"Tch, I really was born to run errands. If I don't make him treat me to a few good meals... no, I can't let him cook in front of that little glutton Ruan Yushu. That would be harming people."
Meng Qi grumbled inwardly as he walked toward the crystal.
But the instant he touched it, a vast surge of essence poured from the crystal into his body.
He could neither control it nor shake it off!
This was an inherent trait of the Demon Lord's Relic. The old emperor had fallen unconscious because he had rashly touched it, and it was only because the Right Prime Minister had been beside him that he was able to knock the emperor away.
Afterward, once he awoke, they merely turned the act into reality.
With the emperor's aged body, he clearly could not absorb much essence. Later, a single dose of poison from the Left Prime Minister had made him swell to death.
Even after the remaining portion had allowed the Evil Lord to reach the Grandmaster realm, and then been absorbed by Meng Qi, it had still taken him from not having condensed any acupoints related to the nose aperture to having his nose aperture fully opened!
Now, with the portion the emperor had gradually absorbed missing, as well as the part taken by the Evil Lord, and with Meng Qi having already condensed several acupoints in his nose aperture—
The moment he came into contact with it, the remaining acupoints of Meng Qi's nose aperture were pierced through one after another with a series of pops, causing his Vitality and Blood to boil throughout his body.
"This is bad!"
Having his nose aperture suddenly pierced through—even directly opened without the aid of pills—did not bring Meng Qi joy. Instead, it brought