Chapter 638: The Greatest Guarantee

“Mother, I’m back.”

Just then, a voice drifted over. A woman who bore a strong resemblance to Zhao Yan walked into the pavilion, holding a plate of pastries.

Qin Ya turned to look, a little surprised. “Venerable Lord?”

The newcomer was Meiying Venerable. She also looked at Qin Ya with some surprise, placed the pastries on a nearby stone table, and asked, “What are you doing here?”

“Just wandering around and happened to pass by.”

Meiying Venerable nodded, then walked over to Zhao Yan and said lightly to Qin Ya, “Let me introduce you. This is my mother, Zhao Yan.”

‘Mother Consort?’

Qin Ya’s eyes narrowed slightly. ‘Only the wives and concubines of the Divine Lord would be addressed that way. If Meiying Venerable calls her Mother Consort, doesn’t that make her a daughter of the Divine Lord? And not just her, but Fang Mei as well.’

“Qin Ya greets Princess Consort Yen.”

“Heh, you’re too kind, Qin Tianjue. You’ve done me a great service, so there’s no need for such formalities.”

But Meiying, who was standing to the side, frowned upon hearing this. “A great service?”

“Yes.”

Zhao Yan then recounted the entire incident.

After hearing what happened, Meiying’s expression changed slightly. She quickly grabbed Zhao Yan’s arm, circulated her True Essence, and extended her Divine Thought to inspect her mother’s condition.

“It… it acted up ahead of schedule.”

At this thought, Meiying Venerable’s expression turned grim.

Then, as if she had thought of something, she abruptly looked at Qin Ya with a glimmer of hope. “Qin Ya, you must have guessed by now why I brought you to the Divine Capital. Since you were able to suppress the poison, are you confident you can cure it?”

Qin Ya frowned slightly. “I need more details.”

“Alright. In that case, let’s go see the Divine Lord first.” After speaking, Meiying Venerable led Zhao Yan and Qin Ya to the Celestial Extreme Hall, where the Divine Lord resided.

When the Divine Lord saw Zhao Yan and the others arrive, he quickly rose and came forward.

After hearing what had happened, the Divine Lord’s tone was filled with heartache. He tightly gripped Zhao Yan’s hand and said, “Yen’er has suffered from this poison for nearly three hundred years. I have searched through ancient texts and sought out Pill Kings, but I have found no way to cure her.”

Finishing his words, he looked at Qin Ya and said, “When Ying’er told me about you a short while ago, I was still a bit skeptical. But since you were able to suppress the poison today, does that mean you have a way to completely remove it?”

Hearing this, Qin Ya took out a Holy Essence Undying Pill. “When I found Princess Consort Yen’s poison acting up today, I used this pill to suppress it. However, this elixir can only provide temporary relief. To detoxify it completely, we will need another method.”

The Divine Lord glanced at the Holy Essence Undying Pill and nodded. “Ying’er has shown me this pill before. Indeed, its effects are extraordinary, but as you said, Yen’er’s poison is very strong. Even this pill cannot be a permanent cure.”

“Do you have a solution?”

Qin Ya said calmly, “Does the Divine Lord know the origin of this poison?”

“I do. Hundred Flowers Withered!”

“Hundred Flowers Withered… as the name implies, when a hundred flowers bloom, the person withers away.” Qin Ya sighed softly. “The victim of this poison doesn’t die immediately. Instead, a Demon Flower forms in their body every three years, causing excruciating pain. The more flowers that bloom, the greater the pain. The victim may not even survive to see a hundred flowers. If I’m not mistaken, at least ninety Demon Flowers have already bloomed on Princess Consort Yen. It is a testament to her strength that she has endured this long.”

The Divine Lord said, “That’s right. It’s ninety-one now.”

“Ninety-one?” Qin Ya’s brows furrowed.

“What’s wrong? Does even Qin Tianjue have no solution?”

“This Hundred Flowers Withered is easier to treat in its early stages. Now that Princess Consort Yen has this many, the difficulty of treatment will increase by several levels. I do have a way to cure it, but the required medicinal ingredients are exceptionally rare.”

When they heard there was a way to cure it, both Meiying Venerable’s and the Divine Lord’s eyes lit up. They weren’t too concerned about the mention of precious ingredients. After all, for the Divine Lord, what medicinal ingredient was truly unobtainable?

“Name the ingredients, Qin Tianjue. Don’t hesitate.”

“The other ingredients aren’t a problem. The main one is the Cicada Pupa of a Six-Winged Golden Cicada. This ingredient is only shed when a golden cicada undergoes metamorphosis. Six-Winged Golden Cicadas are already extremely rare in this world, and those that can metamorphose are even fewer. Obtaining a Cicada Pupa is as difficult as finding a needle in a haystack.”

After Qin Ya finished speaking, the expressions of the Divine Lord and Meiying Venerable fell, becoming solemn. Only then did they realize they had been too naive.

The Divine Lord and Meiying had heard of the Six-Winged Golden Cicada. It had only appeared twice in the entire history of the Divine Country before vanishing without a trace. As for a golden cicada capable of metamorphosis… they had never even heard of such a thing.

The glimmer of hope that had just appeared in their hearts was extinguished once more.

Wisps of Evil Qi began to rise from Meiying Venerable’s body, and her eyes grew bloodshot. After searching for so many years, a glimmer of hope for a cure had finally appeared, only to be thwarted by a single unobtainable ingredient. The bitterness in her heart was palpable.

At that moment, Princess Consort Yen walked up, gripped her arm tightly, and smiled faintly. “Ying’er, your mother has lived long enough. It’s nothing to be upset about.”

Meiying Venerable slowly retracted her Evil Qi. “Is there any other way?”

“There is, but it only treats the symptoms, not the root cause.”

Qin Ya said calmly, “For now, I can refine a type of Antitoxic Pill that can suppress the spread of the Hundred Flowers Withered. However, this elixir would require long-term use and is not a permanent cure. At most, it can buy Princess Consort Yen sixty years.”

At these words, expressions of pleasant surprise appeared on the faces of the Divine Lord and Meiying.

Sixty years!

That was far beyond their expectations.

After all, even the Pill Kings in the Divine Capital couldn’t refine an elixir to simply suppress the poison, yet Qin Ya could buy Princess Consort Yen sixty years.

The difference in skill was simply immense.

“During that time, I will definitely find the Cicada Pupa of a Six-Winged Golden Cicada.”

The Divine Lord gripped Princess Consort Yen’s arm and spoke with a resolute tone.

………

After receiving a large batch of medicinal ingredients from the Divine Lord, Qin Ya returned to Shenxiu Pavilion. He spent half a month refining a batch of Antitoxic Pills to suppress the Hundred Flowers Withered and sent them to Princess Consort Yen. In the process, his status in the Divine Lord’s eyes soared.

If before he had valued Qin Ya for his status as a Saint’s Inheritor, now, Qin Ya was the only Pill Master who could save his wife.

Surely, with this identity, even if Qin Ya were to take up a spear and cause a ruckus in the Celestial Marquis Mansion, the Divine Lord would step in and protect him at all costs.

‘In that case, my safety in the Divine Capital is more or less guaranteed.’

‘Very few people in the Divine Capital could claim to have the Divine Lord’s protection.’

Qin Ya gazed at the Pill Furnace before him, the corners of his mouth lifting into a slight smile.

He then put away the Pill Furnace, gave some instructions, and walked out of the Divine Palace.