Xuanxia

Chapter 297: To make people respect you, you must first make them fear you

The way the young boatman vomited did not look like he was drunk at all. He groaned in extreme pain from time to time, and what he vomited out was not only wine, but also some strange black liquid.

The drinkers in the lobby were all stunned. It took them several breaths to react, and they quickly stood up and rushed over.

Hua Wuying was also startled, but then he realized something and suddenly turned his head to look at the corridor on the second floor behind him.

I saw Hua Xiaolan had left the room at some point and was standing by the handrail in the corridor with an expressionless face.

"Junior Sister Hua?!"

Hua Wuying was shocked and angry: "It's you?!"

Hua Xiaolan didn't say anything, her expression remained cold.

The next moment, the sounds of vomiting outside the lobby suddenly began one after another.

I saw that those drunkards who had just rushed out were holding their stomachs one after another and vomiting like the young boatman!
Suddenly, there were more than a dozen "patients" in great pain outside the lobby door. They held on to trees and walls, and vomited out black water with a strange and smelly taste!
The waiter was so frightened that his legs went limp, probably thinking that there was something wrong with his food and wine. He first rushed out the door and looked at the madly vomiting customers, then rushed to the backyard of the inn in a panic, shouting at the innkeeper.

Hua Wuying gritted his teeth and glared at Hua Xiaolan: "Why did you poison them!"

Hua Xiaolan glanced at him indifferently and ignored him. She just stepped lightly onto the handrail and floated down the stairs like a light swallow.

At the same time, she looked at the drinkers and said indifferently: "The boatman, your surname is Yuan, right? Since you know how to get to the Black Mountain Islands, you can row the boat for us. Otherwise... you don't want to vomit out your heart, liver, spleen, lungs and kidneys, right?"

"you?!"

The young boatman, Brother Yuan, was vomiting so hard that his head was spinning. When he heard this, he only had time to stare at Hua Xiaolan in shock and confusion, then he held onto the tree and continued vomiting.

Hua Wuying was extremely angry and strode to Hua Xiaolan's side: "Junior Sister Hua, quickly detoxify them! Don't threaten them with poison!"

"Young Alliance Leader, I said, I am a demon girl."

Hua Xiaolan glanced at him calmly and said, "If you, a benevolent hero, can't accomplish something, you can only use the method of a witch."

Hua Wuying clenched his teeth and subconsciously reached for the iron sword behind him.

"Are you going to punish the wicked?" Hua Xiaolan suddenly smiled at him: "But I am a witch, not a villain, the naive young leader~"

Hua Wuying saw her smile and suddenly understood something. He was slightly startled: "Wait, you are not really poisoning them? Then they..."

Hua Xiaolan did not answer, but turned her head and walked towards the lobby door step by step.

In just a short while, the group of drunkards had vomited so much that the world was spinning and the sun and the moon were upside down. The door was full of filth and the strong fishy smell was extremely pungent.

She did not go out, but stood inside the door and waved her sleeves lightly.

A very light green mist that was almost invisible to the naked eye spread out, and in less than two breaths, the vomiting of these people gradually stopped.

But they had no strength to get up again and could only gasp in pain and weakness and wipe their mouths.

"You, you poisoned us..."

Brother Yuan was out of breath, his eyes full of fear: "Who are you? I didn't see you just now, how did you poison me?"

"Southern Xinjiang, the Mountain of Ten Thousand Poisons." Hua Xiaolan smiled indifferently: "You guys, didn't you notice that there were flies and insects around you when you were eating and drinking? Why would I waste my time to poison you?"

"When it comes to drugs, we are the ancestors of this world - so, be polite when talking to me. I have thousands of ways to make you live a life worse than death."

Both Young Master Yuan and the drinkers around him couldn't help but tremble at this moment.

Faced with Hua Xiaolan's unpredictable and terrifying poison, even the well-trained and bloodthirsty martial artists would tremble in fear, let alone the civilians in the town?

"rest assured."

Hua Xiaolan said calmly: "As long as you take us to the Black Mountain Islands, you and your friends will be fine."

"Heishan Islands..." Brother Yuan covered his still uncomfortable stomach. Although his face had gradually turned red, his forehead was still covered with cold sweat. He gritted his teeth but refused to agree. The other drinkers did not dare to speak anymore, but the look they gave Brother Yuan was clearly pleading.

Although we are friends who drink together, there is a matter of life and death ahead...

"I, I'm not afraid of death!"

Brother Yuan gritted his teeth and said, "But there is no return from that place! If you really want to go deep into the Black Mountain Islands, you will die! I, I don't want to leave any more innocent souls on that waterway..."

"Then it has nothing to do with you." Hua Xiaolan smiled slightly: "Just tell me whether you agree or not."

"I……"

Brother Yuan glanced at the drinking buddies around him who were unable to stand steadily, dared not speak but looked pleading, and sighed: "Okay, I'll take you there."

Hua Xiaolan smiled with satisfaction.

"Very good, we will meet here at noon tomorrow morning."

She blinked and said, "Don't even think about running away."

After saying that, she turned around and walked into the inn.

Hua Wuying kept frowning and looking at her.

"What's wrong, Young Alliance Leader?"

Hua Xiaolan raised her lips slightly: "Can't stand it?"

"You are helping them." Hua Wuying whispered, "I just tasted some of the wine they drank. It's very bad. If you drink too much, you will get a hidden disease. In addition, this inn is extremely dirty. I'm afraid they have many health problems."

"Just now I smelled what they vomited, it was extremely fishy and smelled like poison, but after they vomited, their eyes became clear and their faces rosy... In fact, Junior Sister Hua, you are treating them and helping them to expel the toxins from their bodies, aren't you?"

Outside the hall, as if to confirm his words, the drinkers gradually calmed down and spoke nervously and carefully. He seemed to hear faint words like "Why do I feel my waist is much more comfortable?" and "Why don't I see things blurry anymore?"

Hua Xiaolan smiled softly: "Very smart."

"why?"

Hua Wuying frowned slightly: "You are obviously doing good things, so why do you let them think you are poisoning them?"

"Young Alliance Leader..." Hua Xiaolan blinked: "I do good things because you are here - you still have to help me, I don't want to make you angry~"

"Otherwise, for me, poisoning is much easier than curing people."

"As for why?"

She smiled and said, "When traveling in the martial arts world, the worst thing to do is to show weakness to others."

"If you don't let them fear you, how can they respect you?"

But Hua Wuying's frown remained on his face: "If you respect others, they will always respect you. How can you gain respect by using power? The respect gained by this is not genuine."

Hua Xiaolan shook her head: "Young Alliance Leader, you have been traveling around the world with smooth sailing, you don't really think that you have done enough good things, right?"

"Back then, Alliance Leader Jiang's sword was as powerful as thunder, and he wiped out the Thirteen Villages of Liushan. In order to obtain the sword manual, he defeated the nine major sword sects in Jianghu... I can't even count the number of such actions."

"Without this reputation, how can the Wulin Alliance convince everyone? Without this reputation, how can you, the young leader, walk around the world safely?"

Hua Wuying was slightly stunned.

"Don't be so naive."

Hua Xiaolan smiled faintly at him, then coughed lightly a few times, wiped the blood oozing from the skin on her neck, and floated upstairs, leaving Hua Wuying standing on the ground with a complicated expression.

(End of this chapter)