30: Chapter 30 The Murder Trap Has Been Set, the Genius Dies Tragically

Qi Yang carefully put the poison powder into a specially made jade bottle and kept it close to his body.

"The poison is ready, and next is how to make him swallow it."

Qi Yang changed into a wide black robe, put on a human skin mask with a gloomy expression, and applied a breath-concealing talisman and a corpse-qi talisman.

Daoist Mu, the evil Cultivator of the Ghost Market, made his appearance once more.

He did not take the front door, but instead quietly slipped out of the Special Grade Herb Garden along a concealed tunnel in the underground secret chamber that had been dug long ago.

Qi Yang's goal was very clear: the Spirit-Guiding Bridge!

Between the inner and outer sects of the Xuantian Sect lay a bottomless abyss of ten thousand zhang, connected only by a Spirit-Guiding Bridge condensed from Formations.

The bridge was shrouded in dense spiritual mist all year round, making it the only path for Inner Sect Disciples to enter and exit the outer sect!

Zhou Yunfei would definitely cross this bridge in three days when he came to forcibly marry Su Qinghan!

Under the cover of night and terrain, Qi Yang avoided all patrolling sentries and crept to the outer sect entrance of the Spirit-Guiding Bridge.

At this time, the sky was slightly bright, the bridge was deserted, and only rolling white spiritual mist remained.

Standing at the head of the bridge, Qi Yang released his perception, and after confirming that the surroundings were safe, he took out the jade bottle containing Frost Absolute Shadow.

He was not foolish enough to scatter the poison powder on the ground, as high-level Cultivators were very sensitive to fluctuations beneath their feet.

Qi Yang urged the Poison Wood Spiritual Power within his body, shattering that pinch of transparent ice-blue poison powder into the finest particles, and then violently waved both hands!

Whoosh!

The poison powder perfectly blended into the year-round lingering spiritual mist on the bridge, colorless and odorless, without the slightest Spiritual Qi fluctuation.

Even if a Foundation Establishment Stage Elder walked past, they would only think it was ordinary mist.

"Breathe it in, breathe in more."

Looking at the rolling spiritual mist, Qi Yang's eyes were filled with killing intent.

"Three days later, this old man will set up a coffin in the herb garden and wait for you."

After finishing all this, Qi Yang did not stay long, immediately returning along the same path, sneaking back into the underground secret chamber, and changing back into that tattered hemp robe.

When the sun had completely risen, Qi Yang was already holding a water scoop, his back hunched, slowly watering the Spiritual Plants in the courtyard.

The door of the West Wing Room opened a crack. Looking at the old man in the courtyard who acted as if nothing had happened, Su Qinghan's eyes were filled with despair and bitterness.

"Does he not even have the courage to run for his life?"

Su Qinghan let out a miserable laugh and tightened her grip on the long sword in her hand.

"Forget it, three days from now I will simply commit suicide; I will never suffer humiliation."

Qi Yang heard the movement in the wing room, but he didn't even raise his head. He just quietly looked at the soil on the ground, his eyes as deep as an abyss.

The killing trap has already been set, waiting only for the fish to take the bait.

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These three days, the outer sect could be described as extraordinarily lively.

The news that Zhou Yunfei, the inner sect Genius with Dual Spiritual Roots, was going to forcibly marry Su Qinghan, the daughter of the former Sect Master of the Luoxia Sect, had long been spreading like wildfire.

Zhou Yunfei was only twenty-five years old, at the Qi Refining Tenth Layer, and possessed Dual Spiritual Roots. He was truly a proud son of heaven and a well-deserved inner sect elite.

The woman he fancied, who in the outer sect would dare to stop him?

In the Special Grade Herb Garden, the atmosphere was oppressive to the extreme.

Su Qinghan had changed into a plain white dress and sat on the bed in the West Wing Room.

Holding the cyan steel long sword in her hand, the blade was already pressed against her fair neck.

She would rather die than let that beast Zhou Yunfei touch a single finger of hers.

As for Qi Yang in the courtyard, Su Qinghan hadn't even glanced at him once in these three days.

Qi Yang still swept and weeded as reliably as clockwork.

He did not comfort Su Qinghan, nor did he show any panic or begging posture.

The Dao of hiding one's strength was not a despicable Dao; he, Qi Yang, hid to stay alive, but whoever dared to shit on his neck, he would directly scatter their ancestors' graves!

"Soon."

Qi Yang looked up at the sky, a trace of iciness flashing through his cloudy old eyes.

At this moment, Jianzhi Peak of the inner sect.

Zhou Yunfei was dressed in a bright red embroidered wedding robe, full of vigor and high spirits.

Surrounded by a dozen or so Inner Sect Disciples at the eighth and ninth layers of Qi Refining, each of them was working hard to suck up and flatter him.

"Senior Brother Zhou is truly heroic and dashing today! Although that Su Qinghan is only a Three-element Profound Spiritual Root, being able to serve as a Dual Cultivation cauldron for Senior Brother is a blessing she cultivated over eight lifetimes!"

"Exactly! That old waste named Qi Yang in the outer sect is probably scared pissing his pants right now, and has rolled out of the herb garden overnight!"

Zhou Yunfei laughed heartily, his eyes full of arrogance: "A piece of trash with a Five-Element Mixed Spiritual Root, how is he worthy of occupying the Special Grade Herb Garden? Today, this young master not only wants the person, but will also take back that territory!"

"Let's go! Follow this young master to the outer sect to welcome the bride!"

With a wave of Zhou Yunfei's big hand, he led the wedding procession grandly toward the Spirit-Guiding Bridge.

The Spirit-Guiding Bridge, the natural chasm connecting the inner and outer sects.

Beneath the bridge was a bottomless abyss, and the bridge was shrouded in white spiritual mist all year round.

At this time, hundreds of Outer Sect Disciples had gathered at the outer sect exit of the Spirit-Guiding Bridge.

They were all here to watch the commotion and catch a glimpse of the inner sect Genius with Dual Spiritual Roots.

"They're coming, they're coming! Senior Brother Zhou and the others are here!"

An exclamation burst out from the crowd.

Amidst the rolling spiritual mist, Zhou Yunfei took the lead.

In order to display his Qi Refining Tenth Layer cultivation in front of these outer sect bumpkins, he didn't walk properly at all.

He violently urged the spiritual power in his Dantian, and the foundation of his Dual Spiritual Roots erupted with a roar!

Dazzling sword light condensed beneath his feet, and his whole body was like a shooting star, stepping on the mist and walking across the Spirit-Guiding Bridge, reaching the ultimate speed!

"Hiss! What a terrifying spiritual power fluctuation! Is this the Qi Refining Tenth Layer?!"

"Too strong! I feel like a single finger of his could crush me to death!"

The Outer Sect Disciples all gasped in unison, their eyes filled with awe and envy.

Hearing the exclamations from the outer sect, Zhou Yunfei's vanity was immensely satisfied.

He deliberately urged his spiritual power to the Peak, along with taking deep breaths of the dense spiritual mist on the bridge.

He had no idea that Qi Yang had long mixed the fatal Frost Absolute Shadow into this seemingly ordinary spiritual mist!

Following his breath, the poison powder quietly drilled into his Meridians.

If Zhou Yunfei had just walked normally without violently urging his spiritual power, this poison would have lain dormant for at least half a month before breaking out.

But he loved showing off too much.

The Qi Refining Tenth Layer spiritual power inside his body was like a galloping wild horse, completely detonating the dormant Frost Absolute Shadow!

Just as Zhou Yunfei was about to fly across the Spirit-Guiding Bridge and enjoy the worship of the Outer Sect Disciples!

"Urgh ah!!!"

Zhou Yunfei's originally arrogant and unbridled smiling face suddenly twisted, letting out a shrill and miserable scream!

He felt as if something had suddenly exploded inside his body!

That extreme freezing chill, with a posture of crushing dry weeds and smashing rotten wood, instantly froze his proud Dual Spiritual Root Meridians!

The massive spiritual power of the Qi Refining Tenth Layer completely lost control at this moment, flowing backward crazily within his Dantian!

"What is going on?! My spiritual power! My Meridians!"

Zhou Yunfei widened his eyes in horror, his eyeballs covered with bloodshot veins.

The dazzling sword light beneath his feet shattered with a roar.

Amidst the horrified gazes of hundreds of Outer Sect Disciples, this high-and-mighty inner sect Genius with Dual Spiritual Roots directly plummeted headfirst from mid-air!

Bang!!!

Zhou Yunfei smashed heavily onto the hard bluestone slabs at the exit of the Spirit-Guiding Bridge.

A large pit was smashed into the ground, and gravel splashed everywhere.

Everyone was dumbfounded.

Senior Brother Zhou, who was majestic just a second ago, how did he collapse in the next?

"Senior Brother Zhou! What is wrong with you!"

The few Inner Sect Disciples following behind were scared to the point of Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering, quickly rushing forward to check.

But when they saw the scene in the pit, all of them uncontrollably gasped, their scalps tingling!

Zhou Yunfei was twitching all over, bleeding from his seven orifices.

What was even more terrifying was that a layer of eerie ice-blue frost was actually covering the surface of his body!

"Save... save me..."

A leaky rattling sound came from Zhou Yunfei's throat. He tightly grabbed the hem of an Inner Sect Disciple's robe, his eyes filled with fear of death.

He was an Earthly Spiritual Root! He was going to achieve Foundation Establishment in the future! He didn't want to die!

But Frost Absolute Shadow was a deadly poison fused with the heart blood of a first-order Late Stage Yao Beast, the Ice Python! Even the formidable Physical Body of the Ice Python couldn't withstand it, let alone a human Cultivator at the Qi Refining Tenth Layer like him?

Chi chi chi...

Amidst everyone's horrified gazes, Zhou Yunfei's body began to melt rapidly!

That's right, it was melting!

The spiritual power within his body completely went berserk, mixed with severe poison, turning all his flesh, bones, and internal organs into a pool of ice-blue poisonous water exuding a piercing chill!

In a mere three breaths of time, a living Qi Refining Tenth Layer Genius just turned into a pool of water right before everyone's eyes!

Not even a complete corpse was left behind!