Chapter 955: Terrifying reality (2/2)

“Han Yunxi, you committed patricide!” Shi Jiuxia rebuked.

“It was this crown prince who killed Bai Yanqing! He smeared the name of my East Qin and provoke enmity between East and West Qin. He deserved death!” Long Feiye raged.

“It was your East Qin that started the war! Long Feiye, your East Qin was the scourge that destroyed the Great Qin Empire!” Shi Jiuxia accused him.

Before Long Feiye could speak, Han Yunxi only insisted, “No! That wasn’t what Bai Yanqing said! Shi Jiuxia, you misheard. Bai Yanqing said that the Wind Clan was wholly responsible for stirring up enmity between East and West Qin. The hatred between the two sides was nothing more than a misunderstanding! As the main offender, the Wind Clan’s Bai Yanqing admitted it all in person!”

Han Yunxi was simply lying with a straight face! In truth, she had long prepared these lines. As long as Bai Yanqing was dead, what she and Long Feiye claimed would be the truth! Even if this was lying to the world, she’d risk it all. Seeing her cold, glittering eyes, the fuming Shi Jiuxia suddenly felt afraid and took a step back. He understood what she meant, this was a warning. Either he’d cooperate with her lie or die.

Shi Jiuxia had always lived in seclusion and dedicated himself to looking after Hundred Poisons Sect for Jun Yixie. He wasn’t clear on the true enmity between East and West Qin and only heard rumors that Han Yunxi was a vicious woman, but never thought she’d be so extremist! She not only murdered her father, but wanted to lie to the East and West Qin factions as well as the rest of the world. Most frightening of all, she didn’t have a speck of fear or hesitation. She was so certain in her beliefs that it was almost decisively magnificent.

Just what kind of woman was she?

Shi Jiuxia was too shocked to speak. By now, Long Feiye had already raised his sword to his throat.

“You don’t have much time,” Long Feiye reminded coldly. “Choose for yourself: die here or keep leading Hundred Poisons Sect!”

This was imperial might granting him a favor.

“Elder Shi, do you believe it when I say Bai Yanqing was long prepared to sacrifice Hundred Poisons Sect? What’s the point of yearning after a master like that?” Han Yunxi laughed frostily. “If Long Feiye hadn’t set up this trap, I would have destroyed Poison Corpse Lake. I can also tell you that even with the lake destroyed or Hundred Poisons Sect burned to the ground, Bai Yanqing wouldn’t come up this mountain.”

Shi Jiuxia didn’t know of worldly affairs, nor why Bai Yanqing had chosen to set up a stage down the mountain. Actually, he was surprised the man had shown up at all. He had been panicking himself into a fit atop the peak because he thought Bai Yanqing wasn’t coming and that Hundred Poisons Sect would lose all face. He was already dissatisfied with Bai Yanqing’s actions, so Han Yunxi’s words only moved him further.

Seeing him hesitate, Han Yunxi pressed on. “Shi Jiuxia, do you think Hundred Poisons Sect can survive after you’re dead?” She suddenly stepped closer and narrowed her eyes at him. “I promise I’ll raze this mountain to the ground. I’ll make my words reality!”

Long Feiye disliked Han Yunxi getting close to any other man, but he hadn’t pulled her back before Shi Jiuxia staggered backwards in fear. He stared at Han Yunxi in disbelief. Although he wasn’t the sect leader, he had dedicated his entire life’s blood to Hundred Poisons Sect. How could he bear to see it destroyed?

Long Feiye silently dropped his arm as he watched Han Yunxi convince Shi Jiuxia. With Bai Yanqing dead, it’d be hard to convince the crowd below that he and Han Yunxi were telling the truth. But if Shi Jiuxia stepped out with them, things would be easier.

“Shi Jiuxia, I’m the direct descendant to the Poison Sect and its sect leader. Medical City has already acknowledged my status and cleared the Poison Sect’s name. If you submit to me, how could I mistreat you? I promise you’ll get the position of Hundred Poisons Sect sect leader. Moreover, both Medical and Medicine City will stop rejecting you,” Han Yunxi added.

She offered Shi Jiuxia two paths: either die or aim for brilliant future prospects!

Shi Jiuxia’s loyalty laid with Hundred Poisons Sect, not Bai Yanqing or Jun Yixie. How could he not be moved? But he was still hesitant. How could something so wonderful just fall from the skies? Would Han Yunxi really trust him? Didn’t she fear him exposing the truth one day?

Shi Jiuxia was about to probe when she said coldly, “If you don’t want to die, then drink this poison. I’ll only give you enough time to brew a cup of tea.”

Shi Jiuxia looked at the poison in his hands and seemed relieved of a great burden on his shoulders. He wanted Hundred Poisons Sect to live well so that it too could one day become one of Cloud Realm Continent’s open powers. He also wanted a good life for himself. Without hesitation, he downed the poison in one gulp. As a poisons expert, he couldn’t tell what kind of toxin Han Yunxi had given him, but knew that it was a time-sensitive poison.

Han Yunxi felt relieved at the sight as well. She said, “I’ll have someone deliver you antidote once every ten days. If you’re curious about the poison, you can wait to see how it reacts, but I promise you’ll regret it!”

Shi Jiuxia was truly curious, but Han Yunxi’s tone warned him not to try. Anyone who used poisons to fight poisons knew the terrifying consequences if one was left to run unchecked. The experience was worse than death.

Next, Han Yunxi whistled for a poison guard to take the unconscious Xu Donglin down the mountain. Meanwhile, Baili Mingxiang had recovered her strength after taking an antidote. She clutched the Raging Flame Lotus hidden in her sleeve and stepped forward despite her unease.

“Princess, Your Highness, this servant…”