Today's second update: Chapter 2638! 2/4!
"The figure behind Murong Fu had Ouyang Ke poison Xu Kun. Xu Kun suspected nothing, and the root of the poison was planted early. Once he broke through, his soul would scatter."
Poisoned?
They had thought the intelligence Sima Zhonghu mentioned would be something explosive. Upon hearing that Xu Kun had been poisoned, looks of disdain appeared on everyone's faces.
"Have you forgotten, Senior? Miss Wu... Miss Wu previously gave herself to Xu Kun to enter the Nine Dragon Mountain ruins and complete the inheritance of Plague God Lü Yue. Setting everything else aside, we all know how Xu Kun performed in the Academy Tournament. Xu Kun is immune to poison. You said so yourself—now that he has perfected all twelve paths, how could mere poison possibly affect him?"
That made sense. Xu Kun's poison immunity was already an open secret. After completing his cultivation in the Nine Dragon Mountain ruins, this ability would only have grown stronger. Poisoning Xu Kun was no different from sending him women.
Yet Sima Zhonghu said disdainfully, "I said poison, but this poison is not poison."
What the hell did that mean?
"Do you really think the figure who raised Murong Fu would use such a crude method as poisoning a mortal?"
Oh?
His words once again aroused everyone's curiosity.
"Senior, please enlighten us. What exactly is this poison that is not poison?"
Sima Zhonghu pondered briefly before revealing a secret that only he knew.
"The Nine Li Demonic Qi that refines all things. It is said that the Nine Li Demonic Qi of old once refined even gods."
Gasp~
Quite a few people felt their scalps go numb. "Then the Nine Li Demonic Qi Xu Kun consumed..."
"Haotian suppresses it, and Nine Li does not appear.