Rebellious Old Servant: From Gatekeeper to Immortal Emperor

At this moment, he thought he had succeeded as the mantis stalking the cicada.

Gao Qiang's face was full of smugness, completely ignoring the Hong family members glaring at him, and instead brazenly looking at Qin Xiao:

"Qin Xiao, hurry up and hand over the benefits, otherwise the poison will take effect, and even if we give you the antidote, you won't be saved."

"Oh?"

Qin Xiao looked at Gao Qiang and couldn't help but sneer, "You're even willing to kill these Hong family members to keep this a secret. Do you really think you'll let me go after I hand over the benefits? Do you think I'm a fool?"

"Ha ha ha ha--"

Upon hearing this, Gao Qiang was first taken aback, then burst into wild laughter.

He immediately dropped the pretense and grinned maliciously at Qin Xiao:

"That's right, I really don't intend to let you go. Even if you hand over the opportunity, I can't let you leave and keep this troublesome person around!"

Qin Xiao sneered, "Since you don't intend to let me go, why should I hand over the opportunity I possess?"

Gao Qiang looked at Qin Xiao with a playful gaze, and said cruelly:

"It's simple. My specialty, Gao Qiang, is torture. They'll all die from poisoning soon, but you're different. I'll spare your life and torture you thoroughly. I guarantee you won't be able to hold out for more than half an hour under my torture!"

"It seems you're quite confident in your methods of punishment." Qin Xiao smiled faintly, looking at Gao Qiang as if he were a fool.

"Wait... Qin Xiao... how come you're not poisoned... do you have the antidote? Please save me!"

At this moment, the fourth elder of the Su family, who was vomiting blood on the ground, cried out in alarm.

The Hong family members standing nearby also noticed and looked at Qin Xiao in shock.

But they discovered that Qin Xiao was completely unaffected by the poison, as if he had not been poisoned at all.

"What?!"

At this moment, Gao Qiang realized that Qin Xiao was so calm and composed, and did not panic when talking to him, because he was not poisoned at all.

"How could you not be poisoned? The poison of my Purple-Eyed Weasel is so potent that even a Marrow Refining Realm expert couldn't defend against it!"

Gao Qiang stared at Qin Xiao in disbelief, his body trembling.

If Qin Xiao wasn't poisoned, then threatening Qin Xiao was just courting death!

"No, absolutely not. You must be faking it in front of me. There's no way you weren't poisoned."

At this point, Gao Qiang even tried to comfort himself, believing that Qin Xiao was pretending.

However, sensing Qin Xiao's increasingly icy gaze, Gao Qiang broke out in a cold sweat and trembled as he looked at Qin Xiao:

"Wait, Qin Xiao, I'm from the City Lord's Mansion—ah—"

Before he could finish speaking...

An incredibly fast blade of light suddenly appeared in front of Gao Qiang.

A flash of light.

Gao Qiang, along with the purple-eyed white weasel on his shoulder, was cleaved in two by this strike.

In an instant, Gao Qiang, who had just been threatening Qin Xiao and thought he had won everything, was now a corpse.

"idiot."

Qin Xiao looked at Gao Qiang's corpse and couldn't help but sneer.

This guy tried to be the mantis stalking the cicada, and almost succeeded; he certainly has some cleverness.

Unfortunately, Qin Xiao was not afraid of any poison.

Otherwise, who knows, one day Gao Qiang might actually achieve something legendary with what he's gained here.

"Qin...Xiao...quickly find the antidote...save...me...I have no grudge against...you..."

At this moment, the Fourth Elder on the ground was on the verge of death, struggling to stay upright as he pleaded desperately.

"Qin Xiao...we...we can be your dogs...help you resolve...the feud with the Hong family...save us..."

The group of Hong family warriors were filled with pleading and fear in their eyes, hoping that Qin Xiao could save them.

As for Hong Tao, the second elder of the Hong family, he was already seriously injured, and under the influence of the deadly poison, he was now barely breathing.

Qin Xiao chuckled.

I simply can't be bothered with these people.

Whether it's the Hong family or the Su family, they are now his enemies. How could he possibly save them?

So Qin Xiao sat aside and watched coldly.

Before long, apart from Qin Xiao, there was no one else alive in the mine.

Qin Xiao then slowly began to clean up the battlefield, which meant searching for the corpses.

Unfortunately, the Hong family members seemed to be on a special mission, and they only had some pills and silver notes on them, nothing else.

However, this applies to Hong Tao, who is at the peak of Bone Refinement.

Qin Xiao received an unexpected surprise.

The goddess painting actually reacted.

Qin Xiao's eyes lit up, and he quickly opened Hong Tao's clothes.

Among them, they found half of an old-looking map.

The patterns on the map looked very familiar to Qin Xiao.

A moment later, Qin Xiao realized what was happening, and his eyes widened:

"Isn't that the city lord's mansion on this map?!"

Look at the text written on the picture.

Qin Xiao's eyes widened:

"Dragon Sky Palace!"

Qin Xiao had heard of the name Long Xiao very much.

This Long Xiao was the city lord of Black Mountain City over a hundred years ago. He was a true genius, a legendary figure.

This person rose from a commoner in Black Mountain City to become the city lord, and later his cultivation advanced by leaps and bounds, making him one of the top experts in the Great Xuan Dynasty, and his prestige shook the entire Great Xuan Dynasty.

However, after becoming a top expert, Long Xiao naturally could no longer stay in Black Mountain City and had long since disappeared.

Too much time has passed, and the various forces of the Great Xuan Dynasty have naturally long forgotten Long Xiao, and they care little about a small place like Black Mountain City.

But Long Xiao's deeds have been passed down in Black Mountain City.

In the history of Black Mountain City, there has been such a great figure, how could the people of Black Mountain City forget him?

Everyone feels proud when they hear the name Long Xiao.

"It turns out that the legacy of the City Lord of Longxiao City has been hidden beneath the City Lord's mansion all along."

Qin Xiao was stunned after looking at the map.

Just thinking about the inheritance of such a supreme expert as Long Xiao made his breathing quicken.

"What incredible luck! I never imagined that Hong Tao was hiding such a secret. It seems that this man has quite a bit of ambition."

A smile appeared on Qin Xiao's face.

Although it's unclear where Hong Tao got the map of the Dragon Palace, it's obvious that even if Hong Tao obtained the map, he wouldn't be able to search for the Dragon Palace's legacy.

After all, the current Lord of Black Mountain City resides above that legacy.

As the number one expert in Black Mountain City, the Lord of Black Mountain City is someone that even if the entire Hong family joined forces, let alone Hong Tao, they might not be able to defeat.

So even if Hong Tao got the map, he could only keep it, which ended up benefiting Qin Xiao.

"But this picture is only half there. Who has the other half?"

Immediately, Qin Xiao frowned again. Only half of the card was in Hong Tao's hands, which meant that the other half was with someone else.

The cracks on the map are very neat, clearly indicating that it was split open by a single stroke.

Qin Xiao, a master of the sword, could even tell from the broken mark at a glance that the person wielding the sword possessed extraordinary swordsmanship, something that was definitely not something an ordinary person could do.

"Most likely, the other half of the map is in the hands of another swordsman from the Hong family."

A glint flashed in Qin Xiao's eyes, and he had a guess in his mind.