Xuanxia

Chapter 6: Defense

Seeing the half note between Fu Qingzhou's fingers, the middle-aged man's eyes lit up slightly and he strode forward to take it.

"It is indeed Senior Sister's handwriting."

He finally smiled for the first time, nodded, and said with some emotion: "Eggs? It's actually eggs..."

Then he looked at Fu Qingzhou, with a look of relief in his eyes: "Do you know where the other half is?"

"do not know."

Fu Qingzhou smiled bitterly and said, "I was still looking for it, and you are here, senior."

"That's fine." The middle-aged man waved his hand: "Let's continue looking."

He naturally hid the half note in his sleeve, and then quietly slid to the backyard - probably to check the other eggs.

It was only then that the voice of the smoker came through: "You are quite good, you were so sincere at first, but you held back at the critical moment?"

"Normal operation."

Fu Qingzhou smiled softly in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "Come to think of it, what is his martial arts level? It is much better than all the charlatans I have ever seen."

"not so good."

The Smoker said disdainfully: "It is normal for a disciple from a large sect to be stronger than you and the charlatan. He has only opened his martial arts orifice. In terms of physique and talent, he is far behind you."

"I estimate that he is probably at the fourth realm level, just an ant. Otherwise, he would have passed through my shield and eavesdropped on our conversation... Of course, it would be easy for him to beat you up."

Fu Qingzhou: "Martial Acupoint? Four realms?"

"It's useless for you to know now. I'll teach you when the time comes." The smoker said lazily, "I promised to teach you. I won't break my promise."

Fu Qingzhou smiled and didn't dwell on this issue any more, but his vigilance against the smoker increased by two degrees.

Although it has no power to protect itself, it can still quietly detect the note in the egg, know the martial arts level of the middle-aged man, and even block the hearing of outsiders...

I really need to find a way to learn something real as soon as possible. This world seems to be much bigger than I imagined.

Moreover, he couldn't completely rely on the smoker to learn things. He didn't believe that the smoker wanted to teach him things because of reasons like "once something is said, it can't be taken back".

While his thoughts were racing, Fu Qingzhou had already entered the bedroom of the old Miao woman.

After confirming that the middle-aged man was still rummaging through the chicken coop in the backyard, he took out the remaining half of the note from his sleeve and narrowed his eyes slightly.

Next step……

A few minutes later, the middle-aged man who had just cracked all the eggs in the chicken coop suddenly heard Fu Qingzhou's deliberately suppressed call from the inner room.

"Senior! Senior! I've found something!"

Looking up, I saw him leaning half of his body out of the window, with half a crumpled piece of paper between his fingers.

The middle-aged man's eyes lit up: "Quick, bring it here for me to see!"

"There are more than just notes here." Fu Qingzhou looked back inside the room: "Under her bed... Senior, you still have to come and see for yourself."

After saying that, he immediately went back into the window.

The middle-aged man frowned slightly, with a hint of vigilance in his eyes.

Although he had been in the sect for a long time and seldom traveled around the world, it was impossible for him to trust a person of unknown origin so easily.

He still remembered the palm strike when he first met the young man - as soon as he climbed into the house, the young man immediately turned around and ran away. When he attacked with the palm strike, the young man seemed to have eyes behind him and rolled on the ground to avoid it.

Such vigilance and reaction are totally unthinkable for a mountain hunter!

If the young man had not yet developed his martial arts acumen, the middle-aged man would have even suspected that he was a young disciple of a large sect.

So he walked lightly, and looked into the room through the window and the moonlight. He saw Fu Qingzhou squatting beside the bed, pulling open the cabinet under the bed, seemingly studying something, and turned his head to wave at him.

The middle-aged man narrowed his eyes and did not go in through the nearest window. Instead, he chose to enter the hall from the backyard and go around to the main door of the bedroom.

When he stood at the door of the room, the sound of someone fiddling with the wooden cabinet was still ringing softly inside the room.

The middle-aged man flipped his hand, picked up a wooden chopstick from the table beside him, and gently pushed the door open a crack, keeping his body tense in case there was any mechanism on the door.

But there was nothing, Fu Qingzhou was still squatting beside the bed and fiddling with it.

"senior?"

He turned around and glanced at the middle-aged man, with some confusion in his eyes: "Come here quickly, I don't quite understand this thing."

The middle-aged man was still vigilant. He pushed the door open with a creak and walked into the house slowly.

Fu Qingzhou seemed to see through his suspicion, and quickly stood up and gave up his seat.

"Where did you find the paper in your hand? What's written on it?" The middle-aged man did not go over immediately, but asked first.

Fu Qingzhou looked down at the half piece of paper in his hand: "Uh, it's pressed between the cracks in the bed, and the number on it is..."

He reported three more numbers, and the middle-aged man was slightly stunned.

"Is it true?"

He felt relieved. The five numbers before and after corresponded to the Five Spirit Secret Lock of Ten Thousand Poison Mountain - it was a mechanism commonly used in the sect, a mortise and tenon mechanism lock. It was a lock and a box. Each one had a different appearance and unlocking method, and could only be opened by unlocking it according to the established digital password rules.

The middle-aged man walked forward slowly and looked under the bed.

But he did not see the Five Spirits Secret Lock. There was only an ordinary locked wooden box in the cabinet under the bed.

"Senior, I can't pick this lock."

Fu Qingzhou explained, "But I think the patterns on the wooden box seem to have some regularity, and this half of the note was found under the bed. Do you think they are related?"

The middle-aged man nodded slightly - it was indeed possible, and it was not surprising to add an extra lock outside the Five Spirits Secret Lock.

The wooden box was extremely ordinary, with obvious signs of prying and scratching around the iron lock.

He frowned and said, "It's fine if you can't pick the lock, but can't you break it?"

"I don't dare." Fu Qingzhou smiled awkwardly: "I'm worried that there might be a self-destruct mechanism inside it..."

The middle-aged man sneered.

You are just an ordinary hunter, and you know about the self-destruct mechanism?
He had already decided that once the matter was settled he would kill the young man directly to avoid any further complications.

After this thought, the middle-aged man's attitude became better. He smiled and said, "Don't worry, this lock is nothing special."

He squatted beside the bed, stretched out his hand to grasp the iron lock, and with his internal energy surging, he pulled it down hard!
With a click, the lock was torn off by him, and the wooden box popped open with a click!

At the same time, Fu Qingzhou moved back silently.

The middle-aged man was startled, and suddenly a strong sense of warning arose in his heart, but it was too late.

A black mist gushed out of the wooden box, carrying an extremely pungent smell that made his eyes blurry and his breathing difficult.

What’s worse is that he immediately knew that this was the poison that his senior sister loved to use - the Green-faced Beast!

The reason for this name is that the poison does not even need to be inhaled, it will quickly penetrate into the skin as soon as it comes into contact with it. Although it will not be immediately fatal, ordinary antidote pills cannot suppress it at all. The more you use your energy to force the poison out, the faster the toxicity will take effect - when the poisoned person dies, his whole body will turn blue and his face will be as hideous as a beast. It is a miserable death!
The middle-aged man didn't think about anything else, and immediately reached into his arms, trying to free himself first...

But at this moment, a dagger stabbed heavily into his ribs from behind!
"senior."

Fu Qingzhou sneered, "If you don't want to die, just be honest."

(End of this chapter)