Swiftly, Long Zimei emerged from the spatial rift, accompanied by Cao Wenbin with a somewhat vacant look and Long Ri Tian with a countenance fraught with complexity.
"Master, we have returned."
He gave a gentle nod.
The Medicine Emperor remained mute.
At this time, his attention was firmly fixed on Cao Wenbin.
"Eh? Why is Cao Wenbin in such a stupor?"
"Could the dosage of the drug have been increased?"
"It shouldn't be so..."
Just as he was about to deliberate more thoroughly, Long Ri Tian suddenly bellowed.
"Medicine - surnamed wretch! Curse your eight generations of ancestors!"
"You damned scoundrel, you made a fool of me. Do you know how humiliated I was at the banquet?"
After speaking, Long Ri Tian launched a palm strike directly at the Medicine Emperor.
"Have you gone mad?"
"After all, we can be regarded as brothers - in - law in a sense. What's wrong with asking you for a little favor?"
"Tell you what. For the next week, I'll let Long Zimei accompany you alone. Will that do?"
The Medicine Emperor said rapidly while fending off the attack.
"Really?"
"A promise is a promise."
As if he had been anticipating this moment all along. No sooner had the Medicine Emperor finished speaking than Long Ri Tian immediately withdrew his hand.
"Damn it. You'll perish because of this woman sooner or later."
The Medicine Emperor was so enraged that his beard bristled.
Nevertheless, he didn't engage in further entanglement with Long Ri Tian. Instead, he turned and beckoned to Cao Wenbin.
After all, the poison he had administered to Cao Wenbin had an expiration.
If he didn't use the Soul - Teasing Art to reinforce it, trouble was bound to occur.
As for the matter he had been pondering earlier, it had been completely driven out of his mind by Long Ri Tian's interruption.
"Lad, where's your bravado from the Phoenix Cave?"
Watching Cao Wenbin approaching, the Medicine Emperor grinned with great glee.
In his mind, he had even commenced contemplating how to deal with Cao Wenbin shortly.
"By the way, he must send Die Yunyu over at once."
"Only in this way can I be worthy of the original owner of this body."
The more he thought about it, the more elated the Medicine Emperor became.
The perfect figure of Die Yunyu instantly dominated all his thoughts.
But soon, his pupils began to constrict.
Not out of excitement, but because he suddenly noticed that Cao Wenbin, who had come beside him, had somehow produced a dagger at some point.
And he was stabbing it towards his heart.
"This must be a dream. I must be dreaming."
Despite his words, the Medicine Emperor's body reacted with remarkable alacrity and dodged with great haste.
However, the two were too close.
Even with his rapid reaction, he still couldn't evade Cao Wenbin's lethal blow.
"Pfft~"
Without a doubt, the dagger pierced directly into the Medicine Emperor's heart.
If it were an ordinary person, they might have perished on the spot and gone for reincarnation.
But after all, he was the Medicine Emperor.
Somehow, he managed to get the dagger lodged in his body.
No matter how hard Cao Wenbin tried, he couldn't pull it out.
"You're not poisoned?"
Even now, the Medicine Emperor still couldn't come to terms with this reality.
However, he was still relatively composed.
After all, there were still two people in this room under his complete control.
Even if he lost his combat prowess, Cao Wenbin still couldn't cause much havoc.
But just a few seconds later, his expression shifted from calmness to horror.
Because he suddenly realized that Long Zimei, the great Emperor, had also broken free from his control.
The hairpin - shaped weapon that he had only seen once thousands of years ago was also attacking his vital areas.
"How could this be?"
The Medicine Emperor was completely dumbfounded.
This was completely different from what he had envisioned.
"Damn it. Could it be that Long Zimei encountered a twelfth - grade Emperor of the Cao family during her operation?"
At the thought of this possibility, the Medicine Emperor's body immediately began to tremble.
At this moment, he was truly terrified.
"No, I must flee immediately."
"If this really alerts a twelfth - grade Emperor, even the king of heaven himself couldn't save me."
It must be said that the Medicine Emperor was truly resolute.
Sure enough, after making up his mind, a small cauldron immediately emerged in front of him.
The Medicine King Cauldron!
A mid - grade imperial weapon!
His former best companion.
"Old fellow, farewell."
As soon as the murmur ceased, a burst of white light immediately emanated from the body of the Medicine King Cauldron.
"Damn it. This guy is going to detonate the imperial weapon."
Long Zimei was highly knowledgeable. So, after discerning the Medicine Emperor's intention, she immediately dragged Cao Wenbin and retreated.
"Huh? Only taking Cao Wenbin?"
"Isn't Long Ri Tian with them?"
"If so, this young dragon can still be exploited."
Glancing at Long Ri Tian, who was clearly also stunned by this sudden turn of events, the Medicine Emperor's eyes lit up.
Thereupon, he immediately shouted, "Long Ri Tian, come and help me escape quickly!"
"I can tell that Long Zimei has only temporarily regained her consciousness."
"As long as you help me escape, I'll immediately give you the restriction to control her."
Long Ri Tian was visibly stunned for a moment.
But soon, he burst into a tirade of curses. "How many times have you tricked me with this? I won't be fooled this time, damn it!"