Chapter 97 Arrow Poison Tree

"Tell me, is the Imperial Seal of the State in Dou Peng's tomb?"

"That's not how chickens are made."

"What are you doing up the mountain?"

"I'm in a good mood."

"You son of a bitch..."

Fu Jiu made a move as if to strike.

"Fu Jiu, stop arguing with him, finding the Imperial Seal is the priority." A man next to him advised, "Dou Pengdao's tomb should be nearby, let's look for it."

"OK."

"What about the rest of them?"

"Kill them."

After he finished speaking, the three of them cowered in a ball.

"etc……"

Just then, Wu Qiqi spoke up.

"The little girl is quite pretty, but a bit too young," Fu Jiu teased.

“The Imperial Seal of the State is not in Dou Peng’s tomb,” Wu Qiqi said confidently with a smile.

Um?

Upon hearing this, everyone wore a puzzled expression.

"If you don't believe me, you can check if it's in Dou Peng's grave."

Wu Qiqi looked very confident.

"Fu Jiu, find the Imperial Seal first. It's not too late to kill him after you find it."

Fu Jiu nodded.

Having reached the top of the mountain, he was no longer afraid of the others escaping.

After tying the items up with vines, the twenty-odd people began searching for Dou Peng's grave.

"Seven Seven, is the Imperial Seal of the State really not in Dou Peng's tomb?" Cui Shenji asked in a low voice.

"I was just talking nonsense."

Wu Qiqi sighed.

If we don't say that, they'll take action.

We can only delay as long as possible.

Let's see if Wei Shuyu can find a way to save them.

"..."

Meanwhile, Wei Shuyu hid under a tree. He looked at his equipment: a dagger, a water bottle, a lollipop, and a tinderbox.

Facing more than twenty enemies, a direct confrontation was out of the question; the only option was to outsmart them.

Wei Shuyu opened the kettle and looked inside; it was filled with a milky white liquid.

These were collected while we were resting on the mountainside.

He poured some out and smeared it on the dagger.

Antiaris toxicaria, also known as upas tree.

If the juice gets into the wound, the person will die within 20 minutes!

After thinking for a moment, he put the dagger back in.

If it were an assassination in the jungle, he was confident he could kill those twenty-odd people.

But Choi Shin-ki and the other three are still there.

Once a fight breaks out, he cannot guarantee the safety of the others.

"Found it!"

The Thinker's Plan, a shout comes from afar...

It turned out that Fu Jiu and his group had found Dou Peng's grave.

Wei Shuyu secretly approached and took a look. Apart from a dozen people digging enthusiastically, he did not see Cui Shenji and the others.

There's an opportunity.

Wei Shuyu then quietly slipped away to the vicinity of Cui Shenji and the others.

Sure enough, there were only two people guarding it.

The others were either digging up graves or still searching for Dou Peng's grave.

Wei Shuyu pulled out a dagger and tiptoed closer.

The two sat on the rocks, enjoying the cool air and chatting.

We were having a great time chatting when I suddenly felt a warmth on my neck.

However, Wei Shuyu slit his throat with a single stroke.

"big……"

Choi Shin-ki was so excited he wanted to shout, but when he saw Wei Shu-yu raise his hand, he immediately swallowed his words.

After cutting the vines off the group, Wei Shuyu whispered, "You guys go down the mountain first and wait for me at the halfway point where we rested earlier."

Why?

*Smack*

Wei Shuyu raised his hand: "Enough with the nonsense."

Fearing that Choi Shin-ki might be acting rashly, Wei Shuyu explained, "They can't all go up the mountain. There should still be people guarding the foot of the mountain, so you must not run down the mountain."

Upon hearing this, the group suddenly realized what was going on.

"And what about you, Big Pot?"

"Let me see if they've found the Imperial Seal of the State."

"oh oh."

Without further ado, the group hurried towards the mountainside.

Wei Shuyu looked at the two corpses.

On a sudden impulse, he tampered with the corpse and then secretly slipped away to the vicinity of the grave.

Fu Jiu and the others were still digging enthusiastically, completely unaware that Cui Shenji and the others had already escaped.

But when they finished digging and opened the coffin, they were completely dumbfounded.

The room was completely empty; there was nothing there.

"An empty coffin!"

Fu Jiu angrily slammed the knife on the ground: "Let's go ask that little girl."

A dozen or so people left in a menacing manner.

When Fu Jiu discovered that Choi Shin-ki and the others had also escaped, he was furious.

Where are they?!

Fu Jiu kicked the two corpses.

Swoosh.

The knife in the corpse's hand suddenly slashed down.

Fu Jiu retreated in a panic, but his arm was still cut.

"Damn it, they even dared to tamper with things."

Fu Jiu cursed angrily and wiped his wound.

He felt a surge of excitement, and his heart began to race.

Thump.

He quickly collapsed to the ground.

The hands and feet spasm and twitch from time to time.

"Fu Jiu!"

The others roared.

Fu Jiu's pupils gradually dilated, and finally he stopped breathing completely.

"poisonous."

As soon as he finished speaking, the others hurriedly took a few steps back.

Wei Shuyu chuckled from his hiding place in the bushes, then quietly retreated...

Lucky me, I managed to kill a minor boss.

After Fu Jiu died, the group was no longer as united.

"Big pot, you're here."

Choi Shin-ki and the others hid behind a tree.

"Did they find the Imperial Seal of the State?" Wu Qiqi asked.

"Of course not."

Wei Shuyu smiled and said, "Dou Peng's tomb is not on the mountaintop at all."

ah?

The group was stunned again.

"Then we came for nothing?"

"To find the dragon vein and divide the gold, look at the winding mountains; each winding mountain is a barrier." Wei Shuyu added, "Although this saying is old-fashioned, it is still very applicable."

"The emperors' tombs are ostensibly on the mountaintops, but in reality they are all located between the waist and abdomen. The tombs on the mountaintops are merely a cover."

The group was confused again.

"So you mean Dou Peng's grave is near here?" Wu Qiqi asked.

"good."

Wei Shuyu looked at the huge poison tree: "Each layer of entanglement is a barrier, and this poison tree is the biggest barrier."

"And that's also its biggest weakness!"

"The poison tree usually grows in the Lingnan region, so it is really strange that it has appeared in Chang'an."

“Apart from a few old doctors, very few people in Chang’an recognize this tree.”

Do you know how toxic it is?

"This tree, which is twenty or thirty meters tall, is full of toxins. Its bark, trunk, branches, leaves... if a wound touches it, it can take a person's life!"

Swish...

The three immediately retreated a few steps, moving away from the poison tree.

No wonder Wei Shuyu didn't let them get close before; it turns out this tree is so poisonous.

"A poison tree guarding the gate, such a grand gesture, besides Ling Jing and his group of remnants of the Great Xia, who else would go to the trouble of staging such a thing on this wretched mountain?"

As Wei Shuyu analyzed the situation, the others gradually understood.

"Then this entrance..."

Wu Qiqi looked at Wei Shuyu.

Just then, a series of hurried footsteps sounded from the mountain.

It turned out that the other party had caught up with them.

"Come with me."

Wei Shuyu went around to the back of the poison arrow tree.

He noticed that the grass around the arrow poison tree was very lush when he was extracting the sap.

Only the grass behind was much shorter than elsewhere.

This proves that someone was here before.

"Quick, catch up with them..."

Fu Jiu's men swept past at lightning speed, completely unaware that Wei Shuyu and the others were hiding behind the poison arrow trees.

thump thump thump...

After Fu Jiu's men left, Wei Shuyu picked up a stone and began tapping it on the ground.

As expected, the ground was indeed hollow!

"You guys move aside a bit."

After clearing away the weeds, Wei Shuyu gently traced lines on the ground with his dagger.

Zzz... Click.

As the blade sank into the gap, it was pried open with a sudden movement...

After lifting the lid, a cave entrance appeared before them.