Asura Emperor Venerable

Chapter 72: Chapter 72: The Medicine Cures the Disease

Seeing the Empress Dowager vomit uncontrollably, everyone was naturally shocked.

The Empress Dowager was already so frail, how could she withstand such torture?

She would surely vomit herself to death!

Chu Dingtian could no longer sit still—this was his own mother!

“Come—”

Spurt!

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Just as he was about to give an order, he saw the Empress Dowager actually vomit a golden worm about a foot long!

This sight astonished everyone.

How was this possible, to have such a big worm inside a person’s stomach?

Shi Hao smiled and said, “This is called the Crimson Gold Gu, residing within the body of its host, surviving and growing by feeding on the host’s nutrients, and as it grows larger, its appetite also increases.”

“This Crimson Gold Gu has nearly matured, give it a bit more nourishment and it will lay eggs.”

If one Crimson Gold Gu is already this terrifying, what about a whole brood?

Everyone began to feel a chill, realizing that if Liu Yixiao had actually administered some strong tonic to the Empress Dowager, the result would have been to fatten up the Crimson Gold Gu, leading it to lay a brood of eggs.

Then, the Empress Dowager would have truly been doomed.

“Someone, clean up at once!” Chu Dingtian ordered.

Of course, there would be eunuchs and palace maids cleaning up, tidying the scene, and after the Empress Dowager vomited out the Crimson Gold Gu, her appetite suddenly returned.

“Feed her some rice soup, for the next three days nothing else will do,” Shi Hao said. “Her body is still weak, binge eating will do harm, she needs to take it slow.”

“Yes,” Eunuch Ma promptly took note of this.

“Scoundrel, scoundrel!” At this moment, one could hear Liu Yixiao suddenly shouting loudly, and with a bang, he broke through the screen and leaped to the ground.

“Your Majesty, you must not let this person treat the Empress Dowager, he’s nothing but a bandit!” He just regained consciousness and had no idea what had transpired.

Uh, everyone looked at him with pitying eyes.

“Yixiao, go and rest a bit,” Chu Dingtian said softly, not wanting to embarrass him publicly.

Liu Yixiao was unwilling to concede, pointing at Shi Hao he said, “Your Majesty, how can you tolerate this man’s reckless behavior here?”

Chu Dingtian’s face darkened, “Yixiao, watch your words!”

After all, he was the ruler of a nation, and besides, even if it came to comparing backgrounds, were the ancestors of his Chu Family as Fifth Elder of White Cloud Sect any less prestigious than a mere disciple from the Pill Yard?

Seeing Chu Dingtian’s anger, Liu Yixiao dared not make another sound, thoughts flashing through his mind, he bowed with a fist, “Yixiao has important matters to attend to, I shall take my leave now!”

He was arrogant, striding away without waiting for Chu Dingtian’s permission.

Shi Hao watched, surprised by the audacity. This Liu Yixiao was just a high-level martial master, why was he so arrogant in front of Chu Dingtian?

Even if Martial Venerable Duan Jinghong came, at most he would only be on equal terms with Chu Dingtian, right?

Heh, anyway, it had nothing to do with him.

Shi Hao smiled at Chu Dingtian, “Now that the Empress Dowager’s illness is cured, I can receive my reward, right?”

Chu Dingtian pondered for a moment before asking, “Good, what do you want?”

Off to the side, the Seventh Princess immediately forgot about her great-grandmother and looked eagerly at Shi Hao, filled with anticipation.

“Pick me! Pick me! Pick me!” A voice in her heart was buzzing.

Shi Hao said, “I want to enter the Xuanming Immortal Pond.”

What?

The Seventh Princess was extremely disappointed. Why didn’t he choose her?

No matter, she could simply ask her father, the Emperor, to issue a decree for a marriage by imperial order.

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Shi Hao did not waste any time and went straight to the Xuanming Immortal Pond.

It was within the Imperial Palace, heavily guarded.

Shi Hao was escorted by a eunuch, and with the token personally bestowed by the Emperor, he was finally allowed to enter.

To call it the Immortal Pond was somewhat deceptive, for it was actually a natural pool within a cave.

Huh?

Indeed, the energy of heaven and earth here was dense, far surpassing that of the outside world.

When Shi Hao further submerged his hand into the pool, it became even more incredible, the energy seemed to materialize, growing several times stronger.

He suddenly realized why the Royal Family had so many experts; if one were to cultivate here, wouldn’t their progress double with half the effort?

He stepped into the pool and found that the closer he got to the bottom, the denser the energy became.

As he dove down, he discovered hundreds of embedded stones at the bottom of the pool.

This was the key to why the pond possessed such concentrated energy.

Spirit Stones!

It was a simple Formation that channeled the energy from within the Spirit Stones, mingling it with the water so that even ordinary people could absorb it through their skin.

Weird, where did the Chu Family acquire so many Spirit Stones from?

You should know that within this Formation, Spirit Stones constantly leak energy. With this pool, it’s estimated they would only last for two or three months before definitely being drained.

Therefore, the Chu Family must have a stable source of Spirit Stones.

Do they have a Spirit Stone Mine?

Shi Hao’s heart stirred; if he had many Spirit Stones, he could set up an even more advanced Formation, enhancing his cultivation efficiency to a frightening level.

But, let’s leave that aside for now.

Shi Hao continued to practice the Tyrant Body Technique. With a constant supply of energy, he could rapidly increase the strength of his body.

Three meals a day were provided, but they were all placed at the cave entrance, requiring him to come out and eat on his own.

Overnight passed, and the next morning, Shi Hao began his true cultivation.

The Nine Revolutions Sky-Plundering Scripture!

Hum, Soul Tentacles spread out, enveloping the entire pool, then contracted suddenly, boom, a terrifying energy feedback almost caused Shi Hao to spit out blood.

This was also why he hadn’t dared to directly absorb the Spirit Stones’ energy through the Nine Revolutions Sky-Plundering Scripture; the energy was too concentrated, enough to burst him alive.

Fortuitously, he already possessed the strength of a high-level Martial Sect and with the physique cultivated from the Tyrant Body Technique, he could withstand such an impact.

Then bring it on!

Shi Hao’s eyes shone brightly, his will as firm as iron.

Duan Jinghong, as a Martial Venerable, had no class, openly bullying a youth; how could that not irritate Shi Hao?

Shi Hao’s character was such that if you slapped him, he wouldn’t just return it on the spot, but also give back two additional slaps!

He was holding back quite a substantial grudge.

Boom, boom, boom, wave upon wave of energy was absorbed into his body, transforming into his own strength. The Nine Revolutions Sky-Plundering Scripture, even the heavens could be plundered, so what was the mere energy of Spirit Stones?

After the Nine Revolutions, Shi Hao stopped, his Soul Power completely depleted.

He stood up, and crackle snap, a series of loud pops emanated from within his body as an indescribable momentum surged from him, terrifyingly powerful.

“Eighty thousand jin!”

“I’ve increased my strength by eighty thousand jin!”

Shi Hao was shocked as well because even though he had previously added Spirit Stones to the three-star Spirit Gathering Array, at most he’d increased his strength by four thousand jin, but now it had skyrocketed twentyfold. @@novelbin@@

How could this not startle him!

But then again, with over a hundred Spirit Stones, turned liquid by the Formation, of course the energy would be incredibly dense. Combined with the mystical Nine Revolutions Sky-Plundering Scripture, such a miraculous achievement occurred.

He believed that no other Cultivation Technique could have achieved the same.

After the shock came immense joy, of course.

This visit to the Imperial Palace to heal, truly was damn worth it!