Chapter 39 - Chapter 39 was posted in the wrong chapter! Please read it again! ...
“I know why you’re here,” the man in black said, standing up without further ado. “Isn’t it to deal with the poison? I was the one who put it in.”
"Hand over the Black Stone," Yan Shiqun glared at him, "and I'll spare your life, but you'll have to go to the Prison of Immortals to repent."
The man in black raised his hand to dispel the spell and summoned the black stone behind him.
The black stone was exactly the same as the scene Wen Tianyu had seen, but it was much more terrifying than the blurry image. Upon closer inspection, he realized that the stone was not actually black. The reason it appeared black was because it was crawling with insect-like creatures inside.
It filled the entire interior of the stone.
"Don't do it," the man in black said with a smile as he saw Yan Shiqun grip his sword tightly. "If the stone breaks, the person infected with this poison won't survive."
The Yun family head asked, "What do you mean?"
“What I mean is,” the man in black spread his hands, “from the moment the Gu worms were planted, these people’s spiritual veins were connected to the Gu worms, and I was connected to these Gu worms. This stone is a vessel to protect the Gu worms. Once the worms inside die, it’s not as simple as losing a few years of cultivation. You should think it over.”
The Yun family head's expression also changed.
"...Despicable and shameless!" Yan Shiqun cursed even more, "What exactly is your purpose, you beast!"
“There aren’t that many motives for doing bad things; there are only a few reasons,” the man in black said, regaining his composure and appearing quite at ease. “Now, can you let me finish my self-introduction?”
In the city, Aju and Ruan Linglai were seemingly chatting idly with Li Shuyu in the inn.
They're still just kids, and it looks like they snuck away without anyone knowing. They'll probably be a good starting point.
Thinking this, he thoughtfully poured tea for Ruan Linglai, his words and actions conveying his admiration for this clever young girl.
As for Aju next to her, although she didn't deliberately ignore him, the words Li Shuyu used to comfort her were "normal" and "good attitude".
Especially after Aju Ruan Linglai had a small argument, the atmosphere in the inn became subtle.
Li Shuyu asked knowingly, "Speaking of which, I haven't yet asked the two young friends their names."
"Ling Lai!"
“Aju”.
"Linglai is such a good name. Your parents must have put a lot of thought into choosing it. Ah, little friend Aju, don't be discouraged. Your name is simple and elegant."
Such words.
Seeing the change in the expressions of the two little devils, Li Shuyu thought to herself that the time had come.
He secretly made a hand gesture, and immediately, obvious black lines appeared on Ruan Linglai's right hand.
It climbs up the arm along the veins.
"Linglai! What happened to your hand!"
"Ah!" Ruan Linglai exclaimed, "What is this!"
Li Shuyu looked closely and said, "...Oh no, this is a very deadly poison! Young friend Linglai, besides me and Aju, who else have you been in contact with today?"
"No, no, we haven't seen any of our fellow disciples since we arrived. They all seem to be busy, so we thought we shouldn't bother them..."
Li Shuyu looked worried and said, "This poison is very difficult to cure. Once you get infected, you will die within a few hours."
"Ah! What should we do!" Ruan Linglai panicked, looking like she was about to cry: "I... I don't want to die yet, I haven't been able to take care of my parents yet, sob sob sob."
“It’s alright,” Li Shuyu interrupted Aju, who was about to speak, and continued, “I’ll help you stabilize the poison. You come with me to find a doctor. There’s still hope… Young friend Aju, can you wait here for us?”
“I,” Aju said, frowning, “but senior sister, this is too strange. You haven’t been in contact with anyone, so why would this happen?”
“I would never do such a thing to Miss Linglai. Most of the people in our Li family are healers,” Li Shuyu said. “However, it may not be young friend Aju. Perhaps she was accidentally scratched by a poisonous plant while passing by.”
Aju erupted in anger, unable to contain herself any longer, and slammed her hand on the table, shouting, "Senior Sister! Don't go with him! I think he had ulterior motives for inviting us to dinner!"
“…This,” Li Shuyu had anticipated this, and lowered his eyes, “I was being presumptuous. It’s understandable that you don’t trust me, young friend. Then I’ll go to the clinic to get medicine for Miss Linglai and bring it over, is that alright?”
Aju was speechless for a moment: "This..."
Ruan Linglai said loudly, "Why are you blaming Brother Li? If it weren't for Brother Li, we wouldn't have found out. You're clearly saying this because Brother Li praised me. Maybe it's because you've always..."
Aju was extremely hurt: "Senior sister...you blame me? You doubt me?"
"I...I don't know, but...you shouldn't suspect others so easily!"
"Alright! You go with him, I'll go find my senior brothers and the others myself!"
"So it's okay if I die, right?"
"You were the one who doubted me first, I'm not going to care about you anymore!"
Li Shuyu waited for them to argue for a while before speaking: "Young friends, please don't fight. The most important thing right now is to treat Miss Linglai's wounds... Here's what we'll do: Miss Linglai, please go to another room and wait for me. You both need to calm down. I'll go get some medicine for Miss Linglai."
"Okay, Brother Li, I'm entrusting my life to you. I'm so scared."
"It's alright, Miss Linglai's poisoning isn't severe, she'll be fine. Leave it to me."
"Hmph!" Aju said to their retreating figures, "If you don't believe me, I won't call you senior sister anymore!"
"You're so stingy!"
"You believe him but not me!"
"Alright, you two can separate now!" Li Shuyu half-closed the door and said to Aju, "Young friend Aju, please wait here and don't wander off. It's still raining outside."
Ah Ju muttered with his back to the people, "You tell me not to go, but I won't go. Tch, I'm going anyway..."
Upon entering another room, Li Shuyu noticed Aju walking alone into the rain. She laughed, casually knocked Ruan Linglai unconscious, and remarked, "That kid in his teens is too stupid. He has no sense of accomplishment."
He relayed the message: "Rumor has it that Immortal Lord Wuqing's disciples are all incredibly powerful, each possessing unique skills. It seems the intelligence was correct, but it's ultimately just a small trick."
"Now that we're taking them down one by one, Jie Nanfeng will probably be a one-way trip. Let's see how Qingjue and the Yun family head manage to break this deadlock."
“That brat went out. Don’t rush to deal with him. Leave him alive so they can kill each other.”
He then relayed a message to another person: "I've got this sorted out. I arrested one and released the other. They've already started having a falling out. I've sent Zhao Laosi to try and win him over. Whether he agrees or not, make sure he goes back and can't defend himself."
Li Shuyu waited for a while but didn't receive a reply. Tired of waiting any longer, she decided to pick up Ruan Linglai from the ground and take her away.
He stood up, but a shadow swung down from the roof beam like a swing, and with a single, precise kick, struck Li Shuyu squarely on the chin, sending him flying.
Aju rolled off the bed and immediately helped Ruan Linglai up: "I'm sleepy after listening to your nonsense. Don't you all know how to talk so much without your master's guidance?"
Li Shuyu smashed a chair and a table in the store with her bare body, then looked up in disbelief.
He didn't think there was anything wrong with the sensing array he had set up near the inn: "You! What's going on—you didn't even draw your sword, how could you possibly win...!"
A silver thread lay across his neck; any closer and it would have severed his head.
Then another burly man was pulled in through the window, bound by silver threads.
Ruan Linglai turned around, rubbed her neck, and said, "You think you can knock me out with this little bit of force? You've been reading too many romance novels."
The black thread on her hand was an illusion.
Ruan Linglai and Aju exchanged a glance, also wondering why they didn't just use real poison instead of going to all the trouble of making a fake one.
"You were all lying just now, you did it on purpose!"
Ruan Linglai: "Thank you! If you hadn't explained, I would still be in the dark! How could I have caught you both if I hadn't acted?"
Aju: "Senior sister, don't waste your breath on them. How about we cut out their tongues first? And if they hit you with their hand, we can cut that hand off too."
The two of them simultaneously thought there was only one possibility: these two were just bait, and the poison had already been transferred away.
But catching the person is enough.
Aju drew his sword and pressed it against Zhao Laosi's throat, while Ruan Linglai's silver hair lay across Li Shuyu's neck.
"Don't, don't get agitated. You...you're subordinates of influential figures...if word gets out..."
"Then stop haggling," Aju patted Zhao Laosi's face with his sword, "Find your boss and lead the way."
Ruan Linglai tightened the silver thread, crossed her arms, and said fiercely, "Don't even think about sending a message. My junior brother is meticulous. Would he give you that chance?"
Old Zhao was a burly man with considerable cultivation. He had never suffered such humiliation while working for someone else, and he opened his mouth to curse: "Who the hell is the bully here?!"
Then I got beaten up and physically muted.
At the bottom of the pitch-black abyss, Yan Shiqun and his two companions were confronting the bastard in front of them.
"My name is Xie Nanfeng. You should have heard of me."
"..."
“It doesn’t matter if you haven’t heard of us, I know you all very well,” Xie Nanfeng said with a smile, pointing to each of you. “You are Yan Shiqun, your identity is unknown but definitely not simple. Next to you is your senior brother Wen Tianyu. His eyes are very special. If I’m not mistaken, it’s not just the color that’s different, right? Your senior sister is called Ruan Linglai, the young lady of the Ruan family, with immense wealth. Another senior brother is called Aju, an orphan with no background, but I admire him. We are all people who can sacrifice our dignity for our goals.”
"Our eldest brother is even more familiar with him. He is the traitor of the Xie family, Xie Zhou, who turned his life around by following a good master. You all do have some ability, after all, you are disciples of Immortal Lord Wu Qing."
“Immortal Lord Wu Qing’s cultivation is unfathomable. I can’t defeat him head-on. Based on our exchange just now, I estimate I can’t defeat you either. However, I have the advantage of controlling the lives of others. With just a flick of my finger, they will die. So we can talk about terms. I have the right to do so.”
“I don’t know where you learned to burn fire,” Jie Nanfeng said to Yan Shiqun. “If I see you use it, I will immediately take everyone else with me to our deaths.”
Yan lost the group: "..."
"And Patriarch Yun and Wen Tianyu, you should not act rashly, especially Patriarch Yun. Your son's life is in my hands. I specially added extra numbing and spicy ingredients to the poison I used on him. He's probably in so much pain that he can't even walk right now. Haha, don't be angry. Isn't this just a discussion? After all, I don't want to die either."
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Author's note: Nobody noticed I posted the wrong chapter! [crying emoji]
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