"Why? Hahaha…"
Mu Jiuge laughed maniacally, then said viciously, "You, someone so intelligent, actually ask such a foolish question? He wanted to kill me, so why shouldn't I kill him?
As you said, he wanted to kill me when I was weak and seize the position of the Poison Sect leader. How could I let him have his way?"
As he spoke, he secretly moved his hand behind his back while Zi Lingling and Ye Lingyuan were not paying attention.
A dried yellow flower was slowly crushed into powder by his fingers and fell to the ground.
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The two pretended not to notice, but a mocking smile simultaneously appeared on their lips.
"What about your daughter, Mu Shasha? She's always innocent, isn't she?"
Zi Lingling also spoke while subtly taking out an antidote pill, grinding it into the air.
Mu Jiuge sneered, "Daughter? Humph! Where do you think she resembles me? She was just an infant I picked up on a whim!
When I first found her, I only wanted her to help me test poisons. And speaking of which, that little girl is indeed a treasure. Although she doesn't have the Myriad Poison Physique, she can detoxify herself.
Oh, right. She should still be unconscious now, shouldn't she? It seems the new poison I developed this time is quite potent!"
Mu Jiuge's demeanor was as shameless as it could get.
Zi Lingling sarcastically said, "I've always disliked scolding people, because I don't scold those who are not human. But today, I don't even have the desire to scold you!"
The cold air from Ye Lingyuan's body lowered the temperature of the entire secret room.
Mu Jiuge sneered, "The Underworld Princess is indeed talented, scolding without using any vulgar words. But whether I am human, a beast, or worse than a beast, it's none of your business, because you will soon be liberated."
Zi Lingling said lightly, "Is that so? But before that, I have one more question. I wonder if Sect Master Mu can enlighten me?"
Mu Jiuge sneered, "What can't be satisfied when a person is about to die? Speak, I will tell you everything I know, without reservation!"
Zi Lingling asked, "Is 'A Smile of Fleeting Beauty' on the Tianyuan Continent your masterpiece?"
Mu Jiuge was surprised, "You actually know about 'A Smile of Fleeting Beauty'? It seems the Underworld Princess truly has extraordinary insight! That's right, it is my masterpiece, but soon, it will no longer be 'A Smile of Fleeting Beauty'."
"What do you mean?" Zi Lingling had a vague sense of foreboding.
Mu Jiuge said proudly, "It means nothing much, I've just modified 'A Smile of Fleeting Beauty'. Of course, you can also consider it... 'A Smile of Fleeting Beauty' has mutated!"
"It's Shasha? You actually turned Shasha into a poison source?"
Zi Lingling was shocked. No wonder she found traces of 'A Smile of Fleeting Beauty' within Mu Shasha.
"The Underworld Princess is indeed smart!"
Mu Jiuge said, "Originally, I planned to test successfully on Shasha before creating a human-shaped poison source and throwing it onto the Tianyuan Continent.
But man proposes, and heaven disposes!
Shasha was taken away by His Highness the Underworld King, and my men couldn't stop them. Right now, quite a few people have probably become new poison sources!
I originally intended to secretly go and see Shasha, after all, some data still needs to be recorded.
But I guessed you two were coming, so I had to suppress my curiosity and entertain you two first!"
Zi Lingling's face turned cold, and she cursed, "You are simply a madman!"
She was extremely anxious at the moment because Mu Shasha, the source of infection, was in the Wind and Rain Tower of the Azure Dragon Empire.
If anyone were to get infected, it would spread in large swathes, like a bottle of ink poured into a water tank.
"Madman? Hahaha..."
Mu Jiuge laughed wildly, "So be it if I'm a madman! It's always said that geniuses are on the left and madmen are on the right, which means I'm only one step away from being a genius."
Zi Lingling suppressed her anxiety and asked, "What good does it do you to destroy the Tianyuan Continent?"
Mu Jiuge sneered, "Good? None! However, I just want to test the power of the new toxin I've developed!"
"You bastard! Demon! Madman! You want to kill so many people just to test a poison?"
Zi Lingling was so angry her lungs were about to explode.
She considered herself to have seen many evil spirits, but she had never encountered a madman like Mu Jiuge before.
"For me to achieve enlightenment through poison, their deaths are meaningful. Once I achieve enlightenment, I will naturally not forget the contributions of everyone on the Tianyuan Continent!"
Mu Jiuge exuded an aura of madness.
Enlightenment through poison?
Zi Lingling finally understood Mu Jiuge's true objective.
Mu Jiuge intended to break through the shackles of the Tianyuan Continent through poison and reach the Emperor Realm!
Zi Lingling sneered, "If someone like you can break through to the Emperor Realm, then the heavens are truly blind!"
After she spoke, her aura erupted, and she was about to shatter the cage that confined them.
Although this cage was made of meteorite ore, it was nothing to her, whose combat power was close to the minor god realm.
However, Ye Lingyuan was faster than her.
The moment her aura erupted, the cage made of meteorite ore had already been shattered into powder by Ye Lingyuan.
Mu Jiuge was shocked, "How is that possible? I clearly..."
"You clearly poisoned me, didn't you?"
Zi Lingling sneered, "It's just the poison of the Apricot Demon Flower. Where did you get your confidence?"
Mu Jiuge's pupils constricted, and he asked in surprise, "You actually know the Apricot Demon Flower?"
Zi Lingling scoffed, "After being poisoned by the Apricot Demon Flower, your spiritual power is sealed, and your limbs feel weak, right?"
"How do you know?"
Mu Jiuge was even more shocked, but he quickly reacted and said, "Are you... an alchemist?"
"Only now do you realize? Too late!"
Zi Lingling snorted coldly, "Scum like you, remaining in this world, is an insult to the very air!"
As her words fell, Mu Jiuge was already caught in Ye Lingyuan's palm.
Soul searching!
Zi Lingling's immense divine sense surged into Mu Jiuge's forehead, rampaging through his mind.
She wanted to find out if there was an antidote for the poison in Mu Shasha.
But unfortunately, Mu Jiuge had only just developed the poison and had not yet had time to develop an antidote.
However, all the information about the poison was read by her.
This way, she saved a lot of steps and did not need to analyze the poison, allowing her to directly research the antidote.
Soon, Zi Lingling finished the soul search, but her expression was extremely grim.
She had never felt such intense killing intent towards a stranger, but Mu Jiuge had made her achieve this feat from scratch.
As Zi Lingling was about to act, Ye Lingyuan preemptively used his spiritual power and directly snapped Mu Jiuge's neck.