The reason why cultivators practice is to improve their strength, but the ultimate goal is to pursue immortality.
Since ancient times, no one wants to live forever, especially the powerful and wealthy. Who doesn’t want to be rich and wealthy forever?
But no matter how strong a practitioner is, he can only live a few hundred more years and still cannot escape the natural law and destiny of life: "birth, old age, sickness and death".
Faced with the temptation of "extending life", Chen Musheng and several family heads were very excited. Eating a life-extending peach can help you live at least ten more years. This has been verified by many parties.
Even if they are expensive, it often takes decades to get one.
Now that Gong Yongnian was so generous and brought over a basket of longevity peaches, they were lying if they said they were not excited.
"President Gong is so polite..."
"We will accept President Gong's wishes..."
Everyone expressed their gratitude one after another, their eyes almost glowed green, and they wanted to eat the longevity peach immediately.
While everyone was chatting and being polite, Chen Dong came to Shang Zhiming, reached out and rummaged around in the basket to pick it up. There were only six or seven longevity peaches in the basket, which showed that this thing was indeed quite rare.
"Is President Gong so kind? He won't poison the peaches, right?" Chen Dong muttered as he picked them up.
Shang Zhiming's face suddenly changed, his cheeks trembled slightly, and he said angrily: "Chen Dong, you don't have to eat, but you can't insult our president like this!"
It's just that while he was annoyed, he also felt a little guilty because he had indeed poisoned a certain peach.
Chen Musheng and the three family heads also felt that Gong Yongnian would not do this. In Shangjing, which was still the residence of President Bingma, what benefit would it bring to him to poison a demon-killing commander?
So several people also tried to persuade Chen Dong not to think so much about Gong Yongnian, and Shang Zhiming also said just now that if Chen Dong comes back from the south and they compete again, is it possible that Gong Yongnian will slap him in the face?
"Really? How about eating a peach?" Chen Dong randomly picked out a peach from the basket and handed it to Shang Zhiming.
Shang Zhiming only poisoned one of the peaches and even marked it.
Now he could see clearly that the peach Chen Dong handed over had no mark made by himself.
"Just eat it!" Shang Zhiming looked annoyed, but he was relieved in his heart. He took the peach directly and finished it with a few clicks.
When everyone saw it, they were even more convinced that Gong Yongnian would not poison the peaches, and they all tried to persuade Chen Dong: "Okay, President Gong is the president of the Alchemist General Union after all, how could he do such a dirty trick?
"
Chen Dong nodded and said, "I also think so. What kind of person is President Gong? How could he have sores on his head, pus on the soles of his feet, a pierced intestine, a father picking off ashes, a mother stealing from a man, and a daughter-in-law being raped all the time?"
Violent things like trampling on people and giving birth to a child without a butthole?"
Shang Zhiming almost spit out a mouthful of old blood. He was scolded by every word, but he didn't dare to react in any way. He felt extremely uncomfortable, but he could only smile apologetically: "Yes, yes, don't worry.
, our president will not do such a thing..."
Shang Zhiming distributed the peaches to Chen Musheng and several family heads one by one, and then gave the last peach to Chen Dong.
——Of course it’s the marked poison peach.
"Please taste it, everyone." Shang Zhiming smiled: "My mission is completed, everyone can continue chatting, I will go back to resume my life first."
"Okay, President Shang, walk slowly."
"Well, Commander Chen will stay."
Shang Zhiming turned around and left the commander's mansion.
The three family heads couldn't wait to eat the longevity peaches. They rarely eat them once in decades, and now they were even crunchier. Only Chen Musheng did not move. Instead, he ordered someone to get a silver needle and walked to Chen Dong.
In front of him, the longevity peach stabbed into his hand.
Chen Dong looked at Chen Musheng in surprise.
"Gong Yongnian definitely doesn't dare to do anything to us, but it's hard for you to say...it's important to be on guard against others." Chen Musheng smiled, pulled out the silver needle, and found that it was intact, and then said with relief: "Okay,
Eat."
Chen Dong nodded and quickly swallowed the peach.
…
Shangjing, Alchemist General Union.
Gong Yongnian is waiting anxiously in his alchemy. He is very worried that Shang Zhiming's operation will fail. If the other party finds out, his life may be at risk.
At this moment, the door was pushed open and Shang Zhiming walked in.
"How's it going?" Gong Yongnian asked immediately, with some trembling in his voice.
"Succeeded!" Shang Zhiming said excitedly: "President Gong, I succeeded. I saw Chen Dong eat the poisonous peach with my own eyes!"
Then, Shang Zhiming explained the whole process.
"Hahaha, that kid actually guessed that I would poison the peaches..." Gong Yongnian said proudly: "But so what, why don't you just eat it? Hehehe, you know he can't stand the longevity peach.
lure……"
"Yes, President Gong was wise enough to let me poison the longevity peach..." Shang Zhiming was also very excited.
Thinking that Chen Dong would die soon, both of them laughed.
"By the way, how long does it take for your poison to take effect?" Gong Yongnian asked.
"President Gong, my poison is called Xuelihong. It will attack an hour after taking it. However, it does not seem to be a sign of poisoning, but a sign of being possessed. First, there is pain all over the body, then twitching from top to bottom, and finally
He vomited blood and exploded to death! Even if Chen Dong died, he died because of a mad obsession, and no one would have thought that it happened to us."
"Oh - you are too cruel...but, I like it!"
Gong Yongnian burst out laughing again, and of course Shang Zhiming laughed along with him.
"I ordered people to continue to keep an eye on Chen Musheng's command house. I want to get news of Chen Dong's death as soon as possible!"
"yes!"
Shang Zhiming immediately went out and asked people to do this.
An hour was neither long nor short. Gong Yongnian was suffering in his alchemy shop. Thinking back to all the things Chen Dong had done to the alchemist union, he became angry and became increasingly frustrated.
Hate it.
"I want to see that kid die with my own eyes!" Gong Yongnian said through gritted teeth.
"President Gong, I'm afraid this is a bit difficult. We are also at the scene, which can easily arouse suspicion..." Shang Zhiming was worried.
"What are you doubting? Haven't you already reconciled with them? It's only natural for me to go over and say a few words to them! I want to see Chen Dong die with my own eyes!"
"This...okay!"
Shang Zhiming thought about it and realized that it was not impossible, so he agreed to go out with Gong Yongnian.
…
Shangjing, the residence of President Bingma.
In a certain hall, everyone has been eating longevity peaches for a while, but they can still feel the beauty of longevity peaches. Everyone's belly seems to be burning with fire, but they don't feel dry, but feel very comfortable, like being soaked in water.
Same as in a hot spring.
"The longevity peach is truly well-deserved!"
"Yes, even though I can only eat one after decades, I am still extremely obsessed with this feeling..."
"It's good this time, I can live ten more years..."
Everyone was talking about the benefits of longevity peach, when suddenly someone came to report that Gong Yongnian and Shang Zhiming were here together.
"Haha, please come quickly!" Chen Musheng said immediately.
Everyone also stood up to greet him.
After a while, there was the sound of footsteps, and it turned out that it was Gong Yongnian and Shang Zhiming who came in together.
"President Gong! President Shang!"
Everyone said hello one after another, shook hands and saluted each other, and everyone was smiling, as if they were a family.
"Okay... okay..." Gong Yongnian smiled broadly, responding to everyone, and finally his eyes fell on Chen Dong.
"Hello, Marshal Chen!" Thinking that Chen Dong was going to die soon, Gong Yongnian didn't feel embarrassed and took the initiative to say hello to Chen Dong.
"President Gong, hello." Chen Dong greeted him politely, his face full of joy.
Seeing the harmony between the two, Chen Musheng was also very happy. No matter whether the two would continue to fight in the future, at least there would be no problem at this stage.
"President Gong, President Shang, sit down quickly..." Chen Musheng greeted them and asked them to sit down.
Everyone was drinking and chatting happily.
Time passed by minute by second, Gong Yongnian pretended to be casual and chatted with everyone, but his eyes were fixed on Chen Dong from time to time, looking forward to him dying of poison.
I don't know how much time passed, but Shang Zhiming suddenly whispered to Gong Yongnian: "President Gong, one hour is up, that guy is about to..."
After hearing the first half, Gong Yongnian was still happy, but when it came to the second half, Shang Zhiming stopped abruptly.
"Why don't you speak anymore..."
Gong Yongnian turned back to look at Shang Zhiming, only to see him shaking and sweating profusely.
"What's wrong with you?" Gong Yongnian asked in surprise.
"ah--"
Shang Zhiming suddenly screamed, then fell to the ground with a "thud" and even rolled on the ground.
"It hurts! It hurts!" Shang Zhiming shouted, rolling around and knocking over the table.
"What's going on?!" Everyone was shocked and rushed to Shang Zhiming's side, looking at him in surprise.
Shang Zhiming was speechless. He just kept wailing and rolling. The meridians on his body were undulating like hills. Something seemed to be rushing in his skin, but it was completely irregular. It seemed to be rushing out here and there.
"Is this an obsession, or is it an advanced stage?" Chen Musheng shouted: "What's going on? How could President Shang become an obsession?"
Everyone else also saw it and had the same doubts as Chen Musheng.
For practitioners, obsession is not a common thing, but it is by no means rare. Generally speaking, as long as you have the Ming Xin Bamboo, obsession can be cured.
It can be said that Shang Zhiming's identity and status, as well as his ability as a god-level alchemist, once there were signs of going crazy, he would have cured them long ago. How could it develop to the "late stage" stage?
Of course, there is no use thinking about this now.
Chen Musheng immediately looked back at Gong Yongnian: "President Gong, do you have refined Mingxin Bamboo over there?"
"I……"
Before Gong Yongnian finished speaking, there was a "bang" sound, and Shang Zhiming's body suddenly exploded. He was divided into at least seven or eight pieces, and blood spattered all over the floor...