Zongwu: Aspiring to be the mastermind behind the scenes

Chapter 152: Fairy from the Sky, the Location of the Decisive Battle

Huh, huh.

Li Yanbei blew twice.

Mist rose from the bowl of soy milk.

As the person who bet on Ximen Chuxue, he doesn't need to be as anxious as Du Tongxuan.

He just needs to take precautions and wait for the outcome of the decisive battle.

At this moment, a piece of gravel flew over at an incredible speed, but Lu Xiaofeng reacted even faster. He pinched his fingers together and blocked the gravel directly.

The two turned around and saw a masked man in black standing on the wall not far away: "You have been poisoned."

"What?" They were both stunned.

"Du Tongxuan can send dozens of assassins and dozens of longbows into your territory, so why can't he let someone poison you?"

The two men's expressions changed and they looked at the tofu pudding in their hands.

Then he turned to look at the boss who was selling tofu pudding. The boss looked terrified and turned to run, but was caught by Li Yanbei and the tofu pudding in his hand was stuffed into his mouth.

The boss's face immediately turned black and he fell to the ground and died.

"If you want to detoxify, go to Chunhua Tower!"

The man in black used his lightness skills to leave quickly.

Lu Xiaofeng's vital energy flowed throughout his body: "I don't show any signs of being poisoned."

"But I do." Li Yanbei's face looked very ugly.

The other party's poison was obviously not in the tofu pudding, but in the bowl, so Lu Xiaofeng slurped three bowls without being poisoned, but he didn't finish a bowl, but only ate half a bowl, but was already poisoned.

The poison that Du Tongxuan had people poisoning was naturally not simple. At this moment, Li Yanbei could already feel the poison invading his body.

Even with his level of cultivation, he probably wouldn't be able to hold out until noon before the poison would enter his heart meridians!

"Go to Chunhua Tower!"

Li Yanbei could only trust the man in black who saved him.

The two quickly rushed to Chunhua Tower.

This is a prosperous restaurant on Li Yanbei's territory.

The man in black was now standing behind a middle-aged man in a blue robe.

"Du Tongxuan? How dare you come to my territory?"

"Why not?" Du Tongxuan clasped his fists and said, "Will you kill me now?"

"will not!"

Li Yanbei shook his head.

He was certain to win. As long as he waited for three days, he could directly take over Du Tongxuan's territory with the help of a third-party witness.

But if he killed Du Tongxuan now.

Now that the bet is off, he might have to do it himself and break into the south of the city to have a chance of taking over that piece of land.

So anyone can die, except Du Tongxuan!
Li Yanbei looked at the man in black: "He's your man? You poisoned me, and then asked him to save me. Why?"

"Whether you believe it or not, I need you to be alive now." Du Tongxuan threw a medicine bottle over: "This is the antidote."

Li Yanbei took the medicine bottle and swallowed the antidote without any doubt.

After a moment, the poison in the body dissipated.

"What exactly do you want to do?"

"I want to... raise!"

"Raise?"

"What? Don't you dare?"

"Humph! If you dare to raise the bet, why shouldn't I dare?"

"Okay, I have another 800,000 taels of silver deposited in the four major banks."

"I……"

"Li Yanbei!" Lu Xiaofeng spoke immediately, interrupting what Li Yanbei was about to say, and then shook his head at him.

Li Yanbei smiled and continued, "Okay, I'll also add another 800,000 taels of silver to the four major banks!"

Du Tongxuan revealed a hint of a smile: "In that case, now everyone in Chunhua Tower can bear witness!"

He raised a hand.

Li Yanbei also extended his hand to greet him.

clap clap clap!
Three high fives and the deal is done!
At this moment, the entire Chunhua Tower suddenly roared, as if a bolt of thunder exploded among the crowd.

I never expected that just coming here for a meal, I would not only see Li Yanbei and Du Tongxuan, the two overlords of the north and south of the city, but also witness with my own eyes the two of them making a huge bet of 800,000 taels!
If we add the previous 600,000 taels, wouldn’t it be as high as 1.4 million taels!
Not to mention, there are also the territories of these two companies in the south and north of the city.

But at this moment, a louder noise came from outside.

"Ye Gucheng is here!"

"What? Ye Gucheng? Where is he?"

"There! It's coming this way!"

Du Tongxuan heard the voice and laughed, "Li Yanbei, don't you want to know why I poisoned you but sent someone to rescue you, and why I raised the stakes with you? This is the reason!"

Everyone looked outside Chunhua Tower.

Four strong men carried a sedan chair on their shoulders. Covered by white gauze, only the figure of a handsome man could be vaguely seen.

Eight beautiful girls were standing in front and behind the sedan chair, holding flower baskets and scattering flower petals.

The rich fragrance of flowers lingers throughout the street.

The team arrived in front of Chunhua Tower, and a figure flew out from a white gauze sedan chair and landed in the tower. He was dressed in white, had a handsome appearance, and a noble temperament, and he looked like a different person from an ordinary person.

It was the Lord of Baiyun City, Ye Gucheng!

He glanced around the building and asked, "Which one is Tang Tianrong?"

People quickly parted, revealing a young man in a black robe sitting in the corner.

It was Tang Clan disciple, Tang Tianrong!

He looked up at Ye Gucheng with a look of astonishment: "Who cured you of the poison?"

"There's no poison in the first place, so how can there be an antidote?"

"Impossible! Big Brother said it himself, you've been poisoned by our Tang Sect's poisonous sand!"

"A little dust, also called arsenopyrite?"

Tang Tianrong stood up angrily: "How dare you call my Tang Sect's poisonous sand dust!"

People fled Chunhua Tower one after another, and only a few who were proud of their martial arts skills stayed in the building.

Tang Tianrong waited until everyone had left before putting on a pair of fish-skin gloves. "I don't know how you managed to detoxify me, but since you've shown such disrespect to our Tang Sect, today I'll show you the power of dust!"

The Tang Clan was famous for its hidden weapons, and their attack speed was astonishingly fast.

He seemed to be about to take action.

But a sword seemed faster.

No one can describe the magnificence and splendor of this sword.

It was like the roar of thunder, like a strike of lightning.

Tang Tianrong stood still, as if he had not moved from the beginning.

Two streams of blood spurted out from his shoulders, and his shoulder blades were pierced.

People knew that his hands were disabled, and this Tang Sect disciple would never be able to use his hands to throw hidden weapons again.

For a warrior, this is obviously more painful than killing him.

Ye Gucheng put away his sword and turned to look at Lu Xiaofeng.

Lu Xiaofeng exclaimed: "What a great move!"

Ye Gucheng smiled: "Where is Ximen Chuxue?"

Lu Xiaofeng shook his head.

Ye Gucheng seemed a little regretful. He turned around and flew back into the white gauze sedan chair, and left with the refreshing fragrance of flowers.

The surroundings of Chunhua Tower exploded again.

Everyone was excited, some were shouting, some were discussing, and some were staying where they were.

Some even had deathly expressions on their faces.

Lu Xiaofeng looked at Li Yanbei and sighed helplessly.

Just as Zhou Ming said, as long as the temptation of interests is big enough, no one can escape the greedy heart.

Du Tongxuan didn't say anything.

He didn't even laugh and just left with his men.

But that silence was more deafening than any words.

Inside the Pei Mansion. "Ye Gucheng has been poisoned... Hehe, Prince Nanping's plan is progressing step by step."

Zhou Ming has also been paying attention to the affairs of Chunhua Tower.

After all, this is part of the plot related to the final battle.

This decisive battle was held in the capital, which happened to be Zhou Ming's base camp. It can be said that Zhou Ming's marks were everywhere.

Not to mention Chunhua Tower, he even saw clearly the battle between Ye Gucheng and Tang Tianyi outside the city last night.

As for whether Ye Gucheng was poisoned...

Zhou Ming could be sure that he was indeed poisoned.

But even if it is poisoning, it depends on the dosage.

In fact, Ye Gucheng was only hit by a few grains of poisonous sand scattered by Tang Tianyi, and was poisoned.

Although this poison will gradually erode if it is not cured.

But with his profound skills, he can hold on for a few days.

Therefore, it can still maintain the top combat effectiveness.

Moreover, King Nanping had already mastered the method to remove the poison from the Tang Clan's poisonous sand, and would give it to Ye Gucheng before the decisive battle.

The reason for doing so is to let many masters know that Ye Gucheng was indeed poisoned.

In this way, it is understandable that when the decisive battle comes in the future, its combat effectiveness will not be as good as before.

The reason why King Nanping did so much.

This is because the imperial palace is a forbidden area after all. Even if he has so many plans, it is still a mystery how many people he can send in when the decisive battle begins.

But I don’t think there will be too many.

Under such circumstances, Ye Gucheng, who possesses innate perfect cultivation and masters martial arts comparable to a grandmaster, will obviously be an important fighting force.

Can't waste it.

Therefore, according to King Nanping's plan, a master from the Hainan Sword School would disguise himself as Ye Gucheng and have a decisive battle with Ximen Chuxue.

The poisoning today was just a plan for the disguise back then.

However, King Nanping obviously did not understand Ximen Chuxue.

Ximen Chuxue's sword is a unique sword.

Once the sword is unsheathed, it will cut off the enemy and at the same time, all of one's own escape routes.

So once he draws his sword, either the enemy will die or he will die.

Generally speaking, Ximen Chuxue's battle would end in just two or three moves.

The only exception is when the other party keeps running away.

In the original novel, even if Ye Gucheng himself appeared on the scene, it would still only take one sword to defeat Ximen Chuxue.

Not to mention replacing him with a swordsman who is not as good as Ximen Chuxue.

I'm afraid the battle will not take more than ten seconds from start to finish.

Just like this plan was destined to fail.

This plan is destined to be of no use.

However, King Nanping himself was not aware of this.

The entire capital city, from the royal family and nobles to the gambling houses of various forces and even the gangsters who actively participated in the gambling, did not even know the details.

Last night, due to the rumor that Ye Gucheng was poisoned, no less than thirty martial arts masters were assassinated.

From early morning till now, the number is even greater.

This is only what has been discovered, not to mention what has not been discovered.

In contrast, there are a very small number of people who know the truth and secretly take the opportunity to increase their bets.

Just like Du Tongxuan.

However, the battle at Chunhua Tower proved that Ye Gucheng was not injured.

Moreover, in front of countless people's eyes, he demonstrated the power of his Heavenly Fairy Sword Technique, which drove countless people crazy.

In less than two hours, the odds had become four to one and five to one.

It's even changing.

However, not everyone was deceived by Ye Gucheng.

Some people also realized that something was wrong with Ye Gucheng.

He is a man obsessed with swords.

I don't like flowers or women.

Why did he suddenly have to find eight beautiful girls and pave the road with flower petals?
So some people thought they had seen through the clues and went to find the person who was betting against them and proposed to increase the bet further.

After two rounds of betting, many people have already staked their entire fortune and lives on this gamble.

Once the bet is lost, the king will become a beggar and the noble family will fall into poverty.

But if you win the bet... you can suddenly gain wealth that a person would never be able to obtain in a thousand lifetimes.

A force will more than double in size.

The huge temptation blinded their eyes, and they did not realize that they had become tools in the hands of King Nanping.

And all of this is to block the storm caused by Ye Gucheng’s public duel location!
night.

Lu Xiaofeng is looking for Ye Gucheng.

Unlike Ximen Chuxue who completely disappeared, many people knew about Ye Gucheng's whereabouts in the capital.

But since the morning, Ye Gucheng has completely disappeared.

Fortunately, Lu Xiaofeng was lucky.

Outside the city, inside a temple.

The clothes around Ye Gucheng's waist were already stained black with blood and emitted a foul stench.

This is the poison injury caused by the Tang Sect's poisonous sand.

That's why he used a young girl to scatter flower petals.

He needed the fragrance of these flowers to cover up the stench of the poison.

"So you really were poisoned."

Lu Xiaofeng walked in and took out a glass medicine bottle from his arms and placed it on the table: "Take it."

"what is this?"

"Yellow Millet Pill."

"How come you have this?"

Lu Xiaofeng pulled a chair and sat down, recounting what happened last night: "Their purpose should be to make you owe them a favor so that they can recruit you."

Ye Gucheng's expression remained unchanged, but he felt relieved in his heart.

The poison was intentional and there was a way to completely remove it. There was no need for any yellow millet pills. He was still thinking about how to refuse, but Lu Xiaofeng gave him an excuse.

"If that's the case...you can take this pill back."

"I know you don't want to owe favors to that kind of organization, but your injury..."

“There are many things that are more important than being alive.”

Lu Xiaofeng sighed helplessly, knowing that he could not persuade her any further.

"It's just in time that you're here." Ye Gucheng changed the subject and said, "You will inform Ximen Chuxue of the location of the decisive battle on my behalf."

"Oh? Full moon night, Purple Gold Summit. Now August 15th has been pushed to September 15th. So where are you going to move the Purple Gold Summit to?"

"Top of the Forbidden City."

"What?" Lu Xiaofeng thought he didn't hear clearly.

Ye Gucheng's gaze passed Lu Xiaofeng and looked towards the capital.

To be more precise, he was looking at the tallest palace in the capital.

"Top of the Forbidden City!"

Lu Xiaofeng's expression changed drastically. "You want to have a decisive battle on the rooftop of the Hall of Supreme Harmony in the Forbidden City? You are so bold!"

"You don't have to go."

Lu Xiaofeng smiled bitterly: "You chose this location, don't you want people to watch the battle?"

"At least there won't be too many people."

"All right……"

Lu Xiaofeng sighed deeply. There was really nothing he could do about such a stubborn friend.

"Even so, I still haven't met Simon. How can I help you pass on the message?"

"You just need to help me spread the news."

(End of this chapter)