latelenovela Chapter 1198: Internal Strife
Chapter 1198: Internal Strife
My mind wavered for a moment, nearly causing me to lose my balance.
Emotions of sour sorrow surged upward like a tide.
Yu Longting stepped forward immediately, checking the pulses of Chen Decheng and his wife.
He bowed his head silently for three seconds, then slowly delivered the answer, "The heartbeat has stopped."
"Who could it be?? Who managed to slip into the room soundlessly, under our very noses, such that... even Beichen didn’t notice." I barely held onto the shelf beside me to prevent myself from collapsing.
Although Chen Decheng and his wife seemed to be my employers, they were more than family to me.
Hearing of their deaths was akin to receiving the devastating news of losing close relatives.
From Yu Longting’s sleeve emerged two small red snakes that crawled into Chen Decheng and his wife’s nostrils, "Though the heartbeat has stopped, their bodies remain intact without any illness. If they can wake within three days, maybe... they can be saved. As for who did this..."
"I think this is more like a kidnapping." Beichen lowered his head and gently kissed the forehead of Xiao Li, who was pierced with many needles.
He suddenly spoke this sentence gloomily, which puzzled me for a moment, then brought sudden realization.
I was momentarily stunned and whispered, "Since they had the ability to let the Spider Silk enter silently, this person had many ways to kill, yet they just used the silk to wrap people up and spun such a thick layer of silk in the living room. Clearly, it was... a show of force!"
"Could it be that Medicinal Snake Sangsang that escaped last time, coming back to take revenge on us?" Yu Longting placed Chen Decheng and his wife on the sofa, stuffing an elixir into each of their mouths.
The Red Snake is a Medicinal Snake of the Snake Tribe, and its main function now is to protect the heart.
The elixirs they consumed were likely to replenish the vital energy absorbed by the Spider Silk, sustaining their basic bodily functions.
Although these remedies were immediately effective and Chen Decheng and his wife gradually looked better,
if they didn’t wake within three days,
their two bodies would become corpses and start decaying.
Beichen frowned and asked, "Snake Lord, what... Medicinal Snake? How come you never mentioned it before?"
Yu Longting sat on a single sofa, his fingers tapping lightly on his knee.
He proceeded to explain briefly to Beichen about the time they encountered Medicinal Snake Sangsang in the Demon Cave.
As Beichen listened, his expression grew more and more solemn.
His face was so dark it seemed it could drip water.
A sense of unease grew in my heart, as the more I listened, the more it felt like Yu Longting releasing Sangsang back then was the root of today’s plight.
But he was such a meticulous person, he shouldn’t have made such a basic mistake.
"You... even though you’re the Snake Lord, you’re being too arrogant. by wanting to investigate the origins of the Medicinal Snake, you planted this hidden threat." Beichen couldn’t hold it in, his eyes turned crimson as he lowly shouted at Yu Longting.
Yu Longting touched his neck, tilted his head with a bit of roguishness and indifference, "I do what I like, are you going to teach me how to act?"
Beichen’s aura grew even colder, feeling as if he was about to lose control of all energies and strike Yu Longting.
He had always been loyal to Yu Longting and wouldn’t flinch even if Yu Longting killed him.
But this matter implicated Xiao Li, who was Beichen’s bottom line, more important than his own life.
This was a confrontation, yet internal conflict arose before even facing the enemy.
"Alright, is your confrontation meaningful in any way? It’s internal waste." I pushed Beichen aside, separating the two, "Beichen, Medicinal Snake Sangsang was gravely injured at that time. Even if she used Evil Arts, it’d take at least a century to recover. The perpetrator this time can’t possibly be that Medicinal Snake."