Six, escape from death

  Six: Narrow Escape from Death

  Lu Tian only felt dizzy, his whole head spinning, and his two hands were unconsciously pressing on the boy's bloody shoulder, shaking violently. "Where is the jade pendant?!"

  The boy was so scared that the whites of his eyes were more than the blacks, and he had lost too much blood from being shaken, and he was about to faint, so he couldn't say a word.

  Ji Jing comforted Luo Tian, "Don't be impatient, there are so many people under the sky wearing jade pendants, and there are also so many people who look similar to us. Let's not scare ourselves."

  Luò Tiān had never felt so powerless before. The heavens would forever use facts to tell you that the development of things has no worst, only worse.

  "Please help me find the jade pendant on him." Luo Tian hugged his head and squatted on the ground, his voice still shaking with sobs, truly pitiful.

  "Alright, I'll help you find it." Ji Jingchen's hand slipped into the young man's clothes to search for the jade pendant, but suddenly felt his fingers being bitten by something.

  At first, Ji Jingchen didn't think much of it, but after feeling a soft and slippery object in the young man's arms, he suddenly realized that something was wrong. He immediately withdrew his hand and picked up Luo Tian, using his lightness skill to retreat dozens of steps.

  At the same time, a black and white striped snake darted out from the boy's arms and struck directly at Luo Tian's vital point.

  Ji Jingchen wanted to practice his internal energy, but he had just been bitten by a snake. The venom spread quickly from the tip of his finger to his arm, causing numbness. How could he possibly practice his internal energy now?

  Luotian was frightened silly, but his basic reflexes were still there. He quickly drew out the soft sword from his waist and swung it at the snake without using any internal force.

  The soft sword that was not condensed with internal force had no lethality, and the snake was only knocked to the ground. Soon it raised its head again, ready to launch a second attack.

  At this time, the young man who was almost frightened to death by Luo Tian earlier was looking at him with a playful expression. "Hey, Third Young Master of the Luo Family! Come and call me grandpa, and I won't let Xiao Yin bite you."

  Luo Tian snorted, "Pah! A mere silver ring snake, am I supposed to be afraid of it?"

  "Really?" The young man burst out laughing, "Xiao Yin, you're still the mighty Silver Ring Snake King, but the Third Young Master of the Luo family isn't afraid of you at all! Why don't you quickly get your brothers and sisters to come out and help you save face!"

  The silver ring snake, which had been lying on the ground with its head raised, suddenly let out a strange sound.

  Soon, Luo Tian found himself and Ji Jingchen surrounded by hundreds of silver ring snakes of varying sizes.

  The venom slowly spread throughout his body, and Ji Jingchen began to feel dizzy and sleepy. He opened his mouth, only to find that he couldn't speak anymore. What was he supposed to do now? He had originally wanted to protect Luo Tian, but now he could barely save himself!

  Luotian took a look at the clothes that Xikong had prepared for him and then tore them open. He then took the cloth strip and tightly bound it around Qijingchen's injured finger, temporarily stopping the spread of the toxin.

  Luo Tian said to Ji Jingchen, "Don't move your energy and don't make any sudden movements, or the toxin will spread even faster."

  Ji Jing nodded slightly, indicating that he had heard. However, soon after, he fell into a coma and even his breathing began to weaken.

  Lu Tian's heart suddenly burned with anxiety, and he asked the young man in front of him, "Out with it! What do you want to get from me?"

  The young man slowly walked closer to Luo Tian, with a jade hairpin still inserted on each of his shoulders. "Does the Third Young Master really not know what I want?"

  Luotian guessed that this young man was probably after the token, but how could he possibly hand over the token?

  "So Luo Tian said, 'You are a person sent by the imperial court, right? Whether you believe it or not, I really don't know where those official silvers are.'"

  "Are you trying to cover up but making it more obvious?" The young man chuckled as he looked at Luo Tian, "The Third Young Master of the Luo Manor is indeed much smarter than what people in the jianghu have described."

  Ji Jingchen's face was getting paler and paler, and Luo Tian knew that if he didn't treat him soon, he would be beyond saving. The surrounding snakes let out a threatening hiss, as if they were ready to attack the two people in front of them at any moment. Luo Tian clenched his fists, but he didn't dare use his internal energy, or else he would die even faster.

  Looking at the smiling young man in front of him who seemed harmless, Luo Tian knew for the first time what it meant to be at a dead end.

  The young man patted Luo Tian's face and said, "Considering you wanted to pull out my hairpin for me earlier, I can tell you that I've never seen your older brother before, and the thing with the jade pendant just now was also a lie."

  Lu Tian irritably brushed away the young man's hand, "Do you need to say that? I've already guessed it."

  The young man didn't get angry, still stretched out his hand, "Take out the token, or else your childhood sweetheart will lose her life in a little while."

  Luo Tian really didn't know what to do. He couldn't just watch as Ji Jingchen died, but he also didn't want to disobey his father's orders and abandon the token.

  "Don't bother, Third Young Master. I'll get it myself." The youth's hand was about to reach into Luo Tian's clothes when the Silver Ring Snake King quietly wrapped itself around the youth's body, ready to strike at the slightest resistance from Luo Tian.

  "Wait! Don't!"

  As soon as the voice fell, the young man's arm was suddenly hit by a flying dart from nowhere. Then, like heavy snow, a large amount of realgar powder floated down from the sky, and the smell of burning mugwort also wafted over from afar. As a result, hundreds of silver ring snakes retreated in defeat, including the king of silver ring snakes that had been wrapped around the young man's body, which instantly disappeared without a trace.

  What a great opportunity!

  Luo Tian quickly pulled out the hairpin from the youth's shoulder and pressed it against his neck, "Hurry up and bring out the antidote for the Silver Ring Snake's poison! Otherwise, I'll kill you right now!"

  The young man sneered and smiled, then said, "Consider the other hairpin as a meeting gift from you, we'll meet again!"

  Having said that, the young man threw a firecracker on the ground and disappeared in the smoke.

  Luo Tian couldn't catch up with the young man to ask for an antidote, so he shouted, "Xi Da Ge, since you've helped me out, why not help me all the way?"

  The dart that hit the young man was clearly the one used by Ji Jingchen to attack Xi Kong earlier, so Luo Tian recognized it at a glance. Since Xi Kong can detoxify the poison of hundreds of flowers and grasses, he should also be able to detoxify the silver ring snake venom.

  Luotian has been familiar with medical books since childhood, so he can naturally dispel snake venom. It's just that he was delayed for too long earlier and now there is no time to prepare the medicine.

  Xikong had no intention of saving Qijing Chen, there was no reason, he simply didn't like him.

  But seeing Luo Tian's anxious and tense expression, Xi Kong still took out an antidote and filled it into Ji Jingchen's mouth.