Chapter 81 Assassin Xi Yang
Gu Yu suddenly revealed his spatial ability, intending to recruit the assassin. If that failed, he would have to turn the assassin into a corpse.
However, if the assassin surrendered, how would he be controlled?
Based on Gu Yu’s experience watching TV dramas, at this point, he should take out a poison and force the assassin to ingest it, thereby turning him into a subordinate.
But where could he steal poison from?
Although Gu Yu had obtained the Medical Scripture from his spatial ability, he had nearly finished reading it and had not found any prescriptions for lethal poisons. However, there were quite a few mutually counteracting medicines that he could secretly try in the future to see if he could poison someone…
However, conjuring an imperial decree out of thin air was not sufficiently shocking, so Gu Yu then took out the black bear from his spatial ability, letting it roam around and digest its food, so as not to have too much food and no time to digest.
Upon seeing the black bear, the assassin’s breathing hitched, and his eyes widened to their fullest. He watched the black bear wander around him, threateningly extending its claws.
Could this Gu Yu really conjure bears out of thin air???
“You… you… who exactly are you?”
“An immortal.”
“Are you really an immortal?”
“…”
Afterward, as the assassin spoke with a look of utter panic, Gu Yu casually said he was an immortal. He did not expect… the assassin to actually believe him. When the assassin showed an expression of extreme shock, Gu Yu felt speechless.
This assassin did not look young, so why was he so easily fooled like a child?
He said he was an immortal, and the assassin actually believed him… So, if he said he was an alien, would the assassin believe it?
Gu Yu was quite helpless at the thought of taking such a person as a subordinate, but considering that the Wang Clan no longer dared to send anyone, he could only make do for now.
“I’ll ask you now, are you willing to become my person?”
“Old immortal, I sell my skills, not myself.”
“… Don’t misunderstand, it means I want you to become my subordinate.”
Afterward, Gu Yu was no longer willing to keep him in suspense. Since the assassin couldn’t escape even if he had wings, he decided to get straight to the point and ask if the assassin intended to live or die.
If he wanted to continue living, he had to become his subordinate.
If he wanted to die directly, Gu Yu would not be lenient.
Now that the assassin had seen Gu Yu’s spatial ability, Gu Yu could not let him leave alive unless he became one of them.
However, the assassin clearly misunderstood.
This made Gu Yu speechless as he twitched his lips, thinking that even if he were interested in men, he wouldn’t be interested in this assassin!
Moreover, what was this “old immortal” nonsense?
“My name is Gu Yu, you can call me Gu Laoda, don’t call me old immortal.”
“This…”
“What? You’re unwilling?”
“It’s not that I’m unwilling, it’s just that the Alliance has placed a rare and potent poison in me, which no one can resolve… If I don’t return to the Alliance within seven days, I will die from the poison.”
The assassin did not resist much. After witnessing Gu Yu’s miraculous methods, he obediently stated his concerns.
In any case, he was risking his life for the Alliance. If Gu Yu could cure the poison in him, he wouldn’t mind working for Gu Yu in the future.
Seeing Gu Yu’s great divine powers, staying by his side was much better than staying in the Alliance!
At least he wouldn’t always have his life hanging by a thread, not knowing when he might suddenly die.
However, the premise was… Gu Yu could resolve the poison in him.
Otherwise, all efforts would be in vain.
If he was going to die anyway, the assassin no longer cared which faction he belonged to.
When Gu Yu heard the assassin’s words, his eyebrows twitched upwards. He did not expect that the plan he was preparing to implement had already been used by someone else.
However, it didn’t matter if the tactic was used before, as long as it worked.
“Poison? Hmph, a minor matter, I can help you detoxify.”
“Gu Laoda, you can cure it?”
After hearing Gu Yu’s confident words, a look of surprise appeared on the assassin’s face. He did not expect… that Gu Yu, at such a young age, could cure him. This was too much of a genius!
The assassin had joined the Alliance in his early years for various reasons. When he wanted to retire after a few years, he found that he could no longer control his own fate.
If he didn’t want to die, he could only continue to kill people.
The assassin had struggled in the middle, but no matter how many divine doctors he sought, they all shook their heads and said they couldn’t break the poison in him.
And now, this Gu Yu, only twelve years old, claimed he could cure the poison?
Was he joking with him?
However, since Gu Yu could instantly conjure a black bear out of thin air, he probably wouldn’t joke with him at this time.
“Tell me in detail about your poisoning symptoms, and I’ll see how to prepare the prescription.”
“The poison I have is called the ‘Seven-Day Soul Severing Pill’. It acts up every seven days, and within this period, I must consume an antidote, or I will bleed from all seven orifices and die. Because I have been consistently taking the antidote, it hasn’t acted up. However, I have seen fellow practitioners experience its effects. First, their complexion turns pale, they rapidly weaken, and then their eyes bleed…”
Gu Yu listened carefully to the assassin’s words, remembering the symptoms and planning to try and break the ‘Seven-Day Soul Severing Pill’ after he had learned the Medical Scripture well enough.
As for not being able to cure it now, he didn’t have to worry too much.
Because Gu Yu had previously obtained a detoxification pill from the Pot of Benevolent Aid, which could cure any poison.
Although it felt a bit wasteful to use it on the assassin, if Gu Yu wanted to order the assassin around in the future, he had to pay a price.
Fortunately, the good deeds points had not stopped coming in recently, with an additional two hundred or so points accumulated, so Gu Yu wouldn’t feel too bad about it.
“Well, resolving this poison is not a problem, but it will require some time to find various medicinal herbs. I’ll place you in my Sumeru Ring first to prevent you from dying from the poison due to the passage of time.”
“Sumeru Ring?”
“It’s another space. Once you enter it, time will directly stop.”
“As long as Gu Laoda can resolve the poison in me, I, Xi Yang, will henceforth be loyal to you. If I have any disloyalty, may thunder strike me.”
“Alright, saying these things is useless. I’m more realistic… For now, let me put you in there first!”
After friendly communication with the assassin Xi Yang, Gu Yu was pleased and put him back into his spatial ability, planning to leave him there for a while before giving him the detoxification pill.
Although he could give the detoxification pill to Xi Yang directly now, things that are obtained too easily are not cherished. It would be better to release Xi Yang from the spatial ability when it started snowing, and also let him know the power of the spatial ability so that he would not harbor any ill intentions.
Moreover, Gu Yu could take this time to make some poison for fun… Although the Medical Scripture did not have poisonous pill recipes, he could casually concoct a pill and pretend it was poison to deceive Xi Yang.
Based on Xi Yang’s experience in the Alliance, where he had never been close to a relapse of poisoning, it could be seen that he was a person who was unwilling to take risks, so there was no need to worry about him discovering the truth.
Afterward, Gu Yu put the black bear, which was running wildly to digest its food, back into his spatial ability before heading home.
“Yu! I’m back.”
Just as Gu Yu was hanging the imperial decree back on the wall, the courtyard door was knocked. It was Gu Mengyao who had returned.
“Sister, why did you come back so quickly! Wow, you bought so many things!”
“You bought so many things, why didn’t you hire a carriage? Our family isn’t short of money now, don’t wear yourself out.”
As Gu Yu stepped out of the room, Gu Qingheng rushed directly to the courtyard gate, quickly opening it to welcome Gu Mengyao in.
Afterward, upon seeing the many bags and parcels in Gu Mengyao’s hands, Gu Yu frowned and quickly walked up to Gu Mengyao. He took some of the parcels and chided her.
Although Gu Mengyao possessed innate divine strength, she was still a girl.
“It’s okay, Auntie Wang Er and I came back by ox cart. I was just carrying these things from the village entrance home.”
Hearing Gu Yu’s words, coupled with his actions of eagerly taking over the parcels, Gu Mengyao couldn’t help but smile. She then replied to Gu Yu, indicating that she was fine.
Hunting in the mountains before was much more arduous than shopping at the market.
At that time, no one worried about her like Gu Yu did.
Although Gu Mengyao and Gu Qingheng had a good relationship as siblings, Gu Qingheng was still too young and not as meticulous as Gu Yu in some matters, so he wouldn’t be as considerate as Gu Yu.
“Sister, do you need these things for the New Year! Aren’t these things usually available? I thought you had bought something remarkable!”
Gu Qingheng looked at the items Gu Mengyao brought back. Apart from vegetables, there were only some snacks and dried fruits… The only special items were a stack of red paper shapes.
“When Auntie Wang Er took me to the town to shop, she mentioned a lot of things. After thinking about it, we already had them at home, so I didn’t buy too much. For example, we still have a lot of meat left, and for wine, we have the wine brewed by Yu!”
“What are these red papers for?”
“These! Later, Qingheng, you can write some auspicious words on them and paste them on our main entrance as couplets, so there’s no need to find someone to write them for you. Coincidentally, Auntie Wang Er’s family also didn’t buy couplets, so I promised to give her a few after you finish writing them.”
As Gu Mengyao spoke, she busied herself with putting the items into the house. Upon hearing that she had to write a stack of couplets, Gu Qingheng’s young face immediately darkened, feeling that he was truly suffering.
It wasn’t enough that his brother-in-law had tricked him; now even his sister was tricking him!
He was only eight years old!
“By the way! Sister, I just remembered, you were wearing men’s clothing, how did Auntie Wang Er recognize you at first glance?”
“I’m also curious about this. I didn’t react at the time, and only remembered it after I got home… Auntie Wang Er’s eyes are really sharp! She could recognize you even when Mengyao was disguised as a man.”
Then, as if remembering something, Gu Qingheng quickly asked, curious how Auntie Wang Er recognized his sister.
In this regard, Gu Yu was also curious.
“I asked Auntie Wang Er on the way. She said that after knowing me for so long, she could recognize me even if I turned into ashes.”
“…”
Gu Mengyao, upon hearing her brother’s question, stopped moving the items and turned to explain to Gu Yu and Gu Qingheng.
