Everyone's hearts tightened upon seeing Guanyin's injured leg.
The wound was black and purple, clearly poisoned.
The claws of those corpse monsters were poisonous.
Seeing this, I quickly said,
"Guanyin, sit down quickly. Uncle-Master, Aunt Yunxia, Guanyin is poisoned!"
The group also hurried over.
"What kind of poison is this?"
"Corpse monster poison, is it considered corpse poison?"
"..."
Everyone gathered around Guanyin, unsure of what poison it was.
Uncle-Master and Aunt Yunxia also squeezed their way in.
Both of them crouched down.
Then Uncle-Master took out his wine gourd and said to Aunt Yunxia,
"This is corpse poison, Yunxia, get me some glutinous rice!"
Aunt Yunxia nodded,
"Alright!"
Several people nearby began to discuss.
Xu Hanchi frowned and said,
"I didn't expect these corpse monsters to be poisonous!"
Luo Fei also nodded,
"I was scratched by a zombie before.
After being poisoned, it itched and hurt, and my skin eventually became stiff and rigid, which was very uncomfortable."
"..."
As they spoke, Uncle-Master held the wine gourd and said to Guanyin,
"Girl, bear with it."
Guanyin hummed and turned her head away.
Uncle-Master signaled to me and Old Mo.
Without a word, Old Mo and I held down Guanyin's leg.
After all, this was about washing a wound with strong liquor, which would be excruciatingly painful.
Then, Uncle-Master held the wine gourd and poured the liquor onto Guanyin's wound.
Although Guanyin was prepared, the cleansing with strong liquor made her cry out in pain.
"Ah..."
Her thigh trembled uncontrollably, but Guanyin was considered strong. Despite the pain making her shake, she only cried out once, her fingernails scraping against the ground with a "zi zi zi" sound, and beads of sweat continuously appeared.
Everyone present had basically experienced that kind of pain.
They all wore expressions of unbearable sympathy.
Uncle-Master worked quickly, and soon finished cleaning Guanyin's wound.
Aunt Yunxia had also prepared the glutinous rice.
She pressed it onto Guanyin's wound.
The moment it was pressed on, Guanyin couldn't help but cry out again.
"Ah!"
This time, Guanyin was in so much pain that she almost fainted.
As the glutinous rice came into contact with Guanyin's wound, it emitted black smoke with a "zi zi zi" sound.
The white glutinous rice was quickly infected by the corpse poison, turning into black charcoal-like grains.
Once, twice, thrice.
Only after three applications did normal bright red blood flow from Guanyin's wound.
This indicated that the corpse poison had been extracted.
"Alright, apply some medicine, and you'll be fine in a few days,"
Uncle-Master said.
Aunt Yunxia applied the wound medicine she carried to Guanyin.
Guanyin, sweating profusely from the pain, saw everyone looking at her and said apologetically,
"I, I'm sorry, I'm holding you all back."
As she spoke, her eyes turned red, as if she was about to cry.
She hadn't cried during the liquor disinfection or the rice detoxification.
But now, she couldn't hold back.
Xia Qiuxi stepped forward and hugged her.
"It's okay, no one wants this to happen.
Don't be sad, you still have to lead the way for us!"
"Exactly, we're a team, in the same boat."
Yun Hu also chimed in.
"..."
Everyone spoke to comfort her.
Guanyin felt a little better.
After resting for about ten minutes, we had to continue our journey.
Guanyin endured her injury, stood up, and continued to lead us.
Initially, Uncle-Master asked Old Mo and me to take turns carrying Guanyin.
I nodded in agreement; Guanyin didn't look heavy.
With our cultivation, carrying a young woman was not a problem.
But Guanyin adamantly refused, saying she was fine.
However, as soon as we started walking, I saw the gauze on her leg soaked with blood.
But Guanyin acted as if nothing was wrong, urging us to follow.
Everyone secretly admired Guanyin.
She was the youngest, and her cultivation was the lowest among them.
But she was very resilient.
Led by Guanyin, we continued deeper into the Misty Forest.
Guanyin persisted, even as blood stained her pant leg.
She didn't complain once, nor did she ever suggest resting.
It was only when Uncle-Master and Aunt Yunxia couldn't bear to see it that they insisted on taking a short break.
Fortunately, in the following two hours, we encountered no further danger.
At this point, we had been in the Misty Forest for three hours.
By conventional time, it was already past eight in the morning.
However, in the Misty Forest, it still felt like it hadn't dawned.
Visually, it was a hazy gray.
The sky was invisible, and visibility was less than ten meters.
We had to use the Bagua compass to determine direction.
Without Guanyin as our guide, we would easily get lost in this mist.
At this moment, Guanyin looked at a simple map in her hand.
"We've covered a quarter of the way.
Next, we need to cross a stream, which should be in this direction!"
Guanyin pointed.
In that direction, besides the pervasive mist, there was also a strong presence of YinSha.
It was obvious that there were malevolent entities in that mist.
Furthermore, the presence of ShaQi indicated that the level of the haunting had reached that of a vengeful ghost.
But we had no choice. To approach the Demon Court and obtain the Soul Stone, we could only continue forward...