Chapter 284: Chapter 284: Heartless Curse_1
Seeing Ji Wuque faint, Qin Feng helped Xue Xiaochan up from the ground, put his mouth to hers, and exhaled a breath of Xuanhuang Qi into her.
Soon, Xue Xiaochan woke up.
"You stole another kiss from me, you stink!" Xue Xiaochan pretended to be disgusted, but actually, she was extremely happy.
Qin Feng rolled his eyes at Xue Xiaochan and said, "If it wasn’t to cure you of the Bewitching Powder’s poison, do you think I’d want to kiss you?"
"You dare to dislike me?" Xue Xiaochan grabbed Qin Feng’s ear, smiling and threatening, "Believe it or not, I can just recite a spell and make you disappear?"
Xue Xiaochan’s words scared Qin Feng to shiver.
Being small was already embarrassing enough, but if he completely disappeared, how could he continue being a man?
So, he quickly pleaded for mercy, "I don’t dislike, I don’t dislike! Where would I dare to dislike my wife you? Mwah... ah!"
Qin Feng kissed Xue Xiaochan once again.
"Get lost!"
Xue Xiaochan lightly punched him and pointed at the fainted Ji Wuque, asking, "What should we do with this guy?"
At that moment, Princess Huahua flew over.
"He is Ji Zhongling’s son, and an only child at that, the Ji Family has always had only one heir. So, you absolutely cannot kill him.
If you kill him, then the feud with the Ji Family can never be resolved, and it will be a fight to the death!
You can steal medicinal herbs from the Valley of Thousand Poisons as you please. But Ji Wuque is someone you absolutely cannot kill."
Xue Xiaochan took out the Old Lord Gourd and asked Qin Feng, "Which medicinal herbs do you need?"
"The medicinal herbs in this pharmacy are all top-quality and precious, extremely difficult to find in the Spirit Realm. If we were in the Mortal Realm, they would be nearly impossible to find.
So, let’s not stand on ceremony. We’ll take all of the medicinal herbs here in the pharmacy, not leaving a single one behind!"
Xue Xiaochan uncorked the gourd and started chanting a string of incantations.
A beam of golden light shot out from the gourd’s mouth.
"Whoosh!"
All the medicinal herbs in the pharmacy, along with the medicine cabinets, were sucked into the Old Lord Gourd.
"How much stuff can this Old Lord Gourd really hold?" Qin Feng asked curiously.
"The Old Lord Gourd is like the vast universe, its interior is boundlessly expansive. However big your abilities are, that’s how much it can hold," replied Princess Huahua.
"Where do we go next?" asked Qin Feng.
"Just follow me."
Princess Huahua led the two back to the Valley of Thousand Poisons, entering a mountain cave adorned with flowers as rich as brocade.
On a wall at the bottom of the cave, there were some strange symbols.
Princess Huahua flew up to Xue Xiaochan and asked, "Do you recognize these symbols?"
"Yes."
"Then I’ll leave this to you."
After speaking, Princess Huahua flew away.
Xue Xiaochan walked up to the wall, touched the strange symbols a few times with her delicate jade fingers, and then started chanting the incantations.
A stream of white smoke billowed from those symbols, causing both Qin Feng and Xue Xiaochan to faint.
When the two woke up, they found themselves lying in a place as resplendent as a palace.
Princess Huahua, getting hold of a plate of sunflower seeds from somewhere, was cracking them open, with shells scattered all around.
After glancing around at the unfamiliar surroundings, Qin Feng asked, "Where is this?"
"You’ve never been here?" Princess Huahua counter-asked.
Qin Feng shook his head and replied, "No."
"This is Baidi Palace."
"Which Baidi Palace?"
"Of course, the Baidi Palace on Baidi Mountain! In this world, there is only one Baidi Palace, and it’s right here. The inheritance you received from Qin XiaoBai, he got it by chance right here in this Baidi Palace."
Princess Huahua’s words reignited the thoughts that had previously crossed Qin Feng’s mind.
"Hua, are you suggesting that I am a descendant of the Qin Family from the Capital?"
"The Qin Family from the Capital? I haven’t heard of it. However, you are definitely a descendant of Qin XiaoBai."
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Taixu Guan.
Zhen Haoren and Pei Chunlan sneaked to the place where Old Lord Gourd was kept, but the floor was empty and the Old Lord Gourd was nowhere to be seen.
At this moment, a Taoist priest dressed in a black robe walked out.
His face was blacker than coal, and there was a crescent moon on his forehead, making him look very much like Judge Bao from the TV series.
This person was none other than Taoist Wuxin.
Taoist Wuxin glared at the two, emanating a powerful presence as he questioned, "Did you two steal the Old Lord Gourd?"
"No... not us," Zhen Haoren hastily shook his head and explained, "It was Qin Feng. Qin Feng stole it."
"So the two of you, are you in cahoots with that Qin Feng?"
"We’re not in cahoots; we’re mortal enemies. We came here to protect the Old Lord Gourd from being stolen. Sadly, we were still one step too late."
Taoist Wuxin stepped closer to them and struck each of them with a palm.
Instantly, a stream of Qi burrowed into their chests.
Zhen Haoren felt something strange within his body and quickly asked, "What have you done to us, Taoist?"
"I have cast the Heartless Curse on you! I give you three years to bring back Old Lord Gourd.
The Heartless Curse, in three years will consume the heart.
If the three years pass and you fail to retrieve Old Lord Gourd, your hearts will turn into puddles of blood, and then you will die!"
After saying this, Taoist Wuxin struck out with both palms, delivering a blow to the backs of both individuals.
Zhen Haoren and Pei Chunlan were immediately knocked out cold.
When the two awoke, they found themselves back at the entrance of Suolong Cave.
Pei Chunlan lay on the ground, with Zhen Haoren on top of her, fitting together like jigsaw pieces.
The first to wake was naturally Pei Chunlan.
Upon seeing Zhen Haoren on top of her, Pei Chunlan’s anger flared, and she kicked him off, sending him tumbling several times on the ground.
If it hadn’t been for a crooked-neck tree blocking him, Zhen Haoren would surely have rolled a couple more times before tumbling down the cliff.
"Thud!"
His old back hitting the crooked-neck tree, Zhen Haoren was jolted awake in pain.
Turning his head to look at the small footprint on his buttock, Zhen Haoren recalled the events in his mind. Eventually, he confirmed that Pei Chunlan had indeed kicked him.
Getting kicked by Pei Chunlan didn’t make him particularly angry, but if it hadn’t been for the crooked-neck tree blocking his fall, he might have rolled down the cliff.
Although the cliff wasn’t thousands of meters high, it was still two to three hundred meters tall—falling down would surely cause him to break into pieces!
"Why did you kick me?"
"Kicking you is the least of it. I wish I could kill you! You old reprobate, how dare you take advantage of me!"
"What advantage did I take of you? Besides, I didn’t know anything. Moreover, I didn’t even move just now."
"You were thinking of moving?"
Pei Chunlan picked up a stone and hurled it at Zhen Haoren’s forehead. Zhen Haoren dodged nimbly with a side step.
"Stop it, do you remember what happened before?" Zhen Haoren asked with a serious face.
