Chapter 981: Wanting to stomp him to death (1/2)

If the Poison Sect hadn’t been eliminated and its direct bloodline descendants still lived, then Han Yunxi’s group wouldn’t be having any problems now. The Snow Wolf Clan would never expose their secrets to the world, but they lost a lot of rights after uniting with Medical City’s Poison Sect. Whether it was the Poison Pill or Perplexing Butterfly Illusion, both were exposed after they starting working together with Medical City’s Poison Sect. After learning of their history, Han Yunxi was certain that the Medical City’s poison doctors paled in skills compared to their Snow Wolf Clan counterparts.

In other words, if the Snow Wolf Clan had the drive to research the Poison Pill and Perplexing Butterfly Illusion, they wouldn’t need to wait for an alliance to begin their work. Why did those two items come into being only after the merge? Simple: the Snow Wolf Clan had no ambitions and only wanted to live on quietly while protecting the poison beasts. But the Poison Sect did not!

The saying went that there was no waves without wind. Medical City had decided to destroy the Poison Sect because of their research into Poison Gu humans. By now, this couldn’t count as slander. However, the fact remained that the Poison Sect hadn’t made any use of the formula they created, either.

“Since they had the formula, why not use it?” Gu Beiyue muttered to himself. “Unless they couldn’t find the ingredients, or…”

“They were waiting for the fruit inside the color glazed wall to ripen!” Gu Qishao exclaimed.

Abruptly, everyone understood a lot more details. Han Yunxi was convinced. “Thus, Bai Yanqing must have been the one to eat those fruit!”

Poison Gu humans were immortal, but in essence that just meant they couldn’t be killed or fall prey to sickness. It didn’t mean they couldn’t actually die. Time was their enemy and they would eventually succumb to age. Judging from the time it took to wait for the fruit to grow, Bai Yanqing had to be history’s first ever Poison Gu human. Even if they had the formula in their hands now, it was impossible to create another. Hundreds of years were needed for the plants to flower, bear fruit, and mature. Neither they nor Bai Yanqing could afford to wait another cycle…

Long Feiye didn’t speak, but quietly poured everyone tea. Although he was serving them, his elegant movements and noble carriage gave off the impression that he was bestowing favors. Gu Beiyue looked at him and said, “Your Highness, if there was only one choice, would you pick the Poison Gu human or Perplexing Butterfly Illusion?”

“Perplexing Butterfly Illusion,” Long Feiye didn’t hesitate.

“That’s right! Perplexing Butterfly Illusion can nullify Poison Gu humans!” Gu Beiyue said.

Everyone was agreement. Xu Donglin and Baili Mingxiang had shown up in the middle of the conversation and nodded as well. If they had the option, becoming Poison Gu humans would help them conquer the world. However, to return to normal, they would have to rely on Perplexing Butterfly Illusion; therefore, any Poison Gu human that wanted to live forever would fear its existence. The Poison Sect’s most powerful weapon wasn’t the Poison Pill (and its Poison Gu humans), but Perplexing Butterfly Illusion!

“Possess the Perplexing Butterfly Illusion and you possess the world. These words must have come from the Poison Sect!” Han Yunxi said with conviction. But only members of the Poison Sect would have known it existed at all.

While the Poison Sect was researching the Poison Gu humans, it spread rumors like these. Why? By logic, they should have protected the secret instead!

“It seems like there were separate factions within the Poison Sect as well...interesting,” Long Feiye remarked.

Those who knew the truth were only heirs to the Poison Sect, Han Yunxi excepted. After all these conjectures, the group had a good guess of what went on in the Poison Sect’s past regarding the Perplexing Butterfly Illusion and Poison Gu humans. Although they still had to collect ingredients to break through the poison, at least they had found a way to deal with Bai Yanqing. Thus, their motive for this journey was fulfilled. Now they could focus all their questions on the man himself.

Had Bai Yanqing learned of the Poison Pill’s secret from the storage space within the wordless stele, or stumbled upon clues in the sect’s Watercloud Hall like Gu Qishao? Or perhaps, it was a secret passed down to successive generations of Poison Sect descendants? Just how many of those still existed in this world? And what about the mysterious man in the forest--who was he?

None of these questions affected how they’d deal with Bai Yanqing, but they were related to Han Yunxi’s origins. Everyone’s clues were limited, so this was as far as they could guess. Han Yunxi suddenly felt an urge to break through the third level of the poison storage space soon. Then she could communicate with Lil Thing telepathically and ask it about the Snow Wolf Clan and Poison Sect. Lil Thing seemed young, but it was already very old. It had already experienced everything in the Poison Sect and must know more than Bai Yanqing, or the paintings within the wordless stele space.

Gu Beiyue was missing Lil Thing too. He suddenly laughed and said, “Seems like Lil Thing is pretty old!”

Would Lil Thing be in a mad mood after hearing those words? Did the gentleman take offense to its age? Its heart was as youthful as spring!

Gu Qishao laughed. He had a rather good impression of Lil Thing. “Who knew that the snow wolf’s true form came from a squirrel? Did they turn into wolves after eating those poison plants?”

Gu Beiyue nodded with a grin. “It’s a shame that all those poison plants inside the Skypit died out.”

Han Yunxi was currently silent. She was really puzzled about her origins. She’d rather kill Bai Yanqing, but she didn’t want to walk around bearing the crime of patricide. Currently, all she knew about Mu Xin was that she left with a baby in her womb after discovering the young clan head of the Poison Sect had illicit relations with another woman. This same young clan head had once gifted her a Ten-Thousand Year Blood Jade as a betrothal gift, but Mu Xin gave the object to Lady Lianxin instead to get Han Congan a position as director.