Ignorant of Medicinal Properties

Lily Bai gazed at Sean Shaw, feeling a surge of emotion—after a hundred years apart, he had changed.

All traces of youth were gone.

He was more masculine now, more mature, more cool and handsome than ever.

Honestly, she was kind of tragic—falling for the same person in two lifetimes... She thought of Skye, and slowly looked away.

But just then, Sean’s grip on her waist tightened, pinching her so hard it hurt.

"Hey!" she yelped.

He didn’t let go. He didn’t even respond.

She smacked him. "Hey! That hurts! My waist! Go easy!"

Sean glanced at her, then finally said, "So you do know what pain is?"

Lily Bai: "...Why wouldn’t I know what pain feels like?"

Sean didn’t reply, but suddenly loosened his grip.

If you fell while using Swiftstride, you’d get hurt.

Lily Bai panicked and grabbed his hand. "Sean! I said loosen up, not let go!"

Sean glanced at her but said nothing.

......

Divine Lord Tanya Quinn had promised a surprise back in Eastern Luo.

Turns out, she wasn’t kidding.

The Celestial Empress issued a Divine Edict to the White Clan, ordering them to kill Bianca Whitefan.

She even specified that Lily Bai must attend in person.

Why did she pick the White Clan for this job?

It was because the Suppression Barrier had recently changed—you could enter now.

Bianca Whitefan was originally one of the White Clan. The Celestial Empress ordered them to honor her as an ancestor—and, while they were at it, poison her and finish her off.

The poison was handed to Emperor Marcus White, who was in shock for an entire day.

When Lily Bai saw him, he was clutching a porcelain bottle and a talisman, sitting there like a statue.

"Father." Lily Bai shook him. "Father, Father!"

Marcus White slowly came back to himself. When he saw Lily Bai, his eyes turned red and he hugged her, bursting into tears: "Little Fish! Little Fish, oh Little Fish! The Divine Edict actually commands us to poison our own Clan Ancestor, and says if she doesn’t drink it, I’ll have to drink it myself! Oh heavens! Oh earth! How could this happen?"

Lily Bai looked at her dad and helplessly patted his back. "It’s fine, it’s fine! Leave it to me!"

As she spoke, she took the two items from his hands.

The talisman was for entering the barrier.

The porcelain bottle contained a deadly poison for dealing with Fiends—the main ingredient was Fiendbloom.

Fiendbloom is a pretty magical thing.

It’s born from the blood of the ancient Demon Emperor.

For spiritual cultivators, it’s a top-tier cure for demonic poisoning; for Fiends, it’s a sacred and deadly taboo.

With such expert refinement, this bottle is instant death for any Fiend who touches it.

And judging by its age, it’s probably from the Gatekeeper’s era—hundreds of thousands of years ago.

To just hand over something this precious—either they’re brainless, or... they don’t understand medicinal properties at all.

"Little Fish, do we really have to poison our Old Ancestor?" Marcus White had never been this conflicted in his life.

"Father, the Celestial Empress is so benevolent—she’d never make us do something so cruel to our ancestor," Lily Bai said. "She’s just testing us!"

"Testing us?" Marcus White looked totally lost. "Testing us for what?"

"Fourth Highness wants to marry me, right? But I’m just a High Immortal—my cultivation isn’t up to par. The Empress is testing whether we have virtues like filial piety, benevolence, firmness, and chastity. If we don’t even have those, then we’re truly hopeless!"

"Really?" Marcus White’s eyes widened.

"Really," Lily Bai said. "If you actually did it, you’d be unfilial, unkind, and totally spineless! We’d fail the test for sure!"