Chapter 76: Between Immortals and Mortals

  A warm and fragrant boudoir, pitch black, even the sound of breathing and heartbeat can be heard.

  Two men and one woman live together in the same room.

  Lin Zhong and Liu Manxiang were anxious in their hearts, looking at Yang Fan who was pacing slowly with a thoughtful expression.

  Only Yang Fan was calm as still water, and after a long time, he saw the dawn break.

  Finally, Yang Fan spoke up: "Miss Liu, two days from now, I'll be competing with Hu Banzhen. No matter the outcome... the winner will still be me."

  "Th...". Liu Man Xiang's face fell.

  "Sir, is there a way for you to heal Man Xiang's wound? I see that you're hesitating, how confident are you?"

  Lin Zhong asked with a worried face.

  Yang Fan hesitated and said: "Miss Li was poisoned with a kind of poison, and it's not an ordinary poison..."

  "Poisoned?" Lin Zhong and Liu Man Xiang were both shocked beyond words.

  "Was she poisoned by Man Xiang? Why didn't I find anything when I examined her body?" Lin Zhong asked in puzzlement.

  "Because she is one of the poisonous wasps."

  Yang Fan almost spat out the words one by one.

  Poisonous Gu!!

  Lin Zhong's expression changed greatly after hearing it, but Liu Man Xiang had a look of confusion on her face, she had never heard of the poisonous gu before.

  "And it's not the kind of poison from the mortal world, it comes from the Immortal Realm, its power is even stronger, and its existence is even more mysterious, you wouldn't have noticed it normally."

  Yang Fan said faintly that if he wasn't in a high spiritual realm and his senses weren't unusual, perhaps he wouldn't have easily discovered this fact.

  "Does the young master have a way to cure it?"

  Lin Zhong asked anxiously.

  "I've thought of four ways......" Yang Fan said slowly, "but I don't know which method is more suitable either."

  Four kinds!!

  Lin Zhong and Liu Manxiang's mouths were wide open.

  Such a rare poison, ordinary doctors are completely helpless, and Yang Fan opens his mouth with four methods.

  This is terrifying and unimaginable, the other party's medical skills have reached an unthinkable level.

  "Could you give me a brief account?"

  Lin Zhong let out a sigh of relief, no wonder Yang Fan was so calm, it turned out that the other party was just too relaxed.

  "The first method is to use poison to attack the poison, and wipe out the poisonous insect that has taken root. This method is overbearing; The second method uses my unique detoxification technique, but only has an 80% grasp, after all, it's not a common poison; The third method is for me to write down a prescription or refine a special antidote, which can eliminate this poison after taking the medicine; The fourth method is to use powerful magical powers to isolate the poisonous insect and then wipe it out."

  Yang Fan almost instinctively came up with four methods, his expression exuding a few threads of self-confidence and calmness, making people involuntarily convinced.

  In fact, none of these four methods were created by Yang Fan. The first method, using poison to attack poison, is to use his "Qī Jì Qiān Lǐ" poisonous technique to directly kill the venomous insect, but one must be careful not to harm the patient. This method is the simplest, yet also the most dangerous and overbearing. The second method is simply his recently cultivated "Expelling Poison Technique". The third method was learned from the Hunchbacked Old Man, whose Jade Strip actually had a specialized method for treating venomous insects. The last method can be attempted by those with high spiritual power.

  "This...this is too good..." Liu Man Xiang was overjoyed.

  "If so, then please hurry up and remove the root of Man Xiang's illness."

  Lin Zhong was overjoyed beyond measure.

  Yang Fan smiled and shook his head: "I'm afraid I can't remove the poisonous gu for Miss Man Xiang right now."

  "Why is that? Does the young master need money or treasure? These, my father can give you, as long as you can cure my illness..." Liu Man Xiang said pitifully.

  "What does 'gongzi' mean..."

  Lin Zhong's expression was thoughtful and introspective.

  "If I cure the young lady's poisoning now, it will inevitably alert the master of this poison, Hu Banzhen. This would add variables to the upcoming medical competition. Therefore, I will only cure the young lady's illness on the day of the medical competition."

  Yang Fan said lightly.

  Lin Zhong fell silent for a moment, but Liu Man Xiang cast him an inquiring glance.

  The two of them whispered to each other for a moment, and finally, Liu Man Xiang said in a low voice: "That little girl will agree to the young master's previous request, hoping that the young master will not go back on his word."

  "It's settled with just one word."

  Yang Fan smiled and said, with his current identity and state of mind, would he deceive an ordinary person?

  Then the three of them discussed some details again. Yang Fan left first, saying lightly: "I'll go first, there's not much time, you two hurry up..."

  After that, he floated away, his figure merging into the night, leaving no trace behind, and left two people in the room with flushed faces and racing hearts.

  Lin Zhong hugged Liu Man Xiang, but a hint of reluctance appeared on his face, and he let out a long sigh in his heart, whispering intimately with the one he loved...

  At dawn, Lin Zhong resolutely left the bridal chamber and returned home with a swift pace.

  Just arrived at the secret room, but saw Yang Fan sitting quietly there.

  "Yang Gongzi..." Lin Zhong's face was complex, and his voice didn't have much surprise.

  "Do you know why I stayed in this place?"

  Yang Fan stood up and said with a calm tone, he knew that Lin Zhong was an intelligent person.

  "I understand."

  Lin Zhong lightly spat out two words, his face changing from cloudy to clear, as if he was making an extremely difficult decision.

  "You now have two choices. One is to assist me in opening a medical clinic and advancing into the cultivation world. I, Yang, can guarantee that you will have endless spiritual elixirs and cultivation methods in the future. Even if your innate talent is not exceptional, you will still have the opportunity to achieve immortality. Two is to fall in love with a mundane woman, indulge in worldly pleasures for several decades, and then turn into a pile of yellow earth. Or perhaps, you can wait with open eyes as your beloved's face ages, their hair turns white, and they wither away and die, leaving you heartbroken and unable to achieve enlightenment."

  "Could it be that I am unable to bring her along with me on this journey to immortality?"

  Lin Zhong's fists were clenched tightly, and he said in a trembling voice.

  "Self-deception." Yang Fan sneered: "You can't even protect yourself, how can you talk about bringing others along? In the current state of the cultivation world, even if a high-ranking cultivator were to intervene, they couldn't change one's spiritual root endowment. With her 'waste spiritual root' endowment, she is basically cut off from cultivation."

  Wasted spiritual root.

  This is what Yang Fan just found out when he checked Liu Man Xiang's condition earlier.

  In the Xianxia world, there is a saying about spiritual roots. The worst is the disabled spiritual root, followed by ordinary spiritual root. Next are earthly spiritual root and heavenly spiritual root.

  Tianling Root is the top-grade spirit root, with a cultivation effect that is tens or even hundreds of times stronger than ordinary spirit roots. It belongs to the legendary spirit roots.

  Of course, there are also some extremely special spiritual roots in the world. The talent is not fixed and may not be much stronger than the abandoned spiritual root. The top-grade ones may even surpass the heavenly spiritual root. This kind of spiritual root is called "Heterogeneous Spiritual Root".

  Even with Yang Fan's qualifications, he can only be classified as a "local spirit root", but it's still considered a good qualification.

  Lin Zhong's face was ashen, and he sat down on the ground with a thud, his breathing slightly rapid.

  He is a rational person and also deeply understands the truth of what Yang Fan said.

  The love between immortals and mortals has been considered a forbidden love for millions of years, and there is a certain inevitability to this. Almost no one can cross this chasm.

  "Afterwards, when your cultivation has made great progress and you enter the true immortal realm, you will inevitably see countless beautiful women... As a cultivator, your other half can only be found in the immortal realm..." Yang Fan said in a low voice, suddenly remembering Yunxianzi who had a predestined affinity with him.

  The two met as if nothing had happened, and before parting ways, they agreed to meet again in a year at Mount Hiei in Kyoto.

  Yang Fan is also very much looking forward to meeting again in a year's time. In this regard, Yang Fan is undoubtedly lucky.

  "If you can get through this ordeal, your temperament and determination will surely make great progress, which will add a few points to your grasp of the path to longevity in the future. I'll leave first, if you don't give up, Yang won't force it either."

  Yang Fan let out a light sigh and floated away.

  Lin Zhong stared blankly in the direction Yang Fan had left, his face uncertain, his heart sinking into the most difficult struggle of his life.

  At last, at dawn, Lin Zhong's hands were covered with a patch of blood, which was scratched by fingernails, and his lips were also bitten and bleeding.

  Immortals and mortals differ by just one thought.

  (Update 2 is here. Fast food should be on the train now. This chapter was uploaded with someone's help, calling out to all the tickets, taking the train must be tiring, sigh~~)