Thinking of this, I felt a wave of nausea, and the deer demon had Meng Meng pat my back again.
A bear's strongest weapons are its paws and claws, while a deer's primary weapon is its antlers. Therefore, Meng Meng's strength was definitely greater than the deer demon's. With a slap from Meng Meng, combined with my own involuntary retching, I finally vomited out the offending substance: a mass of black-red blood!
"Wh-what is this!" Meng Meng asked, bewildered.
"It's alright," the deer demon said. "It's good that you've thrown it up."
"Damn it, second sister, you used your own demon core to bleed for him!" Meng Meng exclaimed.
"What else could I do? He's so weak, how is he going to save our boss later tonight?" the deer demon replied.
"Can a mere mortal withstand your demon blood! And you just made a decision without consulting us. You're giving me a headache!" Meng Meng pouted, scolding the deer demon.
"Don't blame her," I said, wiping my mouth. "It was my own greed, I drank it all in one go."
"He's blaming me. I forgot to tell the boss to regulate the amount," the deer demon said. She picked up the blood mass from the ground, wiped it with her clothes, and swallowed it whole. Her own essence could not be wasted.
"Then put in less this time," Meng Meng said. She picked up the drink bottle again. The deer demon took a deep breath, her throat began to rumble. After a moment, she pursed her lips to the bottle's opening and slowly spat out some crimson liquid. It wasn't the black-red color of the blood mass, but the same color as what I had drunk before, indicating it was fresh.
"Alright, alright, that's enough. He's too weak, he'll explode if he drinks too much!" Meng Meng stopped her in time.
"If I drink this, will it have any adverse effects on your health?" I asked. She said it was blood from her demon core? I didn't know how important a demon core was, but it was incredibly valuable. A deer demon's demon core would be worth at least ten million Renminbi, and the blood from it would likely be equally precious. Had I just drunk hundreds of thousands of yuan worth of blood? More expensive than 82-year-old vintage wine!
"Drink it, it's fine," the deer demon smiled.
I took small sips. This time, I didn't feel the same urge in my stomach as before; it was much calmer and more soothing.
After drinking it, I quickly felt a strange sensation, as if I had been holding back for days, waiting to release. My mind was filled with all sorts of chaotic thoughts, and looking at the four beauties before me, I felt an urge to experience each of them. But I knew where the priority lay and couldn't waste the deer demon's kindness.
Without waiting for the deer demon to speak, I took Meng Meng's hand and returned to the coffin. The three of us cooperated and continued to treat Yao Yao.
After the treatment in the latter half of the night, I still felt incredibly vigorous and not tired at all. However, Meng Meng was exhausted, and Yao Yao was also almost fully treated. I then asked Meng Meng why the deer demon's blood had this effect and if the blood of other demons could do the same.
Meng Meng explained that only deer blood could achieve this. Deer blood was a natural aphrodisiac. In ancient times, emperors with many concubines relied on deer blood to maintain their vigor, which was clearly documented in historical records. It was said that Emperor Kangxi, at the age of sixty, to prove his continued virility, drank a cup of deer blood and succeeded, exhibiting superhuman stamina. History even lauded this feat, attesting to Emperor Kangxi's prowess.
Ordinary deer blood already had potent effects, let alone the blood of a deer demon that I had consumed. Meng Meng added that without our subsequent actions, if all this supplemental energy couldn't be released, a person would suffocate from its buildup. This was because the process by which she helped me release the energy was actually a form of demon art, forcefully drawing it out. If it were a normal person, being subjected to such energy extraction would likely result in immediate death.
"Meng Meng isn't very cultured, but 'exhausting oneself to death' probably describes this, right?" Meng Meng licked her lips and chuckled wickedly.
I rolled my eyes at her and told Meng Meng to get some rest. My lips were swollen. I got out of the coffin. Chen Lu and Bing Bing were already asleep on the straw mat by the campfire. I left the cave; the sky was almost dawn.
Activating the Qi Sensing Technique, I detected a blue-aura demon guarding the mountaintop and another great blue-aura demon in the abandoned village below. The rest of the reinforcements were at the Cold Concealment Temple further down.
This indicated that the night had passed without incident.
No incident was the best incident.