"What? How could you do such a thing, Master Chess? We are samurai!" Sakiri exclaimed, his eyes widening in surprise. This reaction was exactly what Kitagawa Yu had expected.
“I know this is against the rules,” Kitagawa Yu began to put on an act, saying with a wry smile, “but this Immortal Island is just too dangerous. Several investigation teams over the years, including many powerful samurai who are no less than our Yamada family, have all gone there and never returned.”
"But this time, the general's order has drawn almost two-thirds of our Yamada family's elite troops. If anything goes wrong, our Yamada family will immediately weaken and decline, and may even be wiped out by those rival families. Can you bear to see our family members and family come to this?"
"It shouldn't be that serious, right?" Zoche trembled slightly, her delicate face gradually turning pale and losing all color.
She hadn't expected that landing on the island would be so dangerous.
But if, as Kitagawa Yu said, this trip to Shinsen Island really does hide great danger, and may even lead to the annihilation of their entire elite force of the Yamada family, then the Yamada family will surely decline and may even be wiped out.
After all, as a family of executioners, the Yamada family, the executioners under the general, had executed countless important figures in the past, and had offended a huge number of people.
Seeing this, Kitagawa Yu pressed on, his face filled with affection. He approached Sakiri and said softly, "Even if it's not for anyone else, just for you, Sakiri, I have to do this. After all, you are my fiancée!"
"Huh?!" Zorche, who was still immersed in great worry, was stunned when he heard this, and three big question marks almost popped out of his head.
Is this some inside information she doesn't know? How come she didn't know when she became the chess master's fiancée?
Meeting her puzzled gaze, Kitagawa Yu smiled and said, "Sakiri, haven't you already been chosen as the wife of the next head of the family? With my strength, competing for the position of the next head of the Yamada family is practically a sure thing, right? So, won't you have to marry me then?"
"This"
Zorchet was about to speak up in rebuttal.
But then, her mind involuntarily recalled Kitagawa Yu's stunning slash, so fast that she couldn't even see it, as if Thor had descended upon the world, and she was speechless.
Unbreakable by speed, when speed reaches the level Kitagawa Yu just now, they may not be invincible in the world, but at least within the Yamada family, they can be said to have no rivals.
"What kind of move was that just now?" Zorche couldn't help but ask.
What she really meant was that it wasn't a technique used by the Yamada family.
But upon closer reflection, the Yamada family did not stipulate that they were not allowed to learn other martial arts or swordsmanship. Only by learning from others' strengths can one go further on the path of martial arts. As a martial arts family that has been passed down for hundreds of years, they could not possibly not know this principle.
"This is a breathing technique that I comprehended while observing the natural world and the thunder. I named it Thunder Breathing."
"What? You figured it out yourself?" Zorche was shocked again, and for a moment he forgot to use honorifics.
“That’s right, I figured it out myself,” Kitagawa Yu said with a mischievous grin. “Would you like to learn, Sakiri-chan? If you do, I can teach you after I become the head of the family and you marry me~”
Sachi blushed instantly when she saw Kitagawa Yu's mischievous smile, which was three parts serious and seven parts teasing, and subconsciously looked away.
Having grown up in a family of executioners filled with killing and death, this was the first time she had ever been teased like this.
She should have been angry, but for some reason she couldn't bring herself to be.
"Strange, why do I feel like the Chess Saint has suddenly become much more handsome?"
"Was the former Go master really this handsome?"
"Also, it turns out that the Chess Saint, who always seems so arrogant, has this side to him. He doesn't seem as difficult to get along with as usual."
Thinking of this, Zuoqie couldn't help but blush and shyly gripped the hilt of her knife. Because, given the current situation, as long as she and Kitagawa Yu could complete this mission alive and leave the island, she would have a very good chance of marrying Kitagawa Yu.
so.
"My fiancée?"
Zoccher murmured the name to himself, his head almost buried in his chest.
"Oh dear, little Sorachi, being so shy won't do, and this island is quite dangerous~"
As they were talking, Kitagawa Yu suddenly drew his sword with lightning speed, slicing a nearby butterfly in two.
"See? These butterflies are deliberately cultivated and contain deadly poison. Once bitten, they will grow all sorts of colorful flowers from their bodies, and die from having their life force drained by these flowers."
"At the same time, the scales they scatter when they flap their wings are also highly poisonous, which can make people weak and fall into a coma."
"So if you see any insects on this island, do everything you can to keep them away from you."
Upon hearing this, Zuoqie looked down at the butterfly cut in half on the ground, and a chill ran down his spine, raising goosebumps.
The butterfly, which looked unremarkable from the back, actually had a human head full of fangs, and its abdomen concealed a venomous stinger like a scorpion's tail.
If Kitagawa Yu hadn't warned him, the thought of being stung by such a butterfly would have sent chills down his spine.
"Thank you, Master Chess."
"It's nothing, protecting you is my duty."
"Lord Chess Saint!"
"Alright, alright~" Seeing Zouchi's coquettish expression, Kitagawa Yu couldn't help but smile, then put on a serious expression again and reminded him, "Anyway, on this island, if you want to survive, you just have to kill any insects or plants that try to get close to you~"
"I understand, Master Chess, but what secrets are hidden on this island?" Zorche couldn't help but ask.
"This secret..." Kitagawa Yu suddenly turned to look at the bushes beside him and said with a smile, "Senta-kun, Genji-kun, and that beautiful Ms. Takagi, since you're interested in this, why don't you come closer and listen?"
"Family members should not betray each other. As the next head of the Yamada Asaemon family, I will do my best to protect those of you who leave this island alive."
Before the words were finished, a charming voice came from the bushes, and then a purple-haired beauty wearing a dark purple bodysuit, but with very revealing clothing on her chest and arms, walked out of the bushes.
"Oh dear, we've been discovered! It seems this chess master is much stronger than Senta-kun said." Ko said, while curiously sizing up Kitagawa Yu.
Zuoqie, standing to the side, whether out of fear of her status as a convict or for some other reason, subconsciously frowned and placed his hand on the hilt of his sword upon seeing this.
"Everyone has to keep something in reserve, just like Miss Gang, right?"
"Then, Chess Master, you've left yourself with a rather excessive move."
A rough voice rang out, accompanied by the faint scraping sound of iron chains. Immediately afterwards, a warrior who was 1.9 meters tall, with a muscular body, bronze skin, and two iron chains wrapped around his body, and who looked very strong, and a short, fat man wearing a pair of funny round glasses, also emerged from behind the tree.
Kitagawa Yu glanced around, skipping over the burly man Yamada Asaemon Genji, and fixed his gaze on the fat man Yamada Asaemon Senta beside him.
Normally, anyone who sees these two standing together would subconsciously assume that the burly man, Genji, is stronger. However, in the family's swordsmanship ranking, the fat man, Senta, is actually ranked higher, placing him fifth in the family.
Yuan Si only ranked eighth.
As for the rankings of Zorche and his predecessor, they were twelfth and eleventh respectively, which is roughly equivalent to the bottom of the island this time.
"That's not entirely true. Take Zuoqie for example. If she weren't afraid of a fight and used her full strength, even Lord Wei Shan, who is ranked number one, might not be her match, right?"
"That wasn't cowardice, that was..."
Sachi, who was standing to the side, couldn't help but want to retort, but before he could finish speaking, Kitagawa Yu interrupted him with a cheerful head pat.
"Sorry, sorry, it was a slip of the tongue. Little Sago wasn't cowardly; he was just too kind and couldn't bear to kill."
"."
Zouchie's pretty face instantly turned red.
Originally, she wanted to angrily push Kitagawa Yu's hand away, but having been raised as a boy and an executioner since childhood, this was the first time she had experienced being treated like a girl, and she suddenly felt a little reluctant.
Across from them, Senta and Genji exchanged a strange glance, both of them having the same thought in mind:
"It seems Lord Wei Shan has a rival in love!"
"Let's not talk about that. What exactly did you say, Chess Saint? What secrets and dangers are hidden on this island?" Genji asked first.
Of the group, he had the best relationship with the 'Chess Saint'.
"That's a long story. Let's talk as we walk. Remember, kill any insects that come near."
Then Kitagawa Yu took the lead, talking as they walked deeper into the island.
"This island was originally just an ordinary little island, inhabited by ordinary fishermen, and everything was very ordinary."
"Until more than a thousand years ago, a couple came here. They were Xu Fu, a very famous alchemist from the Dragon Kingdom, and his wife Lian."
"After settling here, they practiced the immortal arts and Qi cultivation techniques of the Dragon Kingdom while planting, cultivating, and improving the various rare and precious materials they had collected along the way, hoping to develop an elixir of immortality that could grant people eternal life."
"As a result, Xu Fu died before his research was completed due to his advanced age, and only his wife Lian survived."
In order to achieve immortality and resurrect her husband, Ren began to accelerate her research and capture living people on the island to test her medicine.
"Through such inhumane methods, Lian's research has achieved a certain degree of breakthrough."
"She fused a parasitic flower that could absorb the life force of the human body with the qi she cultivated, giving her qi, which originally could only enhance physical strength, speed, and ranged attack capabilities, super regenerative abilities."
"As long as her dantian, which stores qi, is not destroyed by other attacks with powerful qi, she can regenerate infinitely using qi. Even if vital parts like her brain and heart are blown up, she can fully recover in the blink of an eye until her qi is exhausted."
"At the same time, this unique energy can also greatly extend her lifespan, allowing her to survive to this day, having lived for nearly two thousand years."
"But that's not enough."
"What she needs is an elixir that can revive the dead and grant them immortality. So for nearly two thousand years, she has remained in this place to continue her research. Whenever she needs to test the elixir on living people, she goes back to the nearby sea to capture some fishermen."
"This has resulted in the island not only having many highly venomous mutated insects, but also many monsters that have been drugged and become deformed."
"Of course, as long as we are not frightened by the ugly appearance of those monsters, it is still easy for us to deal with those monsters that are strong but slow and not very intelligent."
"However, in order to speed up the research and also to bring more inspiration to the research, Lian specially created six companions based on her own body, so that they could study different directions."
"Not only are they all extremely powerful, but they also possess the ability to regenerate infinitely as long as they have energy. Whether we want to obtain the elixir of immortality or leave this island safely, we must get past them."
Chapter 233 This scene looks familiar?
"What exactly is Qi?" Gang asked, feigning curiosity.
“Miss Gang should know this, after all, Miss Gang’s ninjutsu is a way of using ki, isn’t it?” Kitagawa Yu asked with a smile.
"My ninjutsu?" Gang was taken aback at first, then his expression changed slightly, and his left hand subconsciously went to the three bamboo tubes filled with venom hanging at his waist.
Her ninjutsu is to produce a large amount of the liquid she has recently drunk through the pores of any part of her body in a short period of time. She can secrete several tons of liquid with just one sip. Therefore, she specially prepared three commonly used liquids with various poisons and liquids and kept them on her body.
Each possesses exceptional corrosive power, a deadly toxicity that kills instantly upon contact with blood, and the last bottle, while highly poisonous, also possesses an incredibly sticky, spider-web-like texture.
"Does this chess master even know what my ninjutsu is?" Gang asked with a smile, looking increasingly harmless, but in his heart he was already extremely cautious about Kitagawa Yu.
"Don't worry, I don't know much either. At least I don't know why Miss Gang became a ninja and went to assassinate a city lord's family."
Gang gave him a deep look, shrugged, and said, "It's probably because I want to become stronger and make money to take care of my seriously ill sister. I wonder if you're satisfied with this reason, Chess Master?"
"If that's the case, then of course I'm satisfied."
"Then why didn't you tell your people this before you came to the island, Chess Saint?" Gang asked Kitagawa Yu.
"Because of the general's orders, even if the Ishida family, as a samurai family, knew how dangerous this island was, they still couldn't refuse such a suicide mission, could they? Besides, I do need Ren's Qi cultivation technique and the method for refining the elixir of immortality."
"I?"
Upon hearing Kitagawa Yu's choice of words, Genji and the other two all showed slight changes in expression.
Kitagawa Yu needs Qi cultivation techniques, which is understandable since samurai families also need strong strength to maintain themselves, but the elixir of immortality...
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