Feasibility of Mermaids Infiltrating Qilin

From the moment the real Zhang Qiling and the Zhang family appeared, Zhang Qishan had been secretly on guard, and he was most wary of the white-haired youth.

The white-haired youth made no attempt to conceal his intense malice towards him.

When the white-haired youth actually made his move, Zhang Qishan realized that all his precautions were a joke.

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The soft ringing of the bell wasn't loud, but it was clear to everyone's ears. The moment they heard it, everyone was in a daze.

When they regained their senses, they saw a light, red 'dandelion' drifting towards Zhang Qishan and being inhaled into his body.

At the same time, Zhang Qishan, who had just regained consciousness, groaned, clutched his chest, and fell to the ground.

"Lord Buddha!"

Zhang Rishan and the others' expressions changed, and Zhang Rishan and Xie Jiu, who were closest, stepped forward to support him.

"Buddha, are you alright?"

The taste of blood filled Zhang Qishan's mouth. He gritted his teeth and forced himself to stand up with the help of the two men. He was drenched in cold sweat, and the veins on his neck were bulging. The excruciating pain, as if his heart was about to burst, made it almost impossible for him to think.

"Buddha." Qi Tiezui stepped forward and examined him from head to toe, but after a long time he found nothing. "It doesn't seem like poisoning. I can't figure out what's wrong with you, Buddha."

"Buddha, how are you feeling?"

Zhang Qishan raised his hand to push him away, straightened up, and looked at Su Xingze.

"Is Your Excellency...is he satisfied?" Zhang Qishan said haltingly, his eyes, which were remarkably similar to those of the Zhang family, staring directly at Su Xingze.

Satisfied with Zhang Qishan's pained and disheveled appearance, Su Xingze explained to them in a good mood.

"This is the Heart-Eating Gu. It activates once a day, and when it does, it feels like ten thousand Gu are devouring your heart, causing excruciating pain."

“The Zhang family has produced people like you who betrayed the family before. The most recent one was of your grandfather’s generation and is doing very well in Southeast Asia, even owning his own botanical garden.”

"However, his good days didn't last long. Despite his best efforts, he still died in the Zhang family's pursuit."

"You're luckier than him; you survived."

Upon hearing his explanation, Qi Tiezui gasped.

Gu poison is the most terrifying and difficult to cure. The Heart-Eating Gu is not a benevolent Gu. It flares up every day, making life worse than death!

Upon hearing that he had been afflicted with a Gu poison, and that the Gu poison was so terrifying, Zhang Qishan's expression remained unchanged.

He forced a smile and looked at Zhang Qiling, who was standing next to the white-haired boy.

"Clan leader, Qishan has already been punished. I wonder if you can spare my brothers?"

Qi Tiezui was moved: "Buddha..."

The expressions of Xie Jiu, Wu Laogou, and others behind him also fluctuated.

Zhang Qiling said emotionlessly, "They took things from the Zhang family."

The Zhang family had already backed up the items from the tomb at Mount Siguniang and placed them in the ancient building. Those ancient books were not truly important, but they were not items that could be easily stolen by outsiders either.

Zhang Qishan gave a wink to one of his subordinates, who was also a member of the Zhang family and had received training from the Zhang family alongside Zhang Qishan at his maternal home.

The Zhang family members who followed Zhang Qishan into the camp carried out a large wooden box containing ancient books they had brought out from the tomb during this period.

He lowered his head and carried the box to Zhang Qiling, not daring to look up at her.

"It's all here."

Zhang Qiling's companion, Xiao Zhang, called to his friends to help carry the box away. Seeing this, Zhang Qishan secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

"The item has been returned to its rightful owner, but we..."

Facing the gazes of Zhang Qishan and the members of the Nine Gates, Zhang Qiling nodded slightly: "The Zhang family will not stop you from leaving."

Er Yuehong, who had disappeared without a trace, suddenly reappeared behind Zhang Qishan: "Clan Chief Zhang, may I ask those people outside to disperse as well?"

Zhang Qiling paused for a moment: "They are not under my jurisdiction."

The Nine Gates members erupted in commotion, and Huo Xiangu, standing in the crowd, let out a cold snort.

"Buddha, why waste words with them? With the connections we have, do you think those people can really stop us?"

Huo Xiangu appeared very confident, her confidence stemming from the Huo family and their network of connections behind her, and even from her husband who held a high position.

There are people among the Nine Gates who hold official positions; if they join forces, they can surely escape from here.

Jie Jiu felt that things were not so simple, but he glanced at the expressions of the Nine Gates members who had become lively because of Huo Xiangu's words, and knew that they would not give up unless they were allowed to try.

Seeing that the Nine Gates, led by Huo Xiangu and Ban Jie Li, were about to leave, Su Xingze suddenly spoke up.

Just a friendly reminder.

Huo Xiangu paused.

"Zhang Qishan's backers and the forces that cooperated with him are probably already in prison. Oh, and those people who are related to the Nine Gates, like the Crescent Hotel, should also have been shut down."

He curled his lips slightly, his smile icy: "You Nine Gates have done plenty of tomb raiding, smuggling, murder, and arson. I didn't do anything, I just submitted some evidence to your superiors."

"what!"

Those members of the Nine Gates, who knew full well what they had done, looked grim. Even Xie Jiu and others, whose identities appeared clean on the surface, frowned.

The youngest, Wu Laogou, holding his dog, cast a nervous glance at Zhang Qishan.

"Buddha..."

Zhang Qishan's eyes were filled with hatred. He clenched his fist. Su Xingze had cut off their Nine Gates' escape route. He gritted his teeth and questioned, "When did our Nine Gates offend you? Why are you so ruthless towards us?"

Su Xingze shrugged and crossed his arms: "The Nine Gates haven't offended me yet, but what you might do next makes me very unhappy. Using things that might happen but haven't happened yet to cause trouble for someone sounds unreasonable, but who can blame me for not liking to be reasonable?"

He made no attempt to hide his malice towards Zhang Qishan and the Nine Gates.

"Friendly reminder: the army outside is well-prepared. If you don't want to be captured, try to escape. If you can't escape, you'll die."

Zhang Qishan: "I will remember what happened today."

He uttered a harsh remark, then turned and led the Nine Gates members away from the camp. As expected, the Zhang family did not stop them from leaving.

Once the hundreds of members of the Nine Gates left the camp, they dispersed.

Some people had already scouted out the situation of the army surrounding the forest. The members of the Nine Gates were quite capable, but it was impossible for them to fight against the army. All they could do was to seize the army's weaknesses and break through the predicament.

Because of what happened at the camp, some of the Nine Gates members no longer trusted Zhang Qishan, and in the end, only Qi Tiezui, Wu Laogou, Xie Jiu, and others remained with Zhang Qishan.

After the nine gates separated, Zhang Qishan and his group went deep into the forest and soon stopped.

"Master, what should we do next?"

Zhang Qishan's gaze as he watched the other nine members of the sect leave was deep and his tone was icy.

"Wait."

The army had surrounded the area so tightly that breaking through their encirclement was a pipe dream. Their only chance to leave now was to wait for the people who had just dispersed to make some noise.

And the opportunity they were waiting for soon arrived.