“That’s right.” Lin Xiao was not in a hurry either. Standing in place, a smile appeared on his face, and he calmly responded, “It seems that the elders of Linghuang Valley are nothing special after all!”
At this moment, an extremely dense killing intent immediately emanated from Xue Ling’s body, enveloping the entire scene. Everyone felt that thick coldness.
Shangguan Xiong also did not make a move. For a dignified elder of Linghuang Valley to be sneak-attacked and injured by a mere junior, one could imagine how severe her anger was.
At this time, probably only Xue Ling making a move herself could extinguish that anger.
“I will make you wish you were dead!” Xue Ling roared furiously. Her eyes focused, and a surge of spiritual power was about to well up.
However, at this moment, Lin Xiao’s stern shout rang out, “If you want to die, then make your move!”
Xue Ling’s expression changed drastically, and she immediately stopped.
Because she had already felt an intense pain transmitting into her body from her chest.
Xue Ling slightly lowered her head to look at her chest, and she saw that the wound had already turned black. Around the wound, it was deep black turning purple, clearly a sign of poisoning.
Her spiritual power circulated through her body, passing through her meridians to block towards the wound.
However, she discovered that the more she circulated her spiritual power, the faster the poison seeped into her body. The spiritual power could not block it at all.
“You actually poisoned me?” Xue Ling’s gaze was like a knife, glaring viciously at Lin Xiao.
“That’s right, you are poisoned. This poison, only I can cure. Without me, you have only the path of death.” Lin Xiao said calmly.
In this instant, the group once again looked at Lin Xiao in shock.
Even Shangguan Tong and Shangguan Rui could not have imagined that this “foolish” Lin Xiao could, at this moment, employ a method that even they could not have conceived.
This was simply beyond their expectations, and beyond everyone’s expectations.
This completely did not match Lin Xiao’s previous foolishness.
Using poison to coerce and restrain Xue Ling, this was simply the strategy of capturing the dragon by its head, capturing the thief by capturing the king, and moreover, Lin Xiao had succeeded.
At this point, even with countless people standing here, without Xue Ling’s command, they did not dare to act recklessly.
“You…” Xue Ling was furious to the extreme. Her anger attacking her heart made the poison seep into her body even faster.
“To think of threatening me, you are not qualified!” Xue Ling took out a pill and immediately swallowed it.
“Hundred Purities Pill.” Seeing the black and white pill in Xue Ling’s hand, Shangguan Xiong said in shock.
The Hundred Purities Pill was a seventh-grade mid-level spiritual medicine that could cure a hundred poisons.
The so-called hundred poisons did not literally mean just one hundred kinds of poison, but was a general term. Not only a hundred kinds, but thousands, even several thousand kinds of deadly poisons could be cured.
It could be said to be a precious and rare pill, with considerable value.
“Hehe, try any pills you like. If you can remove this deadly poison, consider it your win.” Lin Xiao said with a mocking laugh, his face full of calm.
At this moment, Xue Ling suddenly discovered that even as she circulated her spiritual power to activate the medicinal power of the Hundred Purities Pill, that deadly poison showed no sign of being lifted. Instead, it seeped into her body even faster.
This made Xue Ling’s brows furrow deeply. Her face was as gloomy as ancient ice, and she glared coldly at Lin Xiao, saying, “Vermin, hand over the antidote, and I will leave you a whole corpse.”
“The antidote is not on me. Apologise to me, and I can take you to that place. Otherwise, killing me will be useless.” Lin Xiao said with a face full of calm.
Xue Ling’s face became even gloomier, as if water could be squeezed from it. For a mere nameless junior to demand that she, an elder of Linghuang Valley, apologise.
Injuring her, poisoning her with deadly poison, and still demanding she apologise!
At this moment, Xue Ling’s eyes seemed as if they could spray fire.
The others were also shocked once again. If it were just making Xue Ling let him go, that would be one thing, but demanding Xue Ling apologise. Lin Xiao’s boldness truly exceeded their imaginations.
This should be Lin Xiao’s counterattack against Xue Ling, making the high and mighty elder of Linghuang Valley apologise to him, a junior, in retaliation for Xue Ling’s attempt to make Lin Xiao despair and have the Shangguan family personally strike him down.
At this moment, whether it was Shangguan Xiong or Ouyang Kuo, their gazes were all fixed on Xue Ling.
Although they were confident in subduing Lin Xiao, interrogating him, and forcibly searching his body.
But they did not dare to act rashly. Otherwise, if something happened to Xue Ling, they could not bear the responsibility.
In fact, they also wanted to know, in the face of this life-and-death threat, whether the high and mighty Xue Ling would also bow her head.
“Truly ruthless. This kid is not foolish at all. Him killing Ouyang Chen was planned long ago!” Ouyang Kuo thought inwardly, and in his heart, he was even more determined to eliminate him.
“You are lying!” At this moment, an old man’s voice rang out. The patriarch of the Wen family, standing on the main platform to one side of Shangguan Xiong, suddenly stood up. His voice trembled slightly as he said, “This is the hidden weapon scale of my granddaughter Wen Ruo. How is it in your hands?”
“My granddaughter disappeared. Was it you who killed her? Was it you who killed my granddaughter for the sake of competing for the spot to participate?” The Wen family patriarch interrogated loudly.
Upon hearing this, Lin Xiao was immediately stunned.
This Xuanwu Poison Scale, even he could not identify it fully. Probably few people could recognise it. But he had overlooked one point.
This Wen family patriarch, even if he could not recognise the Xuanwu Poison Scale, could tell that it was Wen Ruo’s hidden weapon and knew that this hidden weapon contained deadly poison.
Originally, he planned that after making Xue Ling apologise, she would leave with him alone, and the matter would be resolved.
Unexpectedly, at this moment, the Wen family patriarch had come forward.
Hearing the Wen family patriarch’s words, the Jiang family patriarch on the other side could no longer hold back and angrily said, “My grandson Jiang Yue and several elders went to search for Wen Ruo and then disappeared. Was it you who killed them as well?”
Upon hearing this, the Wen family patriarch’s expression darkened further. The Jiang family had indeed sent people to pursue and kill Wen Ruo!
However, at this time, he could not be bothered to hate the Jiang family yet. More hatred and anger were focused on Lin Xiao.
It was Lin Xiao who had killed Wen Ruo. Otherwise, Wen Ruo’s precious hidden weapon could not have fallen into Lin Xiao’s hands.
As soon as the two spoke, the people present were shocked once again.
Especially Shangguan Xiong, Shangguan Rui, and Shangguan Tong.
The Wen Ruo that their Shangguan family was looking for had disappeared, and then they encountered Lin Xiao, pulling him back to fight on behalf of their Shangguan family.
This matter seemed even deeper than they had anticipated.
Was Lin Xiao really that foolish?
They had to reassess Lin Xiao once more.
“If I say this is a coincidence, would you believe it?” Seeing the gazes of the group, Lin Xiao glanced at Shangguan Tong and the others, then swept his gaze towards the Wen family patriarch and the Jiang family patriarch. “That’s right, I killed all of them. However, that was because they wanted to kill me first.”
“You!” The two family patriarchs and the crowd were furious, but they did not dare to make a move.
Then, the Wen family patriarch looked towards Xue Ling and said, “Elder Xue Ling, Ruo’er told me that the deadly poison contained in this scale has no cure at all. Even she has no way to detoxify it, and moreover, once poisoned by this deadly poison, one might not live much longer.”
“Pfft!” Xue Ling was so angry that she could not help but spit out a mouthful of blood. Her expression could not help but change.
And at this moment, Lin Xiao spoke again, “Wen family patriarch, you are saying this for revenge, right? For Wen Ruo’s hidden weapon, how could Wen Ruo not have the antidote in her possession? For your own selfish reasons, wanting to make Xue Ling perish with me, Wen family patriarch, you truly have great boldness.”
“You, spouting bloody lies!” The Wen family patriarch said in anxious anger. He could not bear this accusation.
“Xue Ling, do you now want to believe him and perish with me, or seek a path to survival for yourself?” Lin Xiao said to Xue Ling, “As you all say, once dead, everything is gone.”
Everyone’s hearts sank. This Lin Xiao was not only not foolish but also skilled at attacking the heart. They had all misjudged him.
