mynovelweb Chapter 837 Throne (Part )
Chapter 837 Throne (Part )
Long Yuqing sat cross-legged on the ground with disheveled hair, staring blankly at the red blood in front of him. His mind recalled the delicious green bean and meat buns, and his wife's gaze on his cheek with her hand on her hand...
At this moment, his heart was completely broken, but it was not because of Ren Ye's words, nor because of the irreparable defeat today, but because the only remaining beauty, hope, and warmth in human nature were gone at this moment.
Ren Ye stood in the inner hall, looking at him in astonishment, and said in disbelief, "Your aura is different, your mind is unstable, you... you are poisoned?!"
He had actually noticed something unusual about Long Yuqing during their initial fight, feeling that he was unable to use his full strength. But when he thought about how this person was constantly hiding himself, he assumed it was also a self-serving tactic.
But at this moment, the signs of his poisoning were already very obvious.
What's even more bizarre is that, among the five cities of Xianlan, who could possibly be capable of poisoning the extremely cautious and cunning Lord Long?!
Moreover, this fifth-grade warrior, although not immune to all poisons, ordinary poisonous and filthy things will definitely not make him so depressed.
"Whoosh!"
Just when Ren was stunned, a figure suddenly flew past the front door in this extremely chaotic and complicated government office, and came straight towards him with a sword.
Ren also instantly sensed the other party's presence, raised his arm, and summoned the Human Emperor Sword.
Thousands of rays of light surged, and a sword flew through the air.
Amidst the surging sword light and murderous intent, Prince Huai suddenly froze in his tracks. As the figure approached, he sensed a familiar presence.
"Don't use the sword, she can't catch it!"
Long Yuqing shouted almost instinctively.
"you……?!"
Ren was also frightened, but he also confirmed the identity of that person, so he quickly controlled the Human Emperor Sword to change direction, so that it flew past the corner of the figure's clothes and returned to his own hands.
The figure seemed to have only just approached the inner hall of the government office when the fairy mountain illusion emerged. And after the two men finished fighting and the illusion dissipated, it suddenly reappeared, completely catching everyone off guard...
"brush!"
The figure stepped past the front of the inner hall, holding a long sword, and stabbed straight at Long Yuqing's abdomen.
If this sword were placed in a busy market of cultivators, it would be considered a third-grade treasure. However, for Long Yuqing and Ren Ye, the huge gap in realm was difficult to bridge. No matter how sharp the sword was, it was impossible to hurt them in the slightest.
The sword wasn't enough, and the person was even less so. The aura emanating from that figure was at most that of the peak Second Stage Realm. Even Long Yuqing, who was currently suffocating from a strange poison, could have crushed him into a pulp with a single palm strike.
The embers of the setting sun stained the inner hall of the government office. Amidst the blurred light and shadow, a sword flew towards them...
In Long Yuqing's eyes, the flying figure of the sword-wielding man seemed clumsy, slow, and weak in spirit...
But he just stared blankly at the sword light, and the palm on his right leg was only slightly raised, and finally fell down weakly.
In his broken state, he inexplicably dispersed the protective spiritual energy, and stared at the ember light with red eyes, looking at her...
"puff!"
The sword light entered the abdomen and pierced through the flesh.
Blood flowed out along the sword, dyeing Long Yuqing's gorgeous clothes red and severing the giant dragon displayed on the satin.
"Husband, does it hurt?!"
A familiar voice was heard, and the figure's face gradually became clear in sight.
Yang Linger's cheeks were rosy, her eyes were stubborn, and she was smiling crazily.
Long Yuqing's body was pierced by the sword light, and the stinging sensation of the star core in his abdomen became even stronger, so strong that... it was unbearable.
With blood stains on the corners of his mouth, he asked with a smile, "Is it... the Zuniao Guiji Pill?!"
"What kind of poison in the world could cause a fifth-grade cultivator's star core to become silent, their spiritual energy to dissipate, and their life to end within three days?!" Yang Ling'er, dressed in dazzling attire, spoke softly to herself, "Only the poison of the Heavenly and Earthly Poison Bird, combined with the Guiji Pill formula, which the Xianlan Sect has cultivated for millennia, can do this."
"Husband, do you know? Although your father was a fifth-grade cultivator, he died after returning from an ominous state because of this pill given by Wuchen!"
she said with a smile.
"How could I not know the true cause of my father's death?! The poison of this jinn bird lies within the star core within its filthy and decaying abdomen. The more spiritual energy is stimulated, the more toxic it becomes. After my father consumed this elixir, he was forced to cultivate divine techniques in the Daoist Palace. By the time he came down the mountain... his star core was filthy, and poisonous sores had formed within his abdomen. Even a god could no longer save him."
His eyes were red and he narrated in a calm voice.
"Then do you know where I found this pill?" Yang Linger asked softly.
"I don't know!"
Long Yuqing shook his head.
"Everyone knows that your father and my father were sworn brothers. We have shared honor and disgrace for many years and have never betrayed each other. After Wu Chen poisoned your father, he was unsure whether my father also knew the truth. So, he wanted to take this opportunity to teach him a lesson, so he ordered someone to give him this pill as a warning."
"My father doesn't understand its meaning, but this poison bird silencing pill is like a sword hanging over the head of my Yang family, ready to fall at any time and kill everything."
"But who would have thought that my Yang family obtained this poison pill because of your Long family, and ultimately used it on someone from your Long family? This is truly an incomparably mysterious fate...!"
Yang Ling'er started to cry while laughing, her expression was filled with endless regret and self-blame, and was filled with madness after all the beauty was shattered!
Nearly a year of waiting, the torment of worry day and night, the unwavering following and companionship...
After all the immortals had died, she finally waited for her husband to return. She cried with joy and suddenly saw the dark clouds above her head dissipate.
With the infinite expectation that everything could return to the way it was before, she also welcomed the happiest day of her life.
But it’s just one day, and only this one day!
Soon after, his father died in a night raid on Luoshen Mountain. Countless male members of the Yang family were buried on the banks of the Datong River, leaving only orphans and widows who fled in panic.
There is really no going back to the past.
She was so angry at the bad news that she fell ill in bed.
Afterwards, Long Yuqing went to the tomb of the God to seek the descendant of the ancient emperor, and this journey took several months.
She struggled with her serious illness, worried and concerned, always thinking about the safety of her mother, her elder brother, her brothers and sisters, and the elders in the clan.
Where have they all gone? Why hasn't any news come back? Are they also worried about me...?!
Anxious, confused and nervous!
She waited for a long time, but still received no news. She dragged her seriously ill body to the General's Mansion, hoping to find some clues about the resettlement of these families in her father's official documents, hoping to contact her eldest brother and mother as soon as possible.
However, she searched the entire study room but could not find any official documents regarding the resettlement of the family. She thought her father had already given instructions to her eldest brother before he died, and to keep it secret, he had not left any clues.
But in the dark room of her father's study, she discovered two books that could corroborate each other. They were the summary of her father's investigations during his lifetime, the "evidence" that could see through any conspiracy.
No matter how dumb or stupid she was, she understood everything. She understood everything and even guessed why there had been no news from Yang Mingtang and the others. And why hadn't anyone in this entire clan contacted her?
They... should all be dead, right?
Even if my father didn't leave any official documents regarding the resettlement of his family, he still couldn't escape the ruthless butcher's knife, right?!
At that moment, she felt that her hands were stained with the blood of her closest relatives!
She recalled her experiences over the past year and found that she was the culprit who killed the entire family with one knife after another!
In order to save her husband, she asked her father almost every day when he would come back and when she would no longer have to squat in the dark stone house, feeling fear, hesitation and anxiety!
She nudged her father and reminded him carefully, he is my man, your son-in-law!
Before taking her husband back, her eldest brother had already decided to kill her and personally forced her to tell him where Long Yuqing was hiding.
She was furious, bewildered, and confused. When had this eldest brother's heart become so corrupt? Did it really matter who was in charge? Was it so important that he had to sacrifice everything for himself and Long Yuqing?!
She's already married and has her own family. Why should her life be sacrificed for Big Brother's power?!
She could never accept it, so... she threatened to cut her own throat and stood in front of her husband without hesitation.
If you kill him, I will never live!
But in the end, the beloved person she had waited so long for and rescued used the lives of her entire family as a stepping stone, ruthlessly and decisively.
Everything in her life collapsed and shattered...
Does it hurt?
Can you feel more pain than me?!
ah??!!!
In the inner hall, the ancient sword pierced the abdomen and blood flowed all over the floor.
Yang Ling'er looked at Long Yuqing with a frantic expression, her eyes wide, and spoke word by word, "We were once husband and wife, why did it have to be like this?! When you raised the butcher knife, did you ever think about that foolish woman carrying a lunch box, walking in the dim corridor, living in fear for you every day?!"
"Why do you treat her with the most cruel means in the world?!"
"Why didn't you kill her too? Just to show off that little bit of false affection in your heart?! Or to avenge the Yang family for protecting your wealth and glory for so many years?!"
"Long Yuqing, ever since the day I donned the phoenix crown and bridal robe, I've never had second thoughts. Even though you're a worthless, dissolute dandy, despised by everyone in Chaolong City, in my heart, you're still my Yang Ling'er's husband, the man who may seem cowardly but is kind-hearted, with a heart that promotes new policies and wants to change our hometown. Since we've pledged our lives together, it's for life."
"And now, you've killed my entire clan!!! How can I not avenge such a blood feud?"
"After this blow, the bond between you and me as husband and wife...will be severed!"
She roared sharply and miserably, suddenly pulled out the long sword from her abdomen, and stabbed again.
"puff!"
The cold sword blade entered the abdomen, and the tip of the sword touched the turbid and rotten star core surrounded by poison, causing a crack to appear on it.
Long Yuqing vomited a large mouthful of blood again, looked at her with an extremely pale face, and still did not move.
Not far away, Ren also raised his arms several times as if to stop him, but finally put them down silently.
He could try every possible way to block the sword from Elder Jiang Yu, but he had no right to stop Yang Linger's revenge.
Long Yuqing was a man rife with contradictions and struggles. If he was employed out of the "favor" of commanding a witch to sacrifice her life to protect him, and for the future prosperity of the Five Cities of Xianlan, then no one would trust him anymore. If he weren't employed, given his deep attachment to the Long family's millennial heritage and his immense ambition, if such a person were to one day make a comeback, who knew... who would be the next to pay the price?
Perhaps, everything that happened in Chaolong City should really end with Yang Linger's sword.
After all, he himself did not resist, but accepted it calmly...
On the ground, Long Yuqing had blood flowing from his mouth and his eyes were blank. He just stared blankly at Yang Linger without making any explanation, argument, or even comfort.
From an absolutely rational, dark, and ruthless standpoint, no matter whether Yang Ling'er is crazy or not, no matter whether she is just a second-grade cultivator or not, and no matter whether she has the ability to avenge this blood feud in the future... from Long Yuqing's perspective, he should cut off all the love between husband and wife and wipe her out as well.