A deal to possess

Zhu Zhiying seated himself on the window pane of the chambers assigned to him in the Han Clan's Estate. He removed the upper half of his black and magenta light armour, leaving his upper body completely bare and exposed to the gelid cold outside.

He unravelled the drenched bandages from around the arm the demon pierced through with its claw to inject him with the poisonous substance. The bandage was soaked with black blood and no matter what herbal elixirs he used to treat the injury, there was no indication of healing progress.

The wound remained raw, constantly oozing black blood and miasma. Zhu Zhiying used a dampened cloth to wipe away the remnants of blood from around the injury. However, the wound instantly released more miasma and blood.