Chapter 171 - Antidote (2/2)

“What, he left?” Chu Qingcheng exclaimed in shock before he could finish. This man left without so much as giving her an explanation? Why?

“Waaah, sister Qingcheng, darling doesn’t want us!

Xiao Dandan could no longer hold in the pain and let it out in the form of rivers of tears. Chu Qingcheng was stunned as Peony Overseer drew her dear disciple into a hug, “Dandan, tell me, did he do anything to you?”

Sniffing twice, Xiao Dandan gave the black ring to Chu Qingcheng and said between tears, “Sister Qingcheng, he said he repaid the favor for the medicine. From now on there is no relation between us.”

“What, does he have no conscience? Is he that heartless?” Peony Overseer went into a rage, “I told you, men aren’t good for anything.”

Chu Qingcheng was lost as she took the items from the ring.

It was the spirit tablet Chu Qingcheng gave to Zhuo Fan before going to her death. Now, Zhuo Fan returned it.

As if he didn’t recognize her as his wife.

There was also a box and Chu Qingcheng looked within with a dead gaze.

Aunt Tao snatched it and sighed, “At least he has the conscience to leave this behind.”

Bu Chu Qingcheng couldn’t make herself care about anything, not even the return of the Bodhi Root. All she ever felt was loss.

Except for returning the bottle of Bodhi Jade Sap, everything else was back.

His meaning loud and clear. From now on they were strangers!

“You mean… he was using me the whole time?” Chu Qingcheng swayed as she whispered. Yet the look on her face spoke volumes of her denial.

[I finally found a man that I love, only to be deceived in the end?]

Xie Tianyang had long seen it coming and coughed, “Edifice Lord Chu, let me just say something, but don’t get angry. The brat told us he came to Drifting Flowers City for the Bodhi Jade Sap. But because of the sudden involvement of the Regent Estate, he helped you in passing. And that only after judging that the benefits outweighed the risks. His actions aren’t driven by kindness or compassion, so please don’t feel sad!”

Shivering, Chu Qingcheng frowned, still no willing to believe what’s in front of her.

Iris Overseer couldn’t take it anymore and patted Chu Qingcheng’s shoulder. She knew Chu Qingcheng was kind on the outside, but quite proud inside. No man ever managed to get her attention.

But this time, she finally found a man after her own heart, only to be cast away without a shred of remorse. The bitter pain was a far deeper wound than that of flesh.

Peony Overseer had to say something as well, “How dare this punk break our Edifice Lord’s heart? The next time I see him, I will peel his skin!”

“Can you?” Snorting, Xie Tianyang mocked from the side.

Startled, Peony Overseer wet her dry lips as she recalled Zhuo Fan’s freaky power and a cold shiver crawled down her spine, “I take it back. I’ll just curse him in my head.”

The others didn’t know how to react.

“Eh, what’s this?” Tao Danniang took out a vial from the ring, “Qingcheng, did you give him this as well?”

Shaking her head, Chu Qingcheng’s eyes were hazy, “I didn’t give him these pills.”

Squinting, Tao Danniang’s eyes shined, “It must be his gift!”

She opened it and a thick medicinal aroma wafted about, along with the faint roars of dragons.

“A-aren’t these the perfect 8th-grade pills refined in the Pill King finals? Why did he give them up?” Tao Danniang started counting, “One, two… sixteen, seventeen!”

Weren’t they eighteen?

Tao Danniang’s eyes wandered in thought when suddenly threw a pill to Iris Overseer as she yelled, “Eat it!’

Caught off guard, Qin Caiqing was puzzled but did what she said.

Suddenly, an azure glow came from within her. Qin Caiqing then sat to absorb the pill with eyes closed. Fifteen minutes later, a muffled boom was heard and Qin Caiqing’s power shot up.

Under the shock of everyone there, Iris Overseer broke through.

Only after a full thirty minutes did Qin Caiqing opened her clear eyes in joy, “Aunt Tao, not only I advanced but the Rainbow Cloud Palm left behind by Vicious Pill King is gone!”

What?!

They all turned with hope at the vial.

The poison of Pill King Hall was infamous throughout the land, yet this group here seemed to hold the only cure. What was even more astonishing was that they as many as 17 antidotes to the Rainbow Cloud Palm’s poison.

Such news would unleash a bitter fight over them among clans, with even Pill King Hall participating.

The difference was, while the clans would come to get them, the Pill King Hall would do its all to destroy them…