Chapter 97 Chapter 97 "I want to possess you."
Wu Zhu continued to speak slowly, "Some of them were killed by me on the battlefield.
"The other part is——"
Weird.
At the beginning, it was clear that she wanted to use the Yuanchu Fire to kill Wu Zhu.
But at this moment, Wu Zhu was teasing her like a cat playing with a mouse.
Wu Zhu's strange tone and deliberate pauses made Jiu Zhao's inner bowstring tense to the utmost.
She felt increasingly uneasy, and immediately stopped the magic that was forcing out her essence and blood, and asked, "What else is there? Tell me!"
"Why not take a guess, Master?"
Wu Zhu's lips curled, his pale cheeks lit up by the flickering firelight, a red hue almost bewitching. "Besides the normal process of dying due to exhaustion of lifespan, and death from wounds sustained on the battlefield, where else in the entire Sanqing Heaven do people die without arousing suspicion?"
The more tense the confrontation, the faster Jiu Zhao's brain worked.
The answer that had been on the tip of my tongue was about to come out.
Wu Zhu didn't give her a chance to voice her guess. He raised his head slightly and answered his own question, "Every immortal exam, whether it's for Earthly Immortals, Golden Immortals, or Celestial Immortals, always has a few death quotas. The exam rules clearly state that no matter the means or methods, the only goal is to win the final victory. Some immortals get unlucky and die in accidents along the way, but that's nothing we can do about it."
Jiu Zhao found it incredible.
"How can you, a mere half-immortal, half-demon with no parents or relatives to rely on, possibly control the Immortal Examination?
"Could it be Wu Shao...?"
Hearing Jiu Zhao mention Wu Shao, Wu Zhu's calm expression suddenly changed. "With my lowly status, anyone in Sanqing Heaven can trample on me. Naturally, I don't have the ability to do that. Before the Lord rebelled, he was in charge of military affairs. How could he have the time to crush a few ants?"
As a loyal fan of Wu Shao, Wu Zhu would probably think that even the saliva that the other party spat on the ground would be fragrant.
Even if it was really Wu Shao who did it, he would definitely not say a bad word about him.
The truth is hanging in front of him, separated only by a thin veil, but the choice of whether to reveal it is in Wu Zhu's hands.
Jiu Zhao's gaze grew increasingly anxious, her heart ablaze with worry. She was eager to learn the truth, and then she heard Wu Zhu, who had regained his composure, continue questioning, "My mother is the almighty celestial fairy Xi Kui, while my father is a dark and filthy demonic dragon lurking in the depths of the Ming Pond. These two seemingly different people share one thing in common. Do you know what it is, young lady?"
This is another sudden change of subject.
Are you deliberately beating around the bush with her?
Jiu Zhao asked without hesitation, "How would I know?"
Wu Zhu was not in a hurry and spoke slowly, "That is, their original forms are all poisonous beasts."
He emphasized the next few words, "Besides, it's extremely poisonous."
The sinister words in Wu Zhu's mouth made Jiu Zhao's eyebrows jump.
It's not like she hasn't seen those beasts that are naturally poisonous and live in the Spirit Beast Forest.
Since it is highly toxic, most of them have obvious characteristics, such as strong smell or strange color. Moreover, unless it directly touches the parts of the enemy that are not covered by the skin, such as the eyes or mouth, it is difficult to be effective even if it is sprinkled on the surface of the skin with the protection of immortal power.
Of course, this premise is based on the assumption that the strength is roughly equal.
Jiu Zhao was wondering if some of them were stupid, or if Wu Zhu was playing a trick—
As if he knew what she was thinking at all times, he explained in a deep voice, "I was born from their mistaken union, so naturally I'm poisoned on top of poison. But ever since I began my cultivation, I've understood one thing: if there's only one enemy to deal with, and they're willing to risk their lives, then a single, lethal poison is the best. However, I only have one life, and countless people have harmed me. If I want to repay them all, a tit-for-tat approach is not the best approach."
In the flowing Yuanchu fire, the thin silk ribbon covering Wu Zhu's eyes was quickly burned.
Those unfocused but cold eyes suddenly appeared.
He used his spiritual sense to accurately determine Jiu Zhao's direction. He raised his eyes firmly. The color of his pupils was darker than the color of the flames, almost blood red, which made Jiu Zhao feel that he was watching him. "I have thought about it for a long time, and with the help of the master, I have studied many books. Finally, I found a way to transform the deadly poison into a colorless and odorless slow poison, which will erode the enemy's body protection and penetrate the skin to take effect.
"Although the slow poison won't kill you instantly, it can continuously decompose your immortal energy and corrode your foundation. It can also paralyze and induce hallucinations, making you feel more relaxed and happy than before. By the time you finally realize it, you're already in a trance and deeply addicted.
"As my rank increases, this slow-acting poison becomes increasingly subtle, and its effects are becoming closer to my imagination—"
"My only regret is that those who harmed me died before that day came.
"In an occasion like the Immortal Examination, which requires full concentration, any slight flaw will lead to failure.
"So, during a sword fight, they were careless in dodging and were killed by a sword piercing their heart. While going through a checkpoint, an illusion triggered inner demons, causing them to go crazy and die. And, while carrying out the Immortal Examination, they were eaten by wild beasts in the forest, lost their balance, and fell off a Fusang tree and died..."
Wu Zhu vividly described to Jiu Zhao the tragic deaths of his enemies.
When he talked about excitement, his sharp eyebrows raised high, as if he was the one who was really addicted to hallucinations due to poisoning.
Correspondingly, the scenes described in his context emerged one after another in Jiu Zhao's mind.
Bloody, weird, crazy, and confused.
When someone grabbed her hand, she realized that Wu Zhu had already come to her.
Putting his face close to her ear, Wu Zhu's thin lips slowly opened and closed: "My mother Biluan's venom glands are hidden in the feathers on the back of her neck, and my father Mo Jiao's venom glands are hidden in the hard skin of his claws. Master, would you like to guess where my venom glands are?"
"Get out of here—"
"Who told you to get so close to me?"
The exposed skin was brushed by a breath hotter than fire, and the phoenix feathers on the back of Jiu Zhao's neck exploded under the stress.
She was furious and humiliated, her wrist struggling violently in Wu Zhu's palm, wanting to slap him in the face. But Wu Zhu held her tightly, even pressing her fingertips to the healed jaw. "Master, look, right here, my venom gland is right here."
here.
This is clearly the location of the submandibular bead in the past—
The edges of Jiu Zhao's pupils dilated rapidly, and a terrible thought suddenly emerged in his heart.
Her resistance froze, her lips trembled twice, and she hesitated to ask the question that she wanted to blurt out, not daring to speak.
On the other side, Wu Zhu immediately narrowed his eyes in sync. "Master, do you remember my answer the other day when you asked me why you chose to forcibly dig it out when there was a way to remove the submandibular pearl without harming yourself? Now, do you know the reason?"
wrong.
It shouldn't be like this.
If Wu Zhu's poison gland was hidden near the submandibular bead, he might have smeared the poison on the bead during the process of removing it. However, he and Wu Zhu had a blood pact as master and servant, making him immune to all his attacks. If he wanted to poison himself, he should have told the truth after the contract was terminated.
Now that the blood essence used to establish the blood pact is still in his body and has not been forced out, wouldn't all the previous efforts be wasted?
Or, was it possible that from the very beginning, he wasn't planning to deal with me?!
An unknown point in his memory suddenly touched him, and Jiu Zhao suddenly remembered that there was another person who had touched the submandibular bead.
That is——
“Father God!”
The young man's iron-hard fingers, which were originally used to restrain Jiu Zhao, suddenly loosened at the moment when Jiu Zhao struggled hard.
In this void, the fingertips can truly feel the touch of another person's skin.
It is a neck that is not covered by any clothes.
It belongs to Wu Zhu's neck.
He lay defenseless in her liberated palm.
Jiu Zhao pinched it without a second thought. Before she knew it, her eyes were quietly filled with red. "You knew I would be worried and would take the submandibular bead to Father God for inspection, so you smeared poison on it in advance, right?!"
“Ahem—”
Most of the air flowing in his trachea was blocked, and Wu Zhu, who was still very weak due to the loss of his submandibular bead, immediately started coughing.
He offered no resistance, responding to Jiu Zhao with a broken voice: "No, not only that - I also pierced the venom gland and injected all the venom into the submandibular bead. Although I am only a demigod, Sichen gave you half of his divine power -
"His body is no longer as strong as it used to be, so naturally, he can't withstand my slow poison.
"Oh, and the submandibular bead has transformed into divine power and merged into the Phoenix Sacred Tree. For now, you are still my master. You can't feel the venom flowing throughout the heart of the tree. If you want to cancel the contract, why not try and see if you get poisoned?"
That's not the case.
How could you believe Wu Zhu's lies?
She had lived in Sanqingtian for tens of thousands of years and had never heard of such a powerful poison that could even deceive the God Emperor.
What's more, back then in the Wu Ri Abyss, Wu Zhu pretended to be unconscious and deceived them once!
…
But half of the Father's divine power is indeed within his own body—
The gradually whitening hair can be seen with the naked eye every day.
…
Two completely opposite voices pulled back and forth in Jiu Zhao's head, causing her to have a splitting headache.
Wu Zhupian still refused to let her go: "Don't you believe me, Master?
"But what can you, what can you do?
"Once you enter the heart of the Phoenix Tree, there is no possibility of leaving unless you die or attain Nirvana.
"Whether it's confessing to Sichen or finding a doctor to verify the truth, you can't do it.
"It is your self-righteousness, your own selfishness, and your own cleverness that have harmed your Father God—"
"Shut up, shut up right there!!"
Jiu Zhao was unable to think. The heat of the primordial fire in the heart of the tree increased dramatically. The beast-like phoenix feathers on her body pierced her skin again and grew out in large pieces.
The stinging, burning, torment, and constant stuffiness in her heart gradually distorted her clarity and rationality.
"It's okay, Master, don't worry. I'll collect Si, Sichen's body when I get out—"
"It's just a slow poison. It will torture the body for many, many years before it reaches the final stage of exhaustion—"
Jiu Zhao only wished that he could make the blood contract and the decree from heaven that prevented lower immortals from truly killing the upper god explode right there. However, he was just about to break his neck completely, but the hands that were pinching his neck were trembling, and he could no longer follow his wish and penetrate even an inch deeper.
With her eyes bare, she lifted Wu Zhu into the air and asked word by word, "What on earth do you want to do?"
Wu Zhu reluctantly tilted his head:
"I want to possess you."
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