Overbearing Immortal Doctor Chapter 1616 - 1715: A Sense of Doubt

Huangfu Hengjing forced a bitter smile, "Brother Long, if only you sought to unravel everything like I do. Honor, power, status, authority—all lose their meaning in the face of death."

Long Hengtian gazed at Huangfu Hengjing.

Huangfu Hengjing continued, "As the saying goes, one wishes for a peaceful death. I’ve harbored this doubt for centuries, and now that I’m nearing death, I feel an urge to know."

"Does this involve your suspicion regarding me?" Long Hengtian asked, having some inkling of what Huangfu Hengjing was seeking. Their relationship had always been rather limited.

Huangfu Hengjing nodded solemnly and said, "I want to ask you, back when my elder brother married my sister-in-law and he committed murders in Huangfu City that stirred a great sensation, later persuaded by my sister-in-law, I let go of the matter. But after that, did you ever meet with her again? I mean, did you have private meetings?"

"Huh?" Long Hengtian furrowed his brows suddenly.

This personal affair, whether one should marry someone, even if there had been a relationship, was not something splendid to disclose.

"Yes or no?" Huangfu Hengjing pressed on again.

Long Hengtian snapped angrily, "Huangfu Hengjing, do I need to divulge my private matters to you?"

Huangfu Hengjing’s assertiveness faded immediately. He shook his head and said, "You’re the foremost of all, if you choose not to speak, then I, of course, have nothing more to say."

Saying this, Huangfu Hengjing turned to leave. This old man seemed lonely and frail.

"Huangfu Hengjing," Long Hengtian suddenly called out to him, "why ask this?"

Huangfu Hengjing hesitated for a moment, then sighed and said, "When my sister-in-law gave birth to the Crane Beak Shovel, my brother was in seclusion. Secretly, she arranged to kill all the attendants, guards, and even several royal family members who knew of the birth. Later, she claimed Crane Beak Shovel was born six months late. When my brother left seclusion, the Crane Beak Shovel was already four years old. For six months no one noticed this discrepancy. I’ve always wondered why."

The Dragon God and the Heavenly God were surprised. He asked, "How did you find out?"

Huangfu Hengjing smiled bitterly and said, "Because I was the person she sought. By holding a handle against me, she promised that if I helped her, she would speak into my brother’s ear and grant me great power. So, we struck a bargain, and this is why I chose suicide.

Finishing his words, Huangfu Hengjing looked at Long Hengtian and said, "This pertains to whether the Ancient Clan Chief Huangfu is truly of Huangfu blood. How can I die peacefully without knowing?"

Rao Long had a fiercely strong spirit. At this moment, he was completely immobile. For a moment, he seemed to recall many past events. It seemed... it seemed... the face of Huangfu Gao held a resemblance in his eyes.

"Leave, I have nothing more to say." After a while, the Dragon Soul said coldly.

"Alright, alright." Huangfu Hengjing sighed, turning away.

Watching Huangfu Hengjing’s retreating figure, Long Hengtian maintained a calm facade, but internally he was roiled with turmoil. In this emotional upheaval, even the deaths of three disciples and his own humiliating beating were pushed to the wayside.

In an obscure hall within Huangfu City, Huangfu Hengjing made his way here. At this moment, the hall was always occupied by one person—Huangfu Gao, the head of the Huangfu Ancient Clan.

"Uncle, how are things recently?" Seeing Huangfu Hengjing enter, Huangfu Gao asked urgently.

After Huangfu’s death, he said, "I believe we’ve achieved the desired effect."

"That’s excellent," Huangfu Da seized his fist, "now that our experts in the Huangfu Ancient Country and Nirvana have suffered casualties, even Zhuang Sunx and Duanmu are gone. It’s time to bind the Dragon God firmly to our chariot. Hmph, one Dragon God can match ten top Holy Lands. With him, Huangfu Ancient People have the capital to battle."

Huangfu Hengjing couldn’t help but wonder, "How did you know your mother’s private encounter with the Dragon God?"

Huangfu’s Crane Beak Shovel revealed a muffled smile, "Before my mother died, I had to find the Dragon God for help in future moments. Do you think she would hide her stories with the Dragon God from me?"

Huangfu Hengjing too smiled bitterly. On the brink of death, many secrets tend to be divulged. Especially when his elder brother was absent.

Indeed, Huongfu Hengjing’s schemes regarding the Dragon God, all were orchestrated by Huangfu Gao. Claiming a delayed birth by six months and killing everyone aware of the true date, it was a concocted story. Huangfu Gao manipulated events just to utilize the Dragon God; unfortunately, the most powerful Dragon God in the world was outmatched in the realm of political maneuvering by Huangfu Gao. Mere simple tactics could allow Huangfu Gao to manipulate the Dragon God.

"Just Chieftain. Our current main enemy is the Star Heaven Sect. Even with the Dragon God’s assistance, opposing the Star Heaven Sect, I fear we might..." Huangfu Hengjing did not continue, but his implications were clear enough.

A sinister gleam flashed across Huangfu Gao’s face as he responded coldly, "Third Uncle, do you reckon if the Dragon God’s weapon is coated with the Spirit Flower’s deadly poison, even if Star Heaven Sect’s Divine Beasts and Divine Land humans besieged the Dragon God, whose demise do you think is certain—the Dragon God or Divine Land Star Heaven Sect?"

"This..." Huangfu Hengjing was shocked.

Across the river, upon merely touching the Soul Flower’s poison, even a power comparable to the Void King Beast like the Shenglei Hong had perished. Who could withstand it? Yet, under the terrifying power of the Dragon God, to casually slash a wound was to easily inflict damage. Who could withstand that?

The most terrifying poison spanning vast lands, combined with the world’s top experts, indeed made for an impossibly formidable threat.

Seeing Huangfu Hengjing’s terrified eyes, Huangfu Gao let out a satisfied cold chuckle, "Slay all the Star Heaven Sect’s Divine Beasts and Divine Humans, even butcher Qin Feng along. By then, the once strongest Star Heaven Sect would be a weakling waiting for slaughter."

Huangfu Hengjing stated, "But the Dragon God is the finest in the world, possessing boundless pride. To have him resort to poison in battle, he likely wouldn’t consent."

"Heh, worry not, Uncle. Merely making him believe in a father-son relationship is the first step. I have my ways to ensure his agreement. Before that, we’ll clandestinely watch Star Heaven Sect’s movements and gather the deadly poisons from across the river. How much can we amass? Within the Star Heaven Sect, their Holy Lands contain vast animals and human presences."

"Very well, across the river the poison is truly extreme." Huangfu Hengjing nodded in agreement.

The Soul Flower across the river exists only in a peculiar environment within the Huangfu territory, blooming once every hundred years for merely a quarter of an hour. When its blossoms open, the nectar inside must be harvested, dried, and refined to become the world’s most fearsome poison. Unfortunately, the Soul Flower across the river is sparse, providing little toxin essence. Even if the Huangfu Ancient People exhausted their national might, they would obtain little. Otherwise, armed with their toxic weaponry, ancient Huangfu would have long ruled these endless lands!

Huangfu Gao intended to bestow all poisons from across the river to the Dragon God, liberating the lands from the Star Heaven Sect’s Holy Lands. Once deprived of the Holy Lands, the Star Heaven Sect posed no threat.

As Huangfu Gao formulated a new sinister plan, the maps and towering rivers and mountains within Tuoba territory were quietly folded, disappearing, with the Sky Shattering Conference relocated to the Divine Land Imperial City.--No one could anticipate what the Star Heaven Sect leader planned next.