Urban Martial Saint

The crowd was just about to leave when Bai Li Xi suddenly raised his hand and said, ”Wait a moment.”

”What’s wrong with you now?” Ning Qianshu couldn’t help but ask, having been bickering with this senior brother since childhood and always disliking whatever Bai Li Xi did.

Bai Li Xi ignored him and walked straight to the side of the Peak Master who had just been killed. Bending down to take a closer look, he suddenly threw his head back and laughed uproariously, ”Hahaha, Old Ghost Ning, Old Ghost Ning, so that’s how it is...”

Everyone looked at Ning Qianshu, puzzled as to why Bai Li Xi suddenly started laughing. Ning Qianshu’s face turned pale, clearly nervous, as he said in a deep voice, ”Shut up, are we leaving or not?”

”Don’t be in such a hurry, can’t you let me laugh for a while?” Bai Li Xi continued to laugh heartily, further perplexing everyone.

”Mr. Bai Li, what exactly are you doing?” Ye Qing couldn’t help but ask.

”Hahaha, you... just come over and take a look...” Bai Li Xi laughed.

Ye Qing walked over with curiosity, looked down at the corpse, and said in surprise, ”There’s nothing here? What’s the matter?”

”Look at his head,” Bai Li Xi said.

”What’s wrong with the head?” Ye Qing looked at it carefully, but the head was perfectly fine, with nothing unusual about it, let alone anything to laugh about.

”Bai Li Xi, are you leaving or not?” Ning Qianshu urged again, his voice clearly anxious.

”Soon, soon, don’t worry.” Bai Li Xi patted Ye Qing on the shoulder and said with a smile, ”If you look like that, you won’t find anything. Think carefully, how did this old guy die just now?”

”Wasn’t he killed by Mr. Ning? What’s the matter?” Ye Qing was full of curiosity.

”Don’t you remember?” Bai Li Xi said, ”Just now, this old guy was pounced on by Old Ghost Ning’s Golden Silkworm Gu, but if you look closely at his face, don’t you find something strange?”

Ye Qing looked more carefully and found a few wounds on the elder’s face, likely caused by the bites of the Golden Silkworm Gu. However, these wounds were merely superficial and not fatal at all.

”These wounds, why do they appear not to be deep?” Ye Qing wondered.

”Exactly!” Bai Li Xi laughed, ”That’s the point. These Golden Silkworm Gu look impressive and intimidating, but in reality, after being on this old guy’s face for so long, they didn’t cause him any real harm!”

”Can you stop with all the nonsense!” Ning Qianshu couldn’t help but interrupt Bai Li Xi, ”Are we leaving or not?”

”We are, of course.” Bai Li Xi replied with a smile, turning to Ye Qing, ”Let’s go, we’ll talk as we walk!”

”Why do you have so much nonsense!” Ning Qianshu shouted angrily, but he couldn’t stop Bai Li Xi. Moreover, Shen Tianjun and the others nearby were also watching Bai Li Xi, listening intently to what he had to say, leaving Ning Qianshu even more helpless.

”The power of the Golden Silkworm Gu is beyond question. If they pounce on someone, just a short amount of time is enough for them to burrow into one’s head and eat one’s brain. However, if you looked carefully, you would realize that the old guy just now only suffered superficial wounds, the Golden Silkworm Gu didn’t harm him fatally. What does that tell you?” Bai Li Xi smiled and said, ”It indicates that the killing power of this Golden Silkworm Gu is simply insufficient. Or rather, this Golden Silkworm Gu has no real power!”

”How could the Golden Silkworm Gu have no killing power?” Huangfu Ziyu, who had come over, asked in surprise.

”The real Golden Silkworm Gu is genuinely terrifying. But the problem is, this isn’t the real Golden Silkworm Gu!” Bai Li Xi glanced at Ning Qianshu with a smile, and said, ”When he released the Golden Silkworm Gu just now, I was indeed startled, thinking this guy actually had the ability to cultivate the Golden Silkworm Gu. Later, when I heard the sound of the Golden Silkworm Gu, I realized its power wasn’t significant. But I didn’t expect the killing power of this Golden Silkworm Gu would be so weak, merely an empty shell!”

Ning Qianshu, exposed by Bai Li Xi, couldn’t help but turn livid and said through gritted teeth, ”Do you think it’s easy to cultivate the Golden Silkworm Gu? It’s already difficult to breed so many to have even just the appearance of the Golden Silkworm Gu. To breed a truly powerful Golden Silkworm Gu, unless the Gu Mother raises it personally, it’s impossible to have such strong killing power.”

”Hahaha...” Bai Li Xi laughed again and said, ”So, you created these things to scare people, huh? Old Ghost Ning, I must say, your method is quite intimidating. When others see this Golden Silkworm Gu, they’re directly scared out of their wits and wouldn’t even think that your Golden Silkworm Gu is fake and powerless. That old guy just now was pounced on by the Golden Silkworm Gu, and the first reaction was to scream in panic, without even sensing how lethal the Golden Silkworm Gu was, and as a result, he was frightened to death by you all.”

Hearing this, everyone suddenly realized why Bai Li Xi was laughing so hard; it turns out he was mocking Ning Qianshu for scaring people with the Fake Golden Silkworm Gu.

Of course, when Shen Tianjun and the others heard this, they let out a long sigh of relief. Even though Ning Qianshu and Ding Lianshun are currently fighting alongside them, these people are still from the Twelve Green Halls and are ultimately not one of their own. If Ning Qianshu had really cultivated a Golden Silkworm Gu, it would be terrifying and invincible. Now that they knew the Golden Silkworm Gu cultiured by Ning Qianshu had no lethal power, everyone felt much more at ease. They had at least one less formidable enemy!

When everyone returned to An Family Village, Bai Yuanhang was waiting there with the Bai Family members. Seeing Ye Qing and the others return, Bai Yuanhang immediately came up and whispered, ”Patriarch Huangfu, Mr. Ye, something has happened!”

”Something happened?” Huangfu Ziyu said in surprise, ”What happened?”

”It’s... it’s An Hongyuan’s family...” Bai Yuanhang awkwardly whispered, ”An Hongyuan’s mother, and his two daughters, have all disappeared.”

”How could they disappear?” Ye Qing’s eyes widened. These three were ordinary people; who would want to harm them? Moreover, An Hongyuan’s mother and Little Duoduo were already dead, and now they were missing too. What does this mean? Even if someone kidnapped them, would they also kidnap the corpses?

”I don’t know either,” Bai Yuanhang said. ”The bodies of An Hongyuan’s mother and Little Duoduo were originally placed in their home, with a few people watching them. Also, Xiao Hua’er had been mourning there. But at noon, when we went to deliver food, we found that all the people guarding there had fainted on the ground, and Xiao Hua’er, along with the two bodies, were gone.”

”Is such a thing possible?” Ye Qing frowned, looking at the others, who had similar expressions, unable to comprehend what had happened. After all, whoever took these people, taking the bodies too, what does it mean?

”Let’s go over and take a look first!” Ye Qing said solemnly, leading everyone to An Hongyuan’s house.

At the entrance of An Hongyuan’s house, those white cloths were still hanging, which had been set up as a spirit hall. However, the bodies were gone, so it couldn’t even be considered a spirit hall.

Before entering the house, Ye Qing first explored outside, trying to find some clues. But he was disappointed, there were no traces around, nothing could be found.

After entering the house, Ye Qing hadn’t started looking when Bai Li Xi suddenly exclaimed, ”What’s going on?”

”What happened?” Ye Qing asked curiously.

Ning Qianshu reacted the same way as Bai Li Xi, looking at him, and said solemnly, ”Senior brother, could it be...”

”Of course, it is!” Bai Li Xi immediately replied, sniffing the air vigorously as if smelling something.

”In the entire world, who else could use this thing?” Ning Qianshu said solemnly, his expression becoming even more agitated.

Seeing their reactions, Ye Qing determined they must have found a clue and quickly asked, ”Mr. Bai Li, Mr. Ning, what on earth happened?”

Bai Li Xi glanced at Ye Qing and said solemnly, ”There’s the scent of Hui Meng Lan in this room!”

”Hui Meng Lan? What is that?” Ye Qing asked curiously.

”Hui Meng Lan is a drug personally formulated by Divine Doctor An Shiping, which can cause instant sleep,” Shen Tianjun explained. ”I saw Divine Doctor An Shiping use Hui Meng Lan fifty years ago. At that time, everyone near him fell into a deep sleep. Yet, when they woke up, they had no memory of falling asleep or anything that happened; it’s a very magical mesmerizing medicine!”

The Shen Family had a good relationship with Divine Doctor An Shiping, so Shen Tianjun was somewhat knowledgeable about his works.

”That’s right, Old Shen is absolutely correct!” Bai Li Xi said. ”Hui Meng Lan is indeed like that. It’s my Master’s unique formula and was only passed down to me and Old Ghost Ning. And Old Ghost Ning definitely didn’t pass it to anyone else, so there’s only the two of us in this world who can use Hui Meng Lan!”

”What does this mean?” Ye Qing looked at the room and asked, ”Did someone else use it here? Does that mean there’s a third person who can use Hui Meng Lan, or are you mistaken?”

”We can’t be wrong!” Ning Qianshu said sternly. ”The most unique aspect of Hui Meng Lan is that it not only puts people to sleep swiftly but also makes them forget what happened before they fell asleep, allowing control over people’s memories. Because of this effect, controlling this mesmerizing medicine isn’t easy. Though my Master taught it to me, not one of my apprentices has the aptitude to master Hui Meng Lan, so I didn’t pass it on. Nowadays, only my senior brother and I can use Hui Meng Lan!”