Love Poison
Everyone from the Lingxiao Sect present was stunned.
The evil demon in front of him, who was in a miserable state and covered in blood, was named Zhang Baihe. He was the last elder of Lingxiao Sect and one of the rare people in Lingxiao Sect that Xu Shulou had a good impression of.
When the two factions united to fight the enemy, he had always taken good care of the younger generations on Wuchen Island. Seeing that Xu Shulou was in a bad mood, he made a flying bamboo dragonfly to comfort her.
"How could this be?" Lu Beichen took a few steps back, unable to believe it. "Isn't Junior Master in seclusion practicing?"
Zhang Baihe's ability was average, but he was a very nice person, with a cheerful and lively personality. He was the kind of person you would never hate even if you didn't like him. Even someone as arrogant as Lu Beichen had a good relationship with him.
He always thought that Zhang Baihe was in seclusion in Lingxiaomen, but how could his junior uncle become a cannibalistic demon in this place?
He looked suddenly at Fan Yang.
The latter's face was full of indifference at this time: "I didn't let you watch it because it was for your own good. You insisted on watching it, are you comfortable now?"
Xu Shulou had his sword on his neck: "Explain."
"What's there to explain?" Fan Yang sneered, "Zhang Baihe went astray in his practice and brought disaster to the people. I came here to hunt him down in the name of my sect, that's all."
"Uncle Zhang has the best personality. How could a man like him suddenly become possessed by a demon and become so cruel and bloodthirsty?" Xu Shulou held his sword horizontally, "Why do you try to stop me in so many ways?"
"Xu, my family's shame should not be made public," Fan Yang said earnestly, "I stopped you because I didn't want outsiders to know that Ling Xiao's disciples had such a scum."
“…”
"As for why he became obsessed, I can only guess that it was because he was not strong enough and was eager for success, so he went astray." Fan Yang sighed.
"..." His words seemed irrefutable, but a seed of doubt was growing wildly in Xu Shulou's heart.
Fan Yang wiped his eyes hypocritically and said, "I also feel sorry for my junior brother. Junior Brother Xu, can you hand him over to me now?"
Xu Shulou shook his head: "I must take this person away today."
Fan Yang's face changed slightly: "Miss Xu, what do you mean? Zhang Baihe is from Lingxiao Sect, why do you take him away!"
Xu Shulou gave him an excuse he couldn't refuse: "You can't beat me."
Following these words, everyone from the Hehuan Sect behind her raised their weapons in unison.
Fan Yang's face showed a bit of viciousness. He stared at her for a moment, then called out to everyone from Ling Xiao Sect in a bad mood, "Let's go!"
Before leaving, Lu Beichen looked back and seemed to be a little worried about Zhang Baihe.
Xu Shulou ignored them and squatted in front of Zhang Baihe: "Uncle Zhang, it's me, I'm Shulou, do you still remember me?"
"Ah! Ah!" There was a moment of confusion in the other person's eyes, but it was quickly covered up by the desire for human flesh and blood.
“…”
The leader of the Hehuan Sect also participated in the roundup. Seeing that she was sad, he stepped forward and handed her a handkerchief.
Xu Shulou did not shed tears, but just sighed, knocked the man unconscious, and brought him back to the Hehuan Sect.
Entering the sect gate from the waterway, I was greeted by a young woman with a panicked look on her face: "Sect Master, the Young Master is missing!"
"Afu?" The leader of the Hehuan Sect frowned, but was not panicked. "I'm afraid he sneaked out to play mischief again while I was away. Have you sent people to look for him nearby?"
"We've searched all the nearby mountains," the woman said hastily, "No matter how naughty the young master is, he wouldn't run out of the range of these mountains."
"Don't panic, I will take people to look for him myself." The leader of the Hehuan Sect comforted him with a few words, asked his subordinates to take Xu Shulou to find a place to accommodate Zhang Baihe, and then took people out.
Xu Shulou went to Bai Roushuang's place to take a look. The little sister had been trying to establish her foundation for seven days, and everyone on Wuchen Island took turns to protect her. Seeing Xu Shulou coming back and asking about the situation, Song Ping and other people who knew Zhang Baihe were all filled with emotion.
Nothing happened that night. Early the next morning, Xu Shulou went to Zhang Baihe's place first. He was extremely hungry. She brought him some food, but he seemed only willing to eat raw food. Xu Shulou had no choice but to find some fresh pig hearts and livers to feed him. Only then did he reluctantly calm down.
Xu Shulou went to look for Sect Master Hehuan again, only to find out that she had not returned all night. The maid beside the Sect Master looked worried: "I guess the Young Sect Master hasn't been found yet."
Xu Shulou frowned: "Has this happened before?"
The maid shook her head and said, "Young Master never plays around for too long. Even if no one is looking for her, she will return in three or two hours at most."
Xu Shulou nodded and planned to go out to help search for people nearby. When he reached the mountainside, he ran into a group of women from the Hehuan Sect. The leader took out a letter and showed it to her: "This is what we just found at the foot of the mountain."
Xu Shulou quickly unfolded the letter, which contained only a short sentence asking her to take Zhang Baihe to Yunshui Pavilion in the city alone to exchange for A Fu.
It turned out that Ah Fu was kidnapped by Fan Zhi last night. Fan Yang chose the Yunshui Pavilion, where people were coming and going, as the meeting place, because he was sure that Xu Shulou was afraid of hurting the people and would not act without scruples.
After seeing the letter, Luo Hongtang, the leader of Hehuan Sect, showed a look of ridicule: "So this is a famous and upright sect."
Xu Shulou assured her: "Sect Master, I'm sorry, I will definitely bring the Young Master back."
"I can't blame you," the clan leader closed his eyes slightly, "It was my decision to get involved in this matter, I can't blame you."
Xu Shulou was amazed. Just from this sentence, he knew why Luo Hongtang could become the sect leader.
She was polishing the sword. The sword was unsheathed because of Fan Yang, so it would be fair to kill him and return the sword to the sheath.
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On that afternoon in Wushuang City, a strange scene appeared on the streets.
A very beautiful young girl, with a long sword on her back and an unconscious man with messy hair and dirty clothes on her shoulder, walked across the long street in a swaggering manner.
This person was naturally Xu Shulou. She came to the top floor of Yunshui Pavilion as agreed in the letter: "I have brought Zhang Baihe with me, where is Miss Luo?"
Fan Yang and Fan Zhi, one standing in front of the window and the other walking to the door, blocked all exits.
Xiao Ya was not there. Lu Beichen was sitting in the corner with a confused look on his face. He seemed to have no idea how things had developed to this point.
In another corner farthest from him, a pretty little girl was sleeping on a bench with her eyes closed.
Fan Zhi smiled and looked at Xu Shulou: "Miss Xu, we don't want things to turn out like this. If you put the man down, you can take the girl away. We will just pretend that this never happened. How about that?"
Xu Shulou asked back: "If Uncle Zhang falls into your hands, you will kill him immediately, right?"
"Don't worry about that."
Xu Shulou put the person on his shoulder on the table, carefully approached the corner, picked up the little girl with one hand, and held the sword in the other hand: "Why is Elder Fan still blocking the door? Don't you trust me?"
Fan Yang and Fan Zhi suddenly moved at the same time, one stabbed the unconscious man on the table, and the other attacked Xu Shulou who was carrying a burden.
At the critical moment, "Zhang Baihe" on the table suddenly flipped over, jumped up, and blocked Fan Zhi's whip.
"Song Ping?"
Xu Shulou made a regretful expression: "It seems that we don't trust each other very much."
She held A Fu in her arms and didn't want to fight any longer.
She used protective spiritual energy to wrap herself and A Fu, intent on breaking through, but Fan Yang used his most powerful magic weapon to force her into a corner.
Xu Shulou was guarding against his attack head-on. Fan Yang suddenly whistled. With the whistle, something woke up, crawled out of A Fu's arms, and rushed straight to Xu Shulou's left wrist. She couldn't dodge in time and watched the insect-like thing melt into her skin, surge under her skin a few times, and then calm down again.
She stumbled a step, and heard Fan Yang's voice beside her: "Beichen, hurry up and support your fiancée."
As Xu Shulou felt dizzy, all he saw was Lu Beichen's handsome face, as if this was the only scenery left in the world.
He had not made a move, but subconsciously supported her upon hearing her words, his face full of confusion: "Elder Fan, what exactly are you going to do? Didn't you agree to return the girl? Why..."
"You should thank me," Fan Yang laughed, obviously very proud, "Don't worry, this girl will be devoted to you from now on, and you can have whatever you want."
"What..." Lu Beichen didn't understand, "What are you talking about?"
"Senior Sister!" Song Ping's worried roar brought back some clarity to Xu Shulou's mind.
She struggled to push Lu Beichen away, supporting herself on the ground with one hand. Fan Yang looked at her in such a state of embarrassment and laughed. He was clearly right in front of her, but he wanted to send a message to her so that no one else could hear: "Xu Shulou, I won't kill you. I want you to live through this humiliation. When the poisonous insect merges with your blood, you will even forget about being poisoned today."
Xu Shulou half-squatted and half-knelt on the ground, his whole body shaking uncontrollably: "What is this Gu for?"
Fan Yang looked down at her, enjoying her predicament very much. "This is also the first time I use this Gu. As for how effective it will be, let's wait and see. I will be very happy to see you become a running dog of my Lingxiao Sect."
"It's a pity..." Xu Shulou raised his hand that had been supporting the ground, "You won't be able to see that time."
As soon as he finished speaking, sword energy rose, and Xu Shulou risked the possibility of his dantian being shattered, and activated the power of his dantian. The sword flew out of his hand, piercing Fan Yang through the chest and nailing him to the wall.
With a cultivator of this level throwing a blow with all his strength, the building should have collapsed long ago, but this Yunshui Pavilion seemed very solid and did not break or collapse. Not even a brick fell from the outer wall.
Lu Beichen looked at his feet in a daze, and found that Xu Shulou had just used his unstable hand to support the ground and used his spiritual power to wrap this floor, so as to prevent the building from being smashed through and causing harm to the innocent people below.
"Brother!" Fan Zhi cried out in grief.
"Song Ping!" Xu Shulou shouted and recalled the long sword with his right hand. The sword brought out a burst of blood from Fan Yang's body. Fan Yang lost his support and slowly slid to the ground.
Song Ping had a tacit understanding with her. While Fan Zhi was checking on Fan Yang's situation, he flew towards his senior sister. Xu Shulou raised his hand and blasted a small piece of the roof, and the two of them flew out with A Fu.
Lu Beichen held the sword in his hand, but did not try to stop them, nor did he look at Fan Yang's injuries.
What is going on? He sighed.
The two factions had joined forces to fight the enemy, and the Fan Yang brothers and sisters should have known who Xu Shulou was. Perhaps too much time had passed, and she had behaved too gently in recent years, so they had forgotten that Xu Shulou was a very strong-willed person who would rather break than bend. The only thing that could make her compromise was probably the righteousness of the world. Apart from that, if anyone touched her bottom line, she would never bend even if she had to risk her life for someone else's.
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