Night Lingyuan shook his head and said, "You can't save her!"
After he finished speaking, he walked forward holding Mu Shasha, completely ignoring the people from the Poison Sect blocking his path.
The leading elder of the Poison Sect's face darkened slightly and said, "Your Excellency, you saved our Young Sect Master, and we are extremely grateful. But please don't make things difficult for us. Please put down the Young Sect Master so we can treat her quickly!"
"I told you, you can't save her!"
A hint of impatience crept into Night Lingyuan's voice.
Currently, Mu Shasha was only alive thanks to an enhanced universal antidote. Only by sending her to Zi Linling could she have a chance of survival.
It wasn't that Night Lingyuan looked down on the people of the Poison Sect, but he genuinely did.
"How do you know if you don't try?"
The leading elder's voice grew colder.
If they let Night Lingyuan take their Young Sect Master away, how could the Poison Sect maintain its reputation in the cultivation world?
No, they had long since ceased to be relevant in the cultivation world, but Night Lingyuan's actions would undoubtedly make them lose face.
"Move aside!"
A trace of law power entered Night Lingyuan's voice.
The people of the Poison Sect's hearts trembled, and they instinctively retreated.
Night Lingyuan took a step, and he was already ten zhang away.
None of the Poison Sect members saw how he passed through the crowd.
In just a few blinks, Night Lingyuan had reached the exit of the Poison Sect's domain.
By the time the Poison Sect members recovered from their shock, Night Lingyuan had already appeared outside the dilapidated temple with Mu Shasha.
In the Azure Dragon Empire's Wind and Rain Tower, Zi Guochang, Situ Jinglei, Situ Yunfeng, and Zi Linling were already seated before a lavish spread of dishes.
However, all of them were looking towards the entrance, none of them paying attention to the table full of delicacies.
Zi Guochang frowned, secretly blaming his son-in-law, Night Lingyuan, for being unreliable.
It was already Lin'er's birthday, and he still had to go out.
Situ Jinglei worriedly said, "Won't Xiao Yezi be in trouble? Why hasn't he returned yet?"
"Tsk! Old man, you can put your mind at ease! Even if the Poison Sect were annihilated, Ah Yuan wouldn't be in the slightest bit of trouble!"
Situ Yunfeng chided her old man with a playful tone, then winked at him.
Situ Jinglei understood and quickly said, "Little Zi, I'm old and my mind isn't clear. I'm just talking nonsense! Don't worry, Xiao Yezi should be back soon!"
Zi Linling mischievously replied, "Uncle Situ, do I look like I'm worried?"
Though she said it, her heart was already burning with anxiety.
If Night Lingyuan had gone to another sect or family, she wouldn't have worried at all.
But this time, Night Lingyuan was going to the Poison Sect, a sect capable of producing ancient poisons. How could she not be worried?
Zi Guochang looked down at Zi Linling's clenched fists and shook his head helplessly, saying, "Yunfeng is right. Instead of worrying about Xiao Yuan, it's better to worry about the Poison Sect!"
Zi Linling gave a bitter smile, realizing her pretense of calmness had failed.
Just then, Xue Ling rushed in and announced, "Princess Consort, the Prince is back!"
All four stood up simultaneously, their faces beaming with relief and joy.
Zi Guochang and Situ Jinglei exchanged glances and nodded repeatedly, "It's good that he's back! It's good that he's back!"
Situ Yunfeng lazily removed the cap of his wine gourd and said, "I told you so! In all these years, when has Ah Yuan ever suffered a defeat?"
Zi Linling loosened her clenched fists and looked up at the approaching figure, her lips moving silently.
Night Lingyuan handed the unconscious Mu Shasha to Xue Jing, then rushed to Zi Linling and embraced her, apologizing, "Lin'er, I'm back late!"
Zi Linling hugged his waist tightly and bloomed with a radiant smile, saying, "There's still a quarter of an hour. You're not late at all!"
"Cough!"
"Mmm hmm!"
Zi Guochang and Situ Jinglei both made awkward sounds.
Although they didn't object to the couple being together, their overt embrace in front of them felt inappropriate.
Situ Yunfeng also grumbled resentfully, "Can't you two stop bullying people the moment you meet? You know I'm a lonely bachelor, and you deliberately flaunt your affection. That's not right!"
Zi Linling's pretty face flushed, and she abruptly pushed Night Lingyuan away, glaring at him before returning to her seat.
Night Lingyuan, with his thick skin, managed to hide his embarrassment, even if he felt it.
He stepped forward to greet Zi Guochang and Situ Jinglei, then said to Zi Linling, "Lin'er, take a look at Shasha first!"
"Shasha?"
Zi Linling followed Night Lingyuan's gaze and asked, "Who is she?"
She asked this objectively, without any hint of jealousy.
She knew Night Lingyuan would never do anything to upset her.
"The daughter of the Poison Sect Master!"
Night Lingyuan answered without hesitation.
Zi Linling stood up and walked over to Xue Jing, who was holding Mu Shasha, and examined her.
"Hmm? This poison... is very strange. It doesn't fall into the category of known toxins!"
Night Lingyuan nodded and said, "This is the latest poison developed by the Poison Sect Master, Mu Jiuge!"
As he spoke, he prepared to take out the bottles and jars he had collected from the secret room, but Zi Linling stopped him.
"Let's change locations,"
Zi Linling said, giving Mu Shasha an enhanced universal antidote. Then, she took Mu Shasha from Xue Jing and headed towards the secret room where she researched antidotes.
Night Lingyuan naturally followed. He knew Zi Linling was afraid that if he took out those bottles and jars here, their meticulously prepared meal would be ruined.
Zi Guochang, Situ Jinglei, and Situ Yunfeng also followed.
In the secret room, Night Lingyuan waved his hand, and the bottles and jars appeared on a large table.
Among them were also papers scribbled with strange symbols.
Zi Linling picked out a bottle from the many vials, sniffed it, and smiled.
If Mu Jiuzhang were here, he would be utterly shocked.
Because the bottle Zi Linling held was the very one from which he had casually given Mu Shasha the poison.
To accurately pick out the bottle containing the poison that Mu Shasha was afflicted with from so many different poisons required an extremely high level of toxin identification skill.
"Interesting!"
Zi Linling smiled and said, "I need to study this antidote!"
She then looked at Mu Shasha and added, "As for her, we'll keep her alive with the antidote for now."
It wasn't that she didn't want to detoxify Mu Shasha immediately, but that the poison contained a trace of "Smiling Fragrance."
Therefore, detoxification was not an easy task.
She needed to conduct continuous experiments to find the correct arrangement of the toxins before she could create an antidote.