"Hmph." Chen Xiao snorted dismissively.

"Your hand? Uh..." Tai Long suddenly noticed Chen Xiao's hand, which had turned black from the poison. He hesitated for a moment and asked, "Is it Blood Coagulation Powder?"

"Yes," Chen Xiao replied.

"I apologize to you on behalf of Xiao Zuo, but rest assured, I will deliver the antidote to Zheng Yi Pavilion later." After saying this, Tai Long quickly left with the unconscious Zuo Youren on his back, not waiting for Chen Xiao to reply.

After Tai Long left, Chen Xiao's eyebrows furrowed together, his face heavy. What exactly was the Zuo family's purpose?

I humiliated and beat Zuo Youren like that. The Zuo family must have lost face and won't let it go easily. But now they're saying that Old Master Zuo appreciates me. Anyone can see that this is just nonsense to fool a child. What are their real intentions in trying to win me over? What conspiracy is hidden within this?

Just as Chen Xiao frowned and pondered, he suddenly felt movement in his dantian again. Upon inspection, he saw that the Book of Divine Slaughter had reacted for the second time in one day, flashing red.

Chen Xiao immediately focused his divine sense on it. After a burst of trembling, the Book of Divine Slaughter slowly unfolded a new page, revealing the three words "Expelling Poison Pill."

"Expelling Poison Pill," a second-grade medicinal pill, capable of curing all kinds of poison. Below that were detailed instructions on the herbs needed to refine the Expelling Poison Pill, as well as the refining steps.

"Could it be that this Book of Divine Slaughter knows that the poison in my body can't be expelled, and wants me to refine the pill myself to detoxify? Is it really that intelligent?!"

Chen Xiao scratched his head, and a guess formed in his mind: Could it be that within this Book of Divine Slaughter, there is not only the inheritance transformed from the soul of Saint Wu Ze, but also his consciousness?

Thinking of this, Chen Xiao felt a chill run down his spine. Just imagine, having a "thing" with its own consciousness existing within your body, constantly monitoring you. Who wouldn't be creeped out?

"Xiao-ge..." Just then, a weak call disturbed Chen Xiao's thoughts. Chen Xiao looked in the direction of the voice and found that Wang Ke had woken up, looking at him with a bewildered expression. He asked weakly, "What happened to me?"

Chen Xiao helped Wang Ke up and woke up Xiao Liu Zi as well. Then, he told them what had happened.

However, he didn't mention Tai Long, only saying that Zuo Youren had escaped by trickery. He also didn't go into detail about how serious the poison he was afflicted with was, so as not to worry them.

"That despicable villain!" Xiao Liu Zi cursed fiercely. Chen Xiao's palm was already festering and turning black. Anyone could see that he was seriously poisoned.

Then, he felt ashamed and remorseful for his lack of vigilance. "Xiao-ge, it's all my fault for being so stupid that I put you in this situation. Wang Ke even reminded me that there was a trap, but I was too dumb to see it."

Wang Ke showed a wry smile and said helplessly, "What good would it have done if you had seen it? You still would have been caught just like him. There's no use in blaming yourself now. Let's think of a way to detoxify Xiao-ge."

Chen Xiao never blamed them from beginning to end. On the contrary, he felt that he had implicated them. Now, hearing their self-reproach and concern, he was deeply moved.

In order to prevent them from continuing to worry, Chen Xiao comforted them, "Learn from your mistakes, and just be more careful in the future. Besides, this poison is nothing to me. It won't defeat me."

Xiao Liu Zi believed this, in his eyes, there was really nothing that could defeat Chen Xiao.

Chen Xiao felt that these two friends were worth having after his rebirth, and said with a touch of emotion, "And I'm putting my word on this today, one day, the three of us will become existences that no one in Tianfeng Kingdom dares to provoke!"

Wang Ke and Xiao Liu Zi were both infected by the aura that Chen Xiao unconsciously exuded, and a surge of pride arose spontaneously. At this moment, they had no doubt about what Chen Xiao said. Although they were still small figures, they believed that one day they would fight for a piece of the sky that belonged to them.

Afterward, the three were about to leave. Before leaving, they saw Da Long and Er Long lying on the ground, occasionally letting out painful groans. A cold smile flashed across Chen Xiao's lips, and Xiao Liu Zi even went forward and kicked them a couple of times, spitting on their faces. Chen Xiao didn't stop him, they were reaping what they sowed.

Although he didn't get the array symbol master certification, Chen Xiao couldn't go take the test again for the time being. His poisoned arm was festering more and more severely. He planned to refine the Expelling Poison Pill himself according to the method on the Book of Divine Slaughter.

Although Tai Long said he would bring the antidote, Chen Xiao still felt that it was more reliable to rely on himself for everything.

Chen Xiao took the two to the market to buy the equipment for refining pills and bought the medicinal materials according to the pill formula. Xiao Liu Zi was puzzled, "Xiao-ge, what are you going to do?"

Chen Xiao said with a smile, "Refine pills, detoxify."

Xiao Liu Zi widened his eyes and exclaimed exaggeratedly, "You can also refine pills?!"

Although it was a question, Xiao Liu Zi didn't mean to question it. If Chen Xiao said he was going to refine pills, then he would definitely refine pills.

It was just that Xiao Liu Zi's respect for Chen Xiao had increased by a few points. His array symbol skills were first-rate, his combat power was super strong, and he could even refine pills. Was there anything in this world that Chen Xiao couldn't do?

Wang Ke's reaction was the same as Xiao Liu Zi's. The status of alchemists was so noble. His most direct impression was that an alchemist had once visited their tribe, and the people in the tribe had treated him like a god, but even so, that alchemist was not satisfied with them and eventually left.

If he went back to the tribe and said that he knew an alchemist, the people in the tribe would be envious of him.

Chen Xiao looked at the stunned two and said calmly, "To be honest, I've never refined pills before, this is my first time."

The two almost fell to the ground. Shouldn't we play it like this!

After returning to Zheng Yi Pavilion, Chen Xiao still didn't see Wang Lao's figure, and the occasional sounds from the array symbol drawing room indicated that Wang Lao was still inside.

"This old man, if he put this enthusiasm into cultivation, then his cultivation would definitely be more than this!" Chen Xiao muttered, not paying much attention, and went straight to his room on the second floor.

"One qian of Gold and Silver Grass, one qian two fen of Monkshood, one cun of Blood Vein Root, steady!" Chen Xiao prepared the medicinal materials, took out the pill furnace, and took a deep breath.

He was two lifetimes old, and the first pill refining in his life was about to begin, although it was forced.

He put the medicinal materials into the pill furnace, then started the fire, and then released primordial energy to control the heat. The steps seemed simple, but the operation was extremely difficult.

Chen Xiao carefully mobilized his primordial energy to control the heat. His originally nimble hands suddenly became clumsy when doing these operations.

Moreover, normal people used both hands to refine pills, but now he only had one hand to use, which greatly increased the difficulty.

"It seems that the saying 'specialization in a certain field' is not wrong at all. In my previous life, I looked down on the art of pill refining, thinking that it was not only a waste of time but also not challenging. Now that I'm doing it, I realize that I was really a frog in a well, how ridiculous."

Chen Xiao said with a realization.

"Boom!"

Finally, accompanied by a muffled sound, a few wisps of black smoke floated out of the pill furnace, and the air was instantly filled with a burnt smell.

Chen Xiao quickly opened the pill furnace and looked inside. He didn't see any pills, but he saw a pile of black dregs.

At this point, Chen Xiao's first pill refining ended in failure, as expected!