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Chapter 40 - 40 27 The Black Inn Part 2_2

40: Chapter 27: The Black Inn (Part 2)_2 40: Chapter 27: The Black Inn (Part 2)_2 “Shit!” Huang Donglai denied, “Those are utterly malicious and evil individuals; killing them directly would be letting them off easy.

What’s wrong with using them for toxicology experiments before they die, contributing to society?

It’s called making the most of them, right?”

“Sure, sure, Brother Huang knows best.” Sun Yixie followed up, “Hey, but you gave me the pearl; what about yourself?”

“I’m fine,” Huang Donglai said, “Just now, I checked and smelled the wine and realized its cloudy color and the bitter-spicy scent mixed with the aroma indicated they used something like a Knockout Drug—weak and impure; it seems…

this place usually knocks people out before immediately killing them, so they don’t need the effects to last long, just enough to disable one briefly.” He paused, “Heh…

with drugs of this sort, I’m naturally immune even without the Poison Avoidance Pearl, so don’t worry.”

“Oh?” Sun Yixie was skeptical, “Did you gain some kind of superpower that makes you immune to all poisons after crossing over?”

“How could that be?” Huang Donglai said, “It’s simply because I was born into the Huang Sect and received a lot of systematic training and physical conditioning from a young age, which makes me stronger than ordinary people in many aspects; for example, my sense of smell – even with the strong smell of alcohol, I can detect the subtle scent of Knockout Drug.

That’s the result of my training…

Besides, poison resistance, I’ve been consuming various secret detoxifying drugs from the Huang Sect and ingesting various minute amounts of toxins and scopolamines since I was a child, so over time, my body became immune to those not-so-strong poisons and Knockout Drugs, even strong poisons, I can endure much longer than most people.”

“Naruhodo HODO~” Brother Sun nodded gravely, pretending he understood and added a phrase in Japanese; then, he changed the subject, “Since that’s the case, things will be easier.

We’ll go there, finish our drinks, and then pretend to faint.

Once they let their guard down, you handle that guy, and I’ll take care of that woman.”

“Brother…

that woman’s martial arts skills are way stronger than that man’s, I might not even be able to beat her,” Huang Donglai reminded.

“What’s there to panic about?” Sun Yixie said, “I’ve got lime powder.”

“You’re always relying on lime powder, kicking the groin, poking the eyes, stepping on toes…

Aren’t you afraid you’ll lose face one day if word about this gets out?” Huang Donglai said.

“So what?” Sun Yixie retorted irritably, “Isn’t winning all that matters?

Why bother with martial valor with these deviants?”

“Sigh, alright.” Huang Donglai sighed, “I won’t argue with you on that.” He paused briefly and then continued, “Actually, I have a better idea—when I go back, I’ll employ a counter-poisoning tactic.”

“Oh?

You can administer poison right under her watch?” Sun Yixie said.

“Bullshit!” Huang Donglai exclaimed, “Are the Huang Sect’s three great tricks nothing?

Poisoning is my specialty, okay?

And they dare challenge me at Huang’s Poison Manipulation, running a black shop like this?”

“Good!

That’s our Brother Huang.” Sun Yixie praised and then stood up, ready to leave; since he wasn’t actually there to use the restroom, he had just been squatting without pulling his pants down, so there was nothing to wipe, “Let’s not delay any longer, we should hurry back before they get suspicious.”

Unexpectedly, Huang Donglai replied, “Wait, I need to wipe.”

“What the fuck?” Sun Yixie was shocked, “Brother Huang, you’re really taking a shit?”

“Damn, since I’m here, I might as well deal with it,” Huang Donglai responded righteously.

At this moment, Sun Yixie instinctively looked at the Poison Avoidance Pearl in his hand, “Mr.

Huang!

Mister Shit Huang!

Tell me, before you handed me the pearl, did you touch anything dirty?”

…

When Sun Yixie and Huang Donglai returned to the drinking establishment, Huang Donglai’s face looked relieved, while Sun Yixie’s expression appeared as if he had eaten shit.

Obviously, Brother Sun had ultimately ended up with the pearl in his mouth.

As soon as the two sat down, Zhu Xiaowan, her face full of flirtatious smiles, immediately offered them more wine.

By this time, their plans were firmly set, so they didn’t care anymore and just drank.

The first drink went down without causing them to fall immediately; that would be too fake.

Even though the Knockout Drug worked excellently in the drink, it still required time to take effect and depended on the dosage.

So, under the hostess’s persuasion, they drank a few more rounds and finally pretended to be groggily collapsed on the table, motionless.

Upon seeing this, Zhu Xiaowan gave a cold laugh, pushed away from her seat, stood up, and said to the kitchen, “Family, come out and work.”

Her cook husband, hearing her, quickly peeked out from the kitchen.

Seeing both men “down,” he stepped forward.

They naturally wouldn’t kill where they drank because the stench of blood is strong and incredibly hard to wash away.

If any trace was left, anyone frequently roaming the martial world could immediately detect it, and they wouldn’t be able to explain themselves, so they usually dragged the fainted victims to a dark room underneath the kitchen to slaughter them.

That dark room truly was akin to a hellish sight, a scene of Śūra.

The whole room was filled with a thick smell of blood, with many pieces of specially preserved “marinated” meat hanging chaotically from the beams and walls; in the corner was a drainage pit designed for disposing of “giblets” and bloodletting, beside which was a very large “cutting board,” and various rusty dismembering tools were placed beside it…

From this, you might understand the ferocity displayed on the cook’s face—it wasn’t because he killed many people, but rather because he had “worked” in this environment for too long…

Of course, there was a necessary procedure before moving the people to the dark room, that is, searching their bodies…

Firstly, they needed to carry the people to the kitchen; searching them outside wasn’t appropriate in case a customer came in and saw, which would be problematic.

Then, the “honorable guests'” carried belongings were taken off by Zhu Xiaowan to sift through; her cook husband, meanwhile, was tasked with stripping the people’s clothes to check for any personal items tucked close to their bodies.

But this step…

They couldn’t complete it.

Because Brother Sun’s lime powder was hidden in his clothes, how could they search it out?

Thus, just as Zhu Xiaowan focused on going through the belongings and her cook husband reached towards Sun Yixie’s clothes, Sun Yixie suddenly opened his eyes.

At extremely close range, he suddenly swung a punch.

This punch, solidly landing on the cook’s temple, caused the tall, sturdy man, 1.85 meters in height, with this sudden strike, to have bloodshot eyes and stagger as his body fell.

But before his knees hit the ground, Huang Donglai also moved…only to see Huang Donglai prop himself up with one hand on the ground, his body horizontally off the ground, both feet shooting out, landing squarely on the descending head of the cook.

Crack—

In that instant, a noise emerged from the cook’s neck—though it wasn’t loud, the consequences were severe…

his cervical spine broke.

When Zhu Xiaowan realized what had happened and turned around, her husband had already been instantly killed.

However, she wasn’t overly saddened by this man’s death; at the moment, more than grief, she felt surprise and anger.

Whoosh—

The next second, Sun Yixie, who had sprung up using a koi flip technique, almost without hesitation, threw lime powder towards Zhu Xiaowan.

Unexpectedly…

this time, because she was prepared, she blocked it.

Women’s sleeves are long (actually, in Great Ming, many men’s sleeves are also long, but that’s limited to scholars, wealthy merchants, officials, etc., while those roaming the martial world or working people don’t always wear loose, broad-sleeved clothing as it’s inconvenient for work), Zhu Xiaowan waved her large sleeves and swept the lime powder aside quite thoroughly, except for some that stuck to her hair, her face remained mostly unscathed.

“Good lad… pretending to be dead!” Zhu Xiaowan reacted quickly, and between this throw and block, she had already regained her senses and understood that Sun Yixie and Huang Donglai hadn’t been affected by the Knockout Drug at all, and moreover, these two had clearly come prepared, intending to launch a sneak attack.

Now, there wasn’t much left to say, only a showdown of martial arts remained, a struggle of life and death.

However, just as she began gathering her energy, she suddenly felt something wrong with her body…

it was as if a blockage was building up in her chest, hindering her energy flow, making her limbs numb…

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