Everyone in the hall looked at each other in astonishment, except for the four tigers and Tie Chuqing, who didn't understand what was going on.
The expressions of the others were somewhat complex.
Not long ago, they had just heard such a huge piece of gossip about the Xu Clan from Hua Jinnian.
And now the main person has arrived?
Seeing Hua Jinnian's indignant expression, Tie Chuqing couldn't help but ask:
"What's going on? Why are you all making such expressions?"
Wenrou whispered in her ear, recounting Hua Jinnian's previous experience.
As Tie Chuqing listened, her mouth formed an 'O'.
Chu Qing glanced at Hua Jinnian, who was jumping up and down, and then at Chen Zhengnan:
"Head Escort Chen, what do you think?"
"Right and wrong will always have a conclusion. Why don't we invite them in first and confront them face to face?"
Chen Zhengnan glanced at Hua Jinnian.
Previously, everything was just Hua Jinnian's word. Now that the people from the Golden Hook Xu Family have arrived, it's time to get to the bottom of it.
Chu Qing nodded:
"That's reasonable."
Chen Zhengnan then instructed his subordinates to open the door.
Two escorts hurriedly left, and after a moment, a group of seven or eight martial world people, covered in snow and wind, stepped into the main hall.
The leader, a man of about forty, had his left hand concealed in a black cloth bag, and his expression was somewhat gloomy.
As soon as he entered the hall, he saw Hua Jinnian.
His face immediately showed anger:
"You lecher!"
After saying that, he leaped forward and went straight for Hua Jinnian.
The six or seven people behind him also spread out in an instant.
Although this scene was abrupt, it was not unexpected.
After all, the Golden Hook Xu Family's purpose was to hunt down Hua Jinnian, the 'lecher', and it was only natural for enemies to meet and be filled with hatred.
But after these people spread out, Chu Qing suddenly felt something was wrong.
Logically speaking, only Hua Jinnian was the enemy of the Xu Family in the hall today.
These people should only be targeting Hua Jinnian.
But looking at their moves now, although they seemed to be all surrounding Hua Jinnian, they each had hidden moves, guarding against everyone around them.
Were the moves directed at Hua Jinnian just feints?
This doesn't make sense...
The Xu Family hated Hua Jinnian to the bone, so there's nothing to say about their attack on him.
Even if they suspected that Hua Jinnian was connected to the people in the hall, they should concentrate their efforts on killing Hua Jinnian first.
If they were stopped, they could then discuss the key points.
But at this moment, they seemed to have treated everyone present as Hua Jinnian's 'accomplices'?
The attack happened in an instant, and although Chu Qing felt something was wrong, he didn't have time to think much.
He slapped the table:
"Stop!"
A wave of coldness suddenly spread.
It wasn't necessary to kill people to solve this matter.
With the truth still unknown, if they rashly killed all the Xu Family people, Hua Jinnian's label as a 'lecher' would be confirmed.
Even if Chu Qing didn't care, Chen Zhengnan, as the Head Escort of the Wei Yuan Escort Agency, couldn't possibly let Chu Qing really kill them all.
Those who escorted goods through the martial world valued their connections in all directions.
Although the Golden Hook Xu Family was insignificant, if the reputation of 'mass murder' was attached to the Wei Yuan Escort Agency, who would dare to let them escort goods in the future?
Therefore, Chu Qing's move was very measured. He only used his internal energy to spread out and restrain the Xu Family's attack on Hua Jinnian.
Allowing Hua Jinnian to escape, he himself stepped forward to stop them, and finally confront them face to face to explain the details.
In this way, right and wrong would be clear, and then a decision could be made on whether to kill or not.
With this interruption, the Liu Family members indeed paused, involuntarily rolling down from mid-air, falling and scattering in all directions in the hall.
Just as Chu Qing was about to speak, he suddenly heard Hua Jinnian shout loudly:
"They are not from the Golden Hook Xu Family!!"
"What?"
Everyone present was startled.
They had never seen anyone from the Golden Hook Xu Family before, because the family's reputation was not prominent, and what they knew was only hearsay.
The martial world was so vast, and who could possibly know everyone?
The man's left hand was in a cloth bag, and when he saw Hua Jinnian, he attacked, which caused everyone to jump to conclusions.
Now that Hua Jinnian had said this, the points that Chu Qing had felt were wrong before surfaced again. He looked around at the changes in the hall, and saw that the scattered people were vaguely surrounding Cao Qiu Pu and Miss Ling Fei.
He immediately spoke out to warn:
"Brother Cao, be careful!!"
But it was too late. The other side was premeditated, and before Chu Qing could speak, sharp blades flashed past.
Cao Qiu Pu and Miss Ling Fei thought that this commotion was aimed at Hua Jinnian, but they never expected that it was aimed at themselves?
Seeing the sharp blades, Cao Qiu Pu didn't have time to draw his sword, so he threw himself in front of Ling Fei, his shoulder hit by a flying needle.
The rest of the people also used their methods, trying to kill Cao Qiu Pu and Ling Fei at once.
Chu Qing's expression was gloomy. With a single palm strike, a dragon's roar rose.
Bang bang bang!
Several consecutive palm strikes were delivered, and several figures were immediately sent flying.
Cao Qiu Pu and Miss Ling Fei also had a chance to fight back, a sound like heavenly music rang out, the golden sword was drawn, and sword energy filled the air.
Several figures who had been sent flying by Chu Qing's Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms hadn't even landed when they were pierced by the golden sword.
Miss Ling Fei's eyes were bloodshot, and plum blossoms surrounded her body, blooming like a sea of flowers and surging forth.
The 'Xu Family Head' who was about to pounce was immediately pierced by this sea of flowers, each petal stained with blood.
The man was sent flying backwards and fell directly in front of the main hall door.
By this time, these people were completely defeated. The remaining few, seeing that their plan had been exposed, did not hesitate at all and turned to flee.
But today, besides Chu Qing, there was also Chen Zhengnan.
He flicked his sword, and two figures were pierced by the sword energy.
Two others were stopped by Hua Jinnian with a folding fan. They should have fought a few moves, but two plum blossoms flew over and directly landed on their foreheads, instantly killing them.
Tie Chuqing saw this, her pupils constricting. When Miss Ling Fei dealt with Die Wu earlier, she had already felt the style was somewhat familiar.
But at that time, all her attention was on Chu Qing and Young Master Mei.
Now, seeing Miss Ling Fei using plum blossoms as weapons, she immediately recalled the incident outside Luochenshan Villa that day, when she was almost killed.
She couldn't help but exclaim:
"It's you!!"
Miss Ling Fei didn't pay attention to Tie Chuqing, and quickly looked at Cao Qiu Pu, seeing that he was swaying, and several black lines were spreading from his neck upwards.
Knowing that the problem must have been in the flying needles, she hurriedly reached out and pressed several acupuncture points on Cao Qiu Pu.
But the spreading black energy could not be stopped.
She couldn't help but look at Chu Qing:
"Third Young Master, please save him!"
Even without her saying it, Chu Qing would not stand idly by.
With a flash, he arrived in front of Cao Qiu Pu, and using the True Qi of the Mingyu True Scripture, he pressed several acupuncture points on Cao Qiu Pu, temporarily protecting his heart.
He then turned Cao Qiu Pu's body and slowly pressed a palm on his back.
After a moment, Chu Qing opened his eyes, withdrew his palm, and frowned:
"This poison is extremely fierce. I can only temporarily protect his heart. To remove it... I can't."
"How could this be?"
Ling Fei's face was full of fear and anxiety. Suddenly, she looked at the person who had pretended to be the Xu Family Head in front of the main hall, and with a step, she arrived in front of him, lifting him up:
"Hand over the antidote!!"
The man was seriously injured and was already dying.
He barely opened his eyes, looked at Ling Fei, and sneered:
"The Ghostly Poison... has no antidote.
"He will surely die. The next one will be you...
"No one can betray the Mirror of Retribution, no one!!!"
After saying this, the man died.
"Ghostly Poison!"
Ling Fei's face changed drastically.
Chu Qing also frowned slightly:
"It's him..."
When he was at the Mirror of Retribution, Chu Qing had heard of the 'Ghostly Poison'.
This person's skill in using poison was extremely remarkable, able to kill without a trace.
The targets he set his sights on would die from his deadly poison without even seeing him.
Some said that he had been nominated for the Seventy-Two Extermination List, but because the list was full, he had not yet been included.
Others said that it was because he had joined the Mirror of Retribution for too short a time... and did not yet have the qualifications to be on the list.
As for this person's origins, the most common guess was that he was one of the seven disciples of the Baihai Demon Lord.
But which one, no one knew.
Although this person was not yet named on the list, he already had the strength and qualifications to be on it.
Now that he has appeared here to hunt down Ling Fei... it is very likely that he is here for the sake of getting on the list.
However, the three experts who were previously on the list died at Chu Qing's hands.
Three places on the Extermination List had been vacated, but why this person hadn't joined yet is unknown.
"This person must have been lurking nearby, knowing the conflict between the Golden Hook Xu Family and Young Hero Hua, so he set up this scheme."
Chen Zhengnan's face was gloomy, feeling that this situation was extremely perilous.
The other party had planned this in advance, and knew that Chu Qing and Chen Zhengnan would primarily focus on resolving the conflict and would not immediately kill anyone.
That's why they found an opportunity to come here, using Hua Jinnian as a lure to start a fight.
Not giving anyone present a chance to speak.
Hua Jinnian exposed the other party's identity only after they were stopped by Chu Qing. It was only a moment, but the conspiracy had already succeeded.
Throughout the process, the Ghostly Poison didn't even need to appear.
Chu Qing instantly recalled the black-clothed man from earlier, dressed in black and with a sickly appearance.
Hua Jinnian would not casually mention his encounter to others.
In the main hall earlier, the people who had heard about this matter, the old man was dead, and the rest were still here.
Only the black-clothed man was missing...
But now, that's not the most important thing. Chu Qing looked at Cao Qiu Pu's darkening face. The poison was acting quickly, and he was about to lose consciousness.
"Qiu Pu, Qiu Pu!!"
Miss Ling Fei left the man and returned to Cao Qiu Pu's side:
"It's my fault... it's all my fault. If it weren't for me, you wouldn't be in this situation.
"You wouldn't be hunted by the Mirror of Retribution..."
Tie Chuqing was puzzled. She had previously learned about Miss Ling Fei's identity from Chu Qing.
She knew that the other party was an expert on the Seventy-Two Extermination List.
But why was she being hunted by the Mirror of Retribution now?
Did they have a conflict?
But remembering her previous experiences, she still felt that this woman was too dangerous, and couldn't help but hide behind Chu Qing.
Chu Qing looked at Chen Zhengnan:
"Head Escort Chen, you have traveled all over the world and have seen a lot.
"Do you have a way to detoxify?"
Chen Zhengnan shook his head, and Chu Qing felt disappointed. Although he hadn't known Cao Qiu Pu for long, this man was righteous and a true hero.
Although because of Miss Ling Fei, the two of them almost fought at the observatory of Luochenshan Villa.
But he had listened to everything he had said at that time and had not listened to gossip just because of a woman.
Therefore, Chu Qing didn't take these minor conflicts to heart.
Now, watching him die before his eyes, he still felt quite reluctant.
Chen Zhengnan said:
"Although I don't have a way to detoxify, I know who can save him.
"One hundred and fifty-two li north from here, there is a place called 'Yin Yang Forest'. In the forest, there is a hermit who calls himself the 'Yin Yang Scholar'.
"His medical skills are superb, and he has miraculous abilities.
"If you can find this person, you can detoxify Hero Cao.
"But this person has a strange temper and won't easily detoxify people."
Chu Qing was originally disappointed when he said he didn't have a way to detoxify.
But then a glimmer of hope appeared. Although he didn't know how to detoxify, he knew who could, and he was about to be happy, but he didn't expect the last sentence to be 'won't easily detoxify people'.
For a moment, he didn't know what expression to make.
He just felt that this old stubborn person was hateful for only saying half of what he had to say.
Chen Zhengnan took out an acupuncture copper man the size of a palm from his bosom and handed it to Chu Qing:
"When I was traveling the martial world years ago, I had a chance encounter with him.
"He gave me this thing, saying that if I ever needed his help, I could use this as a token. After one use, the token would be returned.
"There would be no more connection after that. If you take this thing and mention my name, you should be able to save Hero Cao's life."
Chu Qing felt like his emotions had been on a rollercoaster. Looking at the acupuncture copper man in his hand, he hesitated:
"This thing can only be used once. You gave it to Brother Cao... If something happens in the future, I'm afraid this Yin Yang Scholar won't help you..."
Chen Zhengnan snorted:
"Old Man has been in the martial world for decades, and this acupuncture copper man has never been used.
"Besides, Cao Qiu Pu, the White Horse Golden Sword, has a far-reaching reputation. Using this opportunity on him is not a waste.
"Hurry up... this poison is fierce, and delay may lead to changes."
Miss Ling Fei's eyes were filled with tears. With a thud, she knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly:
"Thank you, Head Escort Chen. Your great kindness will be remembered forever!"
Chen Zhengnan stepped aside, his gaze falling on Miss Ling Fei, and he coldly snorted:
"I gave it to him because he's the White Horse Golden Sword, not because of you, Flower Beauty!"
Miss Ling Fei nodded repeatedly, not taking offense.
This made Chen Zhengnan swallow the words he was about to say.
He looked at Chu Qing:
"I don't trust this woman, but I still have goods to escort and can't leave, so I can only ask you to make a trip."
Chu Qing nodded and said to Wenrou:
"Let's go."
After a slight pause, he said to Tie Chuqing:
"You come too."
"Me?"
Tie Chuqing shook her head repeatedly. Chu Qing was going to take Cao Qiu Pu away, and it seemed like Flower Beauty would definitely follow.
What if this woman secretly kills someone later?
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