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Chu Luren didn't forget to observe Hu Yaoshi's reaction. He didn't see any "surprise" and thus deduced that Su Ying wasn't bluffing this time.

This is true.

Originally, Su Ying wanted to trap Zhou Beijun and herself here until all the Ten Villains and the various Palace Masters had "visited" her godfather before leaving.

Who would have thought that Pharmacist Hu was also hiding in this stone chamber?

Su Ying was confident that she could negotiate with Zhou Beijun, and she also liked the feeling of not being able to control others or even her own destiny.

However, if Pharmacist Hu is here, Zhou Beijun can get out by threatening him. Su Ying doesn't think that old rabbit has the courage to keep a secret.

The stone door reopened, and Chu Luren and Su Ying walked out side by side, while Pharmacist Hu stayed awkwardly in the corner, as if hoping that Chu Luren would forget about him.

"By the way, it seems Madam Ma is going to remarry. If you want to ask for a cup of celebratory wine, you'd better hurry," Su Ying said, turning to Hu Yaoshi.

"Huh?" Pharmacist Hu was so surprised he almost jumped up.

After saying that, Su Ying ignored his reaction and activated the mechanism behind her, continuing to walk with Chu Luren deeper into the underground palace.

The difference is that now Chu Luren is carrying swords and walking beside her, instead of letting her carry them anymore.

"What exactly do you want to do?" Chu Luren couldn't help but ask.

Chu Luren had to admit that even the scaled-down version of Yaoyue was still a mystery to him.

"Huh? Didn't Brother Zhou want to go see his godfather?" Su Ying asked in return.

"So now..."

"So now I'm taking you... I originally wanted to live with you, but now it seems we can only die together," Su Ying said calmly.

Chu Luren didn't understand why Su Ying was willing to die for him so quickly.

Of course, in the original work, Su Ying's love for Xiao Yu'er was also like a whirlwind—for no reason at all, she fell in love with Xiao Yu'er from the very beginning, and afterwards she not only went through fire and water, but was even willing to accommodate him like a little wife, without hesitation. Love at first sight comes in such an unreasonable way.

However, Chu Luren always felt that it was a mutual appreciation between two extremely intelligent people.

Is it...

Chu Luren suddenly had a flash of inspiration and seemed to understand the reason!

really……

"Actually, I'm actually a wise fool. I didn't even realize my own great wisdom before, did I?" Chu Luren suddenly straightened his back.

Su Ying: ? ? ?

Su Ying suddenly felt that Zhou Beijun seemed a bit strange...

As for why Su Ying is blind... she has a unique perspective?

Unlike Xiaolongnu, who had never seen a man, Su Ying, though she had little contact with outsiders, considered ordinary men as nothing more than ants. In the original work, Jiang Yulang had the audacity to try to use his good looks on Su Ying, thinking she was similar to the unsophisticated palace maids of Yihua Palace. In the end, Su Ying nearly killed him!

The reason Su Ying was interested in "Zhou Beijun," whose real name was unknown...

Chapter 984 The Truth

The reason why Su Ying was interested in "Zhou Beijun" whose real name was unknown was indeed similar to the reason why she fell in love with Xiao Yu'er at first sight in the original work.

It all started with her first moment of excitement...

At that time, Chu Luren had just been "poisoned and fell into a coma," and Su Ying immediately felt excited all over—the reason was simple: the effect of that strange poison should have been that the whole person would be frozen, "unable to speak but able to see," not completely faint!

Chu Luren neutralized the poison, but didn't have time to correctly determine the nature of the strange poison...

This made Su Ying realize immediately that the person in front of her was faking poisoning!

In this situation, Su Ying should have been nervous and frightened—after all, if her methods failed, in terms of martial arts, she would be a helpless lamb in front of Chu Luren.

However, Su Ying was precisely fascinated by this feeling of "being unable to control"!

To Su Ying, most other people were just fools she could manipulate at will. The sudden realization that there were people she couldn't control was what sparked her interest...

Every subsequent "excitement" came at a time when Chu Luren surprised her.

This elusive feeling fascinated Su Ying, and she quickly fell for it—just like her infatuation with the equally cunning Xiao Yu'er in the original work.

Of course, the two are completely different in terms of difficulty to grasp. In the original work, Xiaoyuer was about the same as Su Ying in terms of intelligence, which meant that neither could do anything to the other. Later, because of Su Ying's attraction, Xiaoyuer gained more of the upper hand, while Chu Luren... could overcome all skills with sheer force.

Although Su Ying could sense that Chu Luren seemed to have misunderstood something, well... whatever, as long as he's happy.

The two wandered through the secret passage, and only after Chu Luren smashed the huge boulder that Su Ying had deliberately lured there, and then pinned Su Ying against the wall, did Su Ying excitedly open the last door...

As soon as the door opened, a disturbing scene unfolded—the passageway was filled with layers upon layers of dead rats!

Fortunately, these rats died "peacefully," and the scene was not bloody or overly smelly.

"These rats... the bottom ones were poisoned, and the top ones... look like they froze to death?" Su Ying examined them without changing her expression.

"These are the strange rats that Wei Wuyuan raised?" Chu Luren didn't answer, but instead asked.

“That’s right. It’s not about how strong they are, but about their numbers… and their rodent venom,” Su Ying replied.

Su Ying already had antibodies, and Chu Luren didn't care about the poison at all, but... walking on it felt a bit uncomfortable.

"Is this the main passageway?" Chu Luren asked, walking disdainfully over the rat carcasses.

“That’s right.” Su Ying nodded and stepped onto the platform as well.

Unlike Chu Luren, who could use his movement techniques to avoid getting trapped, Su Ying's every step involved the rat corpses reaching at least above her ankles.

Chu Luren turned to look at her and said, "Since there's no secret passage behind us, and it looks like someone has already cleared this path, we should just keep going forward. You can go now."

As a weaker version of Yaoyue, Chu Luren was also unsure of her intentions, and unlike Yaoyue...

At least Yue doesn't need Chu Luren to worry about her safety!

Hearing this tactless remark, Su Ying's eyes lit up and she asked, "Are you worried about me?"

"Interpret it however you like... wait for me outside!" Chu Luren said domineeringly.

“No, it’s not necessarily safe outside right now. Let me go with you to see our godfather… The masters of Yihua Palace may already be here. Perhaps you already knew?” Su Ying asked Chu Luren tentatively.

That's right, Su Ying had never actually discovered Yao Yue and Lian Xing!

However, from the corpses of these rats, she realized that the poisoned ones below were likely the work of Wei Mayi—she used some kind of chain poison, where the poisoned rats would become new sources of poison, killing other rats that gnawed on their corpses as well…

The rats that appeared to have frozen to death on the top layer were clearly not the work of Wei Mayi, but more likely the work of the legendary Palace Master of Yihua Palace!

After all, the range of possibilities for someone to achieve this with internal force is extremely small.

Chu Luren had the same guess...

Yaoyue must be feeling very frustrated right now!

As expected, Yaoyue did not go with Du Sha and the others through the secret passage they had dug beforehand—after all, the entrance was in a cesspool, and even if she wouldn't actually get it, Yaoyue certainly couldn't stand it.

So after Wei Mayi barged in from the front, Yaoyue and Lianxing also circled back to the front...

The swarms of rats that were lured out of the passageway were disgusting, but at least Yaoyue could freeze them all to death with her "Mingyu Gong" and then walk past them without getting annoyed.

As for the other toothless areas...

Chu Luren did not see the body. According to Su Ying, the rat poison used by Wei Mayi was not an instant death, but rather caused a period of madness after poisoning!

It's very likely those people have already been disposed of harmlessly...

Chu Luren saw that Su Ying insisted on coming along, so he didn't forcibly drive her away. After all, he knew that Su Ying wouldn't be so obedient.

As for pinning the acupoints in place, it might be dangerous. I don't know how many living people... and live rats are still in the underground palace!

Although Su Ying had wasted a lot of time, Chu Luren had still enjoyed himself. Considering that she had no ill intentions, Chu Luren did not completely abandon her after using her.

However, Chu Luren moved his feet and flashed past Su Ying's eyes—disappearing in an instant!

Because of Su Ying, a lot of time had already been wasted. If Yao Yue and Lian Xing had followed Du Sha and the others as planned, Chu Luren wouldn't have been in a hurry. He could have just waited for them to fight amongst themselves.

However, after being repeatedly provoked and having her plans thwarted time and again, Yaoyue began to confront Chu Luren head-on, making it impossible for him to remain carefree.

I just hope that Yaoyue won't get too excited and won't just kill Du Sha and his group because they dug out that disgusting tunnel—at least we can use them to launch a first attack!

Chu Luren used all his movement skills and soon saw Wei Mayi's corpse nailed to the stone wall. The death was quite gruesome, which was in line with his sycophantic persona.

There was no trace of Mingyu's true energy, so it seems she was killed by a trap. It's just unknown whether it was a trap or Wei Wuyuan's own doing.

At this moment, Chu Luren suddenly heard a loud noise coming from ahead. He immediately ignored Wei Mayi and continued to chase after her.

The sound was so loud, and it didn't sound like the collision of internal energy; it sounded more like some huge object was actually colliding.

Chu Luren even wondered to himself if Wei Wuyuan had raised a giant beast in Turtle Mountain or built a Gundam.

Upon arriving at a place where the entrance had collapsed, and several sections of the surrounding walls had also collapsed, Chu Luren saw what was inside the mountain plaza...

What Yaoyue and Lianxing were facing was a giant rat with a back that was seven or eight meters tall. The fur on the back of this giant rat was torn, and several tubes, some of which were made of metal or huge wood, were inserted into it. At the terminal, on the back seat, sat a... no, a short and extremely ugly dwarf whose exposed hands resembled those of an infant.

Furthermore, there are obvious signs of mechanical modifications on the giant rat...

Chapter 985 Giant Rat

"What is this thing?" Chu Luren stared at the giant rat, which had been modified by mechanical arts, his mind filled with questions.

Chu Luren's gaze moved upwards from the giant rat, finally settling on the dwarf.

You could tell from their eyes and expressions that at first they were just disgusted and confused, but when they saw the "driver," they were already nauseous and disgusted.

That's right, even this giant rat couldn't compare to Wei Wuyuan...

On the contrary, after seeing Wei Wuyuan, one might find this big rat somewhat handsome.

Not only was his body deformed, but his facial features were also grotesque. In the original work, Xiaoyuer described him as "a living ghost created by God using a rat, a fox, and a wolf to chop them up, and then mixing them together with a bottle of poison and a bowl of stinky water." Chu Luren couldn't think of a more vivid description.

"And who are you?" Wei Wuyuan asked, glaring at Chu Luren, his anger growing stronger with each glance.

“Zhou Beijun, the Ten Great Martial Saints… never mind, I, Chu, have a nickname, Red and White Tai Sui!” Chu Luren said, deliberately looking at Yaoyue’s white dress from top to bottom.

Then, Yaoyue glanced over expressionlessly...

Wei Wuyuan was already hysterical: "So you're just... nothing special!" he said, turning the lever of the mechanism.

One of the giant rat's eyes seemed to be pulled, turning around like a mechanical probe. It turned so fast and violently that the part of the eye with thick blood vessels was turned inside out.

The appearance of this thing was really unpleasant, but after locking onto Chu Luren with this eye, the giant rat quickly adjusted itself to turn its other eye and body to face Chu Luren as well!

The specific principles behind it are unknown to Chu Luren; he can only speculate that it is a combination of mechanical arts and some secret rat-raising method.