The Arrogant Immortal
Chapter 189 - 188: Another Nasty Trick

Chapter 189: Chapter 188: Another Nasty Trick

The Dadiao had been guarding the Secret Realm’s stone platform for many days without hunting, so when it came across a delicious meal, it gorged contentedly. After dining, it flew back to the large stone platform of the Secret Realm.

As long as it guarded this place, it would surely catch the little thief who had stolen its egg.

At first, there was nothing amiss, but several hours later, it began to suffer from agonizing stomach pains, followed by an unstoppable bout of diarrhea.

A momentary relief came after the release.

Little Profiteer’s specially concocted laxative was far from simple, wasn’t it?

The diarrhea continued, stopped for a while, then the stomach pains resumed with no end in sight. This cycle repeated the whole day without a pause.

The entire area around the stone platform reeked, causing several disciples who came to investigate to vomit uncontrollably before even getting close; they refused to advance further, only allowing their Contracted Beasts to proceed.

What kind of poison was this?

So powerful!

The disciples had come from various Sects.

Among them was a disciple from the Tianxu Sect.

When he returned to the Tianxu Sect, people immediately gathered around.

Ren Bingyan asked, "How did it go?"

The disciple replied, "It’s so stinky, we didn’t get close. The smell was overpowering just approaching, blegh, blegh..."

The disciple couldn’t stop vomiting.

Then Lin Wangchen and the others unanimously turned their gazes toward Xie Haoran.

Not long ago, Xie Haoran had shared something with them.

Xie Haoran had received a letter from Xie Jiuniang.

The content hinted that she would find a way to poison the Dadiao, instructing them to make a move when the Dadiao was weakened. If timing proved difficult, they were to wait for her signal.

The letter was cryptic, and Xie Haoran was initially unsure whether to trust it.

In the end, he passed the letter to Ren Bingyan and Lin Wangchen.

Despite his grave injuries, Lin Wangchen’s prestige among the disciples remained unsurpassed.

"We will wait for her notice," Lin Wangchen said, his expression grim as he thought of the young girl. "We had better inform Su Songting and Nangong Qi about this."

The leading disciples of each Sect needed to be notified.

But while waiting for the notice was one thing, sending people to investigate was inevitable, so arrangements were made for disciples to conduct inquiries.

To prevent any deceit, each Sect designated a disciple for the task. The disciples who returned from the investigation all had similar reactions. Some even had to use their Contracted Beasts for the inspection, as approaching too close could be debilitating.

After all, that smell was a tragedy for anyone who experienced it.

"What kind of poison is this? Can it really be that severe?" Wu Yu’s sharp eyes surveyed the disciples who had returned from the investigation. "You all have Contracted Beasts and didn’t get too close, right?"

"Mm-hm, yes, yes."

They all nodded hastily, still shaken.

Thankfully they hadn’t gotten too close, or else would they even be alive to come back?

Wu Yu pressed further, "Do you know what kind of poison it was?"

"We don’t know, just that the area was extremely foul-smelling. Even a quarter-hour was unbearable, gah..." A disciple was reminded of that moment, and his stomach churned again, causing him to run aside and vomit copiously.

Everyone exchanged looks.

Exactly what poison had the Tianxu Sect’s Yuanxi given to the Dadiao?

The poison was potent indeed; even the investigating disciples couldn’t withstand it?

Su Songting ordered someone to check the disciple’s condition. "Find out if Junior Mu has been poisoned."

Nangong Qi replied, "It’s been checked, no poison."

"But he’s vomiting so severely. Are you sure he’s not poisoned?" Su Songting’s eyes were skeptical.

This doubt wasn’t unique to them; others harbored the same suspicion.

What exactly had that perennially young Tianxu Sect disciple done? He sent a letter instructing them to ambush the Dadiao at the opportune moment, but when would that be? Now the investigating disciples had retreated before even getting close.

The matter was too puzzling.

Quickly, another group was dispatched for investigation.

The result was a retch-filled journey back, with everyone’s face turning pale, their steps unsteady.

At the same time, they had figured out what that stench was all about; the stone platform area had practically turned into a cesspool, courtesy of Dadiao’s excrement.

It just kept coming and coming until, in the end, it was all liquid.

They all felt a twinge of sympathy for the black-feathered Dadiao, condemning the person who had drugged him as utterly despicable!

All those who learned the truth firmly committed to memory the name Yuanxi, the direct disciple of the Sect Master from the Tianxu Sect’s Main Peak.

This guy, you really don’t want to mess with him when he’s not busy!

How heavy was the dosage of the poison this little rascal administered?

The black-feathered Dadiao had become so weak from diarrhea that it couldn’t stand on its feet, drained of strength, almost fainting with rolling eyes, yet its stomach continued to torment it non-stop. Even Dadiao itself was dizzied by the stench and kept moving to cleaner ground.

After sullying one area, it moved to another spot...

Jian Lingyan kept updating the situation continuously.

Xie Jiuniang and the others had already returned quietly aboard the small palace.

The cautious and fear-loving woman asked Xuanyuan You to take out the Universe Compass.

The compass activated a barrier, enveloping the entire small palace within it.

As they drew nearer to the stone platform area, that sky-high odor penetrated even the barrier of the compass.

The stench shot straight to the brain, and Xie Jiuniang felt a wave of nausea, almost throwing up, and swiftly blocked all her senses.

She ordered the small palace to fly a bit further back.

They stopped only when the air became fresh again.

Xuanyuan You ran straight to the balcony, retching until he was out of breath.

"Little Profiteer, bleh, it’s too..."

"Bleh, bleh, bleh..."

After a while, Xuanyuan You weakly supported himself on the railing and said, "You’re definitely going to compensate for my loss, I feel like my soul has been tainted, wuwu."

"Heh heh."

Xie Jiuniang looked at him dismissively.

Then she silently took out a piece of cloth and tied it around her face, covering her mouth and nose.

Xing Luan looked at Xie Jiuniang with a strange glint in her eyes.

This little junior sister is impressive, oh.

Initially, she wondered what kind of poison Xie Jiuniang had used, but now she didn’t need to guess; she knew it was a laxative, and a powerful one at that, even a high-grade Demonic Beast could not escape its effects.

The one large and two small beasts beside her all silently watched Xie Jiuniang.

Xie Jiuniang stood tall and straight.

Not flinching, not in the slightest.

Xie Jiuniang cleared her throat lightly, then added, "Next, we take its life while it’s down with sickness."

"Good strategy, just..."

Totally ruthless, with no end in sight.

Xing Luan felt she needed to reassess her understanding of the two people before her.

Xuanyuan You said, "The Little Profiteer who sent the message over there should attract someone to make a move, right? This is a golden opportunity."

"Hard to say, everyone has their selfish motives." Xie Jiuniang personally did not really want to go all out.

This was a trump card that diminished with each use.

Did they think trump cards came easily? Even for the powerful to seal away a trump, it required a great deal of effort, costing years, sometimes even decades; it’s not something that can just be whipped out at a moment’s notice.

Xuanyuan You retorted without any good humor, "We’ve already created the opportunity for them; what more do they want? They can’t possibly rely on us for everything, can they?"

"Exactly, they can’t rely on us for everything." Xie Jiuniang concurred.

Shameless? Then just be a bit more shameless, it’s not like it’s harming anyone.

Neither of them wanted to provoke Dadiao.

If Xing Luan didn’t know that the person Dadiao was looking for was them, she might have believed their act.