Chapter 151: Night Emperor Toad Poison
Yin Shisan had a slight smile on his face, but his eyes were extremely serious: “Senior Brother, I have to nag you a few words. The most important thing about the Hidden Sect is the word ‘hidden’. Even if you become a Hidden Person in the future, you must try your best to hide this identity even from the people you trust the most around you. Not to mention that she is Cang Li’s sister, even Cang Li himself won’t do.”
“This matter, I will report it truthfully to the Hidden Lord in the future. Please do not blame me, Junior Disciple Brother.”
“Thirteenth Senior Brother, rest assured! I will restrain her myself. Our identities will not leak from her mouth.” Li Weiyi could understand Yin Shisan’s concerns, but he had long guessed the Hidden Lord’s identity, so he didn’t think this matter would cause much consequence.
If he formally became a Hidden Person, none of these would actually be an issue.
Hidden People are responsible for their own actions, and no one has the qualification to accuse or interfere.
Li Weiyi asked: “How did you all leave Yao Guan? Is Yao Yin and the others safe?”
Yin Shisan transmitted with Magic Energy: “We took the underground Blood River. Half a month ago, the Hidden People withdrew from Li Zhou in batches, each going their separate ways. Yao Yin and Yin Twenty-Four and a few others should have gone with Yin Nine to Qiu Zhou Prefecture City to join in the fun of the Hidden Dragon Lantern Festival!”
“With Yin Nine’s cultivation and talent, he is fully qualified to contend for the few treasures that Du’e Temple is offering. Not to mention the Longevity Pill, just the Dragon Seed alone has fatal allure for the top Heavenly Prodigies of the young generation who are about to step into the Dao Seed Realm.”
“What is a Dragon Seed?” Li Weiyi asked curiously.
“I only know that it is an extremely precious Dao Seed.”
Yin Shisan glanced at Li Ling, who was completely shrouded in black robes, and suddenly said meaningfully: “Weiyi, that girl Yao Yin is very concerned about your safety. She wanted to venture deep into Mang Mountain Range to find you multiple times, but luckily everyone stopped her. In the end, Yin Twenty-Four forcibly took her away.”
“I’ve made everyone worry. Haven’t I come out of the Nether Realm of the Dead safe and sound?”
Li Weiyi thought of Yao Yin’s physical condition and became worried in his heart. Her Ice Soul Cold Qi could erupt at any time, and no one knew if the next time it would cause her body to shatter and perish.
He had to find her as soon as possible.
Promises made must be kept.
“Thirteenth Senior Brother, you said earlier that your mission this time is to escort a group of important Imperial Court members to Qiu Prefecture?” Li Weiyi asked.
“Now the entire Southern Territory is in turmoil, and only Qiu Prefecture is the most stable. Everyone is fleeing there.”
Yin Shisan asked: “Why don’t you two come with us! Zhizhou is not a safe place. The Li Tribe is powerful but lacks rules and has great ambition. Not long ago, they sent troops into Li Zhou territory to cause trouble for the Jiu Li tribe, no different from bandits taking advantage of the fire. Moreover, the Night City cavalry in the southern hills of Zhizhou often appear, looting passing Martial Cultivators.”
Li Weiyi naturally wished for it. He didn’t want to sleep in the wind and dew, rushing on the road every day with no time for cultivation at all. He said: “Is it convenient?”
Yin Shisan laughed heartily: “If your Senior Brother I don’t even have this bit of ability, what qualification do I have to be in charge of Hidden Sect’s Five Seas Realm affairs?”
Hot steaming noodle soup was served.
After gulping down a bowl, they settled the bill. Yin Shisan led Li Weiyi and Li Ling, along with more than ten eunuchs purchasing supplies, toward the dock.
As for the news of the collusion between San Chen Palace, Night City, and Ash Spirit, it had naturally been spread ahead of time.
……
At the dock outside the town, aside from various messy fishing boats, there was only one large ship suitable for long-distance navigation.
It was a three-story multi-story ship over seventy meters long, with a “Coffin Sea” flag at the bow, operating under the guise of a Coffin Sea Merchant Association merchant ship. Otherwise, it would be hard to pass through this area controlled by the Li Tribe.
The Coffin Sea Merchant Association greased palms along the way every season, sending out massive amounts of silver coins just to ensure the waterway remained open.
The turmoil in Li Zhou had erupted for over a month, and the real important Imperial Court members had long since withdrawn.
On this ship, almost all were outer chambers kept by Imperial Court officials, as well as illegitimate sons and daughters. They couldn’t see the light of day and couldn’t leave with the real official families, so they could only be secretly picked up and settled by people from the Attendant Hall.
Yin Shisan was the clerk of the chief yamen, one of the three yamens of Li Zhou’s Attendant Hall, and held a high status on the ship. All trivial matters were under his management, making him the third most important person, second only to “Xue Niangzi” and Guard Commander “Wu Zhaonan”.
Xue Niangzi, according to Yin Shisan, even he had not seen her true appearance. He only knew she had a great background and was the highest status among all the outer chambers, living in the highest third layer cabin.
The entire third layer, except for the guards, servants, and maids Xue Niangzi brought herself, no one else was allowed to set foot, or they would be killed without mercy.
Wu Zhaonan wore Magic Tool Armor, his tiger-like frame tall and sturdy, appearing to be in his forties or fifties, with a white short beard on his chin. His real age was actually over seventy.
“Secret agents of the Attendant Hall?”
Wu Zhaonan’s gaze was unusual as he looked at Li Weiyi and Li Ling following behind Yin Shisan.
He wasn’t doubting the authenticity of Li Weiyi’s and the other’s secret agent identities, but their attire was really too strange.
Li Ling was, after all, a rare Pure Immortal Body. To cover this up, she wore a Ghost Face Mask on her face and loose robes. Li Weiyi naturally matched her with the same outfit.
Yin Shisan smiled: “We happened to meet them in Tianchi Town. The two have secret missions and are also heading to Qiu Prefecture.”
Wu Zhaonan didn’t question too much, clearly trusting Yin Shisan.
“This Guard Commander is at the cultivation of Five Seas Realm Fourth Stage, right?” Walking on the deck corridor, Li Weiyi transmitted with Magic Energy.
Yin Shisan was quite surprised: “Good eyesight. You can even tell that.”
Li Weiyi had already fought with Martial Cultivators of Five Seas Realm Fourth Stage, so he naturally had a rough judgment of the mind aura of Martial Cultivators at this level.
Third layer ship tower.
Zhuang Yue, dressed in a blue maid outfit, quickly returned to the luxurious spacious cabin room.
In the room, over a hundred formation scripts were deployed—some floating in mid-air, others clinging tightly to the floor, walls, windows, and ceiling.
Jiang Ning sat cross-legged at the center of the formation. Her upper body was almost bare, her face pale, fine beads of sweat on her forehead, pure and powerful Magic Energy circulating over her body as she closed her eyes to heal her injuries.
Her snow-white back, like ice and jade skin, was originally flawless, like a masterpiece of heaven, but it was ruined by a deep claw mark visible to the bone, continuously emitting black mist.
“Puff!”
A mouthful of black blood spurted from her mouth.
Her eyelids slightly opened, revealing a pair of tired and weak eyes. She draped her outer robe back on and sighed faintly: “Such powerful Night Emperor Toad Poison!”
“Still unable to completely refine and expel the poison?” Zhuang Yue was very worried. She had never seen her young lady injured so badly.
Jiang Ning shook her head: “According to legend, the Night Emperor Toad was a poison beast raised by the Ancient Heavenly Emperor, and its poison is extraordinary. The claw Yuwen Tuozhen used to ambush me was a Magic Tool poison claw that had been soaked in this poison. Luckily, after tens of thousands of years, the real Night Emperor Toad Poison has long gone extinct, leaving only some poison tools with massively lost potency. What’s the situation outside?”
Zhuang Yue reported: “We have already escaped Li Zhou and entered Zhizhou territory. Young Lady is brilliantly clever, using this trick to hoodwink. That Long Ting, Yuwen Tuozhen, Nirvana Truth, and Dharma Truth will surely lose their target. How could they catch up to us?”
Over a month ago in Mang Mountain Range, Jiang Ning chased Long Ting into the Nether Realm of the Dead, only to be ambushed by Night City Young Master Yuwen Tuozhen as well as Nirvana Truth and Dharma Truth.
After being seriously injured, she was surrounded and pursued by these four masters, nearly dying in the Nether Realm. Through wits and courage along the way, she managed to loop back to Jiu Li City in a roundabout way.
But with the Imperial Court masters led by Li Zhou Governor having already withdrawn from Jiu Li City, and no one available to use, Jiang Ning could only hide on this ship, disappearing from the sight of the four masters.
The real Xue Niangzi had long been controlled by her with runes, turned into a puppet issuing orders.
Jiang Ning shook her head lightly: “These four are not ordinary people; their minds and martial ways are top among the young generation. Although I set up a doubt formation in Jiu Li City, creating the illusion that I was still in the city, it’s hard to say how long it can mislead them. Moreover, this ship has weak defense capabilities. Whether it can withstand other dangers on the road is still unknown.”
Zhuang Yue said: “Right, Miss, just now two secret agents from the Attendant Hall boarded the ship. Should we contact them?”
The Attendant Hall was a subordinate force of Luantai.
“Don’t create extraneous issues. The best is not to let anyone know we are on the ship.”
Jiang Ning continued healing.
……
Li Weiyi and Li Ling were settled in cabins at the stern of the first layer cabin. The two rooms were adjacent.
Li Ling entered her cabin for a look, then came out: “Arrange one room is fine!”
Hearing this, not to mention Yin Shisan was stunned, even Li Weiyi felt unaccustomed, thinking their relationship didn’t need to develop this fast.
Watching Li Ling enter Li Weiyi’s cabin, Yin Shisan gave Li Weiyi a prudent look and transmitted with Magic Energy: “Senior Brother has to remind you, Li Ling’s identity is not simple. Don’t easily provoke her, and certainly don’t two-time. You have to think clearly—what about Yao Yin then? Also, don’t go to the third layer cabin. Find me anytime if there’s anything. My official name is Chen Chuan. Calling me Clerk Chen or Master Chen Chen is fine.”
As Yin Shisan left, he heavily patted Li Weiyi’s shoulder.
“Yao Yin?”
When Li Weiyi agreed to Zen Sea Observing Mist’s trial relationship, he hadn’t thought of this issue at all.
In his view, Yao Yin was just a little sister pitiful enough to make one’s heart ache.
Entering the cramped narrow cabin, he looked at Li Ling sitting on the edge of the bed.
Li Ling’s tone was clear and ethereal: “I want to enter Shaoyang Star to continue absorbing the power there to nourish the soul and strengthen the physical body.”
“That’s good. I have the same intention.”
Li Weiyi breathed a sigh of relief, planning to enter Shaoyang Star for closed-door cultivation on the way to Qiu Prefecture, striving to break through as soon as possible to become a Great Mind Master and pick the Xihe Flower.
He took out the Ghost Flag and Yin Banner, deploying them in the cabin.
That afternoon.
The multi-story ship, pulled by three Water Lion Beasts, sailed upstream.
In the Blood Mud Space.
Li Weiyi took out the Boundary Bag and poured out nearly a hundred pounds of Immortal Soil, spreading it into a three-foot square patch on the Spirit Soil.
The Immortal Soil was four-colored, shimmering with light, completely different from the soil of this world, exuding a sense of mystery and treasure-like aura.
He sat on the ground like a dirt-rich landlord, taking inventory.
The Dyeing Cloud Exotic Medicine on him totaled one hundred fifty-four stalks, impossible to plant all. Thus, he only took out ten stalks of Dyeing Cloud Exotic Medicine that could help open the Sea of Qi and planted them in the Immortal Soil.
One tael of Immortal Soil costs a million silver coins!
A hundred pounds of Immortal Soil could already be called priceless.
