Chapter 625: The third trial (2) (1/2)

Chapter 625: The third trial (2)

Han Yunxi knew the poison arts, though she usually used it to treat poisons. The number of times she’d poisoned other things could be counted on her fingers. Still, this time she had thoroughly lost her temper.

“Time is tight. I’ll take Gu Beiyue over first, you take care of yourself.” Long Feiye had full faith in her poison abilities. After all, she’d done such a clean job eliminating the poison mosquito swarm in the past. The abyss was quite wide and its wooden peg bridge very long. It was unclear what might happen during the crossing itself, so he wouldn’t risk Han Yunxi’s safety the first time over. Bringing Gu Beiyue with him could count as scoping out the field as well.

“You two be careful, too,” Han Yunxi said before giving a serious look to Lil Thing in Gu Beiyue’s hand. “Protect Doctor Gu well,” she warned it, “Or else it’ll be your responsibility.”

Lil Thing docilely nodded its head as it chuckled inwardly. Mama Yunxi doesn’t need to warn me. I’ll definitely protect the gentleman well. With adversity before them, even it was joining in the advance!

Long Feiye pushed ahead Gu Beiyue’s wheelchair and was about to use his lightness techniques to take them airborne when another whistle sounded in the air. In the next second, all of the man-eating vultures came to attack Long Feiye and Gu Beiyue, leaving Han Yunxi completely alone.

She turned towards the whistle and narrowed her eyes. “You’re seeking death!”

As expected the whistle came from that coquette. She really thought nothing of Han Yunxi by only targeting Long Feiye.

“Yes! As long as we delay the Duke of Qin’s progress, we’ll drag out enough time for all of his inner energy to lock up. Then none of them will be able to cross!” Pill King was usually a calm man, but now he was as excited as a child.

The charming woman stared at the dense black mass of vultures while waiting for Long Feiye’s counterattack. “Old Pill King, remember what we agreed on. After everything’s over, you have to leave the Duke of Qin at the Medicine Requesting Cave.”

“Naturally. And don’t you dare hurt that girl, either,” Pill King’s attention was still completely on Han Yunxi. He privately thought that he’d die content if he could have a granddaughter like her. Meanwhile, the man-eating vultures flapped their wings and looked about to bury Long Feiye and Gu Beiyue whole. Still, Long Feiye did nothing to attack them.

The women was astonished. “If this keeps on, it won’t do him any favors!”

As soon as she spoke, a mass of black feathers fell from the flock, numbering quite a bunch as they dropped to the ground.

Shedding feathers? All of the vultures were adults. Although they had bald heads like normal vultures, the rest of their bodies were covered in feathers than rarely fell. Both the woman and Pill King were surprised—what was going on?

Abruptly, there was a thump as a single vulture dropped from the flock to land on the ground. The duo was flabbergasted at the sight, because this vulture was completely naked. None of its feathers remained! Now it looked no more different from a plucked turkey. Its eyes had lost its usual sharp gaze to dart about in fear. Like a headless housefly, it scrambled back and forth with strange calls as it flapped its wings furiously. Unfortunately, it couldn’t fly at all without any feathers.

Soon enough, more vultures began to drop in twos and threes, filling the air with their falling feathers. The newly minted ‘turkeys’ ended up scurrying about the ledge, filling te cave with their piteous cries and stupefying anyone who saw the sight. Both the flirty woman and Pill King were rendered speechless. What just happened? Long Feiye and Gu Beiyue however, had expected as much. Gu Beiyue simply burst out into laughter, while Long Feiye couldn’t suppress his own smile. It was rare for Han Yunxi to use poisons offensively, but every time she did, it would be an unforgettable event!

It really had been Han Yunxi’s poison needles that had done the trick. Her poison skills were consummate, but her poisoning techniques were extremely poor. It was hard for her to target all those vultures at once, so she could only use the method of ‘killing a chicken to warn the monkey’ to spread fear amongst the flock. As expected, with the numbers of featherless vultures growing b the minute, the rest of the birds all scattered for fear of becoming the next victim. Gradually, Long Feiye and Gu Beiyue’s forms re-appeared amongst the throng as their path cleared up.

The woman had thought it was Long Feiye’s work all along, but saw that he was still holding the handlebars of Gu Beiyue’s wheelchair. Just who made a joke out of my prided vultures?

She angrily revealed herself to trio. “Who did it? Show yourself!”

“Me!” Han Yunxi admitted openly.

Stunned, the woman looked over and saw Han Yunxi raise a hand to shoot a needle from her face. She narrowly avoided being hit and held her breath in fear, her face turning white. It was only after the needle flew past her that she exhaled, a chill running down her back.

“Don’t worry. I know you’re the examiner of the third trial, so I’m not stupid enough to kill you,” Han Yunxi said coldly. No matter what rules they had to follow, they couldn’t move against the examiner directly, or vice versa.