104 Treating The Poison! (1/2)
Jun Wu Yi's hands trembled causing the wine from his cup to spill. He silently looked at the wheelchair handle that was supporting his right hand. Although he remained completely emotionless on the outside, his heart was pounding, and his mind was reeling from the news!
Ten years as a cripple!
Now he was able to see a glimmer of light!
Jun Wu Yi remained taciturn and did not say a word before Jun Mo Xie left.
Three days later, Jun Zhan Tian directly sealed the main gates and made an announcement.
In the following days, no guests will be welcomed except by the royal decree of His Majesty! If anyone dares to take a step inside the inner courtyard without permission, he will be killed without question!
The oppressive atmosphere that enveloped the Jun Family was as if it were the eve of a great battle! The air was so thick and oppressive that some were unable to breathe!
The doors to the inner courtyard were securely closed. Two rows of guards stood at attention outside with their swords unsheathed. The blades of their swords were glistening with the reflection of the ardent sun in the sky. Human figures could be seen moving in the shadows. The might of Jun Family that had once shaken the capital was out on full display at this moment.
Moreover, these guards were all veterans who have served for decades as the backbone of Jun Zhan Tian's elite forces. Even if they have any personal misgivings, they will discard such thoughts when they are on assignment. Each and every one was loyal and worthy of trust!
Every possible and even impossible threat must be accounted for during this operation. Not a single thread or hair can be out of place!
On the other side of the four zhang tall perimeter walls, a massive iron cauldron was positioned in the center of the inner courtyard. The size of the caldron was so great that it could have been described as a small-sized water reservoir.
It had been filled with water and was raised on top of a raging fire. Six burly men continuously added firewood as bubbles start to emerge on the water surface.
Jun Zhan Tian's entire body is dressed in black and was wearing a pair of strange gloves with long sleeves that completely covered the rest of his arms. A solemn expression appeared on his face as he paced anxiously back and forth in the courtyard.
In contrast, the white-clothed Jun Wu Yi's appearance was exceedingly tranquil. It seems that he had come to terms with his inner demons and cast off the shackles on his heart!
Jun Mo Xie was nearby organizing the Nine Leaf Grass, Common Heart Grass, and Persistent Severing Root on a table next to an oversized jade basin. Using both his hands to place the herbs into the basin, mashing them up to extract their juice, and collecting it in a wide mouthed jade bottle. His movements were swift but controlled and methodical.
Jun Mo Xie finally called out. ”Third Uncle!”
Jun Wu Yi trembled from head to toe as a bright-yellow Earth level Xuan Qi rippled out and shredded the gown covering his body. Grandpa Jun flashed forward to support his son's body in a supine position. Jun Mo Xie promptly spread the dregs that remained in the basin on every inch of Jun Wu Yi's body.
The five medicinal herbs prescribed by Jun Mo Xie were all highly toxic weeds! Just one by itself was so lethal that a victim could take no more than seven steps uphill, eight steps downhill or nine steps on level ground before dying.
Now with three of the herbs, Jun Wu Yi instantly felt as though he had been thrown inside a blazing inferno as searing pain spread from head to toe. He held in a groan and clenched his teeth as cold sweat dripped down from forehead! The kind of excruciating pain caused by applying three deadly toxins simultaneously on his body simply could not be put into words!
But this was only the beginning!
Without any hesitation, Jun Mo Xie swiftly snatched the jade bottle, pressed down on Jun Wu Yi's chin to open his clenched jaws, and poured the contents of the bottle down his throat!
The concentrated liquid had slid down Jun Wu Yi's throat before he had time to react, causing him to feel as if a ball of fire was burning him from the inside out. He couldn't endure the pain anymore and was just about to shout out in pain when Jun Mo Xie heartlessly stuffed his mouth with a balled-up piece of plain white cloth that he had prepared long ago.
Jun Zhan Tian shivered as he watched Jun Mo Xie work with such practiced ease that he was even beginning to suspect that his grandson may have tortured others before!
His expression became increasingly wretched; how can a father continue to watch his son suffer at the hands of his grandson?!
”This is something that had to be done. Even a person with a high tolerance will succumb to this extreme pain. It is highly likely that he would have bitten off his tongue if I did not intervene by stuffing his mouth.”
In the time that Jun Mo Xie took to explain himself, he had already prepared the Intestinal Cracker Flower in the same way as the previous three herbs and even took a short break.
Suddenly, the three deadly toxins simultaneously flared up inside Jun Wu Yi as his skin transformed to a shade of purple and black! The change had just appeared when Jun Mo Xie sprinkled the Intestinal Cracker Flower fragments evenly on his body. Moving at extreme speeds, Jun Mo Xie removed the gag in his uncle's mouth, poured the Intestinal Cracker Flower's extract down his throat, and stuffed his mouth once more before he was even aware of what happened! Jun Wu Yi let out a muffled scream as his bloodshot eyes bulged out.
The potent extract of the Intestinal Cracker Flower reacted explosively with the cocktail of poisons already inside his body and rapidly spread from his insides outwards. Jun Wu Yi could feel a wave of soul-searing pain rush forth from his dantian and frantically course through the parts of his body that had been severely injured ten years ago!