Urban Martial Saint

Seeing Ye Qing’s situation, the Great Lord’s expression changed. He had just avoided the Five Poisons Pill, but he hadn’t noticed what happened after that.

Now Fang Cai thought about it, Ye Qing was still standing behind him. He avoided the Five Poisons Pill, but Ye Qing did not avoid it.

Although the Great Lord doesn’t know what the Five Poisons Pill is, he smelled its foul stench earlier and realized that this thing must be highly toxic. Now, seeing Ye Qing injured by the Five Poisons Pill, he was naturally quite alarmed. If Ye Qing were poisoned to death by this Five Poisons Pill, what would he have to take back to report?

”Ye Qing, how are you?” The Great Lord hurried over to ask, turning his head to look at the Five Poisons Pill on the ground beside him. Although it was placed quite far away, he could still smell a foul stench, showing how potent the poison was.

”I... I’m poisoned...” Ye Qing looked distressed, though he was merely pretending. With the power of Buddha-Demon in his body and carrying Mu Ling, what kind of poison could harm him? Yet, he feigned this appearance for ulterior motives.

”I know you’ve been poisoned, but is it serious?” The Great Lord grabbed Ye Qing’s wrist to check his pulse. To his shock, holding Ye Qing’s wrist, he couldn’t feel any pulse at all, startling him once more.

”You... you have no pulse?” The Great Lord exclaimed, unaware that Ye Qing lacked meridians and had long been without a pulse.

”Perhaps... perhaps it’s because of the poison...” Ye Qing said tremulously.

The Great Lord frowned, suddenly turning and saying, ”Quick, chase down those four people, no matter what, bring back the antidote!”

The Church members naturally dared not let Ye Qing die just like that. They were about to pursue the four when Ye Qing stopped them.

”No... no need to chase...” Ye Qing coughed twice, speaking in a weak voice, ”I... there’s a plastic bag in my jacket pocket, inside... inside it has an antidote, you guys feed me... feed me, and I’ll... I’ll be fine...”

”Antidote?” The Great Lord was surprised, while pulling out the plastic bag from Ye Qing’s pocket, he asked, ”Can it really cure poison? This thing looks quite toxic!”

”It’s fine, it... it can all be cured...” Ye Qing replied.

The Great Lord had already taken out the plastic bag from Ye Qing’s pocket and opened it to find fragments of the Devouring Demon Flower. The Great Lord naturally didn’t recognize it, looking at Ye Qing in bewilderment, ”This is the antidote?”

”Yes... yes, quickly... quickly give it to me...” Ye Qing coughed continuously.

The Great Lord hesitated for a moment but still took out part of it, feeding it into Ye Qing’s mouth while staring at Ye Qing in confusion, feeling that these things couldn’t possibly heal such deadly poison.

In fact, Ye Qing was not poisoned at all, no matter what he ate it wouldn’t matter. Besides, the Devouring Demon Flower itself can detoxify all kinds of poisons and heal various injuries. Even if Ye Qing were truly poisoned, consuming the Devouring Demon Flower would still restore him.

Ye Qing performed this act to introduce the Devouring Demon Flower, showing the Church its power. In doing so, Ye Qing could lay the groundwork to slowly use the Devouring Demon Flower to lead the Church to the Demon Hideout Cave in Beimang Mountain.

The Great Lord naturally did not know what Ye Qing’s plans were. Seeing Ye Qing recover quickly after eating the Devouring Demon Flower, he was understandably astonished. He looked at the Devouring Demon Flower in his hand and then at Ye Qing, exclaiming, ”Does this... this really cure poison? What is this thing?”

Ye Qing did not answer him, but directly reached out and grabbed all the Devouring Demon Flower back, intending to put it away. However, since the Great Lord had seen the effects of the Devouring Demon Flower, how could he allow Ye Qing to take it away? Just as Ye Qing put the Devouring Demon Flower inside his pocket, the Great Lord immediately snatched it away.

”What do you want!” Ye Qing was suddenly anxious, reaching out to grab it back. Yet, given his current situation, how could he possibly succeed against the Great Lord?

The Great Lord did not answer Ye Qing, holding the Devouring Demon Flower while observing it carefully, yet still unable to discern its nature. However, smelling its faint fragrance, he sensed its extraordinary nature. Moreover, he had just seen Ye Qing poisoned, with no pulse, then quickly return to normal after eating the Devouring Demon Flower. Naturally, he was shocked by the flower’s effect.

Actually, the Great Lord didn’t realize that Ye Qing had been faking everything. As for the lack of pulse, if the Great Lord had continued testing, he’d find that Ye Qing still had no pulse. But it was precisely this point that thoroughly fooled the Great Lord. Had Ye Qing only pretended to be poisoned without other symptoms, the Great Lord might not have been deceived. However, the lack of pulse completely tricked him, making him fully believe that Ye Qing was cured by the Devouring Demon Flower.

”What exactly is this thing?” The Great Lord repeatedly examined the Devouring Demon Flower, asking, ”Where did you get something like this?”

”Stop babbling, give it back to me!” Ye Qing shouted, trying to retrieve it but was restrained by two Church members, only able to watch the Great Lord with anger on his face.

The Great Lord had already witnessed the effects of the Devouring Demon Flower and was completely fooled by Ye Qing. Seeing Ye Qing’s anger now, he suspected nothing, believing Ye Qing to be genuinely furious because of the robbery of the Devouring Demon Flower. Naturally, he thought the flower was extremely precious, or Ye Qing wouldn’t be so enraged.

”Do you really think you won’t have trouble if you don’t tell us?” The Great Lord sneered at Ye Qing, ”I still say, once back at the Church, you’ll see our might. It’s not just about revealing these things, we’ll make sure you experience all worldly sufferings. So, I advise you to cooperate, avoiding a great loss when reaching the Church!”

”Dream on!” Ye Qing shouted, pretending to never leak secrets, actually trying to lure the Great Lord into believing Ye Qing was protecting this secret. In this way, when he later finds out the Devouring Demon Flower grows in the Demon Hideout Cave, he’ll surely seek it, a tactic known as ’use retreat as advance.’

The Great Lord is actually a very shrewd person, but Ye Qing’s lack of pulse completely fooled him, so he couldn’t detect Ye Qing’s strategy. Fact is, no one could accept such a thing either. Normally, how could anyone be without a pulse?

”Fine, let’s just see,” the Great Lord barked, packing the entire Devouring Demon Flower in his pocket, then waved a hand, saying firmly, ”Take him away!”

The fight between the Great Lord’s group and Executioner Scholar’s group has left the airport area chaotic. Yet, seeing their earlier actions, airport security knows these people are formidable, so none dared intervene. The Church group exited the airport, got into their earlier car, departed the airport in another direction, fearing to leave by plane.

At the road’s other end, Executioner Scholar’s group watched them depart. As their car moved away, Executioner Scholar’s group immediately got into a nearby taxi, commanding the driver to chase the Church’s car.

The taxi driver, also forced by Executioner Scholar’s group earlier, dared not defy their orders and quickly drove after them.

Slaughter Venerable sat at the back, looking at the wounded Sky-Killing Master nearby, angrily saying, ”******, those Church beasts always bully when they’re many. Last time against Huaxia, it was the same, sending so many, luckily we had plenty of masters, or we’d have suffered greatly. Damn, truly one-on-one, how many of them could match us?”

Snake Gentleman remained silent, frowning deeply, looking at Executioner Scholar upfront and saying gravely, ”Fourth Brother, doesn’t this seem strange to you?”

”What’s strange?” Slaughter Venerable interjected before Executioner Scholar could speak, ”That’s just how the Church acts, nothing strange about it.”

”I’m not talking about their style, but their numbers.” Snake Gentleman said seriously, ”The grudges between the Church and Huaxia’s martial artists have been long-standing, almost every time Heaven Earth Man opens, there’s a conflict. But based on past experiences, unless Heaven Earth Man opens, the Church doesn’t send numerous troops for a large assault. Other times, they might send someone to Huaxia, but never many, and certainly not at once with so many Peak Masters. Yet earlier, their people were all Peak Masters, forming an immensely strong force. But Heaven Earth Man is far from opening, why did the Church send so many masters all at once?”

Upon hearing Snake Gentleman’s words, Slaughter Venerable nodded repeatedly, ”Yeah, until you mentioned it, I hadn’t thought of this. Although the Church has always harbored malice, they’re most focused on Heaven Earth Man. This time, Heaven Earth Man hasn’t yet opened, why so many came? Could it be that Heaven Earth Man is near opening?”

”Impossible!” Snake Gentleman shook his head firmly, ”You forget, whenever Heaven Earth Man opens, the map shows the location. Now, the location hasn’t appeared, meaning it’s still some time away.”