Martial Arts: After ten years of sword-drawing, the Sword God must bow his head when he sees me

Chapter 176 Wan'an Gate

"He actually took poison?"

Just then, Yaoyue moved to Shen Ping'an's side and looked at Zhou Jinquan, who had committed suicide by poisoning himself on the ground, with some surprise.

Even ants try to survive; although there are people in this world who are not afraid of death, they are ultimately a minority.

Even though his limbs were injured by Shen Ping'an and he lost the ability to resist, an ordinary person would not be so decisive as to commit suicide by poison.

Inviting the moon's voice also pulled Shen Ping'an back to reality. Looking at Zhou Jinquan, whose body was spreading with poison and who was about to die from the poison, Shen Ping'an snorted softly.

"Want to die? Do you think it's that easy?"

Last time, although I vaguely guessed that the person plotting behind Wudang might be related to the Song Dynasty.

But all of that was just Shen Ping'an's own speculation.

Strictly speaking, there is absolutely no basis for this claim.

Furthermore, since the other party was also targeting Wudang, there was not much conflict with Shen Ping'an and the Shen family. Afterwards, Shen Ping'an did not mention to Bai Xiaosheng or Gongzi Yu that he should investigate.

But things are different now.

The other party's target has already reached the Yihua Palace and Yaoyue, which involves people around Shen Ping'an, so Shen Ping'an naturally pays more attention to it.

As soon as he finished speaking, Shen Ping'an circulated his internal energy, and a thought flashed through his mind.

As the true energy condensed in his palm, some medicinal powder stored in his system inventory quickly appeared in Shen Ping'an's hand and was then enveloped by the true energy.

With a wave of his long sleeves, more than a dozen sword energies coated in medicinal powder shot directly into Zhou Jinquan's body on the ground.

After Shen Ping'an sealed more than a dozen acupoints on Zhou Jinquan's body with his sword energy, the medicine that was also sealed within the sword energy also dispersed and began to circulate throughout Zhou Jinquan's body with his blood.

As the medicine took effect, the toxins in Zhou Jinquan's body were eliminated at an extremely rapid pace.

The toxins in his body were quickly neutralized, and Zhou Jinquan's complexion gradually recovered at a visible speed.

Upon sensing the abnormality within his body, Zhou Jinquan's expression changed drastically.

"Impossible! There's no antidote for this poison. How could you possibly have a way to cure it?"

Seeing Zhou Jinquan's surprised expression, Shen Ping'an looked disdainful.

In terms of poisons alone, the Heart-Eating Poison Powder was only somewhat troublesome in Shen Ping'an's eyes; there were hundreds of other poisons that were far more troublesome.

There's no cure; that's a joke.

Shen Ping'an didn't waste any words with Zhou Jinquan and said directly, "I'll ask you, and you'll answer truthfully. If you cooperate, I'll give you a quick death; otherwise..."

At this point, Shen Ping'an flicked his fingertips, and dozens of strands of sword energy, as thin as hair, shot out from Shen Ping'an's hand and entered Zhou Jinquan's body.

In an instant, Zhou Jinquan felt as if his entire body was being slashed open by a dull blade, and this slashing sensation flowed with the blood.

The intense pain caused Zhou Jinquan's body to tremble uncontrollably, and cold sweat instantly broke out on his forehead and back.

His face also turned deathly pale.

With Shen Ping'an's current understanding of the human body, he naturally knows how to amplify a person's pain to the maximum.

There are countless ways to extract a confession through torture.

"I, I, I'll talk, I'll talk!"

In just ten breaths, Zhou Jinquan, unable to bear the pain any longer, spoke in a hoarse voice.

Seeing this, Shen Ping'an raised his hand again and pointed at Zhou Jinquan from afar, using his own sword energy to draw out the dozens of hair-thin strands of sword energy from Zhou Jinquan's body.

With the sword energy no longer raging within his body, Zhou Jinquan felt a sense of relief, as if he had escaped from hell, and couldn't help but let out a long breath.

Then, Shen Ping'an's internal energy spread out, enveloping Zhou Jinquan, himself, and Yaoyue before he began to ask questions.

"Tell me your identity first."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Jinquan did not speak immediately. Instead, he turned his head to look at the Nameless Island members who had also had their limbs crippled by Shen Ping'an and were lying on the ground groaning. Then he said in a deep voice, "I have no problem cooperating, but you must guarantee that you will kill every single person from Nameless Island present today afterward, leaving no one alive."

"Ok?"

Hearing Zhou Jinquan's request, not only Yaoyue but even Shen Ping'an was somewhat surprised.

After a moment's hesitation, Shen Ping'an flicked his long sleeves, and his inner energy, mixed with sword intent, surged, once again condensing into nine sword shadows around him. As the sword intent vibrated, bursts of sword cries emerged with a unique rhythm, and the sound waves rippled outwards in layers.

A few breaths later, in Xiuyu Valley, apart from the twenty-odd nameless island experts whose limbs had been crippled by Shen Ping'an and Zhou Jinquan in front of him, there was no one else alive.

[Ding, congratulations to the host for achieving the achievement "Demon Sound Urges Death", achievement points +3000, sound-based martial arts upgrade card *1 (Mid-grade Heaven Rank)] .

Shen Ping'an chuckled inwardly as his gaze swept over the system notification in front of him.

"It's a pleasant surprise."

Suppressing his thoughts, Shen Ping'an looked at Zhou Jinquan on the ground and said calmly, "I will check the statements of the remaining people later to make sure that what you say next is true. Are you satisfied now?"

Zhou Jinquan and the twenty-odd experts from the nameless island turned their heads with some difficulty, and what they saw was that those who were just wailing and screaming were now completely silent.

The entire Embroidered Jade Valley fell silent instantly.

Only the heartbeats of Zhou Jinquan and the others grew increasingly deafening.

When they turned to look at Shen Ping'an again, not to mention the nameless island experts whose limbs had been crippled, even Zhou Jinquan couldn't help but feel a bit more fear in his eyes.

This fear was not due to Shen Ping'an's strength, but rather to Shen Ping'an's current performance.

The thousands of members of the nameless island, even if Zhou Jinquan and most of them were a rabble, still had a considerable number.

Even a skilled fighter would inevitably hesitate to take action when faced with so many people.

But the seemingly gentle man in front of them did not hesitate at all and slaughtered all the thousands of people on the nameless island.

His ruthlessness and decisiveness reached their extreme.

Their stance was extremely tough.

Qu Feiyan and Shen Qingshan, however, remained calm.

The two of them followed Shen Ping'an around every day, so they naturally knew that Shen Ping'an was gentle to his own people and even strangers, but when it came to enemies, he would never let them go if he could kill them.

Not to mention that Wuming Island doesn't have a good reputation in the martial arts world to begin with, and this time they've joined forces to surround Yihua Palace. Even if they were to start a fight, they probably wouldn't have any psychological burden, let alone Shen Ping'an.

Having endured the torment just now and witnessed Shen Ping'an's ruthless decisiveness, Zhou Jinquan had long since given up hope of surviving.

All I ask is that Shen Ping'an will keep his word and give him a quick death.

Therefore, when asked by Shen Ping'an, Zhou Jinquan answered honestly, "Zhou Hanlin is from Huaizhou in the Great Song Dynasty and is a disciple of the Juque Gang."

"They really are from the Song Dynasty."

Shen Ping'an narrowed his eyes and continued to ask, "Why would people from the Great Song Dynasty come to the Great Ming Dynasty and even join the Nameless Island?"

Faced with Shen Ping'an's question, Zhou Hanlin did not hide anything and honestly told him everything he knew.

"It wasn't that I joined the nameless island, but that I was forced to join."

After catching his breath, Zhou Jinquan continued, "Ten years ago, I joined a faction in the Great Song Dynasty called Wan'anmen."

"Soon after, with the help of Wan'anmen, I faked my death and was taken to an unnamed island."

After listening to Zhou Hanlin's words, Shen Ping'an pondered for a moment and then looked at Yaoyue and asked, "Have you ever heard of the Wan'an Sect?"

Yaoyue pondered for a moment, then shook her head.

Upon seeing this, Zhou Hanlin said, "The Wan'an Gate is an extremely secretive force. Not to mention people from your Great Ming Kingdom, even I, living in the Great Song Kingdom, have never heard of it before."

"If they hadn't been watching me, I might not have known that such a force was hidden within the Song Dynasty."

Shen Ping'an's gaze fell on Zhou Hanlin's face, and seeing that his figure did not seem to be fake, he asked, "What do you mean by saying you're being targeted?"

Zhou Hanlin responded, "Literally, the Wan'an Sect is extremely secretive, and its expansion methods are not like those of ordinary forces, but rather involve coercion and intimidation to search for assassins."

"For example, I was forced to join Wan'anmen."

Yaoyue frowned and sneered, "Judging from how decisively you took the poison just now, it doesn't seem like you were forced to do so?"

In response to Yaoyue's question, Zhou Hanlin coughed twice in pain, then looked helpless.

(End of this chapter)