By the time Han Yunxi pulled Fourth Young Miss Ren out of the stone room, Bai Yanqing had already thrown himself onto the bed to grab the jade, only to discover that it wasn't the Ten Thousand Year Corpse Jade at all!
"Stop her!" Bai Yanqing roared, then turned to chase after her.
But Han Yunxi had already crippled Hao San's legs with her poison and was running towards the dark passage on the right.
The light was coming from the left, which meant that they would reach a cliff if they went left. Below that cliff was very likely the Black Forest where the Poison Sect's sacrificial altar was. Han Yunxi had realized this as soon as she'd been brought out of the little black room.
But this time, she didn't hesitate to run to the right! She'd already made all sorts of plans when she was locked in the stone room. She'd seriously considered which direction to run in if she could escape!
The left looked beautiful, but it was incomparably dangerous. Bai Yanqing definitely wouldn't trap them so close to the exit. Just because they could see the light didn't mean they could escape easily. In fact, it meant danger was close by.
She guessed that Bai Yanqing must have set up an array on the left. She didn't want to be trapped again as soon as she escaped. Her smartest choice was to go right. As long as she wasn't trapped, she'd have a chance to escape.
If Clearbreeze Mountain's underground palace was similar to Monarch's Descent Mountain's, then the other exit should be upwards through the tree hole!
Han Yunxi killed five or six guards with her poison before quickly disappearing into the darkness.
By the time Bai Yanqing chased after her, she was already nowhere to be seen. He was about to give chase when Hao San grabbed his leg. "Master, save me!"
Hao San was both skilled in martial arts and poison, but he was no match for Han Yunxi!
He'd just exchanged a blow with Han Yunxi and was immediately injured by her poison needles. The poison was so painful that he couldn't stand. He didn't know what kind of poison it was, but he knew that not only would his legs be crippled, but all the bones in his body would be crippled. In the end, he wouldn't be able to escape death.
He could only hope that his master would cure him of the poison.
"Scram!"
Bai Yanqing was angry and anxious. How could he care about Hao San?
Who knew that Hao San would not let go of him. He was not hugging his master, but his own life! If he loosened his grip, he would lose his life.
"Scram! Do you hear me?!" Bai Yanqing roared as he stared at the darkness to his right, his heart burning with anxiety.
Long Fei Ye and the others had already entered the maze. If the two of them bumped into them, he would have to expend a lot of effort to bring them away. He could not die, but that did not mean that he could not feel pain or injuries. He was very clear that there was a huge gap between his martial arts and Long Fei Ye's.
"Master, this old servant has followed you and your family for many years. Even if I have not made any contributions, I have worked hard. This old servant …"
Before Hao San could finish speaking, Bai Yanqing's palm struck down on his head. "Useless thing!"
Blood immediately flowed out from Hao San's scalp and flowed down his face. Hao San never thought that he would end up like this.
But he should have thought of it earlier, shouldn't he?
Hadn't Jun Yi Xie and Bai Yuqiao followed Bai Yanqing for so many years? They had followed him since they were young! Weren't they still kicked away by Bai Yanqing?
This person was crazy and had no humanity to speak of!
Raising his head to look at Bai Yanqing, Jun Yi Xie's face suddenly appeared in Hao San's mind. He finally regretted it!
The person he should have been most loyal to was not Bai Yanqing, but Jun Yi Xie! If … if he had been enlightened at that time, he would not have ended up in this state today! Everything would have been different!
Even though he was seriously injured, Hao San did not let go of Bai Yanqing's leg. He hugged it tightly and raised his head to look at Bai Yanqing. "You … you … no wonder … no wonder Mu Xin did not want you that year! Haha … "
Bai Yanqing was enraged. When he heard this, he suddenly bent down and grabbed Hao San's collar. He pulled him up fiercely and questioned, "Why? What do you mean? Tell me! "
"Why did she not want me? Tell me! Tell me! "
Blood continued to flow down. Hao San's entire face was covered in blood. Coldly, he smiled. As he smiled, his smile stopped and his expression froze.
Dead …
Bai Yanqing was suddenly stunned. He seemed to have just realized that Hao San was dead. He had killed him with his own hands. Hao San had followed him for more than thirty years, right? When he was with Mu Xin, Hao San had been following him.
He had so many subordinates, but only Hao San knew about his and Mu Xin's past. Hao San was the one who understood the feud between him and Mu Xin. Hao San was also the only one who could drink with him to relieve his boredom.
"Why?"
Bai Yanqing suddenly let go. Hao San fell to the ground, motionless. He was really dead …
"Why, why did she not want me! Why? Tell me! Tell me! "
As Bai Yanqing asked, he looked at his palm. Suddenly, regret and sadness surfaced in his heart. However, he quickly ignored it.
No …
He deserved to die!
If he hadn't stopped her, Han Yunxi definitely wouldn't have been able to escape. He deserved to die! Bai Yanqing didn't delay any longer. He turned and chased after Han Yunxi to the right.
At this moment, Long Fei Ye and Gu were already in the maze. Gu Beiyue and Tang Li were still hesitating in front of the twenty stone doors. They didn't know which one to take.
They walked in from the cave on the cliff. After breaking the array, they saw a row of twenty stone doors. Inside each stone door was a bottomless passageway. The deeper they went, the darker it became.
Back in Monarch Descent Mountain, they'd encountered a similar layout. Different doors had different dangers, and all of them led to dead ends. There was only one path that led to the end.
Back then, Gu Beiyue had been hiding in the shadows. He'd clearly seen how arrogant the Duanmu siblings were and how Han Yunxi had tricked them. It was also that time that Duanmu Yao bore a grudge against Han Yunxi.
But that time, they'd only faced a few doors. Now, there were twenty.
"Tang Clan Head, please wait here. I'll try them one by one." Gu Beiyue made his final decision.
Tang Li immediately stopped him. "No! It's too dangerous! "
Although Gu Beiyue was fast enough to escape, what if there were poisonous miasma or other poisonous creatures inside? This was the Poison Sect! Although this was a big risk to begin with, they couldn't take such a huge risk right at the entrance. They had to wait for Bai Yanqing to show up first.
They didn't know that Bai Yanqing's subordinates were watching them from the shadows, so they didn't send the Shadow Guard over. They were also afraid that too many people would cause too much of a commotion and expose themselves.
"It's fine," Gu Beiyue said seriously.
"No. If you're poisoned, what will I do? Who'll take me in? "Tang Li countered.
"Tang Clan Head, we can't delay any longer. His Highness and the others should have already gone in," Gu Beiyue said seriously. If possible, he didn't want to take such a risk here. Moreover, there were nineteen dangers ahead.
"How long will it take you to go through all of them?" Tang Li asked seriously.
"I don't know the depth, so it's hard to say," Gu Beiyue replied honestly.
"Go back to the medical academy and bring back a cage of rats. How does that sound?" Tang Li took out a hidden weapon as he spoke.
As soon as he saw Gu's hidden weapon, Gu Beiyue's calm eyes lit up. "That's a good idea!"
With his speed, going back and forth to the medical academy was a very fast thing. This mountain was right behind the medical academy!
Tang Li and Gu Beiyue retreated to the bottom of the cliff. Tang Li and the Shadow Guard stood guard below while Gu Beiyue rushed to the medical academy.
Soon enough, they brought two large cages of rats back to the twentieth door.
The medical academy was using rats for research and had raised a large group of them. They had as many as they wanted. Gu Beiyue had brought a large cage of over 20 of them crammed into each other!
Seeing that the mouths of the rats had been sealed, Tang Li couldn't help but admire Gu Beiyue's meticulousness and speed.
Tang Li took out a hidden needle.
This needle was different from other hidden weapons. There was a thin thread on the needle. He didn't know what material it was made of, but it was colorless and transparent. Although it was thin, it was hard. If he didn't look at it closely, he wouldn't be able to see it.
Gu Beiyue deliberately pulled on the thin thread, but he couldn't break it.
"This is called a needle and thread. It's used to delay people. The needle is very ordinary, but the thread is unique to the Tang Sect. It's called a hidden thread. A few elders of the Tang Sect came up with it. It was just developed last month! They gave each of the Shadow Guard three needles. If we don't catch Bai Yanqing and he escapes, as long as someone can shoot him, they can at least follow him for a while and delay him! "
Tang Li explained in a low voice as he pierced the back of the rats with the hidden needles. Although it was a stab wound, it wasn't fatal. Instead, it frightened the rats and made them struggle.
Tang Li placed the rats in front of the first door. The rats ran forward as if they were running for their lives. As the rats ran, Tang Li released the thin thread around his wrist.
Soon, the thread stopped moving.
Tang Li hurriedly dragged the rats back. When the rats came out of the cave, Gu Beiyue and Tang Li both gasped.
"Oh my god … Gu Beiyue, I saved your life!"
The rats were already dead. They didn't know what poison they were poisoned with, but their heads and faces were unrecognizable.
In such a short time, they didn't hear any movement in the cave. God knows what kind of poison was in there! God knows how the rats were poisoned.
"Do you still have a needle and thread?" Gu Beiyue asked.
Tang Li hurriedly gave him one. The two of them divided the work and used this method to test every entrance. Soon, they had nineteen dead rats. Some of the rats were bitten by unknown things. When they were dragged out, only half of their bodies were left. These caves were dangerous to begin with. Just the poisonous miasma that Bai Yanqing set up was enough to make them suffer.
It had to be said that Tang Li was right to be cautious this time. The nineteen caves were all dead ends and were all sealed. Therefore, Bai Yanqing had already set up a poisonous miasma. No matter how fast Gu Beiyue was, he would definitely be poisoned as soon as he entered.
Only the last door was left. Tang Li sighed in relief. "It should be this way!"
Gu Beiyue still took a rat to experiment. The rat ran into the cave for a long time before the hidden threads chasing after it stopped. In the end, all the hidden threads were used up. Gu Beiyue had no choice but to drag the rat back.
When he pulled it back, the rat was still alive and well.
"This is the way. It can't be wrong!" Tang Li was overjoyed.
Gu Beiyue didn't dare to delay any longer. He used his qinggong and flew in with Tang Li. However, they didn't go far before they encountered a formation.
Fortunately, Gu Beiyue spent the past three months in the Tian An Imperial Capital and learned the art of Qimen Dunjia. Otherwise, they wouldn't have come today.
After the first array formation was broken, another array formation appeared. In just one passage, Bai Yanqing set up a total of five formations.
Han Yunxi didn't choose this path. Sure enough, it was the right choice. Such a tight formation made Gu Qishao guess that it was very likely to lead to a prisoner's prison!
When they broke the fifth formation and walked out of the passage, they saw from afar …
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