System: I Can Open Martial Arts Chests-Chapter 43: He’s Already Here

Gentle listened to Chu Qing’s words, pondered for a moment, and said:

"But he ran away, and now I’m in a predicament...

"I can control the poison from spreading, but I can’t cure it."

"How long can you control it?"

Chu Qing asked.

"About an hour... After an hour, it will spread through my meridians from my palm.

"I estimate that in no more than ten hours, I will die."

When Gentle spoke to this point, her expression still showed little fluctuation.

As if whether she lived or died had nothing to do with her.

Chu Qing nodded:

"Can you move?"

"I can’t move."

Gentle answered honestly.

"Then I apologize."

After saying this, Chu Qing carried Gentle into the room, seemingly having completely forgotten Mei Qianluo.

After settling Gentle onto his bunk, Chu Qing then said:

"Stay here and control the poison slowly, don’t let it spread.

"I’ll go find the antidote for you."

Gentle thought for a moment:

"Then be careful."

Chu Qing was taken aback:

"Do you truly trust me? You don’t even know who I am..."

"I trust you."

Gentle spoke calmly:

"After all, if you hadn’t acted just now, I’d be dead."

This was reasonable; Gentle was, after all, Chu Fan’s junior sister. Respecting ties, Chu Qing couldn’t let her die in front of him.

He smiled immediately:

"Then stay here peacefully, and wait for my return."

After saying this, he took his sword and went out.

He also began to consider where to move to tomorrow.

This place is probably unlivable now...

Originally, Gentle might have invited Chu Fan over as a ’guest,’ but now that he saved her life, inviting Chu Fan over to express gratitude seems much more likely.

Thus, he definitely had to move.

However, thinking back on tonight’s events, he felt some sentiment in his heart.

Living in such a world is truly not easy.

If it weren’t him living here tonight but an ordinary person, two random Jianghu People came to fight on the roof of their house.

Waking up the next day, seeing the corpse in the yard could scare the person to an unknown extent.

Moreover, given Mei Qianluo’s cautious nature, he might not even spare the owner of this yard.

After all, he said he was after something big and couldn’t leave any trace.

For ordinary people, this would be unprovoked disaster with absolutely no room for resistance.

"And this is within Celestial Dance City, Wu Ganqi might not be wise, but he manages well.

"But even so, it’s hard to prevent such situations.

"The world’s hardships often point towards ordinary people..."

Chu Qing, while thinking, followed the traces left by Mei Qianluo.

He was an assassin... tracking was his forte.

Mei Qianluo had one arm broken by him, and the bleeding couldn’t be stopped short-term, leaving more traces.

Finding him truly couldn’t be simpler.

Thus, Chu Qing wasn’t afraid of him running... if he ran, it would be like pulling out a turnip, bringing the dirt with it.

...

...

The wound on the arm passed the initial numbness, and now the pain made Mei Qianluo’s breathing involuntarily tremble.

A series of severe dizziness struck his heart, making him suffer.

This journey needed not only to guard against pursuers from behind but also to hide from the Celestial Dance Guard. 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

Once discovered by the Celestial Dance Guard, the situation would worsen to the extreme.

The only consolation is... that young man seemingly has no intention of pursuing him.

At least so far, it has been peaceful behind him.

"Who exactly is he?

"The girl named Gentle got poisoned by me. Without the antidote, she probably won’t last twelve hours.

"Just hope that young man doesn’t send her to the Chu Family, otherwise, my identity can’t remain hidden."

Mei Qianluo staggered, feeling his condition had reached its worst.

But soon...

Ahead was his residence, and Second Chief ’Deceitful Staff Subduing Dragon’ Ge Jingchun was there.

Once back, he’d be safe.

Then have the Second Chief personally deal with those two, and the matter would be settled.

Thinking so, a surge of energy arose within him.

He forced himself not to fall, but the short steps felt like a lifetime of walking.

Finally, he crashed into the courtyard gate.

The sound of the door being knocked open was strikingly jarring in the silent night.

There were people in the courtyard, and more than one.

Mei Qianluo looked up at the scene in the courtyard, feeling somewhat bewildered.

He saw Deceitful Staff Subduing Dragon gripping a black-clad man’s throat, lifting him into the air.

Disturbed by this sound, he frowned tightly, turning his head towards Mei Qianluo, and upon seeing his broken arm, his pupils contracted slightly:

"What happened?"

Casually tossing the black-clad man to the ground, the man survived by luck, coughing incessantly.

Mei Qianluo couldn’t help but ask:

"And what happened here?"

"A survivor from the Xia Family, with some skills, stealthily followed here, thinking it was an opportunity after you left.

"Trying to poison my tea cup, I lured him out, it took some effort."

When Ge Jingchun mentioned the ’Xia Family,’ Mei Qianluo was already enlightened.

The Xia Family is a renowned clan in the Divine Sand Gang’s territory.

Not like the Chu Family’s Jianghu lineage, but a Shang Family of wealthy merchants.

For long they’ve been a cash cow for the Divine Sand Gang.

But the Xia Family was clearly unwilling to be exploited, secretly attempting to defect to other forces.

Upon being discovered by the Divine Sand Gang, over a single night, all one hundred and thirty plus members were killed, wealth plundered.

Unexpectedly, a survivor remained.

Mei Qianluo gazed at the black-clad man, gently exhaling:

"Fortunately, this person couldn’t hold out, or else he might have ruined things...

"No, Brother Ge, this person is mine to handle.

"I encountered a master, failed to kill him, and during a brief encounter, he broke my arm."

Upon hearing this, Ge Jingchun’s slightly aged eyes flickered with gravity:

"I thought you fought to the death to kill him. He severed your arm, unharmed, and just let you go?"

Mei Qianluo was stunned, instinctively speaking:

"We hold no grudge against him, he..."

Saying this, he couldn’t continue.

His whole face turned hauntingly pale.

Earlier blinded, Chu Qing hadn’t pursued, thinking the opponent didn’t wish to eradicate him.

But realistically, could that be true?

"You’ve lost too much blood, even your mind is muddled."

Ge Jingchun had a grim expression, retrieving an elixir from his bosom and toss it to Mei Qianluo:

"That person must be coming."

Upon hearing this, terror froze Mei Qianluo to his core, even his blood seemed to form a cold aura, chilling him to the bone.