Chapter 352: Cured

Activating the formation in an instant only meant one thing... this guy had found the formation core!

From the earlier conversation, it was clear he didn't know what the formation core was, yet after speaking, he found it directly and used it...

Was this real?

Grandmaster Lin Tao felt his body trembling, on the verge of fainting.

The formation core changes according to the environment. Even a family head like him, a third-stage initial formation master, would find it hard to locate without a compass and careful observation. This guy used nothing, just jumped casually, then... stomped his foot, and the formation activated!

Even seeing it with his own eyes, it felt like a dream...

Earlier, he thought he was a formation grandmaster with a huge advantage over a mere Tongxuan realm kid... now, watching this, he could barely hold back tears.

President Liu, are you the formation grandmaster, or am I?

Why is it that in front of you, I feel my understanding of formations is like an idiot's, knowing nothing?

Roar! Roar! Roar!

With the formation activated, Mo Tianxue and the others could no longer see what was ahead, but then they heard the Golden-tailed Lion's frantic roars, as if something was driving it mad.

After dozens of breaths, the sound ceased.

"Let's go check!"

Anxious, Mo Tianxue and the others hurried forward.

They hadn't gone far, and with Lin Tao leading, they avoided the formation, soon emerging from the mist to see the scene before them. Their eyebrows twitched, and they felt like they were going crazy.

The Golden-tailed Lion, which the young man was supposed to treat, was now covered in spears—stuck in its nose, ears, anus...

All thirty-six spears were embedded, blood pooling on the ground. The once majestic, roaring lion was now listless, eyes barely open, breathing faintly.

"President Liu..."

Mo Tianxue felt the veins on his scalp bulge, nearly spitting out blood.

We invited you here to treat the guardian beast, not to kill it...

With so many spears stuck in it, it looks like a feather duster, and the spear tips are coated with deadly poison... you won't rest until it's dead!

Isn't this your first meeting?

What grudge could there be? Why be so ruthless?

Rage burned in his chest. Mo Tianxue clenched his fists, barely restraining himself from charging over and beating the guy into a meat patty.

Though the guardian beast was nearing its end and had gone mad hurting people, it had protected the Tianwu Kingdom for centuries, and they had deep feelings for it.

Treating it like this was a slap in the face!

His face dark, he looked at the young man not far away, who looked pale, as if he had expended too much energy.

Seeing the three, the young man seemed relieved, slumping to the ground: "This illness was really hard to treat, but I'm glad I didn't fail the mission..."

"Didn't fail the mission?"

Seeing his confident smile, Mo Tianxue was taken aback.

Could he have misunderstood?

Was he really treating the Golden-tailed Lion?

This thought arose, and he couldn't help but look at the beast again. This time, he felt his scalp explode, nearly going mad on the spot.

The lion, which had just been opening its eyes and roaring, now lay on the ground with eyes closed, not even breathing.

"The Golden-tailed Lion... is dead..."

Mo Yu and the others also sensed something wrong, their eyes nearly popping out.

You were asked to treat it, not to kill it...

"Didn't fail the mission"... fail your sister!

Do you mean killing it is not failing the mission?

"President Liu, what is the meaning of this?"

Struggling to contain his explosive anger, Mo Tianxue stared at the guy before him.

He had invited him with such confidence, thinking he could revive the guardian beast and extend its life. Never in his dreams did he expect that not only was it not cured, but it was killed...

If not for the other's status, he would have called someone to chop him into mincemeat.

"What do you mean? I've finished treating it..." Unaware of their anger, Zhang Xuan said: "Fortunately, the treatment went smoothly!"

"Smoothly?"

Mo Tianxue's eyebrows twitched.

Killing the patient counts as smooth?

You're not a physician, but a butcher!

"Ahem, President Liu, why is the Golden-tailed Lion... not breathing? It's not dead, is it?"

Seeing his father could no longer hold back and might explode at any moment, Mo Yu quickly stepped forward and asked.

"Dead?" Zhang Xuan finally realized why they looked like that. He shook his head: "With me here, dying isn't that easy..."

Saying this, he walked over to the lion and kicked it.

"Stop playing dead here, get up now..."

Roar!

As his foot landed on the lion's face, the next moment, the lion, which seemed to have stopped breathing, jumped up like it was electrocuted.

With a frantic roar, its fur bristled.

Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh!

All the spears embedded in its body shot out, scattering on the ground.

"Drink that blood..."

Zhang Xuan pointed casually.

The blood he had prepared earlier was in wooden barrels nearby. The lion hurried over and gulped it down.

Soon, all the blood in the barrels was consumed. The Golden-tailed Lion seemed to have recovered significantly, no longer listless but full of energy.

"This..."

Watching this, Mo Tianxue and the others felt as if they were dreaming, frozen in place.

With thirty-six poisonous spears stuck in its body, the Golden-tailed Lion not only didn't die but was full of energy...

What was going on?

And hadn't it clearly stopped breathing just now?

How did a single kick bring it back to life?

Since President Liu arrived, he had kicked three times. The first stopped the formation, the second activated it, and the third... woke the lion...

It felt like his foot had magic, shocking them time and again.

"President Liu..."

Seeing the lion's spirit seemed to have recovered considerably, Mo Tianxue couldn't help but look over.

"Are you wondering what happened?"

Zhang Xuan smiled: "Actually... your Golden-tailed Lion wasn't sick; it was poisoned!"

"Poisoned?"

Mo Tianxue was startled, while Grandmaster Lin Tao's face changed.

Who would poison the ancestor-level beast of the Tianwu Kingdom?

And how was it done?

"Under normal circumstances, the Golden-tailed Lion's tail is entirely gold. But earlier, there was a slightly white spot, indicating it wasn't a simple illness!"

Zhang Xuan explained.

Hearing this, Mo Tianxue and the others recalled that the tip of the lion's tail had indeed been discolored.

"You said it went mad... but if it were truly mad, why didn't it eat everyone? It only ate a few eunuchs and maids. That shows it wasn't completely mad but still had some reason!"

Zhang Xuan continued: "Combining these two points, I suspected it might have been poisoned, and the poison was forced to its tail, changing its color!"

"This..."

They were stunned.

Indeed.

If it had truly gone mad, it would have eaten anyone in sight, not just a few insignificant eunuchs and maids.

"Could it be that those eunuchs and maids were the ones who poisoned it, and it killed them out of anger?" Mo Yu suddenly had a thought.

To poison a half-step Zun-level beast, force alone wouldn't work. The only way was to add poison to its food.

And the most likely suspects were the eunuchs and maids who served it.

"Exactly!"

Zhang Xuan nodded: "Without a contract, it couldn't express its thoughts. Killing those eunuchs and maids was both revenge and a hint that they were suspects... But you thought it was mad and sealed it with a formation..."

Mo Tianxue's face reddened.

Back then, when the guardian beast ate the eunuchs and maids, he was terrified, thinking it had truly gone mad. Coincidentally, President Lin was with him, so he asked him to set up the formation.

He never expected... the beast was trying to convey that message.

"The poison was potent, but having lived for centuries and being at the half-step Zun level, it wouldn't die immediately. However, as Physician Mu Hong and the others said, it wouldn't last more than three months."

"If treated early, it would have been simpler, but by now the poison had spread throughout its meridians, making treatment very difficult."

"After much deliberation, I decided to use the method of fighting poison with poison."

"So I asked you to prepare the deadly poison and used spears to inject it into the areas where the lion's poison had concentrated."

"Fortunately, I didn't fail the mission and saved it..."

Zhang Xuan smiled slightly.

The moment he touched the beast, he knew what poison it was.

He had seen this poison in the Poison Hall's library and knew the treatment: fight poison with poison.

Knowing that, the rest was simple. As long as the poison he injected came into contact with the poison dispersed in the body, they would neutralize each other and be completely resolved.

Of course, for anyone else, it would still be impossible.

Because the poison had spread throughout the body, dispersed in many meridians. Even if one tried to find it, they couldn't, so how could they easily neutralize it?

If they targeted the wrong spot, not only would it fail, but the injected poison would also kill the beast.

However, Zhang Xuan had the Library of Heaven's Path. The books clearly recorded the poison's locations—thirty-six in total, even inside the chest—making it easy to find.

As for the cattle and sheep blood later, it was to replenish the blood lost from the spears and restore its strength.

After hearing the explanation, Mo Tianxue and the others stared wide-eyed at the young man, filled with admiration.

No wonder he could solve all the problems on the Difficult Wall and become the guild president. His medical skills were truly formidable!

Even seeing it with their own eyes, they found it hard to believe.

"I've removed the poison from its body, but its lifespan is indeed nearing its end. Even if it's fine for now, it won't live more than a year, unless..."

Zhang Xuan hesitated, then said: "Unless we find a way to help it break through to the Zun level!"

"Break through to Zun?"

Mo Tianxue's breathing quickened, and he clenched his fists: "Does President Liu have a way?"