formation slowly begin to operate, feeling the pressure from the formation before him.
Zhang Yuanshan turned his head to look at Li Xingtian, who was getting up, and cautiously asked in a low voice:
"Brother... have you been expelled from the sect?"
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