Chapter Fifty Lord of the City

  Looking at these people, Gu Yun simply spat out two words, "idiots". Then under their shocked expressions, he said: "Do you know what kind of person I am?" Without waiting for them to respond, Gu Yun continued on his own, saying: "I'm a medical cultivator, and an extremely skilled one at using poison. You're still standing here talking nonsense with me, aren't you seeking death? Now, let's take a look at your physical condition."

  As soon as the words were spoken, the faces of these masters in the escape period, including Liu Feng, turned pale at the same time. Their primordial infants were once again surrounded by a black mist, just like before. They had been poisoned by Gu Yun again, and this time they had been poisoned even though they had taken precautions. They had learned from their previous experience, so when standing in front of Gu Yun, their bodies were covered with a protective shield formed by their own spiritual power. However, they still unknowingly fell victim to the poison. This sinister poisoning method was something they had never seen or heard of before. Now, their eyes were filled with fear as they looked at Gu Yun. If this person wanted to kill them, they wouldn't even know how long they would have been dead.

  Looking at these people's pale faces, Gu Yun sneered coldly, and his heart was also shocked by the poisonous manual's technique. The poisonous manual recorded a poisoning method that emphasized two words: hidden and fast. No matter what realm or defense, it was hard to avoid being poisoned unknowingly.

  The cold words echoed in the ears of Liu Feng and others, "These are all your fault, I just wanted to collect some herbs here, so now this poison has been made into a long-term one by me. Every month it will break out once, three hours without treatment, the consequences you can try. Of course, you can also go find other methods to detoxify, but don't blame me for not reminding you, if there's any mistake when detoxifying, I won't be able to help at that time, you guys figure it out yourselves." As soon as these words came out, the people around almost fainted.

  Every month, the poison breaks out once and must be treated within three hours. The antidote costs 15 mid-grade spirit stones per dose. This is blatant robbery! If the poison isn't cured for a day, wouldn't he have to hand over 15 mid-grade spirit stones every month to buy the antidote? He's robbed so many people before, but now he's finally experiencing that feeling himself.

  He pointed at Gǔ Yún, "You... you... you..." but couldn't say another word for a long time. The rich young masters and guards behind him also looked disapproving. Fifteen mid-grade spirit stones might be manageable for them to take out, but 15 every month was no small sum. Especially the guards, whose annual income was only around a dozen mid-grade spirit stones. It was basically impossible for them to hand over that much every month.

  But now they had no choice; it was all their own doing.

  Just as they were about to pay for the antidote first and then think of other ways to detoxify, a majestic voice sounded in their ears. "The gentleman is indeed capable, these little brats are ignorant, causing trouble for the gentleman."

  A middle-aged man in his forties, dressed in a purple robe with a gentle smile on his face, walked out of the alley with someone around the same age. Gu Yun took one look and saw that this middle-aged man in purple clothes had an initial stage cultivation base, with his hands clasped behind his back, his head slightly raised, and a short beard about an inch long under his chin. Under his thick and long eyebrows, a pair of eyes as sharp as electricity stared straight at Gu Yun. As he walked, a sense of aura that only people who had been in high positions for a long time possessed inadvertently flowed out, making it difficult for others to look him straight in the eye.

  Although no one explained, Gu Yun guessed that this person might be the lord of the city. Sure enough, as soon as he saw the two men come out, Liu Feng immediately went up to greet them, calling out "Lord, Father, how did you come here?" The guards and the young master of the wealthy family all bowed their heads in greeting, shouting "Greetings, Lord of the City, Greetings, Commander".

  The castle owner glanced at them and scolded, "A bunch of little rascals, every day they just know how to cause trouble for me. It seems that I need to teach you a lesson." Then he walked directly in front of Gu Yun, bowed and said, "I am Mu Rong Yong, the lord of Liang Ping County. I don't know your esteemed surname and name, are you an expert from the Medical God's Gate?"

  Gǔ Yún also returned a courtesy and said: "My name is Gǔ Yún, I am just an ordinary wandering doctor, not a member of the Medical God's Gate."

  When Gu Yun said that he was just a medical cultivator, the faces of the guards around him looked a bit unsightly. They didn't expect that so many high-level experts would fall into the hands of a medical cultivator. In their eyes, a medical cultivator could only be an object to be protected by others, but they were actually defeated by such a person without even having a chance to fight back. This was really hard to believe.

  Murong Yong's eyes flashed with surprise and a hint of fear as he acknowledged Gu Yun was a medical cultivator. He said, "Sir Medical Cultivator has such skills, I am impressed. These ignorant kids disturbed your peace, they deserve to die. I'll apologize first, please forgive me." After finishing speaking, he bowed to Gu Yun, then turned his head and shouted at the people behind him, "What are you waiting for? Come over and apologize to Mr. Gu!"

  The people around were shocked, not knowing what the city master meant. This was not like his usual style. But since the city master had spoken, they could only walk up to Gu Yun one by one to apologize and make amends. Even Liu Feng's father, the City Guard Commander who always followed Mu Rong Yong, bowed to Gu Yun and said: "I am City Guard Commander Liu Qinghe, I have failed to teach my son properly, allowing him to cause trouble for you, sir. Please forgive me." After finishing speaking, he pulled Liu Feng over to apologize to Gu Yun as well.

  Gu Yun stared at everything in front of him with a bewildered expression, completely unable to understand what the city lord, Murong Yong, was getting at. Not only did he not mention the fact that these people had been poisoned by himself, but he kept apologizing profusely. They had no idea what Murong Yong was thinking. At first, he really hadn't taken this matter to heart, until he heard reports from his subordinates that Liu Feng and his group had been poisoned again. That's when he became interested. To be able to silently poison a group of high-ranking cultivators without making a sound, just the technique used to administer the poison was enough to make one's heart tremble with fear. Moreover, it was extremely rare for cultivators to fall victim to poisoning, and once they reached the Yuanying stage, they would become especially sensitive to any foreign objects invading their bodies. The poison might be detected as soon as it appeared in front of them. Therefore, Murong Yong was very interested in Gu Yun's poison. If he could use this kind of poison himself, then even cultivators who were one realm higher than him would likely fall into his hands. Even if he couldn't use it, if he could recruit someone with such abilities to serve under him, that would be a great advantage for himself. So, he sent a message to the city defense commander and after discussing it with him, they rushed over together. As soon as they arrived, they heard Gu Yun say that he was a medical cultivator.

  This startled Murong Yong, if Gu Yun was a medical cultivator of the Medical God Sect and was surrounded in his own territory, once the news got out, he would probably be finished. The empire's punishment for those who dared to attack medical cultivators was very severe, and as soon as they were discovered, they would be executed immediately. So when he came out, he didn't say a word and first apologized to Gu Yun, only to breathe a sigh of relief later when he found out that Gu Yun wasn't a medical cultivator of the Medical God Sect.

  When he saw Gu Yun's shocked expression, Murong Yong chuckled and said: "Mr. Gu, do you know if you can first give these people who don't understand the rules an antidote? As for the money to buy the medicine, I'll take care of it."

  Ancient Cloud didn't know what kind of trick Murong Yong was playing, but since the lord of a county was being so humble to him, if he didn't give them some face, it would be unreasonable. Moreover, he still wanted to stay here for a while longer. After hesitating for a moment, Ancient Cloud took out a jade bottle and gave each of them an antidote: "This antidote can keep you safe for a month, but after a month, you must take another one, or else don't blame me when the poison breaks out."

  Watching Liu Feng and others take the antidote, sit on the ground to adjust their breath, Murong Yong said to Gu Yun: "Mr. Gu just arrived in my county, why not go to my place to rest first, I'll set up a table of wine and personally apologize to Mr. Gu".

  Gǔ Yún was shocked again after hearing this, thinking that it was too exaggerated. Did he really need to apologize in person for such a small matter? In fact, the main reason was that Gǔ Yún didn't know how high the status of medical practitioners was in the empire. Even if it was just a medical practitioner at the Medical Master level, someone like Mù Róng Yǒng, the lord of a county, would have to consider whether they were in the mood to talk to them. Those at the Return of Spring level wouldn't even be able to see him if they wanted to. Although he didn't know what level Gǔ Yún was as a medical practitioner, seeing how easily he had poisoned so many escaped cultivators made him think that he must be at least a high-level Medical Master, or possibly even a Return of Spring level medical practitioner. If that were the case, then he would definitely need to fawn over him.

  Although Gu Yun was surprised, he still followed Murong Yong back. He wasn't afraid that Murong Yong would play any tricks on him, with his current strength, he could completely subdue Murong Yong and wouldn't be afraid of not being able to come out.

  Murong Yong brought Gu Yun and the two women to his city lord's mansion. As soon as he saw the two women, Murong Yong was also visibly stunned for a moment, but quickly recovered. Gu Yun found that Murong Yong's city lord's mansion was slightly inferior to Li Jinyang's, and the decorations were much simpler. After arranging Gu Yun and the three of them in a large guest room, not long after, he brought a pale-faced young man to the door of Gu Yun's room.