Myriad Poisons Heart Sutra! Pill Recipe!

"Tang Sect?"

Zhan Qing Tian had only just recovered from his fright.

Earlier, he had indeed sent a constable to the prefecture city to find a Tang Sect Assassin and have him kill Bai Wuji.

But he had never expected the Tang Sect Assassin to appear at such a moment.

"So it is an expert of the Tang Sect!"

Zhan Qing Tian clasped his hands in salute, then said:

"Bai Wuji is already dead, so there is no need to trouble you, Expert."

"What? Who killed him?"

Upon hearing this news, the Tang Sect Assassin known as Greedy Wolf was shaken.

He had come here after accepting a Tang Sect assignment to kill Bai Wuji.

Now that Bai Wuji had been killed, it meant he had made the trip for nothing.

Not only would he receive no silver, he would gain no merit either.

Zhan Qing Tian then told Greedy Wolf about how a Mysterious Martial Artist had killed Bai Wuji.

Damn it, what rotten luck!

Greedy Wolf cursed inwardly. Then his eyes outside the mask lit up as he asked:

"Do you know where Bai Wuji lived?"

He thought that since he had already come all this way, he could not return empty-handed.

As a Five Blood Warrior and the leader of Jade Water City's White Lotus Disciples, Bai Wuji surely possessed considerable silver and treasures. Perhaps he even had some Martial Arts manuals and valuable Prescriptions.

"I don't know," Zhan Qing Tian answered.

After all, Ou Hao Tian had already gone there. If this Tang Sect Assassin went there too, he might very well clash with Ou Hao Tian!

Seeing how young Ou Hao Tian was, yet already serving as a Prefecture City Constable, Zhan Qing Tian knew his background could not be simple. He might be a scion of some family, or perhaps the disciple of a famed master.

If Ou Hao Tian died at the hands of the Tang Sect Assassin, Zhan Qing Tian would not be able to escape responsibility.

Therefore, he lied to Greedy Wolf.

"Really?"

Greedy Wolf narrowed his eyes slightly. A faint purple aura suddenly rose from his black-gloved right hand.

Then, he pressed that right hand toward Zhan Qing Tian's shoulder.

Zhan Qing Tian instinctively tried to dodge, but just as his muscles moved, Greedy Wolf's right hand had already gripped his shoulder.

This wisp of purple aura was true qi Greedy Wolf had cultivated through the Myriad Poisons Heart Sutra.

The true qi flowed into Zhan Qing Tian's body.

Zhan Qing Tian immediately felt unbearable numbness and itching throughout his body, and could not help letting out a groan.

The constables nearby drew their blades, intending to step forward and help Zhan Qing Tian.

"If you don't want anything to happen to him, you'd better not move!"

Greedy Wolf's eyes, exposed beyond his mask, were icy and imposing as he glared at the constables.

The constables were intimidated and none dared step forward.

"Do you truly not know where Bai Wuji lived?"

Greedy Wolf turned back to Zhan Qing Tian and asked.

Unable to endure the agony, Zhan Qing Tian revealed Bai Wuji's residence.

The corner of Greedy Wolf's mouth curled beneath his mask. He withdrew the wisp of true qi he had sent into Zhan Qing Tian and released his right hand.

Then he sprang into the air. His figure flashed, and he too leaped onto the rooftops. After several flickers, he vanished from everyone's sight.

Although Greedy Wolf had withdrawn that poisonous wisp of true qi, it had traveled through Zhan Qing Tian's body and left him with permanent damage.

His body went limp, his face turned pale, and he began coughing violently.

"County Magistrate!" The constables rushed over and supported the swaying Zhan Qing Tian.

Zhan Qing Tian hurriedly said, "Quickly go to Bai Wuji's Villa! If Ou Hao Tian and the Tang Sect Assassin come to blows, help Ou Hao Tian. Don't let him be killed by the Tang Sect Assassin!"

"Yes, yes!" The constables answered aloud as they headed out one after another.

But inwardly, they thought, if those two experts truly fought, would they not be courting death by interfering with their level of strength?

At most, they could watch from afar and wait until there was a chance to act. They would absolutely not simply go and help Ou Hao Tian.

With those thoughts in mind, the constables left.

Bang!

Su Que threw a punch. A White Lotus Disciple from Bai Wuji's Villa had his five viscera shattered, then flew away like a cannonball, slamming heavily into a wall before sliding down limply.

Aside from this man's corpse, Su Que had found another fifteen bodies lying on the ground all the way from the entrance of the manor.

Before killing each White Lotus Disciple, Su Que had asked them where Bai Wuji kept his precious belongings.

But none of those White Lotus Disciples knew.

"Looks like I can only search for them myself..."

Su Que's figure flashed as he sped toward the depths of the manor.

Having visited Hall Master Jing Sha's residence, he knew that these big shots liked to live deep within, far away from their underlings.

Moreover, Bai Wuji also cultivated the Divine Strike method. The incense hall housing the statue of the Immortal Mother was likely where Bai Wuji lived and practiced.

If Bai Wuji had manuals and other such valuables, they were most likely hidden in a place like that.

Before long, Su Que discovered a secluded courtyard deep within the manor.

Inside the courtyard was an incense hall, within which stood a statue of the Immortal Mother.

There was also an alchemy room, with a black pill furnace standing in its center.

"Did Bai Wuji actually refine pills too?"

Six gourds were piled to the left of the pill furnace.

Su Que walked over, picked up the gourds one by one, and shook them. He found that only one contained three pills; all the others were empty.

The moment Su Que pulled out the stopper of the gourd containing the pills, a rich medicinal fragrance surged straight into his nostrils.

In an instant, he felt refreshed and clear-headed.

"These pills seem like good stuff... but to be safe, I should find a dog to test them on."

Thinking this, Su Que stoppered the gourd and placed it into the bundle that held his silver.

He then walked to the right side of the pill furnace, where a wooden bookshelf held scrolls and booklets.

Su Que leafed through the scrolls and booklets roughly. They all explained how to refine pills.

After setting them down, he spotted a stack of yellowed papers in one corner of the bookshelf.

When he picked them up and looked, he found that they were prescriptions and pill recipes.

Su Que thought that, as a Peak Blood and Qi Realm martial artist, the medicine Bai Wuji took was surely better than what those Hall Masters used.

If he found good medicine, he could replace the "Startling Blood Soup."

"But I don't know how to refine pills."

Su Que looked over the pill recipes, thinking to himself.

"Do I have to learn?"

Su Que looked at the pill furnace, which stood taller than he did, and could not help shaking his head.

Refining pills required such a huge furnace as well, making it difficult to keep himself hidden.

He thought that, in any case, he had already accumulated over a thousand taels of silver.

When the time came, he could simply find an alchemist to refine pills for him.

As for himself, he could use the time spent refining pills to cultivate Martial Arts.

As Su Que pondered, he stuffed the prescriptions and pill recipes into his bundle.

He took another turn around the alchemy room. Seeing nothing else of value, he drove a fist into the ground.

With a thunderous boom, the floor tiles shattered, and a pit sank into the ground.

Then his figure flashed, shifting sideways by a zhang, and he smashed another fist into the floor.

Bang bang bang...!

He threw several more punches in succession. Before long, deep pits covered the floor of the alchemy room.

Once he was certain there was no underground chamber beneath the alchemy room, he began smashing his fists into the walls.

Wall after wall shattered at the impact.

Soon, after confirming that the alchemy room held no hidden compartments either, he stomped hard and darted out just before the entire room collapsed.