Feng Xian looked at Zhan You in wide-eyed amazement. Then he shouted, "Master!"

"Go and take the king of the nightmare worms. Be quick!" Zhan You said to Feng Xian with blood coming out of his mouth in spurts.

Zhan You's words made Feng Xian have no time to hesitate. He quickly brought over the jar of the king of nightmare worms.

After that, Feng Xian wiped his tears with his hand and said in a choked voice, "Master, here it is. Here it is."

"OK." Zhan You put a smile on his pale face and nodded.

Then, Zhan You lowered his head and pulled out the knife when the muscle of his face twitched.

This action caused him to make a muffled hum.

Zhan You spat out a mouthful of blood the moment he pulled out the knife.

However, regardless of all these matters, he just focused on a drop of red blood trickling down the knife.

Then he said to Feng Xian, "Take it here. Take it here."

Feng Xian wiped his tears with the sleeve and put the jar in front of Zhan You.

Then Zhan You made that drop of blood on the tip of the knife straight to the jar containing the king of the nightmare worms.

Zhan You and Feng Xian stared at that drop of blood. When it was about to drop into the jar, Hou Shi ran over here and shouted, "Zhan You, you can't do this. Stop!"

Hou Shi hurried to them and snatched the jar.

Then the blood drop fell on the ground.

Seeing this, Zhan You uttered a scream.

Then he toppled backward.

Feng Xian quickly went to hold up Zhan You and shouted, "Master. Master."

Seeing that, Hou Shi walked forward and said, "Step aside. Leave it to me."

"Who are you?" Feng Xian looked at Hou Shi and asked.

Hou Shi sighed and said, "I'm your master's enemy as he thinks. But do not worry. I won't hurt him."

Hou Shi walked over to Zhan You and crouched down.

Feng Xian looked at Zhan You and whispered, "Master."

"Feng Xian, you can get up." Zhan You said to him in a weak voice.

Feng Xian nodded and stood up.

At this time, Hou Shi held Zhan You's head and said to him, "Junior fellow apprentice, why are you so stupid! I have thought that you would stop at this point, but how could you finally choose to do this? How can I explain it to our master?"

Zhan You made a quiet cough and said in broken accents, "Hou Shi, take away your false display of affection! I... I do not need your pity."

Hou Shi hove a sigh and said, "I've never thought that you have such a deep prejudice on me. Could we still be brothers if I had not become the king of witchcraft?"

"Hou Shi, do not expect that I will change my opinion of you by saying this." Zhan You said.

Hou Shi’s eyes became wet with tears. Looking at Zhan You, He felt quite sorry for him.

Hou Shi held Zhan You in his arms and said to him, "Zhan You, I regard you as my best brother all the time. Even though you deviated from our master, I've never thought of hunting down or killing you. I’ve been looking for you to help you turn back from the evil ways. But I've never expected that you..."

While saying, Hou Shi shook his head.

Zhan You produced a wry smile and said, "Hou Shi, don't expect that I'll... I'll forgive you just because of your words."

Zhan You made another quiet cough and spat out some blood.

Seeing that, Hou Shi quickly wiped the blood with his sleeve. Then he said, "Zhan You, look at yourself. Are you still the man who grew up with me? I always remember that you wanted to be perfect in everything you did. How much you've changed now!"

"Stop! Stop it! It's too late to say that. I hate... I hate..." Zhan You said, beating his chest. His tears fell from his eyes.

Seeing that, Hou Shi held Zhan You's hand and shouted, "You haven't come to your senses yet! You've never thought that whether you would let our master in heaven down!"

Hearing Hou Shi mentioned his father, Zhan You shouted with a piled-up grievance. "Our master in heaven? If he had remembered me, his son, in his heart, he would not hand over to you, and I would not be like this!"

Hearing that, Hou Shi closed his eyes. It seemed that Zhan You had always born a grudge against his Master. After short thinking, he said to Zhan You, "Zhan You, Master has expended much care and thoughts on you. You should not resent him."

Zhan You put his hand on his chest and struggled to sit up. He stared at Hou Shi and said, "Ha-ha! Don't resent him? How could I do that! Are his care and thoughts to hand over to a person with no blood relationship rather than to his own son?"

Seeing that, Feng Xian hurried to Zhan You and squatted down. He supported Zhan You with his hand and said, "Master, do not move. Otherwise, the blood will flow out faster."

Zhan You's hand on the chest was full of blood.

Hou Shi stood up and said with a sigh, "Zhan You, it's time to tell you the truth. Believe it or not..."

"Truth? What truth?" Zhan You asked Hou Shi.

Hou Shi turned around and said, "Actually, Master was supposed to hand over to you."

"To me? Ho-ho, you gotta be kidding." Zhan You sneered.

Hou Shi did not retort upon Zhan You but continued, "At that time, Master had made his decision to hand over to you. Then he intentionally said he would choose one of us to test you. However, on the eve of the announcement, when he passed the door of the two presbyters, he saw you and them..."

Hou Shi made a short pause and then continued, "Then Master told me that your temperament was not stable and you needed more practices. As he knew that he would die soon, he asked me to take over the position of the king of witchcraft and make his decision public when you were steady."

"But, it's beyond our expectation that you stole the banned book and left the Witchcraft City when I was enthroned. This also led to Master's death." Hou Shi said with tears in his eyes.

Zhan You's face was frozen when he heard that.

Then Hou Shi said, "After I finished Master's funeral affairs, I always went out to look for you but didn't find you. Later, when I saved Marquis Shuo on the way, I could find you in the village of god's temple and know what you were going to do."

"Stop, please. Stop it!" When he heard Hou Shi's words, tears coursed down his pale cheeks.

It was true that his father wanted to let all the people in their house vote for one of them to become the king of witchcraft.

However, Hou Shi was at the top of all the people. Being afraid that some accidents may take place, he went to bribe those two presbyters. But he had never expected that this would be met by his father.

Later, he stole the banned book and ran away when Hou Shi was enthroned. He had never thought that this led to his father's death. Thinking of this, he was full of remorse.

His behavior at that time looked so ridiculous now.

Then, Zhan You raised his head and said to Feng Xian, "Feng Xian, you step away for a moment and I have something to tell him."

Feng Xian glanced at Hou Shi and said, "Master..."

Zhan You shook his head and said, "It doesn't matter."

Then, Feng Xian stepped aside.

When Feng Xian had left, Hou Shi walked forward and said, "Zhan You, do not blame me. If we don't kill those men today, they will make trouble everywhere in the future and the whole world will be in great disorder. I just want to stop you timely, but I've never expected that you truly used your heart blood..."

"Whatever you say is too late. All this turned out to be caused by my own demons. I hope it's not too late now." Zhan You said, trying to find something on his body.

Then he took out a book and gave it to Hou Shi, "You can take this banned book back to the Witchcraft City now."

Hou Shi took the book and had a look. He found that this was that banned book stolen by Zhan You. Then, he put it away.

Then he crouched down and looked at Zhan You, putting a smile on his face. "Zhan You, I feel quite happy that you can come to realize the truth. I think Master would also be delighted if he could know. But... but you..."

Hou Shi’s eyes tore up again.

"There is nothing to regret. I have always been living in resentment these days, and I am tired of this kind of life. Even if you can forgive me, I have no face to go back to the Witchcraft City. It's the best situation now that I can go to see my father and apologize to him in person for letting him down." Zhan You said to Hou Shi, shaking his head.

Hou Shi held Zhan You and said, "Zhan You, Master will certainly forgive you."

"Now the only thing I am worried about is that..." Zhan You suddenly coughed up another mouthful of blood when he was saying.

Seeing that, Hou Shi held Zhan You tightly and said, "Zhan You, tell me what you are worried about. I will fulfill it."

Zhan You looked at Feng Xian and said.

"I am worried about... about my apprentice. He... he has good talent..." Before he could finish his words, his eyes closed and his hands dropped slowly.

Hou Shi held Zhan You tightly. His eyes closed tightly and his tears fell. Then he whispered, "Hope we can also be brothers next life!"