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Chapter 373: Divine Grass
Chapter 373: Divine Grass
Chapter 373: Divine Grass
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Translator: Cinder Translations
Hu Guang's expression suddenly stiffened.
"Step, step, step."
He hurriedly retreated a few steps, creating distance between himself and Song Wen.
His eyes were filled with vigilance as he stared at Song Wen.
"Since you know the well water is poisoned, why did you still drink it?"
Song Wen smiled, "Of course, it was to let you lower your guard and answer my questions truthfully."
"Hmph!"
Hu Guang let out a cold snort, his expression malevolent.
"Since you know the well water is poisonous, you dared to drink it. It seems you must possess an antidote."
"But the well water doesn't contain poison; it is a unique hallucinogenic spiritual medicine of the endless desert called 'Divine Grass.""
"Consuming it will awaken the deepest desires within a person's heart. These desires transform into illusions that invade the sea of consciousness, making it difficult to distinguish between reality and illusion, thus creating a feeling of euphoria."
"If you swallowed the well water, the illusion should have appeared in your consciousness within the time it takes to burn an incense stick. At this moment, how much combat power can you still muster?"
Song Wen smiled lightly and opened his mouth.
An egg-sized bug flew out.
The usually cautious Song Wen would never easily drink the clear water handed to him by a stranger.
At the instant he ingested the well water, a Sacred Gu had swallowed it entirely.
Song Wen realized the water was poisonous precisely because this Sacred Gu suddenly grew larger and became extremely restless.
As soon as the Sacred Gu appeared, it eagerly flew towards the stone wall of the house, beginning to gnaw on the blue stones.
Song Wen's expression changed slightly.
Could it be that the greatest desire of the Sacred Gu was to eat?
This desire seemed rather strange.
Seeing the bug fly out from Song Wen's abdomen, Hu Guang instantly understood something, and his face turned as pale as death.
He knew his strength was inferior to Song Wen's, and if Song Wen wasn't poisoned, he would have no chance of being his opponent.
Boom!
Hu Guang's legs gave way, and he suddenly knelt on the ground.
"Senior, spare my life! I didn't mean to target you. I mistakenly thought you were someone trying to kill me, and that's why I poisoned the well water."
"Trying to kill you?" Song Wen asked, puzzled.
Hu Guang replied, "I once offended a Golden Core family and was hunted down by them. Forced into a corner, I fled into the endless desert."
"Is what you said about the Soul Concealment Jade true?" Song Wen inquired.
Hu Guang affirmed, "There is absolutely no deception. I stumbled upon this lizardman gathering place, discovered that the well water here contains spiritual energy that prevents my cultivation from declining, and so I found ways to stay here without leaving. I have never heard anything about the Soul Concealment Jade."
"Then how do you know there's an oasis southwest, about a thousand miles away, inhabited by lizardmen?" Song Wen asked.
"It was a female lizardman who told me. Female lizardmen are generally weaker than males, but their intelligence is higher. I've been accompanying the female lizardmen every night and have exchanged simple communication with them," Hu Guang explained.
Song Wen couldn't help but regard Hu Guang with newfound respect.
It seems that "desperate times call for desperate measures" can also be a means to gather useful information.
"Is there anything else you want to add? If you can tell me everything about the endless desert, I can make it quick for you," Song Wen said, his voice cold as frost, making Hu Guang
shiver.
"I have told you everything honestly. Why do you have to go to such extremes?" Hu Guang's face was filled with reluctance and anger.
Song Wen remained indifferent, "I just don't want to expose my whereabouts."
"Wanting me dead won't be so easy!" Hu Guang's expression turned vicious, and he suddenly roared.
Song Wen was unfazed. "Are you waiting for the lizardmen to come to your rescue? Don't
worry; they won't come."
"What do you mean by that?"
Hu Guang suddenly became extremely anxious.
In this lizardman tribe, there were thirteen lizardmen whose physical strength was
comparable to foundation-building cultivators.
These lizardmen obeyed Hu Guang, making them his greatest support.
The blue stone house was surrounded by thirteen sand houses, each inhabited by a lizardman
at the third tier.
When Song Wen stepped into the blue stone house, he habitually released the Sacred Gu to monitor the surroundings.
The two female lizardmen who had just exited had informed the thirteen third-tier lizardmen
of Song Wen's presence.
All thirteen third-tier lizardmen had come out of their houses and were lurking outside the
blue stone house.
They were just waiting for Hu Guang's command to charge into the blue stone house.
Song Wen pointed outside, smiling as he said, "Listen."
Puff!
A dull thud sounded from outside as something fell to the ground.
At the same time, a violent fluctuation of spiritual energy surged.
It was the Sacred Gu launching a sneak attack on the lizardmen.
The lizardmen were of low intelligence and, despite having strong physical bodies, lacked
spiritual awareness.
They were completely unaware of the Sacred Gu hiding in the darkness.
The battle was almost entirely one-sided.
The lizardmen, not even grasping the situation, were killed by the sneak attacks of the Sacred
Gus.
Song Wen transformed into a shadow, swiftly dashing toward Hu Guang.
Knowing he was no match for Song Wen, Hu Guang was unwilling to await his doom.
He summoned a flying sword, slashing it toward Song Wen mid-air.
Song Wen extended a withered hand, reaching for the flying sword.
Clang!
The sound of metal clashing rang out sharply.
The flying sword was knocked away.
That withered hand remained unscathed.
Hu Guang only had early foundation-building cultivation, and even after Song Wen activated
the "Corpse King Blood Refinement Art," he couldn't break through.
Taking advantage of the moment, Song Wen grabbed Hu Guang by the top of his head.
"Don't kill me! I can still help! I can take you to find the oasis, to find the Soul Concealment
Jade!" Hu Guang cried out in terror.
"No need..."
With a press of his finger, Hu Guang's head exploded instantly.
Blood mixed with yellowish-white substances splattered everywhere.
Soul searching technique!
From Hu Guang's memories, Song Wen did not gain much useful information.
Hu Guang's accounts about the oasis, the lizardmen, and the Soul Concealment Jade were all
true.
However, Song Wen learned how Hu Guang controlled the lizardmen.
Lizardmen had low intelligence, no different from beasts.
Like other beasts, lizardmen acted on their most primitive instincts.
Survival and reproduction.
Hu Guang's method of controlling the lizardmen was quite simple.
The well water he provided to the lizardmen was all laced with aphrodisiacs.
This greatly stimulated the lizardmen's primal beastly instincts.
It allowed the lizardmen, who only mated during their heat period, to release their desires at
any time and place.
Hu Guang had so many aphrodisiacs precisely because he was a debauchee.
The "Golden Core family" he mentioned had actually been his own family-the Hu family.
Hu Guang's actions had disgraced many women from the Hu family, of all ages.
This led to public outrage, and the entire Hu family sought to hunt him down.
In the end, he was forced to flee into the endless desert to escape.
(End of the Chapter)
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