Dong Fan reached out and drew the pill into his palm.
Jiang Che spoke, his voice betraying little fear. "Looks like you won't be needing me as your reserve ingredient."
"Yes. You were lucky enough to keep your life."
"You're not killing me?"
"No."
That actually stunned Jiang Che for a moment.
He wasn't going to silence me?
Dong Fan even offered an explanation. "You cultivate the Upper Azure Expounding Heaven Method. You're an heir of Jingxiao, aren't you? One less heir of Jingxiao killed means one less sin on my head. Qiubai is already gone. If you died too, and Jingxiao Peak came investigating, too many people would be implicated. I'm afraid Suqiu couldn't bear it."
"Heh..." Jiang Che sneered.
Dong Fan paid it no mind and continued, "Once Suqiu takes the pill, I'll turn myself in. Murdering fellow disciples to refine pills is already a grave crime, let alone killing someone like Qiubai. My death is certain. When the time comes, just tell them what happened today. Suqiu has been unconscious for over a month. She had nothing to do with this."
"What do you mean, nothing to do with it? She ate a human pill!"
"I forced it down her throat. If she'd been awake, she would never have agreed to take it." Jiang Che couldn't be bothered to argue with him over that anymore.
The crucial thing was that events in the future seemed to prove him right. Shen Suqiu really hadn't received any punishment.
Fucking hell.
Jiang Che stopped dwelling on anything else. Things had already come to this; he might as well see whether he could dig up more information.
"What pill is that?"
"The Seven Aperture Exquisite Heart Pill." Dong Fan was still willing to explain. "It takes the souls and root bones