Young Master in Flower City

Chapter 1128 1129: Poisoning Xiao Tianyu

"Master, why do you look so troubled?" The Medicine Boy stood behind him and asked. The Medicine Saint turned his gaze over and said to the Medicine Boy, "Yuan'Er, hurry and pack up, we're preparing to move!"

"Move?" The Medicine Boy was stunned. He said, "Master, why are we moving?"

"There are things you don't understand. Just do as I say!" The Medicine Saint waved his hand. From the moment he gifted the poison, he already knew the Celestial Emperor would never let him go; after all, this concerned the Celestial Emperor's reputation.

A supreme figure cares very much about his own reputation, especially someone like the Celestial Emperor, a peerless existence. How could he possibly tolerate this matter leaking out?

Though the Celestial Emperor had promised that afterward he would bestow upon him the title of Medicine Emperor, were those words really trustworthy?

From the instant the Celestial Emperor came to seek his poison, the Medicine Saint had already understood what he would have to face. If he was lucky enough to escape the ensuing hunt, he could only live incognito from then on.

"Master, this place is the work of your entire life. Are you really going to abandon it just like that?" The Medicine Boy clearly didn't want to leave, but the Medicine Saint said, "Silly child, if it weren't for something grave, how could I bear to go?"

The Medicine Saint waved his hand. "Go. Pack briefly and we leave at once. No delays!"

"Yes!" The Medicine Boy nodded and turned to enter the thatched hut.

A moment later, the Medicine Boy walked out with a bundle on his back, yet confusion still filled his eyes.

"Let's go!" The Medicine Saint took the bundle and was about to step into the air with the Medicine Boy when, in that instant, a towering pressure descended from the heavens. A figure howled down from the void, hands clasped behind his back, overlooking the Medicine Saint as he spoke with a smile, "Senior Medicine Saint, you're in such a hurry to leave?"

At once, the Medicine Saint's expression turned pale. Though the world called him Medicine Saint, he was, after all, a Medicine Saint, not a Martial Saint, so his Martial Arts Cultivation was only at the Martial Immortal realm.

He raised his eyes to the War Venerable in the void. "I have already given the poison. Why must you drive me to death?"

"This is the will of the Celestial Emperor!"

"I have sworn never to spread this matter. Could it be that the Celestial Emperor…"

"The Celestial Emperor only trusts the dead!" The War Venerable cut off the Medicine Saint's words, his deep, cold gaze flickering with a chilling killing intent that made the Medicine Saint's heart tremble. He already knew that he had no road to the heavens, no door to the earth.

He spoke, "I die without complaint. Can you spare my disciple a way to live?"

"Master!" The Medicine Boy stepped forward, his eyes brimming with tears. "No, if we die, we die together!"

"In that case, I'll just send you both down to Hell together!" The War Venerable snorted coldly.

Whoosh~

A wild, violent aura erupted from the War Venerable, suppressing heaven and earth, making the Medicine Saint's face turn Tie Qing. Facing a Venerable of this level, he had no power to fight back at all, only to let others butcher him.

The next second, a giant hand reached straight down from the void.

Boom~

With a thunderous crash, from that day on, there was no longer a person called Medicine Saint in this world.

Then, flames of overwhelming intensity gathered in the War Venerable's hand and plunged down from the sky. In an instant, blazing fires surged up throughout Medicine Valley. Seeing this, the War Venerable walked away through the air.

From the moment the Celestial Emperor had come to seek poison, he had never intended to spare the Medicine Saint.

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Imperial City, within a cool pavilion.

At this moment, Xiao Tianyu lifted the final cup of wine and drained it in one gulp. Seeing this, the Celestial Emperor smiled and said to Xiao Tianyu, "Virtuous brother, what a capacity for drink!"

"Was there any need?" Xiao Tianyu set down the jade cup, inexplicably letting out a line that made the Celestial Emperor pause for a moment before saying, "You knew."

"Ambition has devoured your conscience. Is power really that important?" Xiao Tianyu looked straight at the Celestial Emperor, a hint of helplessness in his eyes.

He continued, "I've never had many friends or brothers since I was young, so I've always treasured the bond between you and me. Although I calculated long ago that you would make a move against me, I refused to believe it. Even knowing there was poison in the wine, I still drank it with a shred of hope."

"The bond between you and me?" The Celestial Emperor's expression grew cold, utterly different from before. He said icily, "It's precisely because you value feelings too much that I had an opening to exploit!"

He went on, "Do you know what my greatest obstacle to ruling the Immortal Realm is? It's you. As long as you live, you will forever stand above me. Only by eliminating you can I realize my dream of unifying the Immortal Realm!"

"Originally, when you came to my Celestial Capital, I wanted to borrow your hand to help me sweep away obstacles. But in the Holy Capital, the moment I saw you forcefully slay the Saint Emperor, I knew I was wrong…"

"So, you concluded that the greatest obstacle to ruling the Immortal Realm is me, is that it?" Xiao Tianyu asked.

"That's right!" The Celestial Emperor replied coldly. "You crippled my son Di Tian's arm—did you really think I didn't care? That is my son. I only endured it because you were too strong and still useful to me. Now that I know you can suppress Emperors, all plans have changed. The first thing is to get rid of you!"

"Now that the cards are on the table, I'm not afraid to tell you that I've already reached agreements with the Demon Capital, the Jiuxian Immortal Capital, and the Great Ming Immortal Capital. Now you should understand why I'm doing this!"

The Celestial Emperor's voice did not stop. His ambition had already buried his reason. So long as he could unify the Immortal Realm, he, the Celestial Emperor, cared about nothing else. How could he possibly care about his relationship with Xiao Tianyu?

How could he care that Xiao Tianyu had once saved his life?

Xiao Tianyu coughed twice and said, "I never intended to compete with you for any throne. In fact, this time I came back to tell you I'm going to leave the Immortal Realm, and it might be very hard for me to return in the future. For you to do this—what's the point?"

"If you live, I can't rest easy!" The Celestial Emperor said, enunciating each word. "Simply because you are too strong!"

"You really think this poison can kill me?" Xiao Tianyu stared at the Celestial Emperor, his gaze turning a bit sharper. The Celestial Emperor snorted, "It will definitely kill you!"

Cough, cough~

Xiao Tianyu coughed twice again and said, "So certain?"

"Of course!"

The Celestial Emperor stared at Xiao Tianyu, his gaze equally sharp. "This poison comes from the hand of the Medicine Saint. That Medicine Saint is famed for having no one under heaven he cannot poison to death. Even a Martial Emperor realm expert, once struck by his poison, has no chance of survival. Moreover, this poison can automatically seal your Seven Meridians and Eight Vessels and corrode your Immortal Platform. No matter how strong you are, right now you're just a cripple!"

"In truth, when I frankly told you what Little Nine said to me, I was hinting that you should pull back early. I didn't expect you to persist in your obstinacy regardless!" Xiao Tianyu looked at the Celestial Emperor and spoke calmly.

"That little bastard nearly ruined my great plan. After you die, I'll send him to the Yellow Springs as well, so you'll have company on your way down!" The Celestial Emperor's eyes gleamed with icy killing intent.

But Xiao Tianyu said, "Ye Qingcheng has been put under house arrest by you as well, hasn't she?"

"That's right!" The Celestial Emperor nodded.

"Seems you still don't have much confidence in your poison."

"This is just a precaution. Besides, Ye Qingcheng is the chosen one of heaven and will inevitably become a great future threat. While eliminating you, I naturally have to eliminate her as well!" The Celestial Emperor's voice was mighty and domineering.

There was no way he would let Ye Qingcheng go.