190: unlucky

Tong Jingshan's laughter stopped abruptly. He sneered, "I return that statement to you! If you know what's good for you, scram back where you came from, or you won't ever be going back!"

Forgetting Love's expression finally changed completely, losing its compassionate look. Her long eyebrows stood on end, her eyes flashed with cold light, and she gritted her silver teeth, scolding, "In that case, don't blame this humble nun for being impolite!"

She raised the Whisk in her hand and swung it toward Tong Jingshan... "Ouch, I'm in so much pain!!!" Tong Jingshan cried out, his face twisted in a strange smile and his body trembling.

Seeing Tong Jingshan's slightly exaggerated and strange appearance, Forgetting Love's expression suddenly shifted. She swung her Whisk several more times in succession, only to find that the Whisk did not fly out or extend its threads to grab someone as she willed. This Profound Weapon had failed. "What is going on?!"

Forgetting Love felt a slight sense of foreboding. She suddenly looked up and saw a large net descending from above!

"You actually used such a despicable, low-class trick to deal with this humble nun? How laughable!" Forgetting Love suddenly let out a sharp laugh. She was indeed so angered by Tong Jingshan's crude tactic that she laughed. Such a method might work against ordinary Mortals, but against a Xuan Practitioner, especially a Martial Grandmaster like herself, it was utterly inferior and posed no threat!

Her face flushed crimson with anger. She swung the Whisk in her hand, intending to grab the net and throw it back at Tong Jingshan. But to her shock, the Whisk once again failed to move as she willed, remaining completely still. Alarm surged in her heart, and she quickly executed her Movement Technique to dodge the large net. Unexpectedly, her footwork, which was usually as fast as lightning, was now labored and difficult. Before she could take more than a few steps, the large net fell upon her, enveloping her inside!

"Hehehehehe... Do you think this broken net can restrain this humble nun?" Forgetting Love burst into hysterical laughter for some unknown reason. She grabbed the net with both hands and tried to tear it apart with force. However, she suddenly froze, staring blankly at her hands, which were now streaming with blood. She realized they had been cut by the net's sharp mesh!

Tong Jingshan felt reassured seeing this sight and sneered, "You can't even deal with a broken net, yet you delusionally tried to kidnap someone from our Alchemist Guild. What wishful thinking!"

"Impossible! This is absolutely impossible!!!" Forgetting Love completely lost her composure, screaming hysterically... Tong Jingshan tightened the net, binding Forgetting Love inside like a human zongzi. Her eyes shot out a vicious glare as she stared intently at Tong Jingshan, grinding her teeth and saying, "You knew I was coming here, didn't you? Who told you? What method did you use? Why am I completely powerless now, unable to mobilize even a shred of Xuan Power?!"

"Haha! Hahahahaha!!! Has no one told you that your daddy here specializes in poison?" Tong Jingshan laughed proudly.

"Your Hundred Poison Powder cannot possibly affect this humble nun!"

"Uh..." Tong Jingshan's expression froze, and a hint of awkwardness flashed across his face, but he still said, "That's right, mere Hundred Poison Powder truly cannot deal with a Martial Grandmaster expert like you..."

"Quickly tell this humble nun what method you used? Then I can die without regret..." Forgetting Love hissed.

Tong Jingshan's expression changed upon hearing this. He quickly moved to strike Forgetting Love, intending to completely seal all her Meridians. However, Forgetting Love's body was already starting to slump, a trace of black blood seeping from the corner of her mouth, and her face turning deathly pale... "What poison did you take? Tell me quickly, maybe I can still save you!" Tong Jingshan urged.

"No! Since I have been caught, this humble nun accepts her fate! For me, this is also a form of release! I have accumulated too many sins on my hands; ten thousand deaths cannot redeem me. I can only hope that in the next life I can be reborn as an ox or a horse to repay these sins!" Forgetting Love revealed a look of sorrow, but also a sense of relief from her guilt. Perhaps she had long anticipated the moment of her capture, only unsure of when it would arrive... Tong Jingshan gritted his teeth. He certainly didn't want to carry a corpse to claim credit; that was worth countless times less than a living Martial Ancestor Evil Cultist. He reflected that his experience dealing with cultists was too shallow, causing him to overlook Master Forgetting Love's determination to seek death after capture. What bad luck!

He cursed inwardly, but decided to treat a dead horse as if it were alive. He took an Antidote Pill from his pouch, crushed it, and forced it into Forgetting Love's mouth, dissolving it with Xuan Power to make her swallow it... By now, Forgetting Love barely had the strength to speak, but she still struggled to say, "Benefactor, stop this futile effort. Quickly tell me how you did it? Otherwise, this humble nun cannot die in peace..."

"The area here has long been saturated with a poison called Ten Fragrance Tendon Softening Powder! From the moment you pushed the door open, the poisonous gas has been entering your body every moment. This poison can completely soften your Meridians, weaken your muscles, and prevent you from mobilizing any Xuan Power!" Tong Jingshan explained concisely.

Forgetting Love's eyes widened upon hearing this, and she sighed, "There is actually such a miraculous poison in this world..."

After speaking, her heart relaxed, and she completely passed out... "Bad luck!!! Truly an Evil Cultist, not even afraid of death!!!" Tong Jingshan sighed heavily.

He collected himself and quickly sent a message to Long Yuan to report the situation.

Long Yuan's reply was swift. He said, "After being poisoned by the Ten Fragrance Tendon Softening Powder, the Meridians in her body softened, her Bloodline stagnated, and her Qi mechanism is weak. The spread of other common poisons should be very slow. First, use medicine to protect her Heart Meridian, then slowly force out the poison she consumed. There's probably still a chance to save her!"

"Oh, right!" Tong Jingshan's eyes lit up, and he immediately followed Long Yuan's instructions... Meanwhile, the Evil Cultists led by Cyclops, who were creating chaos in the Yuhua District Martial Arts Market, also began their operation!

They split into two teams. One team went to lurk outside the five Beast-Rearing Bases built by Tong Jingshan, ready to attack and release the Strange Beasts as soon as the order arrived. The other team selected corners on the rooftops of several high-rise buildings in Yuhua District to install Mystic Cannons. This plan was truly astonishing, considering that Mystic Cannons are quite heavy, and the buildings see people coming and going almost 24 hours a day. Moving them to the installation spots on the rooftops without anyone noticing was extremely difficult. However, these Evil Cultists seemed highly experienced. They produced Artifact Refiner Certification Tokens to bring the equipment into the buildings, then used freight elevators to reach the top floor, and finally moved them to the roof using manpower. This process went smoothly, partly because the Government intentionally allowed it, and partly because the Evil Cultists operated extremely professionally: all cameras inside the buildings had been destroyed beforehand, hidden moles guided them, and even the patrol routes had been deliberately altered... Seeing the information sent by Bai Pu, Bai Shan, He Hao, Qi Da, and others, Geng Yun's expression grew increasingly grim. He hadn't expected the Government side to be so heavily infiltrated. If Long Yuan hadn't warned them, this time they might truly have been finished!

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