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Chapter 129
Chapter 129
“Haha!”
After Jiang Chen left, Lin Feng laughed smugly.
Ever since encountering Jiang Chen, he had been constantly on the losing end, but he finally managed to turn the tables today!
“Junior Brother Zhang, did you see that?”
Lin Feng boasted to Zhang Hu again, “As long as you’re fearless and don’t bow to evil, there will eventually come a day when you can hold your head high and breathe peacefully!”
Zhang Hu nodded in agreement, giving a thumbs up.
From the situation just now, he also thought that Jiang Chen was trying to snatch Lin Feng’s high-level elixir, only to end up with nothing.
But for some reason, he always felt that the look Jiang Chen gave Lin Feng when he left was a bit like… Looking at an “idiot”?
With the task completed, Zhang Hu didn’t think too much and prepared to leave to report back.
But before he could turn around, he saw Lin Feng, who had just been laughing arrogantly, suddenly change his expression:“Huh? Why do I feel a cold aura rampaging inside my body?”
“Maybe this Spirit Induction Elixir was made from cold materials? After all, many cold substances can also increase a cultivator’s cultivation,” Zhang Hu speculated.
“That makes sense.”
Lin Feng nodded, “But why do I feel like my flesh is being gnawed on? It’s kind of painful?”
“Brother Lin, this is a seventh-grade elixir, and in the entire Central Domain, only the Ancient Pill Tower can refine it. Such a high-level elixir is naturally different, with extremely potent medicinal power! You should quickly use your vital energy to activate it. Otherwise, the effects of the medicine will be wasted!” Zhang Hu said earnestly.
Lin Feng thought it made sense and immediately sat cross-legged to activate the elixir with his vital energy.
But soon, he found something even more wrong!
After activating it with vital energy, the coldness and pain did not decrease but intensified. Not only that, but his mind was also filled with chaotic noises like the wailing of a hundred ghosts, making his consciousness start to blur!
“Not good, this is a poison pill!” Lin Feng suddenly opened his eyes.
The Seven Purifications Annihilation Technique he practiced not only eradicated the Seven Emotions and Six Desires but also had a certain immunity to poison.
Without any hesitation, he started to run his technique, wanting to expel the poison pill from his body.
But It was too late! If he had done this right after taking the pill, he might have been able to expel it successfully, but he had just used his vital energy to activate the pill, allowing the poison to penetrate deep into his bones! The ghostly wails became more piercing and shrill.
Lin Feng could clearly feel his flesh being gnawed away by thousands of ants, not only in excruciating pain but also rapidly losing blood essence!
“Ah!!!”
He clutched his head and screamed.
The intense pain made it impossible for him to sit cross-legged. Instead, he curled up on the ground while writhing.
Soon, his eyes lost their luster, his flesh visibly disappeared at a rapid pace, his cheeks hollowed out, and his body like a bag of bones!
And it didn’t stop there. He began to foam at the mouth, his limbs trembling rapidly as if in a seizure!
Despite what should have been extreme pain, his face bore a strange, silly smile.
And as his consciousness began to blur, Lin Feng used his last bit of strength to shout: “Zhang Hu, how dare you harm me?”
At this moment, Zhang Hu was completely dumbfounded. He couldn’t believe it.
The Peak Master had clearly said it was a pill that could improve a cultivator’s cultivation, so how did it become a poison pill?
The point is, judging by the effects of this poison pill, it’s probably not just any ordinary poison!
“Brother Lin, this has nothing to do with me! The elixir you took was indeed a gift from the Peak Master!” Zhang Hu quickly explained.
“How could the Master harm me? Where is there a reason for a Master to harm their disciple? It must be you! It must be you, a double-dealing, conscienceless beast jealous of my talent!” Lin Feng struggled to maintain his consciousness and cursed vehemently.
“Brother Lin, there’s something I think I need to tell you,” Zhang Hu said after a moment’s hesitation.
“Cut the nonsense. If I’m lucky enough to survive this ordeal, I’ll crush your bones and pull out your tendons! You better wash your neck and wait!” Lin Feng shouted.
“Brother Lin, actually, you’re not the Peak Master’s disciple, not even a disciple of our Ninth Peak. The Peak Master said she has never accepted you as a disciple because you haven’t kowtowed or offered tea. So, you have no real relationship with the Peak Master.”
Shocked beyond measure, Lin Feng momentarily regained some clarity.
Xiao Hongyi doesn’t acknowledge him as a disciple?
The reason being he didn’t offer tea or kowtow to become a disciple?
But that was what Xiao Hongyi herself said was unnecessary! Now this?
Was she playing him?
Suddenly, Lin Feng thought of a possibility.
He endured the pain, foaming at the mouth, and asked,
“The… Peak Master! Does the Peak Master get dizzy at the sight of tea? Dizzy when she saw people kowtowing?”
“Not at all!”
Zhang Hu replied instantly, “I kowtow and offer tea to the Peak Master every day, and from time to time she even rewards me with some cultivation resources.”
“…This is outrageous!” Lin Feng was both angry and in pain, instantly understanding everything.
What beautiful Master?
This was clearly another madwoman!
And one who played her role even more convincingly than Qingning, enjoying toying with and poisoning people!
Realizing that his consciousness was being devoured and that he was at risk of becoming an idiot at any moment, Lin Feng hurriedly shouted again: “Brother Zhang, we are brothers, sharing weal and woe! You… you go quickly and ask for help from the Sect Master or the Supreme Elder! Let them save me!”
“Okay!”
Zhang Hu readily agreed, “I’ll go find the Peak Master! It must be that the Peak Master got the wrong elixir, she can save you!”
With that, he immediately rushed out the door.
“Don’t… don’t go to that madwoman,” Lin Feng urgently tried to stop him.
But by this time, he was almost fainting, his voice as faint as a mosquito’s, and Zhang Hu didn’t hear it at all.
……
Zhang Hu had just left when he found a figure in red not far from Lin Feng’s residence.
Xiao Hongyi was smiling.
Her phoenix-like eyes sparkled with anticipation, her red clothes as before, yet with phoenix fire fluttering about her.
Seeing this, Zhang Hu breathed a sigh of relief and hurried forward.
In fact, at the moment Lin Feng collapsed from the poison, he had also suspected that Xiao Hongyi had gone mad.
But this thought was instantly dismissed.
Because it was impossible!
Because that was Xiao Hongyi, a beloved figure of the Ninth Peak.
Because Xiao Hongyi was not only the legitimate daughter of the Xiao family but also the Peak Master of Jiuyan Sect’s Ninth Peak, and even a cultivator of the Upper Four Realms!
She had been nurtured since childhood by the Jiuyan Old Ancestor and the Supreme Great Elder, and cultivators of the Upper Four Realms were known for their stable state of mind!
How could such a person go mad?
Soon, however, Zhang Hu realized he was wrong.
He hurried forward, impatient to speak when…
“How is it? Did that Lin Feng die from the poison? Oh, that elixir doesn’t kill people, so he must have been poisoned into becoming stupid, right?” Xiao Hongyi asked eagerly.
“…”
Zhang Hu felt as if he had been struck by lightning.
He rubbed his eyes and cleaned his ears.
Even after confirming that he hadn’t seen or heard wrong, he still couldn’t believe it!
“I’m asking you a question!” Xiao Hongyi frowned, a flash of ferocity appears in her eyes.
“Gulp.”
Zhang Hu swallowed hard, his legs trembling.
“Remember, when you see the Peak Master, it’s best not to speak badly! The Peak Master… think about people like Jiang Lianyue, you know what I mean!” The words of Great Elder Lu Yang echoed in his mind.
He thought Lu Yang was referring to Jiang Lianyue and others going mad, causing Xiao Hongyi distress.
Only now did he understand.
It was Xiao Hongyi who had gone mad!
The Peak Master of Jiuyan Sect’s Ninth Peak, the legitimate daughter of the Xiao family, Xiao Hongyi, had truly gone mad!
And to think he had said he ‘know what to do’, Zhang Hu wanted to slap himself at this moment.
Just now, Xiao Hongyi was using his hand to try to poison Lin Feng into becoming stupid!
‘Master, couldn’t you have been more straightforward?’ Zhang Hu questioned in his heart, almost in tears.
In reality, he knew. When it came to the Ninth Peak’s master going mad, as a subordinate, Lu Yang naturally had to be somewhat diplomatic and couldn’t be too blunt.
But it was too frightening!
Driven by instinct, Zhang Hu wanted to run, but he didn’t dare.
Being scared by madmen over and over again, he had developed some immunity and courage.
With determination, he gritted his teeth and greeted her: “Peak Master, rest assured, I personally saw Lin Feng take the elixir, then he was in so much pain, his flesh being devoured! It was… truly satisfying to watch!”
“Hmm, not bad, Zhang Hu, you’ve impressed me,” Xiao Hongyi nodded in satisfaction.
“Being able to alleviate the Peak Master’s worries is my good fortune!” Zhang Hu declared righteously.
“Very good! Are you willing to become the Sixth True Disciple of my Ninth Peak? Will you continue to alleviate this Peak Master’s worries?” Xiao Hongyi’s eyes brimmed with even stronger approval.
After a pause, she added, “Although the sect rules state that only the Peak Master’s disciples can become true disciples, my Ninth Peak is special. We manage our own affairs! If I say you are one, then you are one! And there’s no need to go through the true disciple test!”
“Ah?” Zhang Hu was stunned!
Happiness had come so suddenly!
He, it seemed, was on the rise.
But from what Xiao Hongyi said, this so-called ‘alleviating worries’ seemed to mean she wanted to continue using him to poison Lin Feng.
“If you refuse, I will poison you to death first,” Xiao Hongyi threatened directly.
Zhang Hu was startled once again.
“Peak Master! I’ll be frank with no more pretense! To be honest, my life goal is to become a Grandmaster of poison!” he proclaimed with a resonant voice.
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