Chapter 583: Fierce yet mysterious people (1/2)
Chapter 583: Fierce yet mysterious people
Although she couldn’t see the Wood of Ten-Thousand Poisons, Han Yunxi could grab it all the same with a very simple solution.
“Gu Qishao, shield me, quick!” she said as she hid behind Gu Qishao with her back to the crowd.
“Shield you from what?” Gu Qishao asked puzzledly. He wanted to turn around, but was afraid of ruining Han Yunxi’s plan, so he simply stood in place.
No one knew what Han Yunxi was planning, but a large crowd of soldiers had already arrived while she was still fine-tuning her methods. They surrounded the ginkgo tree on all sides as archers poured in after them and went down on one knee, their weapons aimed at the invaders.
Judging by the looks of things, Chu Yunyi’s group must have successfully escaped. Otherwise, Emperor Kang Cheng would never use so many resources just on a single tree!
“Archery division? They couldn’t be from the Chu Clan, right? Haha!” Gu Qishao gave a mocking laugh that made the leader of the archers scowl.
The Chu Clan was famous for their archers, but how could they be Chu Clan members?! News of the chaos at Thousand Buddha Cave had long spread to the capital. The Chu Clan had not only kidnapped the empress, but called out their troops to revolt. Within a single day, they’d become traitors to Western Zhou! The shock fell upon Western Zhou’s court like an earthquake. Everyone needed time to recover from the revelation. Even now, Emperor Kang Cheng was dealing with mutiny from his military on all sides, while the guards of Thousand Buddha Cave were still chasing after Chu Yunyi and the empress. Although Emperor Kang Cheng had no idea what Chu Yunyi and the masked figures were planning with the thousand-year ginkgo tree, he’d never let them have their way if they were trying to get some gains out of it!
The emperor even sent an emergency missive by hawk to ensure that the prisoners were captured alive. He wanted to know whether the masked figures truly had any relation with Tianning’s Duke of Qin.
“I suggest you all surrender peacefully! Otherwise, we won’t be picky with our arrows!” the leader of the archers warned the group loudly.
He had to be forgiven from his ignorant words since he didn’t get to witness their skills firsthand. He’d probably never seen anyone toy with arrows like Long Feiye before. Naturally, none of the intruders paid his warning any attention, but neither did Long Feiye wish to stay here for long. There was the risk of exposing his identity, and the increase in reinforcements from other areas if they didn’t escape fast enough. Running away would be harder the longer they waited.
He turned back and murmured to Han Yunxi, “Do we need to uproot the entire tree?”
“You’d probably have to take all the roots as well. It’s a thousand years old, so who knows how deep its roots go? Are you sure we have enough time to pull it up? Are you even sure it’s that easy to escape with a entire tree in tow? If it blocks up the gates, we won’t even be able to get out,” Tang Li couldn’t help but remind them of the reality of the situation.
A complicated expression flickered past Long Feiye’s eyes. Although they had defeated the Chu Clan, their trip would be a waste if they couldn’t get the Wood of Ten-Thousand Poisons! He originally thought the poison would be in their hands as soon as they reached the tree, but who knew things would turn out like this?
Long Feiye’s question got no answer from Han Yunxi, but the archers around them began to shoot. He impatiently waved his whip and scattered the first wave with ease, then aimed for the archers with his second. The archers all drew back, but a team of armored soldiers came to surround them in their place. They weren’t planning on letting the group escape.
Things had gotten troublesome!
“Duke of Qin, why don’t we leave first? Instead of getting tangled up with Chu Yunyi, the soldiers came after us instead! At this rate, we’ll end up helping them escape!” Tang Li reminded quietly again.
Western Zhou had even sent its armored infantry their way. If they started fighting seriously after this, they might end up destroying the entire temple. Then it’d be easy for Chu Yunyi to double back and seize the spoils from their battle!
“Master, we don’t need to worry about missing the Wood of Ten-Thousand Poisons as long as this tree is still here! Our wangfei’s poison skills are far superior to their Witch Aunt. If she can’t find it, the Chu Clan definitely wouldn’t be able to! Let’s get out of here!” Chu Xifeng urged.
Just when Long Feiye had decided to leave, all of the soldiers drew back in shock. They stared dumbstruck towards the direction of the ginkgo tree, many of them even dropping the weapons in their hands.
What had happened?
Long Feiye’s group were rather surprised as well. Then they turned around and had a fright, because the entire thousand-year ginkgo tree had vanished into thin air. Immediately, Long Feiye recalled the scene back at Medicine City’s Medicine Forest. The exact same thing had happened back then when the poison pond had suddenly disappeared. The guards at the forest had been struck speechless then, too. While everyone was watching in disbelief, Han Yunxi was crouched on the ground, observing changes in the dirt.
The solution she’d thought of was to using Perplexing Butterfly Illusion to melt down the thousand-year ginkgo tree! Although it was a simple idea, it was difficult in execution. Fortunately, she had tools in her detox system to help her facilitate the process. Perplexing Butterfly Illusion had powerful corrosive properties, but a few drops weren’t enough to penetrate to the roots of the thousand-year ginkgo tree. Thus, she added a few extra drops of liquid to enhance its toxicity before dripping it onto the dirt. She had used a chemical from modern day, of which she only had three portions. Although she’d been saving it all this time, today she sacrificed one portion.