Ch186 - Miss Zhou's Curse

In the residence of the Second Senior Brother, Qiao Yu. Qiao Yu, Zhang Hao, and Lin Yu were chatting together.

“Second Senior Brother, I always see that poor wretch Liu Mufeng running to Master’s Palace every day. It is not a good thing, right?” Looking at Qiao Yu, the Fifth Brother, Zhang Hao said sternly.

“Yeah, I really don’t know what Master sees in that hillbilly? He’s just a fourth-level alchemist!”

Speaking of this, Lin Yu was also very jealous. She has been the Master’s disciple for ten years, but the Master had never shown any special treatment. However, this Liu Mufeng has only been here for a few days, and he was already so favored by the Master, how could he not be envied by others?

Looking at the two, Qiao Yu shook his head helplessly. “You guys, look a little farther, it will be the Five-Yearly Sect Competition in three months, it is unsure whether Liu Mufeng can gain a firm foothold in Pill Peak. If you have time to worry about him, why don’t you worry about the competition?”

Hearing this, both Lin Yu’s and Zhang Hao’s faces turned ugly. When they had just entered the sect, it happened to be the end of the competition, so they were able to avoid it. The two of them went into seclusion five years ago, so they were able to escape the second time. This year’s competition, they were bound to participate.

“Senior Sister and I are both fifth-level alchemists. If you think about it, there shouldn’t be too many people challenging us, right?” Zhang Hao felt that there would definitely be more people who would challenge Liu Mufeng and the three new disciples than those who would challenge the older ones.

“That’s not necessarily true. Senior Sister and I were challenged in the last competition.” Qiao Yu smiled wryly. It stood to reason that he and Shen Xin were both sixth-level alchemists, and under normal circumstances, no one would want to challenge them. However, in the last competition, the three disciples of the Ninth Elder actually jointly challenged him and Senior Sister. In the end, he and Shen Xin defeated them.

“That’s true.” Nodding, Lin Yu agreed.

“For the next sometime, the two of you should put more of your mind on your alchemy techniques. In addition, you should also share with Master which medicinal pills you are best at refining, so that you won’t be defeated by others and lose face for our Master.” Looking at the two, Qiao Yu said.

The two nodded their heads at these words. “En, we understand, Second Senior Brother!”

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Liu Mufeng left from their Master’s Palace, and just after going down the mountain, he met Ye Qian, Ye Fan, and Helian Xiaoxiao.

“Sixth Senior Brother!” Bowing their heads, the three of them immediately saluted.

“Seventh Junior Brother, Eighth Junior Brother, Little Junior Sister, are you looking for Master?” Seeing the three, Liu Mufeng smiled and greeted them.

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“This…” Hearing this, Liu Mufeng frowned. To be honest, he didn’t want to be bothered about the Zhou family’s Eldest Lady’s affairs.

“Sixth Senior Brother, if you can heal Xiangyun, I am willing to give out 5,000 high-grade spirit stones as a gift to Sixth Senior Brother.” Helian Xiaoxiao said, looking at Liu Mufeng.

At that, Liu Mufeng nodded. “Okay, then, take me there to see her.” Since they were willing to pay, it was not impossible to go.

“Okay, Sixth Senior Brother, please.” Smiling, the three of them immediately led the way.

Following the Ye brothers and Helian Xiaoxiao, Liu Mufeng came to the foot of Sword Peak Mountain. In fact, Zhou Xiangyun’s residence was not far from Liu Mufeng’s residence, but Zhou Xiangyun’s rented house was in the far east, and Liu Mufeng’s house was in the far west. The two houses had one thing in common, they were very remote and quiet, which was more suitable for cultivators to practice.

Walking into the yard, Liu Mufeng took a look and found that there were many blue flowers planted in the yard. Liu Mufeng was slightly surprised when he saw the flowers. If this flower was seen by a layman, they would find nothing wrong with it, but Liu Mufeng had inside knowledge, and he had also learned witchcraft, so he recognized at a glance that this flower was the flower of witchcraft, and it was specially used to cooperate with a curse.

Thinking of this, Liu Mufeng frowned and couldn’t help but remember what happened back then.

Back then, Zhou Xiangyun was cursed, and City Lord Zhou offered a reward of 100 million spirit stones to the physician who could cure his daughter. Later, he lifted the curse on Miss Zhou and eight other guards. As a result, the Second Miss Zhou, who casted the curse, died not long after. At that time, Liu Mufeng guessed that the Second Miss of the Zhou family suffered a backlash as she had died suddenly. But now it seemed that things were far from simple. If he guessed correctly, the Third Miss, Zhou Xianglan was not the real Zhou Xianglan, but the soul of the Second Miss Zhou who had been transferred herself into the Third Miss.

A Soul-moving spell had also been mentioned in the sorcery books, but this spell was also very harmful to oneself, so, unless it was a last resort, even wizards would not use this spell. Thinking about it, Second Miss Zhou must have been badly backlashed that day, so she had to use the soul-moving technique to change her body, saving her life.

Thinking so much, Liu Mufeng had quite a good guess in his heart, and also knew that Zhou Xiangyun might not be poisoned this time, and nine times out of ten, she must have been cursed again.

Entering the room, Liu Mufeng saw that Zhou Xiangyun’s face was blue and black and was lying in the bed, unconscious. As her Younger Sister, Zhou Xianglan was sitting beside her and taking care of her Elder Sister on the bed.

“Junior Sister Zhou, we have invited Sixth Senior Brother to give Xiangyun a diagnosis and treatment.” Helian Xiaoxiao said while looking at Zhou Xianglan.

Hearing this, Zhou Xianglan hurriedly got up and gave Liu Mufeng a deep salute. “Thank you, Senior Brother Liu, for coming here to help my Sister with the diagnosis and treatment.”

Looking at Zhou Xianglan who was trying her best to play the part of a good sister, Liu Mufeng smiled. “Junior Sister Zhou doesn’t need to be too polite. We are all fellow disciples.” After speaking, Liu Mufeng walked to the bed and pulled Zhou Xiangyun’s wrist to check the pulse.

It was still the same as last time, there was no sign of poisoning on the pulse, her face was blue and black, and her lips were purple. It was indeed a curse.

“Well, her pulse is so weird. What kind of poison is in Fellow Daoist Zhou?” Looking at Helian Xiaoxiao and the others, Liu Mufeng asked.

Hearing this, Helian Xiaoxiao shook her head. “We invited Sixth Senior Brother over because we also couldn’t guess it.”

“Yeah, we also think this pulse is too weird, and we don’t know what poison it is!” Speaking of this, Ye Qian also looked depressed.

“Has she taken the detoxification pill? If it is a normal poison, the detoxification pill should be able to detoxify it!” Looking at the three of them, Liu Mufeng asked.

“Right after she came back, I gave her a detoxification pill a day. She has been taking the detoxification pill for three days, but I haven’t seen any improvement.” Helian Xiaoxiao said anxiously.

“This, what kind of poison is this? Junior Sister Zhou, do you know how Fellow Daoist Zhou was poisoned?” Looking at Zhou Xianglan, Liu Mufeng asked.

Zhou Xianglan shook her head. “I don’t know, my Sister went to the sect’s hunting ground with other Senior Brothers to gain experience. Later, I heard that when they were killing demon beasts, my Sister suddenly fainted and was sent back by them. She never woke up again. I don’t know exactly how she was poisoned or what poison it is.”

“So that’s it!” Nodding, Liu Mufeng looked at Helian Xiaoxiao. “Little Junior Sister, did you ask those who went with Fellow Daoist Zhou, whether she was bitten by a poisonous beast, or ate some poisonous flower or fruit by mistake?”

“I asked, and they said no, and they also said they didn’t know why Xiangyun just fainted like that.” Helian Xiaoxiao’s eyes were red.

“Sixth Senior Brother, can’t you see what kind of poison it is?” Looking at Liu Mufeng, Ye Qian asked.

“I can’t make out!” Shaking his head, Liu Mufeng said. He couldn’t offend a witch for mere thousands of spirit stones. It would be very troublesome for him to be remembered by a witch. Moreover, here, it was not like when he was in Shengtian Continent. At that time, he used a fake identity to cure Miss Zhou. Now he was using his real identity. If he said that Zhou Xiangyun was cursed, then he himself would be found out to be a wizard. If his identity were to be revealed, it would not good for him either!

“This, even Sixth Senior Brother can’t do anything, what can we do?” Seeing that Liu Mufeng was helpless, Ye Fan was very anxious.

“Maybe you can go and ask the Third Senior Brother. Third Senior Brother is also from the Middle Continent, he’s a fifth-level alchemist, and his alchemy skills are better than ours. Besides, Third Senior Senior Brother has been in the sect for some years. Maybe he knows more about the poisons in the hunting grounds.” Looking at the three, Liu Mufeng suggested.

“Yeah, but it’s probably not easy.”

“Yes, the Third Senior Brother is probably not someone we can invite easily.” Nodding, Helian Xiaoxiao said the same.

“I’m sorry to the Brothers and Sisters, I really can’t do anything, I’m leaving.” Liu Mufeng bowed his hands to the four of them, and left immediately.

He didn’t plan to swim in the muddy water before he andXiaoXu met the protagonist. They need to become stronger first. Besides, Zhou Xiangyun’s life and death had nothing to do with him.

After sending Liu Mufeng away, the Ye brothers, Zhou Xianglan and Helian Xiaoxiao gathered together to discuss.

“Little Junior Sister, what should we do now?” Looking at Helian Xiaoxiao, Ye Qian asked.

“This, this, I don’t know what to do anymore.” Shaking her head, Helian Xiaoxiao also ran out of options. Helian Xiaoxiao was the one who had come up with the idea of asking Liu Mufeng previously. She thought that because she had seen Liu Mufeng use poisonous weeds back then, he must also have done some research on poisons, but she didn’t expect that even the Sixth Senior Brother was helpless.

“How about we go and invite the Third Senior Brother?” Looking at the others, Ye Fan asked tentatively.

“Is it possible? Senior Brother Gong is a fifth-level alchemist. If you ask Senior Brother Gong, five thousand spirit stones may not be enough.” Speaking of this, Zhou Xianglan frowned deeply.

“Yeah, it’s hard to invite the Third Senior Brother!” Ye Qian also felt the same.

“I’ll go and try to invite the Third Senior Brother!” After looking at her good Sister on the bed, Helian Xiaoxiao decided to give it a try.

“Okay, then I’ll go with Junior Sister to invite the Third Senior Brother, Second Brother, you and Senior Sister Zhou, stay here to take care of Fellow Daoist Zhou.”

“Okay!” Nodding, Ye Fan agreed.