Chapter 2269 - 2242: Arriving in Time

"Swish!"

Upon hearing Tang Qingyun’s words, Bai Zhiqing suddenly turned around, her eyes fixed intensely on Tang Qingyun, her voice icy: "What do you mean by that?"

"Nothing much, just reminding you, Miss Bai."

Tang Qingyun said lightly: "As long as you stay, Miss Bai, and watch this good show obediently, I promise your grandfather will be safe. But if you leave now, then your grandfather might lose an arm or a leg, become demented or stupid, and that has nothing to do with me."

"You bastard."

Upon hearing Tang Qingyun’s words, Bai Zhiqing’s pretty face immediately showed intense anger. Being as astute as she was, she instantly grasped the implication behind Tang Qingyun’s words.

"Thanks for the compliment."

Tang Qingyun gave a faint smile: "Then please, Miss Bai, sit down and watch this good show with me."

Bai Zhiqing stood there with an unpleasant expression, motionless, her eyes fixed on Tang Qingyun, gritting her teeth as she spoke: "You won’t succeed, my man won’t let you off."

"Oh really? I’ll be waiting."

Tang Qingyun said nothing more, simply picked up his coffee and leisurely drank it.

...

In Modu, at the Bai Family Ancestral House.

After knocking Bai Qiao Mountain unconscious, Tang Fengyun, without any hesitation, tried to grab Bai Qiao Mountain to move him to another room.

Just then, a cold voice rang out.

"Silent Annihilation!"

A glimmer of cold light arrives first, then the spear strikes like a dragon!

At that instant, Tang Fengyun suddenly felt an incredibly hot and scorching breath appearing from nowhere. He then saw the windows burn rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye, quickly turning into ashes and disappearing without a trace. A spear shadow surrounded by flames appeared out of nowhere like a flaming dragon, opening its bloody maw to envelope him.

"No good."

Upon seeing the attack, Tang Fengyun’s face changed drastically. He had a feeling in his heart that if he couldn’t defend against this move, even if he miraculously survived, he would be seriously injured. If that happened, he would be unable to avoid death.

After all, as the saying goes, a dragon on the shallows is teased by shrimp, a tiger in the plains is bullied by dogs. Although he’s a Late Stage of Mythical expert, once seriously injured, a Middle-stage Mythical opponent could easily take his life, not to mention this was Lu Tianxing’s base camp.

With almost no time to think, Tang Fengyun instinctively reached for Bai Qiao Mountain, seemingly intending to flee with him. But as if anticipating Tang Fengyun’s actions, the spear shadow grew sharper, aiming directly at Tang Fengyun’s throat.

"Damn it!"

Feeling the opponent’s intent, Tang Fengyun’s face turned extremely grim. Now, he had only two choices: give up Bai Qiao Mountain and evade the attack, or continue to try grabbing Bai Qiao Mountain, thereby risking getting pierced through the throat and dying ignominiously.

"Damn it!"

Tang Fengyun cursed in his heart once more, feeling helpless. He had no choice but to abandon Bai Qiao Mountain, swiftly dodging to the side. He could not risk his life for Bai Qiao Mountain.

"Whoosh!"

As Tang Fengyun dodged, the spear shadow vanished without a trace. A figure appeared beside Bai Qiao Mountain, grabbed him, and retreated quickly.

"It’s you! Jiang Liufeng!"

When the spear shadow disappeared, Tang Fengyun’s face became particularly sinister. His gaze locked onto the old man retreating to the window with Bai Qiao Mountain, his face flashing with a menacing killing intent.

"Of course it’s me, Tang Fengyun. It’s nice to see you again."

Jiang Liufeng handed Bai Qiao Mountain over to Mandala, signaling her to retreat, and then focused his attention on Tang Fengyun, with a cold smile on his lips.

"Was it you who attacked just now?" Tang Fengyun stared intently at Jiang Liufeng and asked coldly.

"Who else would it be?"

"Impossible! You were clearly poisoned by our Tang Family’s ’Falling Leaves,’ even if you suppressed the poison with True Qi, your strength would decline year by year. How could you now use True Qi, and even with Late Stage of Mythical True Qi fluctuations?"

Tang Fengyun’s face turned sour as he looked at Jiang Liufeng, his expression extremely fierce.

’Falling Leaves’ is a secret poison crafted by the Tang Family. Those poisoned are like autumn trees shedding leaves one by one. ’Falling Leaves’ targets human life, causing it to slip away day by day, leaving one aware of their fleeting life but helpless.

This poison is the cruelest of the Tang Family’s concoctions, not immediately fatal, but the most agonizing. It leaves one unable to live or die, aware of impending death without immediate demise, but left to wait for death, which is perhaps the most excruciating thing in the world.

"Nothing is impossible."

Before Jiang Liufeng could respond, Mandala, standing beside him, interjected, her tone tinged with contempt: "The Tang Family’s poison is indeed formidable, but it’s not without a cure. To neutralize it is not that difficult."

"Are you the poison master?"

Upon hearing Mandala’s words, Tang Fengyun shifted his gaze to her, a glimmer of surprise in his eyes.

Tang Fengyun was not unaware that Mandala was the infamous poison master in Europe, nor was he unaware of Mandala’s youth, but knowing and seeing firsthand are two different things.

Now, upon seeing Mandala, Tang Fengyun could not help but feel a surge of shock. So young, incredibly young. Without the Tang Family’s information on Mandala, Tang Fengyun would never believe that this seemingly cute and somewhat adorable girl was the fearsome poison master, likely considering her just a university freshman.

"Yes, I am the poison master." Mandala said lightly, her tone graced with undeniable pride.

"Impressive, indeed, capable of neutralizing the Tang Family’s ’Falling Leaves’ poison. With time, you may surpass anyone."

Tang Fengyun praised Mandala verbally, yet his tone grew increasingly chilly, carrying chilling murderous intent.

As they say, rivals in the same field are bitter enemies; Mandala and the Tang Family are indeed adversaries. If Mandala could easily create an antidote for the Tang Family’s poison, she is certainly the Tang Family’s greatest nemesis. After all, if their poisons can no longer kill, the Tang Family’s influence over major families would likely diminish by two-thirds.

PS: More updates coming, might be a bit late, sorry!!!