I Outworked the Entire Cultivation World-Chapter 201 - 173: Tearing Off the Mask (Bonus for 500 Yue Tickets)
Mutong got up and tried to run, but Little Green blocked his way at the cave entrance. He was only at Mid-Stage Qi Cultivation and couldn’t possibly stand against the Earth Evil Fire on Little Green.
Jiang Yuebai twisted her numb neck. Normally, when poison enters the body, the Earth Evil Fire can burn it away, but the steel needle in Moh Baichun’s hand carried a paralyzing toxin, though not a large amount.
It was probably timed so she would wake up after a brief coma. In reality, as long as she wasn’t severely injured to the point of being unable to awaken, Little Green could wake her from the Sea of Consciousness at any time.
Even if Moh Baichun had left her some leeway, giving her a chance to survive rather than calculating her death, it was too much for him to sell her to Xue Liuzhi as consultation fees!
Earlier, she was happy to have received a large reward, but it turned out it was her own ransom money!
Mutong shrank against the mountain wall and said tremblingly, "You... you... even if you kill me, you won’t be able to escape."
Waa~~ Waa~~
Constant baby crying sounded from outside, loud and plenty.
"Little Green."
Jiang Yuebai told Little Green to step back for a moment and said to Mutong, "I’ll ask, and you answer truthfully. I won’t give you a hard time, but if you dare to fool me, I guarantee you’ll die painfully!"
Mutong nodded hurriedly.
"What’s with all the crying outside?"
Mutong glanced outside, "Those are all... my master’s... his..."
Mutong couldn’t say it, but Jiang Yuebai already understood.
"They’re all your master’s children? So Xue Liuzhi, he... beast!"
Jiang Yuebai gritted her teeth and cursed, then thought it over and felt something was off.
"Since they’re all Xue Liuzhi’s children, why aren’t they being raised properly? Why throw them in such a dark and damp place? And why does he need so many children?"
Mutong trembled as he replied, "They... they’re all... medicinal ingredients..."
Jiang Yuebai suddenly remembered the mysterious person in Yong’an City who taught the Lin Family’s servant to extract innate spiritual energy from blood relatives.
"Did Xue Liuzhi go to Qingzhou under the Fengxian Domain over three months ago?"
Mutong shook his head, "I don’t know, but Master only returned from outside two months ago."
Jiang Yuebai asked some more questions about Xue Liuzhi, and Mutong cooperated by telling her everything he knew.
Mutong was also Xue Liuzhi’s child, and despite being fifteen years old, he remained in a half-dead state due to consuming Xue Liuzhi’s medicine.
He said Xue Liuzhi would go out every once in a while and always return with a mortal.
The mortals thought they were coming for immortal cultivation, but in the end, they became the elixir used by Xue Liuzhi to enhance his cultivation.
This time, Xue Liuzhi didn’t bring back a mortal, which Mutong found strange.
Jiang Yuebai felt sure Xue Liuzhi was the mysterious person behind the Lin Family’s servant.
Because he was a Golden Core Master, when he found out in Yong’an City that she and Cai Ren were investigating this, he left early to avoid alerting the Heavenly Interence Sect.
So just now, he must have recognized her.
Thinking back to the lip movements Moh Baichun made when she was unconscious, Jiang Yuebai sneered internally.
Waiting for her peacefully?
Wait for what, a stupid reason!
Jiang Yuebai knocked Mutong unconscious with a blow and threw him into a corner before walking out of the cave.
The continuous sound of crying babies irritated Jiang Yuebai as she hastened her steps away, ignoring the trapped female cultivators and innocent infants.
The most pressing matter was to get herself out of this predicament.
The cave entrance was sealed by a giant spider web, at the center of which hung several fist-sized venomous spiders with black bodies and purple stripes.
Jiang Yuebai stepped back two paces and waved her hand, "Little Green, go."
Little Green didn’t hesitate and charged at the spider web. The lantern’s Earth Evil Fire burned ferociously, incinerating the web instantly.
The venomous spiders hissed, and a swarm of little spiders flooded towards the cave entrance from the outside, densely packed like a tide, trying to seal the entrance again.
Little Green continued to spew fire, wreaking havoc, while Jiang Yuebai, with Feather Scale Armor, gathered strength, darting directly out of the cave.
Just as she steadied herself outside, the sound of the wind breaking came from above, and Jiang Yuebai spun to dodge.
Bang! 𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺
The long vine, like an axe, split the mountain and cleaved toward Jiang Yuebai, gouging a crack in the ground.
Rocks tumbled as Jiang Yuebai looked up to see the dead vines on the mountain wall peeling off, raising like venomous snakes poised for attack, exuding a chilling killing intent.
And from a nearby bubbling mud pool crawled withered, purple-skinned infant corpses.
An eerie wind rose, the barrier above the valley shimmered with light, and the surrounding poisonous miasma thickened.
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At that moment, Moh Baichun sat before Xue Liuzhi, whose appearance resembled a skeleton with sparse white hair on his head, observing him trace her wrist with a silk thread. Xue Liuzhi pressed his sixth finger on the thread, probing the Golden Core injury.
A moment later, Xue Liuzhi smiled, "Flame Blood Saber, a Hundred Yang Sect technique, not a big problem."
Xue Liuzhi retracted the silk thread and stood up to fetch medicine.
The entire wall behind him was filled with small compartments, each holding a potion bottle.
Moh Baichun flexed her wrist, glanced out the window, her eyes tinged with unease.
Xue Liuzhi wasn’t someone from the righteous path, yet he managed to live in seclusion at Broken Soul Ridge for so long, thanks to not only his exceptional poison skills but also his creditability.
Once he received satisfactory consultation fees, he would never tamper with the treatment, so most people didn’t bother him.
After all, a good physician could save lives at critical moments.
Xue Liuzhi stood on a ladder, leisurely retrieving medicine, causing Moh Baichun to feel a bit anxious.
"Found it, luckily I refined a few extra last time."
Xue Liuzhi took down an elixir and handed it to Moh Baichun, "Consume this elixir, retreat for a year, and you will recover completely."
Boom!
Suddenly, the ground shook, causing the potion bottles to clatter down from the walls, startling Xue Liuzhi.
Moh Baichun, quick on her feet, snatched the elixir from Xue Liuzhi’s hand.
"You dare mock this old man!"
Xue Liuzhi roared in fury, a purple poisonous fog poured from him like a rolling tide, corroding the furniture instantly to water.
Swallowed by the poisonous fog, Moh Baichun disappeared instantly.
Xue Liuzhi’s brow twitched, waving away the fog, he saw a pile of mostly corroded scrap metal, not the real Moh Baichun.
Behind the valley, flames rose to the sky as Jiang Yuebai, clutching two Evil Wind Sabers, spun like a whirlwind, surrounding herself with dark red flames, shredding the poisonous vines.
Little Green, having burned the poisonous insects, came to aid, erecting a wall of Earth Evil Fire, blocking the infant corpses climbing from the mud pools.
The poisonous miasma and toxins invaded Jiang Yuebai’s body, but she remained unfazed. With a blaze of Earth Evil Fire inside her, the toxins turned into black smoke and dispersed.
When Moh Baichun arrived, he saw Jiang Yuebai enveloped in black smoke, fighting fiercely in the sea of fire, sharp and ruthless.
Catching movement with her Wind Net, Jiang Yuebai’s eyes turned sharp as she swung her saber.
Pang!
Moh Baichun hit the ground as the Sword Aura hacked into the mountain wall behind her, exploding into sparks showering over her.
She shook off the debris and extinguished the sparks, cursing irritably, "Stupid girl."
"Moh Baichun, I really misjudged you!" Jiang Yuebai shouted, brandishing her saber.
Moh Baichun didn’t defend herself, sharply turning as Xue Liuzhi swept in with torrents of poisonous fog.
"You’re both staying here today!"
The valley was completely sealed by a Great Array, leaving no escape.
Just then, Moh Baichun stood against the mountain wall, announcing loudly, "Old monster Six Fingers, do you know which Golden Core Master from Hundred Yang Sect was injured by me and I’ve since slain?"
At the end of his words, Moh Baichun looked to the sky, where a figure appeared out of thin air, exuding the mountain-like aura of a Nascent Soul cultivator.
"There you are, wretched thief! You killed my beloved disciple, and I will tear you to pieces!!"
A blinding red light filled the sky as a colossal phantom hand descended, shattering the Great Array Barrier, reaching directly for Moh Baichun’s location.
Moh Baichun smirked, unfazed. She would sell even herself when crazy, what’s a mere girl?
