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As Gao Fei was scheming against Dongfang Jian, Nangong Qi was also plotting against Shangguan Yunyue.

By despicable means, Nangong Qi had taken control of all the elders, leaving Shangguan Yunyue isolated and alone. Nangong Qi was a cautious person; he would not act without absolute certainty.

Shangguan Yunyue was at the Tribulation Crossing Period Great Perfection stage of cultivation, immensely powerful, and carried many treasures on her person. Even if Nangong Qi and all the elders joined forces to attack her, it would be very difficult to defeat Shangguan Yunyue, let alone capture her alive.

Sometime later, Nangong Qi came up with an idea...

He bribed a maid close to Shangguan Yunyue, then had the maid poison her. The poison chosen by Nangong Qi was special. It was a chronic poison, colorless and tasteless—undetectable by the one who consumed it. Taken little by little each day, over time it would accumulate to a critical level and then take effect. By that point, Shangguan Yunyue would lose her cultivation and be rendered powerless. The poison had a pleasant name, "Soft Bone Powder," and although it would strip the user of their cultivation, it would not threaten their life.

By the days it was counted, Shangguan Yunyue had been taking Soft Bone Powder for some time, and the poison was about to take effect.

That evening.

Shangguan Yunyue sat in the great hall, drinking tea and reading a book, a smile fleeting across her lips at the amusing parts.

At that moment, a maid came in from outside, carrying a bowl of ginseng soup. "Palace Master, the ginseng soup is ready. Please drink it while it's hot." The maid knelt down and gently placed the soup on the table.

"Mm." Shangguan Yunyue picked up the bowl, blew on the hot steam, and then began to sip it slowly. In no time at all, she had finished the ginseng soup. She put down the bowl and wiped the corner of her mouth with a handkerchief, smiling, "The ginseng soup tastes very good today."

"I'm glad the Palace Master likes it," the maid said, taking the empty bowl and leaving.

"Ah..." Shangguan Yunyue grunted, her complexion turning pale, "What's going on? Why has my body become so heavy?"

"No good! I've been poisoned!"

"Poison?"

"The ginseng soup?"

After sensing something was wrong, Shangguan Yunyue hastily circulated her qi, inducing herself to vomit the recently consumed ginseng soup, then quickly took several elixirs from her possession and stuffed them into her mouth.

In just a short moment, Shangguan Yunyue found that more than half of the True Qi in her body had leaked away, and what terrified her the most—the Dantian was actually sealed!

The Dantian is the foundation of a cultivator. Once the Dantian is sealed, all cultivation will instantly be lost!

Shangguan Yunyue took more than a dozen kinds of detoxification pills in one go, but they had no effect at all. The Dantian was completely sealed, and the True Qi within her body was rapidly depleting. Her eyelids grew heavier and her consciousness fuzzier. No, I cannot fall here! Shangguan Yunyue bit down hard on her tongue with her teeth, the brief intense pain bringing her a moment of clarity.

"Such a domineering poison!"

"Damn it!"

"Who is it that wants to poison me!"

Struggling to stand, Shangguan Yunyue walked towards the doorway...

Just then, Nangong Qi entered from outside, dressed in luxurious clothing and holding a folding fan. His presence was imposing, and his every move exuded an air of wealth, "Palace Master, what has happened to you?"

"Why are you here?" Shangguan Yunyue glared at Nangong Qi.

"Oh, just to see how you're doing," Nangong Qi said with a smile.

"See how I'm doing?"

"Yes, to see if the poison had taken effect," he replied.

"It was you!" Shangguan Yunyue's eyes widened in fury as she stared at Nangong Qi: "It was you who poisoned me!"

"That's right, it was me," Nangong Qi nodded slightly with a smile: "I'm the one who gave you the poison! Don't worry, it's just Soft Bone Powder, it won't harm your life."

"Soft Bone Powder… The colorless, tasteless Soft Bone Powder… One of the top ten chronic poisons…" Shangguan Yunyue said angrily: "Why did you poison me? Why!!! Don't forget, it was I who overruled others to promote you as Vice Palace Master, I was the one who made you! You repay me like this, are you not afraid of being struck by lightning!" All this time, Shangguan Yunyue had trusted Nangong Qi quite a bit. Whenever Shangguan Yunyue had to leave on business, she would entrust Piaomiao Palace to Nangong Qi's care. It never crossed her mind that Nangong Qi would poison her.

"Because you hurt me," Nangong Qi said slowly: "You wronged me first, so I retaliated with poison."

"I hurt you? How did I ever hurt you?"

"All these years, I've stayed by your side, protected you from the storm, and did everything I could to please you. Why do you think I did all that? Because I love you! Yet you rejected me over and over again…"

"I made it very clear to you that there's no possibility between us!"

"In my life, my heart has only moved for one woman, and that woman is you! I once swore that except for you, I would marry no one else! For you, I could go through fire and water. If you rejected me, it meant I wasn't good enough, not able to move your heart. It's okay, I can try harder, change myself, make myself better, more perfect. I firmly believe that one day, you will accept me."

"You…"

"Shut up! Let me finish!" Nangong Qi suddenly lost control of his emotions, and shouted loudly, eyes reddening and breath heaving: "You can reject me! But you cannot like another man! You just can't!!!"

Shangguan Yunyue was taken aback: "I like another man?"

"Stop denying it! I know everything!" Nangong Qi sneered: "You've changed, fallen for another man! When I found out, my heart nearly broke." He patted his chest as he spoke: "Right here, the pain is unbearable. You are mine, and no one else can take you away!!!"

Shangguan Yunyue was silent.

"If my affection can't touch you, then I'll use force to have you!" Nangong Qi roared: "If I can't have your heart, I will have your body! You belong to me! Belong to me!!!"

"You're insane," Shangguan Yunyue looked at Nangong Qi coldly: "Completely insane!"

"That's right, I've gone mad!" Nangong Qi swung his fist furiously: "Ever since I found out that you fell for another man, I've been mad! You've driven me to this, driven me!!!" With that, Nangong Qi stepped toward Shangguan Yunyue: "From today on, you are my woman!"

Shangguan Yunyue's expression changed: "What are you trying to do! Let me warn you, don't you dare make a move!" As she spoke, Shangguan Yunyue took a jade pendant from her waist and crushed it. It was an alarm jade pendant. Once broken, the disciples guarding outside would receive the message and rush in to rescue Shangguan Yunyue.

"You're wasting your effort," Nangong Qi said with a cold laugh: "No one will come to save you! Everyone outside has been bought by me! Including the elders, they now only take orders from me."

"Such a venomous mind!" Shangguan Yunyue cursed through clenched teeth: "You're an ungrateful wretch! As long as I draw breath, I will not let you off!"

"Come here, baby, let me take good care of you." Nangong Qi laughed triumphantly: "After waiting for so long, I'm finally going to get what I've longed for! Don't worry, I'll be gentle." Nangong Qi advanced step by step, his eyes shining with light.