Chapter 408: Discovered Their Secret

Fang Hua immediately showed a suspicious expression, she glanced at Fang Wucai and asked: "Andluo…… is he the chief of Cold Dew Stronghold? I don't know him, and I won't deal with people from this assassin organization."

Fang Wu, who had just reacted, immediately became impolite again: "What do you mean, young master? You suspect Miss Fang Hua of deliberately approaching me?! Ridiculous! She's just a pitiful girl."

"Just a casual question, young master Fang need not get worked up." Gu Rongjin's gaze remained on Fang Hua's face.

He noticed that Fang Hua's eyes showed no evasion or anything strange.

"Come on, young master Fang, you should also go back with me to apologize to your master."

Gu Rongjin's words instantly pulled Fang Wu, who was lost in his own world, back to reality.

He is not someone who can casually chat here with an admiring young lady.

He still has to return to his sect.

Although now he doesn't know if he can still go back?

How will his master punish him? He dare not think about it.

The two walked to the door, and Fang Hua, who had risen to see them off, glanced at the sunset outside the window and smiled: "The sun has set, twilight is truly beautiful, gentlemen, take your leave."

After leaving the private room's main door, Fang Wu was still reluctant, and turned back to look.

However, although the private room's door was open, the Fang Hua standing in the sunset looked somewhat distorted to him.

He felt her smile seemed unreal.

After going down the stairs and stepping out of Hidden Moon Pavilion, he suddenly stopped, glanced sideways into the dark alley, and said to Fang Wu: "Young master Fang, go back on your own; I still have business."

Fang Wu naturally was happy not to walk with Gu Rongjin; he didn't want to see this person now, so he nodded and left.

Gu Rongjin darted into the dark alley and, as expected, saw Pei Shangling!

He knew those footsteps were Pei Shangling's.

However, by the time he arrived, Pei Shangling had already collapsed face-first!

"Hey, did you deliberately collapse in front of me?" Gu Rongjin walked over unwillingly, "I don't even really want to collect your corpse."

Remember last time in Jingcheng, in a similar dark alley, Pei Shangling was bitten by a tiger released by the shaman doctor, suffering severe injuries and losing all his martial arts.

This time, what the hell is alive?

Not smelling any blood, Gu Rongjin felt it a pity.

Pei Shangling couldn't respond to Gu Rongjin, but his fingers were struggling to write something, as if he had something important to tell someone.

Gu Rongjin walked over and, reluctantly, helped Pei Shangling up.

At a glance he knew Pei Shangling had been struck by a powerful internal-force palm, and was on his last breath.

He also didn't know whether this bastard was deliberately using some trick to deceive him into sending internal force for healing, but Gu Rongjin really wanted to know what Pei Shangling wanted to say.

This person disappeared last time when they encountered Xiao Yichen, and then appeared again at Hidden Moon Pavilion; perhaps he really has something important.

Gu Rongjin had no choice but to transmit internal force to Pei Shangling.

Huh?!

His internal force actually burst through Pei Shangling's limbs and bones all at once?!

What's going on?

It felt as if he were waiting for him to clear all the meridians of his body?

But Pei Shangling's meridians are already all broken, aren't they?

Originally limp and leaning on Gu Rongjin's arm, Pei Shangling suddenly coughed, and immediately his whole body seemed filled with strength, springing up in an instant.

Gu Rongjin was both shocked and doubtful: "Just what are you……?"

"Thank you, Gu Rongjin." Pei Shangling laughed loudly.

The laugh made Gu Rongjin especially want to slap him away with a palm, but he still kept in mind what Pei Shangling wanted to say, so he temporarily restrained himself.

Pei Shangling stood up as if nothing had happened, he loosened his muscles and bones, threw a test punch, the palm wind fierce, not at all like someone without martial arts.

Ghosts? Gu Rongjin never knew his internal force could have such miraculous effect?

Impossible, there must be something fishy here.

"Did you make a deal with the devil?" Gu Rongjin asked.

"If you call that damned demon Sima a devil, I wouldn't object." Upon mentioning the person who let a tiger bite him into severe injury and lose all his strength, Pei Shangling gritted his teeth in hatred, "He said he could help me exchange death for life, saying that as long as I face mortal peril once more and then be struck by internal force against my meridians, I could be reborn."

Gu Rongjin understood, "No wonder you never pursued him; now I see."

Surely it must be that shaman doctor who tampered with Pei Shangling's body.

"So you deliberately sought death, then gambled on whether you could die and be reborn?"

"Do you think I'm stupid?" Pei Shangling gave Gu Rongjin a white-eye look.

No matter how much he longs to regain his martial arts, he would never joke with his own life.

"I followed Andluo, discovered their secret; he originally wanted to silence me, but he said killing a cripple isn't honorable, so he only gave me a strike."

For someone without martial arts, this strike is no different from being beaten to death, yet truly honorable!

Gu Rongjin's expression changed upon hearing this, he hurriedly asked: "What secret?! Hurry up and speak, don't waste time!"

Pei Shangling: "I only know they placed a poison on Xiao Yichen's body, using him as a vessel to bring it to the valley!"

"So we fell for the trap, bringing the explosive pack into the valley……" Gu Rongjin suddenly recalled Fang Hua's words just before leaving.

Of course he didn't think much of it, merely assuming it was the ladylike grace of a young woman's hibiscus.

Twilight is the key!

Gu Rongjin didn't have time for Pei Shangling, without a word he rushed toward the valley, and Pei Shangling followed.

At that moment on the valley, Mu Yuanzhi, who was rising to stretch, suddenly felt dizzy and blurred vision.

"What's wrong, senior sister?!" The Qilin, who had intended to rise to help Mu Yuanzhi, became even more dazed and sat back down on the stone bench.

What happened?!

Could there be something wrong with what they just ate?!

The miasma has mutated again?!

Or……

In an instant, Qilin's mind had several possibilities; he forced himself up again to help Mu Yuanzhi, Mu Yuanzhi took her own pulse, then grabbed Qilin's hand to feel his pulse, and exclaimed in surprise: "We seem to have been poisoned!"

"Where did this poison gas come from?"

Qilin is accustomed to the miasma here; when he calms down, he can tell that his current condition is not caused by inhaling the miasma, meaning the air suddenly has a new poison gas—where did it come from?!

He hurriedly took a breath-holding pill from the gourd and gave it to Mu Yuanzhi to eat, and he took one himself.

We don't know how much they inhaled; now, can holding their breath still work?

Qilin tried to use his qi to force out the poison, but found it ineffective!

"Senior sister, my internal force seems to be blocked……"

"We haven't even reached fifteen yet!"

"Quickly go find Master Yuan Yan!" Mu Yuanzhi said.

Qilin nodded, he summoned the servants, ordered them to raise the red lanterns and enter first-level alert!

Then he and Mu Yuanzhi supported each other as they went to the Yellow Palace to find the monk.

"Yuan Yan! Yuan Yan! Are you there?!"