Martial Arts Escort System: I Got A Maxed Level Divine Technique From The Beginning - Chapter 1178: 460: Cang Xiang Pill
Capítulo 1178: Chapter 460: Cang Xiang Pill
Let’s keep idle chatter to a minimum. After the boatman exchanged a few words with Zhou Mao,
Zhou Mao then led Sister Zhu, taking Su Mo and Wei Ziyi, into the secret room.
Su Mo watched furtively, noticing the considerable disorder inside.
The items on the medicine shelves were almost entirely cleared out.
Some boxes, clearly meant for storing precious herbs, were casually opened and discarded everywhere.
In every room, there were people being held captive.
Faint screams could be heard coming from the depths of the secret room.
As they came closer, Su Mo saw that the screams came from two young people, a man and a woman, hung on a metal frame.
Their clothes were disheveled, with bloodstains visible everywhere.
A portly man held a whip in his hand, relentlessly lashing at them.
He kept swearing as he did so.
Upon hearing the approaching footsteps, he glanced sideways, immediately jumping to attention:
“Oh, Chief Zhou, Sister Zhu, what brings your esteemed selves to this lowly place?”
Zhou Mao glanced at him, then at the two young captives.
He shook his head lightly: “Be a bit careful with your hands; don’t end up killing these little pests.
“Remember, the poison in us…”
“Yes, yes.”
The portly man nodded repeatedly, bowing as he stayed close to Zhou Mao and Sister Zhu.
Zhou Mao and Sister Zhu then approached a wall.
Reaching out, they knocked on a spot on the wall with varying intensity and rhythm.
After a moment, the wall made a cracking sound, and a hidden door appeared before their eyes.
“That Old Ghost loves to engage in mystique.
“Within the secret room is another secret room.
“I thought it might hold the antidote for the poison afflicting us.
“But after all the painstaking effort to learn how to open it, we found only two coffins inside. Vexing, indeed.”
Zhou Mao felt indignant as he spoke to this point.
Sister Zhu sighed:
“Mind your words for a bit of karma.
“The Master and Lady have actually been kind to us…
“Especially to you.
“Everyone on the island is controlled by that Old Ghost, unable to make use of their skills.
“But you are not among them.
“He trusts you deeply, like his own family.
“But he could never have imagined that you would conspire with us to stealthily learn martial arts.
“And ambush those two little pests.”
“Really?”
Zhou Mao sneered: “In the past, I also believed he was good to me and was grateful to him.
“Only later did I realize he merely saw me as a servant.
“Just for sneaking a look at his collection of Martial Arts Secret Manuals, he punished me in front of others.
“Two-faced.
“By day, he publicly poisoned me with five deadly toxins.
“At night, he pretended to bring me the antidote, thinking that I, Zhou Mao, could be placated with a stick and a carrot?
“It was from that day on that I knew my life was entirely in his hands.
“If I don’t want to one day be killed by him unknowingly, I must take everything into my own control!”
He still felt indignant.
“Alright, alright, I just said one thing, and you responded with all these words…”
Sister Zhu shook her head slightly: “Shall we just leave it?”
“Wait.”
Suddenly, Zhou Mao smiled: “Do you think when they wake up to find themselves in coffins, they might die of fright?”
“Are you suggesting?”
“Aren’t there two coffins here?”
Zhou Mao pointed: “Though they’re not yet married, they share life and death, truly enviable.”
“You and your wicked ideas.”
Sister Zhu laughed: “Let’s follow your plan.”
She stepped forward, placing Wei Ziyi in one coffin.
Then Zhou Mao placed Su Mo inside.
Su Mo’s head lightly bumped against the inside of the coffin, making a soft sound.
Su Mo felt puzzled, thinking the sound seemed a bit heavy?
Soon followed by Sister Zhu’s voice:
“Should we search them first?”
“Good idea.”
Zhou Mao nodded immediately: “If the antidote is on them, it saves us the trouble.”
At this point, Wei Ziyi let out a muffled groan as if waking up.
Zhou Mao’s expression suddenly changed, quickly pulling Sister Zhu back with him.
Sister Zhu looked surprised:
“Why is the drug effect so weak? But even if they wake up, what harm can they do?
“Caught in our grasp, they can only submit to our will.”
“These two are not as simple as they seem. Don’t underestimate them.
“Lock them up for a period, let them weaken from hunger, and even if they have skills, they’ll be unable to use them.”
As Zhou Mao finished speaking, the walls closed with a snap, leaving only the glow of the Everlasting Lamp in the four corners.
It was then that Su Mo opened his eyes and stood up.
Turning his head, he indeed saw another coffin not far away.
“The Elder Du’s lady is in that coffin?”
Su Mo chuckled lightly: “Zhou Mao truly keeps his word. He said he’d let us see upon waking, and indeed we see… Wei Huniu, why are you still lying in the coffin?”
Looking down, he noticed something was wrong with Wei Ziyi’s expression.
Her face showed signs of Yin Yang Qi, flickering slightly.
His face changed at once:
“Are you having an episode in broad daylight again?”
He grabbed Wei Ziyi’s hand, trying to pull her out of the coffin.
