Turning Hostile

"Not sick? How is that possible..." Li Yuhan and her husband couldn't believe it. Li Yuhan quickly asked, "Then why is she like this?"

"That's because she was poisoned," He Heng said coldly.

"Poison? How is that possible? Who would want to harm me?" Liu Wumei cried out in shock.

Li Yuhan looked at He Heng with a horrified expression and hesitated, "Brother Bai, you must be mistaken!"

He Heng shook his head and said with certainty, "There is no mistake. The couple is indeed not sick, they were just poisoned. It's a very unique poison, and it's been there for some years."

"Can you cure this poison, Brother Bai?" Li Yuhan quickly pressed.

He Heng looked at the clearly agitated couple and said, "Although I've never seen this poison before, I can preliminarily determine its medicinal properties. It's a miracle that Madam Liu has survived this long after being poisoned."

As he spoke, He Heng looked meaningfully at Liu Wumei, his eyes unfathomably deep.

Liu Wumei seemed not to notice He Heng's gaze, merely weeping in a flustered and desolate manner, cursing the person who poisoned her.

Li Yuhan became even more anxious and quickly asked, "Brother Bai, do you have a way to cure this poison? Please save my wife."

He Heng, however, smiled and said, "Don't panic, both of you. Although this poison is extremely strange and has been in Madam Liu's body for many years, anyone else, even the most skilled physicians, would be helpless. But that doesn't include me."

"So, you mean you can really cure this poison?!" Li Yuhan and his wife's faces lit up with joy. They quickly bowed to He Heng, "We hope Brother Bai can work his magic and cure my wife. Yongcui Mountain Villa will be eternally grateful and will obey your every command in the future."

"Really, obey my every command? Alright, then take me to Yongcui Mountain Villa first and let me see the sword formation that Li Guanyu created. Haven't you already prepared the people to set up the formation..."

He Heng's tone instantly changed, and he coldly looked at Li Yuhan and his wife, who were still pleading with him.

"How did you know..." Their expressions changed in an instant, and they looked at He Heng in shock.

"How do I know?" He Heng sneered coldly and looked down at them, "Do you think your petty tricks can escape my notice? Ridiculous. From the moment I saw you, I knew your identities and your purpose. The previous conversation was just me playing along."

Looking at their horrified faces, He Heng pointed at Liu Wumei and continued, "You, Shi Guanyin's disciple, originally named Wuyi, are one of the two people Shi Guanyin raised with her own hands. Later, you wanted to break free from Shi Guanyin, so she poisoned you. Not willing to submit to her, you've been suppressing the poison within yourself with opium poppies until now. You can no longer suppress it. A while ago, I killed Shi Guanyin, so you targeted me, believing I could cure your poison."

Liu Wumei's expression suddenly changed, and she remained silent.

He Heng sneered and continued, "You used Li Guanyu's name to invite six contemporary sword masters to set up a sword formation at Yongcui Mountain Villa, didn't you?"

Li Yuhan gave He Heng a wry smile and said self-deprecatingly, "Brother Bai is indeed formidable, to have investigated all of this so thoroughly. It seems that Wumei and I are merely clowns, making a fool of ourselves."

Li Yuhan sighed, looked at Liu Wumei, and his eyes showed tenderness. "Since Brother Bai knows our intentions, we implore you to fulfill them. As long as you can cure my wife's poison, I, Li Yuhan, will obey your every command in the future."

"Hmph, do you think I care about your promise?" He Heng coldly dismissed Li Yuhan, disdain in his eyes. "Even if Li Guanyu himself begged me, he wouldn't have the face to move me, let alone you."

Li Yuhan's expression suddenly froze. He frowned, then looked at He Heng, "Then what do you want us to do, Brother Bai? I believe that if you didn't need us for something, you wouldn't be wasting our time with idle chatter. Even someone like Shi Guanyin was no match for you, so you certainly wouldn't take us seriously."

"That's right, you have some self-awareness." He Heng coldly looked at Li Yuhan and Liu Wumei and said, "As long as you obey my orders, I can cure her poison."

Li Yuhan looked at He Heng, then at Liu Wumei, and gritted his teeth. "As long as you can save my wife, I, Li Yuhan, will obey you from now on, without any hesitation."

"Yuhan..." Liu Wumei seemed unwilling to see her husband like this and softly called his name, "I'm not worth this to you!"

Li Yuhan gently turned his head, took Liu Wumei's hand, and said softly, "There's no such thing as worth it or not. I only know that you are my wife, the woman I love most, and I absolutely cannot let you continue to suffer like this."

Liu Wumei's eyes became moist, crystalline tears shimmering with light. She gazed at Li Yuhan with rippling eyes. Li Yuhan tightly held her hand, his eyes gazing at her with tenderness as soft as water.

For a moment, all was silent, and a lingering thread of affection wafted through the air.

He Heng watched silently from the side, his eyes devoid of any color, looking down at it all. He couldn't comprehend the emotions between them; it was something he lacked. He didn't understand what kind of power made two people willing to face life and death together.

Although He Heng had been married and had children in his first life on Earth, it was merely a compromise to conform to the general trend. Everyone around him did it, so he found someone.

From beginning to end, for decades, he had never felt any emotion for that woman, nor for his son and grandson. To him, they were not much different from strangers. The only connection was the so-called invisible and intangible bloodline. He didn't understand its purpose; wasn't it just similar DNA?

He had also heard and witnessed many couples, mothers and sons, facing life and death together, never abandoning each other, but he still could never understand why.

Perhaps he was inherently a heartless person.

His heart only held himself. At times, he would even lose himself, having seen through all life and death, only seeking that sliver of dawn under the endless cycle of reincarnation, that thing that could stir his dead heart.

That was his belief, his Dao!

Since ancient times, the only eternal and unchanging thing is time. No matter how the world changes, it continues to flow, treating every living being fairly.

And another eternal thing is the belief of living beings!

I think, therefore I am. "My" existence is because I believe "I" exist, therefore I exist, regardless of the reality of the world. As long as "I" believe I exist eternally, "I" am eternal!

This is the power of belief, the only thing every living being is born with!

Outside of myself, all are heretical paths!

This is He Heng's Dao, He Heng's path. He disdains everything in the world, whether it is beautiful or ugly. He can understand it, but he will never possess it himself. His Dao can only be walked by himself.

He believed that in the end, no one could accompany him. In the entire universe, there would only be himself.

Looking at the tragic scene of Li Yuhan and his wife, He Heng's eyes showed no fluctuation. After watching for a while, he spoke again.

"Once you're done with your sweet nothings, hurry up and come with me. We need to get to Yongcui Mountain Villa as soon as possible."

"Why are you going there? We invited you yesterday hoping to force your hand with the seniors at Yongcui Mountain Villa. You don't know that, do you?" Li Yuhan frowned. He really didn't want to bring this extremely mysterious and dangerous man back to his home.

"Why? Of course, to witness the sword formation that Li Guanyu spent decades creating, and to see if it's truly invincible," He Heng said coldly, glancing at the two of them.

Liu Wumei said somewhat indignantly, "Aren't you afraid we'll set a trap for you at Yongcui Mountain Villa and have you walk right into it?"

He Heng glanced coldly at Liu Wumei, a hint of contempt in his eyes. "With just you, no matter how many traps you set, they would still be a joke in front of me. If I'm afraid to even go to a mere Yongcui Mountain Villa, what qualifications do I have to roam the martial world?"

"Then come with us." Li Yuhan felt a surge of anger in his heart, but he ultimately didn't lash out. He took Liu Wumei's hand and gestured forward.

"Good. I hope Li Guanyu doesn't disappoint me. And that person, he should be at Yongcui Mountain Villa now. I was just looking for him," He Heng said with a cold smile, looking ahead.