Wuxia Across the Heavens: I Collect Side Effects

Seeing the strange expressions on Hu Qingniu and his sister's faces, their eyes filled with wariness and disdain, Su Xin's displeasure intensified. He couldn't help but complain, "Seriously! I helped you bring Qingyang back safely, relieving your worries, and you won't even offer compensation? That's going too far!"

"That's going too far!"

Hu Qingniu was the first to explode, his face flushed red, his tone full of anger and rebuke: "You helped us, and we naturally remember that, but you can't make such a shameless request! This is completely different!"

Although he was grateful to Su Xin for sending his sister back, he was unwilling to budge an inch when it came to his wife, Wang Nangu.

In any case, he could not allow his wife to suffer the slightest grievance, nor could he allow a lecherous man like Su Xin to succeed.

Su Xin was stunned when he saw Hu Qingniu's angry eyes and the way he looked as if he had been bullied terribly.

He only wanted Wang Nangu to help him research the Thousand Spider Poison Hand, how did that become bullying?

Could it be that these two siblings really intend to turn their backs on each other and become ungrateful?

He turned to look at Hu Qingyang, thinking that Hu Qingyang would remember the kindness of his escort and speak up for him. But to his surprise, Hu Qingyang also frowned and glared at him angrily, his eyes showing no less wariness than Hu Qingniu's.

Su Xinxin was increasingly puzzled, even somewhat helpless: What exactly did he do wrong?

How come I'm caught in the middle?

Just as tensions were running high and misunderstandings were hard to resolve, a figure dressed in black and tight-fitting clothes slowly walked out of the valley. He was tall and straight, with a hint of coldness and arrogance in his eyes, and a faint trace of poison gas lingered around him.

It was Hu Qingniu's wife, Wang Nangu, known in the martial arts world as the "Poison Fairy".

Su Xin's gaze was instantly drawn to Wang Nangu, and his eyes lit up immediately.

He had long heard that Wang Nangu was a master of poisons, a top expert in the martial arts world. Her demeanor was indeed worthy of her reputation. It seemed that finding her to study the Thousand Spider Poison Hand technique was the right choice.

Wang Nangu was clearly unaware of the situation. As soon as she approached, she looked sharply at Hu Qingniu, her tone laced with provocation and smugness: "Qingniu, this time I've developed a new poison, colorless and odorless, it kills instantly upon contact with blood. Let's see if you can cure it this time!"

As soon as she finished speaking, she felt a burning gaze fall on her. Turning her head, she saw Su Xin.

Before Wang Nangu could react, Hu Qingniu had already stepped in front of her, glaring angrily at Su Xin, his tone icy and resolute: "Don't even think about making a move on her!"

He thought that Su Xin was staring at Wang Nangu because he was still having those dirty thoughts, and his anger intensified. He wished he could drive this "lecher" out of Butterfly Valley immediately.

Su Xin was bewildered by Hu Qingniu's sudden action. He was stunned for a moment before he realized that something was wrong.

So these two siblings misunderstood me?

He quickly waved his hand, his tone helpless and amused: "What nonsense are you talking about? When did I ever have designs on her? I said I need your help to figure out my Thousand Spider Venomous Hand technique!"

"Thousand Spider Poison Hand?" Upon hearing this, Hu Qingniu was stunned for a moment. The anger on his face froze instantly, his brows furrowed tightly, and he began to recall the words rapidly in his mind.

Thousand Spider Venomous Hand?

What kind of martial art is this?

A moment later, he suddenly realized what was happening, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes:

Wait a minute, this Thousand Spider Poison Hand seems to be a kind of poisonous skill that has been circulating in the Wangpan Mountain area. It is insidious and vicious, and practitioners need to feed the poisonous creatures with their own blood essence, which is extremely dangerous.

So, Su Xin asked Nan Gu to help him research a kind of poisonous technique?

Instead of what he thought, he was plotting against Nan Gu?

Hu Qingniu then turned to look at Su Xin, scrutinizing his face carefully.

Su Xin's face was clean and his skin was smooth, without any trace of the poison left after practicing the Thousand Spider Poison Hand, nor did he have that sinister aura.

Something's not right!

He recalled his earlier guess and became even more doubtful, yet he was unwilling to easily believe Su Xin's words, after all, the misunderstanding from earlier was too profound.

He frowned, his tone tinged with suspicion and disdain: "You think you can fool me? Don't think I don't know about the Thousand Spider Poison Hand! People who practice that poisonous art are covered in deadly poison, and their faces bear the marks of poisoning. You don't look like someone who has ever practiced it!"

Upon hearing this, Su Xin did not argue. He simply glanced at the chicken coop not far away, moved slightly, focused his fingertips, and gently tapped a rooster that was crowing with its head held high inside the coop.

In the blink of an eye, the once spirited rooster seemed to have all its strength drained away, instantly becoming listless, its feathers ruffled and disheveled, its head drooping, lying on the ground barely alive, with a faint black aura emanating from its body.

It was clearly poisoned by the Thousand Spider Poison Hand technique.

Upon seeing this, Hu Qingniu and Hu Qingyang's pupils shrank instantly, and the suspicion and anger on their faces vanished in an instant, replaced by utter shock.

Hu Qingniu, in particular, had been practicing medicine for many years and was extremely sensitive to poisons. He immediately recognized that the poison in the rooster was undoubtedly the deadly poison of the Thousand Spider Poison Hand.

This time, Hu Qingniu finally believed it.

Su Xin really did cultivate the Thousand Spider Poison Hand. The compensation he mentioned earlier was indeed asking Nan Gu to help research poison techniques, not the sordid thing he thought.

Hu Qingniu was instantly embarrassed. Recalling his anger and wariness just now, as well as those unbearable speculations, he wished he could find a crack in the ground to crawl into, and even his ears turned bright red.

His behavior is nothing short of repaying kindness with enmity!

Hu Qingyang, standing to the side, blushed deeply and kept her head down, not daring to look up at Su Xin.

The image of Su Xin's meticulous care throughout the journey flashed through her mind again and again.

He protected me from the Eagle Cult's ambush, and he led me safely to Butterfly Valley. Yet just now, I had so maliciously speculated about him, even glaring at him, without uttering a single word of explanation for him.

This guilt and self-blame weighed on her heart like a pebble, making her feel uneasy and even making it hard to breathe.

Just then, Wang Nangu also figured out the cause and effect from her husband's explanation and understood the misunderstanding. Her gaze fell on Su Xin, and the wariness in her eyes gradually faded, replaced by a strong curiosity and investigation.

She stepped forward slowly, ignoring Hu Qingniu's instinctive attempt to stop her, and leaned slightly closer to Su Xin's face, her tone filled with curiosity and inquiry: "You cultivate the Thousand Spider Venomous Hand? Then how come there isn't a single poisonous spot on your face?"

A strange medicinal fragrance, mixed with a faint trace of poison, wafted into Su Xin's nostrils as Wang Nangu approached.

Wang Nangu had long been familiar with the Thousand Spider Poison Hand technique.

This poisonous skill was originally an evil art from the Wangpan Mountain area. Its core lies in nourishing the body with poisonous blood. In the early stages of cultivation, practitioners will be covered with black spots all over their bodies, and their appearance will be completely ruined.

What's even more special is that this martial art can be dispelled at any time, separating the poison from the blood and instantly restoring the user to their original state, making it a unique case among poison-based martial arts.

But Su Xin in front of us is an exception among exceptions.

Not only did he not have the black spots left from the early stages of cultivation, but he could also activate potent poison with a casual touch, which was far beyond her understanding of the Thousand Spider Poison Hand.

This completely piqued Wang Nangu's curiosity.

Having practiced medicine and poison for half her life, she had never seen such a special poison master. She felt that Su Xin in front of her was like a poison manual that had never been opened, making her want to delve into its principles and see how he could cultivate without spots and control his poison skills so precisely.