Chapter 35: This is a great opportunity to implement the plan!
“Big Brother! Gu Yu’s group is too brutal, let’s run quickly!”
“Wang Qiang, what are you talking about! We’ve come this far, and you want to retreat? No matter how strong they are, we must follow orders and kill all these people.”
“I’m afraid it won’t be us killing people, but others killing us…”
When Wang Qiang, who was tailing them, saw Gu Yu’s group slaughtering assassins like an assembly line, he turned as white as a sheet and nearly wet himself. Even on the way back, his legs were trembling.
It wasn’t that Wang Qiang was too timid, but Gu Yu and his group were too brutal!
Especially that group of assassins in front, who suddenly fell to the ground silently. It was truly baffling, like encountering a ghost!
No matter what, he didn’t want to go through it again!
“What exactly did you see???”
“A massacre, they’re simply massacring! The assassins in front of us were killed without any resistance. It’s truly terrifying.”
“What nonsense are you spewing! Calm down and tell us the specific situation coherently.”
Seeing Wang Qiang’s panicked state, the leader slapped him, jolting him awake from his fear. He then covered his face and recounted what he had just experienced.
“I originally wanted to follow Gu Yu’s group directly, but after one of them discovered me, I didn’t dare to get too close. I could only trail far behind, intending to catch up after some time.”
“But as I was following Gu Yu’s group forward, a group of assassins suddenly appeared, intending to attack Gu Yu… I thought I couldn’t reveal myself at this moment, so I hid and waited to see how the situation would develop.”
“As a result, after waiting for a long time and feeling like it was almost over, I walked out from where I was hiding and took a closer look… I saw Gu Yu’s group swiftly killing all the assassins with their swords, and those assassins lay on the ground without any resistance.”
When the surrounding people heard Wang Qiang’s words, they all frowned and fell into deep thought.
The strength of Gu Yu’s group was truly unexpected.
According to the information sent by Lord Jiang, besides the Gu Residence guards being quite formidable, the only other person was Gu Mengyao, who had experience on the battlefield. However, due to her unknown specific strength and the fact that she was a woman, it was difficult to imagine she would have any great ability.
Besides them, there were no other formidable individuals.
Gu Yu and Gu Qingheng, the two weak scholars, were only clever in their minds and sharp-tongued. There was nothing particularly special about them.
But why had things turned out this way!
“Boss, I heard… that person named Gu Yu has excellent medical skills. Any difficult and strange illnesses can be cured by him! Could it be that he did something to make that group of assassins unable to resist?”
“It’s possible. Since we have a precedent, we must be careful. We shouldn’t make a move on this mountain. Let’s wait until we enter the jungle.”
“Understood.”
After hearing Wang Qiang’s words, the leader did not rashly charge forward but chose a more cautious approach, deciding to wait and see the situation.
There was too little information currently available, and the specific situation was unknown.
It was better to wait and see…
And so, after following Gu Yu’s group for a full day and night, they crossed the mountains and arrived in the jungle. During this time, no accidents occurred, giving a feeling of calm before the storm.
As they walked through the mosquito-infested jungle, the leader thought that continuing like this wouldn’t work. If Gu Yu’s group was allowed to leave the jungle, it would be much more difficult to ambush them later.
They had to seize the opportunity now…
Thinking this, the group of assassins wasted no more time. They prepared to divide into several groups, encircle them from front and back, and directly ambush Gu Yu’s group, killing them in this jungle.
Coincidentally, Gu Yu’s group had stopped moving for a long time at this moment.
This was a great opportunity to implement the plan!
It was just a pity…
The plan was very good, but the outcome was very unexpected.
The assassins didn’t even touch Gu Yu’s clothes before their feet suddenly gave way, and they fell into the swamp.
As for some assassins who followed the path Gu Yu’s group had taken, they didn’t fall into the swamp. However, after Gu Yu threw a handful of medicinal powder, they were thrown into the swamp by the guards.
“You discovered us long ago!”
“If I didn’t discover you, I would be blind! Can’t you guys find someone else to be a spy? It’s always the same person, it’s really hard not to notice! However, heaven was helping us, allowing us to find this good place, so we deliberately stopped to rest, intending to lure you into our trap.”
Coincidentally, the place where Gu Yu’s group was located was surrounded by swamps, but as you expanded the surrounding area, it turned into normal land.
Simply put, the place where Gu Yu was currently located was surrounded by swamps.
Although the assassins prepared to encircle them from all sides, they didn’t expect they were seeking their own demise.
Gu Yu looked at the assassins who had fallen into the swamp and couldn’t help but shake his head helplessly. As he spoke, the mockery on his face was very obvious, making people even more angry.
However, as the assassins struggled, their sinking speed increased.
One of them was very calm, as if accepting the inevitable end of drowning. Looking at Gu Yu, his eyes were filled with hatred.
Gu Yu was not intimidated. He crouched down, picked up a long branch, and poked it into the assassin’s nostrils.
For those who wanted to take his life, Gu Yu knew no mercy.
Let alone toying with them, even dismembering them would not make him blink an eye.
However, this method was too troublesome. It was better to just kill them with a single blow.
And he didn’t need to do it himself, so as not to get tired…
“Gu Yu, don’t be so smug! You think killing us means you can safely reach the Tang Sect? Dream on!”
“Whether it’s a dream or not, let’s wait and see! However, you probably won’t live to see it. You can become a ghost and follow us, so you can witness Jiang Wenguang’s beheading with your own eyes and go to the Underworld together!”
“…”
After the leader spoke hatefully, Gu Yu became even more fearless.
Not only did he say that these assassins would become ghosts and follow them, but after mentioning Jiang Wenguang’s name, he made these assassins’ faces change in surprise. It was clear they hadn’t expected Gu Yu to actually know Jiang Wenguang.
Previously, Jiang Wenguang had only intended to act first to be safe.
But now it was confirmed that Gu Yu knew!
If this person were not killed, it would bring more trouble to Lord Jiang.
Thinking this, the assassin leader, using the last of his strength, reached out and grabbed the branch that Gu Yu extended, intending to drag Gu Yu into the swamp with him as a burial companion.
Gu Yu truly didn’t expect the assassins to still have the strength to counterattack. In a moment of carelessness, he let go too late, and he immediately fell uncontrollably towards the swamp.
Seeing that he had indeed pulled Gu Yu down with him, the assassin leader couldn’t help but show a delighted smile, thinking that even if he died now, it was worth it!
However…
“Oh, you scared me to death! My wife, you’re the best.”
“Yu, be careful next time. What if you really fell in!”
Just as Gu Yu was about to fall into the swamp, he was suddenly grabbed by his arm from behind by Gu Mengyao, who pulled him back to a safe place, preventing him from falling into the swamp.
Then, Gu Mengyao sternly lectured Gu Yu, telling him not to be so careless next time.
This time she happened to be watching. If she hadn’t been there, Yu would have fallen into the swamp!
“But I still have you, my wife! I’m not worried at all.”
“Regardless, you must be careful next time. If you get hurt, I will be heartbroken.”
“Mhm, I was just careless. The enemy was too good at disguising themselves. I must teach them a good lesson… Huh? Where did they go?”
Gu Yu smiled brightly upon hearing his little wife’s words, then immediately turned his head angrily when he thought of the person who had pulled him into the swamp. He found that the person had already sunk down.
With bubbles occasionally rising from the swamp, perhaps it was the residual resentment of the assassin leader before his death…
“Alright, now that we’ve dealt with this group of assassins, we should continue on our way. But… Yu, why did you go to such great lengths this time? Couldn’t you have just solved it by sprinkling medicinal powder like before?”
Seeing that the enemies had sunk down, Gu Mengyao then said it was time to move on.
However, before leaving, Gu Mengyao had some lingering questions that she wanted to ask Gu Yu.
Why was he treating these assassins so differently?
“Mengyao, didn’t you notice that this group of assassins was different from the previous ones?”
“???”
Upon hearing Gu Mengyao’s question, Gu Yu smiled slightly and then said something that made Gu Mengyao even more confused.
What was different about these assassins?
“When Qingheng reminded me that the same person was spying, I didn’t pay much attention. But last night, after I let Little Black out, it said it smelled blood… I thought it was because we had killed those assassins, but Little Black said it wasn’t, because the bloody smell was coming from behind us.”
“A bloody smell?”
“Yes, these assassins, apart from killing us, shouldn’t have any other reason to kill people. Yet, these people have a strong smell of blood on them. According to Little Black’s olfactory identification, it’s human blood… Therefore, I suspect that these people have been following us all along and might have killed the villagers.”
“…If that’s true, then these people are too despicable! They deserve to go to hell for their deaths.”
“So, I want them to die a painful death. Killing them with a single stroke is letting them off too easily. Even if my guess is wrong, these people who chased us deserve to die.”
As Gu Yu spoke, a slight smile played on his lips. His handsome face was incongruous with his words, but it didn’t make Gu Mengyao feel scared. Instead, she felt that falling into the swamp was letting them off too easily.
She hated those who wantonly killed innocent people the most.
