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Chapter 395 Everything Was Arranged Clearly

After learning from Gu Shaoan that the teacup had been poisoned, Fan Sanshan asked, "Brother Gu, what do you think we should do?"

Gu Shaoan picked up his teacup and took a sip.

Seeing that Gu Shaoan knew the tea was poisoned but still drank it, both Fan Sanshan and Cheng Shifei's expressions changed.

"Brother Gu, what's going on?"

Gu Shaoan transmitted his voice through his internal energy, saying, "The medicine in this is Boiling Blood Powder, but it is missing one ingredient: Iris Poison Vine. After taking it, although you will appear to be fine, there will be a slight redness around your nose."

Fan Sanshan's thoughts shifted, and he said softly, "Since he has poisoned us, it means that the Five Poisons Saint will definitely try to determine whether we have been poisoned. If he confirms that we have been poisoned, his vigilance will be greatly reduced, and he may even show himself directly."

After saying that, Fan Sanshan picked up the teacup on the table and drank the tea in one gulp.

Seeing that Cheng Shifei was still staring blankly at him, Fan Sanshan said, "Since Brother Gu recognizes this poison and dares to take it directly, he must have an antidote. You can just drink it."

Seeing that Fan Sanshan understood his thoughts so quickly, Gu Shaoan also understood why Gu Santong had entrusted Cheng Shifei to Fan Sanshan.

He's definitely a seasoned veteran; his reaction was truly exceptional.

Just like Fan Sanshan thought.

Gu Shaoan's current goal is to use himself as bait to lure out the Five Poisons Saint.

The fact that he knew their whereabouts and was able to secretly plant poison in this restaurant is enough to show that the Five Poisons Saint Son had always known their whereabouts.

However, Gu Shaoan had not noticed anything unusual around him in the past few days, which was enough to show that the Five Poisons Saint had mastered a special method of concealing his aura.

In addition, He Baiyao once said that after the Five Poisons Saint Son mastered the Five Poisons Divine Skill, he could use it to disguise himself and become invisible, making him impossible to guard against.

Gu Shaoan had no interest in wasting time with such a venomous snake lurking in the shadows.

If this drags on for too long and ends up being brought to the Emei Sect, things will get complicated.

Therefore, it is best to eliminate someone like the Five Poison Saint, who is skilled in using poison, in one fell swoop.

Before long, the waiter brought over the wine and dishes.

Having experienced what had just happened, neither Cheng Shifei nor Fan Sanshan dared to touch the table full of fine wine and delicacies.

Only after Gu Shaoan started eating did the two of them begin to eat as well.

After finishing their meal, Gu Shaoan took Fan Sanshan and Cheng Shifei for a short stroll around the town and bought some things before continuing their journey.

However, looking at the direction Gu Shaoan walked towards the city gate, Cheng Shifei couldn't help but ask curiously, "Shouldn't you go through the north gate to Jiading Prefecture, where the Emei Sect is located? Why did you go through the east gate?"

Gu Shaoan said, "I need to go to Dongyang Prefecture to find someone to forge some weapons, so I'll have to take a detour."

Through the lottery, Gu Shaoan also obtained two special ores: Qingliu Jade Ore and Cold Marrow Essence Gold.

Gu Shaoan had previously considered having these two types of ore forged into blades, but he had not yet found a suitable opportunity.

Now that the Emei Sect is temporarily at peace, Gu Shaoan plans to take this opportunity to visit Dongyang Prefecture.

Fan Sanshan, who was standing to the side, asked, "Brother Gu, is the craftsman you're looking for Feng Wanchui?"

Gu Shaoan looked at Fan Sanshan with some surprise: "Brother Fan, you also know Feng Wanchui?"

Fan Sanshan smiled and said, "The Xuanjin Bone Fan in my hand was made by Master Feng, so of course I recognize it."

Cheng Shifei, who was standing to the side, looked thoughtful and said, "I remember, Uncle Fan, you said that your ancestral home was Dongyang Prefecture?"

Fan Sanshan nodded and said, "Yes! It's been many years since I've been back to Dongyang Prefecture. I wonder what Dongyang Prefecture is like now."

As they spoke, the group emerged from the city gate.

After using his lightness skill to travel several miles, Fan Sanshan turned around and looked back.

There was nothing unusual to be seen.

Of the three, Cheng Shifei is still in the Acquired Realm, and his skill level is not particularly high.

Not to mention that Gu Shaoan also intentionally trained Cheng Shifei, keeping his travel speed almost at Cheng Shifei's current limit.

In order to catch up with Gu Shaoan and Fan Sanshan, Cheng Shifei naturally expended even more internal energy.

In less than the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, Cheng Shifei's internal energy was completely depleted.

Fortunately, with the Rejuvenation Pill that Gu Shaoan had prepared himself, Cheng Shifei's internal energy was restored in less than a quarter of an hour.

While waiting for Cheng Shifei to recover his internal energy, Fan Sanshan scanned the surroundings again: "We have already taken poison, and we even took a walk around the town beforehand. If the Five Poison Saint was secretly watching us, he should have been able to discover that we have been poisoned. Why hasn't he shown up yet?"

Gu Shaoan explained, "Because the poisons he used need time to mix together."

Upon hearing this, Fan Sanshan and Cheng Shifei, who were refining the medicinal power within their bodies to recover their internal strength, both looked at Gu Shaoan with confusion, seemingly not quite understanding.

In response, Gu Shaoan explained, "From the moment we entered the restaurant, through the tea we drank and the food we ate, to the moment we left the restaurant and wandered around the city, the Five Poisons Saint secretly added two more poisons."

"These medicines are different from Boiling Blood Powder. One of them is called Thousand Mile Fragrance, which is used for tracking."

"Another one is called Hundred Insect Soft Bone Powder. This poison is quite special. After being poisoned, even a martial artist who has condensed his Yuan Qi into Gang will have all his power sealed when the poison takes effect, and his bones will become soft and he will not be able to use any strength."

Upon learning that they had been poisoned by two more types of poison, both Fan Sanshan and Cheng Shifei's expressions changed.

Cheng Shifei asked with a hint of fear, "We didn't eat anything else after leaving the restaurant, so how could we be poisoned again?"

Gu Shaoan glanced at Cheng Shifei and said, "Who told you that poisoning has to be done through food or water?"

"The Five Poisons Sect has existed in the martial arts world for over a hundred years. More than a dozen generations of people have studied poisons, and their level of expertise in using poisons is far beyond that of ordinary people."

"For the Five Poisons Sect, it's an extremely simple matter to let the poison enter the body through smell or by applying it to objects and then letting it enter through skin contact. What's more, the one who poisoned us now is the Five Poisons Holy Son, who was raised by the Five Poisons Sect using the method of raising Gu."

"For example, the mask you applied at the stall in town this afternoon was coated with a drug, and the woman you passed by who had a strong scent of rouge on her body also had some drug in her rouge scent."

After recounting how they had been drugged several afternoons, Gu Shaoan changed the subject: "After all these repeated attempts, the poison naturally entered your bodies." As Gu Shaoan recounted in great detail how the Five Poison Saint had drugged them that afternoon, not only Cheng Shifei, but even Fan Sanshan turned pale.

He couldn't help but circulate his true energy throughout his body, but he didn't notice anything unusual.

But Fan Sanshan didn't think that Gu Shaoan's identity and strength would lead him to fabricate such things to scare them.

The fact that even his true essence couldn't detect it only shows that the poison he was ingested was not one of those ordinary poisons that could be forced out with true essence.

After a while, Cheng Shifei, having calmed down, said, "So, all those people in the town are subordinates of the Five Poisons Saint?"

Gu Shaoan responded, "It shouldn't be. Judging from their reactions, they probably don't know that the Five Poisons Saint has drugged them. They just became tools for the Five Poisons Child to use against us without even realizing it."

Finally, Gu Shaoan added, "The medicine that the Five Poison Saint Son put in their bodies is also a hidden poison. As long as they don't come into contact with other corresponding poisons, these poisons will dissipate automatically after a while."

After calming down, Fan Sanshan sighed, "I had heard before that among the various forces in the martial arts world, the Tang Clan and the Five Poisons Sect were the best at using poison. Only after experiencing it firsthand today do I realize that their methods are truly all-pervasive and impossible to guard against."

Gu Shaoan said, "It's just that it will take four hours for this Hundred Insect Softening Bone Powder to take effect, which should be about right by nightfall."

Cheng Shifei grinned and said, "Just how afraid of death is this Five Poisons Saint? He doesn't even think the next poison is enough."

Upon hearing this, Fan Sanshan looked at Cheng Shifei and said, "Although the Five Poisons Saint's actions are unacceptable, his mindset is the right one."

"When you're in the game, the saying 'better safe than sorry' will never be wrong."

"Not to mention that the Five Poison Saint is now targeting a prodigy like Brother Gu. If we can't make sure that Brother Gu is incapable of fighting back, he will be killed instantly once the Five Poison Saint shows himself."

Watching Fan Sanshan seize every opportunity to instill in Cheng Shifei the principles and mindset of navigating the martial world reminded Gu Shaoan of his own past with Zhou Zhiruo and Yang Yan, when he was just like Fan Sanshan now.

A short while later, after Cheng Shifei's internal energy recovered, Gu Shaoan gently stroked his long sleeves, and two bursts of energy suddenly shot out from Gu Shaoan's fingertips and entered the bodies of Fan Sanshan and Cheng Shifei.

After the medicine mixed with the internal energy entered their bodies, both Fan Sanshan and Cheng Shifei felt as if an invisible burden had been lifted from their bodies, making them feel lighter.

"It seems that the Five Poisons Saint Son only used these kinds of drugs. After dark, I will secretly remind you to put on a show and lure him out."

As he spoke, Gu Shaoan also explained the effects of the Boiling Blood Powder and the Hundred Insect Soft Bone Powder to the two of them.

After listening to what Gu Shaoan said, Cheng Shifei looked at Gu Shaoan and couldn't help but silently mourn for the Five Poisons Saint.

This was all meticulously planned.

At the end of the Xu hour (7-9 PM), the night was as dark as ink, completely engulfing the wilderness.

A crescent moon hung in the sky, casting a few rays of light, but not enough to dispel the heavy darkness.

The distant and near mountains have turned into undulating ink shadows, their outlines blurred. The chirping of insects and birds during the day has now disappeared, leaving only the monotonous whistling of the wind as it sweeps through the withered grass and low bushes, adding to the desolation and loneliness.

A campfire was burning brightly at the foot of a sheltered small earthen slope.

The dry branches crackled in the flames, and the leaping firelight dispelled the darkness within a radius of several feet, casting the three figures sitting around them onto the sloping wall behind them, swaying uncertainly.

Fan Sanshan held a tree branch, occasionally poking at the fire, his eyes warily scanning the darkness beyond the edge of the flames.

Cheng sat cross-legged in an unorthodox manner, constantly circulating his internal energy.

Gu Shaoan sat quietly cross-legged beside the campfire, his eyes slightly closed, his face calm. The light from the campfire cast alternating shadows on his face, revealing his deep features.

However, if a martial artist at the Celestial Realm were here, they would surely be able to sense that Gu Shaoan's back was currently filled with invisible energy.

Strands of the power of heaven and earth circulated along unique routes within these energies before entering Gu Shaoan's body.

In the state of introspection, Gu Shaoan's essence, energy, and spirit are completely different from when they were first condensed.

If Gu Shaoan's initial essence, energy, and spirit were still somewhat translucent, shifting between the real and the illusory, then now the essence, energy, and spirit within Gu Shaoan's upper, middle, and lower dantian are condensed to the point of being tangible.

Furthermore, around the three elements of essence, energy, and spirit, wisps of energy, like floating clouds, were now drifting around them along a unique path.

The night in the wilderness grows increasingly chilly.

A night wind swept across the ground, carrying the chill unique to late autumn, which suddenly dimmed the campfire, sending sparks flying.

Just as the wind swept past the campfire and passed by the three of them, a very faint scent of grass, almost completely blending into the wild night wind, quietly mixed into the air.

The scent was so natural, like the slightly bitter, fresh aroma of crushed grass in early spring. In this desolate wilderness, it would hardly make anyone feel uncomfortable.

However, the moment the scent of grass entered his nostrils, Gu Shaoan, who had been sitting quietly with his eyes closed, immediately discerned the medicinal power contained within that scent.

Gu Shaoan showed no outward sign of this, but as his internal energy circulated, a wisp of refined internal energy enveloped his voice, precisely reaching the ears of Fan Sanshan and Cheng Shifei.

"The last ingredient of Boiling Blood Powder has been mixed with the night breeze that just came over. In ten breaths, Brother Cheng and Brother Fan can begin."

While transmitting his voice, Gu Shaoan enhanced his perception to the extreme.

However, even with his current level of mastery, where he has condensed his vital energy into a powerful force and his five senses are far more acute than those of ordinary people, he still cannot detect anything unusual within a radius of a hundred feet.

The Five Poisons Saint seemed to have completely blended into the desolate night.

"The Five Poisons Divine Skill is indeed quite ingenious."

Gu Shaoan secretly praised him, but he wasn't surprised.

Ten breaths passed in the blink of an eye.

Beside the campfire, Cheng Shifei and Fan Sanshan suddenly trembled violently, as if they had been caught off guard by a sudden chill.

Then, Cheng Shifei clutched his chest, the color draining from his face instantly. A strange "hoarse" sound came from his throat, and he suddenly opened his mouth, spitting out a small mouthful of dark red blood that splattered onto the ground in front of him, looking shocking in the firelight.

He immediately slumped down, leaning against the earthen slope, breathing rapidly, his eyes unfocused, as if he didn't even have the strength to lift a finger.

Almost simultaneously, Fan Sanshan's body trembled, and the twig he was using to pok at the fire fell to the ground with a "thud." He spat out a mouthful of blood, his voice filled with suppressed pain and anger: "Damn it, we've been poisoned."

(End of this chapter)