Chapter 567: The Poison Nest Appears and Makes Threats

The Great Crane's grand plan for indulgence had only just begun when it was suddenly cut short halfway through.

Because an uninvited guest had arrived.

"Hah!"

With a light shout, a sky full of green clouds drifted down onto Guo Liuhe's manor; in the blink of an eye, every living soul besides Guo Liuhe and the Great Crane was reduced to blood and water.

The manor became deathly silent, and even the chirping of insects vanished from that moment on.

Guo Liuhe's pupils dilated, and his scream cracked with intensity, "Du Taiyue, you dare to come here?"

At a time when he was at the center of the storm and the Fucheng bounty order was still fresh, he dared to break into Chongguang Cheng, where powerful martial artists gathered, and ruthlessly razed his manor, killing all his servants and maids.

This member of the Golden Immortal Dao attacked in a fit of rage; although he was not a powerful martial artist, he was a high-grade Martial Master and, furthermore, possessed the power of Seal Script.

*Swish*, a black curtain descended, shrouding the manor on all sides.

The green clouds writhed, and a voice came from all directions, shifting from left to right.

"Stop playing god and acting like a ghost. Moyunzi may not show his face, but the Storage Pockets he uses for trade are endless."

"There are only two explanations: one, he is hiding in the shadows, and two, he provided a large quantity of Storage Pockets in advance."

"I, Old Du, have come in person. If it is the former, ask him to come out and return with me; if it is the latter, I will not be polite. Guo Liuhe, hand over all the remaining pockets to me."

Guo Liuhe gritted his teeth and retorted, "Moyunzi is not here; he entrusted me to handle the trades on his behalf. If you want Storage Pockets, bring something to trade for them."

"I will trade you as many as you have, but don't even think about getting them for free!"

Du Taiyue chuckled twice, "How did you pick up the temperament of Tao Zhugong?"

"Moyunzi is a free spirit, but you have a family and dependents, and you are burdened by much. Be careful not to anger me, Old Du, or your Guo family will end up just like this manor—a dead land."

"You are threatening me!"

The black curtain surrounding them trembled faintly as Guo Liuhe grew angry, showing signs of suppressing the green clouds and forcing Du Taiyue to reveal his true form.

Du Taiyue flicked a finger, and green light landed on the ground, exploding into a pitch-black ripple a hundred meters in diameter.

This area was shrouded by the power of the 'Pavilion' character, and both sound and light were annihilated, but under the impact of powerful martial force, it showed signs of being unable to contain it.

The massive black ripple rotated like a saw blade, spinning faster and faster, slicing through the air with a faint *hissing* sound.

Such was the power of a mere flick of a finger, and it looked as though Guo Liuhe and the Great Crane were about to be dragged into it.

"Haha, Du Taiyue, just as Moyunzi expected, he had already foreseen this day."

Guo Liuhe waved his large sleeves in front of him, "If you don't want to miss out on a heaven-sent opportunity, you might as well withdraw your methods and let us speak face to face."

His attitude was full of confidence, without the slightest fear or panic in the face of death, which actually made Du Taiyue hesitate.

"Very well, your life is in my hands; I am not in such a rush."

The green clouds landed, revealing Du Taiyue's tracks. He reached out, plucked a feather from the Great Crane's tail, stroked it lightly in his palm, and nonchalantly reminded Guo Liuhe, "You may speak."

The Great Crane was in such pain that its eyes welled up with tears, but it dared not cry out in anger, so it sat on the ground and refused to get up.

"This is the sample Moyunzi gave you."

A leather pouch landed in Du Taiyue's palm.

He had already seen Storage Pockets before, and upon seeing this, he immediately said, "A low-grade pocket, why give me this? Huh?"

After Du Taiyue opened the pocket, he discovered to his surprise that the pocket had not disintegrated. A Gu Insect crawled out from inside, shaking its head and wagging its tail; it was actually alive, and fully conscious and active.

What he saw before him overturned the characteristics of the Storage Pockets he had known from the outside world.

Storage Pockets generally could only transport supplies, or perhaps livestock like cattle and horses for meat, and were not very friendly to living creatures.

Some had tried it before; lively chickens and dogs put inside would come out dead as a doornail, and even if the time was shortened, they would come out sickly and weak.

Clearly, the environment inside the pockets was not suitable for the survival of living things.

However, this leather pouch before Du Taiyue was vastly different from the few he had encountered. "Mid-grade? No, could it be unique to high-grade pockets..."

Du Taiyue examined it over and over, finding it more and more novel, until he suddenly let out a cry of surprise.

"You probably also know that this pocket is made of human skin."

Du Taiyue nodded upon hearing this and laughed, "If not for that, how would I know? Moyunzi's bandit nature hasn't changed; he may seem to have turned over a new leaf, but in reality, he is still using that old mountain bandit trick of killing people and peeling their skin."

"Hehe, ruthless and vicious—he is a kindred spirit of mine!"

Guo Liuhe thought to himself, *Who is a kindred spirit of yours? Moyunzi and I are, we are all of the Golden Immortal Dao. *

He then said, "He predicted that you would be able to see the mystery of this pocket."

"Indeed!"

Du Taiyue held up the pocket; this pocket was, of course, the Poison Nest that Zhou You had intentionally provided.

This Poison Nest was obtained from the skin shed by Lu Zhigang when he broke through in Poison Martial Arts, so it should be considered the initial version, Poison Nest 1.0.

Subsequently, Lu Zhigang had already shed his skin many times, and using that to make a Poison Nest would certainly result in higher quality.

"The human skin of other pockets is ordinary, but this pocket alone is made from the skin of someone who practiced Poison Martial Arts."

Du Taiyue clicked his tongue in wonder, "No wonder, no wonder, this object can contain poisonous creatures."

He then shook his head in dissatisfaction, "What kind of good thing can the skin of a Primary Martial Master's Poison Martial Arts make?"

He had also seen the limits of this Poison Nest; because the material was insufficient, the upper limit of the poisonous insects it could contain was fixed.

Zhou You had already discovered this problem. The Golden Money Scorpion devoured the corpses of poisonous insects and Gu Insects, growing rapidly, and the current Poison Nest 1.0 was already severely restricting its growth.

According to the follow-up plan, he was just waiting for Lu Zhigang to leave the Desire Immortal Cauldron to use his shed skin to create Poison Nest 2.0 and move it into a new home.

"I, Old Du, have countless Poison Martial Arts masters under my command; I can get as much human skin as I want. Find Moyunzi and bring him to negotiate with me in person; ask him to make these pockets for me."

Du Taiyue was full of ambition. The more he looked at it, the more he liked it, having already seen the infinite potential of the Poison Nest for himself.

"Hmm, what is the name of this object? It can't just be called a Storage Pocket, right?"

"Moyunzi calls it: Poison Nest!"

"A good 'Poison Nest', a good name. It suits my wishes perfectly; let's call it a Poison Nest."

Du Taiyue was overjoyed. He had recently been facing immense pressure with powerful enemies lurking, and having obtained such a treasure as the Poison Nest, he was in such a good mood that he actually became kind and benevolent in appearance.

He kept urging Guo Liuhe to invite Moyunzi to get the good deed done.

Guo Liuhe shook his head, "Sorry, even if you kill me, Moyunzi will not appear; he treasures his life."

"..."

Du Taiyue gave a sheepish laugh; the consequences of his notorious reputation were manifesting.

Moyunzi was clearly afraid that he would disregard martial ethics, turn hostile upon meeting, and capture him to take him back to the Ten Thousand Poisons Secret Workshop to refine pouches for him for eternity.

In fact, he, he had originally planned to do exactly that.

But now, the importance of the Poison Nest had vetoed this plan; Moyunzi was too important to him and could not be offended.

"I can act as an intermediary to deliver the materials; once Moyunzi finishes refining the pouches, you can send someone to collect them."

Guo Liuhe's tone showed no panic, but his back had long since been soaked through with cold sweat.

At the same time, he was extremely impressed that 'Moyunzi' was so calculating and had told him all of Du Taiyue's possible reactions.

"Hmm?"

Du Taiyue pondered for a moment, then reached out and tore a piece of blood-stained human skin from his chest.

(End of chapter)