Chapter 2385: A Scheme

Mojard sighed in relief. This was the ruler of a world, and his character seemed to be quite good. Since he'd already said that, the promise was probably reliable. He'd never expected to be able to keep his life.

It seems as if the first miss and I do share a destiny after all. The heavens have pitied us.

A complicated expression flashed through Salamay’s eyes. “Alright. Have her come here.”

Zu An hesitated, but he still beckoned Ji Xiaoxi over. Jiang Luofu held her hand and slowly led her up to Salamay.

Salamay took out a green pearl and said, “This is a Poison Avoidance Pearl that I obtained in my earlier years. It can suppress the poison constitution within her and prevent it from flaring up temporarily.”

Zu An received the green pearl from her. It was the size of a pigeon egg and was shiny like jade. There was a gentle energy coming from it. Even after examining it carefully, he didn’t notice anything strange about it. At the same time, he was quite curious. This pearl was pretty, but could it really suppress that legendary innate Cruel Poison Constitution?

Jiang Luofu also received the pearl and confirmed that it wasn't harmful. Then, she asked Salamay, “How should this pearl be used?”

“She should carry it at her side, and shouldn’t remove it even when she's sleeping,” Salamay replied.

Jiang Luofu wrapped the pearl up in a spice bag and placed it into Ji Xiaoxi’s hands, saying, “Xiaoxi, I’ll help you make a necklace when there's some free time. Carry this pearl with you wherever you go.”

Ji Xiaoxi reflexively nodded. She was in a bit of a daze right now, especially after finding out what kind of thing the Cruel Poison Constitution was. When she thought about how she would have had no choice but to leave her father, her little aunt, and leave... him, having to live alone, she trembled with fear.

When he saw that Ji Xiaoxi was still fine after storing it away, Zu An sighed in relief and said to Salamay, “You two can leave now.”

Mojard was overjoyed. He went to support Salamay, saying, “First miss, let’s hurry and leave.” He was worried that Zu An might change his mind.

But Salamay pushed his hand away and said, “Uncle Mo, please leave first. I still need to stay here for a bit.”

Mojard was stunned. “What does the first miss still want to do here?”

“That’s none of your business, just hurry and leave!” Salamay said while biting her lip. Her words sounded a bit hurried.

But how could Mojard bear to leave her?

Zu An wasn’t interested in watching their dramatic master and servant relationship. He turned to the remaining elders from the True Demon race.

Perhaps because all of their hopes and dreams had been crushed, they hadn't escaped like Salamay’s subordinates. When he saw his gaze, the great elder stretched his neck and said, “Just kill me if you’re going to do it. Either way, our True Demon race is already finished.”

Zu An was a bit hesitant. After all, the great elder had treated him quite well when he was still playing the part of Donaire. He also told him many secrets. But since he'd killed the true Donaire, he couldn't just let them off either, as the grudge he shared with the True Demon race was already too deep. This was related to the safety of an entire world’s living beings...

He made his decision. Just as he was about to do the deed, however, the Time Scribe stopped him. “Your respected self, the True Demon race seems to be connected to a tremendous secret. They may be of critical use if we bring them into the sealed world.”

Salamay gave the Time Scribe a look. This guy hadn't spoken up for her at all when she was in trouble, and yet he actually stepped up when the True Demon race’s elders were about to be killed.

Could it be that even an honored first miss like me isn’t as important as these old men?

Zu An recalled the Celestial Court that the great elder had mentioned and couldn't help but feel a bit of longing. It seemed killing them really wasn’t a good idea. But letting them enter that sealed world seemed to pose too high a risk as well.

He suddenly thought of something and looked toward Ji Xiaoxi. “Xiaoxi, did you manage to create some monster-controlling pills in the underground city?”

At first, Ji Xiaoxi was completely absent-minded, but when she heard what he said, she reflexively took out a pill bottle and said, “Yes. This pill is called the Lifedeath Pill. Those who ingest this must take the antidote once per year, or else the drug will activate and inflict so much suffering that they will wish they were dead instead.”

At first, she hadn't felt any psychological burden when she made this pill, as she thought about how many people these monsters had harmed. But after larning that she had the Cruel Poison Constitution, she couldn't help but feel a bit sad and dejected.

I was a vile and malicious woman deep inside after all...

Teardrops rolled down her face like pearls when she realized that.

Zu An held her hand tightly and used his finger to wipe the tears on her cheek. “Xiaoxi, don’t worry about those things. I'll never leave you no matter what happens.”

Ji Xiaoxi had felt as if she was trapped in a stormy sea, but when she heard these words, she seemed to have found a small raft. She immediately calmed down a lot. “Thank you, big brother Zu!”

What did big brother Zu mean when he said that? Am I just overthinking things...

Her pale little face became a bit rosier. All kinds of thoughts filled her head, to the point that she couldn't even be bothered to think about her unique constitution anymore.

Pei Mianman and Yun Yuqing exchanged a look.

This guy’s words almost sound like a confession!

But they found that they didn’t feel that jealous at all. The first reason was that they all knew just how good a girl Xiaoxi was, and the second was that they had just learned about her fate and were still full of pity. How could they produce any feelings of malice toward her?

Zu An poured out the bottles’ contents. One pill floated before each elder and he said, “Please ingest it yourselves, lest I need to take action myself.”

The elders exchanged a look. Even though they wanted to refuse, when they considered the difference in fighting strength, they all accepted their fate and swallowed the pills. Soon after, a numbing sensation spread through their bodies, and several of them began to roll on the ground in pain as they frantically scratched all over. Blisters were growing all over them at an alarming rate.

Even the Time Scribe was a bit frightened. These elders were all quite strong, so their pain tolerance was supposed to be high, and yet they'd still suddenly ended up like this. It seemed the pills’ effects were extremely strong.

Salamay and Mojard’s eyelids twitched. They reflexively backed up out of fear that Zu An would force them to eat this poison too.

Ji Xiaoxi found it a bit hard to watch and quickly took out another porcelain bottle, saying, “Hurry and take the antidote.”

How could the elders still care about the consequences? They all shoved the pills into their mouths. That horrifying pain that reached their very souls finally gradually disappeared. When they got back up, their hair was completely disheveled. They bowed toward Ji Xiaoxi with lingering fear and said, “Thank you for the antidote, Miss Ji.”

Ji Xiaoxi was now a bit embarrassed as she said, “That wasn’t actually an antidote. It only works for a year. If you don't take it again next year, you'll experience that suffering again.”

The True Demon elders were stunned.

𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺

This girl has such a sweet and naive appearance, but she was actually so malicious inside!

As expected of that Cruel Poison Constitution or whatever, she’s rotten to the bone!

Why isn’t this damned constitution activating yet? Just poison everyone to death already!

The monsters were cursing inside, but they didn’t dare to express it on the surface at all.

Meanwhile, Zu An was overjoyed. With the help of this drug, he didn’t have to worry about these guys turning traitor anymore. He reflexively gave the Time Scribe a look, wondering whether to feed him this drug too.

When he saw that, the Time Scribe had goosebumps all over. He was wondering how to remove that dangerous thought from Zu An's mind when Ji Xiaoxi suddenly cried out and fell to the ground.

“Xiaoxi, what’s wrong?” Jiang Luofu was horrified and quickly moved to support her.

“Wait!” Zu An stopped her and the other women.

Under their confused expressions, Zu An said gravely, “There’s poison all around her right now.”

The women followed his line of sight and saw that Ji Xiaoxi was completely surrounded by black energy. The grass around her had already completely wilted.