At this time, the burly man walked in with Old Cao. Seeing that everyone had woken up, he smiled.
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"Everyone."
The burly man cleared his throat and said loudly, "Your guess is correct.
"You guessed right. There is indeed a problem with the Dragon Eye Wine."
The burly man continued, "The Dragon Eye Wine contains a kind of knockout drug created by our master's unique method. This kind of knockout drug can make low level Spirit Vortex realm cultivators instantly fall unconscious."
"Damnit, he actually drugged us!" roared a cultivator furiously.
There were even some cultivators who wanted to attack the burly man, but they were stopped by the burly man's words.
"Try circulating your spiritual qi."
Hearing the burly man's words, everyone began to circulate their spiritual qi. However, they were shocked to find that they were unable to gather their spiritual qi. Their faces were filled with terror.
"What's going on? What did you do to us?" roared a cultivator.
Fang Chen had been standing in the crowd the entire time, observing them.
It seemed that the poison they had eaten yesterday was the reason why they were unable to gather their spiritual qi.
"You've been poisoned. If I don't give you the antidote, you won't have any combat strength left," said the burly man coldly.
At this time, Old Cao also spoke, "As long as you cooperate, the antidote will definitely be given to you."
Hearing Old Cao and the burly man's words, a cultivator directly asked, "What do you want us to do?"
"It's very simple. Enter the mountain range and help us find the golden rats," said Old Cao.
When Fang Chen heard this, he was startled. It looked like the matter of the golden mice was true.
This inn had intentionally lured cultivators into coming here to rest. Once they drank the Dragon Eye Wine, they would fall unconscious. Then they would poison them and threaten them to enter the mountain range to help them find the golden rats.
"I wonder how many cultivators have been threatened by them before this," thought Fang Chen inwardly.
After a round of discussion, the cultivators could only helplessly agree to Old Cao's request.
"We can agree to your request, but how can you guarantee that you'll give us the antidote?" asked a cultivator gravely.
Crash!
Countless pills appeared in the burly man's hand. He looked at these pills and smiled. "These pills are the antidotes. However, they can only suppress the poison in your body for half a month. If you can't obtain the antidote after half a month, you will definitely die."
After saying that, the burly man gave all these pills to these martial artists.
After they swallowed it, they discovered that they could actually gather spiritual energy. At this time, they also firmly believed the burly man's words.
"Go into the mountain range now. Come back here half a month later to find the antidote," the burly man said.
Fang Chen followed the crowd and entered the mountain range.
The group of people grumbled, but there was nothing they could do.
Just as Fang Chen and the others entered the mountain range, they encountered a group of warriors. It seemed that these warriors were also being threatened.
He could even hear some people saying that half a month was up and they were going to go out and look for the antidote.
Originally, Fang Chen didn't care about this.
However, just as his group brushed past that group of people, Fang Chen suddenly discovered a familiar person.
Zhu Hai, the former sixth on the Hidden Dragon Roll. He originally had hopes of entering the Five Elements Academy, but he was forcefully defeated by the Little Mouse, causing him to be unable to enter the Five Elements Academy.
Zhu Hai's hatred for Fang Chen was monstrous. He was constantly thinking that if he encountered Fang Chen, he would definitely kill Fang Chen.
However, he knew that he probably wouldn't be able to meet Fang Chen in this lifetime because the latter had entered the Five Elements Academy.
However, he didn't expect to actually meet Fang Chen here.
When Fang Chen saw Zhu Hai, the latter also saw him.
A sinister smile appeared in Zhu Hai's eyes. His entire body was overflowing with killing intent.
However, he wasn't in a hurry to make a move because today was the half-month deadline. He had to first look for the antidote, then look for Fang Chen.
'Why is he here? Could he be poisoned as well?' Zhu Hai secretly pondered in his heart.
After pondering for a moment, Zhu Hai shook his head gently. No matter how he had come here, this was the best time to take revenge.
Not long after, Zhu Hai left the mountain range and returned to the inn.
The burly man handed the pills to them as promised, allowing them to enter the mountain range again to look for the Golden Mouse. As long as they couldn't find the Golden Mouse, they would have to stay in the mountain range.
"Come back for the antidote in half a month," The burly man said coldly.
Zhu Hai didn't wait for them. Instead, he hurriedly entered the mountain range and quickly rushed in the direction that Fang Chen and the others had left.
'Fang Chen, I must kill you today.'
Zhu Hai secretly thought to himself.
At this moment, Fang Chen was following the large group and advancing.
There was nothing special about this mountain range. The only thing that attracted people was the legendary Golden Mouse.
Fang Chen looked around and thought to himself, "I wonder if I'll be able to find the Golden Mouse."
Just as Fang Chen was thinking, a monstrous aura suddenly pounced over. Soon after, Zhu Hai appeared behind everyone.
"Fang Chen, I never imagined that I would meet you here," Zhu Hai stared coldly at Fang Chen and said coldly.
When everyone learnt that Zhu Hai was targeting Fang Chen, they all chose to retreat. Right now, his main objective was to look for the Golden Mouse. He did not have time to waste here.
In the blink of an eye, only Fang Chen and Zhu Hai remained on the empty ground.
"You want to kill me?" Fang Chen asked.
"Not only do I want to kill you, I want you to die a horrible death," Zhu Hai roared furiously.
Fang Chen shook his head slightly and said, "Unfortunately, you're no match for me."
After entering the Five Elements Academy, Fang Chen's strength had increased tremendously. Right now, he could even fight against a martial artist at the limit of the fourth level of the Spiritual Vortex Realm.
As for Zhu Hai, he was clearly not as strong as Qing Jingtong. He was only slightly stronger than Sun Qiwen.
"Hmph, you won't say that in a while," Zhu Hai said eerily.
Crash!
Zhu Hai clenched his fist tightly and a black aura surged around him. The black aura all gathered on his fist. With a low roar, he threw a punch at Fang Chen.
Rumble!
A series of deafening noises echoed in the sky. Zhu Hai's attacks were extremely sharp.
"Indestructible Fire Sword Technique."
Fang Chen used the Fire Elemental Indestructible Sword of the Transformative Realm. Boundless black flames spread out in an instant. The Hidden Star Sword carried a formidable force as it pierced towards Zhu Hai's fist.
Fang Chen did not want to waste any time and immediately performed his strongest attack.
Pfft!
Initially, Xiao Chen thought that even if Fang Chen did not die from his punch, he would be severely injured.
However, Zhu Hai had not expected that Fang Chen would be able to break through her attack with a simple strike of the sword.
"How is this possible?"
Zhu Hai let out a low cry as his body continuously retreated.
At this moment, Fang Chen activated his sword body. The sword concept instantly spread out and the Indestructible Fire Sword Technique was performed again.
The Hidden Star Sword was swung and a flaming sword light appeared in the sky and slashed towards Zhu Hai.
"Damn it!"
Zhu Hai sensed the power of the sword light and resisted it with all his might.
Pfft!
Fang Chen's sword light disintegrated Zhu Hai's attack with an unstoppable force, causing Zhu Hai to be severely injured in an instant.
Fang Chen raised the Hidden Star Sword and wanted to end Zhu Hai's life.
"No!"
Zhu Hai roared. His eyes were filled with shock. At this moment, he did not even have the time to be shocked. Why was Fang Chen so strong?
Seeing that Fang Chen wanted to kill him, he roared loudly, "I know the secret of the Golden Rats. I can make a deal with you."
Originally, Fang Chen wanted to kill Zhu Hai. However, when he heard the two words' Golden Rats', the Hidden Star Sword did not fall in the end.
"Speak," Fang Chen said in a deep voice.
"I can tell you the secret of the Golden Rats, but you have to swear that you will not attack me, let alone kill me," Zhu Hai said in a low voice.
Fang Chen frowned slightly and said, "You have no choice."
With that, the Hidden Star Sword in Fang Chen's hand instantly slashed across Zhu Hai. The latter let out a miserable cry. Blood constantly spurted out from his arm.
"One last chance," Fang Chen said.
There was a struggle in Zhu Hai's eyes. He said, "Alright, I believe you. I will tell you all the secrets about the Golden Rats now."
"The owner of the inn outside the mountain range is a middle level Spiritual Vortex Realm ancient martial art practitioner. I am not sure about his exact strength. I only know that he has a very important plan. The core of this plan is the Golden Rats."
"He built the inn to search for the Golden Rats. Every low level Spiritual Vortex Realm ancient martial art practitioner who came here was threatened by him."
"Get to the point," Fang Chen said.
He had already guessed the things that Zhu Hai said.
What he wanted to know was about the Golden Rats.
Hearing this, Zhu Hai nodded and said, "The Golden Rats. Although they are of the rat species, they are very unique. The owner of the inn had his eyes on their Golden Cores.
During this period of time, after my search, I discovered a secret. "
"The Golden Rats really exist, and they are in this mountain range.
Although they appear and disappear mysteriously and no one has seen them before, I discovered that the Golden Rats would head to a certain place at fixed times. "