“Isn’t there another way to store your poison?”

Jiu Shen shook her head at Ling Yun. “There is no other way as long as you still live in these upper realms, Master. However, you can contain my poison if you go to the supreme realm to buy a special container from someone, and that person specializes in poison, so he created various kinds of containers to store various kinds of powerful poisons, including mine.”

“Oh?” Ling Yun looked at her in surprise. “Does that mean he’s immune to your poison?”

“His name is Du Dashi, and he is a madman who is completely in love with poison; people even call him the poison master.” Jiu Shen then recounted her meeting with that person and the reason she gave her poison to him. “At first, he injected a tiny bit of my poison into his body, and he almost died because of it, but he managed to survive because his body was filled with poison from his experiments over thousands of years. Since then, he has gradually injected more and more of my poison into his body, and he is constantly experimenting to produce anti-venom to counteract it.”

Ling Yun shuddered at the thought of someone as crazy as Du Dashi using his own body as a guinea pig. “Can I be immune to your poison? After all, I don’t have poison qi, so that shouldn’t be possible, right?”

“Hehe.” Jiu Shen chuckled at that. “Master, you would die from my poison if you were an ordinary human, but you have the primordial chaos dragon bloodline, and it has immunity to my poison, so you don’t need to worry about that.”

“Is that so?” Ling Yun fell into thought after Jiu Shen nodded to him. “In that case, I want to experience it myself, and you can inject your poison into my body.”

“All right.” Jiu Shen touched Ling Yun’s chest before injecting her poison, causing his chest to turn blackish purple at a fast pace, and it quickly spread throughout his body.

Jin Zhongli, Tian Lanyi, Long Ma, and Cai Hudie were also descendants of followers of the primordial chaos dragon, so they knew well about the benefits of his bloodline, and they didn’t seem worried in the slightest, even though Ling Yun’s entire body had also turned blackish purple.

Meanwhile, Ling Yun was surprised by that, as he didn’t feel any effects from Jiu Shen’s poison, and he could only feel a tickling sensation like his body was being crawled by so many ants.

After Ling Yun’s body was completely purple-black, Jiu Shen stopped her actions. “Do you feel anything, Master?”

“Nothing at all.” Ling Yun responded by shaking his head. “Can I control your poison? I think it would be great if I could store your poison in my body and control it, so I can use it as a secret weapon.”

“You can do that, but you have to confine it with your qi, or your bloodline will neutralize it.” Jiu Shen then pointed at Ling Yun. “Look at your body, Master.”

“Hmm?” Ling Yun looked down in surprise as his body reverted to its previous state, indicating that his bloodline was neutralizing Jiu Shen’s poison as a form of self-defense. “I see, so I just need to confine your poison with qi into several parts and store them in my body, and I can use some of them against my enemies if necessary, right?”

Jiu Shen nodded and explained it to Ling Yun. “Even though my poison won’t have much effect on Zhu Ling, it will still cause him pain for some time, and you can take advantage of that opportunity to escape. However, you must maintain your awareness while dual cultivating, or the consequences will be bad if you become dazed and the poison accidentally escapes from your confinement, which will kill the woman who dual-cultivates with you.” 𝘳𝑎.𝒸ℴ

“I know.” Ling Yun replied with a soft sigh. “I will return to the sect to take care of some things first, and we will return to my residence tomorrow. After I finish dual cultivating with them, we will leave for the mysterious realm.”

“Yes, Master.”

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Meanwhile, Zhu Ling walked into his room with a serious expression, especially after his conversation with Nu Wang earlier, and her words continued to weigh heavily on his mind. ‘Is it true that I was the trigger for the second and third prophecies? Did I make the wrong decision? Luxuria killed one of her kin, and Ling Yun was the cause, so I can’t just let them off the hook. Moreover, my subordinates will no longer trust me if I don’t follow the rules I set myself, and it will create disunity among them.’

“How was your meeting with Nu Wang?”

Jing Shen’s question brought him back to his senses, and Zhu Ling told him straight away. “Nu Wang told me that it was Lyra who wanted to see Ling Yun because he saved her from someone else’s control, and Nu Shen came with her because she was curious about him.”

“En.” Jing Shen nodded repeatedly after hearing that. “Lyra did disappear for a long time before, and no one knew her whereabouts. However, she suddenly returned about half a year ago, and I heard that she had indeed fallen into someone’s trap, but I didn’t expect that it was Ling Yun who saved her. Did Nu Wang tell you anything else? Although she looks casual and nonchalant, she is completely different from people’s opinions of her, and she knows many things that the other leaders of the nature races don’t know. Moreover, your expression clearly shows that she has already told you something important, or else you wouldn’t look this serious.”

Hearing that, Zhu Ling let out a heavy sigh, as he was still thinking about Nu Wang’s words. “Ling Yun was indeed the possessor of the nine elements, and Lyra had confirmed the truth, so your previous guess was correct. Besides, he warned me that my actions would trigger the second and third prophecies to come true, but I found it hard to believe her words.”

“I know that it must be hard for you to believe that, but I think it would be better if you believed Nu Wang’s words.” Zhu Ling instantly frowned at Jing Shen. “Even though she wasn’t a seer, she was also born with a natural ability to predict things. Indeed, not all of her predictions came true, but many of them have happened before, and some are very crucial for our races, so I think you should consider her warnings seriously.”

Zhu Ling didn’t answer Jing Shen straight away, and he fell into thinking for a long time, especially since the outcome would be very bad if those prophecies really came true. “What do you think I should do next?”

“What do you say if we go to Sky Cloud Realm now? Lei Zhong and the others still need a long time to arrive at that realm, so we can go there to investigate Luxuria and Ling Yun first.” Jing Shen’s idea astounded Zhu Ling. “However, we will not immediately take action against them, and we will determine our next steps after we confirm everything.”

“All right.” Zhu Ling immediately agreed and walked out. “Let’s go there, and I want to see what is so special about the man in the prophecy that makes Luxuria act so rashly for his sake.”

Jing Shen followed behind him as he informed someone of their departure, but Zhu Ling did not notice the strange smile on his confidant’s face, and no one knew what was going through his mind.

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Meanwhile, a middle-aged woman was angry in a room, especially after she received information from someone who told her that something had happened to her son. “How dare Tian Ya lock up my son in a dungeon! I have to go there to settle accounts with him, and he must release him.”

Just as she was about to leave her room, a man who was none other than Kong Ming walked in, as he asked his wife. “What happened to you, Lingyan? Why do I hear you getting angry?”

“Husband! You must accompany me to the Eternal Spring Sect right now! That bastard Tian Ya locked up our son in a dungeon!”

Kong Ming raised his eyebrows after hearing that. “Where did you get that information? Why did Tian Ya lock Tianhe there?”

“Li Baishan and Bei Xi told me about it.” Kong Ming certainly knew those two people, but he still didn’t understand the reason Tian Ya locked up their son, so Zhuge Lingyan explained it to him. “Our son wanted Mao Erlong as his partner, but Liu Chuqing kept obstructing him, so he got angry and attacked her, and that bastard ordered Old Wen to lock him up.”

“I will contact Tian Ya now to talk to him first, and I will ask him to let our son go.”

“No need!” Zhuge Lingyan refused, as she pulled Kong Ming to go with her. “We have to go to the sect, and I will free our son myself!”

“But-”

“No buts!” Zhuge Lingyan firecely interrupted him. “Is your friendship with that bastard more important than our son? Tianhe is spoiled, but he shouldn’t lock him up in the dungeon, and it would ruin his image.”

Kong Ming sighed helplessly after hearing that, especially since Zhuge Lingyan always doted on their son, and he immediately took out his flying artifact after they arrived outside.

– To Be Continued –

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