Chapter 7: The Silver-Eyed Sovereign

"I never said I would help you detoxify." She wouldn't be foolish enough to help someone who wanted to kill her. What if he killed her the moment he was cured?

"What do you want, then?" Mo Junchen wasn't worried that she wouldn't help him. He watched her with interest. Wasn't she afraid of him? Didn't she know he was the legendary Silver-Eyed Venerable? Besides, she was just an ordinary person without a shred of profound energy.

"I don't want anything." Feng Moxi picked up Qiuqiu, who was blinking and watching them from the side, and turned to leave.

Mo Junchen endured the waves of pain and followed behind her. "Aren't you afraid I'll kill you?"

Feng Moxi scoffed. "You're poisoned and suppressed by Gu venom. You have all that profound energy but can't use it. Why would I be afraid of you?"

Mo Junchen rubbed his nose. Could he blame himself for that? If it weren't for that group of people taking advantage of his illness to poison and ambush him, he, the dignified Silver Venerable, would never be in such a sorry state. Right now, he was no different from her, a person without any profound energy.

She was right. He currently possessed profound energy but couldn't unleash it. Even if he made it out of the Black Gold Forest, he would definitely be hunted down by those people again.

He couldn't help but curse inwardly. He hoped he wouldn't have to go back, otherwise, he would make them pay dearly!

Thus, he didn't speak, silently following behind Feng Moxi, his lowered eyelids hiding his thoughts.

Feng Moxi sighed. This wouldn't do. If he died, who would she extort?

The journey ended with Feng Moxi stopping from time to time to pick flowers and pull weeds. The two of them and one ball finally arrived before the last barrier of the Black Gold Forest. Once they crossed this, they could return to the cliff.

"Stop." Feng Moxi looked around, observing the terrain, and finally fixed her gaze on a small cave. "Go there."

A flash of confusion crossed Mo Junchen's pale face. Since when was the Black Gold Forest this easy to traverse?

Inside the cave, Qiuqiu whispered into Feng Moxi's ear for a moment, then zoomed out with a *whoosh*.

An orange bonfire was lit, illuminating two different yet equally stunning faces.

Before long, Qiuqiu returned, bringing back a Level 3 Profound Ox that had died not long ago, along with some spirit flowers and herbs that shimmered with silver light.

Feng Moxi rummaged through the pile of flowers and herbs, and under Mo Junchen's puzzled gaze, tossed them into his lap. "Eat the ones with light first, then the ones without. Ten thousand gold coins per stalk."

Mo Junchen picked up a spirit herb that didn't shimmer. His lips twitched. This herb was called Seven-Origin Grass; it was priceless on the market, with at least one thousand crystal coins per stalk...

"Thirteen stalks in total. I'll give you a discount and charge you one hundred thousand gold coins." Feng Moxi, who knew nothing about the currency of this world, had no idea how much of a loss she was taking.

"One hundred thousand? Little girl, you're quite the swindler." If anyone knew how to play the victim while actually profiting, it was Mo Junchen.

Feng Moxi glanced at him sideways. "If you don't have the money, pay your debt with the clothes on your back."

That robe made of flowing cloud brocade was surely worth more than one hundred thousand, right?

"Little girl, you're so heartless." Mo Junchen gave her a flirtatious wink and slowly chewed the so-called detoxifying herbs in his mouth. Since they weren't refined into pills, the taste was astringent, but there was nothing available for him to refine pills with right now, and the pills he had on him only treated the symptoms, not the root cause of this poison.

After swallowing the herbs, Mo Junchen clearly felt the barrier suppressing his dantian dissipate, and the pain in his chest slowly faded. He raised his hand to channel his energy, and silver profound energy swirled around his fingertips—uniquely bewitching.

Feng Moxi was slightly stunned. Silver profound energy? In the original owner's memories, there was no mention of anyone on the Fengluo Continent having silver profound energy. Does that mean he's a top-tier expert?

Feng Moxi's eyes lit up instantly.

"Little girl, one hundred thousand gold coins is too expensive. How about... I offer myself to you as repayment?" Mo Junchen flashed to Feng Moxi's side, hooked his long arm around her neck, and smiled wickedly.