Unparalleled Double Harmony

Chapter 496: Three Lives Released

As soon as the two groups met, everyone, including Wu Mingzi, involuntarily focused their attention on a "prisoner" in the Cao Gang team.

But at this moment, Shadowless Poison Lord was not only tied up and hung horizontally on a pole, but all his clothes except for his underpants were stripped off, and his five orifices were tightly sealed with wax and thick cloth, leaving only two nostrils for him to breathe.

In this state, it was hard for others not to look at him a few more times.

But let's be honest, Di Buyan didn't do this to humiliate Du Zun in public. It was simply because Boss Di had suffered too many losses, so just in case, he went a little too far.

But you have to admit that after he did this, no matter how powerful the Shadowless Poison Lord was in poison skills, he couldn't use them at all.

Unless... Du Zun, like Yu Jianli, had also practiced "hiding darts". Of course, in fact, he had not practiced it.

"Boss Di, long time no see."

"Mr. Murong, how are you?"

When the two big men met, they had to greet each other first, but because Murong Shu didn't know the purpose of Di Bujuan's visit, his greeting was not too enthusiastic.

As for Di Bujuan, he was not sure whether the Murong family simply hired Wu Mingzi to play for them, or had colluded with him and participated in hiring Du Zun to kill people, so he was also on guard against the other party.

"Thank you for your concern, but I don't know..." Murong Shu didn't want to argue with the other party any more because he had a lot of things to do at the moment. He just answered half a sentence and then asked, "...What is the purpose of mobilizing so many troops to come here this time, Chief Di?"

"Well, I'm here to give my two friends..." Di Buyan said, and then cast his eyes on Sun Yixie, "Young Master Sun and Young Master Huang... a big gift."

What Di Bujuan said was quite cunning.

He did not specify what the "great gift" was, but basically everyone understood that he was referring to the person who was tied up in the team.

But Di Buyan did not mention who that person was or why it was a "great gift". He just wanted to use this ambiguous answer to test other people's reactions.

As for why he said that the gift was for Sun and Huang, it is easy to understand.

Firstly, although these two guys are mainly just talking, and their financial and manpower contributions are far less than those of the Baquan Sect and the Murong Family, they are still considered the organizers of this competition... Like Huo Ming and Murong Shu, they have a considerable say in today's occasion.

Secondly, Sun and Huang had saved Di Bujuan and his "nephew" Di Gui at least once each. Even if the two sides had no friendship, there was two favors between them. In addition, they also had the identity of "Four Gates and Three Gangs", so they were more trustworthy than outsiders.

"Oh? The 'great gift' that Boss Di refers to is..." After hearing Di Buyan's answer, Murong Shu responded calmly. He just shifted his gaze to the "prisoner" that everyone had been paying attention to for a long time, wanting the other party to give a definite answer.

"It's this person." Di Buyan did not deny it, but did not reveal more information about this person.

However, there was one person who panicked just by hearing this...

That person was undoubtedly Wu Mingzi, who was used to "internal friction".

Given Wu Mingzi's character and wisdom, he naturally highly suspected that the kidnapped prisoner was the Shadowless Poison Lord who had escaped from the venue earlier.

If this is true, not to mention that the Dugu father and son whose lives and deaths in the tent are uncertain might be saved, the more troublesome thing is that... Du Zun is very likely to confess that he was commissioned to kill Dugu Sheng.

By then, Wu Mingzi, who is known to have a grudge with Dugu Sheng, will inevitably become a suspect.

Of course, even if it comes to that, it’s not a dead end…

Because the letter of entrustment that Wu Mingzi wrote to Du Zun was written with his left hand; and the people who delivered the letter were the remnants of Wujian Villa, who had no relationship with Kunlun at all...so Wu Mingzi believed that Du Zun didn't know the identity of the client at all.

To take a step back, even if Du Zun guessed the identity of the client, what would that do?
The words of someone like Wuying Du Zun have no credibility at all, but Wumingzi is a famous figure in Kunlun after all. If Du Zun really accuses him, he can deny it.

He could have said, "The whole martial arts world knows that Dugu Sheng and I had a little grudge in the past, so now the scum Wuying Duzun is trying to drag me into it and muddy the waters."

After all, a letter with unclear handwriting cannot be used as evidence.

Unless someone can produce another letter that is confirmed to be written by Wu Mingzi himself and also written with his left hand for comparison.

Or someone could come forward to prove that the True Hero Order, which was given to Poison Lord as a reward, was previously handled by Wu Mingzi.

Otherwise, everyone will rely on their mouths, and then the truth will be determined by their status and strength in the martial arts world. It will be impossible for someone like Du Zun to bring down Wu Mingzi just by relying on confessions.

However, if that situation really happens, it will be very disadvantageous to Wu Mingzi. Who knows what unexpected things will happen next?
"Who is this?" On the other side, while Wu Mingzi was secretly settling the accounts, Murong Shu asked again.

But Di Bujuan stopped talking at this point and just replied: "Well... I'm afraid it's not convenient to talk about this here. I wonder if Mr. Murong can take me to meet Master Huo and Young Master Huang. When they are present, I will explain it to them."

Murong Shu frowned slightly when he heard this, and his thoughts were racing.

He seemed to have vaguely realized that the person sent by Di Bujuan might be related to the poisoning incident that occurred in the venue, but he was not completely sure.

"Well... it's possible." After thinking for a moment, Murong Shu replied, "But Boss Di has many people under his command. If all of them..."

"Oh, I understand." Di Buyan took the initiative to answer before the other party finished speaking, "My brothers from the Cao Gang can stay here and wait. I will only take a few people with Mr. Murong."

Even if Murong Shu didn't mention it, Di Buyan had no intention of letting all of his troops rush into the venue. It would be enough for these people to stay here just in case.

There are thousands of martial artists from all walks of life in the venue in front of you, and there are dozens of powerful high-level members of the participating sects in the backstage. If a fight really breaks out, can you, Wu Mingzi, turn the tables by yourself?

Deep down, Di Buyan was even expecting Wu Mingzi to finally do something desperate. At that time, he, the leader of the Di Gang, would join hands with the leaders of the major sects and rush at you all at once... The chances of defeating you would be much higher than a one-on-one duel, right? And after that, I, the leader of the Cao Gang who exposed your true face, would be credited with the first achievement.

"Okay, okay, let's stop talking and talk about it backstage." Sun Yixie watched from the side for a long time, analyzed the situation secretly, and began to support Di Bujuan.

From Sun Yixie's perspective, this account is actually easier to settle - it is known that there is definitely a problem with Wu Mingzi, so if he returns to the backstage where many experts gather, he will be more confident in taking action. If he stays here to continue arguing, what if this guy feels the situation is not good and wants to run away, and then suddenly attacks and kills people, then only Gang Leader Di here may be able to resist one or two... Those people in the Murong family are either losers or disabled. It is better to rely on myself than on them.

In this way, everyone returned together.

Di Bujuan was only accompanied by a few people who were responsible for carrying the prisoners, and the rest of the troops were all left here; Hu Wenzhi also stayed behind, saying that he was "responsible for leading the team", but in fact, Di Bujuan was just taking care of him, knowing that his martial arts skills were not very good, and was afraid that if there was a real fight inside, he would be beaten to death.

As for Wu Mingzi, no matter how panicked he was inside, his face never showed any flaws. He always followed Murong and his son silently, as if he was just a spectator.

After all, according to his previous calculations, he thought that even if the Poison Lord pointed out him, he would not be able to prove anything, so he was still prepared to continue.

As the group walked quickly backstage, when they passed the venue outside the arena, many of the spectators gathered around them, talking a lot and asking them questions.

It's not their fault... At this time, it has been nearly half an hour since Huo Ming and Dugu Yong left the ring. Under the instruction of Sun Huang, the Noviski brothers have been sitting on the commentary desk chatting and bragging during this time.

Not to mention that the audience was a little agitated, the people playing the symphony were also cursing in their hearts.

“Don’t panic, the next race will start soon! Make way, make way…” In the end, it was Sun Yixie who shouted a promise without even thinking about taking responsibility, and finally cleared a path.

When they successfully arrived at the backstage, the leaders behind them were also very anxious, asking what they were doing? Why did they carry another person in? Who was this?

The group did not answer, but after Murong Shu's comfort, they hurried to the medical tent.

At this time, Huang Donglai and the abbot were still guarding the door of the tent. Inside the tent, Huo Ming was still using his internal energy to help Dugu Sheng resist the poison. His forehead and temples were already covered with beads of sweat. It looked like he was about to collapse...

As for Dugu Yong, although he was very worried about his father's condition, his own condition was not good either - the "Underworld Soul Chasing" only saved his life, but his meridians did not fully recover after he came back to life, and only recovered to the point where he was "immortal", so not long after getting up, he had to sit down again to regulate his breathing and heal his wounds, and the Gao family father and daughter who did not dare to practice their skills could only worry by his side.

"Hiss... Di is still a step too late!"

On the way here just now, Sun Yixie had whispered to Di Bujuan about the situation of Dugu and his son, so as soon as Di Bujuan entered the tent, he started acting, putting on an appearance of being chivalrous and compassionate, and caring very much about the lives of other fellow travelers.

"Boss Di?" Huo Ming was somewhat surprised to see the leader of the Cao Gang suddenly appear.

"Master Huo, please relax. The man who poisoned the food has been captured by Di. I will ask him to tell me how to detoxify it." While Di Buyan was saying these lines to take credit for himself, he had already torn off the cloth and wax seal on the face of the Poison Lord in no time.

"Huh..." The Poison Lord, who was still hanging on the pole, took a breath and opened his eyes. He saw Huo Ming and Dugu Sheng at first sight, so he sneered, "Huh... Sect Master Huo really has profound internal strength. Judging from your appearance, Dugu Sheng has been poisoned for a long time, right? It's a pity you can still hold on."

The Poison Lord said this because he knew the method of "others using internal energy to protect the poisoned person's heart meridian to forcibly prolong his life" to counter the Chongmai Powder.

Huo Ming did not show any anger when he heard this gloating speech. He just asked calmly, "May I ask who you are?"

"No problem." Poison Lord replied, "The one known as 'Shadowless Poison Lord' in Jianghu is me."

Even though Poison Lord is now a prisoner, he still speaks in a very arrogant tone, because he knows in his heart that he deserves to die, and he will die anyway if he surrenders and begs for mercy, so he might as well be stubborn to the end.

"Did you poison Senior Dugu?" Huo Ming asked.

When this question was asked, Wu Mingzi, who had sneaked in with the others, was already nervous.

"That's right." The next second, Du Zun replied without hesitation, "Someone hired me to take his life."

"Who?" Huo Ming asked again.

When the word "who" came out, Wu Mingzi's heart was about to jump out of his mouth.

"Can telling it out save your life?" But how could Poison Lord reveal such crucial information so easily? He had to bargain.

"This...it doesn't count if I say it alone." Huo Ming replied.

Even though Sect Leader Huo was exhausted, he still spoke in a very logical manner. This matter was indeed not something he could decide alone.

"Then how about you first figure out how many people you need to nod before you can come and ask me questions?" Du Zun continued in a fearless tone, "Anyway... I'm not in a hurry."

"If I ask..." Murong Shu interrupted again, "How to cure the poison in Senior Dugu's body, I'm sure you will also be able to tell me..."

"Hmph..." Poison Lord took over the other party's words, "I still say the same thing... Can you save your life by saying it?"

"Everyone, I think he won't cry until he sees the coffin." Di Buyan wanted to show off again, he said sternly, "Why don't I help him loosen up his muscles first..."

"Hey~" Seeing this, Sun Yixie immediately waved his hand to stop Di Buyan, "Boss Di, you are so impulsive... You can tell from his stubborn attitude that he is soft-hearted and not hard-hearted. Maybe the more you torture him, the less he will say, or he will just do something bad to you and tell you a fake method, and then hurt Sect Leader Huo and Senior Dugu before he dies. Who can we complain to then?"

Sun Yixie had a good grasp of the mentality of this kind of bad guy. When he said this, the Poison Lord immediately laughed and said, "Good boy, you have understood all my thoughts. Well said, well said! Hahaha..."

Di Bujuan looked at the arrogance of Du Zun, and even though he was filled with hatred, he could not take the initiative to disclose the information that Hu Wenzhi told him, that "the person who ordered Du Zun to kill Dugu Sheng was Wu Mingzi", because that would expose the fact that he had already known who Du Zun wanted to harm and only took advantage of the situation in order to gain merit.

Di Buyan can only follow this excuse now: "In fact, I have been tracking this person, Wuying Duzun, and want to get rid of this scourge for the martial arts world. Then, I recently received information that he might appear in this 'Zhengxiong Cup', so I secretly led the team here and set up this trap. But I don't know whether he will take action today, and who he will harm if he does."

Only in this way can he be morally blameless for "coming a step late" but still "saving the day".

"I have a suggestion." Sun Yixie paused for a few seconds and then said, "Today, as long as this Poison Master is willing to tell us how to detoxify and help us save Senior Dugu's life, and then confess the mastermind who hired him, then we might as well let him go."

"What?" Di Buyan couldn't believe his ears when he heard this. "How can this be possible?"

"This is indeed inappropriate..." Huo Ming said, "but this seems to be our only choice right now."

After he said this, everyone in the tent was silent for a moment.

These short dozen seconds were enough for everyone to understand the meaning of this sentence.

To put it bluntly, if you confront a man like Wuying Du Zun with force, he would not let you off even if he died... Not to mention that we don't know how many people have been poisoned at the scene. Even if there is only Dugu Sheng, if the situation goes on like this, the final outcome will most likely be that Dugu Sheng will die before Du Zun, and Du Zun will never tell you who the mastermind behind him is even if he dies. He does this not out of loyalty, but to disgust you.

But if a deal is reached with him, at least Dugu Sheng can survive, and any other poisoned people in the venue can also be rescued. As for whether the mastermind he confessed later is true or false, that can be discussed later.

"It seems that you have figured it out." After a while, Poison Lord spoke first, as if he, who was stripped down to his underpants and hung up, was the one in control. "Hehe... all of you present are famous leaders and heroes... I believe you are all people who keep your promises. You won't turn against me after I tell you the method of detoxification and the mastermind, right?"

Huo Ming, Murong Shu, and Di Buyan were all silent at this moment.

The abbot, Huang Donglai, Wu Mingzi, and the brothers of Murong family did not speak either.

With everyone's tacit approval, Sun Yixie finally said, "Are you satisfied? Then tell me."

"Okay." Poison Lord's personality was also perverse. Although he was bad, he did tell the truth about the method of detoxification after reaching this agreement. "The poison in Dugu Sheng is called 'Chongmai Powder'. It is my unique secret recipe. To detoxify this poison, not only do you need an antidote, but you also need to use a specific method to reverse the acupuncture points in order for the antidote to work..."

Then, he reported the prescription of the antidote and the method of detoxification by practicing internal energy. The two doctors who had been waiting nearby took up their pens and started copying it down. After copying, they went to the medicine cabinet next to them and prepared the medicine immediately.

After reporting all that, Du Zun continued, "As for who ordered me to do this, haha..." As he spoke, his eyes began to scan the tent.

At this moment, Wu Mingzi's scalp was numb. He could clearly feel that Du Zun's eyes were flashing with ill intent when he swept over him.

"I think you can guess that the person who can do this is definitely not a small person, because small people don't have the courage and ability to hire me." Poison Lord continued, "It's not the so-called 'evil and crooked' you are talking about, because those people would do it themselves if they wanted to do such a thing. They are not like some hypocrites and conspirators in your righteous way who need to use my hands to kill people..."

"That is to say... the person who hired you is a well-known figure in the underworld, right?" The abbot was already a little impatient when he heard this. When he continued to speak, his eyes were glancing at Wu Mingzi.

"Heh...that's right." Du Zun laughed, and then he gave an answer that surprised everyone, "The person who hired me was the head of the Xingyi Sect in Cangzhou - Shao Dejin!"