Chapter 753: Poison Sect, so that’s how it is (2/2)

The sword sect master was stunned. “What, someone was poisoned with gu?”

Han Yunxi then told him about the matter with Long Tianmo’s stomach. It had swollen up without reason because Xi Yubo had planted poisonous gu inside. But after Long Tianmo fell into Jun Yixie’s hands, the latter removed the gu and replaced it with another poison to frame her as the culprit. The matter had caused a row at the medical academy, but the true cause of Long Tianmo’s swollen abdomen had never been revealed. Still, his illness was enough to prove that Xi Yubo, Luo Zuishan, and Jun Yixie all knew about the poison gu arts. Even Han Yunxi didn’t know the whole truth about the matter, while Long Feiye did.

The only reason his stomach had swelled up was because of the white robed man’s—Gu Beiyue’s—plot. He had told Xi Yubo to plant the gu, on the one hand to ascertain Gu Qishao’s identity, on the other to lure Han Yunxi into the Poison Sect’s Skypit.

Luo Zuishan didn’t understand the poison gu arts, but he was one of Gu Qishao’s people. Thus, Gu Qishao told him what was the matter to have him challenge Xi Yubo and expose him in public to humiliate the medical academy. Unfortunately, Jun Yixie got involved and ruined Gu Qishao’s scheme. Even so, Gu Beiyue was still able to lure Gu Qishao to Medical City and confirm that he was none other than its former fiendish genius, Little Qi.

Over the past few years, the medical academy had been constantly interrogating Xi Yubo and investigating Jun Yixie. But they never would have suspected Gu Beiyue and Gu Qishao to be the original instigators. Long Feiye remained silent without a word.

“I never thought people who know the poison gu arts still existed. Looks like the Medical Sect didn’t eliminate the Poison Sect completely in the past!” the sword sect master sighed.

“Just what happened back then?” Han Yunxi asked.

“It was the poison gu arts that made Medical City destroy the Poison Sect. Its highest stage–using humans as gu, could create Poison Gu humans that would neither age nor die.”

Han Yunxi quickly asked, “So they did make them?”

Long Feiye was curious about this as well. He knew that Gu Qishao had an undying body, but he wasn’t sure if the man ever aged. Gu Qishao had been expelled from Medical City at a young age for reasons unknown. It was also uncertain when he’d attained his immortal body.

“They didn’t,” the sword sect master was certain. “Using humans as gu was nothing more than a fanciful dream. Even the poison prescription needed for such a creation has never existed in the gu arts. All they have are records of plant and insect gu. Furthermore, the Medical Sect destroyed all records of the art once they eliminated the Poison Sect.”

Han Yunxi knitted her brows. “So the Poison Sect didn’t actually do anything terribly wrong, but was destroyed by the Medical Sect because of their aspirations?”

Only now did the sword sect master feel that Han Yunxi was truly a Poison Sect descendant. Before this, she was simply asking about its history like an outsider. After all, anyone who could make the poison beast submit had to be a blood descendant of the Poison Sect. Han Yunxi was supposed to be one of their own, so he couldn’t understand why she was so cool about her sect.

“This grandmaster only knows the generalities. I’m afraid only the medical academy knows exactly how they destroyed the sect, how many people they killed, and how many of its orphans escaped,” the sword sect master admitted. “After the Poison Sect’s destruction, the Medical Sect took control over all of Medical City and the medical academy.”

“We’ll get to the bottom of this one day!” Han Yunxi’s gaze carried traces of hatred. Both the sword sect master and Long Feiye assumed she wanted to seek revenge for the Poison Sect, but didn’t know her soul had no relations to them after transmigrating here. She was simply dissatisfied with the Medical Sect’s selfishness and greed as it discriminated against others.

The sword sect master didn’t speak much after that. He quickly arranged for a few of the Abstinence Courtyard disciples to come and help Long Feiye heal his wounds. Then he leaked the news that he’d pass on his leadership position to Long Feiye within the next three months and deal with Cang Qiuzi’s trial afterwards.

Cang Qiuzi had been stripped of his head elder position and command over his Courtyard. His martial arts had been crippled before he was locked in Celestial Dungeon. Long Feiye had injured him within an inch of his life as well, leaving him on his last legs even if he wasn’t dead. Granny You assumed temporary control of Lockheart Courtyard in his place. Everyone was guessing that Long Feiye would select a new leader to head Lockheart after he became sect leader. Thus, all of the various branch factions were expressing their utmost loyalty.

Things seemed to have turned for the better, but that very night Xu Donglin suddenly charged into the room with a letter held between his hands.

“Master, this subordinate deserves to die! This extremely urgent message came about eight to nine days ago…”

1. Poison Human/Corpse/Gu – these terms were first name-dropped back in Chapter 111.