Allure of a Country Maiden-Chapter 1234 - 1231_1

Continuing the charade, Xi’er and Xiao’er worked together, constantly oscillating between feigning and truth.

Xi’er released an imitation poison egg and spun a tale to the onlooking crowd, disrupting the enemy’s judgment.

After several fake eggs were released, no one trusted her anymore, leading them to believe that she had depleted her stock of poison eggs. Then she released a series of genuine poison eggs!

It was infuriating!

After 15 minutes, amidst a mix of real and fake poison eggs, the soldier’s bodies and spirits were shattered. Nearly half of them were obliterated, and Xiao’er seized the opportunity to take down two of Master Gu Xuan’s followers.

Although the eggs were poisonous, they weren’t lethal. Some only caused itchy skin, others induced tears and sneezing with their poison powder.

Xi’er merely uttered terrifying descriptions of the after-effects of poisoning to scare them and distract their attention.

Of course, they had been tricked often enough that they wised up and no longer fell for her deceit.

Meanwhile, at Shangguan Xuanyi’s end - with a flick of his golden whip, skin was flayed and flesh was exposed. Yet these injuries were not enough to mortally wound Master Gu Xuan’s followers.

Then Shangguh Xuanyi swung his whip again, forcing the approaching enemies to retreat a few meters. His wrist twisted and the whip shot in another direction. It quickly coiled around a man. The moment Shangguan Xuanyi used the whip to pull him in his direction, his other hand swiftly dealt with the man!

This entire sequence of actions was completed within a single breath.

Then with a forceful hurl, he threw the man towards a soldier from Nangong Country.

A man in black armor, with only his eyes visible, appeared, "You should hurry and leave! The commotion here is too great. General Tan, along with thirty thousand soldiers stationed near here, has been alerted and is rushing over! They will soon have us surrounded."

Just when Xi’er thought they were going to win and finally get some rest, another person popped up and delivered this piece of news.

Xi’er recognized the voice of Li Guzi, the man armed head-to-toe in the black armor. At this moment, she detested the people of Nangong Country!

"Oh my God! Another round? I’m exhausted, my hand feels like it’s about to break! I’ve nearly depleted my lifelong collection of poisons! The people of Nangong Country are so shameless! Is it necessary to send so many people to kill just six of us? Are they planning to deploy an entire army to murder us?"

Of the remaining soldiers, gasping and struggling to survive, one cursed upon hearing Xi’er’s words, "You’re the shameless one! The most shameless of all is you! What does this have to do with Nangong Country! Now, it’s impossible for you to escape even if you had wings!"

This woman had been deceiving them with poison eggs, making a mockery of them. Weren’t her tricks even more despicable?

Xi’er glanced at the only remaining black-clad figure. "Oh my, you’re quite patriotic! I’m shameless, yes, but I’m dealing with shameless people! So of course, I have to fight fire with fire! Otherwise, I’d be aggravated to death! Disgusting and shameless! Take this, poison egg!" With that, Xi’er threw another fake poison egg at him.

Daring to call herself shameless! He’d show her!

More poison! The man in black disdainfully glanced at Xi’er. He then unsheathed his sword to slice the tiny poison egg in half. He wasn’t afraid!

The venom inside the poison egg sprayed out instantaneously, splashing onto the man’s face and body.

"Ah!" The man immediately clutched his face and shrieked.

"I forgot to tell you, this is my last poison egg! The venom inside is capable of corroding the human body! Just wait and see as your body slowly rots to death!" Seeing him foolish enough to slice the poison egg open with his sword, Xi’er gloated triumphantly.

"Zhao Yong, Fang Shun, fetch the horses. All four of you need to leave immediately!" Shangguan Xuanyi simultaneously commanded while dealing with the last man.

They had faced wave after wave of enemies and the fight was not going to get any easier.

Zhao Yong and Fang Shun hastily went to fetch the horses.

"I’ll kill you!" The black-clad man, his face and body burning, freed his face and aimed a palm strike at Xi’er.

Seeing this, Shangguan Xuanyi quickly stepped in front of Xi’er to block him, returning the palm strike. Both of them were pushed back several steps. Then, the man in black spat out a mouthful of blood.

After Xiao’er finished off the last of Gu Xuan’s subordinates, she intercepted a few soldiers chasing after Zhao Yong and Fang Shun and swiftly took them down.

Once Zhao Yong and Fang Shun brought over the horses, Shangguan Xuanyi said, "You four, mount the horses and leave swiftly!"

"Head in the northeast direction!" said Li Guzi before running off.

He had initially come to deliver the message to them, expecting to assist them in taking down the last enemy. However, they had already taken care of them. He was relieved that he wouldn’t have to intervene physically. He worried that he would be recognized and become the target of a siege the following day.

Being in Nangong Country territory and having pledged not to intervene in the battle between the two nations, Li Guzi hadn’t however agreed to lend Minze Country a helping hand to conquer Nangong Country.

He didn’t have an army and could only extend minor support from the shadows. He couldn’t afford to let the imperial cour of Nangong Country find out; they would immediately dispatch troops to flatten Li Valley!

Even a powerful dragon cannot oppress a local snake held the essence of this situation. This entire land was under Gong’s jurisdiction!

"Master, you ride the horse. Fang Shun and I will use our Qinggong to retreat," Zhao Yong commanded.

How could they ride horses while their own masters fled using Qinggong?

"Stop wasting time! Get on the horse!" Shangguan Xuanyi said, sweeping Xiao’er into his arms and leaving without giving them a chance to refuse.

Xiao’er quickly tossed a vial of pills towards Xi’er as they departed, "Medicine for injuries, one per person!"

Xi’er caught the vial, hastily poured out two pills then tossed the vial back to Zhao Yong.

Oh, she was in agony! From her childhood till now, she hadn’t suffered such grievous injuries, nor lost so much blood!

The four quickly swallowed the pills and then two of them shared a horse. Before the government solders arrived, they fled swiftly, disappearing from the soldiers’ line of sight.

With Xiao’er alongside him, Shangguan Xuanyi followed them from behind. The party didn’t stop until they emerged from Li County’s jurisdiction, reaching a county town known as Erdong.

The six then disguised themselves again and settled in an inn at Erdong County.

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In the study

Gong Zixuan, looking at a subordinate’s report, found it difficult to believe: Thirty assassins, ten of Master Gu Xuan’s followers and so many soldiers, yet none could claim even one of their lives?

All his people were dead, while the six adversaries were perfectly fine!

And his dispatch of thirty thousand soldiers had been in vain!

"Good! Very good! Once again, I’ve underestimated you, Shangguan Xuanyi! So many people and yet, none of them could touch you!" Gong Zixuan exclaimed, flinging everything off his desk in frustration.

At this moment, Gu Xuan walked in, "Crown Prince, please calm your anger."

Upon hearing this, Gong Zixuan looked up at Gu Xuan, "Master Gu Xuan, do you have any means to end Shangguan Xuanyi’s life? Didn’t you say that until Shangguan Xuanyi is vanquished, we’ll never unify the kingdom?"

"Yes, sir, I have already probed him. In terms of martial arts, hardly anyone can match him. If doing it openly doesn’t work, then we must do it covertly!"

"Does the master have a plan?" Inquired Gong Zixuan, his heart leaping with hope at these words.

"Yes! But we need to wait a few more days!"