Chapter 48

This war ultimately ended with the death of the Ghost King and the capture of the Ghost Realm’s generals.
Afterward, Xing Luo didn’t pause to reminisce with the subordinates from the Demon Realm, she immediately rushed back to the Demon Realm.
When Xing Luo returned to the Demon Palace, Ye Lixiao was lying in the hall, unconscious. His face was completely bloodless, and both his arms had turned black, the darkness creeping up to his shoulders. Once the poison reached his heart, no one could save him.
He Chen, who was guarding nearby, spoke, “Miss Luo’er, I’ve already given His Majesty a pill that can temporarily protect his heart meridians, but it only controls the poison for the time being.”
If the antidote wasn’t administered in time, Ye Lixiao would still be unable to escape death.
Xing Luo immediately stood up. “I’ll go to the Forbidden Area now.”
Her subordinate, Jin Xi, had once entered the Forbidden Area with only cultivation around the eightieth level and had returned unharmed. Xing Luo was truly not afraid of any Forbidden Area.
“Wait! Miss Luo’er! Don’t rush! I haven’t finished speaking!” He Chen hurriedly called out to her.
Xing Luo glared at him. “Then hurry up and speak! How could I not be anxious at a time like this?!”
He Chen said, “Miss Luo’er, with your cultivation level, how could you enter the Forbidden Area? Besides, the Demon Palace actually has a pill that can neutralize the corpse poison.”
He Chen left first; he still didn’t realize that Xing Luo was the Demon King, treating her merely as a cat demon.
“…” Xing Luo froze. An antidote? How could that be.
Could it be the Wanqucao that Ye Lixiao had taken before?
He had turned the Wanqucao into an antidote for the corpse poison? And it had been kept all this time?
The greatest use of Wanqucao was, after all, to neutralize corpse poison.
Originally, Ye Lixiao had never been poisoned. Even if he took the Wanqucao, it probably wouldn’t have had much use.
However, it was unlikely anyone would specifically enter the Forbidden Area to steal it, so Xing Luo had always assumed that Ye Lixiao had already used it.
Unexpectedly, he had turned it into a pill to counter the corpse poison. But he himself had not been poisoned, why make it then, unless it was as a precaution?
And now, it truly proved effective.
Xing Luo asked, “Then what are you waiting for? Go get the antidote!”
“Miss, the antidote is right here.” He Chen pulled a small box from his sleeve and handed it to Xing Luo. The exquisite little box was inscribed with intricate runes, it was a seal set by Ye Lixiao himself.
He Chen explained, “Miss, this box is sealed by His Majesty. Only he can open it, but he is currently unconscious.”
Xing Luo’s eyes narrowed. “In other words, as long as he can be awakened, there’s hope?”
He Chen nodded.
“…” Xing Luo frowned lightly. In Ye Lixiao’s current state, he hardly looked like he could awaken.
Xing Luo asked, “I heard that the former Demon Queen and His Majesty had a complete falling-out because of the Wanqucao. Is that true?”
“Yes.”
“Did His Majesty really want the former Demon Queen dead?”
“Of course not!” He Chen’s emotions flared. “At that time, the Demon Queen had been poisoned by the corpse toxin. Our Majesty personally risked entering the Forbidden Area just for her. He expended a thousand years of cultivation to slay the ferocious beast guarding the Wanqucao and take the herb. But.”
“The miasma in the Forbidden Area was too strong, and His Majesty was injured, which made his vision poor. He didn’t realize the Demon Queen’s subordinates had also gone into the Forbidden Area.”
“Just after he killed the ferocious beast, a figure suddenly appeared, trying to seize the Wanqucao. His Majesty couldn’t make out who it was. In a moment of panic, he accidentally injured that person while taking the herb.”