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Emperor Qin Jie Huang turned and faced the slowly retreating Liang Na with eyes as red as blood as he demanded "what did you put in that damn soup Liang Na?" his thunderous voice vibrated inside the room, instantly shattering Liang Na's eardrums.

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Liang Lied through her teeth by pretending to be innocent inside her mind she was glad she had poured the whole bottle of the curse poison given to her by that curse elemental instead of the drop as suggested by him.

She spent a huge amount of resources to get the curse poison, even the effort she put into finding the curse elemental was something she had never done in her life.

Liang understood that the emperor wasn't like any other man and she couldn't take chances so she had decided to neglect the curse elemental instruction of just put a drop of the liquid in whatever mixture she was going to be feeding her victim, Liang Na had poured the whole bottle of liquid, she decided to overdose the emperor.

Emperor Qin Jie Huang has never been this furious before, the temperature in the room instantly skyrocketed, in his palms blue fireballs that sparked like lightning began to form.

Liang Na had an inkling that if that fireball was to touch her in the slightest bit she will be turned into complete dust "Why hasn't that damn curse poison taken complete control over his emotions yet" she lamented, she tried to rack her brain, to think back to when she met the curse elemental and if he had given any command spells, every curse poison was accompanied with a spell but because she was too excited to put her plan into motion she had left immediately after collecting the poison from him and didn't wait to hear his complete instructions.

Liang Na brain for the first time in her life seems to be working magnificently due to the impending crisis she was about to face because as the emperor lifted his hands with the already formed massive fireball she actually recalled the curse elemental screaming after her departing figure the command spell she so desperately required "love, lust, desire, pleasure, is all you feel, Is all you desire, Is all you seek, you have been cursed" the moment she said those words, even if it was like she whispered them out, the emperor's violent outburst was receded, it was like an intense force had moved in to settle in his core region in other to shatter all his resistance, his furious expression transformed into that of intoxication, desire and want and the person standing before him seem to be the target of all those emotions swelling inside of him, to him the person before him was who he wished to shower all his love on, one that he did give his life for, one that he couldn't live without, one that he desperately desired to please at all cost, one that he lusted for.

The emperor's eyes sparkled with so many emotions that Liang Na had never seen before, and these emotions were all directed at her, Liang Na heart became so turbulent that she believed she might just die of excitement.

the emperor wanted to say he loves her but for some reason he couldn't even when he was in such a state, meanwhile Liang Na hadn't taken note of that, just hearing the emperor say it was her that he had been waiting for made her fly to places beyond this world, she practically stopped breathing, she couldn't take this much stimulation, this was all she ever wished for, The emperor looked at her like she was his mission and until this mission was fulfilled he wouldn't stop.

The emperor believed at this moment the feelings he was experiencing were his true feelings, he was not behaving clear-headed but he truly believed he was clear-headed, he was not in control of his actions but at the same time thought he was in control and could clearly understand what he planned to do, that was why what he had just ingested was something truly wicked.

Liang Na watched with seized breathe as the emperor approached her, his intense piercing stare made her blush uncontrollably, heat overcame her whole body, there was anticipation in her eyes as well as timidity as regards to what was to come.

As the emperor reached where Liang was, he took her by her right hand and then drew her into his arms, Liang Na was both scared and excited, she knew this was wrong but of late her heart wasn't at peace, every night she had nightmares of the emperor being stolen away by the vixen Lei Yue so she made this decision.

Liang Na kept saying to herself she knew this wasn't going to last forever and perhaps when the emperor comes to his senses he will desire to kill her but she also knew that his desire to kill her wouldn't overpower his desire to take responsibility and that was why she dared to do this, she will take on any punishment as long as she made him hers in the end.

The emperor's hands behind Liang Na's robe moved in a caressing gesture, like it sort entrance to a more intimate part on her body, his lips drew inches closer to hers, and Liang Na breathed in the scent of something addicting, alluring and mysterious, she too had begun to feel an indescribable heat streaming through every blood vessel in her body, her eyes turned misty and her breath unsteady, she didn't know when she lifted her legs and wrapped it against the emperor's or when she moved in to aggressively seize his lips, a moan escaped her lips the moment she tasted the emperor's blood red succulent lips, she felt like she had ascended to the heavens and back, her legs felt weak all of a sudden and slides a bit down from the emperor's waist, she tried to readjust it and hold more tightly to the emperor but on hearing that moan coming out of Liang Na's lips the emperor promptly snapped out of whatever state he was in, a state he couldn't describe, the emperor acknowledged the fact that he wouldn't be his real self for long, he understood that with the curse poison inside him he could only hold back for some time before he goes under the control of the curse poison again.

The emperor decided that he had to go to the flames of nirvana because only with its assistance will he be able to completely burn off the curse poison effect and this will only be possible if he could imbue the flames into his secret technique called seal flames.

The emperor usually uses this technique to get rid of all kinds of poison he comes in contact with, even low-grade curse poisons were not a challenge for him but this time the technique was of little effect, it could barely seal the poison neither could it get rid of it and he knew why this was happening.

The seal flame technique was one he created himself, so he was well aware of its capabilities, it uses his control over all kinds of flames to burn off poison from his system or in a case where the poison couldn't be burnt off immediately he could seal it and then revisit the situation later, also the stronger the flame the more effective the technique is but the technique had yet to reach a certain stage.

The flames of nirvana could be said to be the only flame the emperor could not control and add to his flame element but if he was to have this flame at his disposal now he won't be in such a miserable state.

All curse poisons where hard to get rid of once ingested, especially high-grade ones, they were deadly because they had no cure, once the curse spell was spoken until that purpose of which the curse was made was fulfilled, the poison won't seize to work and that was why curse elementals were not only feared but easily assassinated before they could grow to become powerhouses.

Since the beginning of time only the emperor was able to create a means to cure such curse poisons by using his secret technique seal flame but this is a technique that hasn't been perfected yet and could only cure low-grade curse poisons, there is a need to include an undying flame in the technique for it to be perfected and this hasn't been achieved by the emperor.

There was a time the emperor was known as the mysterious flames doctor Jun Tang, then he went about treating individuals who had been poisoned, even low-grade curse poisons were treated by him, this made his fame to skyrocket, also not everyone could afford him since he was extremely expensive and the only way to request for his aid was to go to a branch of no difference pavilion, drop your request, some amount of spirit mana stones and symptoms of the poison you want to be treated, then you will be told to come back in a few days' time.

He was expensive in the sense that no one really knew what his criteria were for accepting requests, they were times that the emperor rejected requests from people just because he believed they deserved what they got and no amount of spirit mana stones could change his decision and they were times he took very little mana stones to cure people hence the reason he was regarded as mysterious.

Presently the emperor was thinking about who could have created such a poison and he knew of only one man who could create a high-grade curse poison, this person was one of his people, someone he protected and kept under his wings since the man was but a child, the emperor had the habit of helping lost children probably because as a child he felt every bit of pain they did too, he was just as lost like them and by doing this he created a bond with the people he protected, the kind that they did be willing to give their very lives for him, the emperor perhaps also did this because he couldn't protect his mother who was weak and needed protection just like the people he saves from time to time.

Emperor Qin Jie Huang thought of how he will definitely deal with that damn idiot that created the poison when he was done with his current predicament.