NOVPUBUpon hearing these words,
the maddened Tian Sheng’an suddenly froze, his mind becoming instantaneously chaotic.
A certain intuition in his heart told him that Shen Feng was not lying.
If this youngster was truly the legendary Carefree Immortal Emperor, then it wouldn’t be strange for Ji Kongnian to address him as Old Ancestor, likely because there was some ancestral connection between Ji Kongnian’s forebears and the Carefree Immortal Emperor!
However,
Tian Sheng’an was after all the Great Elder of the number one sect of the Demon Path, and Shen Feng in front of him only had the cultivation of the Nascent Variation Stage.
This meant even if he was indeed the Carefree Immortal Emperor, his cultivation must have dispersed for some reason.
With this thought,
the fear in his heart diminished slightly. Feeling the soreness of his forehead from where Ji Kongnian had grabbed him, Tian Sheng’an, now devoid of any strength to resist and spitting out blood continuously, breathed heavily and said, "What a Carefree Immortal Emperor, I shall for the moment believe your identity."
"But have you considered your current level of cultivation? Clearly, a tiger that has fallen to the plains, do you still think you possess the strength of an Immortal Emperor Stage?"
Then, he immediately yelled at Ji Kongnian, "You better think carefully, for a Carefree Immortal Emperor who only has the cultivation of the Nascent Variation Stage, is it worth it to act like this? To become a lackey of a mere Nascent Variation lad, you who are a mighty Peak Tribulation Transcendence powerhouse!"
Ji Kongnian remained unmoved by Tian Sheng’an’s words, his gaze respectful as he always looked at Shen Feng, awaiting the command of his Old Ancestor.
Just as Shen Feng was about to speak,
Tian Wenchao finally came back to his senses. He yelled anxiously, "Stop, stop it now! If you don’t want Ji Ruoqiu to come to harm, then I advise you not to hurt my grandfather at all."
He was shocked that Ji Kongnian had crippled his own grandfather and horrified by Shen Feng’s identity as the Carefree Immortal Emperor.
But, as his grandfather had said, the current Carefree Immortal Emperor was indeed a tiger that had fallen to the plains, at best just a little kitty.
It was merely a man’s reputation, like the shadow of a tree!
The legendary deeds of the Carefree Immortal Emperor had indeed spread far and wide in the Lower Realm!
Tian Wenchao felt a chilling fear, his expression no longer cold and disdainful, his throat parched as if on fire, and he continued, "Ji Ruoqiu has been poisoned with the Heart-devouring, Soul-consuming Poison. I accidentally found the formula for this poison two years ago in an ancient relic."
"It is a deadly poison never seen before in the Lower Realm, colorless and odorless. It’s what I’ve secretly used on Ji Ruoqiu over the last few days."
"Anyone afflicted by this poison will grow a black line on the back of their neck, and after eight days, they’ll become an obedient puppet."
After pausing for a moment, Tian Wenchao, with a greedy gaze on Ji Ruoqiu, continued, "Worthless woman, you’ve always looked down on me! I planned to play with your body slowly after you turned into a puppet, making you scream beneath me."
"However, it seems I’ve stumbled onto some good fortune. Now, you’ve become my amulet, my guarantee of life!"
Upon hearing this,
Ji Ruoqiu also regained her senses. Her long black hair draped over her shoulders, concealing the back of her neck, which had gone unnoticed by everyone these past few days.
Including herself, she had not felt any discomfort in her body.
She lifted her hair from the back, and Shen Feng, Ji Kongnian, and the others immediately saw the black line on the back of her neck.
This caused Ji Kongnian and Ji Pinghua’s eyebrows to furiously knit together; they had not anticipated such a turn of events.
Especially Ji Kongnian, whose face was filled with limitless rage. If the Old Ancestor hadn’t appeared this time, he would have continued to be in the dark, probably only to watch his granddaughter turn into a puppet. Now, he felt no guilt over having crippled Tian Sheng’an.
Tian Wenchao tossed a Jade Token towards Ji Pinghua, "This Jade Token contains details about this deadly poison; you can examine it closely."
"The antidote for this poison requires many rare Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures. It just so happens that I’ve prepared a vial, though I don’t have it on me right now."
"At the time when Ji Ruoqiu was poisoned, I hid the antidote somewhere along the way,"
"Even now that you know the Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures needed to concoct the antidote, you won’t be able to gather them all in the Lower Realm in such a short time!"
"Of course, if you could find someone above the Condensing Immortal Stage, perhaps they could suppress this deadly poison."
"However, counting the time, Ji Ruoqiu only has one last day left. She won’t be able to wait until the day of Dragon Leap Gate to be selected by a Sect from the Middle Realm."
"One day’s time, I think it’s enough for me to retrieve this antidote."
"But, before that."
His finger suddenly pointed at Shen Feng, he said viciously, "Ji Kongnian, I want you to kill this guy. He claims to be the Carefree Immortal Emperor, doesn’t he? With his mere Nascent Variation Stage cultivation, can he find a way to help your granddaughter with the antidote in one day? Or do you really want to watch your own granddaughter become a cold, lifeless puppet? I don’t think you could be that heartless, right?"
"Hahahaha——"
Tian Sheng’an also laughed manically, "Ji Kongnian, you didn’t see this coming, did you? Are you ready to bury your granddaughter as well?"
"I suggest you just kill this brat quickly. Your granddaughter doesn’t have much time left."
Ji Pinghua, who took the Jade Token, read its contents once, and then sent a Sound Transmission to Ji Kongnian, "Father, according to the Jade Token, this Heart-devouring, Soul-consuming Poison is extremely terrifying. Apart from the antidote, only those above the Condensing Immortal Stage can temporarily suppress this deadly poison."
Ji Kongnian’s brows furrowed tighter and tighter, and the look in his eyes turned severe. He didn’t know what to choose at the moment.
Right at that moment,
Shen Feng walked behind Ji Ruoqiu, placed his palm on her back, and said, "Trust me, just close your eyes and wait a bit."
Following this series of events,
Ji Ruoqiu seemed somewhat at a loss, and after hesitating for a few seconds, she obediently closed her eyes.
Inside Shen Feng’s body, the Blood Emperor Jue started to circulate immediately, with energy converging towards his eyes.
Above his two eyes, a purple glow suddenly emerged.
When his eyes turned completely purple, rings of light began to circle within them.
Soon, the rings of light grew more and more intense, like torrents of a purple ocean, surging, rolling, and howling…
At the same time, Shen Feng could clearly feel a toxin in Ji Ruoqiu’s body was being extracted, moving rapidly into his eyes.
Shen Feng was facing away from Ji Kongnian and the others, so no one saw the purple light in his eyes. Placing his palm on Ji Ruoqiu’s back was just for show.
A moment later,
The black lines on the back of Ji Ruoqiu’s neck were disappearing at a speed visible to the naked eye.
When Tian Wenchao, who thought he had an Amulet, saw this scene, he completely panicked, "Impossible, you only have the cultivation level of Nascent Variation Stage, yet you don’t need the antidote to resolve the Heart-devouring, Soul-consuming Poison? How is that possible?"
Once the black lines were all gone, and there were no more toxins in Ji Ruoqiu’s body,
Shen Feng withdrew his hand, his eyes returned to their normal color, turned to look at Tian Wenchao, and said indifferently, "This poison is quite potent, you say? I find it quite ordinary!"
Upon seeing the deadly poison being easily neutralized by Shen Feng, Tian Sheng’an’s face turned ashen. He immediately understood something— even a Carefree Immortal Emperor in decline was not someone they could trifle with!
And when Ji Kongnian saw his granddaughter detoxified by the Old Ancestor, his anger spread wildly within him, and he squeezed the hand gripping Tian Sheng’an’s forehead.
"Bang!"
In Ji Kongnian’s grasp, Tian Sheng’an’s entire head exploded, and without minding the blood and brains on his hands, he turned his gaze toward the trembling Tian Wenchao!
