Free Web NovelChapter 82: Chapter 82: Clear Spring Settlement
The return platform glowed pale green when Qin Yuheng’s team emerged.
This time, the academy healers reacted before the evaluation staff finished reading the results. Poison aura clung to all four of them. Qin Mo’s face had a faint green tint, Qin Lian’s sleeve was burned from venom scale cuts, Qin Yuchen’s breathing was slightly rough, and Qin Yuheng’s robe carried several spots where poison had eaten through the fabric.
Han Shuren’s expression darkened immediately.
"Poison accumulation?"
Qin Yuheng answered, "All below forty."
"Medical hall. Now."
Qin Mo did not resist.
"I love medical halls after poison floors."
The evaluation crystal activated as healers began preliminary cleansing.
[Floor 8: Poison Mist Swamp]
[Main Mission: Find the exit gate — Completed.]
[Side Mission: Collect 10 Clear Spring Lotus Petals — Completed.]
[Side Mission: Defeat 15 poison swamp creatures — Completed.]
[Side Mission: Keep poison accumulation below 40% — Completed.]
[Optional Boss: Venom Scale Python defeated.]
[Special Achievement: Lotus Field Breaker.]
[Team Survival: All members alive.]
[Emergency Withdrawal: None.]
[Final Evaluation: SSS]
The hall erupted again, but Qin Yuheng barely listened.
He was focused on the poison moving through his body. The Hundred Toxin Cleansing Pills had stabilized the team during combat, but Floor 8’s venom was layered. Some remained in the skin, some in the breath, some in the meridians. If not properly treated, it could weaken future circulation.
The healer used a stronger academy cleansing array this time.
Green-black mist seeped from their bodies and dissolved under pale light.
Qin Mo lay on a treatment bench and said, "I never want to smell swamp again."
Qin Lian sat silently while a healer cleaned the venom burn on her arm.
Qin Yuchen closed his eyes, circulating slowly.
Qin Yuheng endured the cleansing without complaint.
The healer looked at the venom burns on his robe and frowned. freewёbn૦νeɭ.com
"You fought too close to the boss."
Qin Mo raised a hand from his bench.
"He walked into its mouth."
The healer stared at Qin Yuheng.
Qin Yuheng remained calm.
"It was a weak point."
The healer rubbed her forehead.
"Do all Qin family members define weak point as somewhere inside the enemy’s teeth?"
Qin Mo answered, "I do not."
The healer said, "You are the sensible one."
Qin Mo looked deeply moved.
After treatment, Yu Qingmei summoned Qin Yuheng and his team together.
She reviewed the report carefully, especially the Venom Scale Python fight and the Clear Spring Lotus Root drop.
When Qin Yuheng described the lotus field, her eyes sharpened.
"Clear Spring Lotus Root?"
"Yes."
"Rare for Floor 8. Usually teams obtain petals, occasionally seeds. Root drops require defeating the boss without destroying the lotus field."
Qin Yuheng nodded.
"We avoided damaging the field until the final fight."
Yu Qingmei looked at Qin Mo.
"Your poison suppression formation helped?"
Qin Mo sighed.
"It almost exploded."
"But did it work?"
"Yes."
"Then document it."
He looked pained.
"Of course."
The reward panel appeared after formal settlement.
[SSS Evaluation Rewards]
EXP +1,700
Tower Coins x18,000
S Grade Poison Mist Swamp Trial Chest x1
A Grade Clear Spring Lotus Root x1
A Grade Venom Scale Python Core x1
A Grade Venom Fang x2
B Grade Poison Resistance Fruit x5
A Grade Venom Scale Hide x1
Special Mark: Lotus Field Breaker
The EXP pushed Qin Yuheng deeper into Level 5, nearing Level 6.
The team’s levels had also risen steadily. Qin Yuchen, Qin Lian, and Qin Mo were no longer ordinary new climbers in any sense.
After leaving the academy medical hall, the team returned to the Qin Estate.
Qin Wanshan was waiting.
He did not ask first about the SSS evaluation.
He asked, "Poison?"
"Cleansed," Qin Yuheng said. "We will continue monitoring."
Mu Qinglan personally inspected them. Her silver energy brushed over Qin Yuheng’s wrist, then Qin Yuchen’s, Qin Lian’s, and Qin Mo’s. Only after confirming that no deep poison remained did she nod.
Qin Mo looked relieved.
"Lady Qinglan’s inspection is more reassuring than academy healers."
Mu Qinglan smiled faintly.
"Academy healers are competent."
"Yes, but they did not terrify the poison."
Qin Yuheng then showed the selected reward: the A Grade Clear Spring Lotus Root.
The moment it appeared, Qin Zhengyuan’s expression changed.
The lotus root was pale blue-white, shaped like a small curled dragon root, with clear water droplets floating around it without falling. Its aura was gentle, pure, and cool.
Qin Wanshan took a slow breath.
"Another cleansing treasure."
Qin Yuheng nodded.
"It says corrosion relief."
Mu Qinglan examined it.
"This is compatible. Not as directly blood-focused as the Heaven-Cleansing Blood Lotus Fruit, but gentler. It may help clear residual poison-like corruption from the wound channels."
Qin Zhengyuan looked at Qin Yuheng.
"You found this on a poison floor?"
"Yes."
Qin Zhengyuan smiled faintly.
"Of course you did."
There was warmth in his voice, but also concern.
Qin Yuheng understood.
Every useful treatment material made his father grateful.
And worried.
Because each one meant Qin Yuheng had walked through danger.
Qin Yuheng did not say it was easy.
He only said, "We were prepared."
That night, after resting and confirming no poison remained, Qin Yuheng entered his private room.
First, he handled the S Grade Poison Mist Swamp Trial Chest.
[S Grade Poison Mist Swamp Trial Chest]
[Eligible for Primordial Origin Evolution.]
[Please select evolution direction.]
1. Quantity Multiplication
2. Quality Enhancement
"Quality Enhancement."
[Evolution successful.]
[S Grade Poison Mist Swamp Trial Chest]
↓
[SSS Grade Ancient Clear Lotus Poison Sovereign Chest]
Qin Yuheng opened it.
[Obtained:]
[SSS Grade Clear Lotus Poison Sovereign Pearl x1]
[SS Grade Skill Book: Thousand Toxin Thunder Body Guard x1]
[S Grade Clear Spirit Antidote Fruit x1]
[S Grade Poison Mist Shadow Cloak x1]
[SS Grade Venom Purification Talisman x3]
He inspected the Clear Spirit Antidote Fruit.
[S Grade Clear Spirit Antidote Fruit]
[Effect: Cleanses poison accumulation, strengthens toxin resistance, reduces poison-type curse residue.]
[Eligible for Evolution.]
He enhanced it.
[S Grade Clear Spirit Antidote Fruit]
↓
[SSS Grade Myriad Poison Purification Fruit]
[Effect: Greatly cleanses poison, venom, toxic miasma, poison-type curse residue, and supports recovery from corruption mixed with toxin energy.]
This was excellent for future poison floors and possibly his father’s wound if Blood Sun Corrosion had toxic qualities.
Next, he inspected the Clear Lotus Poison Sovereign Pearl.
[SSS Grade Clear Lotus Poison Sovereign Pearl]
[Type: Dual poison-cleansing treasure]
[Effect: Can absorb, refine, suppress, or purify poison energy. Can serve as formation core, alchemy catalyst, or protective artifact core.]
[Eligible for Evolution.]
This was too valuable to use casually. It could become a permanent Qin family poison defense core.
He stored it.
Then he looked at the A Grade Clear Spring Lotus Root.
The one he had shown the family was the original reward, but he still had the ability to evolve it. He had not done so yet because he wanted family confirmation of compatibility first.
Now that Mu Qinglan had confirmed it, he enhanced it.
[A Grade Clear Spring Lotus Root]
↓
[SS Grade Moon-Cleansing Clear Spring Lotus Root]
The effect changed.
[Effect: Cleanses poison-corrosion mixtures, soothes meridian contamination, stabilizes spirit-water circulation, and supports suppression of blood-shadow toxins.]
Blood-shadow toxins.
Qin Yuheng’s eyes sharpened.
This was clearly useful.
He brought it to the treatment chamber the next day.
Mu Qinglan examined the evolved root and gave Qin Yuheng a long look.
"You improved it again."
"Yes."
She did not ask further.
Qin Wanshan prepared another minor treatment, but not a major one. Qin Zhengyuan’s wound had already undergone recent suppression. Too much cleansing could disturb deeper layers.
This time, they used only a diluted essence from the lotus root.
The effect was gentle but real.
[Poison-corrosion residue reduced.]
[Meridian contamination soothed.]
[Blood Sun Corrosion remains suppressed.]
[Overall wound comfort improved.]
Qin Zhengyuan’s breathing became smoother.
Not stronger, necessarily.
But cleaner.
That mattered.
After the treatment, Qin Wanshan said, "The next major breakthrough will require higher-grade seal core material or direct Blood Sun Corrosion neutralizer."
Qin Yuheng nodded.
He had expected that.
Early floors could only do so much, even after evolution.
But "only so much" had already changed years of suffering.
Three days later, Qin Yuheng received the Floor 9 preparation file.
Stone Puppet Hall.
A floor of mechanisms, endurance, formations, and puppet combat.
Qin Mo read the file and, for the first time, did not immediately complain.
Qin Yuheng noticed.
"You look interested."
Qin Mo looked away.
"Puppets are better than poison."
Qin Lian said, "That means yes."
Qin Yuchen smiled faintly.
Floor 9 was coming.
And for once, Qin Mo might be the most important member of the team.
