Chapter 190: Escaping the Melee

In truth, Zhu Gaoxu was not poisoned at all.

That Muscle-Softening Powder had no effect on him whatsoever.

Originally, he had intended to feign poisoning to lure out the mastermind behind the scenes and then kill them.

But Zhu Gaoxu changed his mind on the fly, wanting to learn more about these martial artists.

So, he did not strike immediately, and the subsequent route of the Qishan Five Tigers headed all the way north.

It happened to be the same route as Zhu Gaoxu's, so Zhu Gaoxu simply followed the Qishan Five Tigers.

But the situation was different now.

Zhu Gaoxu had already reached the borders of Shandong.

He had temporarily reached his destination, and the disaster situation in Shandong was equally severe.

Zhu Gaoxu certainly could not continue following them.

Moreover, he had just seen disciples of Yihua Palace, and he wanted to take this opportunity to find them, which would happen to complete the system's check-in task.

Thinking this, Zhu Gaoxu turned his gaze toward the two people guarding him.

Through their interactions over the past two days, Zhu Gaoxu knew that the two people before him were the second and fifth members of the Qishan Five Tigers.

Among these five, the second was meticulous and possessed no weak Martial Arts.

The fifth was dull-witted, but his external Martial Arts could not be underestimated; he had heard them say that the fifth's Golden Bell Shield had already reached great completion!

And among these people, the one Zhu Gaoxu was most wary of was the fifth before him.

In the martial arts novels of his past life, they all described how powerful this Golden Bell Shield was, becoming impervious to blades and spears after reaching great completion.

Zhu Gaoxu did not know if his palm strike could break the other's turtle shell.

But dragging things out like this was clearly not a solution; just as Zhu Gaoxu was about to make a desperate gamble, a clamor of noise came from outside.

Hearing the sound, the Qishan Five Tigers all went out to investigate.

Zhu Gaoxu was not restricted by them and followed them out as well.

He saw that the lobby on the first floor of the inn was full of people.

A quick glance showed at least fifteen or sixteen of them.

At this moment, the waiter was dealing with the corpses of the three people from before.

After all, leaving them in the lobby was not a good idea.

Once they reported to the officials tomorrow, someone would naturally handle them.

But these people had clearly come for these corpses.

The group was taken aback upon seeing the corpses in the lobby.

Then, they walked straight toward them.

The waiter, who was in the middle of handling the corpses, saw so many people walking toward him.

Looking at the fierce and menacing appearance of this group, the waiter felt like crying.

He cursed inwardly, wondering what bad luck he had run into today to encounter these unreasonable martial artists he could not afford to offend.

The key was that they would draw their blades and kill at the drop of a hat; the waiter had already decided that once dawn broke, he would ask the manager for a raise, otherwise, he would absolutely not do this life-threatening job.

Seeing this group of martial artists getting closer and closer, the waiter could only put down the corpses first, then said with a smile, "What are your orders, masters?"

After speaking, he took two steps forward, wanting to greet them.

But the man in the lead ignored the waiter entirely.

He shoved the waiter aside and walked straight toward the corpses.

Arriving before the corpses, as if confirming their identities, the man's emotions suddenly became agitated.

"Second brother, big brother arrived a step too late!"

Then, the man glanced at the flower petals beside his second brother's corpse and immediately roared, "Yihua Palace bitches, I will not coexist with you!"

By now, the waiter was so frightened that he had collapsed to the ground.

He was terrified that the man might be in a bad mood and kill him to vent his anger.

At this moment, Zhu Gaoxu and the others watching from above also roughly understood the identities of these people.

They were definitely companions of the few who had died earlier; it looked like they had arrived a step late.

After figuring it out, the Qishan Five Tigers knew it had nothing to do with them, and not wanting to cause trouble, they immediately prepared to return to their rooms to continue resting.

But Zhu Gaoxu was not happy about this.

He had just been thinking about how to get away, and now the opportunity had arrived!

Thinking this, Zhu Gaoxu said to the second member beside him, "What is the background of this Yihua Palace? Could we have helped them when they killed those people earlier just by saying a word?"

Although Zhu Gaoxu's voice was not loud.

There were few ordinary people present.

These words were naturally heard clearly.

And at this moment, when the second member heard Zhu Gaoxu's words, his eyes suddenly constricted.

For the past two days, Zhu Gaoxu had been obedient, which had completely caused them to lower their guard.

Now that Zhu Gaoxu had spoken, he had directly led them into a dangerous situation.

The man in the lead below heard Zhu Gaoxu's words, narrowed his eyes, and looked up at the Qishan Five Tigers.

At this moment, the Qishan Five Tigers knew they had to speak up and explain.

Otherwise, this would be a huge misunderstanding!

What they feared most right now was complications!

The eldest of the group was just about to speak, but the man below spoke first.

"You helped those Yihua Palace bitches kill my brother?"

"If I can't find the people from Yihua Palace today, I'll have you few go down first to be buried with my brother."

Having said that, the burly man drew his broadsword in one motion, leaped up, and charged toward the Qishan Five Tigers.

The crowd below, seeing this, also drew their weapons one after another and followed behind the burly man, charging toward the Qishan Five Tigers.

At this moment, the Qishan Five Tigers were still in a daze.

Seeing so many people rushing toward them, the few of them were not afraid.

They had no time to pay any more attention to Zhu Gaoxu.

The burly man had already rushed to close range, his broadsword whistling with power as he slashed at them several times in a row.

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