Chapter 1678 - 1679: Accident
Lin Chen handed a grilled fish to Shangguan Wan'er.
Shangguan Wan'er tore off a piece of fish and put it in her mouth. In the next moment, a look of surprise appeared on her face.
Then, Shangguan Wan'er devoured the grilled fish almost ravenously.
"Where did you come from?" Shangguan Wan'er asked.
"To be precise, I ascended to the Immortal Realm from Earth," Lin Chen replied.
"Earth?" Shangguan Wan'er paused for a moment upon hearing that.
Then she chuckled, "I've heard it's a very beautiful planet."
As the two were chatting, suddenly Shangguan Wan'er's expression changed slightly.
"What did you put in the grilled fish?" There was a glint of coldness in Shangguan Wan'er's eyes.
"Grilled fish? I didn't put anything, just some seasoning," Lin Chen said, a bit puzzled.
However, Shangguan Wan'er's face was becoming increasingly unpleasant.
Suddenly, Lin Chen also felt a strange reaction within his body.
"Damn it, what's going on?"
Shangguan Wan'er picked up her sword: "I thought you were a good person, but it turns out you're just like this."
Seeing Shangguan Wan'er's angry expression, Lin Chen couldn't help but frown.
He could be sure that there was definitely nothing wrong with the grilled fish, so where was the problem?
Lin Chen sniffed the air and detected a faint scent.
Suddenly, he recalled the red mist that the big man had scattered just before his death.
At that time, Lin Chen hadn't taken it seriously and directly dispersed it with a wave of his hand. But he never expected that the red mist hadn't truly dissipated and had quietly lingered in the air.
However, upon sensing the nature of this drug, Lin Chen couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
This drug wasn't a poison, but was indeed a kind of aphrodisiac.
Damn it, I was a bit careless.
This time not only he was poisoned, but Shangguan Wan'er was also poisoned.
Lin Chen tried to expel the poison, but discovered it had already integrated into his bloodstream and couldn't be expelled.
Damn it, this drug is so troublesome.
Realizing the drug couldn't be expelled, Lin Chen's expression turned somewhat grim.
Not far away, Shangguan Wan'er looked even worse than Lin Chen.
Shangguan Wan'er gazed at Lin Chen with a hint of resentment in her eyes.
Lin Chen said somewhat helplessly, "Don't look at me like that. It's not the grilled fish; it's the red powder that guy released at the end, it's an aphrodisiac."
"Red powder?"
Shangguan Wan'er also remembered that the big man had seemed to throw something before he died.
At this, Shangguan Wan'er's face flushed, realizing she had wrongly blamed Lin Chen.
"So what now?" Shangguan Wan'er asked in a bad tone.
Lin Chen gave a wry smile, "What to do? How would I know what to do? I also can't expel the poison right now."
"Can't expel the poison, could it possibly be...?"
Remembering the name, Shangguan Wan'er's face became even more unpleasant.
This is one of the most vicious Immortal Elixirs in the Immortal Realm. Once poisoned with it, it cannot be expelled, there's only one way.
"But..."
Shangguan Wan'er looked at the young man before her, somewhat unsure how to speak.
Lin Chen looked at Shangguan Wan'er and said, "Since you know the name of the poison, you must know how to cure it."
Shangguan Wan'er gave a bitter smile, "This poison has no cure."
"No cure?" Lin Chen froze for a moment.
"There is a method of remedying it, we must..."
Seeing the blush on Shangguan Wan'er's face, Lin Chen immediately understood.
"Forget it! Perhaps this is fate." Shangguan Wan'er suddenly placed the treasured sword at her throat.
"This girl again wants to take her own life."
Lin Chen's expression changed, and he hurriedly took the sword away.
"No, I can't watch you die," Lin Chen said.
...
After a night, finally the drug within their bodies began to dissipate.
When Lin Chen woke up, he found that there was no one beside him.
Lin Chen hurriedly put on his clothes and saw Shangguan Wan'er standing at the entrance of the cave, seemingly lost in thought.
On the cliff, with the fierce mountain wind blowing, Shangguan Wan'er's hair was flying behind her, giving her a transcendent and cultured feel.
After a moment of silence, Lin Chen finally awkwardly smiled and asked, "You're awake?"
Shangguan Wan'er slowly turned her head: "Actually, I wanted to kill you just now."
Upon hearing Shangguan Wan'er's words, Lin Chen gave a bitter smile: "The poison in your body has dissipated, right? It's not too late to kill me now."
Shangguan Wan'er said nothing, her clear eyes carrying a hint of wetness.
"Yesterday, I'm sorry, I... I just didn't want to see you die," Lin Chen finally broke the silence first.
"Sigh!" Shangguan Wan'er sighed, looking at Lin Chen.
"Actually, I should thank you, but you must promise me one thing: forget what happened yesterday, let's pretend we've never met."
"What, you think I'm not worthy of you?" Lin Chen asked.
Shangguan Wan'er said blandly, "What happened between us was an accident, so if you speak of this to anyone, I'll kill you."
As the words fell, an aura of an Immortal Emperor's peak-level expert was suddenly released.
Sensing the aura from Shangguan Wan'er, Lin Chen's expression couldn't help but darken.
"If you want to kill me, it may not be as easy as you think," Lin Chen suddenly said coldly.
"What did you say?" Shangguan Wan'er's eyebrows lifted, her sword abruptly appearing by Lin Chen's throat.
"Want to kill me? You can try!" Lin Chen took a deep breath and said word by word, staring at Shangguan Wan'er.
Looking at Lin Chen's incredibly determined gaze and the confidence that shone in his eyes, Shangguan Wan'er was stunned.
A few minutes later, she slowly lowered her sword, "Remember what I said, take yesterday's events to the grave."
"I won't tell anyone, but I will remember that you are my soulmate," Lin Chen said seriously.
