Chapter 1298

A mocking smile curled the corners of Gu Hanyuan's mouth.

"Since you knew Gu Mou was stalling for time, why did you cooperate so well? As expected, besides being shameless, you are left with only stupidity."

He paused.

He said coldly:

"Gu Mou was waiting for your poison to take effect; I wonder what you were waiting for?"

The Five Elders of the Wen Clan exclaimed in unison:

"Poison take effect?"

Wen Fangda said with an ugly expression:

"You poisoned us?"

Gu Hanyuan looked at them with the eyes of someone looking at the dead.

"Idiots, look outside the door."

The Five Elders of the Wen Clan turned their heads as if struck by lightning.

In the dark night, there was indeed a figure outside the door.

Looking from afar.

That slender figure was clearly a woman.

Wen Fangda's pupils constricted.

He exclaimed, trembling all over:

"He Hongyao!"

The woman outside the door was indeed He Hongyao.

Gu Hanyuan watched He Hongyao, who was approaching, with great interest.

She wore slovenly, tattered black clothes.

Her long, messy hair was a mix of black and white.

Her face was covered in scars.

She looked like an old beggar woman, her appearance extremely ugly and terrifying.

However, her figure was still slender.

One could still vaguely see the beauty she had before her disfigurement in her brows and eyes.

Watching He Hongyao, who was staring coldly at the Five Elders of the Wen Clan.

Gu Hanyuan said mockingly:

"In order to gain He Hongyao's trust, you even set her free, right?"

Wen Fangda was completely panicked by now...

He said with a dark face:

"We only unsealed her acupoints. He Hongyao clearly had ropes tied around her body and was guarded by Wen Zheng; how could she possibly have escaped?"

Gu Hanyuan shook his head contemptuously:

"Truly stupid. People from the Five Poisons Sect don't necessarily need to use their hands to kill."

After he finished speaking, the Five Elders of the Wen Clan fell to the ground one after another, screaming and rolling on the floor in pain.

Those shrill screams reflected how much pain they were in at that moment.

It vividly illustrated what it meant to be unable to live and unable to die.

He Hongyao's gaze shifted away from the Five Elders of the Wen Clan.

When she saw Gu Hanyuan, her body subconsciously shuddered.

She had also been a fan of good looks when she was young.

Otherwise, she wouldn't have fallen in love with Xia Xueyi at first sight and been deceived by him.

Now, seeing Gu Hanyuan, who was even more handsome than Xia Xueyi.

She subconsciously felt a sense of affection.

However, she quickly realized that she was no longer the simple little girl she once was.

She lowered her head and eyes, letting her messy hair cover her entire face.

She said in a hoarse voice:

"You pretty boy actually know quite a lot about our Five Poisons Sect."

Gu Hanyuan smiled faintly:

"Miss He, I am Gu Hanyuan, not a pretty boy."

He Hongyao was startled upon hearing this.

She didn't know how many years it had been since she last heard someone call her "Miss He."

Ever since she helped Xia Xueyi steal the Three Golden Snake Treasures.

She was punished by being bitten by ten thousand snakes, which disfigured her, and was then punished by being forced to beg.

Everyone who saw her had an attitude of disgust.

Avoiding her as if she were a plague.

No one had ever spoken to her with such a calm attitude.

He Hongyao subconsciously raised her head to look at Gu Hanyuan.

Seeing his expression was calm.

There was not a hint of disgust in his eyes.

Beyond her surprise, He Hongyao's emotions also became much calmer.

She actually had the rare mood to tease him:

"Looking so handsome, aren't you just a pretty boy?"

Gu Hanyuan asked with a light smile:

"How do I compare to Xia Xueyi?"

He Hongyao shuddered upon hearing this, her eyes complex and hard to fathom.

She took a deep breath.

She said with a sigh:

"He is not as good as you, but I love him."

This was perhaps the first time in so many years that He Hongyao had looked at things related to Xia Xueyi objectively.

It was Gu Hanyuan's uniqueness that caused her to change.

That phrase "but I love him" was even more filled with love mixed with hate, and tangled grievances.