Chарtеr 24 (7/17)
Вut Gоng Yuаnzhi lоoked аt thе blасk blоod on the dаggеr, then immediаtely сut his оwn раlm.
Yun Wеishаn cried оut, “Wait! You’ll be poisonеd!”
Gоng Yuanzhi sаid cаlmlу, “Тhаt’s eхасtlу whу I’m doing it. I nеed to know hоw mу bodу reacts sо I can рrescribе thе right аntidоtе. Did уоu think being a роison gеnius wаs еasу?”
Soоn аfter, Gong Yuаnzhi brоught two bоwls of medicinаl soup, handing оnе tо Yun Weishаn and keeрing thе оther fоr himsеlf. Воth оf thеm drank thеm dоwn in onе go.
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Аlthough Yun Weishаn didn’t die, it didn’t mаttеr muсh. Gong Нuаnуu gruntеd and continuеd, “That’s unimportant аnd doesn’t affеct my nеxt mоvе…” His еyes turned fierce.
That day, dressed in black, he arranged to meet WuJi at the Back Mountain.
He said, “All along, I’ve been grateful for your help, Madam. Now, there’s one last thing I need to ask of you…”
“What is it?”
He suddenly attacked WuJi, throwing a handful of poison powder at her. WuJi’s eyes were immediately corroded by the powder, leaving her blind.
He stated his final request: “I need you to die.”
Hearing this, Gong Ziyu’s breathing grew slightly unsteady as he demanded, “After using Auntie, you could be so cruel as to sacrifice her like a discarded pawn? Even if she was Nameless, she never truly harmed us—she was also your foster mother!”
Gong Huanyu sighed. “Sentimental weakness. Every Wufeng member has blood of the House of Gong on their hands.”
Elder Yue suddenly spoke up. “But after you were rescued, I examined your pulse. You truly had no inner force left, and your meridians were completely severed. Why was that?”
“To cultivate the Mysterious Stone Inner Power to the tenth level, one must first abandon all martial arts and undergo a complete rebirth to achieve perfection. I never found the right opportunity until after I killed WuJi—that’s when I realized the time had come. So, after I deliberately crippled my own martial arts, I called out from the dark room so the guards would hear and rescue me. I had you diagnose me to make you all more certain that I had truly lost my martial arts and that my words must be true. Afterwards, I told you I wanted to move to this basement because I feared light and wind, but in truth, it was because this place is isolated from prying eyes and ears. For me, it was the perfect place to cultivate the tenth-level heart technique…”
Hearing this, Gong Ziyu showed a pained expression.
“Everything was going according to plan, but Gong Zishang accidentally discovered that I was the black-clad figure in the ancestral hall…”
Gong Yuanzhi asked at this point, “So you were the one who stole my gloves?”
“Yes. Gong Shangjue has always been my greatest rival. I wanted you and him to fall out over Gong Zishang’s death. Gong Shangjue has only one weakness—and that’s you. That day, Gong Zishang was pacing restlessly back and forth in the research room. I slipped in, ignited the gunpowder, and at the same time dropped Gong Yuanzhi’s golden-thread gloves before jumping out the window. Gong Zishang didn’t have time to react. A loud explosion followed…”
Hearing this, Gong Zishang’s tears fell. “I was also your family…”
Gong Huanyu said, “Only by wielding the vajra blade can one reveal the bodhisattva heart… You don’t understand… If you hadn’t forced me—”
Gong Ziyu angrily retorted, “To obtain the Boundless Flowing Fire, you revealed the location of the Blade Tomb to Shangguan Qian, leading Wufeng to break in and causing countless casualties! Was that also us forcing you to collude with Wufeng?”
At that moment, a dark figure quietly entered Yu Manor and hid in the shadows.The moonlight fell upon her face, revealing Shangguan Qian. As she hid, a memory surfaced in her mind—
On a narrow path within the House of Gong, Gong Huanyu found Shangguan Qian.
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