The Northern Sword God
The Underground Prison
Sima Yong floated lightly across the fence of the Poisonous Sword Sect which looked lonely.
"Tap-tap" his feet stomped on the front yard floor of the sect in a voice that absolutely could not be caught by humans cultivating under the SAGE's Passing Realm. Looking at him, he was astonished...
"There's something strange. The Toxic Sword Sect is said to be one of the largest in the Iron Shebrew Country.however, why does the guard here seem like slack? From my observation, why is the entire park and courtyard and the building of this sect so deserted?" Sima Yong's body moved forward, benefiting from the power of the wind.
He seemed to be floating without moving at all. Although the situation looked quiet and airy, he did not reduce his vigilance.
"What is this?" Sima Yong came to a halt when he was about to enter the hall of the Poisonous Sword Sect. The faint stinging smell that smelled all the way to the sect grounds caused him to be more cautious.
"This smell is the poison of the Hydra, the 9-headed snake creature I met in the Misty Tower of Gods, in the South? Did someone really use that Hydra Saliva concentrate as a weapon?' Sima Yong was wondering more and more in his heart.
"Is not the Hydra creature very rare and difficult to find. It's just in the western part of the continent that the creature might still exist?" Sima Yong was becoming more cautious. He floated into the hall of the sect.
A sight is seen before the eyes. Dozens maybe even hundreds of people were lying on the floor. They are not dead, but they are dying. The smell of a very loud and wild forest flower immediately stung his nose.
Sima Yong approached one of the sprawling figures closest to him. Then he examined the chest, the pupils of the dying human eye using a sword
"Black splashes? it seemed like this was the poison of Hei Ban Lanhua or the Black-spotted Forest Orchid. This poison was only obtained in the depths of the northern region's forests".
"It's also weird that this poison is present at the Northwest border" Sima Yong grew interested.
If he had previously smelled the stinging scent of the West Region's Hydra saliva, he now saw the person in the poison with the deadly poison from the Northern Forest.
"Wush.." An axe was fired from behind, targeting Sima Yong's back. That axe slash felt just like the wind alone and had no Qi energy strength at all.
"The...!" the axe split into two immediately when it hit Sima Yong's shirt. He heard a female scream on the back.
It was obvious how it was possible for a slash done carelessly and using only such a mortal weapon to destroy the DAO-ranked armor that Sima Yong was wearing.
As she turned her back, Sima Yong saw an older woman of over 60 years old, dressed as a cook covering her mouth. The woman was shocked after her attack using a pig bone-cutting axe failed.
Having disappeared from her shock, the woman now pulled out a kitchen knife, and with a cry of ridicule she scolded Sima Yong,
"You Du Hua Sect (Toxic Flower) people are indeed ungrateful creatures. Let you die at the end of this dagger" the old woman jumped in a clumsy motion, where the kitchen dagger was directed to stab Sima Yong in the heart.
"Trang.." The dagger instantly became twisted when it touched Sima Yong's robe. While from his body without being asked, the reflex movements of the armor he was wearing instantly reversed the power that the old woman had exuded.
"Wushh.. braakk." the woman was thrown backwards, due to a counterattack by the armor owned by Sima Yong. He immediately fell down with the condition of the hand becoming bruised like a mark hit.
Luckily the old woman was not a practitioner, so her hands were bruised. If he was a practitioner who used Qi energy, it was certain that the backlash from the armor due to the reflex defense power would result in the attacker sustaining internal injuries.
"Who are you? and why do you want to kill me?" sima Yong asked as he hugged both of his hands.
Suddenly the cook's woman shivered in fear. He did not expect at all that the person he was after had such an oddity as being able to reverse all the attacks aimed at the man.
Stammering the woman replied,
"A-I d-called Aunt Min. I-I'm the head cook at Patriarch Qiu Zongxian's house. I was thinking just in case you are a member of the Du Hua Sect the middle region there. That's because I see you're not a resident of this Poisonous Valley" the woman's face now bowed in lethargy..
"How could I be that person of the Du Hua Sect. Then....what happened to this entire sect? Why are so many practitioners in such a state?" ask Sima Yong.
"Where is your sect leader?" ask Sima Yong once more. Now he tried to speak softly so that the cook's old woman would not be afraid. That woman was only a mortal who did not understand the power of Qi.
"All living beings who are in this Sect are poisoned by experts from the Du Hua Sect. All of this was because of that ungrateful demon-hearted human Teng Jun. He was cooperating with a famous figure from the Du Hua Sect"
"I was lucky, when it was going out shopping in the market of the nearest City of this valley. When I came back, I saw that everyone was lying down. Even all the animals that are here are poisoned".
"I learned all of this after returning secretly, then stole Teng Jun's conversation with his three followers. They asked Patriarch Qiu Zongxian to cooperate by accepting the alliance invitation of the Du Hua Sect, and supporting a prince in the Great Eagles Empire to become the next Emperor"
"But from the beginning Patriarch Qiu Zongxian refused to interfere in the political affairs of the empire. Perhaps that was what caused Teng Jun to become angry and intend to take control of the Poisonous Sword Sect. Too bad, he got the fact that all the members of the sect remained loyal to the Patriarch, and he staged a rebellion along with his three friends" The Cook Woman ended her story.
Sima Yong frowned. He had no interest in interfering in the internal affairs of the sect, but this time he needed the woman to know where the Orhideya, the Wu Yi Clan Qilin Tribe girl was. The girl was his travel ticket to enter and mingle with the Wuyi Tribe, then find out the whereabouts of the thing he considered the Qilin Relicui.
"Do you know, a Wu Yi tribal girl who was held captive in this sect?" ask Sima Yong.
The woman replied,
"I know where the girl is in the cup. At that time I stole Teng Jun's conversation with an expert of the Du Hua Sect. The girl was locked up by Vice-chairman Teng Jun in the dungeon, a room with Patriarch Qiu Zongxian" the cook said.
"You can take me to meet that girl Wu Yi, then I will be kind enough to help your Patriarch" Sima Yong said.
"However, I dare not enter that basement. The place was filled with poisonous smoke" the woman replied.
Sima Yong laughed, though,
"You can just drive me. I'll go into that basement myself. Poison problem? no need to worry. I know many types of poison and have a special antidote" Sima Yong said.
Hearing that, the old woman immediately brought Sima Yong into a room within the Sect. The closer to the room in question, the more stinging the aroma that appears.
The woman pointed to a room and said,
"You can go straight into that room. That said, that's where the underground prison sect used to lock up special prisoners. I had never been in that room myself" said the woman.
Sima Yong left the woman and went straight into the designated room. There is nothing special. But he knew there was a special room that could only be opened by special methods to reach the dungeon.
After knocking with a cattle, repeatedly towards the floor. Sima Yong made sure that on that left side floor, there was empty space underneath. With his mind he sent out a sword attack, which then cut through the floor like someone cut tofu.
The floor immediately opened, and the distinctive smell of poison grew more and more pungent from within the hole. Smoke swirled into the air as if it had escaped from the confinement.
"it looks like the Hydra's poison came from under this ground, and it was released in the form of smoke"
Sima Yong floated down into the basement. Instantly he was attacked by a poisonous smoke scroll, the result of extraction of water liu hydra...
"how dare you.." snapped Sima Yong. A balloon seemed to envelop him immediately, after first expelling all the toxic fumes from the ball of air.
Sima Yong was flying in the hallway of the dungeon, in a body wrapped in a magic ball.... All that toxic smoke was unable to anesthetize him.
*Connected*
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