Records of Mysterious Things in the Southern Dynasties

Chapter 297: God's Fall

"Your Highness, don't say such nonsense." Diwu Wei was sweating all over his forehead and said, "Let's wait for the Gou Chen Division to find the murderer before we start cursing."

"Hmph, you guys investigate it!" Xiao Hui then named the murderer he had identified without naming anyone.

"Your Highness, please tell us about the poisoning." The Fifth Dimension asked respectfully, "When was the poisoning discovered?"

"Yesterday, I held a banquet at my house to entertain the princes and ministers who came to see me off. I was fine at first, but then I drank the 'Jinjiangyuye Wine' that Lao Ba brought, and soon I felt unwell all over." Xiao Hui said angrily:

"I'm already a demigod, I definitely shouldn't have this feeling. So I knew something was wrong, and I quickly went to the back to practice my skills. It took me a long time to force the poison to my left arm, and I escaped."

As he spoke, he angrily smashed the small table into pieces with his only remaining right hand: "I thought he came to make peace with me so that I could march north with peace of mind, but I didn't expect he was here to send me to the west!"

"..." The Fifth Dimension almost couldn't hold it in. Fortunately, he had received professional training. He suppressed his mouth and asked, "What kind of poison is so powerful?"

"I don't know." Xiao Hui shook his head, and said with lingering fear: "I just felt like my internal organs were burning, and my bones were about to break. Even the soul that had already merged with the divine fire almost collapsed."

As he said this, he asked his son Xiao Fan to bring out his severed hand.

Ren Yuan took the tray and brought it to Diwuwei and the others. The four of them carefully observed the severed hand together.

You can't see any clues from the outside, but if you look at the cross-section, you will find that the arm bone has turned into a strange purple-black color, and even emits a faint dark light, which is very strange.

"Have you ever seen this kind of poison?" the Fifth Dimension asked softly.

Ren Yuan and others naturally shook their heads.

"I'm sorry, Your Highness. We have never seen this kind of poison before." Diwu Wei asked Xiao Hui, "Can we take Your Highness's arm and his daily necessities back to Gou Chen Si and ask Poison Granny to check them?"

"Can't we let that vicious mother-in-law come?" Xiao Fan frowned.

"I'm sorry, Prince, the poisonous old lady can't leave the Xuanji Tower." The Fifth Dimension shook his head.

"So they are the living dead." Xiao Hui was familiar with the secrets of the Gou Chen Division, so he said to Xiao Fan, "Don't embarrass them. Those people will die suddenly if they walk out of the Xuanji Tower."

"Yes, father." Xiao Fan stopped trying to stop him.

So Diwuwei left Nangong and Zuan behind to continue interrogating the palace maids, while he and Ren Yuan took Xiao Hui's severed arm and daily necessities back to the Gouchen Division for inspection.

When saying goodbye, Xiao Fan took out a celadon wine jar and handed it to Diwu Wei, saying, "This is the wine my eighth uncle brought yesterday. Father wants you to test it together."

"Yes." The Fifth Dimension took it with both hands.

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As soon as the two returned to Gou Chen Si, they took all their belongings and went straight to Xuan Ji Tower.

After explaining their purpose to Poison Grandma, the two of them placed the things one by one under the dim oil lamp.

The poisonous old woman stretched out her right hand like a chicken claw, grabbed the severed limb, squinted her blue eyelids, and looked at it carefully for a while, then suddenly brought it to her mouth and tasted it herself...

"Is this the taste of a demigod? Really good." Poison Granny smacked her lips in enjoyment. "..." Ren Yuan and the Fifth Dimension were stunned, and the latter hurriedly dissuaded her: "Granny, don't eat it, this is a poison that even a demigod can't stand!"

"Don't worry, this poison is useless to mortals and is only harmful to gods. That's why this poison is called 'God's Destruction'." The Poison Grandma said calmly.

"Is this true? You're not kidding, are you?" The hunchbacked old man and others said, "You haven't poisoned a demigod before."

"I haven't eaten pork, but I've seen pigs run, haven't I?" Poison Grandma said unhappily, "If you don't believe me, go find it. This poison is divided into three parts. You can definitely find the 'Bana Flower', 'Xiangliu Blood' and 'Guixu Wood'!"

"See if it's as magical as you said." A group of old monsters rushed forward and began to check the objects brought by the fifth dimension.

Their inspection method is also very special. No matter what it is, they always smell it with their nose and taste it with their mouth...

Ren Yuan couldn't help but feel sympathetic as he watched these old seniors. Is this the end of being a ghostwriter?
But no matter what, their noses and mouths were still very sensitive, and they soon found something unusual in the incense, ink stick and the bottle of wine.

"What's burning in this incense burner is ambergris, but it's not just pure ambergris. It has a sweet smell. Hmm... ugh, ugh, it's red spider lily."

"In addition to the normal condiments such as pine smoke, the ink stick also contains something that can increase strength. Hmm...it's really 'Guixu Wood Powder'."

"Wow, is this the wine that the princes and nobles drink? Compared to what we drink, it's pure sour water. Wow, it's beautiful."

"I don't believe it unless you give me a taste."

"Come on, I'm letting you taste the poison, not letting you take the opportunity to eat something!" The poisonous mother-in-law hit him on the head, and the old monster finally behaved himself.

"This wine does contain Xiangliu's blood, so it is extra strong." The old monsters were convinced.

"It seems to be the 'God's Fall without Form'."

"This poison was obtained from India by the Buddhist sect a hundred years ago in order to deal with Kou Qianzhi, the Kou Tianshi. Since the raw materials are extremely rare and it is specially used to deal with gods, it is normal that you don't know about it." Poison Granny slowly said to Diwu Wei and Ren Yuan:
"This poison has three levels, each with its own function. The red spider lily can make the gods lose their vigilance, the Guixu wood can make the gods lose their ability to be immune to all poisons, and the Xiangliu blood can poison the blood in the gods' bodies."

"The most terrifying thing is that when these three things, 'Higanbana', 'Guixu Wood', and 'Xiangliu Blood', enter the divine body at the same time, they will trigger the 'Divine Fall and Formless Tribulation'. As long as the god is not dead, the calamity will not stop until the god falls." Poison Granny sighed and said:
"If the Prince of Poyang is really poisoned by this, then we should quickly find a cemetery, choose burial clothes, and prepare for his funeral."

"Ah? Is there no hope?" asked the Fifth Dimension.

"There's no hope." Poison Grandma nodded and said, "The poison will become more and more serious each time it attacks him, until he can no longer bear it."

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After leaving Xuanji Tower, Diwuwei hurriedly took Ren Yuan to report to Chen Qingzhi.

"Is it so serious?" Chen Qingzhi was also shocked after hearing this and sighed, "I thought the Prince of Poyang had escaped."

"The question now is, how do we tell the Prince of Poyang?" Diwu Wei said with a bitter face, "They are still waiting for a reply. If they knew that I was poisoned, wouldn't they immediately pick up a knife and kill the Prince of Nanping?"

"Indeed." Chen Qingzhi nodded and said, "'Xiangliu blood' was detected in the wine. This is enough to fight Lao Jiu and Lao Ba to death."

"But it's too arbitrary to draw such a conclusion." Ren Yuan said softly, "Will the Prince of Nanping really poison the wine and kill the Prince of Poyang in front of him just because he lost the competition? Isn't this too cruel?"

(End of this chapter)