Chapter 297: Poisoning
He was just too young—impossibly so.
’Who would believe someone could reach the Human Martial Arts Peak Realm before the age of thirty?’
In the section reserved for the wealthy, a subordinate of some magnate was quietly staring at Chu Feng’s group.
His status here was low, so no one paid him any mind.
These wealthy individuals were all feasting, tearing into meat and downing wine.
Everyone began to dig in. It was getting late, and they were all starving.
Suddenly, at a table of weaker Martial Cultivators, one of them abruptly coughed up blood from his mouth and nose and collapsed onto the table.
The sudden spectacle shocked everyone present.
Everyone scrambled to get away, staring at the scene in terror.
No one knew what was happening.
"Oh no, the food is poisoned!" At that moment, the same thing happened at another table. The man shouted through the agonizing pain before he collapsed.
"The Chu Family? Did the Chu Family do this? You poisoned the food!" someone roared in anger, drawing his sword.
His words stunned the entire hall. Everyone immediately stopped eating, not daring to take another bite.
"It’s poison, but this probably isn’t the Chu Family’s doing. It’s most likely the Qing Gang! They’re the ones who specialize in poison!" a young man at another table suddenly shouted. He and his companions quickly pulled some Elixir Pills from their pockets and shoved them into their mouths.
"The Qing Gang?"
"It’s them again! A bunch of scumbags and degenerates, always resorting to these underhanded tricks! If you have any guts, come out and fight us face to face!"
"My Chu Family didn’t fear you then, and now that we’ve returned, you want revenge? Then come out if you have the guts! Are you trying to make an enemy of everyone here?"
The Patriarch of the Chu Family, Chu Wuji, roared in anger.
His powerful voice resounded throughout Wangyue Tower for all to hear.
Meanwhile, people continued to die.
Their deaths were gruesome—spewing blood from their mouths and noses. The scene was terrifying.
"You bastards from the Qing Gang, get the hell out here! If you don’t bring out the antidote, I swear I’ll annihilate every last one of you!"
As many people succumbed to the poison, others stood up and hurled curses, trying to threaten and intimidate the members of the Qing Gang.
But no matter what they said, no one from the Qing Gang revealed themselves.
The Qing Gang Leader himself remained seated, calmly ignoring them all.
"Ancestor, what do we do?" Chu Wuji stumbled to Chu Tianshan’s side. He felt a sharp pain in his abdomen and a wave of dizziness; he was on the verge of dying from the poison.
"It has to be the Qing Gang Leader, Zhou Hunyuan! That old bastard is behind this!" Chu Tianshan’s face was filled with rage, but he was helpless. All he could do was use his own Spiritual Power to resist the poison.
Otherwise, he would have succumbed as well.
However, the Cultivators with lower Cultivation were not faring so well.
Those with low Cultivation were dropping like flies.
Only a few minutes had passed, yet nearly twenty people were already dead.
Every single one of them, without exception, had died a miserable death.
The blood they coughed up was pitch-black and gave off a foul stench.
"Chu Feng, can you do anything about this? Otherwise, we’re all going to die here," Chu Tianshan asked, his expression grim as he looked at Chu Feng.
’Great. I help you once and now you’re stuck to me, is that it?’ Chu Feng looked exasperated, but he still took a few small Jade Bottles from his pocket.
"Dilute these with water. One bottle per large barrel—at least a few dozen liters. Everyone just needs to drink one or two bowls," Chu Feng instructed.
The moment he took out the Jade Bottles, the Gang Leader of the Qing Gang fixed his gaze on him.
Chu Feng was the strongest person here and posed the greatest threat to him, so the man watched him like a hawk.
Chu Feng had sensed the man’s gaze for a while now. He had already pinpointed the Gang Leader’s location but chose to ignore him.
Soon, members of the Chu Family procured several large barrels and gave everyone two large bowls of the diluted mixture to drink.
After drinking the antidote, everyone’s painful symptoms vanished, and the poison was completely neutralized.
Even the members of the Medicine King Hall were stunned, completely shocked.
They had taken their own medicine to little effect, but after drinking the Chu Family’s remedy, they were instantly fine—feeling perfectly comfortable.
"You rats from the Qing Gang, isn’t it about time you showed yourselves? Don’t you have anything to say about this?" Chu Feng said with a smile.
On the surface, he wore a calm, easy smile.
In reality, Chu Feng already knew exactly where the man was.
"What’s the matter? Too scared to come out? Do I have to drag you out myself? You may be at the Human Martial Arts Peak Realm, but you act more like a rat, only daring to hide in the shadows," Chu Feng taunted.
After Chu Feng finished speaking, a laugh rang out.
"Impressive. You really are something else. To be able to neutralize my secret poison... you’re no ordinary person. There are only a handful of people in the entire world who can counteract this poison." At that moment, the Gang Leader of the Qing Gang stepped out.