Eternal Cultivation of Alchemy

Chapter 2240  A Friendly Face

Alex watched Momo eat the flower and quickly sent his spiritual sense through her body to make sure either he or the Playground had not made a mistake. The poison Momo consumed was very low grade, not enough to kill her even without her body or her antidote. The most it would do to her was cause intense stomach pain, and in some cases force her to vomit a lot.

There was no danger to her life itself, which was why Alex was started with this poison.

Momo swallowed the poison flower entirely, not a single thing left in her mouth. At first, nothing happened to her, but a moment later, she quickly grabbed her stomach, feeling the dull pain.

The pain quickly increased and Momo grunted out loud, unable to withstand it.

Alex checked her body to see any changes he could notice, but so far there was nothing at all. There had to be something more happening in there.

Momo knelt on the ground in pain and tried her best to contain her voice, but she ended up screaming out loud multiple times.

"Brother…" Whisker said in a sad tone, not wanting to watch the helpless girl squirm in pain.

Alex felt bad for her as well. Either he had used a more powerful poison than he had thought he did, or Momo simply didn't have the body they thought she did.

Either way, the plan was a flop.

"Momo, eat that pill and you will be fine," he said, removing his spiritual sense.

"No," Momo said in between her screams. Alex was taken aback. "Momo? You are in pain. Just take the pill."

"No, master. I can… I can handle it," she said, slowly looking up. There were tears filling her eyes at that point and she was struggling with the pain of the poison ripping at her innards. And even then, she did her best to withstand it.

'I can do it, master,' Momo thought. 'Whatever you throw at me. I can do it. I can prove to you that you did not get a useless disciple.'

Alex thought of forcing the pill into her but thought otherwise of it. He instead stepped back.

"Alright, let's see if you really have the Poison Essence Constitution or not."

Momo closed her eyes, focusing entirely on the pain in her body. She welcomed the pain and fought it, slowly getting used to it. A moment later, she could feel the pain lessen. She kept at it for a while longer and the pain slowly lowered. Bit by bit, the pain disappeared, making her wonder if the poison was getting ineffective as time went on, or if had she just grown numb to the pain.

A while later, the pain in her body vanished completely. She opened her eyes, taking a deep breath as she stood up where she had knelt before, Victorious.

Alex watched Momo with wide eyes and a large smile on his face. "You did it, Momo. You did it!" he said loudly.

Whisker jumped up and down. "Congratulations, Momo. You really did it." Momo watched the two celebrate and felt proud of herself for what she had accomplished. She breathed in and out deeply and felt that for some reason she was a little low on Qi.

"Phew! I thought it was never going to end," she said and looked at her palm. She had accidentally crushed the pill while focused on the pain. "Uhh… master, I—"

"Hmm?" Alex looked down. "Oh, forget about it. It's just a stupid pill," Alex said. He walked over and patted her on the back. "That was amazing."

Momo smiled proudly.

"Here, give me your hand," Alex said.

Momo gave out her hand and Alex took it by the wrist. He closed his eyes for a moment and nodded. "That is incredible," he said. "Your blood, muscle, even your spiritual roots have been turned poisonous. I can't check your spirit, but it should be affected too. It is quite strong."

"Everything is poisonous?" Momo asked, looking up. "Won't that cause issues? What if the pills I make end up being poisonous?"

"That shouldn't be an issue," Alex said. "You can choose when to have poison and when not to in your Qi at least. For the rest, we will have to wait and see."

Momo nodded, thinking about the repercussions of her body growing even more.

"I'll leave some more, slightly stronger poison with Pearl. One of them is lethal, so do not be stubborn and take the antidote immediately if you feel like you're dying." He turned to Whisker next and said, "Make sure to take care of her. Don't let her force you to consume strong poisons and die. We need to move one step at a time."

"I got it, brother," Whisker said. "But where are you going? Back to the valley?"

Alex nodded.

"You didn't get anything from the shop?" Whisker asked.

"I did," Alex said. "I have quite a bit of ingredients with me now to make pills, but the most important aspect of this competition is still the ingredients for the main pill I have to make, and I've only been able to gather a bit more than 2. There are still 12 other ingredients I have to gather fully, so I need to go find them."

Whisker thought for a bit and nodded. "See you later then, brother," Whisker said. n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

"See you later, master," Momo waved to say goodbye.

Alex nodded. "Oh, and when Pearl returns, tell him not to go back. Within a day or two of me coming back, we will leave this continent immediately."

Once Alex gave the order, he once again left the courtyard and made his way out of the city. He was still thankful that Fogbank city at least wasn't a complete asshole when it came to having rules for participants, so he could come and go as he wished.

Alex flew over to the Great Fog Valley, arriving a few hours later. Once he was there, he soon began familiarizing himself with the fog of the area, learning to better grasp the positions of all ingredients.

He was about only a mountain in when a person came from the other side. He was about to ignore her and continue walking on ahead, but something about her caught his attention.

She was familiar to him, at least from what he could see through the fog. She approached even further at which point the woman saw him as well.

Alex paused in his steps when he saw her, unsure if he was seeing her right at all. She was a woman with short stature, long black hair, a round face, and thin eyes. To his surprise, she also had a round medallion around her chest.

The woman's eyes grew thinner when she saw him, unable to process his presence at the moment.

Alex was in a similar situation, unable to believe that she had broken through to Immortality in a relatively short time. He smiled at her shock and said, "I am glad to see that you are doing fine for yourself, Jai Heiyun."

Jai Heiyun gasped, no more doubt in her mind that she was looking at exactly who she thought it was.

"Your majesty!" she called out, her voice carrying her emotion of disbelief. "You're alive?"