Chapter 456: Some Things Are Best Kept in the Heart

"Me? To have my heart removed is to die, isn't it?"

Kong Cheng spoke with such nonchalance, as if he was merely lamenting that the wine had grown cold, the wind stronger, the rain begun.

He was unwilling to discuss why he had left Tianke Mountain, seemingly entangled in a secret he could not reveal. Nor was he willing to recount how he had encountered Qing Youmeng.

"Shall I help you return to Tianke Mountain?"

"Return to Tianke Mountain?" The poison master, Kong Cheng, just barely animated his spirit before it fell somber again, "The current calm in the Demoniac Realm is but an illusion..."

He pondered for a moment, and inwardly mused, "The reason I chose you is that I do not wish to be used by those with ulterior motives... The Demoniac Realm cannot have two Drunken Moon Snow Buds at the same time. Alright, ask no more."