Chapter 12: Chapter 14: The Murderous Night
Beside Mu Li, the skinny man who spoke earlier, Gan Mu, the second captain of the Wolf Head mercenary group, tentatively asked, "Big brother, what do you mean..."
"What I mean is, I mean to investigate, investigate!"
Mu She turned his head angrily and roared, "This kid dares to provoke my Mu She, are we just going to let it go? How will outsiders see our Wolf Head mercenary group?
Mu Li, Gan Mu, tomorrow give the order to investigate all of this kid's background to the bottom. We must determine the origin of his cultivation techniques and Dou Qi skills. If he has someone behind him, we'll take a look first.
If there's no one, this matter won't be left at that. It just so happens that I feel my cultivation of "Soaring Killer Wind" is a bit slow. Maybe this is an opportunity to change cultivation techniques!"
"Yes!"
Mu Li and Gan Mu hurriedly bowed and agreed. They weren"t surprised by Mu She's decision. Their Wolf Head mercenary group wasn't one to give up so easily!
"Leader Mu She's temper is quite extraordinary!"
Mu Li and Gan Mu were about to go arrange the work when suddenly a strange voice rang out in the hall. The people present all looked towards the source of the voice and saw a figure in a black robe walking out from the shadows, coming to them very naturally.
Yan Qingshan stood smiling, the bright candlelight stretching his shadow long. He smiled and said, "Leader Mu She, this is our first meeting. I've long admired you!"
Mu Li stepped forward, his face no longer gloomy but extremely ferocious. "Yan Qingshan, you dare to come to my Wolf Head mercenary group to cause trouble!"
"You're Yan Qingshan, quite bold!"
Mu She looked at Yan Qingshan walking out of the shadows, revealing a hint of ferocity. "You just provoked my Wolf Head Mercenary in broad daylight, and now you're coming to my door at night? Do you really think I, Mu She, am made of clay!"
A hint of mockery appeared on the corner of Yan Qingshan's mouth. "No, no, Leader Mu She, I'm not targeting you. I just want to say, your Wolf Head mercenary group, isn't just made of clay!"
"Very well, kid, you're quite bold. I don't care where you came from or who's behind you. Today, you can stay here forever!"
Mu She took a deep breath, his expression becoming extremely ferocious and resentful.
Yan Qingshan walked forward, seemingly about to face Mu She. "Leader Mu She, don't speak too confidently!"
Before Mu She could move, Gan Mu beside Mu Li stepped forward. "Little bastard, you dare to talk to our leader like that, you're really audacious!"
Yan Qingshan smiled and said, "Gan Mu, the second leader of the Wolf Head mercenary group, a nine-star Dou Practitioner. Still struggling at the Dou Practitioner level at this age, how can you have the face to come out and embarrass yourself!"
"Kid, you've angered me. don't think you can act recklessly just because you've practiced high-level cultivation techniques!"
As Gan Mu spoke, light green Dou Qi quickly surged out of his body, and his iron fists gradually turned into the color of dead wood.
"Sorry, you seem to have forgotten that I also have wood attribute Dou Qi. The suppression of the same attribute is sometimes even more obvious than different attributes!"
Yan Qingshan's figure moved, instantly closing the distance with Gan Mu, and then a hand struck between his chest and abdomen, shattering his protective Dou Qi and attacking multiple times.
"Pfft~~"
An explosion rang out in Gan Mu's chest, the surging force causing him to vomit blood as he staggered back. His face was pale, he swayed as he stood up, and after drawing a steel rod from his back, he charged again.
"don't be too arrogant, kid. After killing you, your high-level cultivation techniques will be mine!"
Gan Mu shot out, the iron rod in his hand dancing with a cyan whirlwind, Yan Qingshan's figure flashed and passed, his palm striking Gan Mu's chest, sending him flying again.
Although their paper data was similar, Gan Mu and Yan Qingshan both had wood attribute Dou Qi. If the cultivation technique levels of the same attribute Dou Qi were too different, it was easy to form a suppressive situation, not to mention Yan Qingshan was now using techniques from high-level Dou Qi skills.
"The warm-up should be over!"
Yan Qingshan and Gan Mu exchanged blows several times, Gan Mu retreating step by step, at a disadvantage.
After repelling the opponent once again, Yan Qingshan shook his body and gathered Dou Qi. As the Dou Qi surged, it faintly formed the shape of an energy lion head roaring to the sky.
"Mad Lion"s Roar!"
"Wind Blade Dance!"
The leader of the Wolf Head mercenary group, Mu She, finally intervened in the battle at the most critical moment. He flew forward and blocked in front of Gan Mu.
The large saber in his hand suddenly danced wildly, and cyan afterimages of the large saber appeared one after another in front of him.
Boom~~~
A dense net of sabers formed in front of Mu She. The roaring lion head spread energy fluctuations. The moment they collided, the entire courtyard exploded with a thunderous roar, the ground shook, mud bricks tumbled and flew, and both of them retreated almost simultaneously.
Mu She took a step back and steadied himself. Yan Qingshan retreated several steps and finally used the Phoenix Flight Step to barely dissipate the force on his feet.
His current paper data was close to a nine-star Dou Practitioner practicing Huang-class cultivation techniques. With Xuan-class Dou Qi skills, he could even easily counterattack, but the gap between this strength and a Dou Shi was still too large, let alone a Dou master using Xuan-rank Dou Qi skills.
Mu She's overall data was at least above 7.0. All data except mental strength was about three times that of Yan Qingshan. One plus one was much greater than two, let alone one plus one plus one.
If Yan Qingshan hadn't been gathering strength for a while when he used Mad Lion's Roar, he probably wouldn't have had a chance to dissipate the force.
Mu She on the other side was actually more shocked in his heart. This Wind Blade Dance was his trump card, low-level Xuan-rank.
With this Dou Qi skill, he had won the title of the strongest in Qingshan Town several times.
Now, facing Yan Qingshan, to be safe, Mu She let Gan Mu attack first to test, and he observed and then intervened when he was confident.
As soon as he moved, he used his strongest trump card, the Xuan-rank Dou Qi skill, but he didn't expect such a result.
The dust in the sky finally settled, and Yan Qingshan's figure reappeared. Mu She looked around with a gloomy face.
There was such a big commotion, but none of his subordinates had come. Clearly, Yan Qingshan had made preparations before coming.
Yan Qingshan looked at Mu She opposite him and grinned. The gap between Dou Practitioner and Dou Shi was huge, and the high-level Xuan-rank Mad Lion's Roar was not enough to bridge it, but delaying for this long was enough for him.
Yan Qingshan looked at Mu She and smiled. "Leader Mu She, no need to look around. Your subordinates, while you were discussing how to deal with me, I sneaked in and took care of them all. No one will disturb us."
"Kid, you're ruthless!"
Mu She looked left and right. It was silent, no footsteps. It was probably as Yan Qingshan said, there was no one left.
"I don't understand. Before today, our Wolf Head mercenary group had no grudges with you. Just for the matter in the daytime, you want to destroy my Wolf Head Mercenary?"
"Of course... it's not that simple. Blame your Wolf Head mercenary group for being unlucky!"
Yan Qingshan stood still and said, "During this time, I need Thousand Medicine House's resources to do something, but your Wolf Head Mercenary is eyeing Thousand Medicine House.
I was thinking about how to persuade Mister Yao, and then someone sent me a pillow when I was sleepy. I have to thank you!
As for why I came to the Wolf Head Mercenary tonight, it can only be said that your Wolf Head's Mercenary reputation is bad enough. During the daytime, more than one person reminded me to be careful of your revenge.
After hearing it too much, of course... This is I am, either I don't do it, or I do it thoroughly.
As for why I came to you tonight, you didn't expect me to act tonight. Why not take advantage of such a great opportunity instead of giving you time to prepare!"
"Do it thoroughly? You have to have the ability to do it thoroughly... cough cough... what's going on..."
Mu She smiled coldly at his words, but as he was about to say a few harsh words, his face suddenly changed and he coughed violently twice, covering his mouth and coughing up a pool of blood.
"Father!"
Mu Li was shocked when he saw his father injured. He took several steps but stumbled and fell to the ground halfway. A layer of seven-colored halo appeared on his face, and he was panting heavily, having difficulty breathing, and his aura was constantly weakening.
"You... poisoned me!"
Mu She looked at his dead son, then turned around and found that Gan Mu and He Meng were in a similar situation, all lying on the ground.
Recalling his own inexplicable coughing up of blood just now, he understood what had happened.
But what made him even more curious was how Yan Qingshan had poisoned him. He, Mu She, was not an idiot, but he hadn't noticed any clues until now.
"Medicine and poison are inseparable. You should have expected that I would use poison. During the day, your son and He Meng each took a blow from me. At that time, they were left with a nearly odorless medicine on their bodies. Anyone who stayed with them for too long would be infected with this medicinal property."
Yan Qingshan walked forward slowly, looked at Mu She, and smiled. "This medicine is non-toxic, but when mixed with another medicine, it can have an excellent effect. But this thing also has a very general effect on Dou Master, but you're lucky.
Tonight, I just happened to get a peerless poison, so I tried it on you. I didn't expect it to be so useful, saving me a lot of trouble. Otherwise, even with my trump card, it would take some effort to deal with a Dou Master!"
"You... bastard~~~!!!"
Mu She squeezed out these two words with difficulty, frantically circulating his Dou Qi to try to dispel the poison.
Unfortunately, his face was soon filled with horror. As the Dou Qi circulated, he noticed that his strength was disappearing even faster, and Yan Qingshan's shadow had already covered his head.
"don't waste your energy!"
Yan Qingshan walked to Mu She's front and squatted down, looking at this one-star Dou Master who was struggling to lift his head, without any pity in his eyes.
"Once this poison takes effect, it's already a sign that the poison has entered the bone marrow. There's basically no cure.
To be honest, I really have to thank you for your caution. If you had attacked me directly the moment you saw me, maybe I wouldn't have been able to wait until this moment when you were poisoned!"
"You, you, you... uh..."
Mu She looked up at Yan Qingshan, trembling and pointing at him as if he wanted to say something. Yan Qingshan's palm landed on his head, and with just a little force, this Dou Master expert who once firmly held the title of the strongest expert in Qingshan Town lost his breath.