As the sandstorm swept through, he squinted and whispered a word.

The woman in red turned around, and indeed it was Yun Duoduo.

"Duoduo, what brings you here?"

Just as Jin Jinzhi was about to step forward and tell Yun Duoduo to leave quickly, suddenly, another caravan appeared in front of him. The caravan was very long, with nearly two hundred people, followed by some livestock, including camels, horses and donkeys.

Leading the group was the caravan leader, who wore a black hood and all black clothes, revealing only his black eyes. He rode a camel in front, followed by several men carrying spears on their shoulders and swords at their waists.

The caravan leader hoisted Yun Duoduo up in his arms and led the caravan in another direction.

The woman in red looked terrified and reached out to Jin Jin for help.

"Help me!"

"Duoduo!"

Jin Jin felt a tearing pain in his heart. He used his sword to prop himself up against the mountain wall and walked quickly over, reaching out to grab Yun Duoduo's hand.

Suddenly, he realized something was wrong; the woman in red had a cinnabar mole on her arm.

This isn't Duoduo...

They had already consummated their marriage, so there couldn't possibly be a cinnabar mole on her arm anymore.

This is an illusion!

Jin Jinzhi put down her sword, leaned against the mountain wall, sat cross-legged, and took a deep breath to circulate her internal energy.

A moment later, he opened his eyes. Sure enough, the desert had disappeared, as had the woman in red and the caravan. Before him was still the Siming Mountain.

He struggled to continue climbing and finally found the traitor's lair.

"Right Wise King, it's been a long time."

Jin Jinzhi was already exhausted, and he felt a sharp pain in his chest, but facing the enemy, he had to force himself to keep going and force a smile on his face.

The moment he saw the Right Wise King, he suddenly understood.

I had been investigating the mastermind behind the Jiangning rebels for a long time but couldn't find them. It turns out it was the Right Wise King of Beiliang. If I had known that earlier, I should have broadened my search.

Lu Ba, the Right Wise King, and the Poison Sect were all startled to see Jin Jinzhi suddenly appear before them.

The Poison Master froze in shock. He had used his most prized medicine today. "How is this possible? I have used poison for decades and laid out countless illusions, yet no one has ever come out of them!"

"How...how did he escape the illusion?!"

"If your loved one is kidnapped, wouldn't you try to save her?"

The poisonous fog beneath the Poison Sect varies from person to person. Everyone will see the most terrifying scene in their heart, and will be trapped in a predicament because of fear, failure, frustration, and regret, unable to get out.

"Do you think I'm a fool?! Trying to fool me with a fake?!"

The thought that someone was taking advantage of Duoduo, whether it was real or fake, made him furious.

"So it was you who was behind all this. I'll kill you first!"

He roared and swung his sword at the Poison Master.

The Poison Master flung out a handful of poison powder and exclaimed, "Run!"

Lu Ba and the Right Wise King were terrified and fled in panic.

"Nobody's getting away!"

Jin Jin roared, these people ruined the tenderness of his wedding night, he would make them pay with their lives.

He dodged the poison powder and swung his sword to cut off the Poison Master's head.

"What are you waiting for? Get up there!"

Lu Ba grabbed one of the henchmen behind him and threw him at Jin Jinzhi.

Jin Jin kicked away the flying henchman and shot the hidden arrow in her hand at Lu Ba.

As for the Right Wise King, seeing that Jin Jinzhi was unsteady on his feet, he swung his broadsword at Jin Jinzhi's legs, shouting, "King of Jibei, you've been poisoned by the Poison Sect, don't even think about escaping today!"

"I'll cripple your legs first! To avenge my fallen brothers!"

"Hmph? Brothers? Your brothers deserve to die!"

The brothers mentioned by the Right Wise King were all thieves who robbed, murdered, and abducted women.

"Bullshit!"

King Youxian was so angry that spittle flew everywhere as he approached Jin Jinzhi step by step. However, he had been drinking and making merry every day and had beauties in his arms, so his martial arts skills were gradually becoming rusty. Before his knife could even touch Jin Jinzhi's leg, Jin Jinzhi turned around and swung his sword at his chest.

"Who else wants to come?!"

Several loyalists brandished their spears and thrust them at him, while some cowards had already fled in panic.

He was in a bloodthirsty rage. Seeing that there wasn't a single living person left in the village, his vision went black, and he fainted.

...

Yan Ying and Cao Canjun waited for Jin Jinzhi in the military camp, but as darkness fell, Jin Jinzhi was still nowhere to be seen.

"Why hasn't the general returned yet?" Military Advisor Cao paced back and forth at the entrance of the military camp.

"Let's go up the mountain and take a look!"

"His Highness told us to wait here."

"Why are you so stubborn? The soldiers are waiting here, but you and I, as the prince's guards, have a duty to protect his safety!"

"Yeah, Lao Cao, how come your brain suddenly became so smart?!"

The two men, carrying swords and knives, hurried up the mountain.

When they arrived at the village on Siming Mountain, the two saw a pile of corpses.

"This person is dead, but where is the prince?"

Logically, since Jin Jinzhi had killed everyone, he should have returned to the military camp after dealing with the situation, unless...

"not good!"

The two ran inside and found Jin Jinzhi lying unconscious on the ground, her body turning purple.

"Your Highness! How did Your Highness get so badly injured?!"

"You damned traitor!"

Cao Canjun was extremely anxious. He touched Jin Jinzhi's nose with trembling hands and found that she was only breathing faintly.

"Your Highness!"

"Quickly, give the prince a Soul-Returning Pill!"

Cao Canjun threw down his knife, stuffed a resurrection pill into Jin Jinzhi's mouth, and carried Jin Jinzhi to the military camp.

"Yanying, quickly go and call the army doctor!"

"good!"

The two ran all the way back to the military camp. Yan Ying went to fetch the army doctor, while Cao, the military advisor, placed Jin Jinzhi on the bed.

"Your Highness!"

The soldiers were greatly alarmed to see Jin Jinzhi unconscious and covered in purple.

In their minds, the Prince of Jibei was always capable of doing anything with ease and was usually calm and collected. They rarely saw him so badly injured.

A moment later, Yan Ying led the army camp in quickly.

The soldiers placed the medicine box on the ground and reached out to check Jin Jinzhi's pulse.

"Can I take an antidote?"

"We gave the prince a revival pill," Military Advisor Cao replied hastily.

The army doctor nodded, "After the prince takes the antidote, he needs to have his blood drawn every morning for seven consecutive days to remove the poisonous blood..."

What will happen?

"Perhaps he can be saved." The military doctor sighed and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

He had never seen this poison before and wasn't entirely confident he could completely eliminate it.

"Perhaps?! If the prince dies, I will make you pay with your life!"

Cao, the military advisor, grabbed the army doctor by the collar, startling everyone.

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