"He brought this on himself; he had no one to blame but himself. I only feel sorry for Junior Brother. Though the Xuanxu Sect had brainwashed him into an idiot, his sense of taste hadn't deteriorated."
Fourth Senior Sister let out a long sigh. "All that talk of fragrant, sweet, tender, and delicious—yet the moment he swallowed it, he spat it all out. How tragic. How lamentable. After this, how can our Wanjian Sect ever show its face again?"
"We all tried to stop him, but he wouldn't listen. Who could've guessed that thing would be so poisonous? Xu Ye, he..."
An inner sect disciple was beside himself with grief. "Sigh! One shouldn't do that. At the very least, one really shouldn't! Why did Xu Ye do that? I just can't understand!"
"I'd only just arrived when I saw Senior Brother Xu Ye lying on the ground, twitching like a spinning sprinkler."
Junior Sister trembled in a corner. "Obviously! How could anyone be all right after eating something like that? Why did he have to do something so stupid? He just had to—My eyes! Ugh! My eyes are filthy!"
Su Qinghan: ...
What were they talking about?
"Oh no. This is bad."
On the other side of the secret realm, Ning Ning was boredly flipping through the map of Xiaochong Mountain. Her finger stopped on a tiny line of text: [Chaotian Banana, slightly bitter and poisonous. Causes limbs to twitch and foam to spill from the mouth when eaten.]
Beside her, He Zhizhou's expression changed drastically. "The Pulled Sugar Banana we made for Xu Ye... We didn't use that thing, did we?"
Chapter 21
Just as expected, Xiaochong Mountain closed, and many disciples returned beaming, having reaped a bountiful harvest in the secret realm.
Ning Ning had been through the