Zu An was stunned. He asked, “He didn’t do it in order to steal Zhu Long’s inheritance?”

Wu Xian shook his head and replied, “That’s what we thought at first too, but only after he killed Bao Jiang and stole the immortal medicine did we find out his true schemes.”

Zu An was a bit confused, exclaiming, “But that makes no sense! Seeing as he was the son of the great Zhu Long and he had already become the sole successor, why would he bother going after the immortal medicine?”

Wu Xian gave him a deep look, saying, “Not even deities are truly immortal. With immortal medicine, even they can have a second life.”

Yan Xuehen and Yun Jianyue exchanged a look, both seeing the shock in each other’s eyes. So that was what the so-called immortal medicine really was! Being able to live a second life was extremely precious in itself. After all, there were long and short lives. The strong could live for another few thousand, or even more than ten thousand years.

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