At this moment, the Seven Star House Master, who had been silent all this while, suddenly spoke up, "How can we trust you? What if you run away and refuse to let them go?"
Lu Ping laughed involuntarily, "I've already said that I have no intention of becoming enemies with the Nine Profound Tower. It's one thing for all of you to be defeated by me, as it was only a personal spar after all. The Nine Profound Tower will naturally not cause trouble for me because of that. However, if I were to kidnap the Eight Trigrams House Master and poison another direct disciple of your sect, then I would truly become enemies with the Nine Profound Tower. I still have a sect behind me, so I would not do such an unwise thing."
The Seven Star House Master snorted coldly, "I hope you keep your word. Otherwise, even if you flee to the ends of the earth, the entire Nine Profound Tower will definitely hunt you down. Moreover, the North Sea Zhenling Sect will definitely be suppressed!"
With a trace of reluctance, Zhu Jiuluan took out the black teapot from before. She turned the lid of the teapot, and three people came out of the teapot. They were Qing Bao, ranked fourth among the Cyan Fox Nine Bandits, Qing Que, ranked seventh, and Qing Hou, ranked eighth.
The three of them clearly did not know what was going on. Their Spiritual Energy was completely sealed, and they looked battered and exhausted. It was obvious that they had suffered quite a bit after being captured.
Qing Hu was about to burst into curses when he saw this, and Qing Hu and Qing Lang's expressions did not look too good either. Fortunately, the two of them were still rational, and Qing Lang once again stopped Qing Hu before he could say anything.
Lu Ping waved his hand, and a stream of water turned into three water blankets that caught the three people who had fallen from mid-air. Only then did the three of them see Qing Hu and the other two, as well as Lu Ping, who was standing in front of them.
When they saw Lu Ping, the three of them were clearly taken aback. Xiao Qi and Qing Que 'er's faces flashed with joy, but when they saw Lu Ping's eyes flash with a frightening azure light, Qing Que' er jumped in fright.
After the trio landed, Qing Hu and the others quickly rushed forward to check on Qing Bao and the others. However, they only saw Lu Ping pointing his finger and a few rays of purplish-blue light shot into Qing Bao and the others' bodies. Immediately after, their bodies shuddered violently and their cultivation auras burst out from their bodies because they couldn't restrain them in time. The Nine Mystical Tower's seal on their cultivations instantly shattered.
Not far away, the faces of the Seven Star Pavilion Master and Zhu Jiuluan sank. It had to be known that the technique they had used to imprison Qing Bao and the other two was a secret technique of the Nine Mysteries Tower. Originally, Zhu Jiuluan had wanted to have Lu Ping beg them to save some face. Never could he have imagined that their secret technique was not even worth mentioning in front of Lu Ping. Not only did they fail to save face, it seemed like they had been slapped in the face even more painfully, causing the fear they felt towards Lu Ping to grow even deeper.
In a forest 25 kilometers away from the Qing Ming River, the Eight Trigrams Parlor's Master looked at Lu Ping and said in astonishment, "So it's North Sea Water Sword Immortal. I didn't lose unjustly!"
Lu Ping smiled and said, "I used the fog as a cover to launch a sneak attack. That's why you fell into my trap. Don't take it to heart!"
After saying that, Lu Ping handed the bottle containing a drop of Sweet Dew to the Eight Trigrams Parlor's Master and said, "This is the antidote. You just need to spit it on your wound, and the snake venom in your Senior Brother's body will be neutralized!"
The Eight Trigrams Parlor's Master took the bottle and looked at Qing Hu and the other two. Then, he cupped his fists at Lu Ping and said, "I'll take my leave now. If we meet again in the future, I'll definitely seek Brother Lu's guidance. May we meet again!"
After saying that, he turned into a ray of light and disappeared.
Qing Hu opened her mouth to say something but was interrupted by Lu Ping, who said, "The Nine Profound Mansion's people are already on their way here. It seems like they have some kind of secret technique to communicate with each other. Previously, this Eight Trigrams Parlor's Master was sealed in a spatial artifact by me, so he lost contact with the outside world. That's why the Nine Profound Mansion's people couldn't sense him. Now that I've released him, they've already come to meet up with us."
Lu Ping's divine sense was far stronger than the Nine Profound Mansion's people, so he could sense the Nine Profound Mansion's movements before they did. So, he released a ray of light and swept everyone away, heading northeast. By the time the Nine Profound Mansion's people arrived, Lu Ping and the others had already disappeared without a trace.
The Eight Trigrams Parlor's Master smiled bitterly and said, "I've already said that they've already left …"
The Seven Star Parlor Master signaled him with his eyes to keep quiet. The Eight Trigrams Parlor Master followed the Seven Star Parlor Master's gaze and saw that Zhu Jiuluan's expression was very ugly.
At this time, Zhu Jiuluan finally thought of something and turned around to ask, "Eighth Senior Brother, did that Lu Tianping leave behind the antidote?"
"Oh." The Eight Trigrams Parlor Master quickly took out the jade bottle that Lu Ping had left for him and gave it to Junior Brother Xu, who was bitten by the Green Sea Snake.
Junior Xu opened the jade bottle and sniffed it. However, he did not smell anything. After a moment of hesitation, he dripped the drop of dew from the jade bottle onto the wound on his arm. Then, he saw that the cold poison on his arm was quickly dissipating.
Junior Brother Xu immediately relaxed and sighed, "It's a pity that there's only one drop. If there's some left, I can give it to the Alchemy Grandmasters in the sect's Alchemy Lab to study it. Maybe they can refine the antidote. In the future, when we face the Green Sea Snake, even if we can't completely defeat it, at least we can alleviate the poison."
Seeing that Junior Brother Xu's poison had been cured, Zhu Jiuluan immediately heaved a sigh of relief. Although this trip was fruitless, at least no one died. After returning to the Nine Mystical Tower, even if they were ridiculed by others, with the support of her grandaunt, they could at least keep their position as the Nine Halls Parlor Master.
However, after hearing Junior Brother Xu's words, Zhu Jiuluan still looked at the Eight Trigrams Parlor Master. If they could really bring the antidote back to the sect's Alchemy Lab and develop an antidote for the Green Sea Snake poison, then it would be a pleasant surprise. It was much better than returning empty-handed. She just didn't know if the Eight Trigrams Parlor Master also had the same idea and secretly kept the extra antidote.
When the Eight Trigrams Parlor Master saw Zhu Jiuluan's gaze, how could he not understand her meaning? He couldn't help but regret following Zhu Jiuluan on this trip.
However, the Eight Trigrams Parlor Master had seen how Lu Ping gave him the antidote. His heart turned black and he opened his mouth to say, "Well, actually, the antidote is not something else. I saw with my own eyes that little girl spit a mouthful of saliva into the jade bottle …"
Zhu Jiuluan suddenly felt a wave of disgust. Junior Brother Xu had previously smeared the 'antidote' on his arm and kept sniffing it with his nose. When he heard the Eight Trigrams Parlor Master say that the so-called 'antidote' was just a mouthful of saliva from Lu Linger's mouth, he immediately pointed at the Eight Trigrams Parlor Master and was speechless. His face was red, as if he was about to vomit everything in his stomach.
The Eight Trigrams Parlor Master looked at everyone with an innocent face. What he said was not wrong, but in his heart, he was already very happy. The Seven Stars Parlor Master shook his head helplessly. The other disciples of the Nine Mystical Tower also had a strange expression on their faces.
Lu Ping and the others flew all the way to a mountain range a thousand miles away. Only then did they slowly descend from the sky.
Turning back to look at Qing Hu and the other five, Lu Ping asked, "Where are the other three?"
Everyone's faces turned gloomy. Qing Hu said, "The other three brothers have all fallen."
Lu Ping frowned and said, "He's dead? Was it done by the Nine Mystical Tower? "
Qing Hu's face was a little ugly. Just as he was about to say something, Qing Lang, who was beside him, said, "Yes, we discovered an ancient ruin. When we were exploring it, something unexpected happened and alerted the people of the Nine Mystical Tower. After we left the ruin, we were accidentally discovered by the cultivators of the Nine Mystical Tower who were searching the mountain. When we broke out of the encirclement, Fifth Brother, Sixth Brother, and Ninth Sister were killed by the people of the Nine Mystical Tower."
Lu Ping glanced at the remorseful Qing Hu. He knew that there was more to this matter than meets the eye. However, Qing Lang was obviously unwilling to talk about it, so Lu Ping naturally wouldn't deliberately ask. He only said, "That means the ruin is near the Nine Mystical Tower, and it has already been discovered by them?"
This time, it was Qing Hu who shook her head and said, "It's impossible for them to have discovered it. The ruin is extremely well-hidden, and we were only able to enter it by chance after obtaining a token to enter it. Unfortunately, our cultivation was not high enough, so we only managed to obtain some benefits from the outer perimeter. Who would have thought that we would still alert the people of the Nine Mystical Tower? While we were breaking out of the encirclement, Fifth Brother, Sixth Brother, and Ninth Sister were killed by them."
Lu Ping asked, "How long ago was this?"
Qing Hu thought for a moment, then said, "About twenty to thirty years ago. At that time, only Qing Hu and I had reached the Dharma stage. At that time, the people who tried to kill us were the two leaders of the Nine Mystical Tower. If it wasn't for the fact that the Nine Mystical Tower's cultivators wanted to pry the secret of the ruin from us and let their guard down because they knew that we would not be able to escape, and I had a teleportation charm with me from the ruin, I'm afraid that the remaining six of us would have died at their hands."
Qing Hu finally found an opportunity to say loudly, "The two leaders of the Nine Mystical Tower are very famous in the world of cultivators, but they are people who deceive the world. When they saw Eldest Sister and Sixth Sister, they wanted to violate them …"
Qing Lang, who was standing at the side, said, "Alright, that's enough."
Lu Ping furrowed his brows. "After that, the battle between Brother Xie and Brother Sang and the two leaders of the Nine Mystical Tower happened?"
Qing Hu did not expect Lu Ping to know about this, and could not help but blush. "That's right. Originally, I called Brother Xie and Brother Sang along to search for the ruin, but although the two leaders of the Nine Mystical Tower could not find the ruin, they kept a tight watch over the area. When Brother Xie and Brother Sang arrived, they were quickly discovered, and so my two brothers decided to teach the two leaders a lesson."
Qing Hu paused for a moment, then continued, "Fortunately, the two leaders of the Nine Mystical Tower had their own selfish motives. They wanted to take all the benefits from the ruin for themselves, and so they did not inform their own sect. That was why they suffered such a great loss at the hands of Brother Xie and Brother Sang!"
Lu Ping nodded. He could guess what happened next without needing to be said.
Lu Ping thought for a moment, then asked, "Apart from escaping the pursuit of the Nine Mystical Tower, did you come looking for me in the South for any other reason?"
Qing Hu nodded, "That's right, we wanted to ask Master to lend us a hand in exploring the ruin."
Even though they already knew that the ruin was near the Nine Mystical Tower, Qing Hu and the rest still wanted to explore it. Lu Ping was surprised, "This ruin is extremely important to you?"
Qing Hu replied, "That's right. Has Master heard of the Thieving Heaven Laozu?"
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