Chapter 275.1
The woman in black clapped again and laughed, You truly live up to your reputation, Empty Hand Master. You recognized my identity at a glance!
There arent many female Grandmasters to begin with, and Ive met most of them. By process of elimination, it was natural to deduce who you are!
The Empty Hand Master said cautiously, Youve come looking for me. Whats the matter?
I am here to invite you to join the Green Garment Tower! said the woman in black, who was Life-Taking Rakshasa.
Empty Hand Master was stunned, Youre inviting me to join the Green Garment Tower?
Thats right!
Life-Taking Rakshasa said with a beaming smile, Empty Hand Master, your movement skill is extraordinary, and you possess the worlds number one thievery technique, exactly the kind of talent our Green Garment Tower needs! If you join us, wealth, glory, and divine skills will all be yours! And if you perform well, you might even receive personal guidance from our great leader!
Our Great Leaders skills have reached a transcendent level, unmatched among Grandmasters! If you receive his personal guidance, I cant guarantee youll become a Grandmaster, but theres certainly a chance for you to reach a half-step Grandmaster!
Empty Hand Master looked down on her offer.
Wealth and glory?
Divine skills?
He had them all already!
As one of the earliest Innate followers of Lin Beifan and having made many contributions, he had already obtained everything he wanted.
He even had divine elixirs and weapons that were hard to find on the market.
And he often received guidance from several Grandmasters.
He believed that in his lifetime, he could cultivate to a half-step Grandmaster.
In short, he had everything in Great Xia.
So, why join the Green Garment Tower?
He didnt believe that an underground organization like Green Garment Tower, which kept a low profile, could offer more than Great Xia!
Moreover, the Green Garment Tower was currently being hunted by forces all over the world, like a rat crossing the street. Joining them now would be like courting death.
He suspected that the Green Garment Tower had suffered heavy losses in their last operation, which was why they wanted to recruit him.
Thank you for your kind offer, but I have already pledged my allegiance to the Great Xia Empire, serving His Majesty! As for switching allegiances I have never considered such a thing! So, please leave! The Empty Hand Master declined.
Empty Hand Master, dont be so quick to refuse!
Life-Taking Rakshasa continued with an unchanged smile, Take a look inside at your spine!
Half-believing, half-doubting, the Empty Hand Master did as she said and found that his spine had darkened with a new mark, and he felt a piercing pain when his True Qi passed through it.
Empty Hand Masters face turned pale with shock, What have you done to me?
This is the poison of the Seven Insects Bone Attachment, made from the seven most poisonous insects in the world. Its colorless and odorless and can poison someone through skin contact! Just now, youve already touched the poison powder I sprayed!
Once infected, the poison will quickly adhere to the spine and marrow, causing unbearable pain as if your bone was scraped every seven days! You can only die in agony unless you have the antidote from our Green Garment Tower!
Empty Hand Master glared angrily, Youre so vicious!
Thank you for the compliment. Our Green Garment Tower has always been like this! Only the Green Garment Tower has the antidote to this poison. No one else in the world can cure it!
The confident Life-Taking Rakshasa laughed and said, If you dont believe me, you can try it out. Ill give you 7 days! Ill be waiting for you right here after 7 days. Whether you live or die will depend on your choice!
After speaking, her figure vanished into thin air, leaving only Empty Hand Master with a gloomy expression.
Empty Hand Master certainly wouldnt just sit around waiting for death. He immediately rushed to Four Seasons Valley because there was an old poison doctor there who was most skilled at using poison and even better at using poison to counteract poison, treating illnesses and healing injuries.
After a thorough examination, Mother Liu said, This poison is extremely difficult to cure. It is made from seven different poisonous insects with each poison intricately linked and restraining the others. If you make a mistake in the cure, you will surely die from the poison! I have never seen such a poison before and have less than a ten percent chance of curing it! Its impossible for me to cure you within 7 days! How did you get poisoned?
Empty Hand Master sighed, Ah, its a long story!
He had been minding his own business in Great Xia when he was targeted by a vicious woman from the Green Garment Tower, who then poisoned him
Who could he even complain to about such a thing?
Could it be that he was suffering retribution for stealing too much in the first half of his life?
Mother Liu didnt ask further; it might involve the patients privacy.
Is there really no way to cure this poison? Empty Hand Master asked again, filled with hope.
The woman before him was the most skilled of all the doctors he knew.
If she couldnt do anything, then he might as well wait for death.
As for serving the Green Garment Tower to get the antidote
Who would believe such a thing at his age? Even if he served them, they would surely not give him the antidote. Instead, they would control him through the antidote, making him work for the Green Garment Tower.
And when he was no longer useful, they would simply get rid of him.
Therefore, he never held out hope for the Green Garment Tower.
Mother Liu sighed, I truly have no way, but you can go find my daughter, Liu Wanqing! Her medical skills surpass mine. Perhaps she can cure this poison for you!
Where is your daughter now? Empty Hand Master asked.
She is currently accompanying His Majesty on a northern tour and is on her way back! Mother Liu replied.
Thank you. I will go find her immediately! Empty Hand Master disappeared in an instant.
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