Chapter 612: Poison Master
Before Qiao Mu could retrieve the ancestor killer into its beast bag, the centipede suddenly went crazy and bit her.
Fortunately, Qiao Mu was raised in poisons.
Although she was not immune to the poison of the level-five spotted sixty-legged purple centipede, she had many antidote pills.
After taking a few, she somehow controlled the poison.
However, the damage was done.
Because the centipede bite was too painful, Qiao Mu subconsciously screamed and alerted everyone in the city lord’s residence.
Even more unfortunate, the centipede refused to unlatch from her cheek.
At this point, Qiao Mu could only hope the blame would fall on someone else so she wouldn’t be suspected.
"Father-in-law, you must seek justice for me." Qiao Mu cried in an aggrieved voice.
"Qiao girl, what happened?" Fang Tiancheng asked.
"I was drinking tea in my study when I was suddenly attacked." Qiao Mu said and quickly continued.
"Fortunately, I reacted first enough and took some antidote pills. Otherwise..."
"Why would the ancestor killer suddenly attack concubine Qiao?" Someone whispered.
"It doesn’t make sense."
"The centipede elder usually sends the ancestor killer to kill nascent soul realm cultivators."
"Also, why is the ancestor killer stuck to concubine Qiao? Why hasn’t it escaped?"
"Everything about this situation is strange."
"Who knows how evil cultivators think?"
"Surname Jiang, surname Yu, you can’t leave this place if you don’t give us an explanation."
Hearing this, Jiang Yue chuckled.
"What kind of explanation should we give?" He asked.
"You are the only ones who don’t seem afraid of the ancestor killer. Did you bring it here?"
"Why would we cause such a commotion if we brought the ancestor killer here?" Yu Nianzhen asked.
"Since the five poisons sect is determined to kill the eighth young master, shouldn’t we have quietly killed the person and then..." Jiang Yue glanced at Fang Tiancheng and the city lord couldn’t help but shudder.
"Concubine Qiao is only at the origin tempering realm. Why would the centipede elder waste the ancestor killer on her? I suspect this ancestor killer lost its way and accidentally attacked the wrong person." Jiang Yue chuckled and once again glanced at Fang Tiancheng.
Generally, the centipede elder usually sent the ancestor killer to quietly kill nascent soul realm ancestors.
Since the ancestor killer had appeared in the alchemy city, Fang Tiancheng could only think he was the intended target.
’Fortunately, this damned ancestor killer lost its way and killed the wrong person. Otherwise, I wouldn’t know how I died.’ Fang Tiancheng thought with a solemn expression.
"Also..." Jiang Yue smiled at concubine Qiao before he spoke.
"If you have to suspect someone of being a disciple of the Five Poisons sect, isn’t concubine Qiao a better target?" He asked.
"Surname Jiang, what do you mean?" Concubine Qiao roared and pointed at the centipede.
"I am the victim."
"...but you are not dead."
"Young master Jiang, why do you suspect concubine Qiao?" The housekeeper suddenly asked.
"Li Chen, why are you listening to his nonsense?" Concubine Qiao questioned and soon continued.
"Surname Jiang and surname Yu are clearly the disciples of the Five Poisons sect."
"It’s not nonsense." Jiang Yue said.
"Nephew Jiang, Qiao Mu is my daughter-in-law. You mustn’t falsely accuse her." Fang Tiancheng said with narrowed eyes.
Although he was glad Qiao Mu was attacked in his stead, this was only what he thought and would never say it out loud.
At this time, he naturally could not allow someone to throw muddy water on his daughter-in-law without an explanation.
"City lord Fang, you don’t know, I once encountered a strange opponent." Jiang Yue sighed.
During the one hundred years challenge in the Reincarnation World, Jiang Yue and Yu Nianzhen fought many strange opponents.
Among the strange, Jiang Yue was particularly impressed by a certain poison master.
When she got onto the arena, the woman took out all kinds of flower pots from her storage ring.
At that time, Jiang Yue was shocked and even wondered if the person wanted to hit him with the pots.
However, the reality was different.
Before Jiang Yue could react, the woman sprinkled various things in different pots.
In one pot, she sprinkled powdered rejuvenating grass.
In another, she sprinkled wild pepper.
In yet another...
Seeing this, Jiang Yue was shocked and wondered if something was wrong with the woman.
However, he soon realised he was the stupid one.
After the woman sprinkled those things onto the different flower pots, the flowers suddenly withered and emitted poisonous smoke.
In the blink of an eye, the martial arena became a poisonous field and Jiang Yue almost capsized in the gutter.
When he entered Qiao Mu’s courtyard, Jiang Yue recognised most of the flowers he saw back then.
Combined with the fact that she was the one who originally controlled the ancestor killer, Jiang Yue was sure she was a disciple of the Five Poisons sect.
"Concubine Qiao, what will happen if I sprinkle powdered rejuvenating grass on this flower?" Jiang Yue pointed at a flower.
Hearing this, concubine Qiao visibly paled and had a horrified expression while looking at Jiang Yue.
’How does he know?’ She wondered.
Although Qiao Mu was a disciple of the Five Poisons sect, her poison art was not a legacy of the sect.
Rather, it was a strange inheritance she found in an ancient ruin.
After finding it, Qiao Mu had only used it twice.
Most importantly, every witness was dead.
’Is he also a poison master? Did he also find the inheritance?’ Qiao Mu couldn’t help but wonder.
"Young master Jiang, what do you mean?" Housekeeper Li asked.
Hearing that, Jiang Yue pointed at the flowers in the courtyard.
"Ordinarily, these flowers are harmless. However, if you add certain ingredients to them, they become deadly poisons. You can try it if you don’t believe me."
"How does surname Jiang know so much? Is he also a poison master?" Li Wushuang asked with a suspicious expression.
"Like I said, I once encountered a strange opponent." Jiang Yue shrugged.
However, the Fang family was determined not to believe him.
After all, he was the person who destroyed their good deeds.
Even if he was not a poison master, he would die a poison master.
