White Bones wore a human disguise in front of other people, so it naturally had to gulp down that Divine Spring Tea. It was just that its body turned into a cup made from bone, which contained the Divine Spring Tea. Meanwhile, the other five people all revealed an extremely intoxicated look.
(TN: I can’t quite picture White Bones doing that…)
Seeing that everyone had gulped down that Divine Spring Tea, Ma Zhengming’s eyes flashed with a hint of a strange light. He then said very graciously,
“Eat the dishes!”
After he finished speaking, Ma Zhengming took the lead to take a boiled prawn, put it straight into his mouth and started chewing on it. Even though those prawns didn’t have any seasoning, they still had a fresh and sweet taste when eaten.
After the ‘end of the world’, these dishes were rare delicacies and the survivors from Tooth Village had not tried them many times. Apart from Yue Zhong and White Bones, the other men all ravenously contested for those dishes and ate them in big mouthfuls, as if they were hungry ghouls that had just been reincarnated.
Yue Zhong also ate a few prawns but suddenly, he felt his body go numb and immediately, he lost control of it. His expression changed and he looked towards Ma Zhengming, saying,
“Have you poisoned it?”
“What’s happened? Why is it that I can’t move anymore?”
“Damn! It’s really numbing!”
Almost simultaneously, Liu Erhei, Cai Wen, Liu Qing, Zhang Er and He Guang’s expressions all had a huge change. The chopsticks held in their hands fell to the floor and they collapsed powerlessly onto the table.
Looking at Yue Zhong and the five others, who had fallen into a paralysed state, Ma Zhengming’s eyes flashed with a hint of joy and he explained,
“Poisoned it? I really haven’t done that kind of thing. It’s just that although this Divine Spring Tea can play the role of nourishing the body, at the same time, it also paralyses people’s bodies for 5 minutes.”
Yue Zhong’s gaze hardened and he said in a heavy voice, “What are you attempting?”
Ma Zhengming had concealed the information about the paralysis effect of the Divine Spring Tea, so he obviously didn’t hold any good intentions. Otherwise, he definitely would’ve told people about it beforehand.
Ma Zhengming smiled grimly at Yue Zhong and said,
“Little brother Yue Zhong, I was very attracted to that treasured blade in your hands. However, I knew that you definitely wouldn’t sell it. As long as you made an unwise move though, you would perish. This way, the treasured blade in your hands will be all mine. After gaining that treasured blade, I will then use that big snake’s scales to make a whole-body armor and so I won’t have to be afraid of the zombies in Chen Village. After killing all of the zombies in there, I will be able to get hold of the resources in Chen Village. As long as this cycle continues, my days will become better and better. For my future, the only way is to sacrifice you!”
Yue Zhong’s expression didn’t change and he asked aloud,
“Liu Erhei and the others have now seen your true colors. Do you want to kill them as well?”
“A person who will achieve great things doesn’t bother with trifling matters.They will also very quickly go accompany you down there, to make you feel less lonely on the road to the Yellow Springs (TN: death/afterlife).” Ma Zhengming revealed a grim smile towards Liu Erhei and the others and said, “Relax, your wives and daughters, I will help you properly take care of them.”
“Ma Zhengming you beast!”
“You brute! Even if I become a ghost I still wouldn’t let you go!”
“Old Secretary, why don’t you let me go!! I’m willing to do anything for you, I beg you to spare my life!”
As soon as Ma Zhengming had revealed his true colors, sounds of cursing and pleading were transmitted from the feast.