Unparalleled Double Harmony

Chapter 494: One Life Returns First
At this moment, in a corner of the tent, a wooden bed that was supposed to be for the wounded to lie on has been set up as a temporary "altar".

The stage was piled high with incense burners and other instruments, and on the burner there were three half-burned incense sticks.

On the ground next to the "altar", there was a large area of ​​Taoist talismans painted with cinnabar, forming a formation. Dugu Yong's body was lying in the formation, while Sun and Huang were sitting on both sides of Dugu Yong in a cross-legged meditation posture.

Let’s put it this way in this situation… Even if Murong Shu hadn’t seen Dugu Sheng falling in front of Huo Ming when he broke into the tent, he would still have been sent into a brain short circuit by this scene.

"Brother Dugu!"

"Uncle Dugu!"

Over there, the Gao family's father and daughter saw Dugu Sheng suddenly fall down, they both screamed and wanted to come over to check.

“Don’t worry, both of you!” Unexpectedly, Huo Ming seemed to be awakened by their shouts. The bewildered look on his face was immediately replaced by his usual sophistication. “He’s still breathing. Let me help him…”

As Huo Ming spoke, he bent down, helped Dugu Sheng up, and carried him to an empty bed.

"Mr. Murong, you've arrived just in time!" The next second, he actually spoke to Murong Shu, "Come and help me with my Qi. With our combined strength, we should be able to protect Senior Dugu's heart meridian for the time being."

Some people may be surprised to see this. When Dugu Sheng fell down just now, didn't Huo Ming back away in a daze? Why is he helping someone who has fallen down now? And from the tone of his voice, he knows why the other person fell down?

We have to go back a few words about this...

A moment ago, Murong Shu wanted to enter the tent but hadn't yet and was still hesitating outside.

At that time inside the tent, Sun and Huang had already completed the preparations for the "Soul Chasing in the Underworld". After a tug of war between Sun and Huang, Sun Yixie was very reluctantly dragged into the formation by Huang Donglai, and his mind traveled to the place where Yin and Yang met.

Before leaving, they naturally instructed the other people in the tent to help them "guard the formation" and not let any outsiders come in to interfere.

So who are these “others”?
First of all, there are the two doctors who have been on standby in the tent from the beginning. They are kept here not because they are really useful, but because they "already know too much", so it is better for them not to go out before the work is done, otherwise they will definitely be pestered and questioned by the people outside.

Secondly, there are the Gao family father and daughter. They are considered to be relatives and friends of Dugu and his son. To put it bluntly, the job of "guarding the formation" is mainly done by them.

As for the remaining Dugu Sheng and Huo Ming, the atmosphere was rather subtle.

After all, the "Ghost Chasing in the Underworld" operation that Sun Huang talked about is really hard to believe for those who have never seen it, so Dugu Sheng's mentality is basically - "Let these two guys try their luck first, and if it doesn't work, I will take revenge."

In this situation, even though Dugu Sheng and Huo Ming appeared to be keeping their troops in place on the surface, in reality they were both on edge and confronting each other secretly.

This way... Huo Ming is fine, but Dugu Sheng can't do it.

Dugu Sheng, like Dugu Yong, was also poisoned by the "Chongmai Powder". His attack was later than his son's simply because he had not practiced internal energy after the meal. Now, if he maintained this state of "letting the internal energy run slowly and being ready to take action at any time" for a long time, the poison would begin to attack faster.

Not long after, Dugu Sheng began to show symptoms similar to those Dugu Yong had before he collapsed.

However, what makes Dugu Sheng stronger than Dugu Yong is that he was not poisoned under the condition of "explosive exercise of energy", so after he noticed something was wrong, he still had some time to stop exercising to stop the loss and do some thinking.

"It's the lunch..." Dugu Sheng is still an old hand. When the severe pain came, he still made a quick guess. So he immediately turned around and walked towards Huo Ming, stretching out his hands to him... He wanted to grab him and convey the message with his last strength.

Some people may ask, why didn't he pass the message to the Gao family father and daughter who were closer to him and more trustworthy, but went to Huo Ming? Since he had already guessed that it was poison, Naha Quanzong was the supplier of lunch, and Huo Ming was the direct beneficiary of the ring match... Isn't he the biggest suspect?

We have to say here that Dugu Sheng thought more deeply than most people, and he thought of it in a very short period of time, having just experienced the pain of losing his son and being in extreme physical pain - since the truth of the matter was poisoning, even if the poisoning was related to the Baquan Sect, it would never be Huo Ming's own intention.

Because from Huo Ming's perspective, the disadvantages of using these despicable means far outweigh the advantages.

Why would someone who could be the top seed based on his martial arts skills resort to poisoning?
The food is the responsibility of your subordinates. Even if you didn't poison someone, you will be suspected if someone is poisoned... And in this case, once it is confirmed that you did it, not only will you not be able to play in the competition, but you and your Ba Quan Sect, which you have painstakingly built up for many years, will be ruined.

Taking a step back, even if Huo Ming was really a sinister villain and wanted to do these things, he would not use a deadly poison in such a situation, and it was even more impossible for him to let the poison take effect on the ring.

You can advance by just taking some laxatives or something, but isn't it stupid to cause a death?
To sum up, Dugu Sheng's speculation is: this matter was either done by some stupid subordinates of Huo Ming without telling him... or it was done by the father and son of the Shao family, because the behavior of these two guys at noon was also very suspicious, and they are the kind of people who are bad and stupid. It is possible that they want to take this opportunity to take revenge personally, and then put the blame on the Baquan Sect afterwards.

Anyway, no matter which of the above situations it is, the best solution is to let Huo Ming, who has the right identity and sufficient ability, handle it.

If Dugu Sheng entrusted the matter to the Gao father and daughter, even if the latter did not have the tendency to be confused by their relatives and those involved, they would still not be able to handle the matter... Besides, the Gao father and daughter were eating at the same table with them, and they might have been poisoned as well.

Therefore, Dugu Sheng used all his last bit of consciousness and strength on Huo Ming.

"Then there might be something wrong with the food..." When Dugu Sheng said this, his hands were already on Huo Ming's arms, and his voice became weak.

At this moment, Huo Ming also stretched out his hand with a doubtful and cautious attitude. After all, he was still guarding against Dugu Sheng's sudden attack in the last second. At this second, seeing the other party slowly approaching and slowly stretching out his hand, he had this natural reaction.

"This poison hides in the meridians and manifests itself when I exercise. It is difficult to detect before it attacks..." Dugu Sheng continued with difficulty, "If you use your supreme internal strength to protect my heart meridians, maybe there is still hope... of saving me..."

When he said this, Murong Shu just stepped into the tent.

Huo Ming was confused when he heard this information in the few seconds. Murong Shu suddenly broke in and said "excuse me", which startled him. He subconsciously withdrew his hands and took a half step back, as if he was afraid that Murong Shu would misunderstand that he attacked Dugu Sheng.

But after a moment, he came to his senses and responded as described above.

Murong Shu was also at a loss, so he stood there and observed for a while. He saw Huo Ming quickly sit down cross-legged on the bed and start to use his internal energy to heal Dugu Sheng. Then he approached with doubt.

"Master Huo, what happened? Why did even Senior Dugu Sheng..." Murong Shu sat down while speaking, stretched out his palm and patted Dugu Sheng on the back, and began to use his internal energy to explore. As a result, he found that Dugu Sheng's meridians were severely damaged, and the injury was still not stable.

"Senior and Dugu Yong must have been poisoned by the same poison." Huo Ming was really trying hard at this moment. He was afraid that Dugu Sheng would die like Dugu Yong. "I'm afraid someone tampered with their food."

"What?" Murong Shu broke out in a cold sweat when he heard this, because among the people supplying food there were also people from his Murong family, and if something really went wrong he would also be in trouble.

"What?" Gao Shengyue, who was standing beside him, also jumped up when he heard this. "Gao, my daughter, Young Master Sun, Young Master Huang, and the Xingyi Sect's Shao and his son... all ate at the same table with Brother Dugu and the others. So, are we poisoned too?"

"It's possible." Huo Ming said, "It's even possible that there's more than just the food on your table that has problems, so just to be on the safe side, don't use your energy now, otherwise... you should have heard what Senior Dugu said before he collapsed."

"Wait a minute." Murong Shu was a little angry at this time, "Then why did you, Sect Master Huo, let me practice Qigong with you to save people without any worries?"

"Heh..." Huo Ming laughed bitterly, "That's because... I know Mr. Murong is just like me. He has been busy in and out of the venue for most of the day and hasn't eaten anything."

When he said this, Murong Shu immediately showed a bitter smile on his face: "Heh...Okay, I asked unnecessary questions."

Both of them knew that both families had made great efforts in organizing the competition, and as the heads of the families, they were indeed too busy to have time to eat, and they were both monitoring each other to a certain extent.

It's just these things, so I'll just say this, there's no need to go on.

"Eh? What are you doing, young masters Sun and Huang?" Murong Shu changed the subject and asked half-jokingly, "You are not trying to summon spirits, are you?"

"Uh..." This question was difficult for Huo Ming to answer. "You could say it was..."

"Ah?" Hearing this, Murong Shu couldn't help but glance at the corner again, and couldn't help but ask again, "Is this okay?"

Before he could finish his words, he saw someone in the corner...

"Hah——" Dugu Yong suddenly opened his eyes, sat up and took a quick breath into his lungs.

Almost at the same time, Sun Huang also opened his eyes.

"Fuck you!" Sun Yixie cursed as he woke up, "I just said I didn't take the wrong path in the end."

"You still have the nerve to say that? If you hadn't led the way and given orders at the beginning, we might have returned earlier." Huang Donglai immediately retorted.

"Then just tell me whether you have come back or not." Sun Yixie twisted his mouth and pulled it up.

“Haah… that’s enough… haah…” Dugu Yong covered his chest and slowly evened out his breath, but his expression still looked somewhat painful. “You two stop arguing, it’s all over now that we’re back…”

"Ah?" Seeing this scene, it was Huo Ming's turn to cry out in surprise.

As a person who looks at things quite rationally and pessimistically, Huo Ming had actually sentenced Dugu Yong to death in his heart a long time ago. He did not hold any hope for the two guys' claims of "chasing souls from the underworld", but who could have thought that Dugu Yong was actually alive again.

"Brother Dugu!" After a few seconds, Gao Yadian, who had recovered from his shock, finally smiled. He shouted Dugu Yong's name and walked quickly towards him.

She wasn't crying at first, but now she suddenly felt happy and smiled, and her eyes became a little wet.

But just as the touching scene was about to unfold, suddenly...

"啕——"

"Uh-huh——"

But Dugu Yong and Sun Yixie both turned over and started vomiting violently. What they vomited out was a sticky liquid that had a very fishy smell and was pitch black in color.

Gao Yadian was so angry that he ran halfway and saw this scene. He slammed on the brakes and cursed "Fuck" without blinking out. His face instantly changed from tears to a mask of pain.

"Fuck it, my soul was intact when I left this time, so why am I vomiting when I come back?" Sun Yixie vomited a few times, then looked up and asked Huang Donglai.

"The Darkness Invasion doesn't care about these things. Besides, didn't you vomit less this time?" Huang Donglai replied confidently, "Look at how Yongge vomited. Aren't you okay?"

The other people in the tent were in awe when they heard the two of them speaking in such an experienced tone - so what you two said is true, that you have done this kind of thing before?
The book implies here that the difficulty of Shuang Xie's pursuit of souls in the underworld this time is not as high as last time.

Last time, due to various reasons, Huang Donglai's preparations took a long time, and he also left the place where Brother Sun had just "died" and moved a long distance. This caused Brother Sun to be a little far away from him that time, so far that he could even encounter a hungry ghost... It can be said that if it weren't for the "guarding the soul" positioning, Sun Yixie might not have been able to come back.

This time, as soon as the person died, they immediately began to prepare on the spot. And because the venue was well stocked with various supplies, the items needed to build the altar were ready in a short time. So the two of them basically arrived in the underworld at the same time as Dugu Yong, and there was no need for any positioning, just look around nearby.

If Sun and Huang hadn't wasted several minutes arguing about "should we go alone or together", and if Sun Ge hadn't almost taken the "reverse high-speed train" after going in, they might have come back even faster.

“Haaa…Haaa…” Dugu Yong vomited for a while and finally stopped. But when he raised his head, his expression changed drastically again, “Dad! What happened to my dad?”

…………

Meanwhile, outside the tent.

Wu Mingzi is approaching here step by step.

You should be able to imagine that not long ago, when Wu Mingzi saw the scene on the ring, based on the information he had, he must have immediately understood that Dugu Yong's condition was caused by poisoning.

So at that time, he was extremely happy.

He suddenly felt that Du Zun’s previous “play” was really great, as he could actually create this situation where “Dugu Sheng had to watch his son die”.

This is a hundred times better than simply letting Dugu Sheng die! This is God's way of letting Dugu Sheng experience the pain of losing a loved one that I, Wu Mingzi, felt back then!
The most interesting thing is that if this matter continues to develop, Dugu Sheng will most likely fight to the death with Huo Ming, and then be beaten to death, or die from the poison. Then Master Huo can take all the blame.

But the subsequent developments were a little bit inconsistent with Wu Mingzi's expectations.

He only saw Sun Yixie running out of the tent and taking back some water, rice, incense burners, bells, mirrors, cinnabar and other things. These didn't look like medical supplies, did they?
Then Murong Shu wandered for a while and entered the tent, but there seemed to be no sound of desperate fighting between masters, and no one came out to announce any bad news.

This calmness made Wu Mingzi feel more and more that something was wrong...

He was thinking, how about I go in as the representative of the Murong family and take a look? Speaking of which, I'll go see what Mr. Murong wants.

As a result, just as he approached the tent, someone blocked his way.

"Brother Fang, what advice do you have?" Wu Mingzi had to be polite when meeting the abbot.

"When that guy surnamed Sun came out just now, he greeted me and asked me not to let anyone in." The abbot was not very polite at this time, because he had already regarded Wu Mingzi as an enemy in his heart.

Wu Mingzi looked at the other person's demeanor and listened to his words, feeling somewhat displeased: "Am I also considered an outsider?"

The abbot laughed at this. He really liked this kind of rhetorical question because it made it easier for him to argue.

The next second, the abbot slammed the spear in his hand into the ground, stretched out his body, and blocked the opponent's way more tightly: "Aren't you?"