The blade was sharp, with traces of blood still on it. The chilling red light was cast on Chen Yanqin's neck. It was Gu Liuru's blood. This scene was extremely ironic. But blood is thicker than water. After all, Chen Yanqin was her mother. She had already lost one daughter, and she wanted to take all the blame on herself to let Gu Zhengwan live.
Gu Zhengwan also looked at Chen Yanqin, but there was no trace of gratitude in her eyes. Instead, there was boundless hatred.
"I've come to this point. What's the use of what you're doing!" Gu Zhengwan's voice was shrill, making people tremble. But Chen Yanqin still didn't want to take the knife away. Finally, she couldn't hold back any longer. Her tears fell to the ground one by one like broken beads.
"Let her go quickly. Let her go..."
Two young ladies from the third branch had already had accidents. Chen Yanqin couldn't afford to have any more. Gu Zhengwan had become like this, having lost her beauty and talent. She wouldn't be able to cause any more trouble in the future. Looking at Gu Zhengwan and her mother, the old matriarch finally relented.
"Step back."
Only after receiving the order did the guards move away from Gu Zhengwan. Seeing this, Chen Yanqin's hands seemed to lose all strength and dropped heavily. The knife also fell to the ground with a sound, which was especially clear in the silent secret chamber.
If possible, Chen Yanqin really wanted to end her own life right then. But she saw Gu Liuru trembling constantly in the corner. She knew she couldn't die yet.
Taking advantage of this time, Gu Zhengwan had already run to the person in the cloak. As soon as they stood together, Gu Jiangyue saw a purple figure running towards them. The sound of the collision made Gu Jiangyue realize that the person was Ji Yunsheng.
Ji Yunsheng noticed that when Chen Yanqin saw him rushing towards Gu Zhengwan, she picked up the knife on the ground again. Ji Yunsheng just thought it was funny. He snorted.
"Your life or death has nothing to do with me."
After saying that, he rushed straight towards Gu Zhengwan and the cloaked person. The cloaked person seemed to want to fight Ji Yunsheng. He dodged in front of Gu Zhengwan and confronted Ji Yunsheng. That person took the initiative to throw out a handful of powder. Seeing this, Ji Yunsheng curled his lips into a smile. He raised his hand and whipped in one smooth motion, directly dispersing the powder.
At the same time, Xie Jiuan quickly reached out and covered Gu Jiangyue's mouth and nose.
Ji Yunsheng almost instantly recognized that the cloaked person was also from the Medicine King Valley. He immediately became interested. He retracted the soft whip in his hand and simply used poison to fight the opponent.
Ji Yunsheng was never afraid of death. He almost attacked head - on against the opponent's moves. It was as if he was just playing with the person, leading him to make moves and then breaking them. After testing for a while, Ji Yunsheng seemed to find it boring. He was even too lazy to dodge and directly rushed towards the person's poisonous powder. The evil smile on Ji Yunsheng's lips became more and more obvious. He chuckled.
"The Medicine King Valley really keeps all kinds of trash. Didn't anyone ever tell you that I, the valley master, am immune to all poisons!"
As Ji Yunsheng finished speaking, he struck out with a palm wind that hit the person heavily. The person was knocked back two steps and was obviously seriously injured. He grabbed Gu Zhengwan, casually pressed a spot on the four walls of the secret chamber, and a wall of the secret chamber slowly moved. A large amount of light was projected into the originally dark space. Gu Zhengwan was pulled by him and rushed into the light.
They seemed to be extremely familiar with the route. By the time everyone wanted to chase, it was already too late. Gu Jiangyue's acupoints were timely sealed by Xie Jiuan, so she didn't inhale much poisonous powder. Among the others who didn't hold their breath in time, some had already fainted.
There were many people lying on the ground in a disorderly manner. The culprit, Ji Yunsheng, was standing quietly aside. Looking at Xie Jiuan and Gu Jiangyue, he smiled, just as mean as usual. It seemed that he was not seriously affected.
Ji Yunsheng seemed to think it wasn't enough. He whispered his complaint.
"I overdid it. I actually let them get away."
Then he turned to look at Xie Jiuan, folded his arms and said discontentedly.
"It's all your fault. You didn't help me."
Xie Jiuan frowned slightly. Looking at Ji Yunsheng, the words he said were almost gritted out.
"Help you to court death?"
Only then did Ji Yunsheng remember that he couldn't say in front of Gu Jiangyue that Xie Jiuan knew martial arts. He awkwardly let out a couple of silly laughs and immediately changed the topic.
"Jiuan, how can your little daughter - in - law protect you? So stupid."
Hearing Ji Yunsheng's words, Xie Jiuan couldn't help laughing. Gu Jiangyue gave Ji Yunsheng a half - hearted glare. But considering that Ji Yunsheng had saved her, she didn't pursue it further.
"Are you really immune to all poisons?"
Gu Jiangyue looked at Ji Yunsheng and asked the question in her heart. She saw Ji Yunsheng casually nod.
"Otherwise, why would I always use him to test poisons and still get beaten by him? To save you, I didn't even have time to eat. I'm starving."
Gu Jiangyue immediately thought that if it weren't for his immunity to all poisons, he would definitely test poisons on himself.
Gu Jiangyue watched as Ji Yunsheng casually tossed his hair, took out a big apple from his pocket, and smiled stupidly. Although Gu Jiangyue didn't know much about the Medicine King Valley, she had heard rumors about it in the Jianghu. It seemed to be a very powerful force. But Gu Jiangyue still had some doubts. Was the valley master of the Medicine King Valley as stupid as Ji Yunsheng?
It seemed that Ji Yunsheng was really hungry. He didn't care about the look in Gu Jiangyue's eyes. He took a big bite of the apple in his hand. The apple made a crisp sound. Ji Yunsheng chewed the apple in his mouth happily. Just as he swallowed a mouthful, he saw Gu Jiangyue carefully tug at his sleeve. There was full of confusion in Ji Yunsheng's good - looking eyes.
"What's up?"
"The apple was rotten just now. Can you still eat it?"
Gu Jiangyue had clearly seen that some of the poisonous powder in the air had landed on the place where Ji Yunsheng had just taken a bite, and the apple had turned green at a visible speed.
"I'm immune to all poisons, but do you think this apple still tastes good!"
Ji Yunsheng angrily threw away the apple that he had only taken one bite of. He felt as if he had been slapped on the head not too lightly. He turned his head and met Xie Jiuan's gaze. Just as Ji Yunsheng was about to act pitiful, he was stopped by Xie Jiuan's words.
"If you eat any longer, everyone will die."
Only then did Ji Yunsheng notice that the poisonous gas in the secret chamber was not easy to disperse, and there were fewer and fewer people standing. He angrily glared at Xie Jiuan, and then began to release all the gu worms from the silver ornaments on his body. As the gu worms flew out, a large number of silver ornaments on Ji Yunsheng's body fell with a crisp sound.
The gu worms soon formed a dark mass above the secret chamber. Gu Jiangyue could tell that they seemed to be devouring the poisonous powder.
"Won't these worms be poisoned to death?"
Seeing that Gu Jiangyue wasn't afraid, Xie Jiuan didn't cover her eyes. Gu Jiangyue's confused voice rang in Xie Jiuan's ear.
"No. His gu worms need toxins to become stronger."
Gu Jiangyue nodded. Almost all the poisonous powder in the air had been eaten by Ji Yunsheng's worms. Some guards who hadn't entered the secret chamber came in at this time and carried the unconscious people in. But Gu Jiangyue noticed that only Ji Yunsheng was squatting on the ground, picking up the silver ornaments that had fallen on the ground one by one.
Gu Jiangyue looked at Xie Jiuan in confusion and asked.
"Is this piece of clothing very important to him?"