Chapter 1775 - 835: His Path to Survival

Chapter 1775: Chapter 835: His Path to Survival

Night enveloped the scene, and in the Plum Garden, the plum blossoms were in full bloom.

A gust of wind blew through, scattering the snow piled upon the plum branches, as if it were a snow of tears.

Beneath the plum tree, the ancient well lay silent.

A ghostly shadow arrived at the well’s edge.

With its back to the snowy landscape, the face of the shadow was revealed—it was the Jade Hand Poison Master.

Upon seeing the prohibition over the well, the Jade Hand Poison Master was unsurprised.

A burst of hand force shattered the prohibition, and within the ancient well, the poison smoke gradually dissipated.

The Jade Hand Poison Master flew down, landing at the bottom of the well.

Below the well, the little monster lay on the ground, motionless.

His ugly face still bore traces of tears not yet dry.

The Jade Hand Poison Master sighed and gently touched the little monster’s nose.

No breath remained, his body had lost its warmth; everything appeared akin to death.

"Truly a woman of venom, even her own flesh she would not spare."

The Jade Hand Poison Master checked the little monster’s body.

Immediately after, she took out a bottle from her possession, identical in color to the one she had earlier given to Lan Chuchu.

The Jade Hand Poison Master opened the bottle, placing it beneath the little monster’s nose, allowing a wisp of red smoke to enter his nostrils.

Not long after the red smoke penetrated him, the stiffness of the little monster’s body gradually regained warmth.

His leg twitched, and his eyes opened.

In the instant his eyes opened, the little monster leaped up.

All his grievances and anger transformed into a roar.

Like a hungry wolf, using fists and feet, the immense Divine Power showered upon the Jade Hand Poison Master like a torrential downpour.

The Jade Hand Poison Master had long been prepared; she shifted her steps, her body becoming a shadow.

She dodged the little monster’s fatal strike by mere inches.

"Ungrateful, just like your cold-hearted mother, unworthy of being human."

The Jade Hand Poison Master’s words were firm and resonant.

The little monster abruptly retracted his fists, hunching his overly large body, his eyes suffused with scarlet.

At this moment, he truly seemed like a beast, his mind filled with thoughts of slaughter.

With a bang, he knelt to the ground, his throat rumbling with the beast-like sound of restrained wailing.

"Cry, child, only then do you appear human."

The Jade Hand Poison Master’s hand landed on the little monster’s head.

Though not as beautiful and flawless as a mother’s hand, it was indeed warm.

In this cold night, the warmth from the Jade Hand Poison Master’s palm allowed the little monster to cry out and sob uncontrollably.

The little monster’s shoulders collapsed, from muffled whimpering to full-on bawling, leaving snot and tears streaming down.

The Jade Hand Poison Master did not move, waiting until the little monster had cried himself out before she took out a large piece of raw meat.

The little monster hesitated briefly, then took the meat, devouring it ravenously.

"What are your plans next? By tomorrow morning, this well will be filled in."

The Jade Hand Poison Master and the little monster were fated to meet.

Today, when Lan Chuchu requested something poisonous from her, the Jade Hand Poison Master suspected Lan Chuchu was scheming against the little monster.

The poison smoke was not truly toxic; it merely causes a state of fake death in a very short time.

The Jade Hand Poison Master went along with the ruse, giving it to Lan Chuchu.

Unexpectedly, Lan Chuchu indeed targeted the little monster.

If not for her precautions, the little monster, even if Undying, would be buried alive come tomorrow.

Lan Chuchu truly was a duplicitous, venomous woman.

The little monster chewed on the raw meat, as if he were chewing wax.

He was uncertain of where to go; his mother intended to kill him.

He felt sad, yet he did not wish to retaliate against his mother.

He didn’t hate his mother and believed she surely had her own reasons.

"Do you... wish to live one day like a normal person?"

After pondering for a long time, the Jade Hand Poison Master finally spoke.

With a thud.

The raw meat fell from the little monster’s hand onto the ground.

He rushed to Jade Hand Poison Master, eyes filled with surprise.

"Can you save... save me..."

He was not foolish; he knew the Jade Hand Poison Master was a mighty figure.

She could even counteract his mother’s poison smoke.

The little monster had always believed his ugliness was natural.

But now he realized he might be just like regular people.

If he were to become normal, would his mother not loathe him anymore?

Could he also be like other normal children, having his own mother, his own father, enjoying familial joy?

"It is possible, though I can’t help you myself. For you to be like others, you must leave Northern Territory Divine Palace. Would you be willing?"

The Jade Hand Poison Master looked at the expectant little monster, her heart softened.

Throughout her life, despite having loved someone and wielding great influence on the mainland, she had no one close by now.

This little monster, ruthless in killing, yet the most sincere person the Jade Hand Poison Master had ever seen.

Earlier, she had already checked his body.

As she suspected, it was not by chance the little monster became like this, but because within him was Black Cauldron Breath.

Originally, the Black Cauldron Breath posed fatal harm to humans; it had long parasitized the Heavenly Gang Bamboo.

Coincidentally, at that time, Lan Chuchu was pregnant, living daily amidst the Heavenly Gang Bamboo, unwittingly absorbing much of its Black Cauldron Breath.

Logically, Black Cauldron Breath should have weakened Lan Chuchu’s body, making the child in her womb doomed to be stillborn.

But then, Lan Chuchu coveted the Divine Elixir refined from Ye Lingyue’s flesh.

Xi Jiuye crafted the elixir with his own flesh to protect Lan Chuchu’s pregnancy.

Those pieces of Divine Elixir indeed had miraculous effects, preventing Lan Chuchu’s body from decaying and allowing the fetus to miraculously survive.

Yet though the fetus lived, it became deformed.

Owing to his Divine Master’s bloodline, though grotesque, he possessed immeasurable Divine Power.

This was all of the Jade Hand Poison Master’s conjecture, and the mystery of the little monster’s origins.

What the Jade Hand Poison Master couldn’t figure out was who tampered with the Heavenly Gang Bamboo in Lan Chuchu’s chambers.

And whether they were the destined owner of the Jiu Provinces Cauldron Fragments.

But the Jade Hand Poison Master was certain that the one who left the Black Cauldron Breath in the Heavenly Gang Bamboo could also cure the little monster’s deformity.

Yet the Jade Hand Poison Master didn’t know where her disciple currently was.

Upon hearing he had to leave the Northern Territory Divine Palace, the little monster hesitated.

Raised there since birth, he had never left the Northern Territory Divine Palace.

The outside world held uncertainties for him.

But the desire to be ordinary overcame everything else.

Moreover, his mother no longer wanted him; remaining there would only increase her distaste.

He awkwardly nodded.

"Excellent, here is a cauldron piece, called the Jiu Provinces Cauldron Ear. Once you leave Northern Territory, it will guide you to the one who can heal your body."

The Jade Hand Poison Master spoke as she took out a cauldron piece, solemnly handing it to the little monster.