Devil Lord Sackcloth's sleeping quarters had not changed much. The portrait of Azure Youth Junior Lord, the sect's founder, still hung in the center, with several yellow cushions arranged around it.
"I refined a fine batch of pills today. You three will take them first, then I'll make further arrangements."
As Devil Lord Sackcloth spoke, he flicked his palm, sending two dark pills into Hua Gu's and Jin Yunu's laps.
Su Che studied the dark pill. A layer of eerie light rippled across it, giving it an indescribably sinister look.
There was no need to guess. It had to be a poison pill like the Three-Corpse Brain-Control Elixir, used to control disciples.
Su Che glanced to either side. Hua Gu and Jin Yunu were both frowning at the pills before them, neither saying a word.
"What? Can't bear to take them?"
Devil Lord Sackcloth gave a cold laugh.
"We disciples have done nothing to deserve such a reward. We dare not take your pills, Master."
Hua Gu answered directly, her expression calm.
"It is precisely because you've accomplished nothing that you must take this potent medicine. Only then can you achieve anything. Otherwise, what use is your paltry cultivation?"
Hua Gu smiled faintly. "I only fear that once I take this pill, my cultivation will advance by leaps and bounds and carry me straight into the Immortality Realm..."
"Hahahaha."
Devil Lord Sackcloth laughed heartily, then fixed Hua Gu with a cold stare. "If taking this pill means being subjected to my Demonic Corruption, will you take it or not?"
"If you want Hua Gu's life, Master, simply take it. I will not resist. But attaining the Immortality Realm has always been my deepest wish."
Hua Gu looked up at Devil Lord Sackcloth. "The Immortality Realm is the sum of everything