Chapter 540B – Pick the River of Stars

After today, another resident appeared in the ruins of the Commander’s Mansion. At first Wang Chao only hoped to use Shang Yuntai to open up an opportunity for him to beg for mercy from Qin Yu. However, as they lived together, they discovered that they got along unexpectedly well. This was what a so-called confidant should be like. Everyone drank together and chatted together, as if they had been friends for many years.

Seeing Shang Yuntai’s despondency and his apparent indifference towards his life or death, Wang Chao didn’t say anything about it, but he did find Fu Shan in private and requested to find him a skilled healer.

The following attempts at treatment left Shang Yuntai moved. Although he didn’t believe there was any hope, he didn’t want to disappoint Wang Chao’s good intentions. The results of the consultations weren’t good. The various healers expressed that they weren’t confident they could eliminate the poisons.

As Wang Chao was disappointed, a medical expert offered an out-of-the-box suggestion. Since coral poison was effective, perhaps it was possible to use poison to treat poison.

The general idea was that since Shang Yuntai had already approached death’s door, why not make a final bet to see if it worked? Perhaps this method might accelerate his coming death, but if it succeeded there was a chance he could live.

However, the medical expert explicitly stated that although this method had a chance of success, it would also cause enormous damage to the patient himself. If he didn’t manage to endure it, he would die. Wang Chao hesitated over and over before telling Shang Yuntai about this method.

Shang Yuntai was silent for a long time. Then he asked, “What are the chances?”

Wang Chao originally raised three fingers. But underneath the other person’s heavy gaze, he took two fingers down and said, “10%...”

His voice was rough.

Shang Yuntai suddenly smiled. “A 10% chance is already considerable. I am someone that is going to die anyways, so there is nothing for me to be dissatisfied about.”

In the past, he had fallen into a poison trap. From being a chosen pride of heaven, he crashed to being worthless waste of his generation. The amount of shame and humiliation he suffered during that period was incalculable. Moreover, the pain that corroded his organs was like 10,000 bugs constantly gnawing at him all the time. If it weren’t for him have a firm will he would have already committed suicide.

Shang Yuntai persisted all this time. Although he had felt despair, he never truly gave up struggling because he didn’t want to submit to destiny. If it weren’t for the betrayal of the woman he loved, perhaps his proud heart would still insist on pushing him forwards until he toppled into the infinite abyss.

Entering the Endless Sea was the last dignity he allowed himself. He didn’t want to bear all those sympathetic gazes, quietly waiting around until his death arrived.

But life was unpredictable. When Shang Yuntai had given up, another chance had been given to him to survive. And more importantly, Shang Yuntai knew that Wang Chao was the personal guard of the current Commander, and that Commander was the white sun boundary talent who had shaken the entire Demonic Path.

This meant that as long as he could struggle and survive, perhaps it wouldn’t be too long before he could return to the Demonic Path once more.

The plot he had fallen for during the True Demon Guard test in the past, the shame he had withstood all these years, the final stab in his heart by the woman he loved…could Shang Yuntai really be indifferent towards all of this? He couldn’t. It was just that he wasn’t capable of changing anything so he could only quietly endure it.

But now, a chance had appeared in front of him. Although the hopes of success were very, very small, what did he have to lose? Rather than waiting for death to arrive, he might as well go crazy one last time. Within the pain he would either undergo nirvanic rebirth or plunge to his own death.

Shang Yuntao began to eat a massive amount of corals that contained inherent poisons. This sort of thing was light blue in color with spots on their surface. The color wasn’t beautiful, the smell was sour, and the taste was acridly bitter.

But Shang Yuntai ate calmly. He used a wooden spoon to eat in great heaps, his face calm as he devoured the corals that had been smashed into a paste.

The absorption rate of the coral poisons was extremely fast. Before he finished eating, the two poisons would begin to fight each other in Shang Yuntai’s dilapidated body. His complexion grew increasingly pale. Even if all his strength was exhausted, the hand that grabbed the wooden bucket still moved. When he finished eating, his entire body was drenched in sweat.

Wang Chao spoke to the doctor privately. After he learned about how great this pain was, he could no longer suppress the pain in his eyes. But, Shang Yuntai actually smiled at him, “Brother Wang, there is no need to be like this. To strive for life when I’m already halfway dead, this is something I must experience myself. If I can be reborn in the end, who cares if this pain is ten times or even a hund