Chapter 28: Heartbroken

  As soon as the stone gate was shattered, the grand hall of the cave mansion appeared before the eyes of the five people.

  The hall is tens of meters in diameter, looking very empty. Except for a stone bed with unknown fur and a stone table with two stone chairs, there are no other objects. On the stone table, there is a wine jug and several cups. Along the edge of the hall, there are three stone doors in three directions, which should lead to three rooms.

  The five of them had consumed a lot of magic and energy to break the seal. They were all very tired, but seeing the seal being lifted made them extremely excited. As they walked into the hall together, they saw an empty and desolate hall, which left them somewhat disappointed.

  Feng Tao waved his hand and a sword energy shot towards the stone gate directly in front of the entrance, originally without much hope, but the stone gate shattered on cue. A room with a diameter of about 10 zhang (30 meters) was revealed. In the center of the room stood a fire-red cauldron. On the walls hung many gourds used for storing medicine. Upon seeing the cauldron, Yuan Fu Tong's eyes immediately lit up. This cauldron was at least an extreme-grade artifact, far better than the one he currently used.

  Upon seeing this, the others also became excited. Zhao Yan Zheng's flying stone technique and Han Tian Xing's giant wood technique respectively struck the left and right stone doors, both of which shattered with a loud noise. One room revealed a bookshelf, while the other revealed a stone bed, on which sat a person dressed in black robes. The five people observed this with their divine sense and determined that it was likely the remnants of someone who had lived in the cave. The black-robed person had a purple-colored qiankun bag at his waist, which looked very luxurious. Seeing this scene, everyone's face revealed a genuine smile.

  "Haha, this time everyone has come in handy, there's enough stuff here for everyone to share. Let's go take a look at what's inside the Qiankun bag first." Feng Tao said with a smile, Hu Xin's Xuan Shui had already wrapped around the two of them and hadn't been withdrawn back to his waist. Feng Tao's sword was also held in his hand.

  As he looked at others, Zhao Yan Zheng's banner-like artifact had already been taken out, and the flying sky centipede was also by his side. Han Tian Xing's crystal tower was already in his hand. Yuan Fu Tong hastily took out the xuan gui shield to protect himself in front of him. In his heart, he secretly regretted. "Still not enough experience, ah, treasures are in front, yet I didn't have any vigilance. Fortunately this time everyone is mutually restraining each other, no one dares to make the first move, if it were just me alone, I'm afraid I would have already been taken down by someone."

  Suddenly, Han Tianxing took out a dan medicine and put it in his mouth, then sat down cross-legged. Yuan Futong and the others also felt a sharp pain in their heads, hurriedly circulating their internal energy to check their bodies, and when they looked at each other again, they were all shocked. The four of them felt that their internal energy was circulating slowly, as if there was a sticky substance attached to it, running through their meridians, and wherever it flowed, the meridians were filled with this sluggish toxin. The four of them quickly sat down cross-legged, took out detoxification medicine, put it in their mouths, wanting to expel the toxins. After a while, none of them got up, clearly the toxin was potent, and the medicine had no effect. However, Yuan Futong's body had the help of Huo Yu, sensing that there were toxins inside, a flame burst out from Huo Yu, wandering through his meridians. Wherever the flames flowed, the toxins in the meridians were immediately refined, circulating one big cycle, and the toxins were already cleared. When he circulated his internal energy again, it was unobstructed. However, seeing that everyone else had not gotten up, he also didn't move. Yuan Futong vaguely felt that this matter was suspicious, it wasn't necessarily someone from the cave putting out the toxin, which didn't make sense. Thinking back to the plot of his past life and these years' experiences, Yuan Futong thought it was possible that one of their five people was playing tricks. He put the Xuan Gui shield in his hand, accumulating energy waiting for an opportunity to strike, but on the surface, he pretended to be unaffected by the toxin, quietly observing changes.

  After a while, no one else got up. Feng Tao and the others felt that their internal energy was not circulating, and there were no signs of the toxin being expelled at all. At this time, Han Tianxing stood up, looking like nothing had happened to him.

  "Brother Han, please give me another antidote pill. When we divide the things later, let Brother Han choose first." Zhao Yan saw that Han Tianxing had been detoxified and hurriedly asked for medicine. Feng Tao saw this situation and became very anxious.

  "I also agree to let Brother Han choose first, and give us one antidote pill each."

  "Heh heh, okay, everyone wait a bit." Han Tianxing put his hand into the Qiankun bag and walked to Zhao Yan's side. Suddenly, he made a move, using the Luli Tower to smash the Feitian Wugong onto the ground. The Feitian Wugong was struck by this blow, its body battered and bruised, twitching on the ground, seemingly unable to survive.

  "One person taking it all is better than everyone getting a share, right? If that's the case, why do I need to divide it with everyone?" Han Tianxing said as he put away the Luli Tower, his words sending chills down the spines of the four people.

  "This poison was administered by you! It's 'Soft Heart Smoke'." Feng Tao shouted.

  "Haha, Brother Feng is indeed knowledgeable and experienced. This is actually the last packet of Ruyan cigarettes left to me by my master."

  "It's indeed the Soft Heart Smoke. When one smells this smoke, they won't feel anything at first and might even feel a sense of comfort, with their spiritual energy circulating faster. But when the poisoner uses their magic to stir up the toxins, it feels like one's heart is being trampled. As the spiritual energy slowly dissipates, one's mood will be like being brutally trampled by someone else." Feng Tao explained while asking questions.

  "Feng brother wants to delay, huh? Hehe, no big deal, you should know the effect of this soft-hearted smoke. The longer it's delayed, the more it will exhaust your spiritual power, and the less you'll be able to use it. I pretended to be poisoned and meditated to detoxify, just to trick you into exhausting your spiritual power and driving out the toxins. Hehe, with a cup of tea, everyone would have already circulated their spiritual energy once around the body. The toxins have already spread throughout the body, even if there's a magic pill to cure it, it'll take at least an hour or more to recover your spiritual power. What's the use of delaying this bit of time?" Han Tianxing's tone was full of teasing and mockery, as if he wanted to vent something.

  "For the sake of these things, you don't even care about our friendship of so many years?" Feng Tao questioned.

  "Friendship? Ha! Have you ever considered me as a friend? All these years, you've been treating me like an errand boy!" Han Tianxing's voice started to get agitated. "Isn't it just because your cultivation is higher than mine? Isn't it just because your Golden Sword Decree is more powerful? How many things have you snatched away from me over the years? That time during the distribution, wasn't it you who chose first?"

  "Is it just for this?"

  "If that's the case, then so be it. After all, such things are common in the cultivation world, and I have nothing to complain about. But think about what you've done since you met Hu Xin!"

  "What's it got to do with her?"

  "What does she have to do with anything? Since you met her, when we were acting together, did you ever help me? When dividing things up, wasn't it her who took first. After you two picked, what was left for me? I used up all my savings to get her Blue Frost Grass, what compensation did you give me? If I hadn't been stuck on the 6th floor for so long without using my savings to buy a Revival Pill, I would have already broken through to the 7th and 8th floors by now. She would be far behind me."

  Feng Tao fell silent, it seems what Han Tian Xing said was all true.

  "Nothing to say now? Haha, with this gain, I will have my own magic weapons and elixirs. I will definitely succeed in building my foundation and become a superior being! Haha!" Han Tianxing had already gone somewhat crazy. Yuan Futong had prepared the Qianyang Thunder and Xuantu Shield, ready to launch a sneak attack when Han Tianxing made his move.

  "When did you poison, and why didn't we discover it?" Zhao Yan took over the conversation, seemingly trying to stall for time. His flying centipede had been smashed to death, and he didn't have a good solution, so he could only drag out the conversation to prevent Han Tianxing from making his move now. However, Han Tianxing seemed to have been suppressing something for a long time and wouldn't rest until he finished speaking.

  "It's really absurd, it's almost like the plots in movies and TV shows. Are all villains going to be overthrown while they're being verbose?" Yuan Futong thought to himself, but he didn't release the Qianyang Lei in his hand, wanting to see how things would develop.

  "I had already released the Soft Heart Smoke when I was releasing the Drunken Willow Smoke, it's just that you didn't notice because of the cover-up by the Drunken Willow Smoke. It's just that I used a very small amount, so it wasn't easy to detect. Only after using the Five Elements Breaking Seal Technique did I trigger the toxin."

  "Now you are all unable to use your magical powers, everything of yours is mine. Especially you, you cheap woman, today I will see what you really look like, making Feng Tao infatuated and dizzy, using all his strength to help you." As he spoke, Han Tian walked forward to lift Hu Xin's veil, Hu Xin struggled to dodge backwards, but without magical powers on her body, she was just a weak woman, unable to evade. Feng Tao came up to stop him, but was bound in place by Han Tian's entwining technique, the sharp spikes of the spell piercing him and covering him in blood.

  The veil was lifted, revealing a stunningly beautiful face and a pair of eyes filled with extreme terror. Hu Xin's appearance was extremely gorgeous, even in the realm of cultivation where beauties were as common as clouds, she could be considered a rare treasure. What was even more precious was the purity between her eyebrows, which made people feel a sense of pity at first sight.

  Seeing Hu Xin's face, Han Tianhang was stunned for a moment: "What a beautiful person, no wonder Feng Tao likes you so much, haha, now everything is mine."

  As he spoke, he stretched out his hand to Hu Xin.