Qin Shi let out a long sigh and ignored the evil demon. He knew that the evil demon would do as Qin Shi said no matter how he argued.
"Little friend, are you cursed by the Ancient Skeleton Vines?" Long Xu asked in surprise.
Qin Shi nodded helplessly. "Yes, but I still don't know what the curse is."
Long Xu's eyes were filled with guilt. He pondered for a while and suddenly said, "Little friend, can you let me take a look?
I have been cursed by the Ancient Skeleton Vines for thousands of years and have some understanding of this curse. Maybe I can help you find the source of the curse. "
Qin Shi nodded without hesitation. "Thank you, Senior."
Long Xu pondered for a while and put his hand on Qin Shi's shoulder. An elite force slowly entered Qin Shi's body.
Boom!
At this moment, Long Xu's eyes darkened when he saw the state of Qin Shi's body. In every single one of Qin Shi's veins, there were actually cobweb-like runes that intertwined with each other, densely sealing Qin Shi's organs, veins, meridians, and even his Dantian. This was the first time Long Xu had seen such a situation. After a long time, he clenched his fists tightly and revealed a shocked expression.
"Senior, did you see something?" Qin Shi couldn't help but ask when he saw Long Xu's strange expression.
Long Xu narrowed his eyes slightly and the evil demon scolded impatiently, "Old man, what's going on?
Don't be deliberately mystifying! "
"Phew …!"
Long Xu let out a long sigh and said to Qin Shi, "Little friend, what's in your body is not a curse at all …"
"Not a curse?"
Both Qin Shi and the Nefarious Devil frowned. The Nefarious Devil had personally witnessed the Ancient Skeleton Vine's final counterattack. It had poured all of its power into Qin Shi's body. If that wasn't a curse, what was it?
"Young friend, the poison in your body is the deadly poison of the Skeleton Ancient Vines."
"Everyone knows that the Ancient Skeleton Vines have the power to contract with the souls of the heavens and the earth. However, few people know that the Ancient Skeleton Vines are actually a lethal poison. However, this lethal poison is concealed by its unique power of contract. However, its poison is the most lethal poison in the world. Once you are poisoned by this poison, you will definitely die after ten years of life …!"
"Moreover, during this period of time, every time you use your full strength, once your spiritual power is depleted by less than 30%, the poison will take advantage of the weakness and invade your internal organs, causing the poison to act up even earlier."
"Is there no antidote?" The Nefarious Devil asked gloomily.
"Antidote …" Long Xu was silent for a while and said, "It's not that there isn't one, but it's too difficult …!"
"What is it?"
The demon didn't seem to have heard the word 'difficult' at the end. In his opinion, as long as he could save Qin Shi, even if he had to go through a mountain of knives or a sea of fire, it wouldn't matter.
"Blood Purification Bead!"
"Blood Purification Bead?" The Nefarious Devil's face suddenly darkened. He had naturally heard of the Blood Purification Bead.
The Purifying Blood Bead was a Blood Bead that needed to be condensed from the blood of a thousand people. This kind of Blood Bead was extremely ferocious, but it had the effect of purifying blood. However, because the refining method was too cruel, it was forbidden by the secular world. Once someone refined a Purifying Blood Bead, they would be surrounded and killed from all sides. Back then, Dao Qing refined three Purifying Blood Beads, so even Renhuang sent three of them to kill him.
The Nefarious Devil was silent for a while, then he suddenly said to Qin Shi, "Little kid, don't worry, I will help you get this Blood Purification Bead!"
Long Xu's face darkened slightly. "Demon Lord, you have to think this through. Once you refine the Blood Purification Bead, you will become the public enemy of the world. Even your original subordinates in the Demon Realm will turn against you because of this!"
"Haha, this little kid and I have long been different in this world. In the Human Realm, this kid was abandoned by the Human Realm for me. In the Demon Realm, I was also besieged by the Demon Slayers. In this world, the two of us are already existences that the world wants to kill. Why would we care about this groundless accusation?
It's just a Blood Purification Bead and a Nightmare Palace. That should be enough, right? "The Nefarious Devil's black eyes darkened.
When Long Xu heard this, he wanted to dissuade the Nefarious Devil, but when the words reached his mouth, he was moved by the Nefarious Devil's resolute expression and swallowed them back down.
"Forget it … perhaps this is a step in the Birth Chart," Long Xu thought to himself.
Because of the severe poison, Qin Shi did not immediately return to the Qin Palace. Instead, he stayed in the void of the Beast Realm to recuperate.
Although the Deadly Escape Poison was extremely toxic, it would not affect Qin Shi's cultivation for a short period of time.
In these three months, Qin Shi had been in seclusion in the Long Clan. Finally, after three months, his black eyes gradually opened, causing his pale face to gradually show signs of vitality.
Qin Shi clenched his fist in satisfaction. He was not a person who worried about groundless things. Since the Deadly Escape Poison could not be removed in a short period of time, he did not worry about it anymore. Anyway, it would break out in ten years. Ten years, Qin Shi believed that he would definitely find a way to cure it.
"Haha, looks like you've recovered well?" The Nefarious Devil grinned.
Qin Shi did not deny it and smiled faintly. He was very touched by the Nefarious Devil. Qin Shi did not know what the Purifying Blood Bead was. During this period of time, he had asked Xie Oh several times, but the Nefarious Devil had answered him. However, he could tell from Long Xu's expression that the Purifying Blood Bead was definitely not easy to refine. Yet, the Nefarious Devil did not hesitate to help him refine it. Of course, he would be touched.
"Now that you have cultivated your second Dharma Body, in addition to the battles with the Ten Direction Palace and the three thousand Three Purities Palace, you should be almost done with it. I think it won't be long before the Elementary Dharma Body is formed," the Nefarious Devil said.
"Yes, I think it won't be long before I can release my second Dharma Body. Then, if I encounter an expert like Zong Yuanzi, I should be able to fight him even without the Thunder God Bead."
Qin Shi's heart was filled with anticipation as he smiled. The second Dharma body was something that Qin Shi desperately wanted to refine.
"Don't be anxious. Before you release your second Dharma Body, remember not to be overly bloodthirsty. Otherwise, you might suffer a backlash," the Nefarious Devil reminded him.
Qin Shi nodded. Ever since he had cultivated his second Dharma Body, Qin Shi had fallen into a state of bloodthirst a few times. Fortunately, it had been mild and not serious. Otherwise, Qin Shi did not dare to imagine how serious and terrifying the consequences would be.
"Has there been any news in the Nightmare Palace recently?" Qin Shi suddenly asked.
More accurately, Qin Shi wanted to ask about the situation of Team Bi. From Ming Xuan's appearance, Qin Shi could vaguely smell a conspiracy.
Ming Xuan must be up to something shocking in the 7,000 Sea Palace.
"Not yet, but I think it should be soon. Team Bi should be waiting for something to appear."
The Nefarious Devil paused, and its demonic eyes turned ferocious. "Hehe, something that Team Bi has their eyes on is definitely not simple. This time, why don't we take advantage of the situation? If it's a divine object on the Divine Object Ranking, you can directly snatch it and make it recognize you as its owner. That way, you will be able to strengthen yourself significantly."
Qin Shi could not help but laugh bitterly when he heard the Nefarious Devil's casual words. The Nefarious Devil did not sound like snatching a divine object, but rather a random object.
"If it really is a divine object, would it be so easy to snatch?"
"What are you afraid of?
Don't you have me to help you? "
The Nefarious Devil's demonic eyes glowed with a bloody light as it said coldly, "Furthermore, even if it isn't a divine object, I will definitely not let Ming Xuan leave the 7,000 Sea Palace. There are still five years until the agreement with Fufeng. As long as we kill Ming Xuan within these five years, Team Bi will not be able to do anything, no matter how powerful they are. After all, Fufeng is not someone to be trifled with."
Qin Shi laughed bitterly. Fufeng's strength was still a mystery to this day. Qin Shi only knew that Fufeng had been able to single-handedly fight three hall masters of Team Bi's first hall and a foreign Supremacy to a draw. Furthermore, he did not seem to have used his full strength. How could an expert of such a level be ordinary?
"Tell me the truth, Nefarious Devil. Back then, you, Zhe Tian, and the Human Sovereign. What kind of heights did you reach?" Qin Shi could not help but ask the question in his heart.
All this while, Qin Shi had rarely asked the Nefarious Devil, because he knew that even if he asked, the Nefarious Devil would definitely not tell him.
Moreover, he knew that even if the Nefarious Devil told him, it would not be of any help to him. It would only cause him to be stuck under the immense pressure, and it would not be of any benefit to his cultivation. But this time, he really could not help it. The trip to the 7,000 Sea Palace had made him see the world anew. In the past, the Transcendent Realm cultivators of the Human Realm could be seen everywhere in the 7,000 Sea Palace. This made him feel uneasy and fearful.
He had always thought that as long as he could reach the Transcendent Realm, he would have the strength to fight against Team Bi. But now, Qin Shi was gradually discovering that the Transcendent Realm was merely the threshold to reach Team Bi.
Qin Shi wanted to know how far he still had to go.
"Are you sure you want to know?" The Nefarious Devil muttered to himself. Surprisingly, he rejected Qin Shi's question directly.
Qin Shi's black eyes were filled with fervor as he nodded his head vigorously. "Yes!"
"I can tell you. I can even tell you what you want to know. As long as I know it, I can tell you."
"But you have to think about it carefully. Can you really bear it? You have to believe that once you know all this, you will find that what you have experienced in the past 10 years is nothing more than a speck of dust in this world. Insignificant and meaningless. As for the real Team Bi, it is very likely that they will suppress you until you can't breathe. Are you sure you want to know now?"
Qin Shi suddenly fell silent. He had never seen the Nefarious Devil so serious before.
A speck of dust in this world?
How could it be so exaggerated?
Qin Shi suddenly began to waver.
Qin Shi had originally thought that with his current strength, even if he could not fight against Team Bi, he would at least be able to look up to them. But now he realized that he had been dreaming.
Qin Shi suddenly clenched his fists. After struggling for a long time, he finally let out a long sigh. His black eyes were filled with determination as if he had made up his mind about something.
"The Hou Group and I are already irreconcilable enemies. No matter how powerful the Hou Group is, there is no reason for me to escape. Rather than coming sooner or later, I might as well come earlier. After all, I will have to face them sooner or later."
"Fiendish Demon, tell me."