405 Poison (1/2)

Among the disciples of the New Moon Hall, except for Maid Lotus, Gu Shenwei was most familiar with Guan Shang.

In the underground palace of Bodhi Garden in Jade City, the two fought discretely. Gu Shenwei was surprised when Guan Shang revealed that she had become disciple of the New Moon Hall at the last minute.

Since then, the two had worked together several times.

Guan Shang was a very good killer. It was no accident that she had become a black-masked assassin of Shangguan Fei. The New Moon Hall was good at occult sciences and only marginally inferior at practical kung fu. Maid Lotus and Guan Shang were the rare masters among them.

Many years of training as a black-masked assassin had enabled Guan Shang to develop a special set of skills: to hide her strength and be as unobtrusive as possible.

She could display different levels of kung fu according to her needs. She could be a weak woman with no strength to truss up a chicken, a mediocre machete man, or a top-tier black-masked assassin.

Because of this, every time when Guan Shang was nearby, Gu Shenwei always felt a twang of tension in his heart.

Today, this feeling of tension came over him unexpectedly. In the beginning, Gu Shenwei did not understand where it came from. He glanced over Guan Shang's disguised face twice but failed to find any flaw. On the third time, a faint impression flashed into his mind. Gu Shenwei suddenly found the source of tension and identified Guan Shang.

Guan Shang's disguise was very clever. She had not made herself look younger or older. She still looked about 30 years old. Her facial features were slightly modified, which made her look more ordinary and quite contrary from her real appearance.

Guan Shang was good at hiding her sharpness. But once Gu Shenwei saw through her disguise, he immediately recalled that this was not the first time Guan Shang appeared in here. In fact, in the past two days, almost every time he met with the fat chief, Guan Shang had always been standing among the group of maids.

Gu Shen was waiting for Guan Shang to make a move. He was already prepared. He was not afraid of the kung fu of the New Moon Hall disciples, nor their occult sciences. Maid Lotus had assuaged his worries.

Before he came to see the fat chief, Gu Shenwei speculated that the ” privileged guest” of the Gulping Wind Gorge was probably traitors to the New Moon Hall. That made Maid Lotus more relieved. Golden Roc Fort was a huge organization. Even after full training, there were still many secrets in the Stone Castle that ordinary killers couldn't get access to. As to the New Moon Hall, Maid Lotus believed she had already grasped everything about it.

”If a group of traitors are planning a plot, they will never dare use a real sword for assassination. ” Maid Lotus was certain about this, so she and the Dragon King acted separately, rather than staying together to protect each other.

The real disciples of New Moon Hall were most accustomed to using all kinds of occult sciences including various kinds of poisons when assassinating masters.

”They have three kinds of poisons to choose from, all odorless and tasteless. ” Maid Lotus commented,” The first one takes effect fastest, but eating it is harmless. It must be breathed in, so someone will have to risk throwing the powder. We just need to take a little precaution. The second kind also takes effect quickly and needs to be added in food to trick us into eating it. But it takes effect too quickly, by the first swallow, you will know it. If it spits out in time, the harm will not be great, so I don't think they will use it. The third one has the slowest effect. It takes several doses to kill a person. There is no antidote or trace after the attack. There is no difference between poisoning and sudden death. The name is'Falling Powder', meaning that its effect resembles an accidental fall.”

These were just a few kinds of the specially-made pills in the New Moon Hall. It was not easy to survive in such a sect. Gu Shenwei was curious about one thing, ” So... it is easy for the New Moon Hall to kill someone, and it can easily get rid of suspicion afterward.”

”It's very easy, but it's very troublesome to make the Falling Powder. We won't casually use it unless it's an important target. ”

Obviously, the Dragon King and Maid Lotus were both important targets.

”Maybe we have already eaten it several times unconsciously.”

” Well, it's possible. But it cannot be confirmed before it takes effect. ”

Although it was impossible to confirm, Maid Lotus still had a way to neutralize the poison, Otherwise, she would not be able to survive in the New Moon Hall. She took out a small wooden box containing over ten red pills.

Maid Lotus had given him two such pills for a serious Qigong Deviation before. He had not eaten them and later gave them to someone else, but it had not been a big deal then. Now, he would have to face the choice again: to eat or not to eat. The real decision now was how much he wanted to trust Maid Lotus.

”Before the poison takes effect, this is the only antidote.” Maid Lotus were carrying the small wooden box carefully as if it was a priceless but fragile treasure,” As long as there are disciples of the New Moon Hall nearby. I have to take one pill every seven days. This is a new product I made in the Land of Fragrance. It has not been used yet.”

The Land of Fragrance was abundant in herbs. Maid Lotus had taken the country's Fragrance-making High Priest and all his disciples to make many specially-made pills.

Gu Shenwei's vigilance suddenly increased, but he did not show any hesitation on his face. He picked up a pill and threw it into his mouth.

Maid Lotus also took one pill in front of him.

”During the seven days, no disciple of the New Moon Hall can secretly harm you .” She said.

Guan Shang would rather sacrifice a companion in Golden Roc Fort, just because she didn't want Maid Lotus to find out there were more disciples of the New Moon Hall, so that Maid Lotus and the Dragon King would not take the antidote in advance.

This was a clever idea. However, Gu Shenwei had figured it out and had also recognized her.

It was getting late. Ha Chilie chose the ” ideal wife”. Strictly speaking, this was indeed Maid Lotus's choice. He got a hint and pointed to a girl around him. Then he left without saying a word.

The two maids who had been following and watching him carefully smiled knowingly and promptly reported the result to the chief.

”Ah, my grandson-in-law is here. We are really a family this time. You have a good taste. You have chosen my favorite granddaughter.” The fat chief warmly congratulated Ha Chilie with open arms.