Simultaneous travel: I am a talented person in all the worlds

Chapter 249 Covering the Sun: Poison? What kind of poison?

Qin Shi Mo Yu now bears the title of 'Commander of Wei Mo', and in recent days, he has provided Lian Po with a lot of intelligence and assistance, both openly and secretly. His attitude of protecting Lian Po's safety is obvious to all.

More importantly, he possessed the strength of a Grandmaster of the Celestial Realm, enough to directly confront and even subtly gain the upper hand against top assassins like Yan Ri…

Therefore, at this time when the commander-in-chief was assassinated, his fate was unknown, and the group was leaderless.

He stepped forward to issue orders, and Jing Ke, who already held his commander in high esteem, began to carry them out almost without thinking.

As for the trusted officers and generals under Lian Po who had followed him for many years, on the one hand, they had become familiar with Jing Ke and had long considered him one of their own; on the other hand, at this critical moment when the situation was unclear, they did need someone of sufficient weight and strength to step forward and take charge of the overall situation.

Qin Shi Moyu's current display of calmness, decisiveness, and strength undoubtedly makes him the best candidate. Furthermore, his command and coordination appear to be without any obvious oversights or personal biases…

They naturally chose to follow the command of this strongest and highest-ranking 'ally'.

After all, a soldier's duty is to obey orders.

Apart from the commanders who are responsible for issuing orders, they are more accustomed to being extensions of the commander's will and existing as executors than to fight individually in such a chaotic situation or to step forward and shoulder the heavy responsibility of command.

“Yan Ri is a master of disguise and transformation, and is skilled at hiding. Although he was startled away by me just now, he may still be hiding somewhere in the mansion, or even... disguised as one of us!”

Qin Shi Moyu's calm and clear voice, amplified by the force of his aura, reached the ears of every elite soldier.

"Everyone, form teams of one hundred, stand in formation and guard each other! Seal off the entire General's Mansion! From this moment until dawn, including myself! No one is allowed to move around freely! No one is allowed to enter or leave the mansion without authorization!"

Most of the officers and soldiers accepted the order and left. Qin Shi Moyu sent them out to reorganize the morale of the troops, appease the soldiers, and strengthen the defenses, while also trapping the Luo Wang assassin Yan Ri, who might still be in the mansion.

In fact, Qin Shi Mo Yu did this simply to avoid having too many people involved, as each additional person would introduce more variables.

In the end, only three or five of the most trusted and trusted veteran generals, who appeared to be of the highest rank, remained. Together with Jing Ke, they followed Qin Shi Moyu as he carried Lian Po into a nearby house.

"Commander, what is the condition of General Lian Po?"

As soon as the door closed, Jing Ke could no longer contain himself and eagerly asked the question that everyone present was most eager to know.

Qin Shi Moyu laid Lian Po flat on the makeshift couch, but did not immediately answer Jing Ke's question. Instead, he remained silent for a moment, his gaze sweeping over the expressions of worry and anger on everyone's faces.

He then ignored the still gruesome sword wound on Lian Po's abdomen, bent down, lifted Lian Po's limp right hand, and turned it over.

Following his movements, everyone looked and saw strange veins, like twisted venomous snakes, appearing on Lian Po's forearm! They spread upwards along his arm and finally converged on the back of his hand, forming an extremely eye-catching, eerie purplish-black curse mark!
"This...this is?!" Everyone gasped in astonishment.

While they were momentarily stunned by the bizarre sight, Qin Shi Moyu quickly treated the sword wound on Lian Po's abdomen, at least stopping the bleeding.

An old general in his forties or fifties, who had followed Lian Po in battle for a long time, suppressed his shock and bent down to lift General Lian Po's right arm. He first felt the pulse, and his pupils trembled violently, and his face turned extremely ugly!

The other generals and Jing Ke, seeing his terrified expression, all guessed what bad outcome was coming and remained silent.

The atmosphere inside the room grew increasingly oppressive.

The old general took a deep breath, carefully examined the strange purplish-black veins on the back of Lian Po's hand, and said in a deep voice:
"This is not poison! It is an extremely vicious and profound... curse mark!"

"A cursed seal?!"

Jing Ke was stunned again, and subconsciously turned to look at his commander. This... this was completely different from the "poisoning" that the commander had just claimed!

Could it be... that the Commander has made a mistake?
impossible! Absolutely impossible! !

The commander is exceptionally talented and wise, a grandmaster of the Celestial Realm. How could he possibly be mistaken?! He would rather believe that the old general is seeing things!
However, to his surprise, Qin Shi Moyu did not deny it, but instead admitted it:
“That’s right, General Li is correct. This is indeed a cursed seal. And…”

"This curse mark wasn't planted during the assassination attempt. It was already lurking within the general's body long before that assassination...

To prove his point, Qin Shi Moyu flicked his finger, unleashing several sword energies that severed the leather straps and hemp ropes connecting the armor. He gently removed Lian Po's upper body armor, revealing a curse mark on his chest that was even clearer and more terrifying than the one on the back of his hand!
The mark was extremely strange, as if it were made up of dozens or even hundreds of blue-purple eyes of different sizes, filled with resentment and malice, strangely pieced together and piled up!
Just one glance is enough to evoke an indescribable sense of nausea and fear from the depths of one's soul! It sends chills down your spine!

Even though everyone in the room was a person of strong will, they still felt an instinctive physical disgust and discomfort when they saw this strange curse mark.

But they forced themselves to suppress the discomfort and carefully examined the traces of the curse mark and the lingering aura.

In the end, they all had to agree with Qin Shi Moyu's deduction that this must have been a sudden outburst after being dormant and deeply rooted for a long time!

The veteran who appeared to be the most experienced touched the edge of the cursed seal with his finger to sense the energy contained within, then frowned and said:

"Judging from the method, it doesn't seem like something the Luo Wang (Net of Heaven) could do. Such a vicious curse seal is extremely difficult to cast. Not only does it require the caster to have a very deep understanding of curse magic, but it also requires extremely harsh conditions... In the world today, apart from the Yin Yang School, which specializes in forbidden curse seal techniques, perhaps... only a few reclusive Taoist masters can barely manage to do it."

"You mean... this was the work of the Yin-Yang School?!"

Jing Ke's eyes were filled with deep confusion: "But why would the Yin-Yang School target General Lian Po? There seems to be no direct conflict between the two sides, and... there's no deep-seated hatred between them, is there?"

General Li shook his head, equally unable to understand the crux of the matter:

"I can't figure out the specific reason either. But the style and aura of this curse mark are indeed seven or eight parts similar to the forbidden techniques of the Yin-Yang School that I happened to see in my early years."

Moreover, those capable of cultivating such a spell seal and planting it undetected on a Grandmaster of the Celestial Realm like a general are absolutely few and far between in the entire world!

Another sharp-eyed general speculated:
"Perhaps... the Yin-Yang School's original intention was not to kill the general immediately, but to use this cursed seal as a threat to force the general to achieve some of their goals."
Unexpectedly, today we happened to run into the assassination attempt by the Net, and by a twist of fate, this latent cursed seal was triggered, leading to the general's...

"Hmph! In my opinion, this matter may not be related to the Yin-Yang School! Nine times out of ten, it was that scoundrel King Zhao who did it!"

Another hot-tempered general snorted coldly, his eyes flashing with anger:

"He has always been wary of the general's command of a large army and has tried several times to take back the general's military power! There may well be scoundrels within the royal family who practice such insidious spells! And the general has always been unguarded against the royal family, so it is not impossible that he was secretly poisoned by them!"

Qin Shi Moyu stood quietly to the side, listening to the people analyze, deduce, and speculate as they spoke.

I've come across quite a few interesting stories, such as King Zhao's fear of Lian Po, the dissatisfaction of these generals with King Zhao, and the fact that Lian Po really did have a grudge against the Yin-Yang School.

The Yin-Yang School originated in the State of Qi and grew in the State of Chu. Lian Po, as a general of the State of Zhao, had many conflicts with these two states.

With the army leading the way, more than one or two Yin-Yang sorcerers died at his hands.

But aside from the initial guidance, Qin Shi Moyu didn't say another word, so that these people would have their own doubts, fill in the blanks themselves, and direct their suspicions towards the direction that was most likely and best suited their interests!
After all, often it's not important what the truth is, but rather... what people are willing to believe is the truth.

Conclusions drawn through one's own 'deduction' are always more convincing to them than those heard directly from others.

It wasn't until they reached a preliminary consensus and subtly pointed their suspicions at the Zhao royal family and the mysterious Yin-Yang School that this continued.

Qin Shi Mo Yu then spoke at the 'opportune moment':
"Generals, please calm down. It is precisely because I also cannot understand many of the mysteries and intricacies involved that I have announced to the public that what you have been afflicted with is... the poison of the Net, rather than this more bizarre and far-reaching curse."

Firstly, we do not want to involve the Yin-Yang School before there is evidence and conclusion, which would only make the situation more chaotic.
Secondly, the general was a pillar of the anti-Qin forces, and his death would be a major blow to our anti-Qin camp. I hope to conceal this for the time being.

To the outside world, they declared that the general had been poisoned by the Luo Wang organization and needed to rest!
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A few days later.

Inside an inconspicuous, ordinary house in Daliang City.

The original owner of the house had quietly 'disappeared' some night before.

At this moment, all traces have been removed, and this place has become a temporary foothold for Yan Ri and Zhengang.

This was a last resort.

Who could blame them for the fact that Luo Wang's years of operation in Wei Kingdom were uprooted and completely destroyed recently by that damned, ruthless Wei Mo commander and his equally unruly Wei Mo disciples!
The local gangs are so rude!

Now, even though they are top-tier assassins of the Luo Wang organization, often they have to do even the most basic intelligence gathering and transmission work themselves, which is a disgrace!
"I just went out to find out some news. It is said that Lian Po was poisoned by your unique poison, Yan Ri, and is still unconscious."

While wrapping his bandages and changing his dressing, Masato asked curiously:
"Tsk tsk, what kind of poison did you use on that last sword strike? Impressive! It even managed to poison a Grandmaster of the Celestial Realm!"

The face beneath the mask of the Asura who concealed the sun darkened.

Poison? What kind of bullshit poison is this?!

If Yan Ri truly possessed that extraordinary poison capable of even incapacitating Lian Po, he would definitely be the first to try and administer it to that Commander Wei Mo, who deserves to die a thousand times over!

But there are some things that cannot be said, even to Zhen Gang! This not only concerns his status and reputation within the organization, but also the secret to his further progress in turning the tide.

"Hey, it's almost dark, where are you going again?"

Yan Ri continued walking, only coldly uttering a single sentence:

"I'm going out for a bit. I'm going to see someone and confirm... whether that old bastard Lian Po is really dead."

(End of this chapter)