Chapter 39: Toxins
It didn’t take long for the auto-analyzer to finish processing the small piece of flesh from the bedridden test subject. Li Lang only took a brief glance at the results before he frowned.
“These results…The flesh itself is poisoned by a strange toxin, but it couldn’t figure out how the toxins infiltrated the body at all. Is it possible for Qi to carry toxins?”
“I have no idea, Master. I wish I could help, but I don’t remember anything from before meeting you.”
“Don’t worry about it. I’m just voicing out my suspicions.”
There were no other reasons that came to Li Lang’s mind, so he tentatively concluded that Qi overdose was when Qi somehow carried poison into the flesh itself.
“So if these new toxins are the cause of death from Qi overdoses, then does that mean we can eliminate Qi overdosing entirely if we can find an antidote…?”
The new revelation shocked Li Lang into quickly analyzing his own flesh next. He felt fine, but he wanted to see if these toxins were built up in everyone who cultivated.
The auto-analyzer often examined his blood, but it was the first time it was analyzing his flesh, so it took longer than usual. As his flesh was infused with the same level of Qi as himself, it naturally took several hours.
By the time night fell, the results found were entirely consistent with the previous results.
Li Lang’s flesh also had trace amounts of the same toxin, but at such a negligible amount that it wasn’t considered a health hazard yet.
I’ll need to run a few more tests to be sure, but this most likely means cultivating will slowly infect your flesh with these toxins…How did it take so long for me to come to this conclusion? Is this young brain still affecting me? Never mind that for now. Focus!
The preliminary results kept Li Lang up all night, dwelling on them.