"Who's there!"
Lin Bai let out a startled cry and looked toward the formation in the courtyard. A shadow had suddenly swept out of the formation and was speeding away.
Lin Bai was just about to rise and give chase when Ren Xin suddenly seized him tightly by the shoulder and forced him back down.
"Senior, take these pills first."
Lin Bai took some healing pills from his Storage Bag and gave them to Ren Xin.
But Ren Xin only shook his head with a bitter smile. "It's useless... The silver needles were poisoned!"
Lin Bai lowered his head and saw that the several silver needles had pierced Ren Xin's body, leaving behind only tiny wounds.
Yet at that moment, those inconspicuous little wounds began to rot at a speed visible to the naked eye.
In the blink of an eye,
half the flesh on Ren Xin's body had already rotted away.
Before long, Ren Xin's soul would surely scatter and he would die.
Ren Xin clutched Lin Bai and said weakly, "When I decided to tell you the cause of the First Prince and Second Prince's deaths a thousand years ago, I had already guessed that someone would attack me. I just never expected... they could actually find their way to Thousand Water Lane."
"Lin Bai, I don't have long to live, but you must listen to me finish what I have to say."
"The deaths of the First Prince and Second Prince were both connected to the Third Prince."
"Not just the First Prince and Second Prince—the Twelfth Prince, Seventh Prince, and Eighth Prince were all harmed by the Third Prince as well!"
"The Third Prince is scheming and treacherous, with ruthless methods, as vicious as a wolf or tiger. For the throne, he stopped at nothing. You