Threat
Mu Yu stopped at a marsh farthest west upon seeing the yellow screen stretching from the floor into the sky, recalling it was the border of the ruins that terrified the fiend race – also the end of the continent, allegedly.
Fiend King Green Dragon tried creating a barricade, but the poison would corrode the formation he erected with time, resulting in the king yielding to it. According to the nine-tailed cat brothers, they dropped to the ground after a wind blew while they were a good kilometre away from the border.
“The plants here sure are different to the ones I know. Why do they not corrode when there’s poison in them and, instead, are healthier? It’s almost as though they thrive off the poison here. As for this poison, I could formulate it, but I can’t produce it since I don’t have the energy here,” Mu Yu mumbled.
“I don’t like the vibes of this place,” griped Xiaoshuai, tucking himself in Mu Yu’s shirt with the dragon vine.
Mu Yu gave the plants in the swamp a flick, triggering a poisoned reed to come to his hand. “The poison fills up the hollow interior.”
“Mu Yu, are we going to check inside?” Xiaoshuai asked.
“Though I’d like to, not this time. I might change my mind later, but we need to rescue the kids first.”
***
Jiao Dahu threw the doctor to the ground and sauntered to Jade Wyrm. “My Lord, we have brought the doctor from Sunshine Valley.”
Jade Wyrm pulled off the white net. “How are you, Doctor?”
He doctor stood up and aggressed, “What do you want?! Didn’t you kick me out of the imperial city back then under the false accusation of malpractice?!”
“I’ll cut straight to the chase. You know how to cure ruins poison, apparently.”
“Your point?” scathingly questioned the doctor, not fearful despite the discrepancy in their power.
“If it’s true, I need you to help me treat me. If you can, I’ll redact the order back then, and you will be Green Dragon Kingdom’s prized doctor again. I will also build a new clinic for you in the imperial city. What do you say?” demanded Jade Wyrm, posing his demands as a question.
“You want me to treat you? Are you saying you’re ready to amputate an arm?”
“Amputate an arm? Are you messing with me? Didn’t you save the nine-tailed cats without any consequences?!”
“That wasn’t me; that was Mu Yu. If you want to be rid of your poison, ask him, not me.”
“You want to do this the hard way, huh? I’ll take you to the ruins now. Let’s see if you’ll amputate an arm!”
“Kill me for all I care. You dragons never respected other fiends. I now serve Fiend King Phoenix. I won’t yield to you dragons. Go on. Let’s see what Find King Phoenix does to you after!”
“Hmph, Fiend King Phoenix isn’t around, so who can tell her what happened? I can already see everyone targeting Mu Yu for killing you.”
“You monster.”
“Technically speaking, I’m a dragon. If you refuse to help, I’ll bury the valley along with you, and it’ll be Mu Yu’s credit. I suppose he wouldn’t mind massacring the entire valley after he killed a divine silkworm.”
“… Fine,” agreed the doctor, after realising resistance was hopeless. “I need to back to collect the herbs I need, though. Also, I must have Elder Tiantu’s consent because his blood is the booster.”
“You don’t need to. I have any herb you could need. As for the booster…”
Jiao Dahu received the signal to pass the baskets behind the table to the doctor.
“You lot are the culprits, after all! Have you no conscience?!”
“What do you mean, Doctor? Mu Yu killed the kid. We went through a great deal to rescue these two,” Jia Dahu claimed, flashing his yellow teeth.
Though the doctor was relieved that they only put the children to sleep using spiritual energy, he thundered, “You should’ve sent them back to Sunshine Valley, then! You want to use their blood when they’re just kids?”
“They’re mere morons without intelligence,” scoffed Jade Wyrm. “All that matters is that they can free me of this condition.”
“I refuse to use their blood to treat you!”
“In that case, I shall kill them.”
The doctor pulled the baskets behind him as Jade Wyrm coiled his arm. As a result, Jade Wyrm suspended the doctor in the air by his throat…
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