37 If you want to live, go lef (1/2)

”Plop.”

A single drop of crimson blood fell straight into the middle of the enclosed space. When it fell down, the droplet did not go splat in all different directions, instead, it remained a perfectly round orb that stayed obediently where it was dropped.

Once the blue-red spider, five color snake, red worm, dark yellow scorpion and brown centipede smelled the blood, they all started to crawl towards the crimson droplet.

Each one inching slowly toward the blood, but there was just one problem…

There was only a single drop.

They would have to fight for it.

As they inched closer and closer, almost converging in the middle, Xue'er turns away, she no longer wanted to watch, she had a pretty clear idea of what would happen next.

Xue'er had read about this legend extensively in the ancient text during her time in the forbidden ground. Those days were boring, if she was not doing experiments, then she would be reading to pass her time.

She had been certain that she had pretty much read every book ever written about herbs, poisons, or even medicine.

This ancient text had written of many venomous creatures sealed together, they would be instigated to fight, until one remained alive, and the venom from all five creatures would be concentrated into the body of one.

When she first heard of it, she was amazed and wanted to try it out herself, but she never could find the right venomous creatures around her. Also, it was supposedly considered evil, but she never understood why people were unable to tolerate anything that was venomous.

Now that she found the right creatures, she could finally make her own, except, she just tried slightly changing the method. For this experiment, she added a drop of her blood, which was not stated in the ancient text.

Xue'er just wanted to see what the result would be.

Apparently, they would fight to the death, until the last survivor emerged victoriously and the other four competitors had died off. The fallen would not even have an entire carcass left behind, considering that it would be devoured by the winner.

In the end, the winner took it all. It was amazing, how such a concept that applied in this little section of the forest, also applied to the rulers of the continent.

[Sure enough, there was not even discrimination between species.]

A bitter smile found its way to her pale lips. She leaped into the nearest tree, where she laid with her hands supporting her head.

Sure enough, their small battle had already begun. She could hear the sharpness of the dark yellow scorpion's stinger as it immobilized the brown centipede, it moved closer, preparing to devour its opponent.

She thought of when Gan Tian Chi taught her about the actions people were willing to do to preserve their power.

What they were willing to sacrifice for it.

He once told her of a powerful prime minister of a prospering country that sacrificed his wife and his daughter for the sake of power.

Xue'er closed her eyes, as she felt a wind blow past, it caused a few strands of hair to flutter. It past, but was unable to get through the veil, she reopened her eyes to find that it was not a wind, but a group of fairyflies.