Chapter 494: Bigger Trouble May Be Awaiting
Aldrian narrowed his eyes while Baek Jimin looked at her mother, wondering what she had found.
Sect Master Baek sighed.
"It looks like there is an outside family working with Grand Elder Kwon. And with her connection to the devils, I assume the devils also have a connection to that family." Baek Jimin narrowed her eyes.
"Who is it?" she asked.
"It’s the Tang family," Sect Master Baek said, then looked at Aldrian. "I believe that when you healed me, you could sense a dose of poison spread across my body?"
Aldrian nodded. The poison was fatal to Sect Master Baek. For a poison potent enough to affect a cultivator of Sect Master Baek’s caliber, it could not have been an ordinary poison. If the Tang family was involved, then it made sense.
From what he knew, the Tang family was famous for their mastery of poison in the demon territory and was one of the most feared families because of it. With their mastery, they could create many kinds of poison, from ones used for curing to those used for killing.
"When I did my purge, I successfully killed many of the elders from Grand Elder Kwon’s faction. With my strength, it was an easy thing to do. For them to face me, they had to work together and trap me using formations, but I made sure to kill them one by one without giving them a chance to coordinate or gather."
"When I finally reached Grand Elder Kwon’s place and fought her, I almost killed her. But suddenly, she spread poison powder at me, making me flinch and back off. However, it was too late, as I had already inhaled some of the poison. The poison took effect immediately, and I felt pain throughout my body while my organs burned."
"I could not circulate my energy properly. My dantian and meridians felt like they were drying up. In that moment, I tried to escape, but that bitch managed to cut off one of my arms when I dodged her fatal strike." Sect Master Baek spoke with a furious gaze, remembering how her hand had been severed.
"When I was nearly surrounded by other elders, I decided to escape using an escape talisman. The escape place was known only to me and your father," she said to Baek Jimin, then looked around at her surroundings.