Chapter 18: Mules Are More Useful Than Humans

Upon hearing these words, Mengshan was stunned.

He then turned his gaze toward the Yuxue Alliance disciples in the valley holding torches.

Next, he saw a person not far away begin to cough slightly.

The other party even shouted a few times, complaining that it was too cold in the deep mountains at night, that they had come too urgently, and that they hadn't put on an extra layer of clothing or anything...

And soon, people nearby began to cough sporadically as well; at first, no one cared, thinking it was just a common cold.

But as someone suddenly spat out fresh blood, their entire skin became unbearably itchy, and the condition gradually progressed to ulceration and pus, only then did everyone finally realize the severity of the problem.

"Not good! Miasmal poison gas has been released in this valley; retreat quickly!"

The black-robed middle-aged man shouted deeply, immediately holding his breath and circulating his true qi to condense a palm imprint, intending to shatter the poisonous gas in the valley.

But obviously, it was already too late; the alliance disciples around him were deeply poisoned, and even though they heard his words and wanted to flee the valley, they simply could not do it.

The uncontrollable itching and the heart-piercing pain brought by the gradual rotting of their flesh and skin made them long forget about running away.

One by one, they reached out and frantically scratched their own bodies; even as strips of skin were scraped off their faces and bodies, and even the bright red raw flesh was clawed out, they felt nothing.

In an instant, the entire valley was filled with rising and falling, mournful screams and cries; everyone rolled on the ground, covered in blood, as if it were a human hell.

Seeing this scene, the black-robed middle-aged man's face was filled with an expression of unbearable pain; he exchanged a glance with the two other old men and immediately retreated toward the outside of the valley.

At this moment, the masked woman stood up from the green stone.

She surveyed the current situation in the valley, and an undisguised, joyful smile appeared in her eyes.

"You thought escaping the valley would help? Within a radius of three li, I have scattered the colorless and odorless 'Falling Goose Poisonous Powder'; even the wild geese flying overhead must die from the poison. Do you think you can escape?"

She raised her hand and grasped; the green-black mist that had been swirling within three feet around the four people, thread by thread, gathered toward her palm as if the ocean embraced all rivers.

Within a few breaths, she had merged it into her true qi, absorbing it all into her body.

The three of them, Mengshan and the others standing beside the woman, were all silent, seemingly not daring to speak a word, nor daring to look at the tragic state of the Yuxue Alliance disciples around them.

It was as if they feared that by accidentally saying the wrong thing, they would anger the masked woman before them, suffer her poison hand silently, and meet the same fate as these Yuxue Alliance disciples.

"You three stay here; those three are poisoned and cannot run far. I will go deal with them first!"

The masked woman swept a meaningful glance over the three of them, then immediately chased after the direction the black-robed middle-aged man had retreated, her eyes filled with murderous intent:

"As long as I kill these three Wudao Sect masters, my 'Mutual Poison Claw Technique' can advance even further."

At the same time, outside the valley, Yu Changlu, hiding behind a rock, had inevitably also been struck by the Falling Goose Poisonous Powder.

Just like Cang Yin Yue earlier, he had been secretly observing the situation in the valley, originally thinking about how to find an opportunity to beg the Yuxue Alliance for help.

But unexpectedly, not long after, he witnessed with his own eyes the tragic scene of the Yuxue Alliance disciples in the valley being poisoned.

He was just horrified and secretly relieved that he hadn't rushed to beg for help when, immediately after, he discovered that he too had been poisoned, following in their footsteps.

At this moment, Yu Changlu had scratched his face until it was unrecognizable; the itching and pain that penetrated to the bone made him roll on the ground continuously.

"Save... save me!"

Suddenly, when he saw Li Musheng beside him acting as if nothing was wrong, he seemed to have found a lifeline and urgently reached out to him with difficulty, begging for help.

"Sorry, I'm really not good at dealing with poison."

Li Musheng shrugged his hands, indicating his powerlessness.

Cang Yin Yue beside him took a porcelain bottle from her bosom, poured out a poison-neutralizing pill, and swallowed it.

She carefully sized up Li Musheng, did not waste a poison-neutralizing pill on him, and directly stuffed the porcelain bottle back into her bosom.

As for Yu Changlu, she didn't even look at him from beginning to end, having no intention whatsoever of saving him.

Then, Cang Yin Yue sat cross-legged on the ground, circulated the true qi within her body, and used the medicinal power to expel the poison from her system.

"Why haven't you been poisoned?"

Cang Yin Yue suddenly asked without looking sideways.

"Among the Wu Gong I created myself, there is one called the Indestructible Golden Body. Although I don't understand poison, mastering that thing allows me to be immune to all poisons."

Li Musheng explained casually, crouching down, his gaze falling on the two mules that had suddenly collapsed and were foaming at the mouth.

Upon hearing this, Cang Yin Yue merely glanced at him and did not ask any further questions.

At this time, Li Musheng stared at the poisoned mules for a while, then shook his head and said:

"These horses cannot die. There is still such a long way to go ahead; I don't want to walk to Shangyang City on two legs."

Immediately, he reached his hand into the mule's back and gently patted it.

In an instant, the mule that had been foaming at the mouth and shivering violently suddenly shivered all over, stood up full of life, and was completely like a normal mule.

Then, Li Musheng followed the same method and revived Cang Yin Yue's mule as well.

Yu Changlu, who was in agony nearby, glanced at this scene, his eyeballs almost falling to the ground.

Just now, he had begged Li Musheng to save his life, and the other party had said he wasn't good at it, indicating powerlessness.

He thought it was true, so he believed it, blaming only his own fate.

But in the blink of an eye, he saw that the mule, which wasn't worth much money, was about to die from poison, yet Li Musheng acted without a second word, saving it with just two moves.

The treatment between him and the mule was as different as heaven and earth!

But a cargo-pulling mule is only worth a few coins; apparently, his life isn't even as good as a horse's.

"Save... save me..."

Yu Changlu immediately endured the pain in his body and crawled toward Li Musheng with difficulty.

In his opinion, since Li Musheng could even revive a horse, saving him would surely be no problem.

At the same time, Cang Yin Yue's phoenix eyes widened greatly, staring fixedly at Li Musheng, an expression of disbelief appearing in her gaze.

She had naturally seen the scene just now as well.

She did not know how Li Musheng managed to do all this, but she was clear that to save a mule in such a short time without relying on an antidote, one must rely on abundant true qi to drive out the poison within the horse's body.

However, she had not detected any fluctuation of true qi on Li Musheng just now.

"How exactly did he do it?"

Cang Cang Yin Yue could not figure it out, and she did not quite believe Li Musheng's claim of having created his own Wu Gong.

She only felt that the other person harbored a considerable secret, and that this secret was certainly related to the other person's opportunity.

At this moment, she saw Li Musheng walking toward Yu Changlu, so she could only suppress the doubts in her heart and said:

"You do not need to save him; this person has committed many evils within the Yuxue Alliance and is completely deserving of death."

(End of this chapter)