My Years in the Jianghu with the Prince: A Time of Unethical Conduct

Chapter 25 Gu Insect

Wu Li launched into a tirade against Xie Yan, and everyone admired his courage inwardly, while secretly watching Xie Yan's reaction.

Surprisingly, Xie Yan showed no anger whatsoever.

He squatted down, patted Wu Li's face, and asked in surprise, "Why are you cursing yourself like that?"

Wu Li was stunned; he hadn't expected such a response.

“My father died a long time ago. He died a terrible death, his body was completely torn apart.”

Xie Yan looked on with a sigh, clicking his tongue and shaking his head, as if recalling his father's tragic death, leaving everyone speechless.

Wu Li remained silent, then turned to look at him.

After a few glances, I finally noticed something amiss. "This isn't your face. Who are you?"

He was indeed quite capable; he could tell at a glance that the second-in-command was Xuanfeng in disguise when they were at the gate of the stronghold.

Xie Yan smiled kindly at him: "Child, have you forgotten me?"

Wu Li hesitated for a moment, as if trying to recall: "Do I know you?"

Xie Yan patted his head and said with genuine emotion, "I am your grandfather whom you have never met, grandson!"

Uli: ...

Like everyone who has just met Xie Yan, Wu Li was speechless for a moment.

Xuanfeng had no time for their verbal sparring and immediately grabbed Wuli, demanding, "Hand over the antidote right now!"

Wu Li was casually mentioned by him, tilted her head and looked over, smiling, "No."

After a few punches from Xuanfeng, Wu Li's handsome face was immediately covered in bruises.

He coughed twice with a laugh, spitting a mouthful of bloody saliva towards Xuanfeng.

Xuanfeng dodged by tilting his head, and then kicked Wuli away in anger.

Wu Li rolled around on the ground a few times, stirring up a cloud of dust, leaving him covered in dirt.

He lay on the ground, laughing wildly: "Hahahaha, I said there's no antidote, and that means there's no antidote. They'll be my puppets for life!"

No sooner had he finished speaking than, without any warning, a sword shot out with unstoppable force, piercing him straight through the chest.

Chu Ling withdrew his hand without even glancing at Wu Li's side.

If there is no antidote, there is no need to keep him alive; you can't get anything out of this kind of person.

Even if there were an antidote, he certainly wouldn't hand it over; instead, he would take pleasure in their suffering.

"Cough cough cough..."

Wu Li was stabbed through the chest by a sword, and he was still alive.

His eyes were wide open, and he coughed incessantly, with large amounts of blood gushing from his throat.

The next moment, a strange sound rang out, and a "black cloud" flew in from the sky.

Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a swarm of wasps, flying menacingly towards the crowd.

"Ah! There's a snake!"

Another commotion ensued.

Only then did everyone realize that the trees and the ground were silently crawling with all kinds of venomous snakes and scorpions.

I didn't expect that even though Wu Li was on the verge of death, he still wouldn't stop.

The poisonous creatures on the ground quickly crawled all over Wuli's body, slowly gathering into a small hill.

Everyone felt a chill run down their spines.

Xuanfeng and the others who weren't seriously injured were fine, but those whose limbs had been broken were about to suffer.

Unexpectedly, this turned out to be a stepping stone for Wu Li.

"Your Majesty!"

Tao Xian threw an object towards Chu Ling.

Chu Ling didn't speak, but struck out with a palm strike from mid-air, shattering it. With the enhancement of his internal force, the powder inside instantly enveloped the entire area.

The poisonous creatures in the area immediately began to retreat upon contact with the powder, as if they had encountered something that could subdue them.

But after a short while, they suddenly stopped as if they had received some instruction, circled around like headless flies a few times, and then attacked the crowd again.

"how is this possible?"

Tao Xian was taken aback; that was her specially made insect repellent powder, which had been very effective against these poisonous creatures in the past.

Chu Ling had a bad feeling, and he immediately flew down to where Wu Li's corpse was.

He slammed his hand out, and the poisonous creatures were struck by the force of his palm and bounced away.

The ground was completely empty, leaving only a large pool of blood.

Chu Ling frowned deeply.

If he makes a move, he will leave no room for retreat.

Moreover, it hit a person's vital spot directly, so how could Wu Li still be alive?

The others were too busy driving away the poisonous insects to even look at Chu Ling.

Normally, these things would not pose any threat to them at all.

But now there are a lot of injured and immobile people, and they are in trouble again.

Perhaps because it is located in the mountains and forests, these things come up in an endless stream, and you can't see the end of them when you look at them.

Chu Ling's gyrfalcon was indeed like a fish in water among the insect swarm, but it was still a drop in the ocean.

In a short while, many people were stung and cried out in pain.

These things are even more difficult to deal with than those afflicted by poison.

But suddenly, they all receded like a tide.

Poisonous insects piled on top of each other, and snakes intertwined.

Some even rushed to bite their companions to death in order to run faster, and it even looked like they were fleeing in panic.

"what happened……"

"what's the situation?"

The crowd, bewildered and confused, looked around in disbelief.

Only Chu Ling glanced at Xie Yan first.

Xie Yan's hands hung down, her right hand holding a dagger, which was still dripping with blood.

However, a deep bloodstain ran across his left wrist, and blood dripped onto the ground, forming a small puddle.

Chu Ling rushed to his side, his face cold and hard. He grabbed Xie Yan's arm and asked, "What happened? Your blood..."

Xie Yan winked at him nonchalantly, "So if that kid can have Gu, why can't I?"

Chu Ling pressed on the acupoints to stop the bleeding and took out a medicine bottle with the Prince's Mansion logo from his pocket to spray it on the wound.

"This is a special military wound medicine. It works quickly, but it will hurt a little. Just bear with it."

The medicine was indeed very effective; it stopped the bleeding in no time.

Watching Chu Ling take a bandage and wrap it around his wound, he teased without changing his expression: "Your Highness is really joking. Making an assassin endure pain is really unnecessary."

"Really?"

Chu Ling glanced at him with a half-smile, then casually pressed his wound.

Xie Yan: "Hiss—"

Xuanfeng and the others also noticed the commotion and returned to Xie Yan's side, asking him, "Your blood?"

He quickly thought of something else: since Xie Yan's blood has such miraculous effects, perhaps his blood could also be used to treat those who are afflicted by Gu poison.

In fact, he wasn't the only one who thought of this; others had the same idea, but no one spoke up to Xie Yan.

They all understood that whether or not to save Xie Yan was her own decision.

Seeing everyone's expressions, Tao Xian, who was busy and sweating profusely, spoke first: "Although I don't understand it, I know that Gu worms are strange and they are mutually reinforcing and mutually restraining. Only those who are familiar with their habits can use them rashly."

Xie Yan looked at her approvingly, "Indeed, we don't know what kind of curse they are under, so we can't act rashly."

Then he changed the subject: "But I also know a Gu master from the Southern Frontier. The Gu in my body was planted by this person."