Xuanxia

Chapter 528 Take a Gamble

When the group entered the Yudeng Hall, Jiang Qi lit three incense sticks outside the hall and bowed respectfully to the old and faded statue of Empress Youxuan in the hall.

Wu Yan was the last one to enter the hall. He stood at the entrance of the hall, silently watching Jiang Qi who was offering incense. After a moment of silence, he turned around and followed Fu Qingzhou and the others into the hall.

At this time, the entrance to the secret passage under the statue had been opened, and Fu Qingzhou had taken the lead and crawled in.

At the end of the long staircase is a closed stone chamber. There is nothing else in the chamber except a square table with a small bottle on it.

"This is it?"

Fu Qingzhou asked.

Wu Yan, the last one to enter the stone chamber, nodded: "That's it."

Fu Qingzhou smiled and reached out to take it.

But Qiu Chan held his hand and said, "No, you are the best fighter among us, you should come last."

After that, she took the bottle without hesitation, poured out a pill, tilted her head back and put it into her mouth.

After taking the pill, she raised her eyebrows at Fu Qingzhou, smiled slightly, then rolled her eyes and fainted.

Fu Qingzhou quickly stretched out his right hand to support her and gently laid her on the ground.

"The breathing is even and the pulse is steady. It is indeed just drugs."

After Tang Jiao briefly checked Qiu Chan's breathing and pulse, she breathed a sigh of relief.

At this time, Wu Yan also took out a pill very naturally and swallowed it. Before he passed out, he skillfully sat down against the wall - when he lowered his head and passed out, he just sat down at the foot of the wall.

"That's a good idea. It won't cause you to fall."

Tang Min smiled slightly, and imitated Wu Yan. He sat at the foot of the wall, took the medicine, sat side by side with Wu Yan, and passed out.

Fu Qingzhou: "...Jiaojiao, do you want to sit side by side with your uncle too?"

"Ok!"

Tang Jiao nodded: "Brother, I'll wait for you."

After saying that, she sat down next to Tang Min, swallowed the pill, and lowered her head.

Fu Qingzhou: “…”

They are sitting in rows here, and what's the meaning of "waiting for you"? How can it be so unlucky?

But after all, he still dragged Qiu Chan to the wall with one hand and let her sit next to Tang Jiao.

At this time, Jiang Qi had also walked into the stone chamber, stood at the door, and looked at them calmly.

"how?"

Fu Qingzhou glanced at him and said, "Will you be responsible for carrying us later?"

"It's not me." Jiang Qi said calmly: "I'm here to take medicine too."

After saying that, he also took the medicine bottle, poured out a pill, came to Wu Yan, took the pill, and sat down, all in one go.

Fu Qingzhou: “…”

He didn't rush to take the medicine, but waited there and observed for a while.

After about a cup of tea, the breathing and pulse of several people were still stable, and he breathed a sigh of relief.

But just as he was about to get the pills and join the group sitting in a row, an indifferent voice suddenly came from above the stairs.

"I wanted to talk to you a little more when we got there."

"But since you are the only one left, let's meet first."

Fu Qingzhou was stunned, and his hand, which was about to put the pill into his mouth, paused.

There were no footsteps or even breathing sounds coming from the stairs at the entrance of the stone chamber, but a black figure slowly floated over, like a ghost.

He was wearing a black hat with a black veil hanging from the edge, covering his face.

Fu Qingzhou's pupils shrank slightly, but he grinned: "You are the person without a name?"

"it's me."

The man in the black hat's robe hung down to the ground, and his feet were not visible. When he walked, his body did not move up and down. He really looked like a floating ghost, floating into the stone chamber.

"You guessed before that my lord, your majesty, and I all have different goals, and you guessed right."

He said faintly: "I have a task for you."

Fu Qingzhou sneered: "Let me make it clear that I am not the killer of your Xiyu Pavilion." "Then, let me put it another way."

The man in the black hat said, "I, hope you can do one thing."

Fu Qingzhou raised his eyebrows: "Although I have agreed to take the medicine, I still want to ask - why?"

"You want to know what's going on behind Wuli Village and the Villa."

The black hat man said calmly: "Do what I ask you to do, and you will have a chance to learn all these secrets."

Fu Qingzhou narrowed his eyes.

"What do you mean by hope?" He asked in a deep voice, "Also, you are clearly from Xiyu Pavilion and Wuli Village, why are you helping me?"

"I didn't help you."

The black hat man said calmly: "I just do what I want to do. As for you, you just happen to be very important to him... Although I don't understand why, this is a good opportunity."

Fu Qingzhou didn't quite understand what he said, so he brought the subject back to the topic: "So, what do you want me to do? How can I know those things?"

"Look."

The man in the black hat said leisurely: "Look carefully at everything you see, don't move, don't talk, don't make any sound, and then wait."

"Is that it?" Fu Qingzhou was stunned.

"that's it."

The man in the black hat responded, "As for what you want to know, it depends on what he chooses in the end."

"he……"

Fu Qingzhou savored the words that the man in the black hat had said: "Who is he?"

"You will know soon."

The man in the black hat turned his head, and the black veil fluttered. It seemed that one could feel his eyes sizing up Fu Qingzhou: "This is a big gamble for you - if he finally chooses the side that is more favorable to you, then everything will be revealed."

"And if he chooses a side that is not beneficial to you... then, it will be you or them."

He said to the people sitting in rows against the wall, "You're all going to die."

"or……"

The man in the black hat turned to Fu Qingzhou again: "You can take a gamble now and attack me to try to survive."

Fu Qingzhou stared at the man in the black hat in silence for a while, then suddenly grinned: "Forget it, I am no match for you."

"Oh?" The man in the black hat asked doubtfully.

"I can feel."

Fu Qingzhou said softly: "Although you don't have any aura leaking out, your whole body is full of flaws, and you look like an ordinary person, but I can't see through you at all... You are the most powerful killer in Xiyu Pavilion. If we really fight, I won't know how I died."

As he said that, he slammed the pill into his mouth.

"In the future, if one day I become stronger, I will come back to kill you."

Fu Qingzhou smiled and came to sit next to Qiu Chan. Then, dizziness and drowsiness came over him like a tide. He had no strength to resist and he fainted as he nodded his head.

The man in the black hat looked at the row of people sitting slumped against the wall in silence.

After a while, he stretched out his hand and slowly took off his hat.

Under the black veil, a middle-aged face of about fifty years old was revealed.

Although he is not young anymore, he is still very handsome, but the pupils in his eyes are gray and colorless, making him look like he is blind.

The most important thing is... if Fu Qingzhou was still awake, he would be amazed when looking at his face.

Because this middle-aged face is clearly at least 60% similar to Hua Wuying!

If you remove those wrinkles and the stubble on your face, and replace them with a warm smile, they would be 80% similar!

"I am willing to give you this opportunity for another reason."

The man in the black hat looked at Fu Qingzhou and said calmly, "You are Wuying's good friend."

After saying that, he waved his sleeves.

A gust of cold wind blew up, instantly engulfing everyone in the stone chamber.

When the wind died down, the stone chamber was empty, with only a medicine bottle left there, as if no one had ever been there.

(End of this chapter)