Immortality: Raising an Ant Queen to Cultivate by increasing stat points

Chapter 492: Chapter 484: Neutralizing the Fire Poison_1

Human fear arises from many aspects, such as the fear of the unknown, like this sort of fear where one can only watch helplessly as a close attendant’s internal organs are cooked alive and die.

“May I feel the fire poison within your body?”

Out of gratitude to Gongsun Jin, Qin Niu was willing to offer help now that the other party was in trouble, should he be able to provide any assistance.

Moreover, having formed a deadly enmity with the Nine Insect Gang, they would surely not let him off the hook.

The day for battle would inevitably come, perhaps even looming on the horizon.

Given the formidable attacking tactics of the reinforcements brought by the Nine Insect Gang, he definitely needed to learn more. This way, when he eventually confronted those people, he could do so with full awareness.

“This fire poison is extremely domineering; your cultivation is still shallow, so you must be careful! Probe only briefly, and immediately retract your energy, do not let it invade your body,” Gongsun Jin instructed.

Qin Niu had revealed an unparalleled talent in controlling insects, even breaking through the carefully laid Insect Formation of the Nine Insect Gang, making him a star of hope in the eyes of the Black Tiger Gang’s upper echelons.

Having witnessed the prowess of the Insect Master, they hoped even more that their own faction could have such a formidable Insect Master in residence.

It could be said that with Qin Niu present, the Black Tiger Gang need not fear the Insect Masters of the Nine Insect Gang.

Nearly every far-sighted member of the Black Tiger Gang’s upper level would protect Qin Niu like Gongsun Jin, to prevent any accidents from happening to him.

After receiving permission from Gongsun Jin, Qin Niu extended a finger to touch the palm of Gongsun Jin’s right hand.

Upon contact, he felt an intense heat.

Like a red-hot branding iron.

“This fire poison is truly terrifying!”

Qin Niu withdrew his hand as if he’d been shocked by electricity. This reaction was within Gongsun Jin’s expectations.

“Let me take another look!”

He extended a finger again to touch Gongsun Jin’s palm. This time, prepared, he activated his energy to protect the finger from being scorched.

Who would have guessed that just one second upon contact, before he could further investigate, he felt a fiery breath rushing into his body through his fingertip.

Frightened, he quickly withdrew his hand.

But it was still slightly too late.

The fiery breath couldn’t be shaken off and rapidly spread from his fingertip to his palm.

It was an indescribable sensation, like boiling water flowing upwards or as if his hand caught fire, burning up along the finger.

“Has the fire poison invaded your body through your fingertip? Sit down quickly and use your energy to suppress it,” Gongsun Jin’s complexion changed subtly.

He guessed what was happening from Qin Niu’s reaction and urgently advised him on how to counter it.

Qin Niu sat down and closed his eyes, mobilizing the power of the Everlasting Spring Technique within his body to suppress the fire poison that had invaded him.

Unexpectedly, not only did this not help, but as soon as he mobilized the Everlasting Spring Technique, it was like pouring oil on the fire.

The fire poison became even more violent.

He had an ominous feeling.

Curiosity killed the cat. He truly hadn’t expected the fire poison to be this terrible.

“Is the cultivation technique you’re practicing wood-element?”

Seeing Qin Niu’s entire palm turning red and spreading rapidly towards his arm, Gongsun Jin began to panic, his voice urgent as he pressed for an answer.

“I’m practicing the Life-Nurturing Technique; I don’t know if it’s wood-element!”

Upon hearing this, Qin Niu quickly switched to using the power of the Medicine King Sutra to suppress the fire poison.

This time it had some effect.

The spread of the fire poison significantly slowed.

It seemed that indeed the wood-element technique had exacerbated the onslaught of the fire poison.

“Ah, it’s all my fault for being careless; I’ve done harm to Brother Qin!”

Gongsun Jin repeatedly stamped his feet in distress.

“Others have also tested the fire poison in my right arm like you did, but no accidents occurred. I didn’t know that the technique you were practicing was of the wood element, and now I’ve put you in danger. This fire poison is overwhelmingly domineering; if you can’t suppress it with your power and you don’t have a method to eliminate the fire poison, I fear you may have to amputate your arm to save your life.”

It was like being bitten by a venomous snake on one’s foot.

If at the moment of the bite one immediately had the heart to sever the foot, it would prevent the snake venom from spreading through the body.

In the end, although one would lose a leg, life would be preserved.

It’s extremely rare to find someone decisive enough to amputate their own leg. Most people would try to bind their injured leg tightly to prevent the blood carrying the venom from flowing upwards.

Then they would seek to squeeze the poisoned blood out from the wound.

This method can sometimes save lives, but if you encounter a particularly powerful poisonous snake, it definitely won’t work.

Qin Niu had been poisoned by fire, and if he couldn’t suppress it, the poison would soon spread throughout his body. Eventually, his internal organs would boil alive, and he would die in agony.

“I will think of another way, please excuse me!”

Qin Niu stood up and ran quickly toward the back yard.

Two attendants followed closely behind him.

“You don’t need to follow me, just stay in the front hall. Xiao Qing, arrange two rooms for them to stay in.”

Qin Niu’s residence was quite large.

Accommodating a dozen or so servants was not a problem.

The four boys he had bought last time lived in a room. Qin Niu had specifically asked Xiao Qing and another literate maid to teach the four boys how to read during their free time.

Once they could read, they would be given books to study on their own.

Over time, slowly nurtured, they would be able to share the worries of the Qin Residence and become loyal servants of the household.

“It’s all my fault, I was so careless! What should I do now?”

Gongsun Jin showed immense remorse.

Originally he had planned to leave immediately after delivering the reward, but now seeing Qin Niu poisoned by fire, he worried about Qin Niu’s safety and had to stay temporarily to observe Qin Niu’s subsequent condition.

Qin Niu rushed to the back yard and directly leaped into the deep well.

Cold air was rising inside, the water’s temperature extremely low.

You could even see a thin layer of ice on the surface.

He discovered that the cold air of the Ice Lotus had a good effect in suppressing the fire poison, and his heart quietly rejoiced.

It seemed he wouldn’t need to amputate his arm to save his life.

He dived to the bottom of the well, grasped the Ice Lotus, and strands of cold seeped into his left hand, seeming to gradually dilute the fire poison.

At this moment, the cultivation methods from Medicine King Sutra emerged in his mind.

After reaching the Innate Realm, the Medicine King Sutra suggested you could directly absorb the medicinal properties of herbs into the body.

He tried to operate the Medicine King Sutra and then followed the second layer of its methods.

Gradually, an alchemy stove formed from the concentration of his cultivation strength emerged outside his body, spinning incessantly in front of him.

The Ice Lotus he was holding was pulled out of his grasp by a powerful suction, flying into the alchemy stove.

Even more miraculous was what happened next.

As Qin Niu continued to channel the strength of the Medicine King Sutra, the alchemy stove incessantly drew the cold air from the Ice Lotus into Qin Niu’s body.

The fire poison in his left arm was washed away continuously, and he felt exceptionally comfortable.

The pain from the fire poison was steadily decreasing.

As time passed, the fire poison in Qin Niu’s left arm had been completely controlled. A large amount of the poison had been weakened by the cold.

However, he still did not dare to be careless; this fire poison was extremely malignant and could easily flare up again.

Initially, only a hint of the fire poison had infiltrated his body, but in a very short time, it spread ferociously to his left forearm, already passing the wrist joint.

Now, only a small cluster of the fire poison remained in the palm of his left hand.

But it was extremely stubborn and difficult to completely eradicate.

“Maybe if I cultivate in this well several times, I could completely clear the fire poison from my body.”

Qin Niu, deeming it almost sufficient, slowly ceased his cultivation.

At that moment, he was surprised to find that the Ice Lotus had gradually shrunk along with the alchemy stove and then was absorbed into his body with it.

“This is too incredible!”

Via internal inspection, he quickly discovered an Ice Lotus within the alchemy stove in his body.

It had not disappeared; instead, cold air was continuously drawn from it in the alchemy stove. After extracting the cold, the stove delivered it to Qin Niu’s limbs and body.

The fire poison had been well-suppressed, and he no longer needed to worry about the issue.

A new problem emerged.

The cold made Qin Niu feel severely chilled. If it continued for a long time, he would turn into an ice sculpture.

At the same time, he also accidentally discovered a significant growth in the strength of his Medicine King Sutra cultivation.

The Ice Lotus was a good thing; refined by the alchemy stove, it was the reason behind the remarkable increase in his cultivation strength.

This was a brand new cultivation method he had figured out after his Medicine King Sutra had advanced to the Innate Realm.

“Can I refine the Fire Lotus in the same manner?”

Qin Niu pondered internally about the solution.