Chapter 584 (First Update)
"They're not dead!"
She's still breathing.
Gu Jiao didn't know what to say.
Princess Xinyang must have had a tough time dealing with a Dragon Shadow Guard like Long Yi. She must have been on the verge of a breakdown quite often.
The small poisonous insects on Long Yi's body were helpless against him, and they were all crushed to death by Long Yi.
However, the small poisonous insects on the other four Dragon Shadow Guards were still actively biting their exposed skin.
Gu Jiao squatted down and pinched the small poisonous insect off the neck of one of the Dragon Shadow Guards.
Unexpectedly, the small black poisonous insect descended, but its stinger broke off inside the flesh.
It seems we'll have to let these little poisonous insects pull out their own stingers.
Okay, she has a magic potion.
Gu Jiao took out a bottle of medicated oil from her bosom and dripped it onto the remaining small poisonous insects. Sure enough, the insects were instantly dazed by the fumes and fell off the Dragon Shadow Guard with a clatter.
The wound on the neck of the first-ranked Dragon Shadow Guard also needed to be treated promptly. Since there were no tweezers available, Gu Jiao could only use the silver needles she carried with her to pry open the wound and remove the poisonous thorn.
Finally, Gu Jiao applied some wound medicine to him.
Throughout the entire process, Gu Jiao did not take any protective measures for herself, yet these insects simply did not bite her. Considering Qin Fengyan's past experience of carrying poisonous insects on her person, these insects might specifically target assassins.
But Long Yi is also a suicide squad member, so why didn't he bite him?
Knowing that his brothers were alright, Long Yi stopped pretending to be dead. Perhaps adhering to the principle of sharing both good times and bad, and even sharing the pain of being bitten by insects, he sat cross-legged on the ground, grabbed a small poisonous insect, and threw it onto the back of his hand.
He tossed it again and again.
It seems like he threw the bugs until they were dizzy.
Gu Jiao took out an empty small porcelain bottle, caught a few small poisonous insects and put them in it, then took it home to study.
The four Dragon Shadow Guards sat against the wall. These poisonous insects were too dangerous for them, and they needed some time to recover their strength.
Gu Jiao went inside to find the medicine, leaving Long Yi to guard the place.
The courtyard wasn't large, with only four rooms. Gu Jiao searched through them one by one and found a row of medicine shelves in the second to last room.
There were many external medicines on the shelf, including wound medicine, hemostatic pills, and meridian-clearing pills, but none of these were the medicines Gu Jiao was looking for.
Finally, Gu Jiao saw a dozen or so inconspicuous bottles and jars on the bottom shelf, all filled with medicines she couldn't recognize.
"Which one is the antidote? Never mind, let's take it back first."
Gu Jiao took out a sack, excluded the external injury medicines she was sure of, and put all the rest that she didn't recognize into the sack.
Qin Chuyu was still waiting for the antidote, so Gu Jiao didn't go to loot anything else; otherwise, given her personality, she would have emptied the entire estate.
Just to be on the safe side, Gu Jiao also searched the last room to make sure she hadn't missed any medicine before returning to the corridor.
The four Dragon Shadow Guards had not been poisoned for long and were not in mortal danger. They were able to stand up and use some of their skills.
"Let's go!" Gu Jiao said to the group.
Long Yi grabbed Gu Jiao and used his lightness skill to leap out of the courtyard.
The other four, still suffering from lingering poison, were able to use about 30-40% of their lightness skill, which was enough for them to leave the small courtyard.
Next, we need to leave here and get back to the capital as soon as possible.
The sky was dark, with no stars or moon.
The cold wind on a February night is not as biting as in the dead of winter, but it is still enough to chill you to the bone.
The nighttime guard duty was noticeably more stringent than at dusk, with groups of ten—one bodyguard and nine Dragon Shadow Guards—patrolling back and forth through the main passageways of the manor.
Princess Xinyang's mention of one hundred Dragon Shadow Guards did not mean there were only one hundred people in the manor. Including the regular guards and their leaders, there were probably two hundred.
Gu Jiao and Long Yi carefully avoided the patrolling Yan people and approached the south wall of the manor step by step, which was the place they had just entered from.
This place is closest to the main road, making it the easiest to evacuate.
Everything was going smoothly, but no one expected that a stray cat would suddenly appear out of nowhere.
This was an unexpected situation; no one anticipated encountering a stray cat.
Xiao Heng is afraid of cats.
Therefore, Ryuichi instinctively dislikes cats.
As soon as he unleashed his aura, the stray cat let out a meow in fright and fell off the wall, crashing into a dead branch.
The withered branch made a very slight cracking sound.
For the Dragon Shadow Guards, whose hearing was exceptionally sharp, this was a tremendous commotion.
There are people over there!
A strange voice shouted sharply.
Immediately afterwards, a whole row of cold arrows mixed with hidden weapons came down from the sky, like a dense net, carrying a chilling and murderous aura, and relentlessly killing the group!
This was the first time Gu Jiao had experienced an attack from the Chinese.
It must be said that their attack methods and strategies are different from those of ordinary armies.
Gu Jiao drew her red-tasseled spear, braced the tip against the ground, and leaped into the air, hovering above the net of arrows to avoid the attack.
Long Yi then shook his arms, unleashing two bursts of internal force to blast away the four people beside him. He himself leaped into the air, stepping on the arrows flying through the air, and flew straight towards the patrol team that was firing arrows.
With a snap, he broke the neck of the lead guard!
Gu Jiao understood and said to the four Dragon Shadow Guards who were still suffering from the lingering poison, "Let's go!"
The four men were unwilling to leave their leader behind.
Gu Jiao threw them over one by one.
Because the four were poisoned and in poor condition, they were indeed thrown over by Gu Jiao.
Gu Jiao: It feels so good to throw the Dragon Shadow Guard!
The commotion alerted the guards in the manor, and more and more Dragon Shadow Guards rushed over. After throwing the last Dragon Shadow Guard of Princess Xinyang over, Gu Jiao quickly leaped onto the wall herself.
But just as she jumped, a thin rope suddenly reached out from behind and wrapped around her waist.
With a whoosh, she was swept back to the manor and fell heavily to the ground.
Gu Jiao was trying to protect the medicine on her body, so she couldn't protect herself properly and fell quite hard.
Gu Jiao let out a muffled groan.
The owner of the rope still didn't let go, and suddenly increased the force, pulling Gu Jiao backward. Gu Jiao picked up the red-tasseled spear on the ground, and with a flick of her bare hand, removed the white cloth covering the spear.
She turned over, knelt on one knee, gripped the red-tasseled spear, and slashed fiercely!
With a snap, the thin rope was mercilessly cut by the red-tasseled spear!
The guard who was holding the rope suddenly lost his grip and fell backward to the ground.
The boy knelt on one knee, wearing a flamboyant peacock mask, but his eyes, which were exposed, were as fierce as a god of death.
The Yan man who rushed over from a short distance and witnessed this scene was suddenly stunned.
His gaze fell on the wolf-like boy, and he was shocked by the boy's skill and murderous aura.
His agility was secondary; such talented youths were common in the Yan Kingdom. However, his eyes and aura were quite different from those he had ever met.
And his red-tasseled spear.
That is—
Little Jingkong had decorated the red-tasseled spear with a big red flower and tied it into a small braid, so to be honest, you couldn't really tell anything about it at first glance.
He wanted to take a second look, but the boy was taken away by the powerful assassin.
...or rather, it was taken away.
"General!" a guard said, bowing respectfully. "Your subordinate is incompetent and has allowed someone to break into the estate!"
The man from Yan said, "Send men to chase after them. Also, check if anything is missing from the estate."
"yes!"
The guards ordered two groups of men to act separately.
The man from Yan stared in the direction the boy had left, unable to recover for a long time.
An advisor approached and asked, "General, what are you looking at?"
The man from Yan gestured with his eyes towards the direction of the courtyard wall: "Did you see that young man just now? Doesn't he look a little familiar?"
"He looks familiar?" the strategist said. "No, he's wearing a mask, I couldn't even see his face clearly."
The man from Yan seemed to be deep in thought: "It's not his appearance, it's...it's that murderous aura."
The boy didn't use many moves, and there wasn't much bloodshed, but some people are born with an aura that makes them stand out from the crowd.
The strategist smiled and said, "That young man is just average, not particularly skilled. There are plenty of people with that kind of skill in the Yan Kingdom."
The man from Yan frowned deeply: "I feel like I've seen him before... Is it his eyes? Or... is it related to his weapon?"
The strategist asked, "General, are you referring to that long spear?"
The man from Yan murmured, "It's not an ordinary spear, it's a red-tasseled spear, somewhat like Xuanyuan Li's divine weapon... Xuanyuan Li."
The strategist smiled and said, "Xuanyuan Li's red-tasseled spear did indeed end up in the Zhao Kingdom. It wouldn't be surprising if the general saw it. Does the general think he just saw a descendant of Xuanyuan Li?"
The man from Yan sighed, "I was overthinking it. All the men of the Xuanyuan family have been executed, not even infants were spared. There's no way there could be any descendants left in the world."
(End of this chapter)
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