The deepest affection in Gu Long's world

Chapter 36 Bug-Level Passive Skills

When Lin Yi returned, he first looked at the teahouse, which was undamaged, with some surprise, and then he looked at Shangguan Cangxing.

His temporary departure was partly to make some arrangements and partly to make room for the other party, but unexpectedly nothing happened.

"Why are you looking at me?" Shangguan Cangxing was also somewhat reckless, completely lacking the dignified demeanor that Fang Yunhua had when they first met. "So what if I won? This young sect leader is obviously a brainless player. What if he holds a grudge later?"

Lin Yi gave a wry smile and didn't take his impolite words to heart. This confirmed to Fang Yunhua, who was silently observing, that Shangguan Cangxing's position in the Prince's mansion was indeed somewhat special.

He then stepped forward to change the subject and then discussed the implementation of the plan.

Knowing that Wu Hua was secretly manipulating things, Lin Yi made a request that wasn't unreasonable.

"You're going to handle the negotiations with the Southern Shaolin Temple?"

"Well, this can be considered as repaying a past favor. In exchange, this area of ​​Henan belongs to the Beggars' Sect, and my Prince An's Mansion will not interfere. Furthermore, if you need the cooperation of the Southern Shaolin Temple, we can help you communicate with them."

Fang Yunhua nodded.

As the number one sect in the martial arts world today, Shaolin, even if it is only half of the Southern Shaolin, Fang Yunhua cannot go too far. At present, the size of the Huashan Sect is only enough to bully the Beggar Clan, which is beset by internal troubles. This is only because of the deep hatred that gave him a sufficient reason to take action.

Otherwise, if they really acted like a mad dog and bit indiscriminately, the Huashan Sect would likely be labeled as an evil sect immediately.

This exchange was very worthwhile for the Huashan Sect.

After all, the Prince An's Mansion already had a large fiefdom in Henan. If it voluntarily gave up interfering in the Beggars' Sect's property there, it would allow the Huashan Sect to gain more real benefits. According to the original plan, Fang Yunhua was going to give up this part directly.

Of course, this doesn't mean that Prince An's Mansion wouldn't take the opportunity to target the Beggars' Sect. The land of China is so vast, and the number one sect in the world is still quite prestigious; even a prince with a big appetite could eat his fill.

Fang Yunhua and Lin Yi then exchanged many detailed suggestions and additions regarding this plan.

Shangguan Cangxing volunteered to follow Fang Yunhua for a while, though, in his words, he wanted to watch the excitement.

Before the two concluded their meeting, Fang Yunhua also revealed that he had another brilliant idea.

However, we will have to wait until the West Mountain Sword Project achieves sufficiently fruitful results before we can have in-depth discussions with the Prince An's Mansion.

Furthermore, the fact that the Prince An's Mansion hired thirty disciples from the Huashan Sect at a high price as guards for the mansion is strong evidence of the close relationship between the two parties.

After saying goodbye to Lin Yi, he was joined by Shangguan Cangxing, who looked extremely intimidating.

Fang Yunhua also had a drink with Jin Banhua and left this virtuous place the next day.
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Meanwhile, Chu Liuxiang was still working hard to advance the storyline.

On his way to see Qiu Lingsu, he was once again blocked by Wuhua, who was disguised as Tianfeng Shisilang. Wuhua's assassination attempts were repeatedly unsuccessful. After another defeat, Chu Liuxiang finally succeeded in meeting Qiu Lingsu.

This part is not much different from the original work. Qiu Lingsu has no idea that a huge storm has been stirred up in the martial arts world because of her and Ren Ci. In her mind, Nangong Ling still firmly controls the power and position of the gang leader.

Therefore, she naturally wouldn't dare to say anything to Chu Liuxiang in front of Nangong Ling.

However, it subtly conveyed some information, which made Chu Liuxiang understand that the other party's current situation was beyond his control.

Afterwards, Chu Liuxiang returned to Jinan Prefecture with Nangong Ling. During this time, he encountered Su Rongrong, who had already returned from her investigation at Shenshui Palace and had survived an assassination attempt. This time, Su Rongrong directly told Chu Liuxiang that she had inquired with the disciples of Shenshui Palace and confirmed that Wuhua had once preached at Shenshui Palace. This further solidified the fact that Wuhua was the culprit who stole Tianyi Divine Water and tricked a Shenshui Palace disciple into getting pregnant.

At this moment, Chu Liuxiang is very close to the truth.

By piecing together all the clues obtained from Qiu Lingsu, the truth can be roughly restored.

That very night, he hosted a banquet for Nangong Ling and Wuhua at the Wind and Rain Pavilion. After a few drinks, he assured Nangong Ling that he would testify on her behalf, saying that Madam Ren was doing well under his care and that the rumors about her in the martial arts world were all misunderstandings!
Nangong Ling was also very happy, drinking one cup after another.

Wu Hua also wore a smile, but in reality, he was observing coldly from the sidelines.

He had considered whether to take the opportunity to use the Heavenly Divine Water to poison them both to death!
What Wu Hua didn't know was that Chu Liuxiang had a bug-like passive ability when it came to poisoning. That was, if you didn't poison Chu Liuxiang or used a poison that had no effect on him, he would eat and drink as usual, and his carefree attitude would make the person who was going to poison him regret not doing so.

But if you poison him with a lethal dose of poison, he will suddenly stop eating and drinking, and will use the clues left by the poisoner to find the culprit.

That's absolutely invincible!

So at this moment, while Wuhua was secretly regretting not taking the risk and poisoning him directly, he was completely unaware that he was saving himself!
After drinking half of the wine, Chu Liuxiang made an excuse to run away.

Using the Black Pearl's swift horse, he could reach the Beggars' Sect's forbidden area where Qiu Lingsu was being held captive in the shortest possible time.

This part deviates somewhat from the original storyline. Originally, Chu Liuxiang would have encountered the White Jade Demon at this point, who intended to take revenge on Qiu Lingsu. It was Chu Liuxiang who saved Qiu Lingsu at the last moment.

However, this time, because Nangong Ling was wary of the Huashan Sect making some big moves, he transferred most of his trusted confidants there early on, including Bai Yumo.

Nangong Ling was impressed by his martial arts skills, which were considered to be quite intimidating, and he was also worried that Bai Yumo would harm Qiu Lingsu. He needed Qiu Lingsu to live to clear his name of suspicion of harming Ren Ci.

This also led to Chu Liuxiang only encountering the lonely Qiu Lingsu on his second trip to the Beggars' Sect's forbidden area.

Upon seeing Chu Liuxiang, the other party seemed to finally be relieved of a long-standing burden. She explained in detail that the reason why the four people who received the letter died was because Nangong Ling had initially set her sights on their money.

However, after talking with a mysterious person, he decided to kill the four people directly.

She then recounted Nangong Ling's background and the truth behind Ren Ci's death, which confirmed to Chu Liuxiang that the reason for stealing the Heavenly One Divine Water was to use it to harm Ren Ci.

During this time, Qiu Lingsu repeatedly mentioned a mysterious person, whose actions revealed him to be the true mastermind.

Chu Liuxiang already knew that this person was Wuhua.

After sorting out all the current clues.

Chu Liuxiang had already deduced that before Tianfeng Shisi Lang fought Ren Ci, he had fought another powerful figure in the southern martial arts world. Tianfeng Shisi Lang might also have another child, but he only entrusted one of them, Nangong Ling, to Ren Ci to raise.

After discovering that the real mastermind is Wuhua, by working backward, we can directly pinpoint the first powerful figure that Tianfeng Shisilang encountered: Wuhua's master, Master Tianfeng of the Southern Shaolin Temple.

So what he needs to do next is to complete the last piece of the puzzle with Master Tianfeng.

However, before that, he needs to settle things with Nangong Ling.

This is also to give an explanation to Qiu Lingsu, who jumped off a cliff and died in front of him!
(End of this chapter)