Chapter 1118: The Might of the Young Master

The answer had originally been separated by only a layer of mist.

The arrival of the daughter of the Nine Shores stirred up a wind that caused this mist to surge, and thus, seeing clearly... became a matter of course.

It was just that the mist had not fully dispersed, so no matter how one looked, it was like viewing flowers through a haze.

And knowing they were flowers, yet because this matter concerned his own Constitution, there was always a lingering sense of wishful thinking.

This is a consequence of human nature.

Xing Huanzi was no exception.

This was the reason for the trance in his eyes and the hoarseness of his voice.

And he was equally clear that once the truth was as he now saw it, then in this struggle... he had absolutely no possibility of winning.

He also understood that since the other party had played their hand openly tonight, it signified the start of the decisive battle!

"I cannot win, but I have a certain possibility... of not losing!"

A cold glint flashed in the eyes of the Fourth True Monarch, killing intent churning within. He paid no heed to Fairy Linghuang, nor did he care about the Fox Beauty.

His body flickered, and he walked forward.

To him, these two were no longer important at this moment.

Time was now the most critical factor for him, so he could not waste his limited time on others.

The Fox Beauty's gaze sharpened, wanting to intercept, but the pressure from the God-Branding Order forced her to stop. Thus, she looked toward Fairy Linghuang.

"Junior Sister, this person seems to be in a great hurry. How about we stop him?"

Upon hearing this, Fairy Linghuang's eyes flickered, but in the end... she chose not to intervene.

"The task that person gave me was only to protect the Fox Beauty."

Linghuang narrowed her eyes, letting the Fourth True Monarch's figure walk out of the courtyard and disappear into the raging wind and rain.

Heavenly thunder roared.

The sound of thunder spread in all directions.

Boom, boom, boom!

Xu Qing's figure appeared outside Zhong Chi's residence. Listening to the thunder in his ears, he stepped inside.

In an instant, the residence blurred. All the arrays and restrictions within could block others, but they could not stop Xu Qing in the slightest.

Thus, in the blink of an eye, Xu Qing had appeared inside the residence, standing before Zhong Chi, who was sitting cross-legged in meditation.

Lightning streaked across the sky outside, illuminating the world and reflecting in Zhong Chi's eyes as he suddenly opened them, revealing a trace of astonishment.

"Young Master?"

Xu Qing's appearance caught Zhong Chi by surprise. He instinctively stood up, just about to bow, when a gentle force emanated from Xu Qing, preventing him from doing so.

Amidst his shock and suspicion, Xu Qing walked to the window of the house, watching the wind and rain outside, listening to the thunder in his ears, and feeling the strong wind blowing in. His expression was calm as he spoke indifferently.

"Li Mengtu!"

The moment these three words left Xu Qing's mouth, it was also when the thunder outside was at its loudest. Thus, in an instant, the thunder from the heavens seemed to strike Zhong Chi's heart.

It shattered his mind and roared in his brain.

His expression changed abruptly, his heart surging with waves. Just as he was about to speak, Xu Qing's voice continued to echo like thunder.

"I have seen through your goal."

"You are using your own Constitution to imperceptibly invade the body you are inhabiting, wanting to poison it to death!"

"But because it is a consciousness descent, and this body of yours is not simple, it is difficult to satisfy the conditions for being poisoned to death in advance. Therefore, you intend to use the power of historical waves at a critical historical node to make your poison Constitution take effect."

"You aim to change the person you are inhabiting from their inevitable death in the catastrophe to being killed by your poison Constitution instead!"

"In this way, your poison gains the weight of history and appears in history before your Master."

"By doing this, no matter what happens after this historical mirror image, you will have a weapon for your future struggle with your Master."

"If history becomes reality, then your poison Constitution has a real foundation. If history remains just a mirror image, then to you, it can also be called a virtual foundation."

"It is beneficial for your future cultivation of the heart!"

"A good idea!"

Xu Qing turned his head, his gaze calm as he looked at Zhong Chi.

His words caused the roaring in Zhong Chi's heart to continue climbing, finally reaching a peak and becoming a deafening, heaven-shaking sound.

His breathing became rapid, and his eyes were swept clean of their previous respect, replaced by a sharp edge.

Yet deep within that sharpness, a sense of disbelief was still extremely obvious.

At this moment, he, like Fairy Linghuang and Li Tianjiao, was simultaneously and mysteriously in alignment with the thoughts of the Fourth True Monarch.

That a person who could not possibly be replaced had actually been replaced...

It produced a sense of trance and horror.

Thus, in the blink of an eye, the might of his poison Constitution rose throughout his body. He stared fixedly at Xu Qing, suppressing the waves in his heart, forcing himself to calm down rapidly.

With a thousand thoughts in his mind, he spoke in a low voice.

"Who are you!"

"The moment I called out your name, you should have already guessed."

Xu Qing spoke calmly.

Zhong Chi was silent. He did indeed have a guess, because he had once told his identity to the Earth Spirit Ancestor, asking him to pass it on to Xu Qing.

But now, recalling the scenes with the Young Master before him, he found it hard to distinguish.

Especially since his true identity was not hard to guess; the poison... was the most obvious sign.

Thus, he was just about to speak.

But at this moment, the thunder outside rose again.

Xu Qing sensed it and looked outside.

He had many things to do tonight, and explaining this to Zhong Chi would take time, so he spoke decisively.

"I have a better way for you to achieve your goal!"

As he spoke, Xu Qing raised his hand and took out a special jade slip, just about to imprint it, but then thought of something and looked at Zhong Chi.

"Give your poison Constitution a most primitive name!"

Zhong Chi's eyes narrowed. As the Young Master's companion, he naturally recognized that jade slip; he knew it was the Young Master's decree slip.

Thus, his heartbeat accelerated instantly, vaguely guessing what the other party was about to do.

And this guess was something he had dreamed of before, but could not achieve due to his status.

So, despite his shock and suspicion toward the person before him, he spoke immediately.

"Dreamland Poison!"

Xu Qing nodded, then squeezed the jade slip, imprinting his divine sense.

"Xiangong disciple Zhong Chi, for guarding the Young Master's life with his self-created Dreamland Poison Constitution, has rendered meritorious service in saving the sovereign!"

"Therefore, Zhong Chi is specially permitted to establish a Poison Dao Division within the Young Extreme Palace, to promote his self-created poison, making it standard equipment for Xiangong disciples, and to inform the world!"

As the divine sense echoed, Zhong Chi's mind roared like never before.

He understood...

This was a formal conferment!

Conferring his identity, conferring the foundation of his poison Constitution. And this method was clearly more direct, grander, and more profound than poisoning himself!

The two sides couldn't even be compared.

Thus, following the imprinting of the decree, the waves of space-time surged instantly in this place, exploding in unison with the thunder outside.

"After tonight, remember to come to the Young Extreme Palace to build your Poison Dao Division."

Sensing the space-time waves here, Xu Qing flicked the decree jade slip in his hand, sending it flying toward Zhong Chi.

Zhong Chi caught it. At this moment, the sense of trance in his heart was even more obvious. He wanted to say something, but didn't know how to start.

"Finally, disperse a portion of your poison to me. Remember... it must be more concentrated, more intense, otherwise how can you protect the sovereign!"

Xu Qing's expression had been calm from beginning to end. After speaking, he looked at Zhong Chi.

Zhong Chi did not hesitate. He raised his hand and slashed fiercely at his own chest, and blood immediately gushed out.

It was black blood.

Then, he integrated a trace of his own consciousness, connecting it to his poison Constitution, so that the poison within this blood reached a certain level.

Only then did he hand it to Xu Qing.

Xu Qing took it and glanced at it.

"It seems your mastery of herbal knowledge is not perfect, which is why your poison Constitution... has not grown much since I returned it to you."

Xu Qing shook his head and stepped outside, his figure disappearing into the wind and rain.

Inside the house, Zhong Chi let out a long breath, looking outside. Recalling the words the Young Master said before leaving, he smiled bitterly after a long while.

"Xu Qing, you hid it so deeply..."

Inside the Xiangong, the wind and rain grew heavier. As it poured down, the space-time waves caused by the chaos of heavenly secrets appeared once again.

One half suddenly revealed red clouds.

One half remained pitch black!

In the pitch-black area, the Fourth True Monarch's figure whistled forward, his target being the place where Zhong Chi was. The waves there were like a torch in his eyes.

But just as his figure was passing through, a patch of mist that blended into the night spread silently, blocking his path!

The Fourth True Monarch's footsteps paused.

Within the mist in front of him, Li Tianjiao's figure slowly walked out, fighting spirit shining in his eyes as he spoke in a low voice.

"Xing Huanzi, in such a hurry, where are you going?"

In the pitch-black, the slaughter was intense.

In the red clouds, Xu Qing moved forward.

He could feel that the space-time of the entire Xiangong was forming waves following his actions.

At first, changing Li Tianjiao's personal trajectory caused ordinary waves.

But with the existence of the Fox Beauty, the waves strengthened somewhat.

And then, the changes in Li Mengtu and the stars of the decree gave these waves more thrust.

"Next, it is Li Tianjiao's severed arm, becoming an established fact."

"Then, the content of the decree takes effect, and the space-time waves rise and fall again!"

"But... it is still not enough."

As Xu Qing moved forward, he kept his divine sense on the poisonous blood in his hand.

Besides Li Mengtu himself and his Master, there was one other person in the world who understood Li Mengtu's poison Constitution, and to a certain extent, understood it even better than Li Mengtu.

This person, naturally, was Xu Qing.

Therefore, at this moment, he was integrating his own insights into this poisonous blood, and relying on the host's body, he blessed it again, making this poison... even more intense.

Afterward, he appeared in the Punishment Thunder Palace, outside Gongsun Qingmu's hall.

The moment he appeared, Gongsun Qingmu, who was sitting cross-legged in meditation inside the hall, suddenly opened his eyes. His gaze was bright, but also carried a trace of shock as he sensed the outside through the hall door.

He could feel who the person outside the door was.

It was just that tonight, he had prepared for someone to come looking for him at any time, and he believed he had full confidence to deal with everything.

But he never expected that the one who came... would be the Aurora Young Master!

At this instant, like the others, his mind surged abruptly.

At this moment, the wind and rain whistled, red clouds scattered, and thunder roared.

Xu Qing outside the door was not polite at all, taking a step forward.

The hall doors shattered with a boom. As countless wood fragments surged in with the wind and rain, Xu Qing's figure also stepped into the hall, standing before Gongsun Qingmu.

Looking down, he spoke indifferently.

"Betrayal is your Dao."

"But with me, it won't work!" ===== CHAPTER 1121 =====