Divine Emperor Demon Emperor

Chapter 634: Chapter 633: Celestial Demon Pill

When they were still two hundred li from Divine Celestial City, the Monk had everyone stop. Looking at Xi Zijin and the Daoist, he whispered.

”Let’s wait here. We’ll have Little Ape secretly infiltrate Divine Celestial City. Once we make contact with Young Master Lin, we can decide what to do next,” the Monk said.

Hearing the Monk’s words, everyone nodded. The Monk then handed a Communication Token to Little Ape, warning him to be careful along the way and under no circumstances be discovered by the people from the Divine Palace.

At his words, Little Ape nodded, then transformed into a streak of blood-red light and quickly vanished into the forest.

Watching Little Ape depart, the Monk and the others found a nearby cave. They hid inside, quietly awaiting news of Lin Yun.

Meanwhile, Lin Yun, inside Divine Celestial City, was wracking his brain for a solution. But after thinking it over and over, he realized he didn’t seem to have any good options. Even if he did, he had no way of contacting anyone on the outside.

Night slowly fell. Lin Yun sat alone on a bamboo chair in the courtyard. Before long, Qing Zhu walked in and naturally sat down beside him. She took a small jug of wine from her Space Ring.

She smiled at Lin Yun and asked, ”Care for a drink?”

As she spoke, without waiting for his answer, Qing Zhu poured two cups. Lin Yun picked one up and looked at the crystal-clear wine, saying faintly.

”Cyan Wine. Perhaps of all I know of you, only this Cyan Wine is real.”

Qing Zhu gave a bewitching smile, took a sip of wine, and then chuckled in reply, ”A flower in a mirror, the moon on the water, a blossom in the fog... What in this world is truly real? Perhaps one day you’ll find that everything you’ve firmly believed in is, in fact, an illusion.”

”’A flower in a mirror, a blossom in the fog?’” Lin Yun murmured. Then, he drained the Cyan Wine from his cup.

He had met Qing Zhu in the Yanhuang Capital. Honestly, back then, Lin Yun had only found her mysterious, noble, and elegant. However, by the time they met again in the Eastern Heart Domain, his feeling toward her had turned to one of danger.

Extreme danger. Like a beautiful venomous snake, stunning on the outside but hiding fatal fangs.

Lin Yun and Qing Zhu were enemies, and he knew a great battle between them was inevitable. ’But when that time truly comes,’ he wondered, ’can I really bring myself to kill her?’

’And for that matter, when the time comes, will she be able to kill me?’ All in all, Lin Yun no longer knew what to make of his relationship with Qing Zhu.

Bathed in the moonlight, Lin Yun and Qing Zhu sat on the bamboo chairs in the courtyard, each sipping the fine wine, each lost in their own thoughts.

After a long silence, Lin Yun was the first to speak. ”This ruin... what exactly is it? Do you know?”

”I do,” Qing Zhu replied with a smile.

Hearing this, Lin Yun’s eyes narrowed slightly. He continued, ”So, sending me to the Mysterious Forest to retrieve the key to the ruin... that was also part of your plan from the beginning? All for this moment, wasn’t it?”

”That’s right. Sending you for the key was indeed for what’s happening now. That fragment isn’t just the key to the ruin; it also serves as its seal. Once the fragment was brought out of the Mysterious Forest, the ruin would slowly awaken and eventually reappear in the world,” Qing Zhu replied.

”Then why didn’t you go to the Mysterious Forest yourself? With your strength and your subordinates, getting into the Mysterious Forest to take the key should have been much easier for you than it was for me, right?” Lin Yun asked.

Taking a sip of wine, Qing Zhu’s movements were exceedingly elegant. She set down her cup and turned to Lin Yun, a strange glint flashing in her eyes as she replied faintly.

”For certain reasons, neither I nor those with me could take the key from the Mysterious Forest. You probably didn’t notice back then, but at the place where the key was kept, there was actually a massive Array. If I had touched the key, it would have activated the Array, and the entire ruin would have vanished in an instant, never to be seen by the world again.”

Hearing Qing Zhu’s words, Lin Yun understood why she needed him to go to the Mysterious Forest. ’But why couldn’t she touch the key?’

He didn’t press the matter. Lin Yun knew that even if he kept asking, Qing Zhu wouldn’t give him the answer.

They chatted idly, a phrase here and there, until late into the night. The two of them had finished the entire jug of Cyan Wine.

Having drunk the wine, two blushes appeared on Qing Zhu’s cheeks, making her look even more alluring. The wine was finished. Qing Zhu’s eyes glinted with a sharp wisdom as she looked at Lin Yun and spoke.

”The Monk and the others should be near Divine Celestial City by now, shouldn’t they?”

Hearing this, Lin Yun’s heart skipped a beat, but he showed no change in expression. He had thought of this possibility himself. Seeing no reaction from him, Qing Zhu continued.

”Even if they come to rescue you, you will never be able to leave my side.”

Lin Yun didn’t understand what she meant. Seeing him look at her, Qing Zhu said coolly, ”While you were unconscious, I had you consume a Celestial Demon Pill. Across the entire Celestial Spirit Continent, only I possess the antidote.”

The Celestial Demon Pill was the same elixir Qing Zhu had given to the people of Taiqing Academy. It was an extremely vicious Poison Pill. When the poison acted up, it wouldn’t kill its victim immediately. Instead, it subjected them to agonizing torture until their body and mind completely collapsed. Only then would the Celestial Demon Pill claim their life.

Each time the poison flared, the antidote was required to suppress it. It could be said that for someone who had consumed the Celestial Demon Pill, even dying would be a luxury when the poison took effect.

Hearing Qing Zhu say she had fed him a Celestial Demon Pill, Lin Yun’s expression remained unchanged, but a plan suddenly formed in his mind.

Seeing no change in his complexion, Qing Zhu stood up and said to him faintly, ”Lin Yun, ever since I was a child, I’ve always gotten what I set my sights on. Although we are enemies, from this day forward, you belong to me, Qing Zhu. Even if you leave my side, you will come back sooner or later.”

Qing Zhu was very confident in the toxicity of the Celestial Demon Pill. It was the most potent poison on the Celestial Spirit Continent; not even an Alchemy Grandmaster from the Pharmaceutical Instrument Master’s Guild could crack it. Therefore, Qing Zhu wasn’t the least bit worried that Lin Yun could break the pill’s poison in his body.

Qing Zhu had made every preparation. In her eyes, even if the Monk and the others managed to rescue Lin Yun now, he would definitely return to her side when the poison flared up.

The night deepened. Qing Zhu walked towards her room. Watching her retreating back, Lin Yun, far from being frightened by the Celestial Demon Pill, actually revealed a faint smile.

Rising as well, Lin Yun headed for his own room. A smile played in his thoughts. ’Is this what they call being too clever for one’s own good?’

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