Chapter 988: Ten Thousand Poison Heart Sutra

"Kill me! You'll get nothing!" the black shadow threatened again.

Then he also tempted them, saying: "I still have two treasures here; you'll surely be moved! Shall we talk?"

Qiong Qi, however, said contemptuously: "Since there are treasures, killing you will get us the same."

"You... what about that technique? You don't want it? That's a divine-rank technique!" the black shadow tempted.

"Say it out first so we can hear! If you don't say it, how would we know!" Qiong Qi would not budge.

Finally, the black shadow had no choice but to reveal a bit: "Alright, I'll leak a little to you. That technique is a secret art of invulnerability to all poisons."

"That's it? Forget it then!" Qiong Qi still refused to give up.

Ye Liuyun knew that the black shadow had already fallen for Qiong Qi's trick.

"Not only does it grant invulnerability to all poisons, it can also refine various poisons for one's own use. One can even train the whole body to be full of toxin; a touch will poison the opponent!" the black shadow said somewhat proudly.

"Like you? Cultivating into a mass of toxin?" Qiong Qi's tone clearly showed contempt.

"Of course not! My physical body is destroyed, and my soul is sealed within this mass of poisonous gas! If my body were intact, you wouldn't have a chance to attack! Back then, even a divine-rank expert could do nothing against me." the black shadow said proudly.

"How did you end up in such a miserable state?" Qiong Qi continued to provoke him to say more.

"I offended a great power. But they couldn't kill me! Even if they paid the price of tens of thousands of lives, they could only destroy my body, seal my soul and the poisonous gas here, letting me be slowly consumed."

The black shadow seemed to recall something, feeling both proud and somewhat lost.

"The cost of tens of thousands of lives only destroyed his body! This guy must have been tough to deal with before!" Ye Liuyun's heart stirred upon hearing that.

He wasn't after the black shadow's technique; he just felt the black shadow wasn't simple before. Yet his hand movements didn't slacken in the slightest.

Qiong Qi curled his lip: "Who knows if you're really that formidable!"

Hearing that, the black shadow also said helplessly: "If I weren't formidable, could I have been sealed here? Then tell me, how can I prove what I say is true?"

"Don't waste words on that. Tell me how your technique is cultivated. Let me see if I can practice it." Qiong Qi asked directly.

"Anyone can practice it. As long as you open up a space in the heart, nurture a poison source, you can cultivate!" the black shadow explained.

"Bullshit! Cultivating poison gas in the heart—that's just asking for death!" Qiong Qi deliberately refused to believe.

"This technique is called the Ten Thousand Poison Heart Sutra! You may not believe me, but you cannot insult this set of techniques!" the black shadow said somewhat angrily.

Qiong Qi pretended to think, then said: "How about this: you bring out that technique first so I can look it over. If I confirm there's no problem, I'll spare you!"

"If I give it to you, what if you still don't let me go?" the black shadow, not being foolish, didn't fall for it outright.

"We can sign a divine soul contract!" Qiong Qi defended.

The black shadow fell silent for a moment, then agreed: "Fine, but both of you must sign, and use your lives as collateral."

The black shadow was indeed cunning, fearing that Qiong Qi would agree while Ye Liuyun would not.

Ye Liuyun remained silent, but Qiong Qi spoke up: "No problem, I can convince my companion. However, you're full of poison—how will you pass the technique to me? I dare not let you transmit information via divine sense, lest you poison me!"

"Of course not!" the black shadow also knew he was now entirely poisonous, and Qiong Qi would surely not believe him.

At this moment, all he thought about was how to make Qiong Qi believe him.

"I'll directly give you that book of the Ten Thousand Poison Heart Sutra. If you're worried there's poison on it, you don't have to turn the pages by hand!"

"Hmm, then let's discuss!" Qiong Qi gave a perfunctory reply, then began communicating with Ye Liuyun via divine sense.

"His technique is in that book, not recorded in his divine sense. We can kill him and then find that book. Can your golden pupil locate where that book is now?"

"Can't see it!" Ye Liuyun swept his golden pupil around, but also found no place where books were hidden.

"Then forget it—let's kill it first and slowly search later!" Qiong Qi sighed and continued his attack.

He never intended to let the black shadow go. Chatting with him so much was just to pump out whether the technique he spoke of existed in memory or as a physical object.

As long as there is a physical object, the black shadow cannot take it away.

Thus, when Qiong Qi laid hands on him, he had even fewer scruples.

"Hey, what have you decided?" the black shadow felt Qiong Qi's attacks intensify, thinking they wanted to raise the stakes, and voluntarily said: "Those two treasures of mine can also be given to you!"

Qiong Qi didn't reply, just struck down even more fiercely.

Seeing the black shadow fade more and more, he began to urge anxiously.

"What exactly are you thinking? Say something already!"

"You guys, say something..."

Until the black shadow finally failed to coalesce into a human form, he didn't realize he had already been pumped for information by Qiong Qi, and Qiong Qi would certainly not keep him around.

After the black shadow began to gradually disappear, Yuan Datou and the others also emerged from within it.

Ye Liuyun and Qiong Qi saw that the three of them each had a protective treasure, nothing unusual, and thus they relaxed.

The remaining task was to completely burn away these poisonous gases, after which they could be rescued.

"These three people are also not ordinary! Their bodies are guarded by powerful treasures!" Qiong Qi secretly sent a voice transmission to Ye Liuyun.

"Hmm, those two youngsters have quite a background." Ye Liuyun briefly explained to Qiong Qi.

"The instructor of that academy is certainly not ordinary either. His protective treasure isn't something an ordinary instructor could afford!" Qiong Qi said with a hint of meaning.

Ye Liuyun gave an "hmm" and didn't think much of it. Qian Long Academy was never simple; it's normal for instructors to have some treasures.

For now, saving lives is urgent, after all the three of them are still amidst the poisonous gas.

However, just as Ye Liuyun and Qiong Qi thought everything was fine, all the poisonous gas suddenly gathered on Ling Shuang.

"Mm!"

Ling Shuang groaned in pain, obviously her protective treasure could not hold on much longer.

"Oh no, that poisonous entity launched its final attack, taking both soul and poison gas straight to your little lover!"

Qiong Qi shouted while hurling fire toward Ling Shuang.

Seeing this, Ye Liuyun dared not act, fearing he might hurt Ling Shuang.

"Burn it fast! Otherwise, if the poison gas enters her body, she won't survive!" Qiong Qi cried anxiously.