Transmigrated as Investment Banker in Cultivation world

Chapter 82: Yin Poison

If the events happen once, he can understand it. The second time, you can call it coincidence, but if the same thing happens for the third time, it's time to introspect.

"Maybe there's really something wrong with me," David thought while running, the wind hitting his face, causing his hair to flutter and dance in the air.

At this time, Mary suddenly slowed down. She watched the monstrous tide behind her with abyss-like black eyes and slowly said, "I am going to create an opportunity for escape."

David and the others only nodded at her words and didn't question her decision. She was old and wise enough to understand the consequences of her actions.

In the next moment, Mary changed direction and faced the rising tide of grotesque monsters.

Her face was eerily calm. With every step that Mary took, her body started to transform; her black pupils turned white, followed by her hair.

At this time, she looked like a goddess who had come down from heaven to cleanse the mortal world of all its suffering.

"From now on, your life is not yours. Heed my words, you mindless monsters, for I am the Empress of Charm," Mary's voice was low, but it was heard thousands of meters away.

Mary took another step and slowly said, "Absolute Charm."

A white, almost invisible wave, faster than the speed of sound, instantly covered all present.

The hundreds of toads suddenly froze in the air.

Right now, they were nothing more than Mary's puppets. If she wanted, they would tear each other apart.

Huff! Mary huffed and took deep breaths; her chest heaved up and down, her forehead filled with beads of sweat.

"The consumption is still astonishing," Mary thought. To stop the tide, she had used the first inherent skill of her Crystallization of Life, "Absolute Charm."

Although the skill was powerful, using it required a large amount of mana.

The mana sea inside her body had almost lost 40 percent of its mana in a single activation. This was the downside of the Higher Grade Crystallization of Life at a low level; cultivators couldn't repeatedly use them.

But even then, she was still impressed—the result had exceeded her expectations.

At this time, a young man's voice, filled with relief, suddenly came from behind her.

"Stop dilly-dallying and move quickly."

Hearing the voice, a charming smile broke out on her gorgeous face, and she started moving.

In no time, she caught up with David and the others.

"Nice work, Mrs. Mary," Sebastian praised from the side, his voice filled with genuine admiration and respect.

This might be the first time that Sebastian had seen her Crystallization of Life in full-action. Along with Ruby's earlier display, he had confirmed there were at least three Emperor Grade Crystallizations of Life in their ranks.

However, he was not sure about David.

Even though he had sparred with David a couple of times, he still couldn't properly understand its grade.

"Well done, Mary. You have done an excellent job," David also praised from the sidelines with a smiling face.

"Hehehe…thank you both for your kind words, I really deserve it." Mary laughed and thanked them.

David almost fell to the ground when he heard her last words. He didn't know whether to laugh or cry at the situation.

She was really shameless!

Ruby, as always, kept her mouth shut and didn't say anything, but if you looked closely at her face, you would easily be able to find dissatisfaction in her large vermillion eyes.

After this short incident, David and his companions moved without stopping.

They encountered some monsters again, but they weren't in large numbers. He easily dealt with them and sold their bodies to the bank for a nice profit of four hundred thousand spirit stones.

Just as the sun was about to set, David and the others finally managed to reach the end of the forest.

The Endless Forest wasn't able to stop them.

After some time, David appeared in a large green grassland. The grass wasn't long and barely reached his knees.

Although the air was warm, David still felt a slight chill on his skin.

"Hmm! What is this?" Sebastian sniffed the air around him with interest, and suddenly his expression turned grim.

"Everyone, don't breathe—the air here is filled with Yin poison."

After hearing his words, an enlightened expression appeared on David's face. He had heard about it in the past.

This poison was the reason why there were no cities in the whole Nether Empire.

Although the poison was relatively harmless at first, once a lot of people gathered in a large area, it turned extremely deadly.

So, people in the Nether Empire never stayed in one place; they constantly moved from one place to another like wanderers.

Once again, he would not be able to set up the bank branch.

While thinking about all these things, he sighed.

"Sebastian, you're overreacting—it's not that harmful," David said with a smile.

"Ahh! Manager, you truly don't know the horrors of Yin poison yet," Sebastian said. He cautiously scanned the atmosphere with his eyes and didn't breathe.

"What do you mean?" After hearing Sebastian's words, David's interest was piqued; it looked like there was something he didn't know.

"Actually, the Yin poison isn't a normal poison in a strict sense, but a rapidly multiplying parasite. Once it gets inside your body, it will slowly start eating your spiritual space and rapidly multiply in numbers." Sebastian patiently explained the true nature of Yin poison, as he had firsthand witnessed its horrors.

David stopped breathing as soon as he heard the word "parasite."

"Hahahahah! Don't worry too much. Once you take enough precautions, it won't harm you," Sebastian spoke to dispel David's fears.

"When we find a place to settle down, I will refine the antidote for it."

"Ohh! Thank you, Sebastian," David's face filled with gratefulness at this time. If it weren't for him, David would have continued to breathe and created a time bomb for himself.

Mary also nodded at Sebastian words. Although, she had never dealt with the poison but she had heard of its horrifying powers.