Fantasy: I Am the Villain.

Chapter Fifty-Eight: The Talisman of Life and Death

As mentioned earlier, Murong Bo appeared and saved Murong Fu, who was determined to die. After giving him some pointers, he confronted Bai Ke but was intimidated by Long Wei.

Unlike Duan Yu, Bai Ke wouldn't be distracted by anything else. As a seasoned gamer, seeing that Murong Bo was stunned by his first-strike skill, he quickly seized the opportunity to finish him off, sending Murong Bo flying with a single fan.

Murong Bo did a somersault in the air and came to an abrupt stop. After leaving the area controlled by Longwei, he regained his senses, but he was unwilling to confront Bai Ke.

Fortunately, this sinister young man had no murderous intent, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to escape from being controlled so easily.

Looking at Bai Ke with fear, Murong Bo said in a hoarse voice, "Indeed, the younger generation surpasses the older. Young brother, your skills are exquisite, and this humble monk is no match for you. However, nowadays, the martial arts world is united in purpose, and I'm afraid you are not up to the task if you want to take on this matter by yourself!"

As expected of a cunning and ruthless person determined to revitalize the Murong clan and complete the plan to restore Yan, she managed to make Bai Ke the target of public criticism with just a few words.

Bai Ke has read at least eight hundred, if not a thousand, novels, so he naturally wouldn't take these pointless words to heart. As for Murong Bo's scheme to sow discord, he didn't care at all.

You know... Bai Ke was originally going to help Qiao Feng and the others... If you're so capable, why don't you, Murong Bo, also know the Beggar Clan's Eighteen Subduing Dragon Palms? Since he was already on the opposite side, he naturally didn't feel any psychological pressure.

"Heh, so Murong Fu's sneak attack was also the work of fellow martial artists? Don't try to use your despicable behavior to intimidate me. Even if you two could represent the Central Plains martial arts world, what could you do to me?"

Bai Ke glanced disdainfully at Murong Bo, whose face was a deep purplish-red. This old bastard was actually digging a hole for himself at a time like this. Did he really think he wouldn't kill him?

Murong Bo was about to say something when he heard a commotion and a barrage of foul language. He frowned and turned around to see that the people from the thirty-six caves and seventy-two islands under the Star Palace had arrived.

Those individuals, who had received Xu Zhu's kindness in relieving them of the torment of the Life and Death Talisman after many years, could not bear to hear from Mei Jian and Zhu Jian that their master was to be punished by Shaolin with caning. They gathered a group of people and rushed towards Shaoshi Mountain.

Because these independent sects were too far from the Central Plains, they only arrived after most of the Xingxiu Sect's troubles had passed. Upon their arrival, they ran into those monsters and demons from the Xingxiu Sect, which caused a great commotion.

The two sect leaders were fighting in the dense forest in the distance, and it seemed unlikely that they would stop anytime soon. It was unclear which group had started it, but they had actually started arguing.

In the blink of an eye, the previously tense atmosphere suddenly turned into something resembling a bustling marketplace in Kaifeng. The surrounding martial arts heroes all frowned, unable to bear their behavior any longer.

However, these thugs didn't care about what others thought. They outnumbered and were afraid of no one!

Just as everyone was making a fuss, a loud bang suddenly came from the dense forest where Xu Zhu and Ding Chunqiu were fighting in the distance. It turned out that Ding Chunqiu had been unable to break through Xu Zhu's defenses for a long time, and he had forcibly collided with Xu Zhu's palm to use the force to retreat.

Emerging from the dense forest, Ding Chunqiu casually grabbed a young disciple from beside him, fed him the corpse poison, and then threw him at Xu Zhu. Xu Zhu, being compassionate, couldn't bear to smash the man's body.

He simply gave up the pursuit, used his profound internal energy to catch the young man from a distance, and even used several fingers to seal the young man's heart meridian. As his internal energy surged, the man coughed up a mouthful of green blood, but he was no longer in danger of dying.

Mei Jian, who was standing nearby, spotted his master and hurriedly leaped away, only to be suddenly grabbed by Ding Chunqiu, who then fed him poison and threatened Xu Zhu to stop the fight.

Xu Zhu was an honest man by nature, and he couldn't bear to see Mei Jian perish. Just as he was about to stop and release Ding Chunqiu, he saw Mei Jian struggle to escape Ding Chunqiu's grasp, throw a wine bag back, and scream:

"Palace Master, don't worry about me, quickly... the Life and Death Talisman!" The Life and Death Talisman technique of Tianshan Child Granny requires strong liquor as a catalyst, so Mei and Zhu always carry wine pouches with them in case of emergency. They didn't expect that Mei Jian would seize the opportunity at this time.

Seeing that the opportunity was not to be missed, Xu Zhu immediately used the Life and Death Talisman technique with all his might. He flicked his fingertips several times, sending out droplets of water, hoping to force Ding Chunqiu to hand over the antidote for the Plum Sword.

Ding Chunqiu was Xiaoyaozi's second disciple. After receiving some teachings on poison techniques, he betrayed his master and left. How could he possibly recognize the Life and Death Talisman technique that Tianshan Tonglao had improved based on Xiaoyao Sect's martial arts?

However, he was also a shrewd and calculating man, well aware of the principle of not letting the enemy do what he wanted. Although he did not understand what Xu Zhu wanted to do, he still shook off the water droplets that Xu Zhu shot with his palm.

As his internal energy surged, the water droplets were dispersed into a mist that surrounded Ding Chunqiu. He laughed heartily, "Whatever tricks you want to play, I'll just keep you out of the way, won't I?"

Bamboo Sword sneered, "Old vixen, my Palace Master is kind-hearted and won't hold it against you, but I never expected you to be so vicious towards Sister Mei Jian and still spout such nonsense here. Take a closer look!"

Ding Chunqiu's heart skipped a beat upon hearing this. He had always prided himself on being the number one poisoner in the martial arts world. Could it be that he himself had fallen victim to poison today?

But he had clearly shattered those water droplets, so how did the poison enter his body without a carrier? Just as he was thinking wildly, he suddenly felt an itch in all the major acupoints on his body, including the Tanzhong acupoint, and immediately realized that he had been poisoned.

Ding Chunqiu, in a fit of rage, suppressed the intense itching all over his body and tried to grab Mei Jian to threaten Xu Zhu again, but unexpectedly, Xu Zhu had already blocked Mei Jian's way to prevent him from launching another sneak attack.

Left with no other choice, he could only whisper to Xu Zhu, trying to exchange the antidote for the poison that Mei Jian had been poisoned with for the poison that caused his inexplicable itching.

He originally intended to use his powerful internal energy to forcibly lock the toxins in his body, but unfortunately, the Life and Death Talisman of Lingjiu Palace was a hidden weapon created by Tianshan Tonglao. His use of internal energy to suppress it instead caused the foreign true energy that had entered Xuzhu's body to flow around.

In the short time it took to say a few words, he was already unbearably itchy all over, scratching himself incessantly, leaving streaks of blood on his body, a far cry from his previous dignified and otherworldly appearance.

At this opportune moment, Zhu Jian reached forward and, taking advantage of Ding Chunqiu's unbearable itching and inability to control his body, searched his body for several bottles and jars. After interrogating him and obtaining the information, he cured Mei Jian of the poison.

Ding Chunqiu seemed helpless, repeatedly begging Xu Zhu to either cure him of the poison or kill him directly, but Xu Zhu remained unmoved, wanting to capture him and send him to the burial place of his master and senior brothers to comfort their spirits in heaven.