sinovels Chapter 55 Let's see who dares to make a move?
Chapter 55 Let's see who dares to make a move?
"Valley Master Lu, this Hundred Herbs Pill is truly a wonderful medicine. What exactly is Hundred Herbs Valley's intention?"
As He Kongming watched the crimson cicada, which had just emerged from its belly, still fluttering about, a cold light flashed in his eyes, like the biting wind of a winter's day, as if it could freeze a person instantly.
An invisible pressure seemed to instantly weigh on everyone's hearts.
"Indeed, Hundred Herbs Valley must give an explanation. Are you preparing to make enemies of the entire martial arts world by doing this?"
"Aren't you afraid that nothing will grow in Hundred Herbs Valley?"
With a cold glance sweeping over the people of Baicaogu, the Jinhe Sect leader beside him spoke in a low voice, but the invisible killing intent was like the sharpest knife, each strike aimed at Baicaogu.
The other martial arts masters also looked grim. They feared that if one of them took the lead, the whole group would swarm in and raze Hundred Herbs Valley to the ground.
"She is not the young master of my Hundred Herbs Valley, she's an imposter!"
Just then, Madam Lu from Baicao Valley, surrounded by several elderly people, quickly walked towards them.
These elderly people, with their white hair and frail bodies, were all originally people from Hundred Herbs Valley who refused to submit.
In truth, most of them are still in their prime, but it is precisely because they, like Feng Yi, refuse to compromise that they have become what they are today.
They were on their deathbeds, seemingly on the verge of collapse at any moment. Only they themselves truly understood the bitterness they endured.
"Mother!" Lu Zhao's expression changed as he looked at the old lady Lu who was being surrounded by people, as if his most important and sensitive spot had been touched.
His sinister gaze swept over the people who had come up with him. If looks could kill, they would have been hacked to pieces long ago.
The sound of Lu Zhao's voice reached her ears, causing Old Madam Lu to tremble slightly.
She looked up in Lu Zhao's direction. At this moment, all that remained in Old Madam Lu's eyes was hatred; the warmth of the past had long since vanished.
"I'm not your mother, and you're not my daughter at all. Who are you, then?"
"Mother!" Faced with the overwhelming accusations, Lu Zhao did not defend herself, but subconsciously called out again. But she was met only with a pair of eyes full of hatred. Lu Zhao was stunned, and a sense of loss appeared on her face.
"It's good that it isn't, it's good that it isn't." Lu Zhao murmured to himself, lowering his head. After a long while, he looked up again.
This time, however, her aura seemed to have gained a touch of sharpness and coldness.
"You're not the young master of Hundred Herbs Valley at all, you imposter!" The old man beside Madam Lu couldn't help but shout, "Everyone, Madam Lu has just proven that this person is not the master of Hundred Herbs Valley!"
The old men nearby, having been imprisoned and tortured for so long, had long harbored deep-seated hatred.
Especially when she learned that the person in front of her was not Lu Zhao at all, the anger in her heart almost burned away her reason.
"Yes, I am indeed not some young master of the valley, but so what?"
"Good, you finally admitted it yourself!" Upon hearing Lu Zhao's admission, the old man immediately looked around impatiently.
"Heroes, three years ago, my young master traveled the world. Later, this person returned impersonating the young master and used his name to wreak havoc on my Hundred Herbs Valley."
"When the old lady unexpectedly noticed something was wrong with him, this man went mad and imprisoned her along with her. For the past three years, all those who did not obey him have become, like me, the soil in which he cultivated his alien insects."
"For three years, she has harmed countless people. Now, she is even using some kind of herbal elixir to try to poison all of you heroes."
"This man's crimes are too numerous to count; I urge all heroes to slay this vile man!"
Shen Che watched the performance quietly from the side, showing no intention of interfering. He had done what he was supposed to do according to their previous agreement; the rest was just watching the show.
But these old men, being imprisoned, must have become mentally twisted.
Oh well, they're all getting old and dying anyway, so they can't cause any trouble now.
"Kill me? Hahaha..." Looking at the old man jumping around and those restless martial arts figures, Lu Zhao was not only not panicked, but couldn't help but burst into laughter.
It was as if she was facing a bunch of chickens and dogs, whom she didn't care about at all.
Such an arrogant attitude makes it hard not to want to kill.
"What are you laughing at? With so many senior figures in the martial arts world around, you might as well surrender."
"I laugh at you for not seeing the situation clearly at all. Let's see who dares to make a move!" His gaze swept over everyone around him, especially the ten seemingly venerable and unmoved figures sitting high on the throne.
"If I die, the Crimson Cicadas will surely go berserk, and your intestines will be torn apart. Don't blame me for not warning you!"
"What a joke!" Hearing that this was Lu Zhao's trump card, the old man breathed a sigh of relief, but couldn't help but mock, "The so-called Pill Appraisal Meeting has only just begun. Your Hundred Herbs Pill has only just been brought out. Who are you threatening?"
"If you surrender, you might at least leave with a whole corpse!"
"Is that so?" Lu Zhao scoffed, tilting his head back as if looking down at someone. "Then why don't you look at the people around you? See if any of them dare to make a move?"
It was only then that the elders of Baicao Valley noticed that the martial arts masters who had been fiercely fighting around them were now hesitant and uncertain.
"Look at them, their faces changed when they actually saw the Red Cicada."
"Guess why they changed their expressions?"
"You considered everything, but you didn't consider that they would be greedy, and insatiably greedy at that."
As he glanced around and saw those hypocritical people filled with fear and panic, Lu Zhao couldn't help but smile.
"Before the pill-tasting event even started, I had already secretly spread rumors among these martial arts practitioners that there might be a place in the valley where the Hundred Herbs Pill might be hidden."
"And these places really do all contain the Hundred Herbs Elixir; you can find it if you want to."
"Do you think they've come looking for us? Baicao Valley is really lively at night!"
One sentence silenced the several elderly people who had been shouting.
They were also seasoned veterans of the underworld, so they naturally understood what this meant.
Are people in the martial arts world trustworthy? One can only say that there are those who are righteous and loyal, but there are far more who are treacherous and disloyal.
Just then, Lu Zhao waved his hand towards the sky, as if sending a signal.
In an instant, many martial arts masters paled and trembled uncontrollably. They didn't know if it was just their imagination, but they felt as if something inside their bodies was about to burst forth.
Of the ten people sitting high up, eight showed a reaction, clearly indicating that they had all taken the Hundred Herbs Pill.
Within the entire valley, more than half of the hundreds of martial arts masters had reacted, which was ironic.
"Look, these are what you call heroes. Do you really think they stayed here to witness the efficacy of the Hundred Herbs Elixir? Most of them have already seen it."
"The cicadas in those herbal pills have all molted inside the human body and are full of vitality. They will have an effect as soon as you take them, and the effect will be immediate."
"These people are either lone wolves or groups of three or five, coming in waves to steal medicine."
"Maybe yesterday, maybe the day before yesterday, maybe even longer ago, they may have already tested the drug on ordinary people, learned about its effects, and eagerly took it themselves."
"They're staying here because of greed; they want more medicine!"
"If you say I'm cruel, if you say my crimes are countless, then no one should laugh at anyone else."
At this moment, those people's dignity, prestige, and morality—these so-called fig leaves—were torn to shreds.
But they have no time to worry about that now; they have an even more important problem to face.
"Live!"