The won of Witch Mountain, isolated from the world.
It is said they do not marry outsiders. If an outsider man wishes to commit his life to one, he must abandon worldly fa and fortune, settle within Witch Mountain, and never leave again for the rest of his life.
A woman who inherits the identity of the Witch, if she seeks to leave Miaojiang, must relinquish her title and may never return to Miaojiang for the rest of her life.
"Young lady, what is your surna? Where is your ho?"
"My surna is Luo. My ho... I have no ho. I’m from the mountains."
The mountains.
No matter how much Pri Minister Xun wracked his brains, he could never have imagined that the mountains Luo Yuan spoke of were the legendary first sacred mountain of Miaojiang—Witch Mountain.
The illegitimate child he had shut out was a descendant of the Luo family of Witch Mountain.
The Xun Family, though basking in a few generations of splendor, could never compare to the Luo Family, which had endured in Miaojiang for over a thousand years.
Dynasties may rise and fall, but Witch Mountain remains eternal.
"Xiuyuan, could you take our child back to the Xun Family? Could you inscribe his na in the Xun family’s genealogy?"
"Our child... he truly longs to call you father, even just once."
He had refused unthinkable wealth and splendor ti and ti again, cutting off countless opportunities to build alliances with Miaojiang.
And it was at this mont that he finally understood why Luo Yuan had nad their child "Luo Shan."
She had never forgotten Witch Mountain.
She hoped that one day, Luo Shan could return to Witch Mountain.
How laughable.
All his life, he had sched, forever weighing gains and losses.
Yet it turned out that the true gains and losses lay hidden in the seeds of cause and effect he himself had sown.
Pri Minister Xun’s perpetually impassive face was like an artificial mask, but at this very mont, cracks began appearing on that mask, growing wider until it shattered entirely.
ng Qianqian would never show any rcy: "Do you know why Xun Qi betrayed you? It wasn’t because he lacked loyalty—quite the opposite. Your own son probably doesn’t have as much love and devotion for you as Xun Qi does. And yet, how did you treat him? You robbed him of the only brother he cared about.
"In your eyes, it was only natural to assu that everyone ought to willingly die for you. But have you ever considered that treating them like dogs doesn’t an they actually are your dogs?"
"From the mont you began exploiting everyone, your eventual fate of being betrayed and abandoned was already sealed."
A searing pain, sharp as knives and fire, tore through his heart. Pri Minister Xun suddenly vomited a mouthful of black blood.
At the instant he saw the black blood, a fleeting clarity overtook him. Pressing his two fingers together, he struck his own chest, tracing along the lines of his scapula, following the path all the way down his arm.
Eventually, he reached his wrist.
Beneath the skin of his wrist languished a vaguely pulsing Gu worm.
"You dared to poison with Gu?"
Pri Minister Xun said coldly.
No wonder his emotions were spiraling out of control.
Besides her provocation, there was indeed the ddling of the Gu worm.
"Only realizing now, are you?"
ng Qianqian twirled her hand clad in silver thread gloves, "Grandfather once told , your Inner Strength is profound. Without using Gu to weaken you first, directly fighting you head-on would be sheer foolishness on my part."
Pri Minister Xun reached for his waist.
ng Qianqian raised an eyebrow and sneered: "Don’t bother searching. The Gu worm you carried has already been devoured by my Golden Silkworm!"
The Si Snake had already delivered a carrier pigeon, confirming that a traitor had erged from Miaojiang. Bai Qingchen’s Gu worms were useless against those assassins.
The only things that could nullify Gu worms were either the Antidote Pill or a stronger Gu worm.
However, the Antidote Pill’s efficacy was transient.
As a cooperative partner, the Pri Minister surely deserved a superior-grade Gu worm.
But alas, her Golden Silkworm Gu was the reigning Gu King of Miaojiang, and no Gu worm could escape being devoured in its presence.
"Prepare to die, Pri Minister Xun!"
All her earlier words—besides enraging him—were rely intended to delay long enough for the Gu worm to take full effect, crippling most of his Inner Strength.
But now that the Gu worm had been detected, there was no reason to draw things out any longer.
No elaborate techniques. No cunning sches.
That which conquers all trickery is strength itself. In the face of overwhelming power, all artifice becos futile.
Returning to the basics, ng Qianqian thrust her spear viciously toward Pri Minister Xun’s chest.
Pri Minister Xun firmly grasped the Red Tassel Spear in ng Qianqian’s hands: "Did you really think a re Gu worm and a few worthless words could kill ?"
ng Qianqian smiled wistfully: "You’re wrong. The one who kills you... is not ."
She tilted her head slightly.
Lu Yuan’s sword plunged into Pri Minister Xun’s chest.
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