185 Lin Zhou: Qing Huis Condition 2 (2/2)

Yao Ling nodded her head once more. ”Indeed... there's a possibility for that. If someone consumes the spirit altering drug this long, people are rarely able to survive. However, this old man is strong enough to survive and it's already a miracle. I bet his mind has been tormented all the time and it's easy for the one who poisons him to instigate his behavior.”

Yao Ling didn't want to take a side on this although she knew that Hei Yue had lost his martial arts skills because of Qing Hui. Qing Hui was indeed too pitiful. He knew that someone instigated him to do something that he didn't want, but because of the drug, he wasn't able to resist. The more he resisted, the more he would become a mad person. He couldn't differentiate between reality and illusion.

Yao Ling asked the big question, ”Who is able to give this poison for more than a hundred days? The person doesn't seem to stop letting Qing Hui consume the spirit altering drug, even after a hundred days has passed. They totally want to make him go crazy and die painfully.”

Hei Yue was quite speechless with this revelation. Qing... Qing Hui... probably didn't really want to betray him, right?

Even though Yu Wen was still a kid himself, he had been living with Hei Yue for a long time. He knew that this news gave a shock and anger to Hei Yue and sighed. ”Foster Father, please take care of your body. Don't think too much! We need to think ahead... Shouldn't we look for the perpetrator and also try to find a way to cure Uncle Qing Hui?”

Hei Yue was too deep in grief for the past two years due to Qing Hui's change of behavior and Yu Wen was forced to grow up early. He helped Hei Yue handle A Thousand Swords, thus he had a good understanding of things and good leadership skill --- despite, his bad-temper.

Hei Yue nodded absent-mindedly. Both of them used to be youngsters who were full of dream and vigor. They wanted to stand side by side and make a contribution to the people by balancing the power between the three kingdoms. They wanted a peaceful era unlike when they were small. Both of their families were killed due to war.

They were successfully building A Thousand Words and A Thousand Swords --- they walked hand in hand and finally achieved their dreams. Everything went well until two years ago. He started to think about whether they would be able to go back to how they used to be. Someone had turned them become enemies by using underhanded means.

He lost his martial arts skills that made him become the leader of A Thousand Swords, while Qing Hui lost the smart mind that made him become the leader of A Thousand Words. How? How could they lead both organizations with their power and talents gone? They were incomplete without each other. Qing Hui was the brain and he was the brute.

Hei Yue sighed to himself. He looked older all of a sudden due to all of his thought. Yu Wen was right. He had to find out the culprit and also clean up their organizations. After that, he would bring Qing Hui into seclusion and left the organizations. It was time for the younger generations to shine.

Hei Yue started to sort out his mind and then he smiled at Yu Wen softly. ”You are right. We should focus on those matters first.”

Hei Yue turned to Yao Ling and asked, ”I only heard this spirit altering drug for a little bit, but I don't know how the poison works. I mean... through what medium? Foods? Drinks? I need to know about these details to catch the betrayer inside A Thousand Words. I know the mastermind but I will need to pull out the root and eradicate them!”

Yao Ling explained to him, ”That's the thing. This drug has been embedded deep into the blood and it seems like the one who poisoned him is really cruel. He is poisoned from inside and out. I have a guess that the poison is given through his food and also on his clothes.”

Hei Yue was taken aback. ”What do you mean by his clothes?”