Chapter 5 Collapse
The alley was right in front of her, but Ji Ruxue didn't know whether she should go in.

She turned around and looked at Xiao Yan, asking for his opinion with her eyes.

Of course, she had just heard what Lin Xiuzhi said, and had come to the conclusion that Xiao Yan was not the deposed emperor.

But from the standpoint, Xiao Yan is at least in agreement with her now.

But the latter did not respond to her. Instead, he put the old man down first, then frowned and glanced around, saying, "You have already contributed to Zhu Hanbin, why do you need to harm your father?"

Zhu Hanbin...

Ji Ruxue's heart moved. Although she had been in Fengxiang for a long time, she also knew this man's name. This man was one of the adopted sons of Liang Emperor Zhu Wen. He was the commander of Liang's elite personal army "Luoyandu". He made great contributions to Zhu Wen's conquest of Cai. People at that time also called him "Zhu Luoyan". He was appointed as the commander of the Right Winged Guards during the Tianfu period. He was now the governor of Haocao Prefecture. Even in Miao Chengtian's place, he had heard his name many times.

However, before she could think about this man's past, the echo of Lin Dalang could be heard from all sides of the quiet room.

"Because he deserves to die!"

Lin Xiuzhi hid in the dark, and said in a somewhat crazy voice: "You are just a kid, how can you understand my pain? I have been learning medicine for thirty years, and this old guy always scolds me. After I finally became a talent and could barely get a word of praise from him, he actually wants me to die for a shitty bad guy who disappeared thirty years ago?"

Then, he changed the subject and laughed hoarsely, "Li Tang is dead, why do you lunatics stay in this world instead of dying?"

"You are the crazy one."

Xiao Yan shook his head and said, "Uncle Lin never thought of letting you die. In his and my grandfather's plan, only my life would be sacrificed. On the contrary, you secretly communicated with the Xuanming Sect and killed your father with your own hands. You have lost the most basic conscience as a human being."

"Shit!"

Lin Xiuzhi seemed to have been hit in the sore spot, and could no longer maintain his polite appearance. He cursed loudly: "Your father sent you to death, and you also sided with him? He is just like this old man, always talking about repaying the late emperor, but he is just thinking about the lost power? In this world, do you really believe in their loyalty and so-called conscience?"

This time, Xiao Yan did not answer him, but frowned and looked around.

Over there, Lin Xiuzhi seemed very satisfied with the current situation, so he stopped talking nonsense and said directly: "Grandpa, if you are willing to tell me how to use that flag to contact more bad guys, I will let this boy and that girl live."

Finally, he added with a low laugh, "Actually, there are already many Xuanming Sect personnel stationed around this Gusheng Hall. Even if Brother Yan can escape, he will just be trapped. But if I can show some leniency, he will have a chance to survive."

The old man leaning against the stone wall coughed violently. He closed his eyes and remained silent for a long time, then staggered to the charcoal.

"Very good, write it down and have them read it to me. Don't lie to me, Brother Yan can't leave Caozhou City in a short time."

During this period, Ji Ruxue was overwhelmed by the huge amount of information, but at this moment, she was extremely anxious.

If they let the situation continue to develop, the two of them would be at the mercy of others.

But at this moment, Xiao Yan suddenly asked: "What can you gain by joining that demon sect?"

In the dark, Lin Xiuzhi was stunned for a moment, then laughed triumphantly: "It is a power you could never imagine..."

"'Sword Intent' activated, has re-locked the target."

Almost at the same time as the mechanical voice in his head sounded, Xiao Yan said to Ji Ruxue quickly: "Miss Ji, take twelve steps with your left hand, upwards..."

However, before Ji Ruxue could fully react, he had already jumped out from where he was and put one hand on her waist.

"Never mind, I'll just borrow your sword for a while."

In an instant, before the sound of the sword being unsheathed had died down, the sharp edge had already appeared in the firelight.

With a loud bang, debris flew everywhere and a wide crack seemed to appear out of thin air on the stone wall. At the same time, Xiao Yan inserted the sword in his hand into it, and then kicked the hilt in the air, and the stone wall suddenly exploded.

Afterwards, the gravel seemed to have a sense of direction and all of it hit Lin Xiuzhi's face who was hiding behind it.

"Eat dog intestines! My face!"

"Damn, damn..."

He covered his face with one hand and kept screaming, while his other hand was still groping around on the stone wall beside him. But in this very short time, Xiao Yan had already stepped on one foot, jumped into the narrow crack, and kicked it open.

Lin Xiuzhi was kicked and rolled backwards, finally stopping in the corner of the wall, with blood constantly flowing from the corner of his mouth.

But he still managed to raise his head, his teeth, mixed with blood, opened and closed, and he laughed out loud: "Brother Yan, after this disaster, your martial arts have improved a lot. Unfortunately, you are still a step behind me..."

Xiao Yan frowned and looked back, then he saw poisonous fog slowly seeping out from the four corners of the dark room below.

Ji Ruxue, who had just sheathed her sword, was a little flustered, but she immediately carried the old man and wanted to go out of the alley.

Lin Xiuzhi tightly covered his eyes that were bleeding, but he seemed to know the situation below. He gasped and laughed: "It's useless, useless... I have already set up traps in these four passages. It won't take a cup of tea for the poison to spread everywhere in the air. Even if you kill me, you have to stay and be buried with me! Haha... Haha! Die with me!"

Seeing Ji Ruxue below tearing off the corner of her clothes to cover her mouth and nose, Xiao Yan asked in a deep voice: "Where is the antidote and my grandfather? Tell me, and I can save your life."

"Don't be silly. How dare I spare your father's life? Even though his tendons and veins were broken, he almost killed me. If he really died..."

As if he could see Xiao Yan's ugly face, he laughed again: "Do I know how much I envy you? Your father has been good to you since you were young, and it seems that he really treats you as the emperor. Unlike me, the old man asked you to take me with him before he died..." "Did you really kill him?"

"I didn't lie to you." Lin Xiuzhi laughed out loud, blood constantly flowing out from between his teeth and lips, flowing onto his chest.

But immediately, a very strong hand grabbed his neck, and his laughter was instantly silenced, and he could no longer make any sound.

He was still grinning, but Xiao Yan's very low voice could be heard in his ears.

"You will really die miserably..."

Lin Xiuzhi looked at him with disdain, grinning, trying to taunt him. But immediately, his whole body suddenly froze, and his two blind eyes suddenly opened, revealing his blood-red eye whites.

Then, a huge scream was about to come out of his mouth, but it was tightly held by Xiao Yan's hand, so he could only open his mouth in vain, his whole body shaking violently.

"'Sword Intent' has been activated, and has begun to acquire the other party's consciousness."

"I found more than ten books of medicine, including 'Thousand Gold Prescriptions', which have been transformed into medical skills by the other party. Will the host absorb them?"

"Found the antidote formula for 'Soul-Calling Powder'..."

The goal had been achieved, but the indigo light in Xiao Yan's eyes did not disappear. He had a gloomy face and his hands gripping his neck even tighter.

"Successfully inflicted 'Lingchi' on the opponent, and started..."

The mechanical sound in his head stopped, and Xiao Yan withdrew his hand. Then he stood up and left without looking back, jumping into the dark room below.

Behind him, Lin Xiuzhi's violent scream suddenly sounded, without stopping for a moment. However, it turned hoarse in a very short time and quickly faded away.

Ji Ruxue was holding the old man. Although she was wondering what Xiao Yan had done to that man, she was already somewhat exhausted. So she gently put the old man down and panted, "Can you get the antidote from him?"

As she was speaking, she felt something strange in her nose and mouth. She reached out to wipe it, but she couldn't stop the bright red nosebleed.

As for the old man, he had already fainted in the poisonous fog due to his weak body.

Xiao Yan's face was not good, but he just opened a wooden box according to his memory, took out many herbs from it, and then took one out and gave it to Ji Ruxue. At the same time, he crushed another one with his internal force and sprinkled it into the old man's mouth.

"Use this to temporarily relieve the symptoms. This place seems to be collapsing. Go out first. After you go out, I will prepare an antidote for you."

After saying this, he carried the old man on his back.

Ji Ruxue was somewhat suspicious, but still believed it and chewed the herb into pieces in her mouth.

In front, Xiao Yan had already started walking towards the alley with the old woman on her back, but she still felt a little weak all over.

She supported herself with her sword and kept wiping the blood from her nose with her hands.

Looking up at Xiao Yan's back, the girl's face turned pale.

But immediately, the former's hand reached out, grabbed her in surprise, and walked into the alley together.

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The cracks grew bigger and bigger, and the sound of falling pieces echoed in the dark room. Xuan Jingtian, with a tense face, rushed in with two masked maids.

They took the wrong turn and finally arrived here by following the noise.

But from the scene before them, it was obvious that they were a step too late.

A sharp-eyed maid pointed upwards and said, "Second Madam, there seems to be a figure in that broken wall."

Xuan Jingtian didn't hesitate, he took an arrow and jumped up.

A maid was hurriedly rummaging through a wooden box below, and another maid followed.

But as soon as she came in, she let out a scream, then immediately turned around and began to dry heave.

Although Xuan Jingtian looked calm, there was a hint of surprise in his eyes.

In the sight, there was a bloody male corpse lying on its back in the corner. His mouth was wide open, but he died from a burst eye.

It is worth mentioning that his face was scratched to pieces by his fingers before his death, as if a knife had slowly cut off the flesh on his face.

"Let's go."

Xuan Jingtian turned back to the dark room with a complicated look, and then led the two people out of the alley following the blood trail before the room collapsed.

She could no longer see through the mystery surrounding Xiao Yan.

(End of this chapter)