At this mont, they mobilized the True Essence within their bodies, only to realize they were poisoned!
And it was a very strong poison!
In an instant, several people felt that the scene before their eyes was unclear, the firelight beca blurred, and they couldn’t see Lord Zhou and Li Hengsheng clearly. They felt utterly powerless, collapsing on the spot and sitting directly on the ground.
"This..."
Li Hengsheng also stood up abruptly, looking at the five people in front of him, they were actually poisoned?
Was it Zhou who poisoned them?
"Lord Zhou, you... you poisoned us!" the Bishop gritted his teeth looking at Lord Zhou. "Do you also want to betray the sect?"
"I don’t want to betray the sect."
Lord Zhou said lightly, "But I can’t let you harm him or hand him over to Monarch Yuehan, otherwise, he will be destroyed."
Hearing this, Li Hengsheng also looked at Lord Zhou in disbelief.
"When exactly did you poison us? We didn’t notice a thing." Another Grandmaster-level expert spoke in disbelief.
There were four Grandmaster-level experts here, yet none discovered Lord Zhou’s poisoning!
Simply unbelievable.
At this mont, Lord Zhou did not answer, just smiled slightly. The next mont, he swayed and then directly spat out a mouthful of dark blood.
He sat down heavily on the ground.
"You were also poisoned!"
Li Hengsheng was taken aback, hurriedly supporting Lord Zhou, touching his pulse, only to find that Lord Zhou’s pulse was faintly detectable...
The five experts from the Longevity Sect finally understood.
The chicken and the wine had been poisoned from the start.
But when they had Lord Zhou drink first, he did so without hesitation. Lord Zhou actually intended to perish together with them?
The leading Bishop at this mont took out an Antidote Pill and consud it, then tried to use his cultivation to expel the poison from his body.
But as soon as he activated his Innate True Essence, he again spat a mouthful of blood directly into the campfire, making crackling sounds.
The poison’s potency was beyond his imagination.
"This is the poison of the Ghost-devouring Rhinoceros Beetle..."
He said with disbelief on his face.
The poison of the Ghost-devouring Rhinoceros Beetle ranks among the top three most potent poisons in the Cloud Wasteland, normally killing soone within ten breaths. However, Lord Zhou diluted the poison, mitigating its effects, which delayed their symptoms for this long.
But it was too late once the poison took effect.
The poison of the Ghost-devouring Rhinoceros Beetle, there’s simply no cure.
"Heh heh, found it on Ji Qingzi, you might as well accept it." Lord Zhou grinned, evidently almost unable to hold on, barely able to open his eyes. Others who activated their cultivation technique hastened their demise; Lord Zhou didn’t activate his, so he remained a bit more conscious than they.
"Old Fourth, run!"
Lord Zhou looked at Li Hengsheng, gasping as if breathing was difficult. "Before daybreak, run as far as you can. Otherwise, when the archbishop arrives, you won’t escape; running now gives you a glimr of hope..."
"Wait for , I’ll find a healer for you. You can’t die here."
Li Hengsheng imdiately shouldered Lord Zhou and dashed away into the distance!
"Where on earth is the city?"
Li Hengsheng gritted his teeth, traversing through the mountainous terrain, yet unfamiliar with the land and unsure where any city might be.
"Old Fourth, put down. I’m not going to make it. Before daybreak, run as far as you can. If you still consider the bond we shared, just bury sowhere. I don’t want to be devoured by wild beasts after I die, leaving no bones behind; that would be too pitiful." Lord Zhou spoke weakly.
But Li Hengsheng didn’t listen, using the Thunderbolt Rush technique, his figure flashed like lightning through the forest.
No matter how hard he tried, Li Hengsheng couldn’t find any traces of a city!
The Cloud Wasteland was indeed too vast.
"Pugh!"
Lord Zhou vomited another mouthful of blood, his aura on the brink of disappearing.
"Third Senior Brother!"
Li Hengsheng halted, setting down Lord Zhou from his shoulders, although he didn’t want to admit it, he felt that Lord Zhou’s presence was faint and about to vanish, with black blood lines on his neck climbing up to his chin.
At this point, even a deity could hardly save him.
"It’s been a long ti since you called that." Lord Zhou murmured, not even able to open his eyes.
"Why did you do this?"
Li Hengsheng looked at the face before him, still unable to believe what happened tonight; Lord Zhou sacrificed his life to save him.
Was this sothing Lord Zhou would do?
Previously, Lord Zhou had said he’d sacrifice everything for his brother, yet today, to save him, Zhou perished with the mbers of the Longevity Sect. Why?
"What about your goals?"
"Your life’s beliefs?"
"What about your brother? What happens if you die!"
Li Hengsheng felt imnse sorrow.
Lord Zhou struggled to lift his hand, which only had four fingers, gripping Li Hengsheng’s wrist as firmly as possible.
"Back then... when I lost my brother Xiaosi, that experience almost haunted for my entire life." Lord Zhou uttered weakly: "Facing Xiaosi’s death, I hated myself for being unable to do anything, for being powerless. I even wished I could die in his place."
"I’ve already lost one brother, so today I don’t want to lose another."
"I’m confused about whether what I did was right or wrong, but I did it anyway. I hope Xiaosi wouldn’t bla as his brother."
Listening to these words from Lord Zhou, Li Hengsheng couldn’t hold back his tears anymore.
This man, whom he once regarded as a blood brother, repeatedly sent him into despair, deceived him countless tis, making him grittingly angry.
But now, he protected him with his life.
"Old Fourth, look up."
Lord Zhou said softly.
Li Hengsheng heard this and slowly looked up at the night sky.
Against the dark night sky, a myriad of stars shone with their weak light.
"Look at the starry sky, how beautiful..."
And with a shooting star’s streak, the hand grasping Li Hengsheng’s wrist lost strength and fell to the ground.
Li Hengsheng did not lower his head, his throat moved, still looking up at the starry sky.
His arm holding Zhou tightened slightly.
On Wanzai Peak.
The first encounter.
"I’m Zhou, a Direct Disciple of Mu Haifeng."
"If Master accepts you as a Direct Disciple, heh heh, then I won’t be the youngest disciple, haha!"
"After you beco an apprentice, you can co to my peak to play, and I’ll take you to Second Senior Sister to steal chickens."
"Old Fourth, you are still so easily trusting and soft-hearted; this will be your fatal flaw."
"Old Fourth, I don’t ask for your forgiveness, but please understand ."
Every word echoed in Li Hengsheng’s ears.
And the person in his embrace had no more breath.
Under the moonlight, Li Hengsheng dug a deep pit and placed Zhou’s body inside.
But when moving Zhou’s body, a Scroll fell from Zhou’s person, which Li Hengsheng ignored.
Then, he found a stone to set as Zhou’s tombstone.
But no words were written on the tombstone.
Gazing at Zhou’s grave, Li Hengsheng remained silent for a long ti.
Picking up the Scroll, Li Hengsheng turned and disappeared into the night.
By this ti, it was already the latter half of the night, with not much ti left until dawn. Li Hengsheng knew the ti he had left was limited, and he had to escape quickly.
Otherwise, if found by the Longevity Sect’s Archbishop, it would be certain death!
Then Zhou’s death would be in vain.
Little did Li Hengsheng and Zhou expect, the Archbishop, originally expected to arrive by dawn, arrived in the valley an hour early.
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