sneak attack

Shen Ling walked to Mo Zuili's side and was taken aback when she heard these words.

In the end, he took out the pills first, glanced in Chen Zhi's direction, and advised, "Junior Sister, take the pills first."

Mo Zuili's hidden madness surged, and she wished she could drag her sickly body forward, pick up her sword, and stab the person through the neck.

What kind of good person would use innocent people as a shield? What's the point of keeping such a beast around?

Shen Ling pulled Mo Zuili's wrist and channeled spiritual energy to heal her injuries. Seeing Mo Zuili's determined expression, she somewhat at a loss, comforted her, "Heal first, Junior Sister..."

Halfway through her sentence, Shen Ling suddenly stopped and stood up with lightning speed, protecting Mo Zuili in front of her.

Mo Zuili supported herself with one hand on the ground, covering her mouth which was vomiting blood, and struggled to lift her head, her vision blurred.

All that could be heard was the sound of fighting.

Perhaps the pills Shen Ling had fed her earlier were working quickly, because Mo Zuili regained her composure and was able to see Shen Zhi's current appearance clearly. His magnificent purple robes were tattered by the fire waves blasted by the fire talisman, and he was sparring with Shen Ling with a fan in his hand, his face full of malice.

Every move was aimed at the vital point.

After several dozen moves, Shen Ling pressed her sharp blade against Shen Zhi's neck, winning the battle.

Seeing that Shen Ling still hadn't killed him even at this point, Mo Zuili wished she could crawl over, grab Shen Ling's sword-wielding hand, and push him forward with all her might.

With her last breath, Mo Zuili was about to shout "Kill!" when she caught sight of the person under Chen Ling's sword, whose thumb was pressing against the Sumeru Ring on his index finger, preparing to retrieve something.

Before Mo Zuili could warn anyone, she quickly fell to the ground and rolled backward, trying to escape as fast as possible.

Before the rolling had even stopped, Mo Zuili heard Shen Zhi's sinister voice.

"You two should die!"

Almost instantly, Mo Zuili felt a pungent, spicy smell, followed by black smoke rising into the air.

Black smoke entered through Mo Zuili's mouth with each breath, and the pain quickly spread to her limbs.

Because Mo Zuili rolled in time, she didn't inhale much black smoke. However, due to her weakened state from the poisoning and the initial injury from the fire talisman, she staggered to her feet, covered in blood, looking like a terrifying demon crawling out of hell.

The moment Shen Zhi released the black smoke, he took advantage of Shen Ling covering his mouth and nose to escape a fatal wound, only to have his right arm pierced by Shen Ling's sword.

After releasing the poison, Shen Zhi dodged Shen Ling's fatal sword and fled backward. In the instant he turned around, he saw Mo Zuili's blood-stained face, his lips curled into a maniacal grin, and his eyes burned with fire, like a demon crawling out of hell.

Mo Zuili didn't know if Shen Zhi had any bad feelings, but she knew that all she felt was anger.

When he first attacked, the three fire talismans seriously injured Mo Zuili. His vision would go black from time to time, and he could hardly feel his left foot, making him walk unsteadily.

But Mo Zuili, dragging his body and coughing up blood with every step, took out two more fire talismans from his storage ring.

A metallic taste rose in her throat, but she shook off Shen Ling's hand that was helping her up. Mo Zuili stared intently at Shen Zhi and staggered after him.

With a desperate flick of her wrist, Mo Zuili flung the fire talisman infused with spiritual power forward. Without caring whether it hit Chen Zhi or not, she took out another fire talisman and walked forward.

Catching up to Shen Zhi, who lay sprawled on the ground like a dead pig after being blown up, Mo Zuili was about to raise her hand, holding a fire talisman, when she suddenly heard a loud shout from behind: "Please, young lady, have mercy!"

Without the slightest hesitation, and even as the sound rang out, Mo Zuili, enduring the excruciating pain throughout her body, channeled the last vestige of her spiritual power into the talisman at top speed, and hurled it fiercely at Chen Zhi.

If this fire talisman can successfully explode on Shen Zhi, the damage will be enough to kill him so that he can no longer use anyone as a shield.

The fire talisman, which Mo Zuili had placed high hopes on, was blocked the moment Mo Zuili fainted.

Mo Zuili desperately opened her eyes, unwilling to give up, but all she could see was a ghostly yellow figure.

"Who is it?!"

Mo Zuili suddenly sat up in bed and shouted.

Mo Zuili only gradually regained consciousness after being called three times by Shen Ling, who was guarding her bedside.

A piercing pain shot through her entire body, causing Mo Zuili to grimace and her small face to turn ashen.

Shen Ling quickly connected with Mo Zuili's pulse and transmitted spiritual energy: "Junior sister is alright now, don't be afraid."

Mo Zuili rubbed her temples with her other hand, too lazy to correct herself that she wasn't afraid at all, just angry.

After gathering her thoughts, Mo Zuili asked in a hoarse voice, "Where is La Ge?"

Seeing Shen Ling's puzzled expression, he immediately added, "The older sister I've always protected in Ni Yu Fang is called La Ge."

After frowning and thinking for a moment, Shen Ling remembered and said, "She's fine. She just injured her arm when she jumped out of the window."

Mo Zuili felt relieved, but given the precedent of Shen Zhi suddenly appearing at Ni Yu Fang and entering a fight scene, Mo Zuili didn't dare to draw any conclusions right now. She just breathed a sigh of relief.

Thinking that when they officially returned to the mountain, as long as La Ge was still alive and hadn't died at Shen Ling's hands, it wouldn't be too late to draw a conclusion then.

Despite the pain and dizziness, Mo Zuili chatted with Chen Ling for a few more minutes. She felt like she had forgotten something important, but ultimately, she couldn't resist the pain and had to lie down to rest.

When Mo Zuili regained consciousness after a knock on the door, she heard someone ask, "Miss Mo, are you awake?"

Mo Zuili propped herself up and sat up in bed, looking at the person who had come in.

Three white-haired old men entered the room in a semi-circle. One of them pushed a wheelchair, in which sat a thin, weak, handsome man with long, flowing black hair.

Seeing the questioning look in Mo Zuili's eyes, the handsome man in the wheelchair coughed twice and introduced himself: "I am Shen Miao, the head of the Shen family. The other three are elders of the Shen family. We have come to apologize to Miss Mo."

The fight at Ni Yu Fang was due to the ignorance and rudeness of my Shen family members. They attacked and injured someone without distinguishing right from wrong, a result of my lax discipline and ineffective family management. Once Shen Zhi wakes up, I will make him kneel before Miss Mo and apologize. Any punishment or beating he receives will be at Miss Mo's discretion.

He was actually saved and didn't die.

Mo Zuili sneered inwardly, but on the surface, she didn't even bother to give a perfunctory reply. She simply nodded indifferently, her eyes filled with frost.

I can beat or punish him as I please. If he really wants to apologize, I'll just throw a cloud of black smoke at him and then send his corpse over to beg for forgiveness.

Black smoke!

Mo Zuili remembered something she had forgotten and quickly looked at Shen Ling at the foot of the bed, asking, "Senior brother, what kind of poison was the black smoke that Shen Zhi produced at the end? What were its effects? Did you get the antidote?"

After listening, Shen Miao coughed and explained before Shen Ling could speak, "That is Spirit-Locking Smoke. It is not a poison in nature, so there is no antidote. As long as you control your spiritual power within half a month and do not overdraw your spiritual power, nothing will happen."

He thought about how he had inhaled the black smoke and exhausted himself completely in order to use the fire talisman.

Mo Zuili hurriedly asked, "What if we overspend?"

The question startled Shen Miao. Shen Ling, who was at the foot of the bed, finally found an opportunity. As if she felt guilty for not protecting Mo Zuili and wanted to make a good impression, she quickly interjected, "Overexertion will cause severe pain, weakness, and exhaustion throughout the body. The Soul-Locking Smoke is a low-grade concoction created by evil cultivators who have fallen into demonic ways. It is used for surprise attacks in battle, and it is very difficult for orthodox cultivators to obtain. Moreover, this smoke has no effect on cultivators with Golden Core cultivation or above. Junior Sister, you don't need to worry too much."

I was in excruciating pain and felt extremely weak.

Mo Zuili felt her current physical condition; she had been in a weak state ever since she transmigrated into the book.

As for the excruciating pain, after the fire talisman was blown up in the Rainbow Feather Pavilion, his whole body ached, and he couldn't tell whether it was from external injuries or the effects of inhaling the spirit-locking smoke.

Mo Zuili frowned and nodded, completely ignoring Shen Miao beside her. She lay down again and pondered in her heart that perhaps because she had inhaled less and was used to being weak from previous poisonings, she did not feel the effects of the Soul-Locking Smoke very deeply.

Shen Miao was left out in the cold. Seeing that Mo Zuili had laid down and was clearly about to see the guest off, he didn't say anything more. However, when he went out, he called Shen Ling away as well, as if he had something important to discuss.

Mo Zuili slept in a daze for several hours. After Shen Ling returned, she was fed two pills to restore her spiritual power.

Shen Ling placed her fingers on Mo Zuili's wrist, transmitting spiritual energy as she said, "Junior Sister, I need to go into seclusion at the Shen family for a few days to refine medicine for Uncle. His condition is not entirely incurable, but there are no alchemists in Qingyou City who can refine healing pills."

If you don't mind, you can stay at the Shen family's house for a few days. I've already spoken to my uncle, and he's instructed the rest of the Shen family not to come to the guest courtyard and disturb my junior sister's rest.

What a wonderful example of repaying evil with kindness!

In the original novel, Shen Zhi, as Shen Miao's biological son, plotted against Shen Ling several times. Now, he is also trying to kill Shen Ling by using underhanded methods to poison him. Even so, Shen Ling still has to make medicine to cure his uncle who has never cared about him since childhood.

How did this upright and passionate young man in the early stages turn to the dark side and indirectly cause the tragic deaths of his own master and himself?

Mo Zuili sighed inwardly, but showed no objection on the surface. She simply said, "Senior brother, could you send a message to La Ge and ask her to come and chat with me? I had a very pleasant conversation with her at Ni Yu Fang, and besides, I also want to ask when my clothes will be ready."

Shen Ling immediately agreed and acted swiftly. The next morning, La Ge was taken to Mo Zuili.

After chatting with someone for a while, Mo Zuili handed over a bracelet made of different colored stones to La Ge and said, "I felt that we were destined to meet the first time I saw you. After this bracelet was bound to its owner by blood, it has the effect of nourishing the meridians when worn. I'm giving it to you, please don't mind."

At first, La Ge refused to accept it, but after several rounds of polite refusals from Mo Zuili and others, La Ge finally accepted it and, at Mo Zuili's urging, immediately pledged his allegiance to her with a drop of blood.

Mo Zuili felt a sense of relief as she sensed the vibrant life force belonging to Wax Grid within her sea of ​​consciousness.

This bracelet does indeed have the effect of nourishing the spiritual veins, but its main function is to monitor the life status of the person being bound to it.

The novel does not describe in detail the exact time when Shen Ling returned to the Shen family. Mo Zuili is unsure whether her transmigration into the book caused a butterfly effect, thus bringing forward the timeline.

Mo Zuili's ingrained caution prevented her from relaxing; only after returning to Medicine King Mountain and confirming that La Ge was safe and sound could she be completely at ease.

No longer caring about the vague power of the plot. Boldly follow the clues in the novel's storyline to find the antidote, seek opportunities, and strive to become stronger.

During their conversation, Mo Zuili intentionally mentioned that Shen Ling had become a disciple of a powerful alchemist master and would not be settling in Qingyou City in the future. She asked La Ge if he had anything to say to Shen Ling, and that she could convey it on his behalf.