598: Chapter 9 Without Harming the Red-Clad Woman

After Jing Tian arrived at Yongan Pawnshop and saw that Zhao Wenchang was not there, he felt relieved, and then found He Bi Ping to discuss their plans.

Once the two had finished discussing and confirmed there were no issues, they went to notify Zhao Wenchang to come over for the transaction.

They were merely Assistants, and even if they were knowledgeable, according to the rules, they could not directly participate in the transaction; they could only be responsible for tasks such as valuation, recording pawn tickets, and receiving customers.

However, with Zhao Wenchang, the shopkeeper, being only a half-baked expert himself, this was already enough for them to manipulate things.

Therefore, Meng Li did not need to expend much effort to obtain the items he had previously selected.

After getting his hands on the items, he chatted briefly, subtly slipped two silver notes onto Jing Tian, and then returned to the Inn where he was staying to start refining his Magic Treasure.

Although Jing Tian had intentionally tried to avoid being overheard during his previous conversation with He Bi Ping, it had not escaped his ears.

The favor he had asked of Jing Tian was to introduce the truly valuable items in Yongan Pawnshop, which did not include helping to lower the price.

The latter part was entirely Jing Tian's own idea.

Whether you call it loyalty or repaying kindness, since Jing Tian had offered a peach, he did not mind reciprocating with a plum.

In any case, that money was something he had swindled from Pili Hall anyway.

And if nothing went wrong, with his reminder, Xu Changqing and the others would go to investigate Grand Triple tonight, then find Pili Hall, discover the Poisonous People, and eradicate them.

This was also the reason why Meng Li had not cared when he previously noticed that the people at the Grand Triple casino were acting strangely.

Once their backer collapsed, they would likely have no time to trouble him over mere pocket change.

However, what Meng Li had not expected was that there would still be a slight mishap.

At the beginning, things were indeed as Meng Li had envisioned.

Having received the reminder, combined with previous investigations and hearing strange crying at Grand Triple, Xu Changqing also felt that Grand Triple was problematic.

After Meng Li and Jing Tian left, he did not dwell on matters with Xue Jian and went straight back to Tang Family Fortress to report the situation.

However, his report was conducted remotely through Spells and instruments.

Because Elder Heyang and Chang Yin had returned to Shushan a step ahead of him.

One reason was to continue searching through ancient texts to seek a way to save the Poisonous People.

The second was to handle other matters.

Shushan's duty was to protect the safety of the entire human world; the human world was vast, and events occurred almost every day.

Although the Poisonous People incident in Yu Zhou City was important, it was impossible for everyone in Shushan to focus their attention solely on it.

Being able to leave behind his Great Disciple, Xu Changqing, to investigate could already be considered giving it great importance.

The Shushan Five Elders listened to Xu Changqing's report and instructed him to take the Shushan Disciples remaining at Tang Family Fortress to investigate Grand Triple casino that night, but also to pay attention to other places.

This was because the Poisonous People they had captured previously had not come from Grand Triple.

Xu Changqing indicated that he understood.

In the evening, Xu Changqing went to stake out the area near Grand Triple casino in person.

He planned to enter and investigate after dark, once the people at the casino had dispersed.

Grand Triple casino originally operated day and night, but recently, due to the Poisonous People incident, those gamblers dared not go out at night.

Therefore, the casino closed at night.

This also gave Xu Changqing an opportunity to investigate.

Otherwise, with a large number of ordinary people in the casino around the clock, it would have been truly difficult for him to investigate.

However, just when Xu Changqing felt the timing was right and intended to sneak into Grand Triple, he heard familiar cries for help.

Jing Tian, and also Xue Jian.

Xu Changqing frowned slightly, but he did not hesitate in his actions and turned to save them immediately.

When he arrived, he happened to see Jing Tian and Xue Jian surrounded by a group of red-eyed Poisonous People, crouching on the ground and shivering.

Xu Changqing hurriedly leaped, cast a Spell, and froze the approaching Poisonous People one by one.

But soon, he discovered that there were too many Poisonous People gathering, and he could not subdue them all while protecting Jing Tian and Xue Jian.

In desperation, Xu Changqing hurriedly said to Jing Tian and Xue Jian, who were crouching on the ground, "Go quickly to Tang Family Fortress and call them to come and assist us."

Jing Tian scanned his surroundings and refused without even thinking, "There are so many Poisonous People; I'm not going."

Xue Jian sneered, "Coward, if you won't go, I will!"

Jing Tian said, "Tang Family Fortress is your home, so of course you should go."

Xue Jian's expression froze, but she found it hard to refute, and then she looked up and scanned around, seeking a Breakthrough point.

At this moment, Xu Changqing had temporarily beaten back the first wave of Poisonous People, hurriedly formed hand seals to cast a Spell, and erected a light barrier to isolate the Poisonous People behind it.

Jing Tian and Xue Jian seized the gap and mustered the courage to stand up.

Seeing that although the Poisonous People were isolated outside the light barrier, they were still surrounding them tightly, Jing Tian couldn't help but ask Xu Changqing, "There are still so many Poisonous People, how can she go back?"

Xu Changqing did not speak but instead formed hand seals again to cast a Spell, using light to push the Poisonous People in the direction of Tang Family Fortress to the sides, clearing an exit for Xue Jian and Jing Tian to pass through safely, and then said, "Go quickly!"

Jing Tian and Xue Jian immediately ran through the exit and out of the encirclement.

Seeing them leave, Xu Changqing focused on dealing with those Poisonous People.

Halfway through his actions, the communication device he carried with him suddenly transmitted a call from Chang Yin.

"Senior Brother, Senior Brother!"

Xu Changqing was slightly surprised, found a gap to get to a safe area, took out the communication device, and responded, "What is it?"

Chang Yin replied, "I just heard Dong Wenxuan's delirious muttering; he said not to harm people wearing red clothes, and those Poisonous People should be the same."

"Not to harm people wearing red clothes?"

Xu Changqing was somewhat surprised, then said, "I understand."

After speaking, he put away the communication device, looked around, and happened to see a piece of red cloth on a pole not far away; he immediately took it down, then went to a Poisonous Person and held the red cloth in front of them.

The Poisonous Person's movements paused instantly, and then they turned around and walked away.

Xu Changqing was delighted, then found a large roll of red cloth, cast a Spell to form a circle with it, and enclosed the group of Poisonous People.

The red-eyed Poisonous People immediately lost their desire to attack, and whenever they saw the red cloth, they would avoid it and just wander within the circle.

Xu Changqing immediately smiled, "It really is correct."

Just as he finished speaking, he heard someone calling for help in the distance, so he had to follow the sound to investigate.

On the other side, after Jing Tian and Xue Jian escaped from the encirclement of Poisonous People, they encountered Poisonous People again on the way to Tang Family Fortress, and they were being attacked from both front and back.

In desperation, the two could only climb onto a high platform on the street, and then, while guarding against the Poisonous People, they shouted for help.

"Don't come over!"

"All of you, get down!"

"Help!"

"There's more here!"

"Take this kick!"

"Don't push blindly, the platform is going to collapse!"

"We're done for, it's collapsing!"

"No!"

Accompanied by a series of exclamations, the wooden platform, under the continuous climbing and pulling of the group of Poisonous People, finally could not hold up and collapsed directly.

Looking at the Poisonous People below, Xue Jian and Jing Tian were terrified to their core and closed their eyes directly.

However, soon they felt an invisible force fall upon them, and then their whole bodies uncontrollably flew up.

The two opened their eyes and looked, and were surprised to discover that they were truly flying.

Not long after, they flew to the window of a room on the second floor of a nearby Inn, which was close to the street.

In that room stood a familiar figure.

This figure was none other than Meng Li, who had just finished refining his Magic Treasure and heard the commotion.

"Grandmaster Meng?!"