Has Already Arrived

Wen Rou listened to Chu Qing's words, pondered for a moment, and said:

"But if he escapes, I'll be in a difficult position...

"I can control this poison and prevent it from spreading, but I can't undo it."

"How long can you control it?"

Chu Qing asked.

"About an hour... After an hour, it will spread from my palm along my meridians.

"At most ten hours from then, I will die."

When Wen Rou said this, her expression still didn't fluctuate much.

It was as if her life or death had nothing to do with her.

Chu Qing nodded:

"Can you move?"

"I can't."

Wen Rou answered honestly.

"Then I apologize."

After Chu Qing said this, he carried Wen Rou into the house, seemingly having completely forgotten Mei Qianluo.

After settling Wen Rou on his kang, Chu Qing said:

"You stay here and slowly control the poison, don't let it spread.

"I'll go find the antidote for you."

Wen Rou thought for a moment:

"Then be careful."

Chu Qing was speechless:

"You really trust me? You don't even know who I am..."

"I trust you."

Wen Rou said calmly, "After all, if you hadn't intervened just now, I would already be dead."

This argument holds water. Wen Rou is Chu Fan's junior sister, after all. Even if not for her sake, at least for Chu Fan's, Chu Qing couldn't let her die before his eyes.

He immediately smiled and said:

"Then stay here with peace of mind. I'll be back."

After speaking, he took his saber and left the house.

He also began to consider where he should move tomorrow.

This place was probably no longer safe to stay...

Originally, there was a chance Wen Rou might invite Chu Fan over as a 'guest', but now that he had saved her life, the possibility of her inviting Chu Fan over to thank him for saving her life was astronomically high.

Therefore, he had to move.

He couldn't help but feel a sense of emotion as he recalled the events of tonight.

Living in this world was truly not easy.

If it hadn't been him staying here tonight, but an ordinary citizen, and two inexplicable martial artists fought and killed each other on their rooftop.

Waking up the next day to see corpses in the courtyard, they would likely be terrified.

Moreover, given Mei Qianluo's caution, he might not even spare the owner of the courtyard.

After all, he himself had said he had grand plans and couldn't leave any traces behind.

For ordinary people, this was an undeserved disaster, with no room for resistance at all.

"This is still within Heavenly Dance City. Wu Ganqi, while not necessarily a brilliant strategist, governs effectively.

"Yet, even so, such situations are difficult to prevent.

"Life is hard, often especially for ordinary people..."

Chu Qing thought as he followed Mei Qianluo's trail.

He was an Assassin... Tracking was his specialty.

Mei Qianluo had an arm severed by him, and the bleeding couldn't be stopped in a short time, leaving even more traces.

Finding him would be incredibly simple.

So Chu Qing wasn't afraid he would escape... If he ran, it would be an opportunity to pull out the radish and bring out the mud.

The pain from the arm injury, after the initial numbness, now made Mei Qianluo tremble with every breath.

Waves of intense dizziness washed over him, making him miserable.

This journey required him not only to guard against potential pursuers from behind but also to carefully evade the Heavenly Dance Guard.

If he were discovered by the Heavenly Dance Guard, the situation would become even worse.

The only fortunate thing was... that young man didn't seem to be chasing him.

At least, it had been quiet behind him so far.

"Who exactly is he?"

"That girl named Wen Rou was poisoned by me. Without the antidote, she likely won't survive twelve hours.

"I only hope that young man doesn't send her to the Chu Family, otherwise, my identity will be exposed."

Mei Qianluo staggered, feeling his condition had deteriorated to the extreme.

But it was close...

His residence was just ahead, and the second-in-command, 'Guizhang Fulong' Ge Jingchun, was there now.

As long as he got back here, he would be safe.

Afterward, he would have the second-in-command personally take care of those two, and the matter would be settled.

Thinking this, a surge of strength rose from nowhere.

He forced himself not to collapse, but those few steps felt like half a lifetime.

Finally, he violently kicked open the courtyard gate.

The sound of the breaking door was exceptionally jarring in the silent night.

There were people in the courtyard, and more than one.

Mei Qianluo looked up at the scene in the courtyard, momentarily bewildered.

He saw that Guizhang Fulong was currently choking a black-clothed man, lifting him into the air.

Disturbed by the noise, he frowned, turned his head to look at Mei Qianluo, and his pupils contracted slightly when he saw Mei Qianluo's broken arm:

"What happened?"

He casually flung the black-clothed man from his grasp. The man narrowly escaped death, collapsing on the ground and coughing incessantly.

Mei Qianluo couldn't help but ask:

"What's going on with you now?"

"A survivor from the Xia Family, quite resourceful, followed us here without a sound. After you left, they thought it was an opportunity. They wanted to poison my teacup, so I played along and led them out... it took a bit of effort."

When Ge Jingchun mentioned the 'Xia Family,' Mei Qianluo suddenly understood.

The Xia Family was a renowned clan within the Shashen Gang's territory. However, they weren't a martial arts family like the Chu Family, but rather wealthy merchants with immense fortunes. They had always been the Shashen Gang's personal money bag, from which they took whatever they pleased. But the Xia Family was clearly unwilling to be bled dry by the Shashen Gang and secretly sought to ally with other forces. After the Shashen Gang discovered this, they wiped out the entire family, over a hundred and thirty people, in a single night and plundered all their wealth. Who would have thought there was a survivor?

Mei Qianluo glanced at the black-clothed man and let out a soft breath: "Fortunately, this person couldn't wait, otherwise, it might have really ruined things... No, Brother Ge, let me handle this person. I encountered a master. Not only did I fail to kill them, but in a single exchange, that person also severed my arm."

Ge Jingchun's slightly aged eyes flickered with solemnity upon hearing this: "I thought you fought to the death and killed them. They severed your arm and let you go unharmed?"

Mei Qianluo froze and instinctively replied: "We have no enmity with them, they..." He couldn't finish his sentence. His entire face was frighteningly pale. Just now, blinded by self-deception, he thought Chu Qing didn't pursue because he didn't want to kill them all. But in reality, was that possible?

"You've lost too much blood, your mind is muddled." Ge Jingchun's expression darkened. He took out pills from his embrace and threw them to Mei Qianluo: "This person has likely already arrived."

As soon as these words were spoken, Mei Qianluo felt a chill, as if his blood had frozen, piercingly cold.