What's going on with your baby's appearance?
Chen Qing immediately complained, "Only a few days? They've grown so fast? Even if a fox really gave birth to fox cubs, it wouldn't be this exaggerated!"
A Li stroked her belly, her eyes filled with confusion. She didn't understand either, but it seemed that after meeting that guy who looked exactly like Chen Qing that night, her belly grew even bigger.
"Let's not talk about that now, Chen Qing. Come here, I have something to tell you."
Chen Qing was taken aback. It was rare to see this female fox so serious. Even when he had identified her in the palace, she seemed quite casual. Of course, Chen Qing could understand, since the worldview of someone who could "reload" save files was naturally different from that of an ordinary person.
"You guys stay here, I'll go over there for a bit."
Wei Gongcheng nodded, while Murong Yunji observed the other woman for a moment, thinking to herself: This woman looks so familiar.
She didn't remember the other person's face, but their seductive manner gave her a strange sense of familiarity deep in her memory!
Chen Qing and A Li arrived at another corner. With a wave of Chen Qing's hand, the two entered a hazy, gray space. A Li looked around and her eyes lit up. "This place is very similar to the Yin-Yang Road. Is this the so-called Underworld?"
"Um."
"How did you sever the Yin-Yang Road in Liuzhou? Is it now that as long as one dies within the Liuzhou area, their soul will not be absorbed into that Yin-Yang Road?"
"You called me here just to ask this?" Chen Qing frowned. He came here to get information, not to be tricked into giving him information.
A Li remained silent for a few moments before finally asking, " Chen Qing, do you know the Mr. Five Poisons?"
Upon hearing this, Chen Qing's eyelids twitched.
Mr. Five Poisons?
Among the monsters he designed, the Five Great Misters are quite unique. They have very low combat power, but because of their special abilities, if used well, they are more fearsome than demons with high combat power.
Among them, the Mr. Five Poisons is the most destructive.
How powerful is it?
If he so desired, a single drop of venom could turn a river into a deadly weapon, and a single poisonous gu could wipe out the entire city. Moreover, he could use poison in a variety of ways; he could even create poisonous clouds to make poisonous rain cover an entire prefecture, or he could make a place suddenly rise up with poisonous miasma, turning thousands of passing troops into blood!
Chen Qing clearly remembered that when the players helped the previous dynasty defend Cloud Capital, the berserk Mr. Five Poisons wiped out the players and Cloud Capital together more than seventy times. If it weren't for the discovery of the Rune Master profession by the players later, the Mr. Five Poisons would probably have slaughtered all the players in the 300th server after the server opened!
"You're saying the killer was Mr. Five Poisons?" Chen Qing swallowed and asked.
If it's the Mr. Five Poisons, then it's easy to explain. The Mr. Five Poisons has strange characteristics. He can be easily killed by a mortal martial artist, but he can also easily kill the world's top experts. Given the right opportunity, he could even kill the incredibly powerful emperor in the capital. Chen Qing wouldn't find it surprising, because that's how he's set up.
Moreover, poisoning would explain why Shen Lao'er didn't resist at all.
"I'm not sure." A Li shook her head. "All I know is that the Mr. Five Poisons appeared in this city."
Where?
"It's gone now, but you should know that person well. I've inquired about him; his surname is Yang, and his given name is Ruian."
"Cough!" Chen Qing almost choked on her breath. "Who did you say?"
Yang Rui'an, also known as Old Master Yang, was a renowned teacher in Spirit Deer County. He was once the top teacher at the county's official school, having produced more than twenty Jinshi (successful candidates in the highest imperial examinations) under his tutelage. He was extremely famous. However, because he offended the Provincial Governor of Jiangnan, the county magistrate, in an attempt to curry favor with him, directly removed Master Yang from the official school.
After that, several county magistrates deliberately ignored him, forcing him to start a private school on North Street, which led to his encounter with Chen Qing.
Chen Qing remembered it clearly: the old man was extremely stubborn, like a donkey. You had to go along with him on many things, otherwise he would throw a tantrum and show no mercy to anyone. But if you pleased him, even if you offended many people, he would stand by your side. For example, he helped her get back the land and supported her all the way to pass the imperial examination.
He is usually very afraid of his wife, dotes on his grandson, is very strict with his two children, and nags about his married daughter, often saying things like, "Girls are outgoing, she has no conscience, she doesn't even come to see me once a year."
You're telling me that this flesh-and-blood human being is the Mr. Five Poisons?
For the first time, Chen Qing wondered if the other person was joking with her.
"It's really unbelievable, isn't it?" A Li smiled bitterly. "I've inquired about his situation. This old scholar is over seventy years old. When he was young, he brought his wife and daughters to Jiangnan to escape the war. In the third year after the founding of the Great Jin, after the court took back Jiangnan, he was invited to enter the Spirit Deer County. The timeline doesn't match up at all."
"Time?" Chen Qing frowned. "What do you mean?"
"Because he was a major contributor to the great war that unified the Central Plains back then!"
"Oh?" Chen Qing's eyes lit up upon hearing this.
The secrets of those years had always been difficult for him to uncover, and now that the other party had brought it up, he naturally wouldn't let it go, and quickly asked, "Did you all participate in unifying the world back then?"
"I thought you knew everything," A Li said, looking at Chen Qing with a half-smile.
"Just say it if you have something to say." Chen Qing was speechless.
"I guess you could say we were involved," A Li sighed. "We were involved in the first half, but after the King of Qin died, we encountered a betrayal. Many people died, at the hands of their own people. As for why the Xiao Household seized the throne later, and what happened in between, we don't know."
Upon hearing this, Chen Qing understood something. Back then, the King of Qin used various means to gather Samsara demons, bloodline families, and sorcerer families to quell the chaos. Judging from the tone of the other party, they were almost about to conquer the Central Plains when they were betrayed.
"You mean the demons of Samsara, our own people?" Chen Qing pressed on.
According to rumors, the King of Qin was attacked by the Bloodline Clan because he exposed his true identity as a demon, and the Clan's tone, referring to their so-called "own people," seemed to exclude humans.
"I don't remember."
"Huh?" Chen Qing was taken aback. "Don't you remember?" But the next moment she immediately realized. " The Reincarnation Lock?"
After Samsara, some memories are lost. Only after unraveling certain causal relationships can all memories be regained. This is a common problem for Samsara demons, and it was also something they designed themselves.
"You're really interesting." A Li looked at Chen Qing, full of doubt. "Like an outsider who knows all the rules!"
Chen Qing: "."
"Is Mr. Five Poisons one of the traitors?" Chen Qing asked tentatively.
"Yes!" A Li nodded firmly, "Back then, the King of Qin of Qin was the strongest being in the world. He was able to seal the Outer Heaven Demon Statue by himself and led us to prevent a catastrophe that should have happened three hundred years ago. Apart from the Mr. Five Poisons, no one in this world can kill the King of Qin!"
Chen Qing's pupils contracted upon hearing this.
Just as I expected!
If I'm not mistaken, the catastrophe A Li mentioned should be the Earth Spirit Revival!
That marked the beginning of an era of great chaos among demons. According to the version's plan, with the Spiritual Energy Revival, the spiritual power of all demons surged. Those who could keep up with the pace evolved rapidly, while those Ghost Child, grew into a Ghost King in just six months. However, some demons, such as the Thousand-Faced Fox, would be devoured even in their Samsara if they failed to seize the opportunity.
Meanwhile, the human race also gained a huge boost from this opportunity, and players came up with all sorts of ways to play. At that time, the world officially entered a chaotic situation of direct confrontation between ancient spirits, demons, and humans.
However, Chen Qing had not seen such a record in the Great Jin, and at the time he had guessed that the Earth Spirit Revival must not have happened. Now, listening to the fox's words, it seems that his guess was correct. The King of Qin prevented this version from happening!
How did this guy do that?
Who exactly is he?
"So how did you die?" Chen Qing asked curiously.
"I don't know," A Li shook her head. "We don't remember anything. I only remember that we all died at the hands of our own people."
"What about the King of Qin?" Chen Qing pressed. "You've all Samsara, so shouldn't the King of Qin have been Samsara as well?"
"That's the theory," A Li said gravely. "Ten years Mr. Heavenly Secrets found us, but even now, we still can't find the King of Qin!"
" Mr. Heavenly Secrets."
Chen Qing narrowed his eyes. One of the Five Great Misters, the most functional of them all, capable of predicting Heavenly Secrets through calculation, and to a certain extent, foreseeing the past and future. He is the least bound of the Five Great Misters. How could the King of Qin actually command that guy?
When did you meet the Mr. Five Poisons?
"In the morning, when you set up that so-called Day Wandering God to capture evil spirits in public, I found him." A Li then recounted the events of the morning.
But she didn't mention that she saw someone like Chen Qing.
She always felt that it wasn't the right time to tell this guy about it.
" North Street. Unconscious." Chen Qing's eyes showed doubt, because judging from the time mentioned by the other party, it was just when Murong Yunji and Shen Yiyun had separated. Murong Yunji discovered Shen Yiyun's body a quarter of an hour later, but according to this fox, she had been secretly following Master Yang during that time.
If Master Yang is indeed the Mr. Five Poisons, then according to the other party's words, he almost perfectly missed the opportunity to kill Shen Yiyun, and this fox is a living witness.
That's strange. Could it be that in Liuzhou City, besides the Mr. Five Poisons, there's another top-tier poison master capable of poisoning a great sorcerer like Shen Yiyun?
"Why did you say that Shen Yiyun's body was poisoned?" Chen Qing asked again.
"Because I saw it." A Li's eyes gleamed with intense resentment. "That's how we all died!"
Chen Qing: "."
He understood. The Mr. Five Poisons was in this city, and the guy who killed Thousand-Faced Fox and his gang back then was also in Liuzhou City!
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