Chapter 6: The Most Poisonous Poison

It was only five words, but it was as if Hua Ruomo had used every ounce of strength in her entire body; she had practically roared them out.

"I... I..." For a moment, Hua Ru嫣 didn't even know if she should continue speaking. After she had attempted to touch the liquid inside, the symptoms in her body had flared up so rapidly that she had smashed the jade bottle...

Because she had smashed the jade bottle, she had also suffered a ruthless punishment from that person. The poison she was currently suffering from was not just the poison from the jade bottle, but also the poison from the punishment inflicted by that person! However, seeing Hua Ruomo's despondent state over the destruction of the jade pendant, she felt that her momentary pain was well worth it.

Looking at Hua Ru嫣's expression, Hua Ruomo understood more or less what had happened, and her fury grew even deeper.

That was a pill she had spent an entire year refining. She had even fallen off a cliff and nearly lost her life just to search for the rare medicinal ingredients required for it!

Clearly, after tonight, she would have been able to help Qingchen neutralize the strange poison in his body; clearly, she would soon be able to live a long life by Qingchen's side! But now, all of this was ruined because of this ignorant woman before her!

Wave after wave of pain spread from her chest. Hua Ruomo no longer had the strength to hold onto Hua Ru嫣's arm; she could only clutch her own chest tightly and slowly crouch down.

"Hua Ruomo, don't try to stall for time anymore. Who are you putting on this act for? Tsk!"

The woman before her was terrifyingly pale, her originally rosy lips completely devoid of color. Most importantly, there was a gray, dim gloom in her eyes, as if she would never wake up again if she simply closed them.

However, Hua Ru嫣 was not truly worried about Hua Ruomo's condition. "Hua Ruomo, don't think you can escape the fate of handing over the antidote with these kinds of tactics. I think even if curing this poison requires your life, Father would agree without hesitation! You'd better be sensible, otherwise... you'll suffer!"

Recalling it carefully, the substance in that jade bottle was indeed very strange. In truth, the masked man had told her to steal the jade bottle and hand it to him, but out of curiosity, she had opened it.

Even though she had shaken it before truly opening it and felt that it was a liquid, once it was opened, she was shocked to find a lustrous, round, and pure bead at the bottom of the bottle. It looked even more brilliant than any precious gem she had ever seen. Being someone who loved such things, her only thought at the time was that Hua Ruomo had been secretly hoarding such a beautiful bead, and she intended to claim it for herself. She hadn't expected that as soon as she poured the bead into her palm, it would instantly dissolve into nothingness. It was only when she quickly felt the abnormality in her palm that, in her agitation, she smashed the jade bottle away.

How could Hua Ru嫣 have known that the substance in the jade bottle could be described as both a liquid and a solid? As long as the stopper was not removed, it would be preserved in liquid form, but once it came into contact with the outside air, it would rapidly condense into a pill that dissolved upon contact with the skin.

Miraculous, and incomparably precious.

In the entire continent, there was only one, and there would never be a second.

The pain in her chest intensified second by second, even making it impossible for Hua Ruomo to breathe. Although Hua Ruomo was trying her best to restrain her emotions, her grief and indignation surged and boiled uncontrollably, blurring her vision with mist. Hua Ruomo knew that the other person must also be able to feel her pain. There had never been a time when Hua Ruomo hated the connection between herself and that person as much as she did right now; she had clearly promised him that she would be fine...

Feeling somewhat impatient, Hua Ru嫣 was preparing to pull up the woman who was crouching on the ground clutching her knees, but unexpectedly, she was shoved away violently by the latter, causing Hua Ru嫣 to lose her balance and fall to the ground.

"Hua Ruomo, what do you think you're doing!" Chai Ruorong's voice rang out shrilly.

Hua Ruomo felt her hair being violently yanked by a pair of large hands, her entire body stumbling upward with the force. A slap, accompanied by a whistling sound, landed directly on her face. However, the pain on her face was far less wretched than the pain caused by the Heart-催 (Cui) Gu's outbreak; the high, swollen red handprint appeared exceptionally clear against her deathly pale face.

After delivering the slap, Chai Ruorong shoved Hua Ruomo aside. Ignoring whether she hit the corner of the table or not, she rushed frantically to Hua Ru嫣's side, helped the woman up, and carefully inspected her entire body. Only after confirming that she was indeed unhurt did she feel relieved, before turning back to glare at Hua Ruomo with fury.

"Hua Ruomo! You little wench, where is the antidote!"

A cold, faint smile slowly curled at the corner of Hua Ruomo's mouth. The antidote? If she said that the pill itself was both the antidote to the world's most poisonous substance and a convergence of ten thousand poisons, making it fundamentally incurable, these two women before her would likely not believe her at all.

The pill she had exhausted her soul to refine, the pill she had refined specifically for that person—how could it be neutralized so easily!