After learning there was a chance to leave the Lost Woods, Chen Qiang naturally wanted to take his wife and children back to his world. He longed for his parents to hold their grandchildren, for Xiao Qing to meet his family, and for his parents to stand tall with pride among their fellow villagers.

  But then what? Would a woman as outstanding as Xiao Qing really be willing to live with him in the impoverished deep mountains? Would she really subject their children to the same life of poverty?

  At this thought, Chen Qiang couldn't help but hesitate.

  In fact, it's not entirely Chen Qiang's fault for thinking this way. His living environment and level of education had severely limited his vision and way of thinking, confining him to extremely traditional and conservative ideas. Thus, Chen Qiang believed that as long as he could spend his life with his wife and children, that would be enough.

  However, although Chen Qiang was not good at scheming and had a rather slow mind, after spending so much time with Xiao Qing, he could still understand her well enough to know that she was not one to be content with the status quo.

  It could even be said that if Xiao Qing also possessed the ability to cultivate into immortality, she would never, like Celestial Way and Terranom, be singularly focused on ascending to immortality and then continue to comprehend the Dao to pursue higher realms.

  Xiao Qing would definitely, after achieving some success in her cultivation, continue to comprehend the Dao while also thinking about using her newly acquired powers to seek more benefits for herself.

  Therefore, after Xiao Qing told Chen Qiang that if the villagers followed her back to her world, it could bring her so many benefits, Chen Qiang finally saw Xiao Qing's ruthlessness and ambition. This made Chen Qiang realize that once Xiao Qing returned to her homeland and obtained what she wanted, she would naturally enter a higher social class, and the gap between himself and Xiao Qing would grow larger and larger.

  Would Xiao Qing abandon him then? Chen Qiang couldn't help but have this terrifying thought.

  In fact, under the influence of his inferiority complex, Chen Qiang had always believed that the reason Xiao Qing chose to be with him was because their predicament in the Lost Woods had prompted her to select him as a partner for procreating offspring. So, upon learning that everyone had a chance to leave the Lost Woods, Chen Qiang began to worry about their future relationship, especially the two children under his care.

  If Xiao Qing, after returning to her world and achieving her goals, became an even stronger woman, would she still look upon him, a man from a poor background? Would Xiao Qing leave him then? Take the two children and leave him?

  Yes! Xiao Qing definitely would!

  The venomous and possessive nature Xiao Qing displayed in private, coupled with her domineering personality, made Chen Qiang certain that once Xiao Qing decided to leave him, she would take the two children with her. Even worse, he might never see his children again!

  In Chen Qiang's eyes, Xiao Qing and the two children were like treasures, a gift from fate, a precious wealth that Chen Qiang was willing to protect with his life. Naturally, Chen Qiang couldn't imagine how he would face life each day if his wife and children were to leave him.

  Therefore, Chen Qiang grew increasingly worried that Xiao Qing would leave him after returning to her world, and consequently, he became more and more afraid of leaving the Lost Woods. It was precisely because of Chen Qiang's unexplained worries about the future that a time bomb was quietly embedded in Xiao Qing's plan to deal with Celestial Way and Terranom.

  Let's return to Xiao Qing's plan. With her extensive knowledge of biomedical science, she became an important source of information for Celestial Way and Terranom to understand human anatomy, thereby better transforming into a more perfect human form during their cultivation. It was also for this reason that after a long period of analysis and observation, Xiao Qing gained a fairly in-depth understanding of Celestial Way and Terranom's situation.

  Xiao Qing thus learned that although Celestial Way and Terranom had transformed into human forms with extraordinary mystical powers and possessed physiological advantages unmatched by humans, this did not mean that they were invincible, nor did it mean that humans had no way to deal with them. At least for Xiao Qing, there was a way to deal with them.

  "What method?" Yun Ge asked curiously.

  "Hohoho! How could I possibly tell you what the method is? I can only say that this method is another formula discovered by me and Rainbow Bear while processing honey.”

  “This formula is the opposite of the candy-making recipe. Eating it will not help us resist the fog's invasion but will instead infinitely amplify the fog's attacking power. Moreover, the stronger the strength, the greater the impact of this poison," the Candylord replied.

  The Candylord continued to recall the situation at the time.

  In reality, since the work of processing honey was mainly carried out by Celestial Way, this highly toxic formula was also discovered by Celestial Way while researching better methods of honey processing. However, considering the formula's extreme danger, Celestial Way hid it away.

  Nevertheless, because Celestial Way and Terranom trusted Xiao Qing so much, coupled with the help Xiao Qing had consistently provided them, the two inadvertently mentioned this matter to her.

  Thus, after Xiao Qing and the villagers decided to leave the Lost Woods, she conceived the idea of using this formula to confront Celestial Way and Terranom. She planned to first poison Celestial Way and Terranom, then sacrifice their bodies to activate the teleportation array. In this way, the villagers could smoothly leave the Lost Woods.

  Of course, Xiao Qing had another plan. That was, after sacrificing the bodies of Celestial Way and Terranom, she would find a way to bring the two's corpses, or at least parts of their bodily tissues, back to her world. The purpose of doing so was naturally to have more samples to study the structure of Celestial Way and Terranom in the future, and to use these samples to gain more benefits for herself.

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  Since Xiao Qing had free access to Celestial Way and Terranom's rooms, and coupled with the unconditional trust Celestial Way and Terranom had in her, Xiao Qing easily used various topics to guide Celestial Way and Terranom into revealing where this formula was hidden. After understanding the formula, Xiao Qing's scheme quietly took shape, and she began to plan how to skillfully poison Celestial Way and Terranom.

  Xiao Qing first mobilized the villagers to collect materials for making poison in the forest during their nectar-collecting time. Then, using her knowledge in biomedical science, she extracted toxins from these materials and incorporated them into the candy-making process.

  Subsequently, Xiao Qing secretly used the wild beasts captured by the villagers to test the toxicity of these candies. It was not until the beasts died a painful death with blood flowing from their seven orifices just a few seconds after swallowing the candies, and then turned into a pool of blood within the next few seconds, that she confirmed the toxicity of the poison candies had achieved the effect described by Celestial Way and Terranom.

  Now that the poison candies had been successfully manufactured, the next crucial step was to have Celestial Way and Terranom eat the poison candies without any guard, and then sacrifice their flesh to activate the teleportation portal.

  So on this day, Xiao Qing and Chen Qiang still entered Celestial Way and Terranom's room on time with the snacks as usual. Then, while Xiao Qing caring asked about the two's cultivation achievements in the past few days, she recommended that they try the newly baked pastries sprinkled with candy shards.

  Having been hungry after several days of continuous cultivation, Celestial Way and Terranom ate all the food handed over by Chen Qiang without any hesitation.

  After the meal, Celestial Way and Terranom planned to go out and let the fresh forest air refresh their minds and bodies. However, the two had just reached the doorway when they successively fell to the ground convulsing. Seeing the villagers rushing in with various ropes,

  Celestial Way and Terranom immediately realized something was wrong. But since both of them had been poisoned, they could only concentrate all their energy on fighting the toxins in their bodies, thus allowing the villagers to tie them up and take them to a large courtyard in the village.

  This was a large courtyard for villagers to live in, and Celestial Way and Terranom did not pay special attention to the situation here. So the two had no idea that the villagers had long set up the venue for casting the teleportation spell on the open ground of the courtyard.

  At this moment, the villagers only needed to place Celestial Way and Terranom on the altar one after another, and then, as Xiao Qing used the flowing blood of the two to activate the teleportation spell, they could leave the Lost Woods with everyone!

  Under the eager anticipation of the villagers, Chen Qiang first dragged Celestial Way onto the altar. Then, with a nod from Xiao Qing, he inserted a specially made long stick into Celestial Way's abdomen. After confirming that Celestial Way's body had indeed lost its strong defensive power under the effect of the poison, he inserted four more long sticks into Celestial Way's limbs, thus nailing Celestial Way firmly to the altar to bleed.

  As soon as Celestial Way's blood touched the ground, it quickly intertwined with the magical energy, forming a strange resonance. Moreover, it soon created a mirror-shaped teleportation portal, three meters high, on the open ground.

  Seeing that their plan had already succeeded halfway, the villagers could hardly contain their excitement, with cheers rising and falling. Xiao Qing was also extremely excited. She urgently signaled Chen Qiang to drag Terranom to the altar to blood-sacrifice and open the mysterious teleportation portal. But this time, Chen Qiang did not move. Instead, he looked at Xiao Qing with a reluctant expression and smiled.

  Xiao Qing was puzzled, a wave of annoyance rising in her heart, and she wanted to scold Chen Qiang. But before Xiao Qing could speak, she heard the villagers exclaiming in surprise. Xiao Qing quickly turned her head to look at the crowd, and then she couldn't help but gasp in shock.

  Because Xiao Qing discovered that while everyone was focusing on the teleportation array in the center of the field, Terranom had somehow awakened and broken free from his bonds. Moreover, Terranom had killed the villagers who were guarding him and used witchcraft to turn those villagers into puppets under his control. Immediately after being turned into puppets, these villagers began to indiscriminately slaughter the surrounding villagers.

  Due to the suddenness of the event and the fact that the puppet villagers were incredibly strong and swift in their movements, even the villagers who quickly grabbed their weapons to resist were no match for them. Standing behind these puppets, Terranom was also busy. He continuously cast witchcraft, converting the corpses of those killed by the puppets into new puppets to join the battle.

  In no time, a large number of villagers were killed or injured. Except for Xiao Qing, who was still casting the teleportation spell, Chen Qiang, who remained standing on the altar, and the younger children, the rest of the villagers were either lying in pools of blood or had been twisted by Terranom's witchcraft into grotesque puppets.

  Xiao Qing clearly did not expect such a turn of events and could only stand there stunned, watching the bloody and terrifying scene unfold before her eyes. She was so shocked that she forgot she was still guiding the teleportation spell, causing the spell to collapse and disappear rapidly.

  Xiao Qing tried in terror to recast the spell and reopen the teleportation portal. However, before she could even open her mouth, a wooden stick was thrust into her chest, sending her flying far away.

  Faced with Terranom's all-out attack, Xiao Qing, being an ordinary person, had no defense at all. Therefore, by the time Xiao Qing fell to the ground with the stick piercing through her body, she was already dead. From the expression on Xiao Qing's face as she lay dead on the ground, still looking towards the direction of the teleportation array, it was evident that she was extremely unwilling to accept this sudden turn of events.

  At this moment, Terranom had already walked up to Xiao Qing's corpse. With a look of disgust, Terranom kicked Xiao Qing's head to confirm whether she was truly dead, and then he cast a spell to turn Xiao Qing into a puppet as well. After completing the transformation of Xiao Qing, Terranom turned to check on Celestial Way's condition.

  Using his medical knowledge, Terranom cast a spell to treat Celestial Way and, after ensuring that Celestial Way's life was not in danger, sat cross-legged on the ground, drawing in all the blood that had flowed from Celestial Way's body.

  The reason Terranom took this action was that the immense energy expenditure from casting the puppet witchcraft had left him extremely weak. In order to protect himself, he had to use Celestial Way's blood to replenish his depleted vital energy.

  However, it was precisely this all-out use of the puppet witchcraft that nearly caused Terranom to lose his cultivation realm, making him realize the danger of this witchcraft. Coupled with the significant damage to his vital energy from extensively using this witchcraft, Terranom decided, for safety's sake, to abandon the practice of this witchcraft and instead focus on cultivating other witchcraft with relatively weaker internal consumption.

  "Are all those followers around Rainbow Bear puppets?" Yun Ge couldn't help but ask again.

  "Yes. They are actually the villagers of Heaven and Earth Village. Later, to ensure that they could draw attention again, Rainbow Bear cast the puppet witchcraft once more, perfectly combining these puppets with the human skin stripped from the human corpses we re-discovered, making these puppets at least appear indistinguishable from ordinary humans on the outside," the Candylord said.

  "But why does he insist on making those puppets look like humans?" Yun Ge asked in confusion.

  The Candylord sighed and said, "Sigh! We did this to create an illusion of a paradise, ensuring that the humans who later joined Candy Town could live here with peace of mind."