kingnovel Chapter 423 Being Disgusted
Chapter 423 Being Disgusted
"Have you passed all the previous tests?"
The young man's tone was full of surprise, but he did not lose his composure.
"I don't know what the test was. Anyway, they talked to me for a while and then asked me to come here."
Hua Yan pretended to be ignorant even though she knew the truth. How could she not know that these people were testing her?
"Oh! That's how it is. Come in and sit down. Xiao San, serve the guests tea."
The young man put down what he was holding, gave an order, and followed Hua Yan into the house.
At this time, Hua Yan knew that she had been poisoned again. This poison was very strong and was transmitted through sound.
Haha! This guy is full of poison, and even speaking can release poison.
"Yes! Ghost Master."
Ghost Old Man? Ghost Man? Hua Yan couldn't help but laugh. Why was he called that?
However, Gui Lao himself did not feel anything wrong and was carefully observing Hua Yan's reaction.
Hua Yan was also quite careless. Even after being poisoned, she still had the heart to pay attention to trivial matters. However, she did not relax. Knowing that this was the last time she would enter the courtyard, the owner must be the most powerful, so she took out the Hundred Poison Elimination Pills she had refined.
She hadn't been willing to take this pill before because it was too laborious to refine. Not only were the ingredients expensive, they were also scarce and hard to find in Plum Blossom Valley. She had only successfully refined five pills.
Seeing that Hua Yan had no reaction at all, Gui Lao knew that he had met an opponent, which aroused his competitive spirit. He attacked twice in succession, each time with more poisonous force than the last, but Hua Yan still did not react at all.
Because the Baidujinxiao Pills that Hua Yan had just taken were still taking effect, of course it was useless.
In the previous four courtyards, Hua Yan poisoned them based on the principle of "it's impolite not to reciprocate" according to their strength. In the end, they were unable to detoxify themselves, so Hua Yan took action to detoxify them, so they respected Hua Yan.
Gui Lao used sound and air to spread the poison, and Hua Yan poisoned him in the same way.
Gui Lao was also an expert in using poisons, so of course he could sense that he was poisoned, and he cured himself of the poison while chatting and laughing.
The poison Hua Yan had used was certainly no small feat, yet Gui Lao was able to neutralize it with ease. The two exchanged blows for a few more rounds, during which Gui Lao even politely invited Hua Yan for tea.
Gui Lao was surprised at Hua Yan's ability, and Hua Yan was also surprised at Gui Lao's strength.
"My dear friend, I wonder who your teacher is?"
"My ancestor is so famous that I, a nobody, am too embarrassed to mention him."
Hua Yan thought, if I told the ancestor, you would be scared to death, but she kept a low profile and didn't want others to know.
"Oh! Haha! You must be a genius, otherwise you wouldn't have such accomplishments at your age. No one has been able to walk into my yard in all these years. You are the first one."
"You're too polite, sir. I was just a blind cat that caught a dead mouse. It was just a coincidence!"
"I'm never one to be polite. You're so young and will have great potential in the future. I wonder if you'd be willing to join our Gui family and let us use your surname."
Haha! I'm on par with you in strength, so why do you think you have the upper hand? Tsk tsk! You're so shameless, and you're even brazen enough to ask for a surname.
"Thank you, sir. I'm not young anymore. I'm sixty-eight, and there's not much progress left."
"Ah? You're sixty-eight? I really didn't realize that. Haha! Haha!"
When Gui Lao heard that Hua Yan was 68 years old, he laughed very happily.
Hua Yan looked at his silly smile and didn't understand what was going on. Did he think that at this age, he was no longer a threat to them, and it was reasonable for him to have such accomplishments?
Hua Yan was half right. Gui Lao was indeed brooding over Hua Yan's strength. He was so young, yet she was on par with him, so he tried to win her over with his kind words. Now she wasn't that impressive anymore. At sixty-eight, it was reasonable for her to be on par with him. Although he was almost ninety, he didn't feel old. After all, he looked only thirty.
Old Gui has his own little thoughts. Hua Yan looks young, but she is "similar" to his age and has good strength. He is handsome and they are a good match. If Hua Yan can stay, the Gui family will be able to dominate Country J.
Haha! Haha! You old fool, if Hua Yan knew you had such dirty thoughts, she would poison you to death immediately.
In fact, both of them have trump cards that they have not revealed, because they have not developed the antidote for the poison, so they dare not use it easily.
Hua Yan looked at Gui Lao in confusion, with an expression on her face showing that she wanted to know why this happened.
"Haha! May I ask what I call you?"
"Hua Yan."
"Good name!"
I have heard Hua Yan five times and now I don’t feel anything about it. It’s just a name, what’s the big deal?
"Xiaohua, what do you think of me? I am the ancestor of the Gui family and have an extremely high status. Everyone in the Gui family obeys my orders. If you follow me, you will be their elder and your status will be second only to mine."
Gui Lao was muttering about his plans, not noticing the change in Hua Yan's expression.
"Sir, you really have a lot on your mind. Regardless of whether I like you or not, even the age difference is a problem. With such a big age gap, there's definitely a generation gap, and we have little in common. It's impossible."
Hua Yan saw from his face that Gui Lao was in his 80s. It was really enough that he still had such thoughts at his age. She had thought that Gui Lao was only obsessed with making drugs! She had never expected that he could have such a treacherous mind.
"Xiaohua, there's no generation gap. I'm also ninety, not younger than you."
Gui Lao thought Hua Yan didn’t realize his age and looked down on him because he was young!
Haha! This is so funny, let me laugh for a while. Hua Yan was already laughing uncontrollably in her heart.
"Old man, ghost old man, I know your age, and I know that you have five wives, all of whom were poisoned to death by you."
"Huh? What did you do? Why do you know such a secret thing?"
Gui Lao's tone was a little flustered, because no one knew about these things, including the elders and children. He thought he had hidden it well, but he didn't expect that this old woman would find out.
If this news were to be made public, how would his children and the people in his clan view him? Although they were all intimidated by his strength now, a hundred years later, the family history would record him.
No, this is absolutely not acceptable. He must kill everyone who knows about this. Ghost Master already had the idea of killing everyone.
“If you don’t want others to know, then don’t do it. If you do it, it will leave traces that can’t be erased.”
Hua Yan didn't say what she saw, but spoke vaguely.
"Tell me who knows, and I'll spare your life."
"Your clan elders and sons all know about this. They're all intimidated by your strength, and no one dares to tell the truth. If you lose your strength, they'll make things difficult for you. Actually, I was sent by them to kill you. I didn't expect you to be so powerful.
I thought I was invincible, but I've been stopped by you. But you seem powerless against me, too, so we're evenly matched."
Hua Yan had already gained a general understanding of the Gui family from the four previous courtyards. This was a family with an ancient heritage, skilled in the art of communicating with the Yin, from which the surname Gui originated. However, as the family progressed, each generation declined, and even the art of communicating with the Yin had only been passed down to about one-tenth or one-twelfth of its members.
However, when the Yin-tong technique gradually faded, an outlier emerged: Ghost Old Man, who was extremely obsessed with making poisons. He became the leader and opened up another mountain. This is also the reason why Ghost Old Man has such a high status.
"Haha! A bunch of ignorant guys who want to plot against me. Without me, who would respect them?"
"Your son is now powerful. He no longer needs an old man like you. Without you, he will be the head of the family and have absolute authority.
Who wants to listen to others telling them what to do? Why not make your own decisions? In the face of absolute interests, there is no such thing as family affection. For the sake of interests, you killed all your wives without blinking an eye!