Of course, Lan Ci was overjoyed to see Siang Lee following her, and with holding hands, the two young people headed to Ceng Touw to meet the girl's birth mother, Thousand Poison Devil Phang Bi Cu.
They had fallen in love and had made the bold decision to stay together, no matter what. Therefore, even during this long journey, they had lived as husband and wife, making their love grow stronger.
Thousand Poison Devil greeted the two young people with sparkling eyes and furrowed brows. She had never been a loving mother to her daughter, the product of an affair with another man while she was still married.
She had indeed honed Lan Ci's martial arts skills, but this wasn't because she wanted to be affectionate with Lan Ci, but because she wanted a strong assistant.
For this woman, Lan Ci is just a girl, which is fine hopefully will help her faithfully. Even sometimes envy arose in his heart when seeing how Lan Ci was growing more beautiful. She was worried that Lan Ci would beats her in terms of beauty so radiance of her beauty will fade!
Sometimes hatred arises and envy in his heart towards Lan Ci, the girl he used to be conceived and born by herself!
Thousand Poison Devil listens to Lan's story, her failure to avenge to Liu Bhok Ki, about the girl's captivity and then even Liu Bhok Ki's actions, the girl had intercourse with Coa Siang Lee who was also captured by Liu Bhok Ki.
She heard it too that Coa Siang Lee is the son of the late Coa Kun Tian, the son of chief Black Tiger Clan who became Phang Hui Cu's secret lover and resulted being killed by Liu Bhok Ki. Thousand Poison Devil was angry even though her mouth was still smiled coldly.
"Good! How shameless you are! You no different from Phang Hui Cu, that aunt of yours!"
"Shameless! Hui Cu is dating Coa Kun Tian, supposedly it was the two of them who kill Liu Bhok Ki that become their hindrance. But no, they were instead killed by Liu Bhok Ki."
"Irritating! And now history repeats itself. You submit yourself on this young man and you guys can't kill Liu Bhok Ki was even mocked and insulted."
"Huhh, so shameless!
"You may become this young man's wife if he is able beat me!" said that, suddenly Thousand Poison Devil's body was already flying towards Siang Lee and she didn't say much else had attacked the young man who had been sitting cross-legged above floor next to Lan Ci.
The woman's finger stabbed at the crown of his head. A truly vicious, deadly attack! He quickly threw himself backward and rolled out of the room, arriving outside in a larger space.
However, Thousand Poison Devil seemed determined to kill him, as she had already leaped after him and rained down lightning-fast attacks from the powerful Thousand Poison Flower Technique martial arts, a beautiful, empty-handed martial art that was like a dance.
However, true to its name, beautiful like a flower but dangerously poisonous, behind the beauty of this martial art's movements lay a deadly threat. Every poke, slap, punch, or even the scratch of a fingernail contained a deadly poison.
Fortunately for Siang Lee, while traveling with Lan Ci, his lover had thoroughly explained these arts, as well as the dangers of Thousand Poison Devil's fingernails. Therefore, facing such a fierce barrage of attacks, Siang Lee refused to engage in combat, simply dodging, relying on his agile body movements.
And when he was forced to parry, he always parried from the wrist up. Seeing how several of her attacks had failed, and that the young man seemed to know the secret of her dangerous hands, Thousand Poison Devil became even more furious.
She wasn't trying to test Siang Lee's skill, but rather to kill him! Seeing how the young man was agile and nimble enough to dodge her barrage of attacks, she considered this an insult and a humiliation, so she let out a loud shout and suddenly drew her sword and fan!
She lunged furiously, and Siang Lee was utterly shocked. The sword strike was indeed powerful, made even more dangerous by the fan attack, which delivered three deadly blows in quick succession. He was forced to throw himself backward, somersaulting and staggering under the constant pressure.
As he staggered, Thousand Poison Devil's sword swooped toward his neck, and it seemed difficult for Siang Lee to escape the swift attack while his body was staggering.
"Trangggg...!" A sword deflected the sword in Thousand Poison Devil's hand, and sparks flew. It must have been Lan Ci who had deflected her mother's sword with her own sword.
"Mother, Coa Siang Lee has become my husband in the truest sense of the word! Even on our journey here, we have become husband and wife, always sleeping in the same room!" If it's mother killing my husband and me as his wife of course not willing!"
Lan Ci stood upright with her sword in hand, seemingly ready to fight her own mother to defend the one she loved. Siang Lee also jumped beside Lan Ci, and although he hadn't yet drawn his weapon, it was clear that he was ready to help his beloved, whom he considered his wife.
"You... you..." Thousand Poison Devil's face paled slightly. She was facing a difficult situation. Should she kill her own child? If she did, she would have to face both of them, and they were both very formidable. What if she couldn't defeat them?
"You... go! Get out of here, and i never want to see your faces again! If i see you again and I'll kill you!" she snapped angrily, pointing her sword at the front door.
Sim Lan Ci knew her mother's character well, so hearing her mother's words filled her with joy. She and her lover had just escaped a terrifying death. She then pulled the young man away, saying, "Thank you, Mother!"
"I'm not your mother anymore!" Thousand Poison Devil snapped. As the two youngster left, Thousand Poison Devil quietly wiped away two tears that were welling up in her eyes.
She shed tears not because she was sad at her daughter's departure, but because she was disappointed and regretful that her daughter had dared to disobey her orders. She had lost a disciple and a reliable assistant.
Such was the situation of Thousand Poison Devil, and as we already know, this female demon was also present on the banks of the Yellow River to compete for the young dragon, which was predicted to appear on the surface of the Yellow River in the area of the deadly whirlpool.
Then, a fight broke out over two children who were sucking the young dragon's blood. Thousand Poison Devil succeeded in taking Giok Cu, one of the two children in question, and plan to brought her back to Ceng Touw.
"Auntie, i want to see my father and mother!" said Giok Cu as Thousand Poison Devil carried her away from the riverbank. Hearing this, Thousand Poison Devil, who had been carrying the child, put her down, looking at her with furrowed brows and eyes gleaming with anger.
"Don't act so stubborn, Giok Cu! You must come with me."
However, Giok Cu met the devilish woman's gaze without the slightest fear and replied,
"I would indeed like to come with you, auntie, but i must first say goodbye to my mother and father!"
The two of them stared at each other for a moment, both equally stubborn, and finally Thousand Poison Devil smiled. This child possessed a stubbornness that was no less than her own, and was certainly more stubborn and brave than Sim Lan Ci, the daughter that she had cast out and disowned! A feeling of affection arose in her heart, a feeling she had never felt before, even for her own child.
"Who are your parents and where are they?" she suddenly asked, her smile cold and chilling, a smile that would have made any brave martial art master shiver when they saw it, because that smile contained an extraordinary cruelty.