Yours truly, Ouyang Feng

Chapter 50 50, these three are so stable!
Next to the cave entrance.

Hong Qi lay on the ground, his eyes red and tears falling like rain, his heart filled with anxiety, shame, anger and rage.

He really had not expected that there would be such a strange poison in the world, which came with the wind, colorless and odorless. His eyes suddenly felt a burning pain for no apparent reason and tears flowed out unconsciously. When he suddenly realized that something was wrong, his limbs had already become soft and weak, and his true energy had stagnated and could not flow.

Hong Qi wanted to yell and curse loudly to warn Ouyang Feng and Lin Chaoying in the underground, but just as he fell to the ground, unable to move, the person who poisoned him appeared in a swagger, first pressed his mute point with one finger, then blocked his mouth with a rag, and then tied his hands and feet with hemp rope.

Hong Qi recognized the person who poisoned him.

This is a tall, thin foreign monk with dark skin and a red robe. Judging from his clothes and appearance, he must be the Master Feilong mentioned by Zhao Shixian.

Master Feilong did not take Hong Qi away. He threw him where he was and made some moves under him. He then took a small bottle and poured some liquid into the entrance of the cave. He then retreated into the shadow of a clump of flowers and trees and whispered to his two accomplices:
"This 'Sad and Pure Breeze' was originally intended to be used against the Five Tigers of Qinling, but I didn't expect that the Five Tigers of Qinling would actually die. But it's good that way, as the master who could kill the Five Tigers of Qinling is more worthy of the 'Sad and Pure Breeze' to show its power. It's a pity that the method of refining this poison has long been lost, and there is only a small amount of stock left. Otherwise, we could just fill the entire tunnel with poison gas, why would we need to slowly consume it here?"

"Master, what you said is very true. But why didn't you kill the guy who was watching the wind?"

The person asking the questions was a fat, white man who looked as harmless as Maitreya. He was the Yipintang master mentioned by Zhao Shixian, Fu Dahai, who was known as the "Poison Sand Palm".

Master Feilong talked freely:

"We can't kill them now. How powerful are the Qinling Five Tigers? The three of us, even if we joined forces, could only barely fight them to a draw, but they all died here, which shows how powerful the lookout and his accomplices are. Just in case, we have to keep him as a burden. The fact that he was left outside to lookout shows that he is deeply trusted by his accomplices, and I'm afraid they have a life-and-death friendship.

"So if this person's accomplices who went to explore the tunnel discovered that the entrance to the tunnel was poisonous in time and were not poisoned seriously or were not poisoned at all, then with this person as a burden, at least his accomplices would be afraid to act rashly and be restrained..."

"Master is wise!"

Fu Dahai and another man holding two swords praised in unison - this man with two swords, whom Zhao Shixian had also mentioned to Hong Qi and Ouyang Feng, was none other than "Double Swords" Lin Tong.

Then the rich sea said:

"But why not bring that person back as a hostage?"

Master Feilong shook his head and said:

"Even if we have a life-and-death friendship, if we use him as a hostage to force his accomplices to surrender, they probably won't be willing to do so. They will probably fight us to the death under the guise of rescuing the hostage. And if we kill the hostage, his accomplices may even breathe a sigh of relief, feeling lucky that there is one less person to share the treasure with."

Fu Dahai and Lin Tong nodded vigorously when they heard this, because they would do the same thing themselves.

If we put ourselves in their shoes, the accomplices of the person who is watching the wind might make the same choice.

Master Feilong continued:

"On the contrary, if we leave the lookout there, his accomplices will most likely try to take him with them. Because if we abandon him directly, his accomplices may not be able to get over it in their hearts."

Fu Dahai said with a smile:
"Fu understands what the Master means. If we take the hostage or even kill him, his accomplices will have an excuse to comfort themselves, and even fight us under the guise of revenge, without any guilt in their hearts. But if we leave him where he is, his accomplices will not have an excuse to abandon their life-long friendship. If we don't want to feel guilty for the rest of our lives, we can only try to take him away."

"That's right." Master Feilong nodded slightly, "So I also made some moves on the lookout. If his accomplices want to take him away, they will receive a surprise. Even if he doesn't get killed by the Sad and Cool Breeze, he will be at our mercy."

Lin Tong of Shuangdao praised: "The Master is indeed a great monk of Tantric Buddhism. He really understands human nature."

Master Feilong smiled slightly, his expression was profound, but there was a hint of satisfaction in his eyes.

At this time, Fu Dahai asked again:

"By the way, Master, do you know what treasure is hidden in that tunnel?"

"I do not know."

Master Feilong shook his head and said:

"I only know that the Qinling Five Tigers have bad intentions and have visited the Imperial Garden several times at night. They must have some plot. But I didn't expect that besides us, there are people who are watching the Qinling Five Tigers, and their martial arts are so advanced." Lin Tong, the double-blade man, laughed softly and said:

"Unfortunately, no matter how high your martial arts skills are, you can't resist the 'Sad and Soft Breeze'. No matter what treasure is hidden underground, it will belong to us in the end. This is called the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind!"

Fu Dahai was thankful and said:
"Fortunately, we did not follow the Qinling Five Tigers, but chose the right time to come directly to the Imperial Garden. Otherwise, we would have been spotted by the lookout and his accomplices, and killed like the Qinling Five Tigers."

Master Feilong nodded:
"That's right. There weren't many signs of fighting at the scene, which shows that the lookout and his accomplices dealt with the Qinling Five Tigers in a very short time, fighting for at most a dozen or twenty moves. Their martial arts are so advanced that if we follow the Qinling Five Tigers, they will most likely notice us.

"In addition, we are lucky tonight. The wind direction is favorable, so we can hide in the forest and release the poison from a distance. If the wind direction is bad, if we want to release the poison, we have to get several feet closer from the open area, and then we might be heard by the people watching the wind..."

As he was speaking, Master Feilong suddenly shut up and stared at the entrance of the cave.

Fu Dahai and Lin Tong also held their breath and stared at the entrance of the cave.

At this time, a figure in white carrying a person on his back flew out from the entrance of the cave. Judging from his movements, he was not poisoned.

Seeing this, Fu Dahai and Lin Tong looked at each other and became more impressed by Master Feilong's ability to foresee the future.

After that, the three of them stared at the man in white's every move without blinking, expecting him to fall into the trap set by Master Feilong.

At the entrance of the cave.

Ouyang Feng carried Lin Chaoying out of the cave and saw Hong Qi. Just as he was about to go over, he noticed Hong Qi blinking and making expressions. He immediately knew something was wrong.

He picked up Hong Qi's bamboo stick, walked in front of Hong Qi, his nostrils flared slightly, and he smelled a strange stench that was covered by the blood of the Five Tigers of Qinling Mountains and was difficult for ordinary masters to detect.

A sneer flashed in Ouyang Feng's eyes. He suddenly inserted the bamboo stick under Hong Qi's body, exerted force and lifted Hong Qi up into the air.

At the moment when Hong Qi was picked up and flew away, a black light flashed on the ground beneath him, and a bunch of black cow-hair needles shot out in all directions.

If he was not prepared and just squatted down and tried to help Hong Qi up with his hands, no matter how quick his reaction was, in the dark, he would inevitably be hit in the head, face, chest and abdomen by the poisoned ox-hair needles that were difficult to see with the naked eye.

But Ouyang Feng was well prepared. While knocking Hong Qi away, his other hand suddenly pushed out, releasing a palm force like a raging wave that split the air.

Flying needle-type hidden weapons launched by springs are very small and light, and are easily affected by airflow.

And how powerful is Ouyang Feng's palm force?

When this palm strike was launched, not only were all the fine needles flying towards him blown away by the palm force, but even the fine needles flying towards Hong Qi above were also blown away.

The remaining force of the palm hit a rock about ten feet away, causing the rock to burst into pieces and fill the air with smoke and dust.

Seeing this scene, Master Feilong and the other two in the shadow of Canghualin were all stunned, and Lin Tong, the one holding the double swords, couldn't help but gasp.

Just when Lin Tong let out a slight gasp.

Ouyang Feng caught the falling Hong Qi with one hand, put his arm under his ribs and supported him to his side. With the other hand, he drew his sword from its sheath and looked towards the place where the three people were hiding with his eyes as fast as lightning.

Seeing this, Master Feilong took out a firework tube without hesitation, pointed the mouth of the tube to the sky, and pulled the fuse suddenly. A firework shot up into the sky, and exploded with a bang, creating a ball of brilliant fireworks.

The fat white man also took a deep breath and shouted:

"There's an assassin!"

(End of this chapter)