He was afraid that the two would clash again, so after some thought, he dismissed Su Lang.
Su Lang was unhappy with this but did not dare to go against the Master. When he left, he was quite unhappy and secretly held a grudge against Liang Yuening.
He thought to himself, Liang Yuening is such an idiot. If not for the fact that he was the Master’s younger brother, he would surely have killed the boy.
He called the other a boy, not realizing that he was actually several years younger.
After Su Lang left, the lives of the few people on the mountain did not change much.
Every day, Dong Huiying was busy with Gu refinement, and from time to time she would have an attack.
Whenever she sensed that an attack was imminent, she would obediently walk into the cage.
At first, even within the cage, she could still injure herself all over.
But later, Liang Zhichen wrapped the cage with cotton blankets and secured her limbs with iron chains, stretching her into a ’big’ character shape.
Since then, even though Dong Huiying still had repeated attacks, apart from the bruising and purple marks left by the iron hoops on her wrists and ankles, there were no other external injuries on her body.
Each time, her attacks were very painful, and accompanying her in her pain was Liang Yuening. He even wished he could take on the Soul Devouring Gu himself so that she wouldn’t have to suffer any longer.
What she didn’t know was that, in addition to Liang Yuening, there was another man, Liang Zhichen, who was also sharing her pain.
Liang Zhichen, the man, was even more profound and rational. His emotions were not outward, he was too good at hiding them, making it impossible for others to see through what he was thinking. But whenever she had an attack, he appeared deeply troubled.
Time flew, and the day had arrived.
Dong Huiying counted the King of Gu in the jar—twenty-eight in total, more than enough, and probably even some to spare!
With these Kings of Gu, she was going to refine a King of Gu. For her, this was the moment of the final battle.
She entered the cage, and Liang Zhichen and Liang Yuening followed her in.
She looked at the faces of the two men, and her voice was a bit hoarse, "This time, it’s either it dies, or I perish."
Liang Yuening had already learned from his elder brother that Baobao’s previous ferocity was all due to the Poisonous Gu. He suddenly took her hand, but couldn’t say a word.
He didn’t want her to take the risk, but he also understood that this time, she had to take a chance, it was like making a final decision.
If she succeeded, she would never suffer from the Gu poison again.
Liang Zhichen was worried, "Why not wait a little longer?" As he asked this, he felt he was being somewhat rash and added, "Would you like to think about it more? If I’m not mistaken, Su Lang’s men have already sent the message back to Pingchang Prefecture. It won’t be long before Shujun and the others can arrive. Don’t you want to see them? Just in case... if something goes wrong, it would save any regrets."
Dong Huiying looked towards Liang Zhichen and then at Liang Yuening, who was already biting his cheek, struggling with all sorts of sorrows in his heart.
"I really don’t want to be seen in that state. To me, you two are already an unexpected surprise. As for Shujun and the others... forget about it."
She wasn’t performing, nor was this entertaining for anyone.
She didn’t want to be tortured by the Gu poison nor for a man to be upset because of her.
Especially Shujun, with his temperament, the sight of her suffering during an attack... surely he would not be able to bear it?
Lately, she thought of Shujun more and more often. In fact, long before she left the Liang family, she had a vague feeling about Shujun’s feelings for her, but at that time, she dared not believe it.