It was not as if Qingli was born frail. When she first entered Qingli's body, she could feel patches of stains in the body. She wasn't sure if it was Qingli's medical condition or was it poison. Now the soup had answered her.
Qingli was poisoned by a slow-acting venom. This type of poison would erode the person's muscles slowly and it's hard to detect. If it wasn't the Lord of Hell residing in Qingli's body, it would be hard to diagnose her as well. Slowly eroding the muscles, making the person lose control of their limbs as time passes. If the poison was left to spread, the person would lose all the strength inside his body and he would die from heart failure. Because the body no longer has any energy to pump the heart. Truly a work of art.
When she was alive, she had only chanced upon it once. Could it be that such poison was a commonly found product in this area? Qingli hummed to herself. She was clearly in a good mood. If she can get some of that poison and study it, she might be able to replicate it next time. But first things first, she needs to expel the poison from her body. Even if she doesn't know how to make the poison, she does know how to cure it.
No one can replicate her methods in curing and producing poisons and that is because nobody had ever cultivated in the dark arts successfully before. Qingli excused herself into her room and locked her doors, making sure to inform Yu Ling that she is not accepting any visitors today.
She sat on her bed calmly and held out her hand. As she started to focus, a single dark trail slipped out of her slim fingers. Qingli willed it to enter her body and start eating up the poison inside. This is one of the ways to expel the poison out but this process is excruciating because you are injecting a live parasite into your body and letting it run inside your system. It is a live poison that eats poison. If the person controlling it lost focus, the parasite could run wild inside his body and eats everything in its path.
It is a highly risky method but Qingli was calm. It wasn't the first time she has done such a procedure. No pain no gain. Although Qingli is using this parasite to cleanse the poison inside her body, what it does is actually cleansing the body of impurities which would result in the body being strengthened as though it was reborn.
Qingli closed her eyes as she laid on her bed. She was in no rush as she slowly guided the parasite to eat all of the impurities inside her body. Soon, her dress was drenched with sweat from the pain she was enduring. Although Qingli is already numbed towards this pain, it was not the same for the body. Qingli, a young miss from a noble family, had never extended her fingers to do anything. All of her needs were tended to by servants and she had never needed to lift a muscle. Hence, the process took quite a toll on the frail girl's body.
However, Qingli endured the entire process. It seemed as if only a short time has passed but actually, almost the entire day was gone. If not for Qingli's warning and Yu Ling's persistence in guarding the door, the other maidservants would have gone to call their mistress to dine and bathe.
The moment Qingli opened her eyes, darkness was all she saw. She slowly turned her head to the side to glance out the window only to close her eyes with a frown. The shine of the moon made her dizzy with the sudden bright light. After she recovered her bearings, she sat up slowly and looked around.
The last time I did this, it only took half a day at most. Qingli's body is truly weak.
Qingli slowly made her way to the door and opened it slightly to meet a pair of anxious eyes.