Chapter 0219 – I Don’t Want It To End Like This – Absolute Returns

Seeing that Ikuo was forced to swallow the poison, Dahu was secretly relieved.</p>

One more person in the same boat as him.</p>

"How dare he treat the subordinate of the Evil Dao Alliance’s second-in-command, Yelu Han, like this?"</p>

What was happening in front of him was unbelievable.</p>

He was even more curious, what were these people about?</p>

Jian Wuji said to Ji Sheng, "If you don’t take the antidote on time, your organs will be corrupted and you will feel the most painful torture in this world. If you want to shout, just go ahead and shout."</p>

Jian Wuji undid Ikuo’s acupoints, but Ikuo kept his mouth tightly shut and didn’t say a word.</p>

Ikuo was shocked and scared, his head was blank, he was filled with the same question:</p>

"What on earth are these people from? How dare they do this to me?"</p>

Suddenly, he had a flash of insight and thought of a possibility.</p>

"Could it be a test of my loyalty?"</p>

The more he thought about it, the more he thought it was possible that they might force him to ask him about the secrets of the Evil Dao Alliance and then torture him to test his loyalty.</p>

But when he saw the four cold corpses, he immediately dismissed the idea.</p>

"They would sacrifice their own men to test me?"</p>

That’s impossible. So what do they want?</p>

At this time, Jian Wuji came forward and handed him a box.</p>

"Open it up."</p>

Chi Sheng opened the box, which contained three superb Night Pearls. These Night Pearls were exactly what Jian Wuji had gotten from Lord Jin Zhuang in the first place.</p>

Ikuo didn’t understand what was happening at all.</p>

At that moment, Jian Wuji said, "Give them to the real Chi Sheng, your carter, the real Chi Sheng."</p>

The fake Ikuo froze, unable to say a word.</p>

"You originally wanted to kill us and keep these night pearls all to yourself, didn’t you?"</p>

While he did think that, he didn’t think that it would turn out this way.</p>

"You can choose to follow our orders and give him these night pearls, or you can choose to tell him the truth. It’s up to you."</p>

"Why are you doing this?"</p>

Why would they give him a choice?</p>

"Before you make a decision, you’d better think it over, the poison on your body, there is no cure, only he has the antidote."</p>

The Poison King sat on the sidelines, leisurely shaking his fan as if it was none of his business.</p>

"Besides, you better think about what he’d do if you told him the truth. Would he risk negotiating with us just to save you? He would only feel that you have betrayed him and kill you, and he would also take these three night pearls, as well as the other things, away from you."</p>

Ikuo’s face was getting ugly, he knew the real Ikuo too well.</p>

"Do you want to choose to die faithfully, or do you want to choose to live with the Night Pearl? We didn’t ask you to kill him, just to give him the Night Pearl."</p>

"You mean no harm?"</p>

"Wouldn’t that be better? Perhaps he’ll let you take his place."</p>

"!"</p>

It wasn’t that Fake Ikuo hadn’t thought about this possibility, but now that this opportunity had come out of nowhere, it caught him a little off guard.</p>

"Go back and take your time to think about it."</p>

Jian Wuji didn’t give him much time to think.</p>

"Why did they save me? Why did they want me to give the Night Pearl to the lord? What on earth do they want?"</p>

Fake Ikuo’s mind was in turmoil, completely unable to think.</p>

He was driven out of the room by Jian Wuji and went to the courtyard, where he got on the carriage. Zhen Chi Sheng was still sitting in the carriage driver’s seat, looking up at the night sky as if he was thinking about something.</p>

Fake Ikuo got on the carriage and said, "Let’s go!"</p>

The carriage started slowly, and True Ikuo didn’t notice that those of his beloved men, didn’t follow. He thought that they had stayed behind to dispose of the corpses of the Iron Sword Four Tigers.</p>

"How did it go?" The real Ikuo’s voice rang out in the fake Ikuo’s mind.</p>

"It’s done."</p>

The fake Ikuo handed the box containing the night pearl to the real Ikuo. He knew that the real Ikuo would never sacrifice himself in order to save him, and even if they worked together for a hundred years, that wouldn’t change.</p>

Zen Ikuo opened the box and saw the night pearls inside, he was so happy that it was as if those night pearls were the only thing in his eyes.</p>

Fake Ikuo, on the other hand, was still thinking hard:</p>

"What the hell do they want?"</p>

Why would they give him the night pearl for nothing?</p>

But he had already said "done" and there was no turning back.</p>

If he told the truth now, Shin Ikuo would think he had betrayed him and kill him.</p>

And so, with very different moods, the two returned to their lodgings.</p>

Only in two cases will the fake Ikuo change back into the real Ikuo.</p>

In one case, when he went to see Jehan, in the other, now.</p>

Underneath the stables, there is a secret room.</p>

This room was only a dozen square meters, but it housed all of Ikuo’s treasures.</p>

In the center of the room, a small chair was placed, and the shelves around it were filled with dozens of extremely high quality night pearls.</p>

It’s his life savings.</p>

Ikuo placed the three night pearls on the shelf, his hands trembling slightly. He already possessed so much wealth that his heart should be like water, but he still couldn’t suppress the excitement in his heart.</p>

Whenever he got a new night pearl, he would feel immense excitement, as if he had gained a new life. There was nothing that could bring him such great joy. Especially in the darkness, looking at those glittering night pearls, he would be unable to stop himself from letting out bursts of maniacal laughter.</p>

For this pleasure, he lived a life of blood on the knife’s edge. In order to pay tribute to Yeluhan, he had to become more ruthless. Conscience? He never seemed to have one. Whenever someone accused him of losing his conscience, he would think: Who made you so stupid? Try it if you’re capable!</p>

Just as he was immersed in this joy, he suddenly felt someone behind him.</p>

He jerked around to see a figure standing in the doorway, none other than Fake Ikuo.</p>

The fake Ikuo finally realized why they had given the night pearl to the real Ikuo.</p>

They were there for this moment, to find this secret room. How did they know he liked to collect night jewels?</p>

The real Ikuo was stunned as well, and he never thought that the fake Ikuo would find this place.</p>

This secret room, hidden underneath the stables, was extremely secluded, and who would have thought that it could hold treasure?</p>

Also, to get into this room, you have to open several mechanisms in the stables in a specific order to get in.</p>

Before he came in each time, he would carefully check his surroundings to make sure that no one was following him, and with Fake Ikuo’s strength, it was impossible for him to get close to him, and even if he saw him, it was impossible for him to know what he was doing.</p>

"Damn! I was careless!"</p>

He regretted it, because the long period of peace and quiet had made him let his guard down.</p>

But one thing is for sure, the fake Ikuo betrayed him.</p>

He must have coveted his wealth, which is why he went to great lengths to get close to him and then find this secret room.</p>

He didn’t ask the fake Ikuo how he got in or why he betrayed himself, but instead just struck out.</p>

"Whoosh!"</p>

He violently threw out a flying dagger, he was proficient in concealed weapons, which was why he was able to easily impersonate a carny.</p>

The flying dagger went straight for the fake Ikuo’s throat, but stopped in mid-air.</p>