Xu Bo

## Background

Xu Bo is Xiao Ya's master alchemist. Due to Zhuo Qingfeng's absence and there being no deputy master appointed to manage specific matters, the Dawei Dynasty Pill Pavilion was in chaos, with many elders desiring some power and benefits, generating intrigues among the pavilion's elders. And the main factions in the pavilion currently are Xu Bo and Jin Yuan's faction.
When Xu Bo was well, the elder actions supported him, this was the main reason that Mu Lengfeng believed that Qin Chen could participate in the Hundred Dynasties Pill Competition, however with Xu Bo ill, his influence weakened and Jin Yuan's influence increased.

## History

Xu Bo began to cough violently, spitting out drops of black blood, arousing Qin Chen's interest. Qin Chen looked around the room and began to check Xu Bo's condition. With Qin Chen's first aid, Xu Bo was able to wake up and realized that his body was much better. Xu Zheng supported his brother and told him about Qin Chen, Xu Bo thanked him for his help but also regretted that because of his illness Qin Chen lost the chance to represent the Pill Pavilion in the Hundred Dynasties Pill Competition. Qin Chen said that he didn't care about this and came to the Pill Pavilion to seek help. Xu Bo regretted that due to illness he could not help them.

However, Qin Chen persuaded Xu Bo to let him check his body carefully and he agreed. After checking his body, Qin Chen told Xu Bo that he was not sick but poisoned. Then, Xu Bo asked if he knows what the poison is and Qin Chen said that it is a rare poison called bone-crushing cicada powder (Tianchan Huagu San). Xu Bo knew this poison but its symptoms were different from what he was feeling and Qin Chen said this poison was specially modified in a gradual way to poison him and make him more and more poisoned over time. He also deduced that the person responsible's methods are very meticulous, even Xu Bo being a level 6 alchemist could not realize that he was poisoned. Xu Bo understood Qin Chen's deduction that someone had purposely poisoned him and was continuing to poison him. but Xu Zheng questioned how Xu Bo could have been poisoned if he was by his side all the time and Qin Chen said that this is the other party's knowledge. Knowing that he could not poison him directly, he decided to use indirect poisoning. He also mentioned that the poison was specially prepared for Xu Bo's physique and would not be affected by other people and also said that in addition to Xu Bo and Xu Zheng, there was also Wang Zhong.

Wang Zhong was furious about being accused by Qin Chen and Xu Bo asked why he is saying this and Qin Chen replied that Wang Zhong didn't poison him on purpose but the poison was related to him and the proof was in his smell. Qin Chen asked Xu Bo if he hadn't noticed a strange smell on Wang Zhong's body; Xu Bo checked and noticed that in addition to the medicinal smell, there was also a strange fragrance, like a facial oil blush scent. Qin Chen confirmed this and also said that this blush has konjac powder added, which is the toxic factor, and the fragrance is very similar to facial oil so it is very difficult for people to distinguish it, even for an alchemist if he does not have the knowledge of it. . Furthermore, konjac powder is not highly toxic, ordinary people will feel dizzy if exposed to the smell too much, let alone martial artists. But konjac powder is highly toxic to Xu Bo. Qin Chen deduced that Xu Bo is practicing a Yang-type technique. After Xu Bo confirmed his deduction, Qin Chen also deduced that Xu Bo had injured his Qi Hai (Sea of Qi) and never recovered, so he needs to take pills to nourish his Qi Hai. Qin Chen also said the person who poisoned Xu Bo knew this and took advantage of the wound on Xu Bo's Qi Hai to further increase the damage to the wound. Xu Bo wanted to know how he was poisoned and didn't realize it and Qin Chen said that the poisoner knew Xu Bo and his alchemy skills and so he didn't poison him directly, but continued poisoning him gradually. He also revealed that, in the beginning, the poison he received was not the real one, if Xu Bo isolated the source of the poison and took more care he could recover over time. He suspected that Xu Bo, in panic, rushed to treatment and was in contact with healing herbs, thereby letting the toxin strengthen and even spread. Qin Chen guessed that Xu Bo, after getting injured, took the meridian stabilizing pill and the Qi nourishing pill to stabilize and nourish his meridians but it didn't improve, on the contrary, it got worse until it started to affect the whole body. He also deduced that this phenomenon must have happened two or three months ago and as he found that he could not solve it, he contacted many alchemists, resulting in him using the black bitter pill, green barley pill, white grass pill and the recovery pill in the current condition. which continued to worsen until he was in bed, confused and unable to get up.

Qin Chen also said that Xu Bo's poison problem was not big, but after using the treatment processes, the cicada powder was strengthened and added to the already existing wound in his Qi sea, which gradually formed an invisible poison, he also deduced. that the person who did this is a poison expert. Xu Bo further asked about the problem with konjac powder, and Qin Chen replied that the poison is incomplete and needs konjac powder as a guide to prevent the poison from being discovered and disciplined slowly. That's why he put konjac powder on Wang Zhong's body so the toxin could continue to deepen. Even if an alchemist came to make a diagnosis, because the guide drug was not in Xu Bo's body, they would not discover that he was poisoned.

Xu Bo asked Wang Zhong who the smell was and he replied that it was Yu Rou, Wu Ruifeng's disciple. Xu Bo was deeply angered that Wu Ruifeng and Jin Yuan tried to kill him with poison. Xu Bo said that the Leng Family had invited a powerful poison master and had developed many new types of pills that ended up reducing the Pill Pavilion's profits, as well as knowing that Jin Yuan wanted to control the Pill Pavilion and with the help of Leng Family dominate the entire pill market of the Dawei dynasty. But Xu Bo was always against it and it resulted in him being poisoned by Jin Yuan and the Leng Family.

To help Xu Bo get rid of the poison, before taking a pill, Qin Chen suggested stimulating the poison out of Xu Bo's body to prevent the poison from accumulating inside the body. After removing the poison, Xu Bo thanked Qin Chen for his help. After handing the prescribed medicine to Xu Bo, Qin Chen asked if the Dawei Dynasty Pill Pavilion had a wall of difficulty, and Xu Bo replied that it did, and Qin Chen wanted to ask Xu Bo for help so that he can enter the wall of difficulty. Despite doubting whether Qin Chen will succeed, Xu Bo decided to take him to the wall of difficulty.

Xu Bo and his allies were trapped while Qin Chen was on the wall of difficulty. After Qin Chen left and everything was cleared up, Xu Bo and his allies were released and Zhuo Qingfeng invited Xu Bo for a talk.