The Female CEO's Personal Bodyguard

Chapter 1747 Bait
Chu Yue is a very good person.

Before entering the Misty Sea, when taking the antidote pill, Chu Yue asked Lin Chen if he wanted one. At that time, Chu Yue didn't know that the antidote pill he prepared couldn't deal with the miasma, which shows that he didn't consider Lin Chen a competitor.

Perhaps it was that battle that made him feel a sense of kinship with Lin Chen, and thus he regarded Lin Chen as a partner in the adventure.

Therefore, even if Chu Yue does not join forces with Lin Chen, but acts independently and competes for the Seven-Colored Jade Rhinoceros Horn, Lin Chen will still readily give him the Buddha Heart Pill.

Chu Yue acted with great style, ignoring the difference in strength between himself and Lin Chen, and directly made a promise to join forces, splitting the spoils in half.

"How long will the effects of this Buddha Heart Pill last?"

Lin Chen replied, "With the poisonous gas surrounding us, the duration of the medicine's effects will probably be shortened, but a day should be enough. No rush, I still have some left when the effects wear off."

Chu Yue looked at Lin Chen in surprise: "These Buddha Heart Pills are extremely rare, how come you have so many?"

Lin Chen explained, "By chance, I obtained a piece of Buddha Heart Wood, and I refined a batch of Buddha Heart Pills myself. I haven't had a chance to use them until today, when they're finally needed."

Chu Yue's expression turned even more surprised: "You're an alchemist?"

Lin Chen laughed and said, "That's right, and their alchemy skills are quite good. They are self-sufficient and don't need to ask anyone for help."

Chu Yue laughed and said, "Besides talent, alchemy also requires a lot of time. It's not easy for you to cultivate the sword while also being able to do alchemy. If you focus on cultivation, your strength will definitely be no less than mine!"

Lin Chen shook his head: "You can't say that... If we don't talk about this, how are we going to search?"

Chu Yue thought for a moment: "This mountain is located in the middle of the Poison Mist Valley. We can use it as a reference point and search area by area. We can walk around the mountain and search the entire Poison Mist Valley. We should be able to find something."

"it is good!"

Because of the limited visibility, the two people kept a short distance apart and then flew at low altitude, searching ahead.

Along the way, they frequently encountered monsters and poisonous creatures that attacked them.

The two either casually killed each other or temporarily avoided a direct confrontation, since their target was the Seven-Colored Jade Rhinoceros. While killing the other demonic beasts might bring some benefits, it didn't really matter to either of them.

Lin Chen suddenly stopped in his tracks: "Can you smell anything fishy?"

Chu Yue, who was not far away, replied, "I can smell it. There seems to be a faint fishy smell throughout the area, but as we've walked closer, the smell has gotten stronger. This smell doesn't seem to be naturally occurring; it must be coming from some kind of living creature."

Lin Chen replied, "I just remembered something..."

Chu Yue turned his head: "What?" Lin Chen glanced around and replied: "The Seven-Colored Jade Rhinoceros prefers to eat things with a strong fishy smell."

Chu Yue asked in surprise, "Really?"

Lin Chen nodded: "I saw it in a book, I forget which one, but I remember it gave an example of a kind of water monster called the Ghost-faced Eel, which has a particularly strong fishy smell and is one of the Seven-Colored Jade Rhinoceros's favorite foods..."

Chu Yue's eyes lit up immediately: "You mean, find the source of this fishy smell, kill it, and then use it as bait to lure the Seven-Colored Jade Rhinoceros out?"

Lin Chen nodded: "Yes, although we don't know what kind of monster is causing this fishy smell, such a strong fishy smell must be able to travel a long distance. The fog is too thick. If it hides there and doesn't move, we may not be able to find it even if we run past it not far away."

“But if we run past it with bait that smells strong enough, it will definitely smell it and might come out and find us.”

Chu Yue laughed and said, "That's a good idea. Let's go and see what kind of fishy smell is so strong."

Lin Chen smiled wryly and said, "I guess it's probably a powerful and large creature. Otherwise, how could this smell spread so far and be so strong?"

Chu Yue said confidently, "As long as it's not some great demon comparable to a celestial being, we can kill it!"

The two followed the scent and flew for several miles. The fishy smell grew stronger and stronger, like having a stinky sea fish shoved directly under their noses.

There's a lake ahead...

Lin Chen frowned: "The fishy smell is coming from the lake. It seems to be some kind of monster that lives in the lake?"

Just as the two were about to continue forward, two figures suddenly rushed out of the mist ahead and blocked their way.

Both of them wore dark blue robes with a pattern on their chests depicting a snake, scorpion, toad, centipede, and gecko. The five creatures were intertwined, with only their heads sticking out in all directions, as if their bodies had merged into one.

Upon seeing the pattern, Lin Chen knew who these two people were.

Disciple of Wudu Hall!
The man on the left looked the two of them up and down before slowly saying, "This place has been sealed off by my Five Poisons Hall. Please go somewhere else."

Land grabbing and becoming king?

Plant a flag, have two people stand there, and this place becomes the Five Poisons Hall's territory?

(End of this chapter)