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Chapter 216: Encounter with Xu Gongtong - Fourth Order Strange Poison

Yuandu Chamber of Commerce.

"Where can I get some demon pills?"

Lu Jingfu has been thinking about this question every day in his free time for the past half month.

Thanks to the Chamber of Commerce's channels, on the third day after the Spiritual Medicine Banquet, he learned that Xiao Chen was living in Baicao City and did not leave immediately.

It just so happened that the Yuandu Chamber of Commerce was also preparing for a tea party, so he decided to take the opportunity to win them over.

The most effective way to win someone over is, of course, to cater to his or her interests.

Based on the previous situation, it is not difficult to conclude that what Xiao Chen needs is demon pills, and batches of demon pills.

On the inland sea side, this is not an easy matter.

Therefore, Lu Jingfu mobilized his network of connections and began to search for demon pills, preparing to find the right medicine.

But someone was quicker than him.

A month later, Xiao Chen returned to the street to inquire about the situation of the Jin family.

As soon as I arrived at the square, I heard someone speak to me: "Fellow Daoist Jin Guang, it's a pleasure to meet you!"

"I didn't expect you to still be in Baicao City."

Xiao Chen looked back and saw that the person who came was none other than Xu Gongtong, a local cultivator from Nanlaohai who had sat opposite him at the spiritual medicine banquet.

The other party didn't talk to him that day, but he didn't expect that when they met by chance in the square today, he actually came over to say hello.

Xiao Chen was puzzled, but he also bowed and responded, "It's Brother Xu, long time no see."

"I have some mundane matters to attend to here, so I'll stay a few more days. Why is Fellow Daoist Xu staying in Baicao City as well?"

Logically speaking, the local monks should have returned to their families long ago.

However, Xu Gongtong smiled mysteriously: "Hey, this matter is really a long story."

Then he paused, as if something suddenly occurred to him: "Look at the sun, it's almost noon. Fellow Daoist Jin Guang probably hasn't eaten yet."

"I've already reserved some delicious food at Taoyuan Residence in the city. If you don't mind, why don't you go with me and chat while we eat?"

Xiao Chen thought for a moment and said, "Fellow Daoist, you are so kind. I will respectfully obey your orders."

Come to think of it, he had thought about making some like-minded friends before.

Firstly, it is convenient to gather information, especially information about secret places and ruins.

Secondly, it is also convenient to exchange or deal with excess materials, such as dealing with a large number of third-level spiritual herbs in his hands, and using the other party's channels to purchase items such as demon pills.

In short, more friends mean more paths.

Since I happened to meet Xu Gongtong today and he is quite enthusiastic, I might as well start with him.

The two of them came to Taoyuanju in the east of the city, which is also the most famous restaurant in Baicao City.

The location is especially good. There are old-fashioned stores selling supplies all around it, but this store is the only one that provides fine wine and delicious food.

Many foreign monks would come to the restaurant for a meal after shopping.

In the private room on the third floor, Xu Gongtong drank two rounds of wine before slowly explaining the reason why he stayed in the city.

It turned out that the Xu family had previously agreed to cooperate with a group of independent cultivators, and asked them to help collect a batch of demon pills.

Now the handover day is approaching, but the other party is not confident about the Xu family, the local tyrant. Not only does it require the transaction to be conducted in Jianhai, but it also requires only three people from both sides.

But the problem is that Jianhai is in chaos, and the Xu family is not very confident about them. They are also worried that they will encounter robbers along the way.

Therefore, I thought of asking two martial arts experts to go with me so that we can take care of each other in case of any accidents.

"Alas, what a coincidence."

Xu Gongtong sighed and said, "I've found several fellow Daoists in the city, but none of them are in the same schedule. Daoist Lu is going to the Myriad Immortal Islands, and Daoist Lü is preparing for a tea party."

He looked at Xiao Chen and said indifferently, "If only one person was free, he could help me solve this problem."

"This year, our clan is short of spirit stones, and we're counting on making some money from this batch of demon pills."

The Xu family is indeed short of spirit stones recently, so there is a certain sincerity in Xu Gongtong's words.

Xiao Chen immediately became interested. Isn’t that the demon pill?
Of course, this was indeed a coincidence. The Xu family just happened to be short of people to pick up the goods, and they happened to meet me. The location was also a bit tricky.

But it doesn’t matter. After experiencing the battle with the Jin family cultivators and witnessing the performance of Red Peony.

Xiao Chen now has a rough understanding of his own strength.

I dare not say that I am invincible among the same level of Jindan, but I can at least enter the first echelon.

He could totally follow the Xu family to Jianhai for trade.

If the transaction goes well, you can take the opportunity to ask to buy the demon pill. It doesn't matter who the other party sells it to, and you won't lose any spirit stones.

If anything unexpected happens, we will just act according to the circumstances. With the advantage of escape techniques and the Night Blade as our trump card, our safety will definitely be guaranteed.

"Friend Xu, please allow me to recommend myself."

Xiao Chen took the initiative to suggest: "In terms of fighting skills, I claim to be no less than others. If you trust me, why don't we go together to trade?"

Xu Gongtong looked a little surprised: "Are you serious, Fellow Daoist Jin Guang?"

"At the last banquet, I felt that you were a very noble person. You must be a rare talent. Naturally, I trust you."

"It's great that you're willing to help."

"Come, come, come, I offer a toast to you, fellow Taoist, and wish you all the best."

The two hit it off immediately and agreed on the spot to meet at the South City Gate at noon five days later and set off for Jianhai together.

The meal lasted for an hour. When it was time to say goodbye, Xu Gongtong was still smiling and looked very happy.

Of course he was happy because this was a big deal.

As long as Xiao Chen is killed, we will definitely be able to obtain a lot of fourth-level spiritual medicines.

Moreover, the other party has not gone out for a month, so there must be a lot of the 32 demon pills that have not been used up, and they will all be spoils of war by then.

For Xu Gongtong and even the Xu family, this is a huge fortune.

The saying that money can move people's hearts is nothing more than this.

On the other side, after Xiao Chen came out of Taoyuanju, he walked on the street as usual to collect information about the recent changes in the situation.

"A few days ago, a great master from the Cibeihai Pudu Temple in the south of the city gave a lecture on Buddhism. Did you all go and listen?"

"What a pity. I was away the other day."

"Don't feel sorry. I've seen it, and honestly, it's not interesting at all. That bald donkey keeps talking about the afterlife. I, a Taoist priest, only cultivate this life and don't talk about the afterlife."

……

"I heard that a lot of Jindan Zhenren have come here recently. What happened?"

"Hey, they're still trying to catch Red Peony. I heard that those who came here are cultivators from the Myriad Immortal Islands, hoping to collect the bounty."

"That's not right. Didn't Hong Mudan run off to Jianhai?"

"Who knows? Anyway, I heard that six days ago, on Jining Island in the northwest, Hong Mudan and the Jin family had another fight."

……

In fact, if you don’t have an absolute advantage in escape speed, it is not an easy task to escape the encirclement of a large number of monks of the same level.

Hong Mudan has figured out the whole story these days and realized that she was taking the blame.

He tried to explain the misunderstanding, but the problem was that the Jin family didn't believe it at all and spread the news, bringing in more people from the Wanxian Islands.

After all, what Jie Xiu said was not credible at all.

In the end, Hong Mudan could only curse the unknown murderer in her heart while continuing to flee in embarrassment.
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Five days passed in a flash.

On the tenth day of April, Xiao Chen arrived at the South City Gate early and met Xu Gongtong and another cultivator named Ge Dongyan whom he had invited. The three of them then set off together.

Since the Xu family owned a small cloud-piercing spiritual shuttle, it only took them three days to reach the edge of the sea.

After waiting for about half an hour, a masked monk in a blue shirt appeared and exchanged secret signals with Xu Gong.

Then he steered the spirit shuttle, circling the sea for a whole day and night before it finally stopped and landed on an inconspicuous deserted island.

Although the island is desolate, it is several thousand feet square. There is a small hill in the middle and a small pavilion on the top.

There were two people on the island, wearing masks, waiting downstairs early.

Immediately afterwards, a group of six people came to the foot of the hill. Xu Gongtong followed the other party's head to the pavilion to negotiate the price and inspect the quality of the demon pill.

The remaining four people stayed and waited by the temporary bamboo house at the foot of the mountain.

This conversation lasted for two hours. In the middle of the conversation, the blue-shirted monk took the initiative to bring out two cups of tea and said, "Excuse me, Big Brother is very careful in his work."

"My two fellow Taoists, please be patient. I have some excellent spiritual tea here."

Ge Dongyan was the first to politely decline, "Don't bother. I'm used to drinking tea grown at home."

As he spoke, he also took out a pot of spiritual tea and two cups.

He poured himself a cup first, and then was about to invite Xiao Chen to taste his spiritual tea as planned.

But he saw Xiao Chen had already reached out to take the cup from Brother Lan Shan: "Thank you for your hospitality, I won't be polite."

Then he took a sip and said, "Mm, not bad. It tastes sweet and mellow. It really is a good tea."

Many spiritual teas and spiritual wines in the cultivation world will have remarkable effects when tasted for the first time.

At this moment, a pure spiritual power merged into his lungs, making his breathing a little easier.

Xiao Chen's unusual behavior stunned the three people around him.

Logically speaking, we should be careful about whether there is something wrong with the tea we drink from strangers, right?

Why did you drink it directly?

They thought that Xiao Chen might reject Monk Lanshan, and even thought that he might refuse to drink tea.

But I never expected that he would take the first cup of spiritual tea so naturally, so I didn't tamper with the tea at all.

Ge Dongyan's mind was buzzing at that time. How did you survive to this day without any vigilance?
If you are not a casual cultivator, why would your elders let you go out alone?

He was originally responsible for the task of poisoning, so how could he continue?

The monk Lanshan on the opposite side was also a little confused. He did not expect such a situation to happen.

If I had known this earlier, I would have added a lethal dose of toxin to the tea and solved the problem directly.

But they were not particularly panicked. After all, it was three against three on the surface, but in fact it was five against one.

As the saying goes, two fists cannot beat four hands. At worst, you can just use your numbers to bully the few and kill them directly.

The reason why he didn't take direct action at the beginning but chose to poison was because Xu Gongtong was worried that Xiao Chen had a life-saving trump card, so he wanted to reduce variables as much as possible just in case.

Several people were secretly communicating with their spiritual consciousness, discussing whether they should implement the backup plan to lure Xiao Chen into the formation trap, or should they take action directly.

Ge Dongyan suddenly had an idea.

He poured a second cup of spiritual tea and handed it over: "Fellow Daoist Jin Guang, why not try the spiritual tea I brought with me?"

“Although it’s not very expensive, it’s better because it’s not available on the market.”

The monk Lanshan on the opposite side had his eyes twitching and almost cursed out loud.

Aren't you just adding unnecessary details?
To be fair, this was actually the first time Ge Dongyan and Xiao Chen met, so this was obviously a bit too deliberate.

Even if a normal cultivator had no suspicions before, he would have become suspicious now.

However, he miscalculated again.

Xiao Chen really didn't understand why Ge Dongyan was being so attentive to him for no reason.

But this did not affect him from taking the spiritual tea first and getting the benefit of the first taste for free.

After taking a sip, an even stronger warm current flowed into his heart meridians, slightly increasing the concentration of his Qi and blood.

"Hmm, it tastes good. It has a refreshing fragrance with a sweet aftertaste. Thank you, Fellow Daoist Ge." Huh?
The two people opposite were completely stunned. Is this even possible?
Is this... is this really reasonable?
In the past ten days or so, they had spent countless efforts discussing details, simulating situations, and especially studying conversations in order to successfully poison the victim.

In the end, none of those carefully designed designs were used, and it was just a battle of wits and courage with the air.

Monk Lanshan was so angry that he laughed: "Fuck!"

The black-robed monk at the side glared at Xiao Chen fiercely: "Damn it, if I had known it was so easy, I should have done it."

They had already discussed it before; if they had to take action to solve the problem, each of them would get 20%.

If the poisoning is successful without fighting, Ge Dongyan can get 20% of the share, while the other three people who play the role of casual cultivators can only get 10% each.

The black-robed monk couldn't help but feel a little regretful now.

Instead, Ge Dongyan smiled and said, "No need to thank me. If it tastes good, drink more."

What he added to the tea was a fourth-level poison - Dawn Spring Night Rain.

Its biggest feature is that it is like spring rain, moistening everything silently.

The user will unknowingly have toxins invade their heart meridians, eliminate their true essence, and dissolve all their internal organs.

The whole process is completely painless, and by the time the poisoned person realizes what is happening, his stomach has already turned into a pool of pus.

As they were talking, Xu Gongtong and another monk in green robes also came down.

Seeing the teacup in front of Xiao Chen, the two of them smiled relaxedly.

In any case, it is best not to take action. There are many strange things in the world of cultivation, and many cultivators have capsized in the gutter.

"Fellow Daoist Jin Guang, come to think of it, I haven't asked you about your origins yet."

Xu Gongtong estimated that time was running out, so he walked up to Xiao Chen and asked, "You don't look like someone from the Eastern Region. Did you come from the outer sea?"

He did not doubt the Southern Region. After all, the Southern Region was notoriously poor and it was impossible for it to have fourth-level spiritual objects.

However, what awaited him was not an answer, but a fire lotus that suddenly bloomed.

"First molt, dragon claws!"

What is even faster than the "Qiongtai Fire Lotus" is the red gold four-sided mace in Xiao Chen's hand.

Since he didn't know who was the weakest among the people in front of him, he chose to attack the one closest to him first.

Considering that the two are very close to each other, it is better to use the "Nine Transformations into Dragons" method directly instead of using the True Yang Fire Dragon.

After all, when it comes to close combat bursts, this is the strong point of physical cultivators.

Before Xu Gongtong could react, the four-sided red gold mace was like a sharp claw, tearing through his defensive spiritual clothes and penetrating his dantian.

"Click~!"

The round golden elixir suddenly made a crisp sound and was covered with dense cracks.

If it weren't for the jade pendant on his waist that suddenly activated and released twenty-eight water curtains that pushed the golden mace half an inch away, the elixir would have been destroyed and he would have died.
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No one present had expected that Xiao Chen would still be able to attack and hurt others after drinking Xiaochun Yeyu.

Under normal circumstances, even if a cultivator has means to save his life, there will be spiritual energy reactions as a prompt.

For example, if there is a straw man to replace someone, a straw man will appear in the original place.

It was for this reason that Xu Gongtong dared to approach Xiao Chen boldly, because he did not detect any spiritual reaction.

By the time the people around him reacted, Xiao Chen had already swung out his third mace.

Although the first hit missed, the second hit shattered the jade pendant, and the last hit successfully broke the golden elixir.

"No!"

It was not until this time that Xu Gongtong shouted out and activated a protective talisman.

A strong repulsive force pushed Xiao Chen away, but it was obviously too late.

Xu Gongtong hurriedly grabbed a magic pill and swallowed it. Suddenly, a strong vitality overflowed and repaired the disorder of true essence caused by the broken golden pill.

But it only barely saved his life, and he completely lost the ability to continue fighting.

"Big brother!"

"Uncle Three!"

"Third uncle!"

There were exclamations all around immediately.

Ge Dongyan stood there in a daze with his mouth wide open, but no sound came out.

What he didn't expect was that after Xiao Chen realized that something was wrong, he actually dared to take action instead of trying to escape.

The brief moment of confusion resulted in the four people being unable to lend a helping hand in time.

But immediately afterwards, four pairs of angry eyes stared at Xiao Chen.

"You are looking for death!"

The black-robed monk raised his hand and released a spear, sending out ninety-nine spear shadows to attack.

Monk Lanshan was moving back at a distance while silently reciting his mental skills, preparing to perform the secret technique of true energy.

Ge Dongyan activated several talismans in succession, which turned into gold and silver threads, forming a net to block Xiao Chen's retreat.

The green-robed monk landed on the ground and cast a spiritual shield to protect him and Xu Gongtong tightly, so as to avoid being accidentally injured by the magic.

Then he took out a small seal and prepared to join the attack.

On the other side, Xiao Chen was pushed away by the repulsive force, and immediately flew backwards for a distance with the help of the repulsive force.

At the same time, he directly summoned the True Yang Fire Dragon, ready to attack as a defense.

Even though they had just unexpectedly resolved a threat, there were still four people on the other side.

At this time, you must seize the initiative and give full play to your magical advantages to quickly reduce the number of people.

Otherwise, if we get into a stalemate, we will definitely be the ones who suffer.

"go with!"

Xiao Chen pointed at the black-robed monk who was rushing towards him, and the True Yang Fire Dragon immediately rushed towards the gun shadow.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Each gun shadow left a big hole in the fire dragon, cutting off a ten-foot-long part of the dragon's body.

However, even if the fire dragon was ninety-nine feet shorter, it was only a small part shorter.

It still whistled and wrapped around the black-robed monk and his protective spiritual shield, and circled around him dozens of times in an instant, wrapping him up tightly.

"what!"

Brother Lan Shan's eyes widened immediately: "Instantaneous release of true essence secret technique?"

How can this be?

The Xu family also has the secret technique of true essence, which can increase the power of spells exponentially.

However, as a price, not only does the mana consumption increase exponentially, but every time the power is doubled, more preparation time is required.

Xiao Chen was just using the spiritual weapon and definitely didn't have time to prepare.

But why can he directly summon such a powerful fire dragon?

In comparison, the ice phoenix that he had finally managed to condense was only eight hundred feet in size, more than half the size.

Without time to think, Monk Lanshan commanded the Ice Phoenix to charge forward and try to rescue Monk Black.

He took out a jade talisman and bit his finger to activate it with blood.

"Boom!"

Immediately, pure golden Gengjin divine thunder surged out and instantly arrived in front of Xiao Chen, directly submerging him.

Twenty-four layers of fire lotus were torn into pieces on the spot.

Fortunately, with the blessing of Hextech, there are a total of one hundred layers of Qiongtai Fire Lotus, and seventy-six layers are available at this time.

Monk Lanshan looked at the scene in disbelief, wondering if he had bought a fake.

The Gengjin Divine Thunder, which is comparable to the full-strength attack of a late Jindan cultivator, and which he activated with the family's blood seal secret method, is actually useless?

"Heaven-level spell!"

Ge Dongyan arranged the blockade according to the predetermined plan, only to realize that Xiao Chen had no intention of escaping.

What was even more surprising was that even the Gengjin Divine Thunder could not penetrate his body protection spell.

He immediately looked at the blue-robed monk below: "Something is wrong, attack together!"

However, at this time, Xiao Chen relaxed instead.

During the battle, everyone's aura was undoubtedly exposed. Except for himself and the black-robed monk, the other three were all in the middle stage of Jindan.

Xu Gongtong, the only person present who was in the late Jindan stage, didn't even have the chance to show his abilities.

This means that, in fact, this battle has basically lost its suspense.

No wonder they thought of using such a small trick as poisoning at the beginning. It turns out they are just a bunch of noobs.

Of course, objectively speaking, this cannot be blamed on Xu Gongtong. Even if two late Jindan cultivators were tricked here today, there is a 99% probability that they would die here together in a normal fight.

The advantage in numbers is actually very important, not to mention that Xu Gongtong and his nephew both know the secret art of true energy.

Logically speaking, even if facing an opponent like Hong Mudan, he would be able to force the opponent to flee in panic.

But he happened to meet Xiao Chen, and the carefully prepared poison not only failed to have the desired effect, but instead caused him to lose his vigilance and enter a dangerous distance.

That would be fine. Normally, even if a physical cultivator gets close to him, he has plenty of countermeasures.

But the problem was that only Xu Gongtong knew how outrageous it was to use the golden mace to directly smash the spiritual clothes and the protective spiritual jade.

This is ten times more outrageous than the secret technique of instant release of true energy.

Xu Gongtong dared to swear to heaven that in his entire life, he had never seen such a thing, let alone heard of it.

He watched helplessly as his nephew and niece were turned into ashes one after another in the fire dragon.

He watched as his fourth brother was entangled by the Dharma Soul Puppet and then torn apart by the golden mace.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Ge Dongyan wanted to escape, but unfortunately, not long after, a loud scream was heard in the distance.

Xu Gongtong burst into tears, his heart full of regret.

If he had known this, he would not have gotten close to Xiao Chen at all.

If there had not been a surprise attack, with him as the strongest fighting force in charge, how could it have ended up like this?

Seeing Xiao Chen turning back, he struggled to stand up: "Fellow Daoist Jin Guang, please wait a moment."

"When a man is about to die, I have..."

"Pfft!"

The Donghua Wind Sword swept past and directly split him in half.

Unless the circumstances are special, Xiao Chen has never had the habit of chatting with his enemies.

"Boom!"

An extremely violent explosion sounded under Xu Gongtong's feet, and the entire island shook three times.

The violent shock wave even tore apart the twenty-two layers of protective fire lotuses across hundreds of feet.

"not good!"

Xiao Chen's expression changed: "My storage ring!"

He rushed into the sea of ​​fire and started searching in the blazing flames.

Fortunately, although the storage ring was at the center of the explosion and had turned black and deformed, the restrictions were still intact.

(End of this chapter)