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Chapter 39 - 39 27 The Black Inn Part 2

39: Chapter 27: The Black Inn (Part 2) 39: Chapter 27: The Black Inn (Part 2) Red-Tipped Chopsticks, which means blood on the tips of the chopsticks, this nickname has a double meaning: one, it hints at the line of work Zhu Xiaowan has chosen, and two, it refers to the weaponry she uses.

This woman…

kills with chopsticks.

Perhaps some might think: chopsticks hardly count as weapons; even if one were to reluctantly use them, they would still be a very ineffecient weapon.

This thought is not wrong, but there’s a premise—it is the understanding of modern people in our universe.

In a world without “Inner Strength,” scimitars, daggers, lances, fist blades, samurai swords, strong crossbows, and the like, these are the cold weapons that can be highly efficient in various situations and distances, the crystallization of human killing techniques proven through countless real battles.

But in this Wuxia world where Inner Strength exists, we can’t simply take it for granted to judge “what makes a good weapon and what does not” using that logic.

Here, whether it’s chopsticks or spoons, or even carriage wheels, pillows, hairpins…

as long as you have the suitable Kung Fu to wield them, they can all become lethal weapons.

Zhu Xiaowan, is a woman who excels at using chopsticks; her Kung Fu includes a foundation of three years of Soft Fist, five years of Iron Sand Palm cultivation, and afterward, four years of Finger Skill…

After integrating all of these, she then chose chopsticks as her weapons, and continued to train until now.

Even a pair of ordinary wooden chopsticks in her hands can be used to effortlessly “pinch open” an opponent’s clothes and flesh, or precisely pick out an enemy’s eyeballs; not to mention…

she always carries a pair of special “iron chopsticks” with her, which, once wielded, can grasp not just flesh and blood, but also swords, spears, clubs, and staves.

It can be said that although Zhu Xiaowan’s Chopsticks Skill is not as powerful as the well-known “Spiritual Finger,” it is more than enough to deal with low-class martial artists.

Yes, when I say “low-class martial artists,” that naturally includes Sun Yixie and Huang Donglai.

After all, their Kung Fu is far from the level of a first-class expert, and moreover, a first-class expert on the Jianghu would not resort to tactics like excrement or urine escape…

And so, after slipping out of the tavern, these two men quickly made their way to a privy about ten meters behind the woods.

The privies of that era, that is, “public toilets,” also had different levels of quality…

The better ones had stone brick floors, brick and wood walls, a door and a roof, and movable windows, some even had a horizontal slit left high on a wooden wall to ventilate; next to the squatting area, they would also prepare toilet straws (which were pieces of wood or bamboo, with things like coarse paper being a luxury not seen in public toilets, used only by the wealthy, and silk level quality was only for the palace).

The worse ones were simply straw huts built over a manure pit, without dividers between the squatting areas, just straw separating them, which practically made no difference from relieving oneself in the wild—except for having minor cover overhead and around.

Undoubtedly, the privy next to the tavern in the woods would be of the poorer kind.

There was no such thing as a toilet deodorizer at that time, and even if there were similar fragrances, such a low-class place would definitely not use them.

Even if they wanted to…

what fragrance could overpower the smell of a manure pit?

For this reason, the privy had to be constructed separate from the tavern, otherwise, during the summer, a slight breeze carrying the stench would be unbearable.

Sun Yixie and Huang Donglai were now intentionally in such a place, each hidden within two squatting areas of the straw house, speaking softly amidst the offensive odors…

in a certain sense, this was actually very safe, without fear of eavesdropping.

“Brother Huang, this shop…

you know what I mean,” Sun Yixie said, pinching his nose, his voice buzzing.

“I saw it…” Huang Donglai’s voice was normal, suggesting he had a higher tolerance for the stench, “The antidote is in the proprietress’ fingernails.”

“Do we have a way to deal with them without bloodshed when we get back?” Sun Yixie asked.

“Heh…” Huang Donglai chuckled, “Brother Sun, you usually have so many ideas, and now you’re asking me?” He knew Sun Yixie too well.

As soon as the other man spoke, he understood the meaning behind his words, “Stop pretending.

The moment you uttered ‘without bloodshed,’ I knew you already had a plan in mind but wanted to draw me out to say it, right?”

“Heh…” Sun Yixie also gave a sheepish laugh, continuing to feign ignorance, “What are you talking about?

I don’t understand.”

“Ah well, forget it.” Moving on, Huang Donglai handed something through a crack in the privy wall, “Take it.

Hold it in your mouth later, let the alcohol linger for a few seconds before swallowing, and the drug will be rendered ineffective.”

Sun Yixie took the object, examining it: it was a small bead with a metallic texture, about the size of a tooth, not too difficult to hide in his mouth.

“What’s this?” Obviously, Sun Yixie wanted to know exactly what it was before putting it in his mouth.

“It’s quite a treasure, a Poison Avoidance Pearl exclusively developed by the Huang Sect.

My father made me bring one specifically for emergencies before I left on this long journey,” replied Huang Donglai, “Oh, and be careful not to swallow it.

It’s hard to digest.

If you do swallow it, you’ll have to gag yourself to vomit it out, otherwise if it stays too long, it could puncture your stomach.”

“Oh shit…” Sun Yixie’s face changed instantly, thankful that Huang Donglai had reminded him, or else he might have been careless, but two seconds later, he suddenly thought of something and said, “Eh?

How do you know so clearly about the consequences of swallowing it?

It seems that the Huang family has conducted quite a few unethical scientific experiments on living subjects.”

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