He looked as if he had just been fished out of the water.
Several Elders withdrew their hands and helped Elder Ye to lift Ye Qi onto the couch.
"What on earth is happening to him? What’s on his body?"
The Elders looked at the small, worm-like red things moving rapidly under Ye Qi’s skin, as if they were about to break through, and couldn’t help but feel itchy themselves.
Elder Ye frowned deeply and quickly reached out to investigate what was happening.
Finding no clear reason, Elder Ye directly cut Ye Qi’s wrist.
In the blood spilled on the ground, several small red worms writhed incessantly.
"Blood Poisonous Insect!"
Upon recognizing what it was, Elder Ye’s heart skipped a beat, and the other Elders were also shocked upon hearing it.
Upon hearing about the Blood Poisonous Insect, one of the Elders instinctively shouted this name.
After calling out the name, he realized the significance of the person and clenched his heart reflexively.
This name truly struck fear into people’s hearts, even after a thousand years.
The Blood Poisonous Insect is rarer than even the Ancient Divine Beasts.
Because this Blood Poisonous Insect was discovered in the body of an Ancient Fierce Beast slaughtered by Nie Jiuque’s father in those days.
Back then, this event shocked the Five Realms.
Afterwards, the Blood Poisonous Insect became a weapon of Nie Jiuque’s father, and after his father’s death, it naturally passed into the hands of Nie Jiuque. Tʜe source of this ᴄontent ɪs novel⦿fire.net
"Impossible, the Demon Lord has been dead for a thousand years." However, this statement from one of the Elders was quickly contradicted by another.
And his contradiction was agreed upon by the others present.
Listening to the Elders’ remarks, Elder Ye’s expression became increasingly grave. He looked at Ye Qi, who was pale on the bed, and asked:
"Child, what’s this Blood Poisonous Insect about? Who planted it on you?"
Ye Qi weakly gasped for breath and answered feebly.
Ye Qi’s answer surprised everyone a little, but upon thinking it over carefully, it seemed reasonable.
However, Ye Qi denied the thoughts in their hearts.
"He’s not the owner of the Blood Poisonous Insect, he also has it in his body. I was marked because I drank his blood."
Upon Ye Qi’s words, several Elders exchanged glances, their faces and expressions changing.
After a while, Elder Ye spoke with a heavy tone, seemingly talking to himself: "Could it really be the Demon Lord?"
After speaking, he met Ye Qi’s gaze.
Hearing even his father consider the return of Nie Jiuque, Ye Qi, who had always remained calm in the face of adversity, could no longer stay composed.
Seeing Ye Qi become emotional, Elder Ye subtly shook his head to him, signaling him not to speak, and calmed him with his eyes.
"Who but the Demon Lord can activate this Blood Poisonous Insect..."
"Though he’s supposedly gone forever, how could he still be..."
The more the Elders discussed, the more they felt it was most likely Nie Jiuque.
"Though Nie Jiuque was young and impetuous, he once acted rashly for beauty, yet he was ultimately the Demon Lord, not a rash young man who wouldn’t consider consequences. It’s reasonable that he had left contingencies in that fateful battle," Elder Ye said.
"But this thousand-year silence requires true patience."
Whether this was commendation or criticism was unclear, but Nie Jiuque’s patience surely wasn’t something ordinary people could achieve.
"So was this attack on our Cat Demon Clan by the Demon Realm at Zuo Yan’s behest or by Nie Jiuque’s command?" an Elder asked.