Lambs to the Slaughter

True Lord Yujing's face suddenly turned incomparably pale. He said in disbelief, "How could you possibly know about this!?"

Shang Yang curled his lip. "Father, you truly underestimated your son.

I had already uncovered the truth not long after Mother passed away.

Your son had originally thought that if you were willing to settle this Nascent Soul seed upon me, I might have been willing to bury this matter in my heart forever.

But unfortunately, you still disappointed me. So your son could only tell Uncle Han Che about it.

Hehe, your vitality was already greatly depleted, and now you've been poisoned by the Heart Refining Poison. How much longer can you hold out?"

At those words, the mountaintop abruptly fell silent, with only the fierce mountain wind howling.

Both sides wore looks of utter disbelief, and they vaguely understood why True Lord Hanchen had betrayed Yujing, especially those from the City Lord's Mansion.

That Shi Ya had been True Lord Yujing's Dao Companion, and Shang Yang's mother.

She had originally been a Core Formation Cultivator. Several decades ago, as her lifespan limit approached, she had died after suffering qi deviation while cultivating.

Yet judging from what Han Che and Shang Yang had said, the matter was clearly far from simple.

This True Lord Hanchen had apparently always harbored affection for Shang Yang's mother. He had even risked his life to obtain an incomparably precious Three-Dao Mark Longevity Pill.

For a longevity pill of that grade, even when a Golden Core Cultivator took it for the first time, it could increase their lifespan by sixty to eighty years.

Han Che had clearly wanted her to continue living.

But True Lord Yujing had been unwilling to give Shi Ya that incomparably precious longevity pill, and had taken it himself instead. That