Chapter 322 — Following One's Heart

My mother is called Xiong Xiyu. " Shen Mu laughed.

"Your mother is the True Heaven Palace Master.

I cannot address her by her given name—I can only call her Palace Master. As for you, I can call you Qi'er.

My name is Shen Mu. " The young woman Xiong Xiyu hastily said, "Call him Uncle Shen! " Shen Mu's face instantly turned green.

He said to Xiong Xiyu, "I am only fifteen.

Just have her call me brother. " Xiong Xiyu looked somewhat troubled.

"Brother Shen.

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" Shen Mu hastily said, "I meant for Qi'er to call me brother, not you. " Xiong Xiyu's face flushed red. Shen Mu gave a hearty laugh, had her extend her hand, pricked her fingertip, and took a drop of blood. With both hands he spread them outward, and that single drop of blood instantly expanded ten thousandfold, transforming into a massive sphere of blood.

Four array patterns surfaced in Shen Mu's pupils, transforming into the Azure Empyrean Heavenly Eye. After a careful examination, he said, "So the poison acts upon vital essence. It does not cause much damage to the physical body. Palace Master, forgive the offense, but I need to enter your body to examine your divine treasury. " Xiong Xiyu was about to speak when Shen Mu, with a swish, transformed into a black shadow and slipped into her brow.

Xiong Xiyu immediately felt her brow swell, then felt her heart area swell as well, as though a tiny person were burrowing around inside her body. Shen Mu examined everything from the Primal Embryo Divine Treasury all the way to the Heaven-Man Divine Treasury, then arrived before the Life-Death Divine Treasury and could not help but be astonished—this Palace Master's Life-Death Divine Treasury was also open!

"Could she be a great expert of the Life-Death realm? " He transformed into a black shadow and arrived at Xiong Xiyu's Divine Bridge Divine Treasury. His mind was suddenly shaken—this woman's Divine Bridge Divine Treasury was also open!

"I saved a Cult Master-level female expert, and she actually called me brother. . .

" Shen Mu felt his head spin.

He steadied himself and emerged from Xiong Xiyu's body. No wonder she could become the Palace Master of a great holy land—she was originally a existence of the Divine Bridge realm.

The strange sensation in Xiong Xiyu's body disappeared, and she hastily asked, "Cult Master Shen, the poison in my body. .

. " "The poison acts upon vital essence. It has already traveled with your vital essence into your divine treasury and contaminated it.

" Shen Mu pondered for a moment, then said, "If you had immediately sealed your divine treasury at the time, the poisoning would not have gone so deep and could have been easily removed. Now the poison has entered your divine treasury, and refining it away will be somewhat difficult.

" Xiong Xiyu said despondently, "The poison master Mu Yingxue's Entangling Silk poison is unmatched under heaven. The longer time drags on, the more my vital essence is depleted and my cultivation falls.

Before long, I fear I will be nothing but a cripple. . . " "Unmatched under heaven?

" Shen Mu laughed. "I only dare to call myself third under heaven in poisoning—and she dares to claim first? Rest assured, I can temporarily suppress the poison for you. It will no longer continue to deplete your cultivation.

It is just that I do not have enough spirit medicines here and need to gather some.

" Hope was rekindled in Xiong Xiyu's heart. She struggled to her feet, holding her daughter's hand. "Thank you, Cult Master Shen! That remark last night—I was merely grasping at straws in desperation, deliberately trying to provoke you, Cult Master Shen. .

. " Shen Mu waved his hand dismissively and laughed. "A righteous hero? Not I.

To be honest, my reputation among the righteous path of the Kingdom of Jingping is not good. If you tell them that Cult Master Shen of the Heavenly Saint Cult is a righteous hero, they would laugh their teeth out. " He picked up Xiong Qi'er and placed her on Long Qilin's back. "Let's go. " Xiong Xiyu hastily said, "Yu Bochuan and the others.

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" "This is the Wasteland, not the Western Lands.

" Shen Mu said leisurely, "Arriving at the Wasteland is arriving at my home. In my home, they cannot pull any tricks.

" Xiong Xiyu was anxious but had no choice but to follow him. Strangely enough, in the time it took to converse, her injuries had improved further, and her steps gradually became lighter. By the time they walked out of the basin, her injuries had completely healed.

As for Shen Mu, he was looking around, searching everywhere for spirit medicines.

Whenever he saw medicinal herbs, he would go pick them. Walking out from the basin, he had already gathered over a hundred kinds of spirit medicines. As he gathered, he refined—Xiong Xiyu was puzzled in her heart, for Shen Mu had already refined medicine dozens of times during this period, all stuffed into his Taotie Pouch. She had no idea what he was refining. They arrived at a hilly area. Shen Mu frowned slightly.

This place had clear mountains and beautiful waters, pleasant scenery—yet there were no traces of exotic beasts, and even birds were scarce. "Something is odd. " Just then, they heard singing drifting from ahead—quite charming and melodious, the song stirring the heartstrings.

Shen Mu threw a glance at the two white bats.

The two white bats immediately soundlessly took flight, heading toward the source of the singing. After a moment, the two white bats flew back and said, "There is a lake ahead.

Inside it, there are many girls bathing, all completely bare. "