East Meets West (Cultivation World)

13- Conspiracy

13- Conspiracy

Seeing that something was wrong with Raj; Jack Ray, Simon Taylor, and Mark Anthony looked at each other and decided to follow Raj.

As Raj was just an Evolver level and the three Jack Ray, Simon Taylor, and Mark Anthony were already Demi-Human level they easily caught up with Raj. 

Raj ran to a nearby Mountain and stopped. Seeing Raj stop, Jack Ray, Simon Taylor, and Mark Anthony came closer to Raj and asked

“What’s wrong Raj?? Why did you run to here?” asked Jack Ray.

Raj was in grief and answered what happened in the guest hall with his friends about his marriage with Lily. Hearing the reason for his abnormality and grievance of Raj; Jack Ray, Simon Taylor, and Mark Anthony came to Raj to console him and hugged him to relieve his heart.

“Hey Raj, it doesn’t matter. It's her loss for breaking up with you”

“Yeah, c’mon brother, it's not like there are no other girls in this world that you won’t get”

“Exactly you have such a good family and you look so handsome, I am sure that in the future many girls will fight for you. Plus, it's only a matter of time for you to break through, then I am sure that you will surpass everyone around you.”

“Yes, let's forget about it and drink. See I am carrying some drinks and food. Let us get drunk as the weather is good and the location is also good.”

Seeing his friends trying to relieve him of his grief, Raj slowly calmed down and after some time, he laughed and sat with his friends. Raj got drunk along with his friends and gradually the sun was setting, and the group of friends slept there itself without paying attention to their surroundings. 

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“Hmm.....??”

Raj gradually woke up and looked at his surroundings.

“AAHHH !!!!!!!”

As soon as he woke up Raj felt extreme pain in his body and felt extremely weak. Raj tried to calm down and saw that his cultivation was lost which means he was weaker and equal to a mortal without cultivation. Raj didn’t understand what was happening and how his cultivation got crippled.

He remembered that he was with his friends and they got drunk and slept there. And now as he wakes up, he finds himself near a river and his friends are missing. He remembered that there was no river near the place where they slept at night, plus he feels that he is not anywhere near the capital city.

‘crunch’ 

‘crunch’

‘crunch’

“Well... well looks like he woke up?”

Seeing someone walking toward him, Raj turned his face and looked in the direction of the speaker and was stunned, and asked weakly,

“Jack, where are we and what happened to me? Why is my cultivation gone?”

“Hehehe... Raj, are you seriously dumb or is there anything wrong with you?”

Hearing Jack Ray’s remark, Raj was startled and a bad premonition was born in his mind. To confirm his guess, he asked,

“What do you mean?”

Seeing that Raj’s expression changed but still he asked a stupid question, Simon Taylor answered,

“Hehehe Raj, the thing is when we were drinking, we changed your drink and mixed a drug called ‘Nine-times destroying herb’ in your drink specifically.”

“Well, let me tell you about the ‘Nine-times destroying herb’, it is a rare herb which when taken into the body will destroy that person’s meridians and veins. It will destroy your organs so much that you will not be able to cultivate in this life and will always stay a mortal.”

“And don’t think about trying to solve your problem because you will never be able to because let's say there is another kind of herb which is a cousin of ‘Nine-times destroying herb’ that is ‘devil’s breath’ which if combined then it is a sure method for making someone’s life miserable”

“Oh, by the way, you might have doubted why you have reached a bottleneck and got stuck there and are unable to break through, let's say someone poisoned you with ‘devil’s breath’ and your internal energy- Spiritual Qi is contaminated with it. Devil’s breath is undetectable and unless a doctor with high skills checks you, then the probability of finding it is almost negligible “

“So basically no one can save you”

After speaking all the three Jack Ray, Simon Taylor and Mark Anthony started laughing evilly.

Hearing all this Raj was stunned and was unable to comprehend this. He tried to calm his mind and asked in despair,

“WHY??? WHY?? Why did you guys do that to me? I have always treated you as my brothers.”

Cried Raj with all his energy. Seeing Raj’s condition, all the three, Jack Ray, Simon Taylor, and Mark Anthony started laughing again.

“Well, it's simple, because we never considered you as our friend.”

“Yes, whenever we stayed with you, others looked at us as if we are your servants or followers.”

“And you had a good talent due to which everyone was talking about you. Every teacher, our classmates, and juniors were your fans and nobody paid attention to us.”

“It felt that we were living in your shadow and would never grow up and be recognized by others”

“Until someone came to us and helped us. That’s how we poisoned you and reached Demi-Human level so fast.”

Said the three Jack Ray, Simon Taylor, and Mark Anthony angrily one after other.