Chapter 1041: Purple King Yan
The Purple King Yan was a purple flower that gave off a faint mist that was sweet-scented and purple-colored. Those who smelled it would fall into a hypnagogic[1] state and forget all about their worries.
But of course, this wasn’t why the Purple King Yan was called the Purple King Yan. It was because those who saw it would suffer all sorts of unusual nightmares when they went to sleep at night. The nightmare was endless, and the dreamer was tormented until they died.
Anyone below Trueman or Grandmaster was dead as soon as they saw the Purple King Yan. It was because they would have smelled the mist from this distance. Even a Trueman and Grandmaster might not avoid this gruesome fate if they weren’t careful.
To run into the flower was like encountering King Yan himself. Death was the only outcome. That was why it was called the Purple King Yan.
There was a silver lining though. The Purple King Yan was extremely rare, and it only grew within a huge swamp deep within the mountains. Therefore, it wasn’t as harmful as it could have been.
“Hold this in your mouth.” Ye Qing handed Wan Dusheng a pill. “Do not swallow it.”
“The pollen of Clear Sky Flower, Luozhi grass, foxglove, rice-paper plant, and hyacinth juice?”
Wan Dusheng gave the pill a sniff before exclaiming in shock, “A good number of the ingredients of this pill are deadly poisonous. What on earth is this, young master?”
“It’s called the Fifth Watch Survivor,” Ye Qing answered while feeling quite impressed. As expected of someone formerly called the King of All Poisons, Wan Dusheng was able to guess most of the pill’s ingredients just by sniffing it. “I have a friend who created an antidote that specifically counteracted the Purple King Yan. ‘King Yan wants you dead by the third watch, but I will keep you alive until the fifth.’ That is the description of this pill, and why it was named the ‘Fifth Watch Survivor’.”