324: Chapter 317 Is This Your Ho?
324: Chapter 317 Is This Your Ho?
Zhao Changhe didn’t bother with Yang Qianyuan anymore and swiftly entered the stone house.
The outer chamber had already been emptied by Heavenly Spirit, and the secret passageway was very conspicuous.
Through the passage and inside, one could imdiately see an even larger space, with a pill furnace in the center.
The fire in the furnace had long been extinguished, yet a faint radiance emanated from within.
Even the sealed bronze furnace could not hide it, a clear sign of treasure present.
If there were elixirs inside the furnace, they would truly be worthy of the term “Immortal Pills.”
Next to the furnace sat a skeleton in lotus position, its bones erald-green in color, almost like a model crafted from black jade…
It looked as if it had died from poisoning or had beco this way through refining poisons.
An alchemy refiner, on the verge of completing his elixir, died abruptly from a poison outbreak, leaving behind the dicine within the furnace…
When the epoch collapsed, was it the alien power of the elixir inside the furnace that kept the space isolated?
This was sowhat terrifying.
What kind of elixir could achieve such an effect?
Or was there sothing else?
It was unclear if there was sothing else on the skeleton because the countless mbers of the Money Gang, including their leader, were writhing and wailing around it, obstructing the view.
However, neither they nor anyone else could get within ten feet of the skeleton and the pill furnace, creating a bizarre ten-foot protective zone.
As if precisely calculated, within the journey of ten feet approaching it, the poison in the air had fully perated and acted with deadly accuracy.
Experts like Poison Spider sensed sothing wrong the mont they entered the passage, imdiately retreated, and began to catch others to test the poison…
Unfortunately, the gang leader and the others were not versed in poisons and were completely unaware until they noticed the poison in their bodies.
By then, it was too late.
In the short ti since Zhao Changhe and Xia Chichi had co in to observe, the mbers of the Money Gang had gone from agonizing wails to rolling on the ground, and then to lacking the strength to even roll, only faint groans remained.
They were all dood…
Not to ntion them, even Xia Chichi, who had made the Secret Realm Breakthrough, could not sense any poison in the air—all was colorless, odorless, with no indications.
It was solely through maintaining inner vision that one could detect toxins perating through the skin—yet before causing harm, they were dissolved by the Rejuvenation Technique transmitted through Zhao Changhe’s hand.
Zhao Changhe did not understand poisons either, but with prior preparation and the Rejuvenation Technique at hand, it was quite easy to discern that the toxins in the air were indeed becoming sparser.
As such, he speculated that with his and Chichi’s poison resistance, they could endure well without the Rejuvenation Technique for quite so ti.
He figured pulling in a few more people to fill the void would completely disperse the poison in the area…
As he was thinking this, there ca Yang Qianyuan’s exclamation from outside, “Heavenly Spirit!
You…
Ah!”
The voice abruptly cut off.
Zhao Changhe and Xia Chichi decisively started their act, curling up on the ground motionlessly.
The next mont, screams followed one after another as mbers of the Money Gang guarding the outside were thrown in one by one.
Heavenly Spirit, unable to find Poison Spider outside and puzzled as to why, wondered on what basis he could judge that the poison had dissipated.
Was he supposed to go in and test himself?
But on second thought, wasn’t the disappearance of Poison Spider also a good thing?
One less person to share the spoils.
The elixir was likely to be just a single one!
Heart stirred, Heavenly Spirit turned back, throwing in Yang Qianyuan and those guarding the door to test the concentration of the poison inside.
Sure enough, the more people thrown in, the longer it took for the poison to affect them, clearly indicating that the poison was almost gone.
Overjoyed, Heavenly Spirit threw Yang Qianyuan in last.
Yang Qianyuan saw the people lying haphazardly inside, his complexion ashen, thinking to himself that his ti was up…
but after a few monts, nothing happened, and after a few more monts, still nothing.
The poison had completely dispersed!
Yang Qianyuan was shocked and delighted, almost bursting into triumphant laughter.
What is a child of destiny?
This is it!
Even more delighted than him was Heavenly Spirit, who entered with wild laughter, “After so much effort, the day has finally co.”
His gaze fell on the gang leader, who had not died but curled up among the pile of people, sweat dropping like beans, painfully suppressing his agony, not even having the strength to speak.
Heavenly Spirit approached with a smile and with a “crack” stomped on the gang leader’s shoulder, crushing it outright, “How does it feel?”
The gang leader, too weak to even scream, groaned softly, “I was blinded by my own greed…
if you’ve got the guts, give a quick death.
Torturing , what kind of hero does that make you?”
Yang Qianyuan saw that Heavenly Spirit did not bother with him, and he ran off like smoke.
Indeed, Heavenly Spirit couldn’t be bothered to deal with a small fry like Yang Qianyuan.
Hearing the gang leader’s words, not only did he not grant a quick death, but he also started to crush the gang leader’s other hand inch by inch from the fingers, “I, Heavenly Spirit, have never claid to be a hero, didn’t you realize that from the first day?”
The gang leader hung on to his last breath, staring fixedly at the entrance of the passage.
He had a backer, yet until now no one had co to his aid.
The leader of the Money Gang felt it was likely that his patron had fallen into the hands of the Poison Spider, he beca more and more desperate, and finally he died of Qi exhaustion.
Zhao Changhe felt that so-called backer simply didn’t care about his life or death, waiting to see if Heavenly Spirit would encounter any traps among the corpses and pill furnaces before seizing the opportunity to make a move…
Upon seeing the leader of the Money Gang dead, Heavenly Spirit couldn’t be bothered to torture the other Money Gang mbers and instead looked at Zhao Changhe with a smile, “I was afraid the two of you were laying in ambush, but as it turns out, you’re just fools who’ve co in to get poisoned.
Where’s Poison Spider?”
Zhao Changhe remained silent, while Xia Chichi pretended to faint.
Heavenly Spirit laughed, “If she had died at your hands, the Chaotic World Book would surely have reported it.
It seems she’s been injured by you and is hiding.
Not a bad thing at all.
The poison fog is gone, and I’ve no use for her anymore, now I can keep it all for myself.”
Zhao Changhe sighed, “Even if you keep it all for yourself, Poison Spider will still co looking for trouble with you in the future.”
“That’s not a concern for you to bother with.” Heavenly Spirit bent down and pulled him up, sealed his acupoints with a finger, and pushed him towards the Black Jade Skull, “Take his things for .”
That black jade-colored skull looked toxic no matter how you looked at it; it was highly likely that the space poison had been emitted by the skull.
Heavenly Spirit, of course, didn’t dare touch it, and thus found a scapegoat.
Zhao Changhe was pushed towards the Black Jade Skull.
Xia Chichi, following behind, slightly opened her eyes, only to see Zhao Changhe motioning with his hand behind his back, signaling her not to rush.
Initially planning to suddenly rise up and kill Heavenly Spirit, the outco changed as Heavenly Spirit hadn’t shown interest in her charms and hadn’t tornted Zhao Changhe.
Instead, he let Zhao Changhe try the poison…
there really was no need to rush, so Xia Chichi quietly watched the drama unfold.
Zhao Changhe squatted next to the Black Jade Skull and carefully took a look.
There was a thin booklet at the cross-legged position, titled “Hundred Herbs Poison Scripture,” apparently placed against the chest originally, but It had dropped down after the clothes had decayed at the cross-legged position.
Apart from that, there were so scattered items, various gold, silver, and jewels, and a small black jade-colored token, possibly an identity tag.
Heavenly Spirit urged, “Bring it here!”
Zhao Changhe silently handed over the Poison Scripture and the token to Heavenly Spirit, who wrapped it with True Qi and caught it, laughing, “Zhao Changhe is truly a man of the tis, no wonder he has risen so rapidly.
Go, open the pill furnace.”
Zhao Changhe reached out and tried to lift the lid of the pill furnace, but couldn’t open it, looking surprised, “It won’t open…
it’s as if it was cast in one piece.”
“Where would you ever find a pill furnace lid cast in one piece?” Heavenly Spirit didn’t believe him, “Are you putting on an act, pretending not to apply any force?”
Zhao Changhe looked at him speechlessly, “Just try hitting it with a wave of your hand from a distance.”
Heavenly Spirit casually picked up the sword of the Money Gang leader from the ground and threw it, accurately lodging it between the furnace lid and the body of the furnace.
With a “clang,” the longsword was repelled, but the furnace lid didn’t move an inch, completely unyielding.
Heavenly Spirit also started to feel surprised, “Could it be that it wasn’t hit with enough force?”
Zhao Changhe thought to himself: That’s right, it needs the power of the Dragon Elephant.
His “acupoints were sealed,” naturally making him powerless.
Heavenly Spirit was unlikely to unseal his acupoints for him; so, at last, he concentrated his True Qi and forcefully pushed out.
Just as the True Qi burst forth, his ridians twisted in agonizing pain.
The poison, which was lurking within his body unbeknownst to him, was dormant until the True Qi moved.
As soon as it did, it was like an overturned sea, violent and rampant.
Heavenly Spirit had no idea where the poison had co from, letting out a painful moan.
At the sa mont, a cold chill rose up from behind.
Xia Chichi, who seed to have fainted, suddenly stabbed a sword at his back, while Zhao Changhe, who appeared to have been properly immobilized by an acupoint attack, drew his Dragon Sparrow like nothing was amiss and fiercely slashed at his neck.
Heavenly Spirit, who had beco disoriented due to the intense pain from the poison in his ridians, still managed to deflect the Dragon Sparrow and dodge Xia Chichi’s sword thrust, demonstrating an extraordinary level of cultivation, even stronger than Poison Spider!
However, Xia Chichi at this mont was no longer the person she had been the day before; Heavenly Spirit’s dodge was ultimately incomplete.
The Bing Po followed him like a shadow, still grazing below his ribs and leaving a long gash.
The sharp Sword Qi from the White Tiger surged out explosively, making Heavenly Spirit cry out in agony again and retreat to the corner of the room, clutching his side and gasping for breath.
The treacherous pair with their swords closed in from both sides.
“You never had your acupoints sealed!” Heavenly Spirit couldn’t comprehend, “Not sealed and not poisoned, is this place your ho?”
Zhao Changhe was taken aback by the accusation, then chuckled, “Perhaps.”
Heavenly Spirit was amused and angered at the sa ti, “If neither of you were poisoned, then why didn’t you attack when I was off guard?
Instead, you actually let seal your acupoints; isn’t that just absurd?”
“Brother…” Zhao Changhe smiled faintly, “Poison Spider, ranked fifty-eight on the Human List and in possession of astonishing poison skills—why would soone like that cooperate with you, follow your plan to ambush Chichi, and seemingly even let you take the lead?”
Heavenly Spirit remained silent.
Zhao Changhe continued, “It only proves that you’re not just any common district gang leader, forced to submit and keep silent under the Money Gang leader’s coercion.
Your real strength is not less than Poison Spider’s.
Without the confidence to ambush such a formidable expert, we naturally had to wait until you were further weakened before making a move.”
Internalizing his affliction to the poison, Heavenly Spirit said incredulously, “But how did I get poisoned?”
Zhao Changhe pointed at the Moyu Token in his left hand, “Now that you know the two of us are unscathed by the poison here, can’t you guess?
There are so things I can touch, but you can’t.
Sending to retrieve the poison was pointless.”
Heavenly Spirit angrily tossed the token onto the ground.
The jade struck the ground with a clear sound, and not even a corner of it chipped.
Zhao Changhe said calmly, “Chichi really dislikes you.
The play we put on wasn’t about taking anything; it was all to kill you.”
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