Chapter - 317 Willingly Disfigure a Handsome Face (11) (1/2)

Yang Xiao said, ”At that time we only know that there was a master helping our Cult in secret; how would I know that it was my old partner, good brother?” Four people broke up in laughter. Immediately Yang Xiao told Fan Yao briefly that the Ming Cult had ceased all enmity with the six major sects and joined hands to fight the Mongols together; for that reason they must rescue all the masters.

Fan Yao said, ”The enemy is numerous, we are only four people; it will be difficult for us to accomplish this. The best way would be to get the antidote for 'shi xiang ruan jin san' and feed it to those stinky monks, stinky nuns and all those ox-noses; after their internal strength is recovered then we can make a surprised attack to those Tartars and then we can escape Dadou together.”

The Ming Cult had never had any good relationship with Shaolin, Wudang and other orthodox sects, so in his speech Fan Yao did not have the slightest respect toward these six major sects. Yang Xiao tried to cast him some meaningful glances, but Fan Yao was oblivious to him. But actually Zhang Wuji did not mind at all; he clapped his hands and said, ”That's great, Fan Youshi; but then how are we going to get the antidote for the 'shi xiang ruan jin san'?”

Fan Yao said, ”Although 'Jun zhu' pays me a lot of respect, she has never discussed any important matter with me because I've never opened my mouth. When she talked and the other person did not utter a single word, how could she not be disappointed? Moreover, I came from a small country in the western region, so she could not treat me as a trusted friend. Hence I don't know where the antidote for the 'shi xiang ruan jin san' is. But I do know that this matter is very important to her, so she would guard this secret carefully. If my guess is correct, the poison and the antidote are in the hands of the Xuanming Elders; one has the poison, the other has the antidote, and they swap those poison and antidote periodically.”

Yang Xiao sighed and said, ”This princess is so cunning that even a man might not necessarily be better than her. Doesn't she trust the Xuanming Elders?”

Fan Yao replied, ”First, distrust is right; second, it is also safer this way. Take us, for example, we want to steal the antidote; but we don't know whether it is in Lu Zhangke's hand, or is it in He Biweng's hand? Moreover, I heard that between the poison and the antidote there is no distinct color or odor differences, so unless we are really familiar with it, we might end up stealing the poison when we want to steal the antidote. This 'shi xiang ruan jin san' also has another fierce characteristic; when one took the poison, one's muscles and bones would be weakened, but one's life would not be threatened in any way. However, if that same person took the poison for the second time, even only for a little bit, immediately his blood flow will reverse and there is no cure for it.”

Wei Yixiao stuck out his tongue and said, ”If that's so, then we must not steal the wrong antidote.”

”That's true,” Fan Yao said, ”But I have an idea: we steal both the poison and the antidote from the Xuanming Elders then we give it to some low level master from Huashan or Kongtong Sect. If he dies, then that one is the poison. Don't you think it is a good idea?”

Zhang Wuji realized he still had some heretical nature and did not put too much thought about other people's life. He laughed, ”That's not good,” he said, ”What if after we painstakingly steal them, they are both poison?”

Yang Xiao slapped his thigh, ”Jiaozhu is right,” he said, ”Last night we made such a commotion that perhaps 'Jun zhu' is scared and keep the antidote herself. I think we'd better investigate carefully who has the antidote then we'll talk about how to get it from him.” He paused for a moment and then said, ”Xiong di, what do those two Xuanming Elders like most?”

Fan Yao smiled and said, ”Lu loves pretty face, He loves wine; what else do they like?”

”Jiaozhu,” Yang Xiao asked Zhang Wuji, ”Is there any drug that can make someone physically weak like the effect of the 'shi xiang ruan jin san'?”