Chapter 53

It was just that it was not easy to explain the truth to Mu Wanqing.

"Ling'er of course knows Brother Wutian is not a good person. He also always says he is a bad person. But Ling'er likes him, likes him very much, and doesn't want to leave him."

Mu Wanqing saw Zhong Ling, whose eyes were shining brilliantly, as if she were following Gu Hanyuan's back across time and space.

She only felt envious that she could express her feelings so bravely.

She knew that even if she tried to persuade her again, it would be of no use.

After that, she didn't persuade her anymore and let Zhong Ling take her to find Black Rose.

"Little thing, aren't you going to come out yourself?"

Just as Gu Hanyuan set off, he discovered that a small animal was clinging to his back.

It turned out to be the Lightning Mink.

The Lightning Mink climbed onto Gu Hanyuan's shoulder and ingratiatingly rubbed its little head against his neck.

Gu Hanyuan found it amusing; although the Lightning Mink was very afraid of him at first, after getting familiar with him, it actually liked to cling to him very much.

Perhaps it was because it felt a sense of security if it had Gu Hanyuan's protection.

Originally, Gu Hanyuan didn't want to bring the Lightning Mink, but remembering a plot point involving Duan Yu, he felt that it would be faster if the Lightning Mink led the way.

"Lightning Mink, can you tell where the Manggu Zhuha is?"

The Lightning Mink had followed Gu Hanyuan precisely because it smelled the scent of the Manggu Zhuha.

Gu Hanyuan only felt that it had no self-awareness at all; the toxicity between the two was completely incomparable.

Although it was difficult to cure after being poisoned by the Lightning Mink, there was at least a five-day window, but the Manggu Zhuha meant death upon contact.

It actually still thought about hunting the Manggu Zhuha; its guts were too big.

The human-like Lightning Mink seemed to understand Gu Hanyuan's words, nodded its little head, and let out a tiny squeak.

How could Gu Hanyuan understand its words?

However, he roughly understood the meaning, held the Lightning Mink in his arms, and let it point the way.

Gu Hanyuan traveled rapidly all the way, and after losing the burden of Zhong Ling, he exerted his Wave-Like Steps to the fullest.

A black shadow was constantly shuttling through the forest; if an ordinary person saw it, they would probably shout that it was a ghost.

Not long after, Gu Hanyuan found a cliff.

He had to sigh about one thing: the terrain of Dali was indeed complex, with all kinds of cliffs, and one would accidentally fall if not careful.

After the Lightning Mink signaled downward, Gu Hanyuan used his "Ladder-Cloud Leap" and jumped down.

After borrowing force a few times, he indeed saw a protruding platform on the cliff wall.

After Gu Hanyuan landed, he saw a cave and, without hesitation, walked directly inside.

He hadn't walked many steps when he saw Duan Yu lying on the ground in a coma.

Most likely he had fallen and fainted directly.

Without the protection of the North-Ming Divine Art, the fact that he didn't lose any limbs after falling was a testament to the power of the protagonist's halo.

Suddenly, the Lightning Mink squeaked excitedly.

Then, several giant roars of "Jiang-Ang, Jiang-Ang, Jiang-Ang" were heard.

The Lightning Mink had originally been in a posture of chasing prey, but as a result, after the Manggu Zhuha truly appeared, it immediately became cowardly.

It nudged Gu Hanyuan's chest with its little head to act like a spoiled child, looking like it wanted him to help it stand up for itself.

Gu Hanyuan amusedly stroked the Lightning Mink's head and let it calm down.

He saw that the Manggu Zhuha was shaped like a toad, no more than two inches long, its whole body crimson like blood, its eyes flashing with golden light, and its whole body was vermilion.

At this moment, it was chasing a centipede and jumped toward Duan Yu.

Gu Hanyuan took several Hibiscus Golden Needles from his storage space and threw them toward it.

The centipede was directly nailed to the ground.

But the Manggu Zhuha jumped up and dodged it at the critical moment.

Gu Hanyuan was a bit surprised; although his "Hibiscus Golden Needles" were only at the entry level and he hadn't been too serious just now, he was at least at the Peak Grandmaster Stage of internal energy cultivation.

It was actually dodged by the Manggu Zhuha.

He saw that at this moment, the Manggu Zhuha was staring vigilantly at Gu Hanyuan from afar, emitting giant roars of "Jiang-Ang, Jiang-Ang, Jiang-Ang."

Clearly, it had already felt the threat.

The Manggu Zhuha's toxicity was too strong; even Gu Hanyuan was unwilling to come into contact with it and could only use long-range attack methods.

It was a pity that the "Holy Spirit Sword Art" couldn't use "Sword Nineteen" yet, otherwise he could have directly fired sword qi.

Seeing Gu Hanyuan not moving, the Manggu Zhuha chose to take the initiative and jumped into the air to spray a mouthful of poisonous gas.

With Wave-Like Steps, Gu Hanyuan dodged it easily, and several Hibiscus Golden Needles broke through the air, directly piercing the Manggu Zhuha's back and knocking it flying.

"A beast is a beast; don't you know that you can't dodge while jumping in the air?"

If the Manggu Zhuha had stayed in place, Gu Hanyuan would have been at a loss as to how to deal with it.

It actually chose to jump up and spray poison; wasn't that courting death?

After knocking the Manggu Zhuha to the ground, its sound instantly weakened.

However, to be on the safe side, Gu Hanyuan threw several more Hibiscus Golden Needles, almost turning the Manggu Zhuha into a hedgehog, and only stopped after its cries had completely ceased.

After Gu Hanyuan approached, he saw that the Hibiscus Golden Needles stuck in the Manggu Zhuha already showed signs of being corroded.

Sure enough, the toxicity was fierce; he didn't know how Duan Yu had originally eaten it into his stomach without being poisoned through his intestines and stomach.

Could it be the protagonist's halo?

Seeing that the Manggu Zhuha was dead, the Lightning Mink was somewhat restless.

Gu Hanyuan pressed it down.

"Don't be silly; even if the Manggu Zhuha is already dead, the toxicity on its skin can still poison you to death. Wait until I refine it into an elixir before I let you eat it."

Gu Hanyuan didn't want to challenge whether his stomach could withstand the Manggu Zhuha's poison.

He wasn't the protagonist, and he was a villain.

What if he really got poisoned to death? Wouldn't that be a huge loss?