The Beautiful CEO’s Close Bodyguard
Chapter 399 - 0399: Might as Well Be Dead (Twentieth Update)

Chapter 399: Chapter 0399: Might as Well Be Dead (Twentieth Update)

The Snow Mountain experienced a brief avalanche due to the explosion, fortunately, their location was on level ground and thus unaffected.

But the incident had already caused a sensation, and the foot of the mountain was now surrounded by police and armed police, starting to evacuate the local residents.

Now they could not rashly descend the mountain, but there was only this villa on the Snow Mountain, which had become ruins. For a moment, everyone was at a loss what to do.

Huo Tianqian looked at Shen Congwen, who stood there like a walking corpse, with hollow and unfocused eyes, "Mr. Shen? Mr. Shen?"

Huo Tianqian called out to him several times, but Shen Congwen seemed not to hear at all, completely disregarding him.

Huo Tianqian anxiously scratched his head; if they continued to stay like this, the police at the foot of the mountain would come up!

"Mr. Shen, please wake up!" Huo Tianqian, annoyed, wanted to step forward and slap Shen Congwen awake.

Seeing that he couldn’t awaken Shen Congwen, Huo Tianqian had no choice but to turn to Chu Ge for help.

Chu Ge was treating Tang Jiahui; he temporarily sealed Tang Jiahui’s meridians and then used his True Qi to force out the poison in his body.

Even though Tang Jiahui managed to seal part of the poison at the critical moment using acupoints, the poison had still seeped into his blood and invaded his internal organs.

It took Chu Ge nearly ten minutes to expel the poison from Tang Jiahui’s body, but the poison had already damaged his internal organs and his governor and conception vessels, causing him to lose his martial arts completely, and he would be no different from an ordinary person when he woke up.

Seeing Chu Ge done with his treatment, Huo Tianqian immediately approached, "Mr. Chu, please take a look at Mr. Shen. He seems to have lost his mind and can’t be woken up by shouting!"

Chu Ge glanced at the foot of the mountain; he could vaguely see people moving below.

At this time, Shen Congwen seemed to be drawn by something, walking towards the edge of a nearby cliff.

Huo Tianqian didn’t notice for a moment, and when he realized what Shen Congwen was doing, Shen Congwen had already reached the edge of the cliff.

Huo Tianqian broke out in a cold sweat and almost lunged forward to stop Shen Congwen in time, "Mr. Chu, what’s going on with him?"

He seemed no different from a walking corpse.

Chu Ge quickly stepped forward, raised his hand to touch Shen Congwen’s arm, and probed his body with True Qi, and when he detected a strange energy within Shen Congwen, he immediately transferred a large amount of True Qi, and then forced that strange energy out.

Shen Congwen vomited a mouthful of black blood, the black liquid staining the pristine white snow created a sharp contrast.

The small flying insect was also expelled by Shen Congwen, as it had already lost its life due to the impact of Chu Ge’s True Qi inside Shen Congwen’s body, turning into a puddle of black water.

Shen Congwen felt as though he had been in a dream, so real and yet so terrifying; he clearly knew he was being controlled, wanting to resist, but he had no strength to resist at all.

When he realized he was standing on the edge of the cliff, he suddenly stepped back.

Just now he also felt himself walking towards the cliff, but in his dream state, he had no intuition, he even thought that jumping down from here wouldn’t hurt.

Now looking again, if he really jumped from here, he would definitely be smashed to pieces.

"Mr. Shen, are you alright?" Huo Tianqian asked, still frightened.

Shen Congwen came back to his senses, looked at him blankly, then shook his head, "Thank you, thanks to Mr. Chu, thank you, Mr. Huo, thank you for saving me."

He thought that today would be the day he died, he thought that today he would be buried here.

"You’re just bewitched by Elder Gui, driving the poison out will do the trick." Chu Ge patted Shen Congwen on the shoulder, then added: "Right now the mountain is swarming with police, we must hurry to leave this place."

Shen Congwen nodded, "Although the villa has exploded, the underground chamber is still intact, and even if someone deliberately tried to dig in, the chamber cannot be reached; there’s another entrance to the underground chamber, I’ll take you there."

When the villa was originally constructed, to guard against such incidents, he deliberately designed the underground chamber to be separate from the building above.

Tang Jiahui was still unconscious, and although Huo Tianqian harbored considerable resentment towards him, he couldn’t dwell on grievances at the moment and simply hoisted him from the ground, striding after Shen Congwen towards another entrance to the underground chamber.

Just as Chu Ge and his party of four left, the police arrived.

As for the corpses of the Tang Sect disciples lying on the ground, the police quickly concluded after a thorough search that their deaths were caused by the explosion and hastily packed up to withdraw from the mountain.

Meanwhile, Chu Ge and Shen Congwen had already entered the underground chamber, which appeared untouched and just as before, as if nothing had happened.

They arrived at the first level of the underground chamber, and Huo Tianqian placed Tang Jiahui in an open area, then turned to ask Chu Ge: "Mr. Chu, are you really going to duel with Elder Gui?"

Chu Ge nodded indifferently, "Since he has issued the challenge, why would I not accept?"

It was time for him to settle things with the Ghost Poison Sect once and for all.

Huo Tianqian still worried, "But the First-level Earth Ganoderma has not yet fully matured, if you rashly duel with the Ghost Poison Sect Master, just in case..."

He wasn’t questioning Chu Ge’s abilities, but concerned such an act might interfere with Chu Ge’s martial arts advancement.

He knew that Chu Ge was someone who pursued perfection in the realm of martial arts and couldn’t tolerate a single flaw.

Chu Ge actually shared this concern, if only the Lingzhi could be used now!

Suddenly, a pained groan sounded. Tang Jiahui felt as if all his strength was drained away, and his bones ached as though crushed.

He moaned and slowly opened his eyes, disoriented by the unfamiliar surroundings.

Had he arrived in the underworld?

During his confusion, Tang Jiahui heard people talking about the Earth Ganoderma and looked over to see Chu Ge, Huo Tianqian, and Shen Congwen standing at the center, discussing something.

That’s when Tang Jiahui realized he hadn’t died and tried to muster the strength to stand up, only to discover that he was as limp as if his tendons had been removed.

Something seemed to dawn on Tang Jiahui; he attempted to circulate his True Qi, but was engulfed by an even more painful sensation.

Unable to endure the pain, Tang Jiahui involuntarily let out a soft grunt, which caught the attention of the three conversing men.

Huo Tianqian turned first, seeing Tang Jiahui awake and with a snort of disdain commented, "Second Young Master Tang, who would’ve thought you’d have a day like this!"

Agitation surged through Tang Jiahui as he glared at Huo Tianqian, trying to stand, yet powerless to do so.

"Don’t tell me it was you who saved me!" It would be better for him to die than to owe him!

PS: Today’s twenty Chapters have been released, more updates to come tomorrow!