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Chapter 186 A Person Who Can Be Played with at Will

The note Gu Shaoan gave to Shangguan Haitang contained the poison "Binding Wind Silk".

The fragrance of the white lilac flower came from Gu Shaoan.

It can be said that Gu Shaoan had already begun administering the poison the moment Shangguan Haitang took that note to the Dragon Guard Manor.

As long as Gu Shaoan appears in front of Zhu Wushi and the others.

This poison.

It had already been implanted into Zhu Wushi's body.

The only uncertainty in the entire process is from the moment Gu Shaoan meets Zhu Wushi and the others. If they start circulating their true qi and true essence in advance, allowing them to travel through the eight extraordinary meridians, the poison will take effect prematurely.

However, if the poison takes effect prematurely, Gu Shaoan can use the poison in their bodies as leverage and other threats.

Even if things go wrong, they can still escape unscathed.

However, Gu Shaoan did not mention the scent of the white lily or how to make the poison in Zhu Wushi's body only take effect at this crucial moment.

If an ordinary person were poisoned, they would probably have lost their composure due to the poison in their body.

But Zhu, ignoring the poisoning, calmed down.

After glancing at the Tianxiang Doukou between Gu Shaoan's right fingers, he said coldly, "It seems that you have indeed made a lot of preparations for today. The method of poisoning and the type of poison used have caught me completely off guard."

"However, if you think you can leave just like that, you are underestimating me."

As he spoke, Zhu Wushi continuously circulated his true energy, seemingly trying to expel the toxins from his body using his own true energy.

Hearing Zhu Wushi's words, Gu Shaoan chuckled.

"The Divine Marquis reacted very quickly. I had only been on the nineteenth floor for the time it takes for an incense stick to burn when the Divine Marquis had already arranged for people to lie in ambush around me."

"Then, Lord Divine Marquis, would you like to guess why I chose this forest location instead of any other place when leaving?"

The slightly mocking voice made Zhu Wushi's heart sink.

"Could it be that"

Zhu Wushi looked past Gu Shaoan and toward the grove of trees behind him.

Gu Shaoan chuckled inwardly as he observed Zhu Wushi's reaction.

After silently counting to ten in his mind, Gu Shaoan stepped back in front of Zhu Wushi, his posture carrying a somewhat nonchalant air.

"What I just said about Tianxiang Douka is not false. With your abilities, Divine Marquis, you can find some doctors who know about Tianxiang Douka or consult relevant medical books to determine whether what I said is true or false."

After speaking, Gu Shaoan raised his right hand again, showed Zhu Wushi the Tianxiang Doukou Dew on his fingertip, took out the wooden box, and put the Tianxiang Doukou into the wooden box.

Then, with a light touch of his toes on the ground, his body swung backward three zhang (approximately 10 meters) as light as a feather, and he walked back into the woods.

The sound rang out again just as Gu Shaoan turned around and sped off into the woods.

"Seeing is believing, the so-called Iron-Blooded Marquis, even if he has the strength to condense Yuan Qi into Gang, is nothing more than someone I can easily toy with in the palm of my hand."

"If I need anything again in the future, I will come to the Divine Marquis with this third Heavenly Fragrance Cardamom to continue the transaction."

The arrogant voice, tinged with obvious contempt, resounded almost throughout the sky under the influence of Gu Shaoan's true energy.

Even those three miles away inside the Dragon Guard Manor heard these arrogant and contemptuous words.

Seeing that Gu Shaoan had put away the Tianxiang cardamom and was moving faster into the forest, Zhu Wushi let out a low growl.

"Did I agree to let you leave?"

As he spoke, Zhu Wushi moved again, tearing through the space in front of him like a condensed wind blade as he chased after Gu Shaoan.

Although the speed was not as fast as before, it was still far beyond what ordinary martial artists who had condensed their Qi could achieve.

In just three breaths, Gu Shaoan and Zhu Wushi disappeared into the forest one after the other.

The three of them, disregarding the true energy that seemed to have vanished from their bodies and the feeling of being bound in their legs, forcibly used their lightness skills to chase after the forest.

However, due to the effects of the toxins in their bodies, even when the three of them used their lightness skills to the fullest extent, their speed was completely different from usual.

Not to mention comparing him to Gu Shaoan or Zhu Wushi.

At this moment, the movement speed of Shangguan Haitang and the other two was probably not as fast as that of those martial artists in the Acquired Realm.

As soon as they rushed into the woods, Gu Shaoan and Zhu Wushi were nowhere to be seen, so they were forced to stop.

Suddenly, Guihai Yidao, one of the three, spoke up as if he had noticed something: "Something's not right, there's a bloody smell."

Guihai Yidao was a disciple of the once-famous Ba Dao sect from a young age. His Ba Dao sword technique not only fully inherited the true essence of Ba Dao, but also surpassed his master.

Also due to his cultivation of the "Overlord Blade Technique", Guihai Yidao is most sensitive to killing intent and bloody aura, far surpassing Shangguan Haitang and Duan Tianya.

Therefore, both Shangguan Haitang and Duan Tianya were shocked when they heard what Gui Haiyi said.

Immediately afterward, Guihai Yidao changed his direction slightly, and Shangguan Haitang and Duan Tianya quickly followed.

After moving about 20 feet, the three of them stood on a pile of weeds that was nearly 3 feet high.

Behind the haystack, a man was lying.

The man was dressed in black, and his face was ashen.

There were obvious bloodstains on his chest and on the weeds next to him.

However, the color of this blood was not bright red or dark red, but the same bluish-black.

However, judging from the rise and fall of his chest, he was clearly still alive and had not died; he had simply fallen into a coma due to poisoning.

As his gaze fell upon the man's face and the emblem of the Dragon Guard Manor on his clothes, Duan Tianya said solemnly, "He is one of the Thirty-Six Heavenly Generals."

Shangguan Haitang asked in astonishment, "The Thirty-Six Heavenly Generals?"

"Wait, after that guy entered the passage, the moment you suddenly left, brother, was it to arrange for people?"

Duan Tianya nodded slightly and said, "This person acts strangely and his identity is unknown. My godfather was worried that there might be a problem, so he had the thirty-six Heavenly Generals from the Heavenly Prison hide around the Dragon Guard Manor in advance, so that if anything goes wrong, there will be a way to deal with it."

"This person must be the one who was hiding in this forest beforehand."

"I just don't know why he would get poisoned out of nowhere."

"Looking at it now, that guy was very well prepared, and he even guessed that we would arrange for people to ambush him in advance, which is why he set up poison smoke in this forest beforehand."

Immediately afterward, Duan Tianya seemed to have thought of something and said, "There are three people guarding this forest. You two stay here and check on his condition. I'll go check on the other two."

After saying that, Duan Tianya, without waiting for Shangguan Haitang and Gui Haiyi to speak, forcibly suppressed the discomfort in his body and rushed in another direction.

Guihai Yidao squatted down and then took out a black handkerchief from his pocket to examine the poisoned person's condition through his hand.

"There were no obvious external injuries on his body, but the inside of his mouth and nose was completely black."

"If I'm not mistaken, this person has been poisoned by the smoke."

Just then, Duan Tianya, who had left earlier, returned to the group by using his lightness skill. In his hand was a wooden gourd that was emitting wisps of blue smoke.

With a grave expression, he said, "There are three people hiding in this forest. I just found the other two. They were also poisoned and passed out. I found them on one of the trees when I came back."

As he spoke, Duan Tianya threw a wooden gourd with a cloth strip plugged into its mouth onto the ground.

Upon hearing Duan Tianya's words, Shangguan Haitang and Guihai Yidao instinctively held their breath.

Duan Tianya shook his head and said, "This poison doesn't seem to work on us. Otherwise, we wouldn't be still safe after being deep in the forest for so long."

Upon hearing this, Shangguan Haitang asked with a look of doubt, "Why is this poisonous smoke ineffective against us?"

Duan Tianya said slowly, "It's possible that it's because of the poison in our bodies."

Shangguan Haitang was taken aback at first, then exclaimed in surprise, "Brother, do you mean to use poison to fight poison? Because the poison we were given outside the forest makes the poisonous smoke inside the forest ineffective against us?"

Duan Tianya responded, "At present, this is the only situation that makes sense."

As he spoke, Duan Tianya said with a solemn expression, "If it's true, then this guy's intentions are rather unfathomable."

Suddenly, Shangguan Haitang's body trembled: "This is bad. Since that person was already prepared, there's no guarantee that there won't be other tricks up their sleeve. If Godfather chases after them now, won't that cause trouble?"

However, as the five continued to walk through the forest, inside the nineteenth level of the Heavenly Prison of the Dragon Guard Manor...

Gu Santong, who had been silently counting with his eyes closed, suddenly opened them. The next second, as the true energy within Gu Santong's body surged wildly, and he exerted force with both arms, the iron chains around him were directly broken by the terrifying true energy and power erupting from his body.

Freed from restraint, Gu Santong charged towards the passage like a wild beast. As he passed the iron monument, he unleashed a powerful punch, shattering the entire monument into pieces.

His figure shot into the passage like a cannonball.

A few breaths later, as the iron plate connecting the nineteenth to the eighteenth level of the Heavenly Prison was blasted open from below, Gu Santong's body also burst out of the passage.

At the same time, in the artificial hill in the backyard of Hulong Villa, the bronze bell that was originally suspended in a pavilion suddenly began to swing.

"Boom, boom, boom"

In an instant, a loud and melodious bell rang out from the center of Hulong Villa.

Hearing the loud bell ringing from within the Dragon Guard Manor in the woods, Shangguan Haitang was startled.

"It's the sound of bells coming from the mountain villa."

Duan Tianya spoke fluently, “It’s the sound of the alarm bell in the Heavenly Prison. My godfather once said that once the alarm bell rings, it means there’s a problem in the Heavenly Prison. We should go back immediately.”

Shangguan Haitang asked, "But what about godfather?"

Gui Haiyi, standing nearby, calmly said, "Our godfather's strength far surpasses ours. Even if he is poisoned, he is not someone that ordinary people can compare to. That person could not possibly harm our godfather. The situation inside the Dragon Guard Manor is far more important."

Upon hearing this, Shangguan Haitang gritted her teeth and could only turn back with Duan Tianya and Guihai Yidao towards the Dragon Guard Manor.

at the same time.

Two dark figures, like maggots clinging to bones, darted swiftly one after the other among the gnarled and twisted branches of ancient trees and across the soft, damp ground piled with decaying leaves.

Under the dappled sunlight, the two figures moved like shadows, their speed reaching an extreme.

At this moment, Zhu Wushi could clearly feel the invisible binding sensation on his legs, but his eyes were still fixed on the figure in front of him, and the killing intent in his eyes was almost tangible.

Over the years, apart from Gu Santong in the imperial prison, Zhu Wushi has never felt such an urgent urge to tear someone to pieces as he does now.

at this time.

A faint, alluring yet unsettling fragrance, like an invisible, slippery, and icy venomous snake, quietly entered Zhu Wushi's nostrils with each breath.

The fragrance is like musk but not musk, deep and gloomy, mixed with a faint, almost imperceptible, fishy smell.

"Ok?"

The sudden fragrance made Zhu Wushi's pupils shrink to pinpoints, and he immediately held his breath.

Even so, the instant that fragrance entered his lungs, Zhu Wushi felt as if several red-hot steel files were being plunged into his chest cavity, then frantically pulled and churned within it.

"puff!"

As Zhu Wushi's face turned from white to green, his lips quickly turned as black as a rotten mulberry.

The true energy that had just been channeled suddenly stopped due to the intense pain emanating from within the body.

The moment his body came to a stop, a mouthful of blood gushed out of Zhu Wushi's mouth, almost uncontrollably.

However, just as Zhu Wushi realized he had been poisoned again, a light, airy voice suddenly rang out around him.

"The simple principle of 'don't pursue a cornered enemy' is something even ordinary peddlers and laborers understand, yet the Divine Marquis knowingly violates it. Since that's the case..."

"Even if the Divine Marquis dies today..."

"He deserves it!"

As the sound entered my ears, it was accompanied by the sound of air being torn apart and clothes rustling.

Zhu Wushi quickly raised his head, and when his gaze fell on Gu Shaoan who had turned back, he saw a shadowy figure being flung from Gu Shaoan's hand toward Zhu Wushi.

It was a magnolia flower the size of a palm.

The petals of the magnolia are distinctly layered, as if they are about to bloom, clearly the work of a top-notch craftsman.

With Gu Shaoan exerting force on his wrist, Mu Lian shot out like an arrow, flying several feet away in an instant.

When the magnolia was less than three zhang away from Zhu Wushi, it suddenly exploded.

As the explosions echoed, dozens of diamond-shaped iron blades, resembling lotus leaves, tore through the air and shot towards Zhu Wushi.

It was another type of hidden weapon that Gu Shaoan had obtained from the roulette draws over the years.

"A thousand petals shatter the heart's calyx"

After use, it can instantly shoot out 49 iron blades that resemble flower petals.

Its power is even stronger than the "Rain of Pear Blossom Needles" that Gu Shaoan had previously given to Yang Yan and Zhou Zhiruo.

As the iron blades tore through the air and shot towards him, Zhu Wushi's face darkened. With his arms moving as if pushing mountains, his clothes fluttered wildly as his hands moved. Unique energy gathered in front of him, forming special energy barriers.

Just as these blades approached Zhu Wushi, they were as if they had been thrown into an invisible swamp, and their forward speed suddenly slowed down.

Almost the instant he saw Zhu Wushi's movements, Gu Shaoan recognized that what Zhu Wushi was using was none other than the unique skill of the Ming Cult.

The Great Shift of Heaven and Earth.

The moment Gu Shaoan realized Zhu Wushi's intentions, he suddenly accelerated, as if he was about to charge forward.

But just as he was about to charge forward, Gu Shaoan suddenly tapped the ground with the tip of his sword. As the flow of his true energy changed, he was suddenly lifted into the air.

At the same time, the iron blades controlled by Zhu Wushi with the energy of the "Great Shift of Heaven and Earth" spun around him once, and then shot towards Gu Shaoan, who was rushing towards him, at an even faster speed than before.

The two completed their movements almost simultaneously.

Seeing Gu Shaoan leap up and perfectly dodge the iron blades, a look of astonishment flashed across Zhu Wushi's eyes.

"He actually dodged it? How did he know I would throw those iron blades back?"

But before Zhu Wushi could dwell on this thought for long, Gu Shaoan's figure in the air had already lunged forward another two zhang, leaving him less than three zhang away from Zhu Wushi.

Zhu Wushi had even noticed that Gu Shaoan had raised his right hand, with his two fingers together.

"Do you really think that mere toxins can render me helpless?"

After letting out a cold snort, Zhu Wushi's true energy surged suddenly. He raised his right hand and aimed it at Gu Shaoan, then formed a claw with his five fingers.

Zhu Wushi's eyes flashed with a violent rage, and his true energy suddenly erupted.

The raised right hand has five fingers like hooks.

A terrifying suction force, defying any word in the world, surged forth from the center of Zhu Wushi's outstretched five fingers.

Under this terrifying suction force, the air in front of Zhu Wushi completely turned into a viscous colloid.

The surrounding dead branches, pebbles, and even some low bushes were swept up, and the fallen leaves on the ground were as if they had encountered the eye of the most violent tornado, being frantically sucked in, crushed, and swept into the place where Xiang Zhu ignored.

And this is only due to the dissipated suction force.

The more refined and concentrated suction force enveloped Gu Shaoan almost instantly.

The instant the suction force reached him, Gu Shaoan felt as if he were a withered leaf suddenly being swept into the bottom of a deep ocean trench.

The suction force emanating from Zhu Wushi's hand at this moment was several times stronger than when Gu Shaoan faced Gu Santong on the nineteenth level of the Heavenly Prison.

Furthermore, Gu Shaoan could clearly feel that the moment these suction forces enveloped him, there were also strange energies mixed in with these suction forces, trying to penetrate his body.

"Just how much power did this guy absorb? Even while bound by the Wind-Binding Silk, his 'Power Absorption Technique' still possesses such power."

Although he already had a guess in his heart, the probing made Gu Shaoan's heart skip a beat when he saw the power within Zhu Wushi's body and the strangeness of the "Absorption Technique".

It should be noted that this was even after Zhu Wushi had been poisoned and half of his true essence was temporarily sealed.

If Zhu Wushi were at his peak, with his true essence unaffected, Gu Shaoan couldn't even imagine how terrifying the suction force would be if Zhu Wushi were to fully unleash the "Absorption Technique".

Perhaps it really will be as Gu Santong said.

It can drain him nine times in one breath.

However, at that moment, Gu Shaoan suddenly felt a hint of musk enter his nose.

　The next chapter will be at 9:30!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)