Chapter 45: Poison

The crowd around them all focused on the two people on the stage, because both of them were martial arts heroes without any sect, and they maintained a winning streak.

One was Gu Jue, and the other was Tu Ruyu.

Gu Jue held a sword, his posture was upright, and the blade was like smoke and clouds, not like a thing on earth.

Tu Ruyu held a knife, standing like a pine tree, and the blade was sharp, showing its sharpness.

There was even a betting on who would win this game.

Gu Jue and Tu Ruyu had half and half supporters.

Yu Chi passed by, took a glance, and put down a five-hundred-liang silver note to bet on Gu Jue to win.

By the time Yu Chi sat down, Gu Jue and Tu Ruyu had already started fighting.

Both of them moved very fast. As soon as the sword came out, it was blocked by the blade. They chopped down, thrust up, stabbed, and cut.

There was a back and forth, and neither of them gave in.

Tu Ruyu chopped horizontally with a knife, and Gu Jue leaned back and barely avoided it.

Then he reacted quickly, turned his body, and turned the long sword in his hand to stab at Tu Ruyu's chest.

He raised the knife to block.

He was forced to take two steps back by Gu Jue's force and steadied his feet.

There was a sound of friction between the weapons, and then they separated.

Tu Ruyu used the force to turn around, and the blade was close to Gu Jue. Gu Jue tiptoed up and jumped up, jumping over Tu Ruyu's knife, flipped over Tu Ruyu's head, and stood still.

He came behind Tu Ruyu and swung his sword across. Tu Ruyu was unable to dodge and stood with his sword in his hands, barely blocking it.

The tip of the sword scratched Tu Ruyu's clothes, and he secretly said that it was a close call.

Gu Jue raised his foot to attack his lower body, but Tu Ruyu turned around and turned the blade. Gu Jue chopped down with his sword, cutting the blade into the ground.

There were screams all around.

Tu Ruyu drew his sword, but Gu Jue used the force to step on the blade and leap into the air. He held the sword in both hands and chopped down at him...

This competition lasted for quite a while, and Gu Jue won in the end.

In the cold winter month, he exhaled a breath of white air. He was sweating from the fierce fight just now.

Tu Ruyu was beaten so hard that he sat on the ground and hadn't recovered yet.

Next to him was a pit, which was created by Gu Jue with the Xunxian Sword.

It was a pity that he didn't hit him.

Gu Jue stretched out his hand to pull him up. After all, Tu Ruyu's swordsmanship was powerful and he was his equal.

How did the saying go, you don't know each other until you fight?

Yu Chi looked at Tu Ruyu holding Gu Jue's hand below the stage with his eyes slightly narrowed.

He always felt that it was a little familiar...

All the competitions this morning have ended. Except for the place where the opening was still crowded with people, the rest of the people have dispersed one after another.

Gu Wuhui came with Yu Hexi today.

When he walked past Yu Chi, he leaned against the back of Yu Chi's chair, and moved his eyes downward along his gaze, landing on the clasped hands of Gu Jue and Tu Ruyu.

Both of them were smiling, revealing a sense of mutual appreciation and a match made in heaven.

Gu Wuhui patted Yu Chi on the shoulder.

"Is your little bodyguard going to run away with someone else?"

He had only seen Gu Jue twice, once when they intercepted him yesterday,

and once today, on the stage.

Anyway, he had never seen Gu Jue smile so brilliantly at Yu Chi.

Yu Chi stood up, tugged at his cloak, and glanced at Gu Wuhui.

"Gu Wuhui, I will definitely prepare the best mute medicine in the world for you."

He looks like a decent person, but he has a mouth that only says unpleasant things. It's better to be mute.

"..."

After Yu Chi took the cloak left by Gu Jue and went downstairs, Yu Hexi took two steps forward and walked side by side with Gu Wuhui.

"The relationship between him and his bodyguard seems to be unusual."

Gu Wuhui looked at the staircase where Yu Chi disappeared, and his eyes narrowed slightly.

"Why is it unusual?"

Yu Hexi's eyes moved slightly, and he tilted his head to meet Gu Wuhui's gaze who was looking back.

No one spoke again as they tacitly understood each other.

Gu Wuhui took a step forward before Yu Hexi.

"Let's go, Hexi. I'm hungry."

Yu Hexi followed his footsteps with a smile, her sleeves fluttering.

Yu Chi went downstairs and stood at the edge of the arena. The person who opened the betting table just now gave him the silver he won, a total of three thousand taels.

As soon as Gu Jue saw him, he decisively jumped off the arena, came to his side, and called his name.

"Yu Chi."

"Well, what are you talking about?"

"I think his swordsmanship is good. Let's learn from each other again when we have a chance."

Gu Jue turned around and waved goodbye to Tu Ruyu. Tu Ruyu left the arena.

Yu Chi raised his hand and touched Gu Jue's face, and his fingertips brushed Gu Jue's forehead.

"Are you cold?"

"Not too cold."

Gu Jue responded, while cooperating with Yu Chi to put on the cloak.

After Yu Chi sorted it out for him, he shook the banknotes in his hand.

"You won, you can eat whatever you want today."

"Really?"

Yu Chi nodded. When they left, there were no people on the ring.

While walking on the road, Gu Jue carefully moved to Yu Chi's side, and his hands were about to touch the back of Yu Chi's hand, but he was suddenly caught.

Yu Chi's hand was a little cold.

He looked back, with a faint smile in his eyes, and asked Gu Jue.

"What do you want to do?"

Gu Jue said nothing, but moved his hand, which was held by Yu Chi, and put it into the gap between Yu Chi's five fingers, interlocking his fingers with Yu Chi's.

Not long after lunch, the wind and snow had stopped.

Gu Jue sat astride Yu Chi's legs, resting his head on Yu Chi's shoulder, playing with Yu Chi's hair.

His hair was as white as snow, and was neatly scattered behind his head. At the moment, it was a little messy because of Gu Jue.

Yu Chi held Gu Jue's back with one hand and read a book with the other.

The afternoon was very quiet, and Gu Jue yawned.

"Yu Chi, why did your hair turn white? You seem to have never told me?"

Yu Chi turned the page of the book.

"It was caused by a poison. I tried many ways to make it turn back, but it didn't work."

He looked at the lines in the book, and his tone was flat, as if he was talking about something that had nothing to do with him.

Gu Jue, on the other hand, buried his head in Yu Chi's shoulders and neck while listening to Yu Chi's words, smelling the pleasant cold sandalwood fragrance, with only his eyes showing.

His fingers were inserted into Yu Chi's long hair, and the soft hair passed through and slipped through his fingers.

Poison.

"What poison? Are you... okay now?"

Yu Chi patted Gu Jue's back to reassure him.

"I'm fine in front of you now, right? Do you know Wang Chuan Xue?"

"Never heard of it."

Has Yu Chi been poisoned?

Maybe in the past that he didn't know, Yu Chi had also suffered a lot and been hurt a lot?

"Wangchuan Snow is a cold poison. The poison will flow through the body within three days, causing a person's life to quickly drain away. The body is gradually corroded by the biting cold. Therefore, after being poisoned by Wangchuan Snow, you can tell the degree of poisoning by just looking at the hair color."

"When the hair color turns completely white, it means that this person is not far from death."

He patiently explained to Gu Jue word by word.

Gu Jue closed his eyes, pinching the end of Yu Chi's hair with his fingers, feeling a little uncomfortable.

"Was there anyone by your side at that time?"

Yu Chi paused, his eyes moved away from the book and fell on Gu Jue .

"What?"

Gu Jue's voice was tense.

"When you were poisoned by Wangchuan Snow, was there anyone by your side?"

As he spoke, Yu Chi's eyes softened and the hand holding the book dropped.

He rested his chin on Gu Jue's shoulder, closed his eyes, and stroked Gu Jue's back with his hand, hugging Gu Jue secretly.

"No, there was no one around me at that time."

The words he described were cold and could not express the real feeling of Wangchuan Snow in his body.

Stereotyped and regular.

But he could feel that Gu Jue might be distressed.

Distressed for him who had no one by his side at that time.

The 25-year-old Yu Chi.

Three years have passed, and he almost forgot the feeling that Wangchuan Snow brought him. He only remembered that it was very cold and painful.

But that coldness and pain have been away from him for three whole years.

Although Wangchuan Snow is a kind of cold poison, it is not particularly famous in the world. It comes from the hands of the master of Jiyue Pavilion.

Even Jiyue Pavilion rarely uses Wangchuan Snow.

And the original purpose of Wangchuan Snow seems to be to suppress another poison, "Immortality".

There is no solution to Immortality, and Wangchuan Snow is the only "antidote" that can suppress Immortality.

...

"It's over, Gu Jue."

Yu Chi's voice softened a little. Gu Jue put his arm around his shoulders, stepped back a little, and looked at Yu Chi.

Yu Chi was very calm, from beginning to end.

Gu Jue raised his hand to cover Yu Chi's eyes, lowered his head and leaned to Yu Chi's lips.

Just as he was about to fall, someone knocked on their door.

It was Tu Ruyu, who came to find Gu Jue. He wanted to fight with Gu Jue again.

Gu Jue turned around to look at Yu Chi.

"Go ahead."

Yu Chi nodded, Gu Jue pursed his lips, looked at him for a long time, and then followed Tu Ruyu.

The door was closed by Gu Jue, and Yu Chi took the book and put it on the table to read, but he couldn't read a single word.