Chapter 67: Poisoned

"Kill... me... I'll... do... anything!"

Before long, the two handmaids among the white bones who could no longer hold out spoke in broken fragments, painfully begging Li Musheng above the earthen pit.

Seeing this, Li Musheng slowly nodded:

"Seems the power is acceptable."

He flicked a finger, halting the Life-and-Death Talismans' effect on the two women.

For a moment, the two handmaids heaved great breaths as if rescued from drowning.

Beside them, Cang Cang Yin Yue, seeing this, showed a strange expression on her face.

The method of torture Li Musheng used was clearly even more terrifying than the interrogation methods of the Intelligence Bureau, breaking the prisoner's psychological defenses so quickly.

She looked at Li Musheng again; in her eyes, he had somehow become unfathomably profound.

Whether it was his incredible martial arts cultivation or his constant possession of strange and astonishing martial techniques, all constantly shattered her existing conventional understanding.

She truly did not know how many secrets this person before her still held.

"Miss Cang, I'll leave the rest to you."

Li Musheng had no intention of questioning these people himself; he simply dumped this tedious task onto Cang Cang Yin Yue.

Hearing this, Cang Cang Yin Yue's gaze imperceptibly swept over Zhu Fenglan once; she parted her lips slightly but did not speak.

Li Musheng naturally understood her thoughts and waved his hand, saying:

"I leave all these people to your disposal. No matter how great your grudge may be? Whether you kill or flay them, it's entirely up to you."

Cang Cang Yin Yue let out a light sigh, looked deeply at Li Musheng, and said:

"Thank you!"

Then, she leaped directly into the white bone pit below, heading toward the seven immobilized people...

Li Musheng withdrew his gaze and shook his head.

At that moment, he raised an eyebrow and turned to look at a spirited woman who had appeared sneakily in the courtyard.

Upon first meeting Li Musheng's gaze, Shangguan Qingqing and Li Musheng stared at each other, both falling silent for a while.

"Um... I don't intend to attack you."

Shangguan Qingqing quickly raised both hands; her originally heroic and handsome beautiful face now appeared extremely cautious.

She gently twisted her head, signaling Li Musheng to look at the ruins on one side of the courtyard, and said:

"I remember there was another girl here, just like me, trying to capture the flower-snatching thief. I actually returned to save her."

Li Musheng glanced into the ruins, waved his hand, and let her do as she pleased.

He had naturally already discovered Guan Shanxue, but seeing that she was unharmed and merely knocked unconscious by the collapsing house, he paid her no further mind.

Seeing this, Shangguan Qingqing heaved a heavy sigh of relief.

She stole a glance at Li Musheng, then quickly walked into the ruins and dug out Guan Shanxue, who was covered in mud and dust.

After checking the other woman's body and finding no serious injury, she circulated her true energy into Guan Shanxue's body, causing her to slowly awaken.

The awakened Guan Shanxue reached out to support her forehead, feeling her head somewhat dizzy; the colors in her vision were kaleidoscopic, and everything she looked at appeared double.

She raised her head slightly to look around, her gaze sweeping over the ruined courtyard before her and Shangguan Qingqing beside her, still somewhat unclear where she was.

But the next moment, when her gaze fell upon Li Musheng, the look in her eyes instantly froze, as if instantly attracted by some special aura emanating from him.

At the same time, the kaleidoscopic phenomenon in her eyes faded, and her dizzy head seemed to gradually clear, yet her gaze remained as if glued to Li Musheng, unable to be moved no matter what.

A strange flutter of emotion surged in Guan Shanxue's heart; seeing this man before her, she instantly felt joy and happiness, an indescribable sense of intimacy and warmth, and could not help but want to stay by his side and embrace him.

In fact, Guan Shanxue did exactly that.

With a lovesick expression, she gazed at Li Musheng, climbed up from the ground, and rushed toward him, opening her arms wide in an attempt to hug him.

But Li Musheng pressed one hand against her forehead, preventing her from advancing even an inch.

"Huh? Although I know I am indeed somewhat handsome, why didn't she approach me before, but now, in this state, is throwing herself into my arms?"

Li Musheng touched his own face, looked at Guan Shanxue before him, covered in dust and looking like a giant calico cat, and frowned:

"I can't bring myself to do it!"

Hearing this, Shangguan Qingqing's eyes shifted; staring at Guan Shanxue, who was now flailing and seemed determined to hug Li Musheng, she suddenly seemed to recall something and hurriedly said:

"I remember now. I faintly heard earlier that the flower-snatching thief's mother seemed to have fed her something called the Thousand Loves and Hundred Resentments Powder; it is said that thing can make her fall hopelessly in love with any man she sees."

Speaking, she looked again at Li Musheng and said:

"It must be because of that powder that she has become this way."

Upon hearing this, Li Musheng raised an eyebrow slightly and squinted, saying:

"There actually exists such a miraculous powder?"

Before he transmigrated, while browsing the web, he often encountered many pop-up ads he couldn't close, among which were numerous lure pages about love potions.

But in reality, those things were all fake; they were just scams by fraudsters to cheat money from lecherous old men; in the real world, there is no potion that can make someone fall in love with someone else without cause.

He never expected that in this world where martial arts flourished, such strange things actually existed.

Thinking thus, he flicked his finger pressing against Guan Shanxue's forehead.

Guan Shanxue's entire body's true energy immediately became agitated like boiling water; streaks of red flush appeared on her snow-white neck, and her face turned completely red.

The next moment, she lowered her head, opened her mouth suddenly, and spat out a mouthful of black water mixed with dense true energy, then rolled her eyes back and fainted.

"The poison has already been forced out; she should be fine. I'll leave her to you."

Li Musheng pushed Guan Shanxue toward Shangguan Qingqing; after the latter supported her, her eyes sparkled with strange light as she stared continuously at Li Musheng.

Then, she placed Guan Shanxue on the ground, slightly adjusted her clothes, and formally clasped her fists toward Li Musheng, saying:

"I am Shangguan Qingqing, from Qingzhou, a disciple of the Tianhedao Sect. Your chivalrous heart and profound Wu Gong truly make Qingqing admire you greatly. Might I ask your name so we may become acquainted?"

Hearing this, Li Musheng looked at Shangguan Qingqing; the girl before him was spirited and handsome, beautiful in appearance, and her compliments were quite pleasant to hear.

"Li Musheng."

Li Musheng clasped his hands in a bow, returning the greeting in the manner of a martial artist.

Hearing this, Shangguan Qingqing's face lit with joy, thinking Li Musheng was an approachable young knight-errant.

However, Li Musheng's next words left her somewhat stunned.

"Miss Qingqing, you may also address me as His Highness the Eighth Imperial Prince; besides that, I have a martial nickname: Little Li Flying Dagger."

"Of course, if you wish to call me the Number One Expert Under Heaven, that is naturally acceptable as well."

Li Musheng spoke slowly, his expression utterly calm.

(End of this chapter)