Chapter 2: Chasing Poison, Long Time No See
On the morning of the second day, after having eaten and slept enough, everyone set out from Haogui Tower, intending to go to the center of Juzi Kingdom - Yaozhi Ring Field.
Yaozhi Ring Field is not a scenic place, and there is no special food around it.
But it has one special feature: it houses the largest and most intricately carved statues in the entire Juzi Kingdom.
The person in the statue is the female warrior Yong Wushu who sacrificed her life for her country.
Almost everyone who comes to Juzi Country can't help but go to the Yaozhi Ring Field to catch a glimpse of her beauty.
Mo Youli casually grabbed a passerby, and the passerby looked up at him. Mo Youli took a glance, his heart skipped a beat, and then he calmed down, smiled politely, and asked for the route to the ring field.
The passerby he grabbed was a man.
The man's hair was combed to both sides, with a huge braid on each side. One braid faced forward, covering half of his face, and the other braid faced downward, placed on his chest.
The only half of his face that was exposed had three obvious scars. Mo Youli took a closer look and found that the three scars were artificially painted and were not real scars.
The clothes of passersby were also extremely large and fluffy, like a huge green bubble ball, and seemed to be a bit elastic.
This picture is so shocking!
Mo Youli had a hunch that after coming here, his heart's ability to withstand pressure would be greatly improved.
The passerby casually pointed him in the right direction and left without looking back. Mo Youli caught a hint of contempt in the passerby's eyes.
Contempt? Mo Youli was puzzled. He had no grudge against this passerby, so why should he despise him?
Thinking about the last route the passerby's eyes swept when he left, Mo Youli lowered his head and looked at his clothes. Suddenly, a light bulb went off in his head, as if he had grasped the truth.
Is this...disgusted that his clothes have no personality at all and are too ordinary???
I have to say, Mo Youli did tell the truth.
Juzi is a country with open-minded customs, so many people dress in various strange styles to show their uniqueness.
Mo Youli's outfit is too formal and not interesting at all. Only his face is slightly attractive, not too ordinary.
But before they reached the Yaozhi Ring Field, they heard a noisy sound halfway.
They looked at each other, Xu Ren'er nodded, and the four guys decided to turn around and head towards the source of the sound.
The source of the noise was easy to find. There were a lot of people in front, forming a circle, with only an open space in the middle. It was obvious that the source of the noise was actually coming from there.
They squeezed into the gaps between the crowd, moved back and forth, and finally managed to squeeze into the front row and see the situation in front clearly.
There were five young men standing in the crowd. One of them was standing opposite the other four. The two sides were confronting each other. The tense atmosphere was so intense that even the bystanders could feel it.
"Drug chase?"
Mo Youli looked closely and found that the young man standing alone was one of the contestants in the Jiucai Kingdom martial arts competition. He was also the genius who gave him tips and taught him how to better use insects to duel - Zhui Du.
Zhui Du looked the same as they had seen not long ago, dressed in black, with pale skin and a slightly thin figure. There was a sinister aura between his eyebrows, and he had extremely heavy dark circles under his eyes. He looked as if he didn't want to be disturbed by strangers.
"Zhuidu, you conscienceless bastard, how dare you come back?"
Among the four young men opposite, one seemed to have a particularly bad temper and started cursing at him.
Zhui Du glanced at the four people opposite him calmly, without any shame or anger, and asked:
“Why can’t I come back?
To you, the Wuya people, I am a sinner with heinous crimes, but to the entire Juzi Kingdom, I am not a sinner. I am still a citizen of this country. So, why can't I stay on my own land?"
"you!!!"
The irritable young man wanted to continue to curse, but a relatively calm young man next to him pulled him back in time, pressed the irritable young man's shoulders tightly, and persuaded him:
"He's right. The tribe simply doesn't allow him to even set foot within the Wuya tribe's territory. We don't have any right to expel him from Juzi Country."
"But!!" The irritable young man turned around and looked at the calm young man, with a somewhat dissatisfied tone: "Are we just going to let him go like this?!"
"Of course not." said the calm young man.
After he finished speaking, he looked at Zhui Du and said slowly in an exceptionally calm tone:
"The tribe once issued an order: if we encounter you, we must take action against you, regardless of success or failure. Do you understand?"
After saying that, he raised his left hand, and a small insect crawled out from his index finger, breathing in the direction of the poison, eager to try, as if ready to attack at any time.
Zhui Du snorted coldly, his eyes full of contempt:
"I'm sorry, I don't understand."
"Can you understand? It means nothing to us. Anyway, today, our duel is set!"
The irritable young man said directly.
As he was speaking, the violent young man had already taken action.
A big red fat worm that was two meters wide broke out of the ground under his feet. The irritable young man pointed casually, and the big fat worm's mouth immediately began to spit fire in the direction of the poison.
This action did not scare the people around. The people of Juzi Country had all practiced martial arts since childhood and had seen all kinds of scenes, so they were no longer surprised. They just moved away gently, avoiding the range of the big fat bug, and continued to watch.
Seeing that the hot-tempered young man had already taken action, the calm young man sighed softly and gave the two men a look. The four of them walked over to the hot-tempered young man and gave him support.
In fact, the calm young man did not want to fight with Zhui Du. Zhui Du became famous when he was young and has always been a well-known figure in the Wuya tribe.
Their abilities are only above average in the clan, but Zhui Du is the best among the best, with extraordinary abilities and is a child of destiny.
For a person like this, the four of them combined would not be his match. If he was not a member of the Wuya tribe and had not to obey orders, he really wanted to turn around and leave, pretending that he had never met Zhui Du.
To be honest, they were unlucky. They, the Wuya people, had always been indifferent to worldly affairs and unwilling to go out. According to common sense, they would never see Zhui Du.
It just so happened that the tribe was about to hold the Insect Festival, which was held once every ten years, and they were assigned a purchasing task. Although the tribe had some of the items, they felt that the quality did not meet their expectations. They were unwilling to compromise, so they hardened their hearts, gritted their teeth, and decided to go out and buy them.
The things out there are really good, both cheap and easy to use.
Compared with the old things in their tribe, they were so much better that they returned home satisfied and with a full load.
It was supposed to end here, but as luck would have it, they encountered drug chasers on their way back.
At that time, Zhui Du was not that close to them, and he did not even notice their existence.
Unfortunately, among the four of them, there happened to be a fool. When he saw Zhui Du from a distance, instead of trying to slip away when he wasn't paying attention, he ran over and shouted at him, which put him in a difficult position and he had no choice but to go for the duel.
As expected, they attacked repeatedly but couldn't even touch the corner of Zhui Du's clothes.
"Let me think, what should I do with you?"
Looking at the four young men collapsed on the ground, Zhui Du tilted his head, his eyes contemptuous, his smile evil, and spoke softly.
"You can kill me or chop me up, it's all up to you."
The grumpy young man spat out a mouthful of blood, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and answered.
As soon as these words were spoken, except for the grumpy young man, the expressions of the other three young men became particularly ugly, and there was already some resentment in their eyes when they looked at the grumpy young man.
Zhui Du was standing opposite the four young men, so he could naturally see the expressions of everyone on the opposite side.
He couldn't help but laugh, fixed his gaze on the irritable young man's face again, and said:
"Huozi, ten years have passed, and you don't seem to have changed at all. You're still the same as before, acting recklessly and without any consideration for others."
The irritable young man, no, it should be said that Li Huozi, his eyebrows were full of disdain, and he retorted:
"Yes! Compared to you, I haven't changed at all, but you have long been completely unrecognizable. You are no longer the Ximen Ren'an I remember."
The brief conversation between the two shocked the other three young men.
Without bothering to remind Li Huozi not to mention the four taboo words "Ximen Ren'an" within the clan, the calm young man couldn't help but step forward and ask:
"Huozi, so you know Zhuidu?"
No wonder, although Li Huozi usually has a hot temper, he is not a person who does not know his limits. However, when he saw Zhui Du today, he seemed to have lost his mind. He immediately ran over in a hurry and insisted on saying some offensive words, as if he was deliberately trying to provoke the other party.
It turns out that they are old acquaintances.
only……
The calm young man was a little puzzled. Everyone said that Zhui Du was a cold-hearted, arrogant and conceited person who never wanted to make friends with others and always kept to himself. So, how did Li Huozi get to know Zhui Du?
Judging from the tense atmosphere between them, it was definitely not just a matter of meeting each other a few times. It was very likely that they had a close relationship in the past.
"We used to know each other, but not now."
Li Huozi replied.
Upon hearing this, Zhui Du lowered his eyes, making it impossible to see any fluctuations in his eyes.
After a long while, he raised his eyes, and with a cold gaze he scanned the four people opposite him, and said:
"Since you are from the Mist Bud Tribe, I won't kill you. Get out of here!"
After he finished speaking, he waved his sleeves, turned his back to the four people, and planned to leave.
Unfortunately, Li Huozi was a man of temperament. He snorted coldly and said:
"No need! Just let those three go. I can handle myself. There's no need to think about your past feelings. I won't bother you with any of that!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he raised his hand and was about to end his life on the spot.
He moved so quickly that everyone was caught off guard.
When Zhui Du heard his words, he was stunned and stopped in his tracks as he was about to leave. Without any hesitation, he moved his fingers slightly and turned back quickly.
When he turned around, he saw Li Huozi who was knocked unconscious, and Mo Youli who was standing beside Li Huozi and stopped him in time.
"Drug chaser, long time no see."
Mo Youli and Zhui Du looked at each other. Mo Youli smiled slightly and spoke softly.
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