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

Chapter 177 Furnace
“What can I do? Not only have I ingested a deadly poison and need to take the antidote provided by Wan’an Sect on time to survive, but my wife, children and elderly parents are also under the control of Wan’an Sect. If any problem occurs, my family will be slaughtered.”

Shen Ping'an did not doubt the truthfulness of Zhou Hanlin's words.

From the moment Shen Ping'an saw Zhou Hanlin, he could tell from Zhou Hanlin's complexion that Zhou Hanlin had been poisoned.

It wasn't just Zhou Hanlin.

The remaining twenty-odd people from the nameless island, like Zhou Hanlin, were also poisoned.

Furthermore, judging from the symptoms on their faces, they were poisoned by the same toxin as Zhou Hanlin.

Yaoyue suddenly realized and said, "No wonder you asked us to kill everyone else first. It turns out you were worried that the news would get out to Wan'an Sect."

"However, my Yihua Palace has no past grudges with Wan'an Gate or Wuming Island. Why would you join forces with the Twelve Constellations to deal with my Yihua Palace for no reason?"

Zhou Hanlin responded, "Because Wan'anmen wants people from your Yihua Palace."

Yaoyue frowned and asked, "You want people from our Yihua Palace? What do you mean?"

Zhou Hanlin truthfully replied, "A furnace or cauldron! Wan'an Sect needs women with internal energy to serve as furnace or cauldrons for cultivation, and the entire Yihua Palace is composed of women, making it the most suitable place."

"So Wan'an Sect wants to turn everyone in your Yihua Palace into cultivation furnaces."

"boom!"

Almost the instant those words left her lips, Yaoyue's inner energy surged uncontrollably, the outburst of which caused her hair to fly wildly, demonstrating just how intense her anger was.

"It really is just as Young Master Shen guessed."

Hearing what Zhou Hanlin said, Zhang Sanniang couldn't help but murmur.

Yaoyue looked at Shen Ping'an in astonishment: "Why would you think of that?"

Shen Ping'an said calmly, "I overheard their conversation on that cliff just now, so I tried to deduce what they were talking about, but I couldn't be sure at the time."

After responding to Yaoyue, Shen Pingan asked again, "If you need a furnace cauldron, there are other sects in the Ming Dynasty, such as Shenshui Palace and Emei Sect, which are all women. Why do you have to target Yihua Palace?"

Zhou Hanlin said, "The location of the Divine Water Palace is special. You need to dive underwater to enter it. Dealing with the Divine Water Palace is too risky. The Emei Sect is only a second-grade sect. The most powerful nun in the sect, Abbess Miejue, is only at the Guiyuan Realm. She does not meet the requirements of the Wan'an Sect."

Shen Qingshan muttered behind him, "So, they really did consider taking action against the Emei Sect."

However, considering the Abbess Miejue mentioned in the other party's words, and the idea of ​​using Abbess Miejue as a furnace,
Shen Qingshan suddenly trembled and couldn't help but shudder. He quickly banished the thoughts from his mind.

After pondering for a while, Shen Ping'an spoke again: "As a top-tier power, Yihua Palace has experts at the Celestial Realm level. How can you people be sure that you can break through Yihua Palace?"

"After we abducted and killed the elder of Yihua Palace, we injected him with poison. This poison accelerates the decomposition of a human corpse and spreads the poison through the odor emitted by the decomposing corpse."

Shen Ping'an's mind raced, and he instantly realized the poison the other party had used.

"Hundred-Day Corpse-Planting Powder?"

Upon hearing Shen Ping'an reveal the poison they used, Zhou Hanlin was taken aback.

But before Zhou Hanlin could react, Yaoyue, who knew the situation inside Yihua Palace, looked anxious.

"What is the purpose of this Hundred-Day Corpse-Planting Powder?"

Shen Ping'an glanced at Zhou Hanlin and then explained, "It makes people's bodies sluggish and their hands and feet stiff. At the same time, it will seal the power of the poisoned person. Even if a martial artist in the Celestial Realm takes it, their cultivation will drop. Moreover, as time goes by, the effects of the poison will become greater and greater."

"After a hundred days, even a martial artist at the Celestial Realm will have one-hundredth of their power remaining, their cultivation sealed to the Innate Realm level, but it will not endanger their life."

"Since the enemy has not yet attacked Yihua Palace, the people inside should be safe."

Yaoyue first breathed a sigh of relief, then asked somewhat nervously, "What about this poison?"

Knowing what Yaoyue meant, Shen Ping'an nodded and said, "It's not difficult to solve."

At this point, Yaoyue's heart, which had been hanging in suspense, finally settled down again. On the ground, after hearing what Shen Ping'an said, Zhou Hanlin shook his head with a wry smile and said, "I didn't expect that the sword prodigy Yu Gongzi, who is ranked on both lists, would also have such expertise in poisons, even being able to cure a poison like the Hundred-Day Corpse-Planting Powder."

With a sigh, before Shen Ping'an could ask, Zhou Hanlin spoke up, "That's right! It's only been two months since the people in Yihua Palace were poisoned, and there are several experts at the Celestial Realm in Yihua Palace, so we don't dare to act rashly. Moreover, Wan'an Sect wants to use the people in Yihua Palace as cultivation vessels, so they require us to do our best to prevent the people in Yihua Palace from losing their power."

"Therefore, our original plan was to wait until the effects of the Hundred-Day Corpse-Planting Powder reached their maximum before using another poison developed by Wei Wuyuan to render everyone in the Yihua Palace incapacitated."

Shen Ping'an asked, "Your Nameless Island also has experts at the Celestial Realm. Now that it's confirmed that the people of Yihua Palace have all been poisoned, as long as your Nameless Island's experts at the Celestial Realm take action, they can also capture those few Celestial Realm warriors in Yihua Palace. Why wait a hundred days and add unnecessary variables?"

In response, Zhou Hanlin shook his head and said, "In order to completely control Nameless Island, five years ago, the people of Wan'an Sect tricked the three retired martial artists of the Celestial Realm who created Nameless Island into coming to the Great Song Dynasty and killing them."

"There are no more Celestial Realm experts on the Nameless Island now."

Shen Ping'an narrowed his eyes slightly: "In order to control the Nameless Island, they actually went to great lengths to lure the people of the Ming Dynasty to the Song Dynasty and then kill them. This Wan'an Sect is quite interesting."

Shen Pingan then asked a few more questions.

Unfortunately, Zhou Hanlin was completely clueless about these questions.

Afterwards, Shen Ping'an questioned the other people separately and found that almost all of them were from the Great Song Dynasty, but they had all changed their names and surnames.

And like Zhou Hanlin, he joined the nameless island after faking his death to escape within the Song Dynasty.

The most recent one was from the Great Song Dynasty, which arrived just six months ago.

However, unlike Zhou Hanlin, these people knew far less.

We simply couldn't gather any more information related to Wan'anmen.

This caused Shen Ping'an and Yaoyue to frown slightly.

"I have told you everything I know. I hope you will keep your promise and give me a quick death."

Perhaps it was due to excessive bleeding, or perhaps it was due to severe internal injuries.

When he said this, Zhou Hanlin's voice was noticeably weaker, and his face was completely bloodless.

Even if Shen Ping'an didn't make a move, given Zhou Hanlin's current condition, he could only last for a quarter of an hour before dying from his severe injuries.

Having confirmed that Zhou Hanlin and the others were indeed unaware of any further information, Shen Ping'an didn't waste any more words.

As the vital energy circulated within his body, he lightly stomped his right foot on the ground.

In the next instant, streaks of sword energy shot out from the ground, piercing through the bodies of Zhou Hanlin and the other people from the nameless island.

At this point, none of the people who besieged the nameless islands and the twelve constellations within the Yihua Palace survived.

Just as Shen Ping'an had dealt with Zhou Hanlin and the others, a beautiful figure once again swiftly emerged from Xiuyu Valley.

Who else could it be but Lianxing?

Just as Lianxing rushed out of the canyon at the entrance of Xiuyu Valley, she was stunned for a moment upon seeing the corpses all over the ground. She seemed not to have expected that the enemies in Xiuyu Valley would be wiped out in such a short time.

After regaining her senses, Lianxing suppressed her surprise and quickly moved to Shen Ping'an and the others using her lightness skill. She said anxiously, "Sister, everyone in the palace has been poisoned. Even Master and the elders have been harmed by an unknown toxin."

Seeing Lianxing's anxious expression, Yaoyue nodded and explained the matter of the poison.

After learning about the poison, Lianxing couldn't help but say hatefully, "To actually think of using a corpse as a medium to poison someone, the people of Nameless Island and the Twelve Constellations are truly wicked."

Shen Ping'an said softly, "If they hadn't come up with such a method, how would these people from Nameless Island have dared to attack the people from Yihua Palace?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Shen Ping'an suddenly circulated his true energy, and with a wave of his hand, several sword energies burst forth and shot towards the group.

(End of this chapter)