The struggle lasted for the better part of the night. In the end, Si Boyan could no longer hold out, so Si Beixing remained behind to watch over Si Beiwang.
Si Jiuyue slept in the inner partition. She took out her medical texts to carefully study the situation regarding the Immortal Drug. The more she read, the more alarmed she became: the Immortal Drug was even more potent than Five-Stone Powder, and over time, it could leave a person delirious or even cause permanent dementia. The most terrifying part was that there was no specific antidote; one could only rely on sheer willpower to overcome the addiction. Si Jiuyue felt as if her head were going to explode just reading about it.
Suddenly, Si Beiwang began to thrash about again.
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