Within a brothel in the Neoverse, Ming Yu looked uneasy as she glanced outside.
Every time she heard footsteps, she would panic.
Suddenly, there was a knock on the door, and her expression changed. "Who is it?"
The door opened, and Hua Niang entered with a smile. "Ming Yu, you still haven't contacted Lu Yin?
He's been out for a long time. "
Ming Yu gritted her teeth. "Give me some more time."
Hua Niang's expression changed, and her gaze turned cold. "How long?
A year?
Ten years?
A hundred years? "
Ming Yu's face paled.
She had lied about Lu Yin marrying her in order to get Young Master Tian to give up on her. Hua Niang had not dared to provoke Lu Yin, and her plan had succeeded. But who would have thought that Lu Yin would come out and even be granted his freedom?
When she found out that Lu Yin had come out, she knew that she was done for. She could not contact him at all, let alone marry him.
"You can't bring anything into the Mountain and Sea Realm, so Lu Yin only told me how to contact him after he came out. I can't contact him," Ming Yu said through gritted teeth.
Hua Niang snorted. "Really?"
Ming Yu was resolute. "Of course."
Hua Niang's eyes flickered, as she was not sure if Ming Yu was telling the truth. "I hope you're not lying to me. It doesn't matter if you lie to me, but if you lie to Young Master Tian, you know the consequences. No one can protect you." She then turned and left, heading to another room where Ming Yan was.
Hua Niang was almost certain that Ming Yu was lying, but no matter what, the top courtesan needed to be replaced, and Ming Yan was next. Hua Niang had to prepare Ming Yan properly and ensure that nothing unexpected happened.
When she entered Ming Yan's room, Hua Niang's attitude was not as gentle as she had been with Ming Yu. "You'll replace Ming Yu as the new top courtesan in a few months. The brothel will promote you then, so don't let anything happen to you."
Ming Yan's back was to Hua Niang as she replied, "There won't be any accidents." She then picked up a cup of water and slowly brought it to her lips.
She drank very slowly, very slowly.
It was a normal action, but Hua Niang's expression changed, and she hurriedly grabbed Ming Yan's arm and snatched the cup away. She stared at Ming Yan. "What are you doing?"
Ming Yan turned and calmly looked at Hua Niang. "What do you mean what am I doing?"
Hua Niang frowned and looked at the water in the cup. Ming Yan's action just now made her uneasy. She thought that Ming Yan wanted to poison the water to commit suicide. But after thinking about it, it was impossible. This place was always under surveillance, so it was impossible for there to be poison.
Ming Yan smiled. "You took my cup."
Looking at Ming Yan, Hua Niang's heart became more and more uneasy, but she didn't know where this uneasiness came from. She always felt that something was wrong.
Hua Niang threw the cup away and looked at Ming Yan. Just as she was about to speak, she suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood. Her hair quickly turned white, and she felt powerless. She almost fell to the ground. She had been poisoned. She glared fiercely at Ming Yan. "You poisoned me?"
Ming Yan approached Hua Niang step by step. "I told you, you took my cup."
Hua Niang looked at the cup that was thrown away. Is there poison on the cup?
"How is that possible? Where did you get the poison from?
Hua Niang was in disbelief. She was an Enlighter, but Ming Yan wasn't even an Explorer. Hua Niang was in disbelief.
Hua Niang suddenly attacked Ming Yan. Ming Yan narrowed her eyes and said, "Look at your own hand."
Hua Niang paused and looked at her hand. It was withered and old. She frantically rolled up her sleeves, and her skin wrinkled as if she had aged several decades. "What poison is this?
You … What poison did you use? "
Ming Yan calmly looked at Hua Niang and raised a hand to point in three directions. These three directions were where Hua Niang had sent people to watch over Ming Yan. Ming Yan wasn't even an Explorer, but her guards were all Hunters. One of them was even an Enlighter, but she had still been able to detect them. Furthermore, Ming Yan had dared to attack, but the guards hadn't reacted at all. It was obvious that they had been dealt with.
Hua Niang couldn't figure out how Ming Yan had done it, and she felt her strength drain away. She had never been good at fighting.
Ming Yan looked down at Hua Niang with an icy gaze. Her poison had come from the Neohuman Alliance's Poison of Life, and it had never been exposed. Otherwise, no matter how strong the poison was, it wouldn't have been able to succeed if others had been prepared.
She had used this time to slowly infect the three guards with her poison, and now, she had turned the tables and taken control of Hua Niang.
Hua Niang was naturally unwilling to be controlled, but the Poison of Life was too strong, and she couldn't even stand properly.
She glanced at the door. Wherever she went, there would be people following her, and they would definitely be able to sense that something was wrong. When the time came, this girl wouldn't be able to resist, and she would have to hand over the antidote.
"Who are you waiting for?
Someone to protect you?
Or someone who is also watching you? "Ming Yan asked.
As soon as she spoke, the door opened, and Ming Yu walked in. She didn't look as uneasy as Hua Niang had seen earlier. On the contrary, there was a trace of ridicule in her eyes.
Hua Niang instantly understood that the two of them had joined forces.
She also understood why the guards who had been watching Ming Yan had been poisoned. With Ming Yu's cooperation, it had been easy to poison them. Ming Yu was a Hunter, and any Hunter in the younger generation could challenge those who were a Realmbreaker. Even if she hadn't used poison, Ming Yu's strength would have been enough to deal with the three guards, but that would have alerted the brothel.
Ming Yan's poison was different.
Hua Niang looked at the two girls. One was the current Courtesan Belle, while the other was the future Courtesan Belle. She had actually been tricked by these two girls.
Ming Yu glanced at Hua Niang's hand and then fearfully looked at Ming Yan. "You've achieved your goal. What do you plan to do next?
Escape from the brothel? "
Ming Yan shook her head. "I want to take back what belongs to me."
Ming Yu didn't understand. She really wanted to escape from the brothel.
Ming Yan looked at Ming Yu. "Can you escape?
Although there aren't many brothels, that Young Master Tian's status shouldn't be low. Once you escape, there's a high chance that you'll be captured. "
Ming Yu's eyes flickered, but she didn't answer.
Hua Niang collapsed to the ground and panted heavily as she watched herself age. She looked at Ming Yan in horror. "What kind of poison did you use?
Give me the antidote, and I promise that I won't make things difficult for you again. I swear. "
Ming Yan looked at Hua Niang. "Do you think that we can escape from the Neoverse?"
Hua Niang did not hesitate. "Impossible. Behind the brothels is the Forgotten Land's Black Street. The Black Street is filled with outlaws who have been isolated and abandoned in the Neoverse. These people are well-informed, and the Black Street Master has a grasp of the situation in the Neoverse. You won't be able to escape, so don't even think about it.
I swear that I won't make things difficult for you. "Ming Yu gritted her teeth. She was a scheming person, and the more she thought about it, the more fearful she became of the brothels.
She had heard of the Black Street before, and even if she escaped to the Outerverse, there would still be people hunting her down unless she married Lu Yin.
"The universe is vast, and there's no place for you," Ming Yan said indifferently.
Ming Yu looked at her. "What do you want?"
Ming Yan and Ming Yu looked at each other. "Let's cooperate and take down the brothels."
Ming Yu was stunned, as if she had just heard something unbelievable.
Hua Niang was also stunned, and then her expression turned strange. It seemed like she was mocking Ming Yu, but it also contained the fear of being poisoned. It was as if she had heard the funniest joke in the world, but she did not dare to laugh.
"Do you know what the brothels represent?
Do you know what the Black Street behind them represents?
You want to control the brothels? "Ming Yu cried out.
Ming Yan looked at her calmly. "With my poison, I can do it."
Ming Yu did not believe her at all.
Ming Yan had been the empress of Shenwu Continent for many years, and even though she had split into two personalities, she could still see Ming Yu's misgivings. "Let's try. If we fail, I have a backup plan that can guarantee that we can escape unscathed."
Ming Yu's eyes flashed, and she looked at Ming Yan in disbelief. If there was a backup plan, why would they be sent to a brothel?
Ming Yan looked at her gadget, and her lips curled up into a smile. "I'm Lu Yin's woman."
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In the Xinyu Eternal Southern World, the Seven Courts resided in the Land of Spiritvoid, where the Ku family resided.
The Land of Spiritvoid was the Ku family's land of inheritance. Spiritvoid was the origin of the land's name.
The Land of Spiritvoid was ravaged by lightning all year round, and there were many withered trees growing on the land. These were the raw materials for the Ku family's power vessel, the Time Withering Tree.
In a corner of the land, within a mountain range, two giant beasts roared and tore at each other.
Both beasts had the strength of an Explorer, and as they tore at each other, the mountains cracked and rivers flowed backwards.
Suddenly, a wretched figure walked out of the void, clutching his abdomen. He gritted his teeth and looked back with a furious gaze.
Then, a bolt of lightning flashed past and reduced the two beasts to dust. The lightning condensed in the void and transformed into Ku Lei, who looked down at the figure. "Where do you think you're going?
This is the Land of Spiritvoid, and I can find you no matter where you go. "
The figure was Ku Wei, and he had been chased by Ku Lei for several days. He was in a sorry state, and he was exhausted to the extreme.
He had offended Ku Lei greatly in Progenitor Chen's tomb, and he had thought that he could follow Lu Yin after they left. However, Lu Yin had gone to undergo a test, and Ku Pu had stopped him from taking Ku Lei away.
After returning to the Land of Spiritvoid, he had been targeted by Ku Lei. Not only had he been robbed of all his resources, but he hadn't even had the right to meet the family head, much less leave the Land of Spiritvoid.
Ku Lei was playing a game with him, a game of cat and mouse.
With a hiss, a bolt of lightning flashed and pierced Ku Wei's knee. Despite the intense pain, Ku Wei resisted the urge to kneel and glared fiercely at Ku Lei.
Ku Lei sneered, "Go on, keep running. You don't want to kneel?
I'll beat you until you kneel. A member of the Ku family is actually submitting to an outsider? Just the thought of it disgusts me. "
Ku Wei did not speak. His recent experiences had taught him that the more he spoke, the more he would suffer.
Ku Lei snorted. "Where is the Yu family's heir?"
Ku Wei lowered his head and remained silent. A few days ago, when Ku Lei had first asked this question, he had already known that he was done for. This question had not been asked by Ku Lei, but rather by the family head. It was only then that he realized why Ku Lei had been able to attack him so recklessly. It was no wonder that Ku Lei had only been toying with him and had not intended to kill him. The Ku family wanted to know the Yu family's whereabouts.
Another bolt of lightning smashed Ku Wei into the ground, causing him to spit out a mouthful of blood as his flesh was lacerated.
Ku Lei arrogantly said, "We'll stop here today. Let's see how long you can endure." He then turned into a bolt of lightning and left.
Ku Wei looked at Ku Lei's departing figure with unwillingness, and he sank into despair.
Ku Wei endured the pain as he cleaned his wounds. Not long after, a figure arrived and left after leaving behind a human terminal.
Ku Wei stared blankly at the figure.
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