Unparalleled Duo
Chapter 42 - 42 28 Poisonous Silver_2

42: Chapter 28 Poisonous Silver_2 42: Chapter 28 Poisonous Silver_2 The second approach was to accelerate the fight and attack more fiercely by utilizing the fact that Zhu Xiaowan’s meridians were partially sealed and she couldn’t wield her full strength, forcing her to succumb quickly to the poison or simply killing her directly.

But this plan was highly risky and difficult…

they might as well get killed first.

“Wait a moment!” In a critical moment, backed into a corner, Sun Yixie spoke decisively, “Let me say something fair!”

Though he said as much, his small eyes occasionally flickered towards the trident not far away—when the chef moved them in earlier, he had brought this weapon along with their bundles.

“Today, it was you who wanted to harm us first, and we were just defending ourselves rightfully, now both parties are injured…” Sun Yixie said with righteous indignation, his expression unchanged, “Otherwise…

we give you the antidote, you let us go, and we all consider this as a misunderstanding, going our separate ways…”

“Hmph…” Zhu Xiaowan snorted coldly, her face fierce, “You killed my husband, and you want it to be considered a misunderstanding?”

“Ha…” Sun Yixie laughed then, how could he not see through her intentions, “Madam, as the saying goes…

out with the old, in with the new.” He glanced at the body of the chef on the floor, then at Zhu Xiaowan, “With such charm as yours, are you afraid you won’t find someone better?” He paused, “Besides…

your feelings for him, as I see it, aren’t to the death do us part extent.

How about, in addition to the antidote, I throw in two hundred silver pieces for funeral expenses to ease your pain, how’s that for fairness?”

Sun Yixie was well-versed in human nature; his words sounded shameless but they hit right at the heart of Zhu Xiaowan, a shameless person herself.

Zhu Xiaowan didn’t have much affection for her husband the chef and often went to the city looking for pretty boys; there wasn’t much heartache.

Moreover, she ran this shady business purely for profit.

Sun Yixie’s proposal not only ensured her safety but also justified her efforts and saved her face, so it intrigued her.

“Ha…” Moments later, Zhu Xiaowan’s expression changed, her fierceness vanished, replaced by a flirtatiousness, “This younger brother really knows how to speak, you’ve touched my heart with your words…” she said, then glanced at Huang Donglai, “I just don’t know whether this younger brother of Huang Sect is on the same page as you?”

“Absolutely, yes!” Even Zhu Xiaowan was surprised by Huang Donglai’s eagerness to change his stance and agree, smiling, “Brother Sun has a good idea, to show my sincerity, I’ll place the antidote right here first, madam, what do you think?”

Zhu Xiaowan was shocked; she thought to herself: “These two are shameless beyond belief, I have to yield…”

Little did she know…

she was falling into their trap again.

Could Brother Sun’s words be true?

Misunderstanding?

Everything is a misunderstanding until we have the capability to kill you.

By then, you’d be already dead.

Huang Donglai understood Sun Yixie the best, thus he played along, knowing exactly what Sun Yixie intended.

“Fine, since we’ve agreed…” Zhu Xiaowan’s eyes locked onto the bottle of antidote, but just as she reached for it, she hesitated, “Wait, how can I be sure that what is in this bottle is the antidote for the poison in my body?”

Once she asked this, she was ensnared.

Because this bottle of antidote was just a decoy, insignificant, meant only to lower her guard…

“How would you like to prove it?” asked Huang Donglai.

“Take a sip first,” Zhu Xiaowan said.

Her logic was: If the unpoisoned person takes a sip, it might not prove it’s the antidote, but at least it would confirm it’s not poison.

“Okay~” Huang Donglai reached almost without hesitation, intending to drink.

“Wait!” Zhu Xiaowan stopped him again, “No…

I must first ask, why weren’t you affected by the drug I added to your wine just now?”

She was indeed a seasoned veteran, recalling that matter at such a moment; it was critical because if Huang Donglai and Sun Yixie had some method to counteract the poison, that meant even if the antidote were poison, they would dare to drink it without consequence.

“We had the antidote beforehand when we were at the restroom,” Huang Donglai replied smoothly, not missing a beat.

“How did you know what I added?

What could counteract it?” Zhu Xiaowan asked again.

“Ha,” Huang Donglai said with a confident smile, “Am I not the Young Master of Huang Sect, unable to distinguish or counteract your Knockout Drugs?”

His answer was logical, convincing Zhu Xiaowan, but it also made her wary of accepting the antidote at hand…

“Hmm…

I’m aware of the methods of Huang Sect,” Zhu Xiaowan pondered then said gravely, “This antidote…

I think I better not take it.

I’ll force the poison out myself.

You two leave the silver and go.”

By now, she no longer viewed them as naive newcomers to the martial arts world and became extremely cautious; even if the antidote Huang Donglai offered was genuine, she dared not take it.

It was safest to detoxify through her own efforts.

Thus, the three maintained a distance, standing still, and gradually moved…

Minutes later, Sun Yixie and Huang Donglai left two hundred silver pieces on the kitchen counter, took their bundles and the trident, and slowly left the tavern under Zhu Xiaowan’s watchful eyes.

Not until the two were on horseback and far away did Zhu Xiaowan retreat back inside the tavern, without saying a word, she quickly locked the door first.

She wasn’t foolish; she had to guard against them returning to attack while she was deep in meditation, so she didn’t linger inside.

Instead, she took a bundle, packing the two hundred silver left in the kitchen, then took all the silver notes and loose money from the register before slipping out through the back window.

Running along the forest path for quite a while, she came to a desolate, uninhabited area and set down her bundle, cross-legged, and began her meditation.

At this moment, her physical and mental stamina was almost at its limit.

If she didn’t start her meditation soon, the poison would soon overwhelm her.

However, just as she gathered her first breath of True Qi…

“Puh—”

As if triggering some strange switch, she suddenly spat out a mouthful of fresh blood.

Before the blood mist had even dispersed, Zhu Xiaowan’s body went limp and she fell backwards.

“How…

can this be…” she stared with blood-filled eyes, her face now purplish black, filled with shock.

Just before she died, she realized, looking at her own hands—seeing that the hand which had touched the silver had turned black, the poison had seeped in from there.

“He…also touched the silver…” These were the dying Zhu Xiaowan’s last words in this world.

Huang Sect’s three great techniques were not baseless renown; their invisible and intangible method of poisoning was their real signature skill, the foundation of their stand in the martial arts world.

Choked to death, she died in the wilderness, the large bundle of silver beside her unable to buy back her life; in her life, she had turned many people into meat buns, yet at her death, she herself became food in the bellies of wild beasts.

Such was the retribution of this world.

Sun Yixie and Huang Donglai returned to the tavern only an hour later, not finding Zhu Xiaowan but seeing the silver gone from the kitchen counter, they knew for certain she was dead; without much else to say, they simply burned down that man-eating tavern and once again set off on their journey.

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