Chapter 22 Poisoning
"Forget it, let's wait." After that, he stopped looking at Leng Yiyao and took a sip of wine. Then his younger brother came to report, "Third In Command, everyone outside is looking for this girl now."

"Oh, I see".

In the evening, the group had been searching for Leng Yiyao for the whole day but couldn't find her. Just when he was getting extremely anxious, Li Ergou came running over in a mess and said, "Brother Chen, something bad has happened. Yiyao was kidnapped by the bandits from Zhengyi Village."

"What?" The roar was so loud that Li Ergou's eardrums almost broke. "They should not have gone far by now. I'll take you there."

Zhou Chen went into the house without saying a word, picked up amber and bow and arrow, and said, "Lead the way."

There were no horses in the mountain village, so the two had to chase him on foot. Although Li Ergou was very slow, Zhou Chen had no choice but to follow him. "Hurry up, how long will it take us to catch up if you keep walking like this? By that time, everyone else will have returned to the mountain village and we won't even be able to see anyone."

"Brother Chen, don't worry, they are resting in the mountain temple now, we can catch up with them." After half an hour's journey, the two finally arrived at the so-called mountain temple.

Li Ergou took out the kettle, took a sip and handed it to Zhou Chen, "It's right there." Zhou Chen, who had not eaten for a day, was thirsty at the moment. He took the kettle and gulped down a few gulps before throwing it away, "Go ahead, you don't have to worry about the rest."

"Okay, you better be careful."

Zhou Chen was seen striding towards the mountain god temple. At this moment in the mountain god temple, Leng Yiyao was tied to a pillar, and five or six bandits were sitting next to him and roasting themselves by the fire.

At this time, Zhou Chen was standing outside the window, his anger had reached its peak. He slowly pulled out the amber, and then kicked the door open with a sudden force.

Upon hearing the sound, the people who were warming themselves by the fire in the house immediately picked up their weapons and stood up. However, as soon as they stood up, Zhou Chen, who quickly rushed into the house, easily killed them with two swords.

Zhou Chen did not look at the people lying in a pool of blood. He went straight to Leng Yiyao. With a light wave of the amber knife, the rope that trapped Leng Yiyao broke instantly. Leng Yiyao pulled out the rough cloth from her mouth and shouted, "Brother Chen, be careful up there."

The moment Zhou Chen looked up, a burst of white ash fell from the roof, and then an iron net was lowered from the roof.

As he closed his eyes, he heard Leng Yiyao's screams. Zhou Chen roared and swung his knife. The iron net that had not yet fallen was instantly broken into two halves, and the white ash was basically dissipated at this time.

Zhou Chen opened his eyes slightly and looked in the direction of Leng Yiyao, only to see that Leng Yiyao was being held at knifepoint by someone's neck. The bandit was frightened by Zhou Chen's strength, and his hand holding the knife was shaking constantly.

"I warn you not to come over, otherwise you will be collecting his body." At this time, a trace of blood was already flowing from Leng Yiyao's neck. Although Zhou Chen was extremely angry, he did not dare to move forward at all.

At this time, eight or nine bandits jumped down from the beams and surrounded Zhou Chen, asking him to "put down the knife."

Zhou Chen threw the amber to the ground without saying a word, which scared everyone.

Seeing that Zhou Chen had no knife in his hand, the bandits became bolder. One of the men behind him slashed at Zhou Chen's back with a knife.

Feeling the murderous intent behind him, Zhou Chen turned around to avoid it and then slapped out with a palm. The palm was so powerful that it hit his chest directly. The minion vomited blood and flew backwards on the spot.

Seeing this scene, many bandits did not dare to step forward, "Brother Chen, go away and don't worry about me."

"Stop talking nonsense or I'll kill you."

Seeing him hit Leng Yiyao with the back of the knife, the murderous intent in Zhou Chen's eyes suddenly surged, and then disappeared without a trace. Zhou Chen was seen half-kneeling on the ground, using one hand to support his body so as not to fall down.

Seeing this, the bandits sneered, "It seems that the third in command's poison has taken effect." Then they let go of Leng Yiyao and kicked Zhou Chen in the head.

"No," Leng Yiyao screamed desperately, but the bandits would never listen to him. Then a scream was heard.

However, the scream did not come from Zhou Chen, but from the bandit who had kicked Zhou Chen before. He was lying on the ground, covering his feet and howling, "Why is this guy's head so hard?"

"Okay, take him back to the boss quickly. He has been waiting anxiously."

Although he felt weak all over, he was still conscious. When the man came in, he saw his face clearly and said, "Li Ergou, is it you?"
Li Ergou bent down and took the bow and arrow from Zhou Chen, "Hmph, this bow and arrow is finally mine."

Then he looked at Zhou Chen and said, "Brother Chen, don't blame me." Then he turned and walked to Leng Yiyao.

"Li Ergou, take your dirty hands away from me," Zhou Chen roared, stood up and gently swung his right hand. An invisible air blade shot out, and Li Ergou screamed and his right arm fell to the ground.

The bandits were so frightened at this that they stood there in a daze. Leng Yiyao untied the restraints and came to Zhou Chen to help him stand firmly. Zhou Chen looked at the remaining bandits coldly and ignored Li Ergou who was lying on the ground and howling.

At this moment, an invisible airflow was flowing slowly in his right palm. Although it seemed invisible, everyone could see a little difference, because the air around Zhou Chen's right palm was slightly distorted at this moment.

"Get out of the way, or you'll lose your heads."

Seeing his appearance, everyone did not move forward, but did not retreat either. Seeing this, Zhou Chen moved his right hand slightly, and an invisible wind blade shot out again. With a "puff" sound, blood suddenly spurted out of the chest of a bandit, and then he fell heavily to the ground.

The bandits were frightened when they saw this and scattered. Leng Yiyao quickly helped Zhou Chen away. Only after the two left did everyone dare to help Li Ergou who was lying on the ground.

"Quick, quick, get the golden wound medicine to stop the bleeding of the Third Boss."

"Don't worry about me, hurry up and bring him back to me."

Everyone said in embarrassment, "Third boss, let's just forget it. You just saw that even if we put all of us together, we are no match for him. Let's go back to the village and report to the first boss, and let him make the decision."

"This is the only way now."

In the dark night, Zhou Chen was supported by Leng Yiyao as he walked on the snow. Leng Yiyao was weak, so she supported Zhou Chen and walked very slowly.

Zhou Chen didn't care, but Leng Yiyao was shaking with cold. "Yiyao, don't worry about me, you can go first." Then he took off his clothes and put them on Leng Yiyao.

Leng Yiyao quickly took it off and put it on Zhou Chen, "Brother Chen, I'm not cold."

"Look, you're shivering all over, how can you not be cold? Don't worry, I'm fine. After all, I'm a ninth-rank warrior. This little bit of cold is nothing to me. This poison just makes me feel weak all over, it's not fatal."

"Hurry up and put on my clothes and go down the mountain. This poison is nothing. It will be eliminated naturally in a few hours."

"Brother Chen, I'll accompany you."

"You don't have to find a place to put it down, just put it down." Although he said so, Leng Yiyao didn't listen to him at all. He had no choice but to let him find a place sheltered from the wind to sit down and rest.

Because they were afraid of being discovered by the bandits, the two men did not light a fire and just leaned behind a big rock to avoid the wind.

An hour later, Leng Yiyao fell asleep in Zhou Chen's arms, and Zhou Chen took off his clothes again and covered Leng Yiyao with them.

The weather was extremely cold in the second half of the night. Even Zhou Chen, who was at the ninth level, almost couldn't bear it, not to mention Leng Yiyao in his arms. Fortunately, Zhou Chen felt that the feeling of weakness in his body was slowly disappearing in the second half of the night.

(End of this chapter)