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Jiang Zhuzhou did not ask anything. He grabbed the pill and swallowed it under Wei Chen's watchful gaze.
He felt an intensely hot and expanding energy explode in his abdomen, merging into his limbs and bones.
In an instant, it seemed as if his Soul Power Realm was on the verge of a breakthrough.
Jiang Zhuzhou's expression brightened, and he asked in surprise, "What kind of pill is this?"
"It can enhance your strength or be used to kill. The potency of this pill will be refined into your limbs and bones along with your Soul Power. This pill comes from our Peach Blossom Sect's Pharmaceutical Sovereign; it is a Ninth Rank pill. Its toxicity will gradually take effect, leading to excruciating pain and decay throughout your body, leaving you unable to live or die."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Zhuzhou felt a sense of calm wash over him.
Even with his dull mind, he understood that this was not a dead end but rather an opportunity for survival.
"If he wanted to kill me, why go through all this? Those two powerful figures behind him could easily eliminate me."
"Since I'm not dead yet, there must be room for maneuver. My own life is of little concern, but my wife and child must live well."
With this thought in mind, Jiang Zhuzhou narrowed his eyes and asked, "What are your conditions? Given the circumstances, I will consider them."
Wei Chen grinned widely, pleased.
If he had forced Jiang Zhuzhou to take the pill immediately, the effect would have been far less significant. Jiang Zhuzhou might not have complied.
But through his relentless pressure and display of power, Jiang Zhuzhou recognized the invincibility of Wei Chen and the Peach Blossom Sect. Fear began to creep in as he gradually abandoned his struggle.
Wei Chen had calculated everything precisely: first to astonish Jiang Zhuzhou, then to instill fear, and finally, to achieve submission.
Jiang Zhuzhou swallowed the pill, already resigned to his fate.
That rough man, who was straightforward and unpretentious, could not play tricks in front of Wei Chen.
Wei Chen smiled and said, "With this pill, in ten minutes, its effects will take hold. If you don’t have an antidote, you will suffer painfully and die."
"As long as I do what you ask, you will give me the antidote," Jiang Zhuzhou replied.
"Exactly. You are quite a clever person. Those who know how to adapt are the true heroes. You are well aware of the current situation; this is the Central Domain of our Peach Blossom Sect and Fire Sect. Any force that offends our Peach Blossom Sect will not end well. The Dongxing Trading Company is the first Ninth-Rank Power I intend to eliminate, without a doubt, and that will not change. My relationship with Elegant ensures that your Dongxing Trading Company will become history," Wei Chen stated.
Jiang Zhuzhou fell silent for a moment, accepting this grim reality.
He looked at Wei Chen, waiting for what he would say next.
He knew that the next words would be crucial.
Sure enough, Wei Chen continued, "While the Dongxing Trading Company must be destroyed, your family can be spared. Although not entirely, I permit you to take thirty people with you. Is thirty enough?"
"Enough," Jiang Zhuzhou nodded immediately without hesitation.
He had thought it would be at most three or five people. He never expected it to be thirty.
Wei Chen had first struck him hard and was now sweetening the deal.
"Now then, you can honestly tell me everything you know. Hiding anything from me is pointless. Liu Mingcheng must die, Zuo Lengqiu must die, and everyone from the Evil Dragon Path Assassin Organization must die. Do you know why Thunderstorm arrived at the Peach Blossom Sect so early? After the Establishment, he continued to stay here. He and I had already planned everything; as soon as anyone from the Evil Dragon Path Assassin Organization shows up, they are doomed. As for Soul Palace, we have also prepared countermeasures to ensure we capture them all."
Wei Chen was unable to distinguish between truth and deception, while Jiang Zhuzhou was completely lost.
Wei Chen noted that the person in question was merely leveraging their influence, playing the game with cunning.
Perhaps they couldn't fool Liu Mingcheng and Zuo Lengqiu, but deceiving the naive Jiang Zhuzhou was more than sufficient.
Often, it wasn't necessary to speak the truth to persuade others; lies could work just as well. As long as a lie was crafted with substance, it could become a truth in its own right.
Wei Chen's lies were not entirely false.
Those things, if he sought Thunderstorm and Negotiate, could easily become reality.
It was both a leveraging of influence and a form of pre-consumption.
Jiang Zhuzhou nodded and said, "The events at the foot of the mountain were indeed orchestrated by the Evil Dragon Path Assassin Organization. They have many spies embedded among those hundreds of thousands, using a bit of deception combined with incitement; it's difficult for those people not to fall for it. Moreover, the Evil Dragon Path Assassin Organization even sent people to Cang Mountain. That's all I know. Liu Mingcheng and Zuo Lengqiu have always regarded me as a mere enforcer. Although my position at Dongxing Trading Company is not low, I am well aware that I do not hold as much power as they do. I only hear bits and pieces of important matters; I am not privy to the specifics."
"Are there people from the Evil Dragon Path Assassin Organization at the top of Cang Mountain?" Wei Chen asked with a frown.
"Yes, definitely," Jiang Zhuzhou confirmed with a nod.
"Those who can reach Mount Cangshan are all Ninth-Rank Powers. Even some of the stronger Eighth-Rank Forces are not qualified to participate in the auction. Has the Evil Dragon Path Assassin Organization extended its reach into other Ninth-Rank Powers?"
"Not exactly. During your Establishment, many Eighth-Rank Forces and even Seventh-Rank Forces came up. The auction only allows Ninth-Rank Powers to participate. After the Establishment Celebration, members of the Eighth-Rank Forces and Seventh-Rank Forces descended from the mountain. Among them were a few from the Evil Dragon Path Assassin Organization who hid on Cang Mountain; I don't know their exact whereabouts."
"Liu Mingcheng and Zuo Lengqiu are in contact with those individuals. It seems their goal is to force you to open the Formation System so that we can all fly out directly. At that moment, the people from the Evil Dragon Path Assassin Organization will recklessly attempt to disrupt your formation," Jiang Zhuzhou explained.
Wei Chen sneered, "Do they really think they can disrupt our formation with just a few lackeys?"
"Perhaps they are not just lackeys? From what I know, those individuals are all above the Earth Soul Realm, with the strongest being at the Soul Realm."
"Regardless, our Formation System is not so easily destroyed."
"I heard from Zuo Lengqiu that the Evil Dragon Path Assassin Organization has a formation-breaking devouring bomb," Jiang Zhuzhou said.
Upon hearing this, Wei Chen's expression changed. "A formation-breaking devouring bomb? Does the Evil Dragon Path Assassin Organization intend to go to war with us, the Peach Blossom Sect?"
Jiang Zhuzhou shook his head. "That's all I know."
The formation-breaking devouring bomb is a specialized tool designed to deal with formations. It has no other effects; when detonated at the moment a formation has a breach, it can unleash its maximum power.
However, if there is no breach in the formation, the effectiveness of the bomb is greatly diminished. For a Formation System like that of the Peach Blossom Sect, even thousands of these bombs would be useless. But once a breach appears, just a few dozen could destroy a large area of the formation, leaving a gaping hole.
If the layered Formation System of the Peach Blossom Sect were to have a significant breach, Wei Chen and Han Mang would need some time to handle it.
During that time, if enemies attacked, the Peach Blossom Sect would be in danger.
The only forces capable of threatening the Peach Blossom Sect, aside from the Soul Palace, were few and far between.
"Jiang Zhuzhou, what is the relationship between the Evil Dragon Path Assassin Organization and the Soul Palace?"
"I'm afraid I don't know. I have had no contact with anyone from the Evil Dragon Path Assassin Organization. They operate very mysteriously and work for money. Our Dongxing Trading Company had close ties with their leader about a century ago. Back then, when we needed someone eliminated, we only had to pay one-third of the normal price because of their assistance. So we had ample funds to hire them for killings. This time, with the trouble down the mountain instigated by them, we are merely assisting from up here. The Evil Dragon Path Assassin Organization promised us they would help eliminate a few more individuals at the Earth Soul Realm for free."
Jiang Zhuzhou revealed everything he knew, and from that point on, no matter what Wei Chen asked, Jiang Zhuzhou had no answers. His position in Dongxing Trading Company seemed rather insignificant.
This world still belonged to the wise; mere brute strength without brains was not very effective.
Wei Chen analyzed the situation for a while. The Evil Dragon Path Assassin Organization must be the vanguard of Soul Palace! Once the Formation System opened a significant breach, the people from Soul Palace could easily march in and attack Mount Cangshan.
"Gu Yuehong, you are responsible for leading the search. Make sure to comb through the entire top of Cang Mountain. No matter where it is, we must search every inch and dig three feet into the ground to find those members of the Evil Dragon Path Assassin Organization. With your sensing ability, it shouldn't be difficult, right?"
Wei Chen assigned the task to Gu Yuehong.
Gu Yuehong nodded. "No difficulty at all."
"Jiang Zhuzhou, you should go with Gu Yuehong. You know more about those members of the Evil Dragon Path Assassin Organization than we do."
Jiang Zhuzhou nodded, casting a wary glance at Gu Yuehong before lowering his head and following her.
"Ni Junlin, go capture Liu Mingcheng and Zuo Lengqiu without alarming too many people. Can you manage that?" Wei Chen commanded Ni Junlin.
Ni Junlin nodded but looked at Wei Chen with an odd expression, making no move.
Wei Chen frowned. "There's no time to waste. If you want to stare at me, can you at least wait until after we finish this important task?"
"I'll ask you just one thing: do you intend to marry Elegant and Qingling?" Ni Junlin's tone was cold, his expression even colder.
From the moment Wei Chen and Jiang Zhuzhou decided to have Thunderstorm propose, Ni Junlin's face had turned grim.
Wei Chen had promised her that in this lifetime, he would definitely marry her...
She never expected that after waiting so long, the promise would not come, and instead, it was Elegant and Qingling who got ahead?
She never imagined that the first to marry Wei Chen would not be Weirou, Snow Cicada, Mu Qingyan, or Ji Mei, but rather someone she wasn't too familiar with—Elegant—and even Elegant's sister, Qingling?
Seeing Ni Junlin's ugly expression, a shadow passed through Wei Chen's heart.
He couldn't be sure if Ni Junlin loved the false memories of the Demon Lotus Emperor or if it was himself.
"Are you afraid to answer my question?" Ni Junlin asked again.
Wei Chen took a long breath and stepped in front of Ni Junlin, staring at her seriously. "I will marry them all, including Sister Wei Rou, Snow Cicada, Mu Qingyan, Ji Mei, and even Zhao Yu from the Southern Region. I will marry them all."
"What about me? What about the promise you made? Now that you've grown wings, do you no longer need me? Was it like this in the last life and is it the same in this one?" Ni Junlin sneered coldly, her eyes icy as two tears rolled down her cheeks.
Wei Chen had named so many others without mentioning Ni Junlin's name; he could feel her disappointment and heartbreak completely.
Looking at Ni Junlin's tearful eyes, Wei Chen raised his hand and gently wiped away her tears. "Don't you know that there is a kind of love that doesn't require many words? You've followed me for so long; how could I possibly forget my promise? Ni Junlin, if you're truly willing to marry me, once these matters are settled, we will get married."
"Really?" Ni Junlin's expression changed instantly, surprise flooding her face.
Wei Chen gritted his teeth and said, "Ni Junlin, before that happens, there are some things I need to confess to you."
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