Chapter 18: Jade Maiden Black Pearl

  Previously, when the Book Immortal system triggered the [Restore Appearance] task, Wu Ming had already suspected that Sun Bao's grandmother must have been poisoned in the past. This undoubtedly showed that Sun Bao's origins might not be simple, but in the previous Divine Eagle, there was a very brief introduction to Sun Bao's grandmother, and Wu Ming couldn't get any useful information from it.

  Now, through Old Lady Sun's words, Wu Ming finally understood that the poison formula on the Ice Frost Silver Needle was actually from Old Lady Sun's hand. This undoubtedly shows that Old Lady Sun understands some knowledge about poisons, and perhaps is even a master of using them.

  Such a person who understands poison, how can he be poisoned and unable to solve it himself? This is another doubt that arises in Wu Ming's heart. To clarify these things, Wu Ming hurriedly continued: "Mom, the secret formula for Bing Jue's poison was given by you to Li Mo Xiu, so it seems that you are quite skilled at using poison?"

  "Ah, child, you've misunderstood," said Grandma Sun with a chuckle. "Although your mother has some secret recipes for using poison, she's not an expert in that area. Otherwise, how could she have been plagued by the toxins in her body for so many years without being able to eliminate them?"

  "Mom, how did you get poisoned? When did this happen? Is it serious?"

  "Alas, child, this was already several decades ago. Anyway, it's nothing important, so let's not mention it." Old Lady Sun sighed softly, reminiscing about the past, and suddenly couldn't help but sigh repeatedly.

  Seeing Mrs. Sun's expression, Wu Ming was even more certain that she must have experienced a disaster in her old age, which is why she didn't want to say anything.

  Although it was immoral to force Old Lady Sun to recall painful past events, Wu Ming had no choice but to do so in order to clarify the truth and remove the poison from her body. Anyway, he was just a child now, and Old Lady Sun probably wouldn't blame him.

  Then Wu Ming said with a smile: "Mom, just tell me, I want to hear it. Besides, as your son, I still don't know your name and background, which is very unfilial."

  "Alright, since my son wants to hear it so much, I'll simply introduce you to my life experience and what happened back then. These things have been hidden in Mom's heart for a long time, except for your Grandmaster and Master, even Mo Xiang and Long Jie don't know about them."

  "Thank you, mom. You can tell me now, I won't tell anyone else."

  "Uh, mom believes you. Mom's surname is Sun and her given name is a swallow character, originally just an ordinary farm girl from under the Medicine King Mountain in North River. When she was young, mom lived very happily, who would have thought that heaven has unpredictable winds and clouds..."

  While cooking, Grandma Sun recalled the past and tears rolled down her ugly face. Wu Ming felt sympathetic and accompanied Grandma Sun in silence, occasionally comforting each other.

  Madam Sun spoke briefly and to the point. Before long, Wu Ming roughly understood the ins and outs of Madam Sun's poisoning.

  It turned out that Sun's family had a major disaster in those years, and her parents died one after another. In order to bury her parents, she was forced to sell herself to the Medicine King Valley, becoming a medicine slave who planted medicine, picked medicine, and made medicine.

  Because of her cleverness and quick wit, she was later favored by the daughter of Medicine King Valley's master and became her personal maid.

  It is said that the Medicine King Valley originally had a rare and precious book called the "Medicine King's Treasure Classic", which was once the most important classic in the valley, and only the master of the valley could read it.

  But at some point, the "Pharmaceutical King's Canon" split into two, becoming two secret books, one called "Toxic Classics" and the other called "Medical Classics".

  The "Poison Classic" mainly focuses on poisoning and administering poison, while the "Medical Classic" is just the opposite, focusing on detoxification and prevention of poisoning.

  The Medical Sutra is in the hands of the Lord of Medicine King Valley, while the Toxic Sutra is in the hands of the Lord of Poison King Valley several hundred miles away.

  Two people, according to their origins, should be brothers, but in order to fight for the scriptures in each other's hands, they did not yield to each other, openly and secretly fighting for more than ten times, without a winner or loser, neither of whom could do anything about the other.

  This year, Du Wang Gu's master came to challenge again. Sun Bao was innocently chosen by the two as a tool for testing poison and antidote because she went up to serve tea.

  This time, the Lord of Poison Valley came prepared with a kind of 【Nameless Poison】, colorless and tasteless, but extremely toxic, yet it won't make people die immediately.

  The master of Yao Wang Valley spent three days and nights continuously trying to detoxify, using various methods, but was unable to remove the [Unknown Poison] from Sun Bao's body, and could only reluctantly admit defeat, handing over his own [Medical Classics].

  Old Lady Sun originally thought that the Lord of Poison King Valley had an antidote, but she didn't expect that this nameless poison was something even he himself hadn't researched an antidote for, and could only temporarily suppress.

  With a heart full of despair and knowing that her death was near, Old Lady Sun quietly left the Medicine King Valley. Just as she was on the verge of dying, she fortunately met Lin Chongying who was outside searching for disciples and used his exquisite internal skill to temporarily save her, bringing her to an ancient tomb.

  Due to the severity of the unknown poison, Lin Chao Ying's internal strength had reached a high level but was still unable to expel all the toxins from Sun Po Po's body. As a result, Sun Po Po's originally beautiful appearance was slowly being eroded by the toxins, eventually becoming the ghostly figure she is today.

  To thank Lin Chaoying for saving her life, Granny Sun volunteered to be a slave and serve Lin Chaoying and Little Dragon Girl's master.

  "That's probably how it is, kid."

  "Mother, the Poison King Valley Master is really hateful, and this Medicine King Valley Master is not a good thing either. I will definitely avenge you in the future." Wu Ming never expected that the truth was like this, and Sun Bao's grandmother had become a tool for the two great poison masters to compete with each other at that time, it's really hateful and infuriating.

  "Child, the Poison King Valley's master is extremely poisonous and terrifying. Even the top masters in the martial arts world don't dare to offend him easily. The Medicine King Valley's master is also a master of poison. You just need to have this intention, but mom doesn't want you to take this risk for me."

  Wu Ming, of course, would not give up the idea of revenge in his heart, but he didn't want to worry Grandma Sun, so he retreated and said: "Mom, then I can find a way to remove the remaining poison from your body in the future, right?"

  "Alas, the unnamed poison is the most potent toxin under heaven. Wanting to eliminate the remaining poison is no easy task. Child, don't worry about your mother anymore. Anyway, this remaining poison won't take her life immediately, so just let it be."

  "Mother, this won't do. I've said it before, I want you to live a long and healthy life of over 100 years, so I must find a way to remove the remaining poison from your body. Ah, yes! This poison is called 'nameless poison', and my name is Nameless, so it seems that I'm the one who should be removing the poison."

  Wu Ming's words were filled with filial piety, and since people in ancient times believed in fate, Grandma Sun was also enlightened after hearing him. She couldn't help but smile and say: "Child, now that you've put it this way, Mom thinks so too. It seems you're Mom's savior."

  "Since you, Mother, have said that I am your savior, then I must find the antidote for the unknown poison as soon as possible. Right, Mother, what do you think is the key to removing the unknown poison?"

  "Child, this nameless poison is extremely potent. It's said to be a combination of over a dozen of the most toxic poisons. Unless we find an antidote that specifically counters its effects, nothing else will work."

  Hearing Old Lady Sun say this, Wu Ming couldn't help but furrow his brow. It seemed that removing the toxins from Old Lady Sun's body wouldn't be an easy task.

  Suddenly, Wu Ming thought of something, the Book Immortal system's tasks seemed to be linked one after another. Wouldn't the mysterious treasure chest from the previous "Challenge the Master" task contain the antidote method needed for the "Restore Appearance" task?

  Thinking of this, Wu Ming hastily opened the golden light-emitting treasure chest in his Brain Sea Book Immortal's system space.

  "Ding Dong!"

  "Congratulations, you opened a mysterious treasure chest and obtained [Yu Nu Hei Zhu Dan]."