Wuxia: Start with max-level Nine Yang Divine Skill

When Dai Yue saw Li Fu, the corners of his mouth lifted slightly. He tightened the reins, and the black horse came to a steady stop. Apart from his usual stern and dignified expression, a smug smile appeared on his face.

"Officer Li, what brings you to stop me?"

Before he finished speaking, he chuckled softly and raised his hand to stroke the horse's mane.

"Ah, this scene feels strangely familiar—not long ago, I was the one who rode my horse and blocked Officer Li's path, but now the roles have reversed."

Li Fu glanced at Cao Mufeng in the prison cart and said coldly.

"Leave the man here and surrender, Dai Yue."

Chen Tao led the pursuing constables and officers forward on horseback, standing alongside Li Fu. When he looked at Dai Yue, his heart tightened.

The prison officer was tall and strong, with a body like iron. His fierce and valiant aura, reminiscent of someone who had fought on the battlefield, made one's legs tremble. Behind him, hundreds of soldiers stood solemnly with guns and shields.

He whispered to Li Fu, "Sir, General Dai... is he really a notorious thief? But he..."

"But why would our General Dai Yue, one of the four great prison officials guarding the Iron Prison, engage in the activities of a notorious bandit?"

Li Fu took over the conversation, his gaze never leaving Dai Yue.

Inside the prison cart, Cao Mufeng looked up in astonishment, his pale face filled with disbelief: "What? This person... he's a notorious treasure thief?"

Ignoring Cao Mufeng's astonishment, Li Fu stared coldly at Dai Yue, a palpable tension of killing intent emanating between them.

He sneered, his words laced with sarcasm.

"What's so strange about that?"

Our General Dai is not clean to begin with.

Otherwise, how could they have engaged in power-money transactions, using such despicable means under the direction of Judge Hong and other high-ranking officials to repeatedly harm prisoners who had fallen into the iron cage?

If he can abuse his power for money and influence, and then pose as a notorious bandit to rob priceless treasures, what's impossible for him?

Chen Tao was taken aback upon hearing this, and upon further reflection, he was filled with dread.

That is indeed the case.

While notorious bandits and military generals may seem worlds apart, in terms of their past deeds, Dai Yue was no different, having committed numerous crimes.

"Indeed, Officer Li, your analysis is excellent."

"I didn't expect you to find out about me so quickly, less than two days after you took office."

Dai Yue clapped his hands and smiled mysteriously.

"However, you shouldn't underestimate me."

"Do you think I'm only after a pile of treasure?"

"You're not just after treasure."

Li Fu's voice was even colder.

"If I'm not mistaken, the primary purpose of all your planning is to obtain the antidote formula for the Immortal's Fall."

To be more precise, you want to obtain the complete Divine Elixir, and from then on you can use it at will without any scruples.

With this potent drug, even the most skilled martial artist will be nothing more than a lamb to the slaughter before you.

Upon hearing the mention of the immortals, Dai Yue's smile gradually faded, replaced by a gloomy expression. He stared at Li Fu for a long time before slowly speaking.

"I didn't expect you to have thought of even this much."

He suddenly raised his hand and shouted, "Do it!"

The soldiers around them were filled with suspicion and bewilderment because Dai Yue seemed to have personally admitted that he was a notorious thief who had shocked the entire province and committed numerous bloody crimes. They raised their spears, not knowing what to do.

Suddenly, a whistle rang out from the ranks, and nearly half of the soldiers sprang up, brandishing their swords and slashing at their comrades beside them.

Screams of agony filled the air, blood splattered everywhere, and in the blink of an eye, half the soldiers fell to the ground, dead.

The remaining half of the men pulled off their helmets, revealing themselves dressed in black underneath, their faces cold and menacing.

Just then, a long laugh came from the woods.

His laughter, though aged, was full of energy and echoed endlessly across the hillside.

A figure in black robes darted out like a hawk and landed lightly on a horizontal branch.

The tree branch was as thin as a child's arm, and the man in black robes stood on it, swaying slightly with the mountain breeze. His lightness skill and inner strength revealed that his martial arts cultivation was unfathomable.

"Envoy, I'm afraid I'll have to trouble you this time."

Dai Yue bowed to the man in black robes from his horse.

The old man in the black robe nodded slightly, saying nothing, his eyes gleaming coldly in the shadow of his cloak as he silently looked down.

Looking at Li Fushi again, Dai Yue's eyes were now filled with undisguised murderous intent.

"Officer Li, now that you know about the Immortal's Fall, we absolutely cannot let you leave today."

Li Fu's gaze swept over the black-clad assassins and the black-robed figures on the branches, and he was surprised.

I thought Dai Yue was traveling alone, but I didn't expect that he had accomplices who were quite skilled in martial arts.

But it doesn't matter. Since he's cornered here, there's no way he can escape.

Inside the prison cart, Cao Mufeng shuddered upon hearing the words "immortal's downfall," and hissed, "Officer Li... what on earth is going on?"

As the saying goes, "A person who is arrogant will surely cause trouble."

Li Fu remained calm and composed, both to answer Cao Mufeng's questions and to verify his own deductions, while also hoping to elicit some information from Dai Yue that he did not know.

"Your younger brother, Cao Yu, is just like that."

After Cao Yu was imprisoned, he boasted that even with three thousand soldiers and four top masters guarding the prison, they could not stop you from rescuing him.

"What you're referring to must be your mastery of poisons and that divine drug that induces unconsciousness, right?"

Cao Mufeng gritted his teeth and said, "That's right."

"That's it."

Li Fu continued, "When the jailer mentioned the Iron Prison Guard to your brother earlier, Cao Yu scoffed, saying that those people were just ordinary mortals who couldn't stop you."

At the time, I thought he was saying that your martial arts skills were almost divine, but after learning that you were skilled in poisons and sedatives, I figured out the key to it.

The term "ordinary people" refers to the fact that they ultimately need to eat and rest, which gives you the opportunity to use poison.

Secondly, it refers to your "Immortal Fall" technique, which can knock down even the strongest expert.

Even immortals must fall, let alone mortals.

The Ten Fragrant Softening Powder can make someone sweep through the six major sects. Although this immortal is not as good as it, with Cao Mufeng's poison skills, he can bewitch four masters and terrify three thousand soldiers. Breaking into a prison or rescuing someone is still not a problem.

He paused, then continued.

"It's a pity your brother didn't expect that he himself would also fall ill from the very act of eating and drinking, something that even ordinary mortals need to do."

However, you said you once taught your younger brother the art of poison.

Ever since I learned this, I've suspected that there's something fishy about your brother's death.

The way prisoners are secretly harmed in the prison is usually by poisoning their food and water without anyone noticing.

But since your brother practiced poisons, even if he wasn't very skilled, he shouldn't have been so easily poisoned to death. So how did he die?

Li Fu then turned to look at Dai Yue.

You guessed right.

That kid isn't so easy to poison.

That night, after I instructed the jailer to poison him, I happened to pass by the prison in the middle of the night to check on him. I was surprised to find that although he was in excruciating abdominal pain and on the verge of death, he still had a breath left.

When the situation truly became dire, he saw me, and all his former arrogance vanished. He could only plead desperately, willing to give anything to save his life.

Sitting on his horse, surrounded by assassins in black, Dai Yue thought he had the situation under control and sneered.

"I heard him boasting for a few days, and I was curious, so I asked him what his older brother was capable of."

In order to save his life, he revealed everything about Cao Mufeng's lineage, his methods of using poison.

With a little coercion, he revealed the entire secret recipe for the immortal's intoxication before he died.