At this moment, Elder Yaoyue and Li Xian had no time to care about True Lord Huxiao. They saw that the black line had spread to Shen Qing's shoulder and was about to reach her neck.
"No, we don't know what this black line is. I'll give you an acupuncture treatment first!" Elder Yaoyue said resolutely as she took out a special needle from her storage bag. It was long and thin, glinting silver.
The meridians of cultivators were different from those of ordinary people, and so were the ways of treating injuries. However, the acupoints were generally the same.
Elder Yaoyue tried to insert two needles at the place where the black qi was about to spread and on Shen Qing's palm.
During the acupuncture treatment, Elder Yaoyue also infused her spiritual power to check Shen Qing's meridians. To her surprise, she found that Shen Qing's meridians seemed to have been corroded by the black qi and were severely blocked.
After a few needles, the black line stopped spreading. But Shen Qing only felt that her meridians were getting more and more painful, and cold sweat broke out on her forehead.
"What are you doing?" True Lord Huxiao stood up. With his back to the sun, his tall figure loomed over them, his expression unfathomable.
Elder Yaoyue knew there was something wrong with the petals, so her attitude towards True Lord Huxiao became rather rude.
"What on earth is your intention? There are highly poisonous petals in your sachet. Who gave them to you?"
"Petals?" True Lord Huxiao slowly walked towards them. His tall and imposing body was extremely intimidating.
"You tore open my sachet and said the petals inside were problematic?" He covered his head, and his expression looked a bit ferocious in the dim light.
But then, he let out a panicked scream. "Ah! Why is there such a big bump on my head? It hurts so much!"
"How could my sachet be torn into such a mess? These petals... These petals were given to me by Shiyu!"
"Good heavens, Shen Qing, what's wrong with your hand? What are these black lines? You're not bewitched by a curse, are you?"
Then, there was a hint of grievance in True Lord Huxiao's tone. "What on earth happened? Why are you all looking at me like this? Your looks are so terrifying..."
"These petals were given to you by Xian Shiyu?!" Li Xian saw that Shen Qing's face had turned pale from the pain. His face darkened, and his eyes were cold. His tone became harsh.
"Yes... She said I always smelled bad because I was always around spirit beasts. So she picked these petals and made them into a sachet for me to wear every day. The smell was really nice, and the bad smell on me faded a lot. So I wore it every day."
After getting the answer, Li Xian turned to Shen Qing and said, "Come on, I'll take you to find Xian Shiyu!"
With that, Li Xian grabbed Shen Qing and pulled her away. Elder Yaoyue collected all the remaining petals behind them and gave True Lord Huxiao a fierce glare.
True Lord Huxiao was completely confused and felt rather baffled. But seeing their urgent expressions, he chased after them and shouted, "Hey, do you even know where Shiyu is? How can you just go looking for her?"
"Wait for me! She's in her own small courtyard now. I'll take you there!"
Li Xian heard True Lord Huxiao's shout from afar. So he changed his direction and rushed towards Xian Shiyu's small courtyard.
When they arrived at Xian Shiyu's small courtyard, Li Xian happened to see her sneaking into the door with a basket on her back. She was even startled when she saw them coming.
"My goodness, why are you all in such a hurry? Hey, hey, Li Xian, put me down!"
When Li Xian saw Xian Shiyu, he rushed up and grabbed her by the neck. Xian Shiyu stepped back again and again until her back hit the door.
"Li Xian! What are you doing?" Xian Shiyu was grabbed by the neck. She was about to question him but met his cold eyes. Her momentum immediately weakened.
"Let her go first. We haven't figured out the whole thing yet. Don't act rashly." Shen Qing didn't expect Li Xian to suddenly attack Xian Shiyu. She quickly stepped forward to stop him. But because of the sharp pain in her hand, she couldn't use her spiritual power. She could only anxiously persuade them from the side.
"Sister, what's going on? Why is brother-in-law treating me like this?" Xian Shiyu was so scared that tears welled up in her eyes. Li Xian's current expression was just like those loose cultivators who wanted to kill her when she went down the mountain for training. It was extremely terrifying.
"The petals in True Lord Hou Huxiao's sachet were given by you?" Li Xian's voice was harsh, and his hand gradually tightened, leaving red marks on Xian Shiyu's neck.
"Li Xian, you're hurting her. Calm down. Let go quickly!"
Seeing Shen Qing's increasingly painful expression, Li Xian didn't loosen his grip. "The petals she gave have hurt you like this. How can I calm down?!"
Only then did Xian Shiyu notice something was wrong with Shen Qing's arm. She immediately explained, "The petals... The petals were given by me."
"But I didn't know these petals would hurt sister like this!"
"I picked these petals deep in the Beast Forest. If you don't believe me, I can take you there. I really just thought the smell was nice, so I made them into a sachet and gave it to Master. I didn't mean to harm anyone!"
The last few words trembled. Tears rolled down Xian Shiyu's face. She was scared and knew she had made a mistake unconsciously.
"Sister, how are you now? I really didn't know these petals were poisonous. I can take you to the place where I picked the petals!"
"Look, this is what I just picked!"
Li Xian still didn't quite believe her. "If you were just going to pick flowers, why were you acting so sneaky?"
Xian Shiyu felt even more aggrieved. "Because that place is strictly prohibited by the sect. I went there secretly. I didn't want others to know."
Seeing Xian Shiyu's hands trembling, Shen Qing quickly patted Li Xian's shoulder with her other hand. "I believe her. We've asked everything we need to. Put your hand down first. Don't scare her."
Seeing that Shen Qing could hardly stand, Li Xian let go of Xian Shiyu. He said dryly to Xian Shiyu, "I was impulsive. I misunderstood you this time. I'm sorry."
"Take this wound medicine. It will be good for the bruise on your neck."
Xian Shiyu trembled as she took the wound medicine Li Xian gave her. She nodded timidly.
She knew Li Xian was anxious about Shen Qing and didn't blame him. Instead, she felt extremely guilty because the petals she picked had caused Shen Qing to get hurt.
Elder Yaoyue and True Lord Huxiao also rushed over in a hurry. On the way, True Lord Huxiao had already listened to Elder Yaoyue's explanation and understood the whole thing.
Seeing Li Xian being rough on Xian Shiyu, he was initially displeased. But then he knew it was Xian Shiyu who had made a mistake first, so he suppressed his dissatisfaction.
Seeing that Li Xian had asked all he wanted to know, he walked up to Xian Shiyu and lovingly checked his disciple's wound.
"It's all a misunderstanding. It's all a misunderstanding."
"Master! It's all my fault. I made a mistake. What should we do about sister's injury?"
True Lord Huxiao looked at the black line on Shen Qing's arm with a headache. He secretly thought that besides Shen Qing's arm, there might be something even more terrifying.
If the medicine True Lord Ruokun took was really incompatible with the petals Xian Shiyu brought, then things would be troublesome...