You don't want your secret to be revealed by others, right?

Chapter 131 - 53. The First Disciple of Shenxiao_3

Anyone could see through it.

The Twelfth Prince certainly did not dare violate the rules, but he used this method to give Lin Yue a blow.

There were benefits, but also accompanied by pain!

"I understand, my royal brother is very good to me."

Lin Yue coughed a few more times, then pressed the blade against the throat of the Life and Death Chess piece. The blade pierced deeply, causing a thread of black blood, filled with medicinal scent, to flow.

"I heard that the Life and Death Chess exists between life and death, so is it dead or alive?"

At this moment, Lin Yue stared intently at the Twelfth Prince. His eyes were incredibly sharp, and he no longer coughed; the long knife in his hand did not tremble at all.

He was already fully focused, as if he could kill this Life and Death Chess piece with one stroke at any time!

"Seventeenth brother still wants to make trouble?" the Twelfth Prince shook his head slightly.

"No more trouble."

Lin Yue’s eyes were calm as he spoke word by word, "Earlier, royal brother threatened me with those around me, and I couldn’t stop it. But with the life of the Life and Death Chess in my hands, royal brother also can’t stop it. Can we now negotiate terms?"

The Twelfth Prince chuckled and shook his head, saying, "I heard that Seventeenth brother grew up among commoners and never entered the Cultivation World. I dare to bet... even if I kill everyone around you, you wouldn’t kill the Life and Death Chess."

"Then should we gamble once?"

Lin Yue gave a faint smile, "Royal brother may act, and we’ll see whether I kill it or not. I truly don’t believe that the lives of the remnants of the Tantian Sect can compare to this important Life and Death Chess of royal brother."

The Twelfth Prince pondered for a moment and said, "Is Seventeenth brother planning to come to Di Hong City? Do you intend to use this Life and Death Chess to make connections with that important minister?"

"Royal brother is a smart man," Lin Yue replied calmly.

The Twelfth Prince sighed and said, "Why must Seventeenth brother wade into these muddy waters of Di Hong City? Wouldn’t it be better to cultivate freely in the wild?"

Lin Yue was silent for a while, then said in a low voice, "If royal brother can agree to one condition, I can give it up, hand the Life and Death Chess to you, and I won’t return to Di Hong City."

"Let me hear it," the Twelfth Prince said gently.

Lin Yue slowly said, "I heard that royal brother is skilled in the Poison Skill. I want a compilation of the ultimate poisons created by royal brother and the antidotes corresponding to those poisons."

"Ultimate poisons?"

The Twelfth Prince smiled faintly and said, "The ultimate poisons I created have no antidote unless I personally neutralize them. Is this your reason to enter Di Hong City?"

Lin Yue furrowed his brow slightly and couldn’t help but start coughing again.

Ultimate poison, must be neutralized personally?

The parting bitterness on the old drunkard was inflicted by the Twelfth Prince, if the Twelfth Prince knew the person to be saved was the old drunkard, would he still make a move to detoxify?

"No need."

Suddenly, a slightly aged voice sounded from outside the courtyard.

Lin Yue’s body trembled slightly, slowly turning to look.

An old Daoist robe-clad man, reeking of alcohol and carrying a jar of wine, walked through the doorway into the courtyard.

It was none other than Priest Tu!

The Twelfth Prince looked at the old Daoist and suddenly laughed, "So the person Seventeenth brother wants to save is the former chief disciple of the Shenxiao Sect eighteen years ago. Interesting, very interesting."

Everyone was suddenly surprised.

The Daoist Sacred Land, the chief disciple of the Shenxiao Sect?

"Old drunkard?" Lin Yue frowned at Priest Tu.

Priest Tu carried the wine jug to Lin Yue’s side, shook his head with a smile, and said, "Silly child, His Highness Prince Cheng is never going to agree to your request."

"What?" Lin Yue was stunned.

The Twelfth Prince looked at Priest Tu with a smile and said, "Tianyunzi, eighteen years no see, you’re still alive. But... it looks like you won’t last many more years."

Priest Tu took a swig from the wine jug and then said, "Thanks to His Highness Prince Cheng, these eighteen years haven’t been too bad."

The Twelfth Prince shook his head slightly with a helpless smile, sighed softly, and said, "Looks like there’s nothing more to talk about."

He looked at Lin Yue and asked, "Seventeenth brother really won’t hand over the Life and Death Chess?"

Lin Yue frowned.

Before he could speak, Priest Tu put a hand on his shoulder and calmly said, "Don’t give it up. His Highness Prince Cheng just doesn’t want the Life and Death Chess to be killed, that’s why there hasn’t been any action till now. If you give it up, everyone here will surely die."

The Twelfth Prince smiled and said, "If you don’t give it up, you will die sooner or later as well. Do you both think you can make it to Di Hong City alive?"

"Stalling for time is better, didn’t this old man stall for eighteen years?" Priest Tu smiled back.

"Oh? Then die now."

The smile on the Twelfth Prince’s face was gentle and benign, yet an invisible ripple spread out with astounding speed.

Everyone’s expression suddenly changed.

Everyone understood that the Twelfth Prince was renowned for using the Heart Poison of Divine Thought, and now he clearly intended to use it!

At this moment—

"Boom!"

A majestic and solemn low thunderclap suddenly resounded, and sparks of lightning burst out, instantly shattering the invisible ripple sent forth by the Twelfth Prince.

At this moment, in the hands of the old Priest Tu was a purple-jade pendant surrounded by electric light.

The thunder and lightning came from this jade pendant.

"Hmm?" The Twelfth Prince raised an eyebrow slightly.

In the next instant, the jade pendant began to float in mid-air, the threads of electric light forming and outlining the figure of a man, with only his head appearing real, the neck and below composed entirely of strands of electric light.

That was a middle-aged man with a slightly haggard look, cloudy eyes, unshaven, and somewhat unkempt.

Facing the Twelfth Prince directly, without the slightest loss of momentum.

"Oh, Fourteenth brother?" the Twelfth Prince’s smile was shallow.