Unparalleled Evildoer

Chapter 240 Old Love
Li Manfang's eyes were slightly closed, without any breathing, as if she had become a jade statue wrapped in vines. Mu Chunbo's feet had already stepped into the Hundred Flowers Pond, and she walked towards Li Manfang step by step. No matter whether Li Manfang was dead or alive, it could not stop her from becoming the Queen of Yueshang. She had waited for this day for twenty years, putting in a lot of thought and enduring pain, but when this day came, it was so easy, as if she didn't need to do so much. She even wondered if she was dreaming.

"Tick!" A drop of water fell on the water in front of her. Mu Chunbo looked up and saw a man flying down from the top of the palace, pulling a vine. Mu Chunbo hurriedly dodged because she felt that several hidden weapons were shooting down. Just as she dodged the hidden weapons, the figure fell into the water, splashing water like a meteor. Mu Chunbo waved her claws to block all the water drops.

Mengya felt warm in her heart and exclaimed, "Why are you back!" She saw the man standing in front of Li Manfang, panting. It was Wuzhan who had returned.

Wuzhan said: "I didn't say I wouldn't come back!"

Mu Chunbo said, "You're back just in time. I'm going to kill you now!" He grabbed Wuzhan with one claw.

Before entering the bedroom, Wuzhan had observed the terrain outside. After escaping from the palace gate, he jumped onto the gate and quickly hid behind a tree branch, avoiding the crowd rushing out. He then climbed up to the top of the palace along the tree trunk. There was a light hole on the top of the palace. Wuzhan pulled a vine and fell down from the light hole. It really consumed a lot of physical strength. Seeing Mu Chunbo attacking, he knew the power of this poisonous claw and did not dare to take it head-on. He paddled on the water with one foot, raising a row of water curtains to meet it.

Mu Chunbo broke through the water curtain, but saw a few drops of water shooting towards him. He changed his claws into palms and blocked them, but he felt as if his palms were pricked by needles. He was frightened and swung his claws to sweep towards the obstacle.

Wuzhan leaped up and dodged the blood-red claws, and then shot out a few drops of water, which shot towards several vital points on Mu Chunbo's body. Mu Chunbo turned his body to dodge, only to feel a chill on his shoulder, and his skin was actually cut by the water drops.

Mu Chunbo was just about to rush forward when a curtain of water came towards him with a "wow..." sound. Although he had no power to resist, he could not dodge it either. His whole body was soaked. Mu Chunbo was furious and waved his claws, which rolled up red clouds. His moves were vicious and fast like a meteor.

Wuzhan jumped back and forth in the pool, dodging constantly and using the water to fight back from time to time, but he gradually felt exhausted. Although he had rebuilt his meridians and his body was no longer the same as before, his physical strength had not improved. Moreover, he only relied on theory to fight the enemy and lacked practical experience. Facing such a powerful master of poison, it was extremely thrilling.

Mu Chunbo's moves failed every time and he became more and more anxious. Yu Sisi only told her that Mr. Li was a cunning man but did not say that his movements were so swift. Although her level of cultivation could not be seen, she was sure that he was no ordinary person.

At this time, Bai Ling and Captain Ye rushed back, while the rest of the guards had to stay outside the palace because the gauze covering their faces was taken away. Bai Ling was about to report that Wuzhan could not be found, but saw that Wuzhan had already started fighting with Muchunbo. She rushed over to help, but suddenly she heard a whistling sound and a flying claw shot over from the side. It turned out that the one who made the move was Elder Feng. Mengya also swept over with a sword, and the four of them started fighting in an instant. It turned out that Wuzhan blocked Muchunbo's sight when he stirred up the water curtain, and took the opportunity to throw the stolen gauze to Mengya and Elder Feng. The two had already put it on their faces, and their bodies had mostly recovered.

Mu Chunbo's eyes turned bloodshot and he roared angrily. The red crescent moon on his forehead became fuller and his movements became swifter. His claws were as dense as a rainstorm and he grabbed at Wuzhan. Like a tireless falcon, he pounced on his prey repeatedly, forcing Wuzhan to dodge and be in danger.

"Bang!" Wuzhan was a little slow, and was hit on the arm by Mu Chunbo's claw. He flew backwards, creating two splashes of water, and landed beside Li Manfang.

Mengya heard the sound of water and looked back, seeing Wuzhan had fallen into the water and had not gotten up for a long time. She hurriedly shouted, "Sir!" Knowing that Wuzhan was no match for Mu Chunbo, she wanted to step forward to rescue him, but was entangled by Bai Ling.

Mu Chunbo was not in a hurry. He looked like a cat proudly teasing a mouse and sneered, "No matter how cunning you are, it's useless in front of me. Men are trash and only fit to be slaves!"

Wuzhan floated on his back in the water, neither looking at her nor rushing to get up, panting, "If my guess is correct, even if you don't kill that man, he won't take you away from here, because your love is just discrimination, and anyone with self-respect would rather die than give in!"

Mu Chunbo said angrily: "What nonsense are you talking about? Why would he not want to take me away? If I hadn't been discovered by this lonely woman, I might have left this damn place long ago!"

Wuzhan said: "You are lying, you must have found out that he was hiding from you, you found him and found that he no longer loved you, so you killed him!"

Mu Chunbo was a little crazy and said, "What nonsense are you talking about? You don't know how sad I was when he died. How could he not love me!"

"If he loved you, you wouldn't be so sad and hate men so much."

Mu Chunbo said fiercely: "How is it possible? How is it possible? I can't even love him enough, how can I hate him!" Suddenly he pointed at Li Manfang and shouted: "She forced me to do this, you can ask her!"

Wuzhan stood up straight and said, "He abandoned you, and His Majesty saw you. You felt ashamed and laughed at, so you transferred this hatred to His Majesty and did such a treasonous thing!"

"That's not the case, it's absolutely not the case... You're talking nonsense, I'm going to kill you!" He was about to get angry, but his legs were entangled by something and he couldn't move. Then, he heard a terrible voice, "He's right, that's the truth!"

Li Manfang's eyes had opened at some point, and she looked at Mu Chunbo with cold majesty.

Mu Chunbo was struck by lightning and woke up immediately. He cried out: "How can you wake up!"

Li Manfang said: "I have been awake the whole time. Xiao Yuzhen's ability cannot kill me. I wanted to chase her, but then I thought, it will not be too late to find the traitor first. I didn't expect it to be you. You disappoint me very much!" Seeing Li Manfang wake up, everyone stopped. Elder Feng shouted excitedly as if relieved: "Your Majesty, you are finally awake!" Meng Ya was also very surprised. She wanted to shout but held back and stabbed the astonished Bai Ling with her sword. Only by making up for her mistakes could she ask for forgiveness from her mother.

Seeing that she had failed, Mu Chunbo became fearless and said fiercely: "You leave everything to me and don't care about the affairs of the tribe. How can you be qualified to be the Queen of Yueshang!"

Li Manfang said: "In Yuechang, foreign tribes dare not invade, everything is peaceful, is there anything important that needs my personal attention?"

Mu Chunbo said: "Everyone in Yuechang is proficient in poison. No one dares to offend them if they go out. They can't get what they want. But you stick to the law and sit in the well and watch the world. Yuechang lives in poverty. The whole Yuechang will be destroyed in your hands."

Li Manfang snorted coldly, "You are arrogant. You think you can dominate the world with Yuechang's poison technique. If that is true, it would have been realized hundreds of years ago. Why did you wait until today to live in a valley and leave such an ancient order? You underestimate the people outside. There are always people better than you. Mr. Li from Qin is several times better than you in both intelligence and martial arts. He just doesn't want to fight with you, so he lets you knock him down. It would be easy for him to kill you."

Wuzhan said: "Your Majesty has overestimated the foreign minister. I really cannot defeat her, so I troubled Your Majesty to take action personally."

Seeing that Li Manfang rarely spoke so much, Mu Chunbo guessed that she had not fully recovered yet and was still delaying time. If she wanted to take action, she would have done it before Liu Rong died. Thinking of this, he secretly gathered his internal strength, wanting to take advantage of Li Manfang's unpreparedness, shake off the vines on her legs, and give her a fatal blow.

However, Li Manfang noticed her thoughts immediately and said sternly, "You thought you could defeat me by practicing the 'Moon Wheel Soul-Snatching Claw'. Let me tell you, that secret technique has flaws. I have already abandoned it. I didn't expect you to practice it secretly."

Mu Chunbo said: "How could the secret method practiced by the previous kings be flawed!"

Li Manfang said: "Look at how many kings of previous dynasties lived long lives. Don't you think that after practicing, there will always be a kind of Qi in the Qi sea that cannot be dissolved? That is the heavy poison that is stagnant. If it lasts for a long time, will you still be alive?"

Mu Chunbo's face changed when she heard this. She did feel this strange energy that could not be dispelled, and every time after practicing, her qi sea felt a dull pain. Li Manfang was obsessed with practice and had extraordinary attainments. This was definitely not a lie to her, but now that things had come to this, it was useless to think too much. She gritted her teeth and said, "The heavens are blind and didn't let me kill you with my own hands. Now I have nothing to say. Just kill me!"

Li Manfang did not kill her. He still sat steadily in the water, wrapped by the vines. "You don't need to say this. I will kill you. But before I kill you, I want to tell you one thing. Twenty years ago, that boy didn't love you at all. He lied to you just to get close to me."

Mu Chunbo said: "I know this without you telling me. He fell in love with you only because you are the queen. That's why I hate you and hate being born in Yuechang."

Li Manfang said: "He didn't fall in love with me either, he just wanted to get something. Unfortunately, in my eyes, all men out there are the same, insidious and cunning, their hearts are more poisonous than ours, he didn't get what he wanted, so he left you, what complaints do you have after you killed such a stinky man?"

Mu Chunbo said: "He deserves to die, but the one who deserves to die the most is you. Without you, he would not have changed his heart." As he said this, he roared angrily, broke the vines, soared up, and stretched out his claws to grab Li Manfang.

"It's too late!" Li Manfang shouted. At the same time, several vines emerged from the water and shot towards Mu Chunbo in all directions.

"Crack...Crack..." Mu Chunbo swung his claws to cut off the vines, and his claws rolled up a red mist, piercing towards Li Manfang from left and right.

The vines around Li Manfang immediately untied, blocking Mu Chunbo's claws. She shot out a green electric light with one palm, hitting Mu Chunbo right on the chest. It turned out that she was not even wearing a veil. Her whole body was as smooth as a lotus emerging from the water, with long black hair hanging down to her chest, which was so charming that Wuzhan quickly turned his face away.

Mu Chunbo flew out of the pool backwards. After landing, he spat out several mouthfuls of donated blood and his face was pale. Bai Ling shouted, "Sister!" She shook Meng Ya away, jumped over, and helped Mu Chunbo up.

Li Manfang flew away from the pool lightly and landed beside Mu Chunbo. Without rushing to attack, she said to Wuzhan in a deep voice, "Are you the person Mengya went to see?"

Wuzhan said: "The outside minister just happened to be passing by."

Li Manfang said, "Just happened to pass by? Do you know that anyone who intrudes without my order will be killed!"

"The situation is urgent and I meant no offense. I hope Your Majesty can forgive me."

Li Manfang said coldly: "Forgiveness, there is no such word in Yuechang. Since you came in, you have chosen to die."

(End of this chapter)