I took a deep breath, forcing myself to calm down. Zhang Dabiao and I were no match for the people in front of us, let alone the many armed bodyguards outside.
“Elder Li, I don’t know what you’re talking about. I’ve never heard of the Hu Kui Seal. How could a mere feng shui master like myself possess such a thing?”
Li Zuoquan looked at me with a half-smile. “Boy, I haven’t even told you what it is, and you already know it’s the Hu Kui Seal?”
I wished I could slap myself. Wasn’t this like protesting too much? I had practically confessed.
Up until now, Li Zuoquan had never revealed what he was looking for, always giving vague answers. Now, I had walked right into his trap. I was so stupid.
Before I could make excuses, Li Zuoquan gave the order.
“Make it quick, lest complications arise.”
Con Pangzi’s uncle chuckled. “I’ve been waiting for your words, Elder Li. I’ve long wanted to test the abilities of this generation’s Yin Gua Masters.”
As he finished speaking, his body began to tremble as if electrified. With each shake, a black torrent flowed from him, covering the green ground like a black carpet.
“Boy, let me give you a taste of my Ant Gu. If you hand over the item now, I can let you die a more comfortable death.” The fat man wore a smug expression.
Seeing the noticeably thinner fat man, I finally understood why Con Pangzi was so plump. It turned out that those who practiced Gu carried countless Gu worms with them.
The Ant Gu were each about half the length of a matchstick, and their mandibles were different from ordinary ants. Most ants were of a single color, with only slight variations, but the mandibles of these Ant Gu were a dark green. Under the light, they resembled swarms of fireflies crawling on the ground. They looked beautiful but were incredibly deadly.
Without testing, I knew these large creatures’ jaws were venomous. A few bites from them would undoubtedly leave nothing but a pile of white bones.
I took out the secret medicine Yue’er had given me, opened the bottle, and sprinkled some on myself. Then, I tossed the empty bottle into the swarm of Ant Gu. Instantly, the orderly army descended into chaos, scattering in all directions as if an atomic bomb had been dropped into an ant colony.
“Well, I didn’t expect you to have secret medicine on you, boy?”
The fat man whistled loudly. The Ant Gu, which had been in disarray, circled the jade bottle. Although they didn’t continue to attack me, they charged towards Zhang Dabiao under his command.
“Boy, you have secret medicine, but that doesn’t mean he does! Haha…”
I cursed him silently for being despicable. Zhang Dabiao was skilled, but that hawk-nosed border man was no weaker. The two were locked in a fierce battle, and if these Gu worms interfered, Zhang Dabiao could very well lose.
I reached down, grabbed a handful of dirt, and smeared it haphazardly on myself. While it couldn’t completely mask the scent of the secret medicine, it stopped the Gu worms’ commotion. They began to surround me, their mandibles clicking.
I looked at Li Zuoquan, still somewhat unwilling. “Are you really going to push things to this extreme?”
Li Zuoquan didn’t even lift his eyebrows, as if he hadn’t heard me.
“Boy, stop with the useless talk. You refused to beg for mercy earlier, and now even if you knelt and called me grandpa, it would be no use.”
“Fatty, I’ll give you a sky lantern later,” I cursed silently, activating the Tian Qiao Seal on myself. I pushed off the ground and charged towards the fat man.
As I leaped into the air, I saw a sinister smile on his face. He twisted his hands, which were as fat as pig trotters, and a swarm of colorful butterflies flew out. Seeing the vibrant butterflies flying towards me, I had no choice but to stop. I pushed off with my right foot and charged towards the hawk-nosed border man.
“Be careful…”
The fat man’s expression changed, and he quickly tried to warn the hawk-nosed border man. However, my speed suddenly increased. By the time I reached him, my voice followed.
As expected of someone who had been on the battlefield, the hawk-nosed man reacted to the sound. He sidestepped Zhang Dabiao’s mountain-splitting saber and simultaneously counter-thrust with his own blade.
I quickly twisted my body, feeling a chill on my chest. The hawk-nosed border man’s saber grazed my chest as it slid past. At that moment, we came face to face.
To the hawk-nosed border man’s surprise, I swung my Yin Tie Wood Ruler upwards from below. I refused to believe that the most vulnerable part of a man could still be of use.
Although my speed was fast, the border man was not slow. With a “bang,” my Yin Tie Wood Ruler hit something.
I instinctively glanced over and saw that the border man’s saber was now resting against my Yin Tie Wood Ruler.
“Boy, playing dirty with me? You’re still too green.”
The hawk-nosed border man sneered, turned his body, and swung his saber towards my neck. Sudian Novel Network.
I ducked and, with a casual movement, brought my ruler down towards his knee.
*Thump—*
*Ugh—*
Although the hawk-nosed border man reacted quickly, he hadn’t expected my speed to be even slightly faster. In pain from his knee, he stumbled and fell to the ground.
Seeing this, Zhang Dabiao jammed his mountain-splitting saber into the ground, its blade pressing against the hawk-nosed border man’s neck.
“Don’t move, or I won’t be responsible if my blade has no eyes.”
My initial target wasn’t Con Pangzi’s uncle, but the hawk-nosed border man who was fighting Zhang Dabiao. Among everyone present, he was the only ordinary person and the easiest to deal with.
“Boy, I didn’t expect you to use diversion tactics. It seems I underestimated you.”
Seeing Zhang Dabiao subdue the hawk-nosed border man, the smile on Con Pangzi’s uncle’s face vanished. He glared at me menacingly, and the Ant Gu he controlled began to surround the three of us.
“Don’t worry about me, kill this guy and avenge my brothers…”
*Bang—*
Zhang Dabiao landed a punch on the hawk-nosed man, knocking the rest of his words back down his throat. “You dog, we’ll take you down with us. You’re rushing into a fight without understanding anything. Is your head filled with dung!”
“Cough cough…”
Facing Zhang Dabiao’s threat, the hawk-nosed border man’s face was so grim it looked like it could drip water. “If you have the guts, make your move. Let’s see if the two of you can get out of this tent.”
“You…”
*Snap snap—*
Li Zuoquan’s crisp applause echoed within the tent. “Truly a young hero. In just a few breaths, you managed to devise a plan to control one person. It seems I truly underestimated you.”
“Elder Li, it’s said that even if a deal falls through, friendship should remain. Since we’ve already fallen out, I think we won’t be participating in this trip into the mountains. Let us leave now, or don’t blame us for taking action.”
“Take action? Do you think you’re qualified?” As Li Rui’s voice fell, the sound of firearms being cocked echoed from outside the tent.