Feeling the life force of the person in his hand rapidly dissipate, Lin Sheng was momentarily stunned. He quickly reacted and immediately tried to reabsorb the toxins from the body back into his own to stop their spread.
However, it was clearly too late. Even though he had stopped the toxins from acting, Luo Hu's complexion had already turned blackish-gray, and streams of dark black blood were flowing out from his orifices.
Soon, his eyes became unfocused, and all signs of life vanished.
Seeing this scene, Lin Sheng's brows furrowed tightly. He wasn't willing to give up and shook the other party, but there was still no reaction at all.
The reason he hadn't crushed the other party's heart was that he wanted to temporarily spare his life to extract more information. He hadn't expected that while focusing on this, he had forgotten that his full-force strike earlier, the Three Corpse Soul Severing Palm, had also been pushed to its limit. Coupled with being contaminated by his toxic blood before, the toxicity in his body had already accumulated to a quite terrifying level.
Now, with the severe injury causing the toxins to fully erupt, this Luo Hu had directly kicked the bucket.
"In the future, I need to pay attention to the toxic eruption of the Three Corpse Soul Severing Palm. Otherwise, if I'm not careful, I might not even be able to keep a single live person."
He frowned, his legs slightly bent, holding Luo Hu's corpse. He leaped up, directly breaking through the soil layer and jumping out.
"Die for me! Bastard!!"
As soon as he jumped into the courtyard, a roar filled with fear and resentment rang out.
Then, a wisp of black mist sprayed over.
"Hmm!?"
Lin Sheng struck back with a palm, and the fierce palm wind directly scattered the black mist.
Then, with a leap, he was already in front of Cao Luan.
Before Cao Luan could move the metal rod in his hand again, Lin Sheng had already gripped his palm.
"Gulp..."
Looking at the blood-soaked crimson giant in front of him, like a god or demon, and the overwhelming tyrannical might, Cao Luan was completely scared silly on the spot. He swallowed hard with difficulty, his pants already wet at some point.
"Take the head yourself, my commission is complete."
Ignoring Cao Luan's loss of composure, Lin Sheng released his palm after throwing the corpse in front of him.
"You... you are Ghost Face!?"
Seeing the other party release him and seemingly having no ill will towards him, Cao Luan now emerged from his fear. Looking at the somewhat familiar face before him, he suddenly woke up and couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.
It was only then that he noticed the corpse on the ground. Seeing the red headscarf covering the corpse's head, and the face that, although blackish-gray, was quite familiar, he also realized that this corpse was precisely the Red Haired Ghost Luo Hu, the one he had been thinking about and had always wanted to take revenge on.
This discovery immediately filled his heart with uncontrollable joy.
Sizzle...
Corrosive sounds that made one's scalp tingle constantly echoed in the courtyard.
Lin Sheng's gaze fell on the willow tree in the courtyard, which had already been mostly corroded and was still being rapidly eroded.
At this time, the originally vibrant willow tree had completely decayed, its thick trunk had collapsed, and its dense green leaves had turned into pools of black water.
The black water fell onto the floor tiles, also corroding deep holes in them.
"Is this poison?"
Looking at the situation in the courtyard, Lin Sheng's eyes narrowed slightly. The next moment, he was in front of the willow tree that had already disappeared by more than half.
"Be careful not to get contaminated. This is a venomous liquid containing the venom of the Netherworld Ghost Bee."
Seeing Lin Sheng approach the willow tree, Cao Luan immediately spoke out to remind and explain.
"Netherworld Ghost Bee?"
Lin Sheng chewed on this unfamiliar term in his mouth. It was the first time he had heard of such a thing.
Although ever since he came to this world and activated the mountain and sea scroll, he had been quite interested in all sorts of exotic beasts and had focused on collecting information in this regard, to be honest, he hadn't paid too much attention to flying insects, no, it should be said, insect-type exotic beasts.
In fact, there were also various poisonous insects in Yangping Mountain.
He had also tried to absorb those poisonous insects into his body, but the attributes absorbed were quite singular and much weaker than the same-level land beasts and flying birds. This also made his interest in insect-type exotic beasts increasingly weak.
It wasn't until he met the Cao Ying and Cao Luan siblings and came into contact with the Snow Silver Moth and the Caiyu Worm that he realized some insect exotic beasts also had considerable effects.
The toxicity of these black juices in front of him was extremely impressive, much stronger than the corrosive poison of the Black Tiger Ape. No, it should be said, it was even stronger than the toxicity of his current Three Corpse Soul Severing Palm after initially fusing three potent poisons.
As for how much stronger it was, he would have to experiment.
"That's right, it's the Netherworld Ghost Bee. The Netherworld Ghost Bee carries a strange poison that kills on contact. Even Blood Transportation Warriors are absolutely not spared. Once contaminated, even a little bit is difficult to remove, so Ghost Face, you must not touch this black..."
Just as he was speaking, Cao Luan's voice abruptly stopped because in his line of sight, Lin Sheng had already extended his palm and caught a drop of black liquid dripping from the willow tree.
The next moment, a violent pain came from the center of the crimson large hand. A black circular spot appeared on the tough skin and spread outwards at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"It's over!"
Cao Luan, who saw this scene, immediately exclaimed in surprise.
And soon, he saw something he would never forget in his life.
He saw Lin Sheng calmly raise his other palm and directly tear off a large piece of flesh and blood in the center of his palm that had been contaminated by black.
Then, dense flesh sprouts grew out of the crimson large hand, intertwining with each other and quickly restoring the wound. However, the toxicity of the black venom was not so easy to remove. Soon, a dense blackness appeared on the newly grown flesh, spreading outwards like ink.
Seeing this, there was no panic on Lin Sheng's face. Instead, he expressionlessly continued to tear off the infected flesh and blood, after which the missing flesh and blood began to grow again, and the toxicity also recurred.
Lin Sheng continued to tear, repeating this process more than ten times, before there was no longer any black appearance. It was clear that the toxicity had been completely removed.
At this time, Cao Luan watched this scene with his eyes wide open, his mouth agape, still in a state of confusion. He hadn't expected Ghost Face to remove the Netherworld Ghost Bee's poison in this way.
He opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but couldn't utter a single word for a long time.
"Netherworld Ghost Bee? Very good."
Lin Sheng's face showed an interested expression. After personally experimenting, he found that the toxicity of this black venom was much stronger than he had imagined.
Not only was it extremely corrosive, but this characteristic, like a maggot attached to bone, was even more rare.
Ordinary people did not have the talent for rapid healing, nor did they have a Physique like his.
In his current peak state, his Physique had already surpassed Blood Transportation Warriors by a large margin. As for the Bones Transformation Realm, he had not encountered it, so it was still unknown.
But for the Blood Transportation level, the poison of this Netherworld Ghost Bee was definitely an out-and-out killer.
Of course, there was another point, and that was if he could swallow and absorb the strange poison of this Netherworld Ghost Bee with the Three Corpse Soul Severing Palm and make it his own, then the improvement in his strength would definitely be extremely considerable.
At the same time, it might also be able to push this martial art up another notch.
However, these were all matters for later. He would make plans after returning to Wanhua City. This place was definitely not a place to stay for long.
With the intricate network of the Red Hair Bandits in Ping Shan County, he absolutely did not believe that there was no support from the local forces in the County Town behind them.
The commotion he had caused in the County Town this time was not small and must have alerted the forces behind them. He did not want to cause any more trouble and waste too much effort.
It was better to collect the spoils of war as soon as possible and leave this place.
Thinking this, he did not delay any longer. His figure returned to normal state in a few breaths, and then he rushed into the rooms in the courtyard.
Although the houses above ground had mostly collapsed due to the previous fierce battle underground, it did not affect his search.
However, after searching for a while, there was nothing noteworthy in the houses, only a few hundred taels of scattered silver.
This trip, this small gain was definitely not enough to satisfy him. He immediately turned around, shook off the ground rubble, and flashed into the underground passage where the fierce battle had taken place earlier.
This was Luo Hu's place of secluded cultivation. If there was really anything noteworthy, it was likely to be in this underground space.
He did not stop, pushing aside the rubble from the collapsed passage. Passing through the broken passage, his vision suddenly opened up, and he entered a circular hall.
Upon entering the hall, he smelled a strong bloody aura. In the center was a two-meter-square pool filled with bright red blood, whether it was human or beast blood was unknown.
After scanning the blood pool, Lin Sheng saw that it was soaked with many medicinal herbs, including some precious treasures and famous medicines.
Just some that he recognized, the value of each plant was over a hundred taels. Roughly looking, there were already twenty to thirty kinds of medicinal herbs that he saw.
Leaving aside these bloods, just the medicinal herbs soaked in them were probably worth no less than three to four thousand taels.
It was a pity that the medicinal properties of these rare herbs had been lost a lot, which was clearly used by Luo Hu for cultivation.
So Lin Sheng could only shake his head, sighing inwardly with regret, and dismissed the idea of retrieving these medicinal herbs.
However, judging from the huge expense of Luo Hu's cultivation using these bloods, these bloods were probably not ordinary. After a slight hesitation, he still approached the blood pool and reached into the blood.
However, after waiting for a while, the mountain and sea scroll did not react at all. This situation clearly indicated that the blood inside was either human blood or a mixture of various exotic beast bloods.
Mixed exotic beast blood was not recognized by the mountain and sea scroll. He had already tested this multiple times.
However, in the entire underground hall, besides this blood pool, the surroundings were all bluestone walls, with nothing noteworthy.
This discovery made Lin Sheng feel annoyed, his brows almost furrowed into the shape of the character 'Chuan'. Judging from the extravagance of this blood pool, Luo Hu's wealth was definitely much richer than he had imagined.
But this trip, he hadn't gained any substantial benefits. He had even searched Luo Hu's corpse thoroughly. Besides the long-handled saber which looked decent, there was no other gain on his person.
Wasting so much time, only to have such a small gain in the end, how could he not be annoyed?
"Where else could he have put his things? Could it be in Ping Shan County?"
Lin Sheng thought to himself, but quickly dismissed the idea of Ping Shan County.
The Red Hair Bandits did have many businesses in the County Town, and there might be a lot of money among them, but it was impossible for Luo Hu to put the most valuable things there. After all, being a bandit, he was naturally very suspicious.
Moreover, he had also learned from Wu Shan that Luo Hu had not been to the County Town for a long time and had spent most of his time in secluded cultivation.
So, if there was really anything he carried with him, it would definitely not be far from him. Thinking this, his gaze fell on this circular hall again.
The next moment, his figure was by the wall. His hands quickly patted the wall.
However, in a few breaths, he had left large pits on the walls of the circular hall, but nothing else happened, and there was no so-called hidden secret room.
"Nothing!?"
Lin Sheng frowned, his gaze falling on the ground again. He lifted his foot and exerted all his force into the ground.
Before long, the entire floor of the hall was a mess from his actions, but he still found nothing.
"Could it be that I guessed wrong? Is the Red Hair Bandits' wealth all in the County Town?"
He thought to himself, already giving up the idea of staying any longer.
But before leaving, he looked up at the hall, at the glowing stones hanging from the ceiling, and suddenly stopped.
Then, he leaped up and tentatively struck the ceiling wall with a heavy palm.
Bang!
With a loud explosion, roof tiles and stones flew everywhere, and the underground space was filled with a lot of dust, but Lin Sheng's heart stirred. The feeling just now was different from before.
"Something is fishy!"
He immediately leaped up and struck the ceiling wall hard again.
Once, twice...
Soon, more than half of the hall wall had collapsed, but Lin Sheng had made a discovery.
"Found it..."
Looking at the upper right corner of the hall that had not yet collapsed, a wisp of faint white light was faintly emanating from it.
With joy in his heart, he leaped up and directly pulled down the wall bricks in the upper right corner. As expected, there was a small secret room inside, much smaller than the circular hall.
Entering the secret room, Lin Sheng saw a huge tiger skin hanging on the entire wall at a glance.
Judging from the size of the tiger skin, the size of this giant tiger was probably several times larger than an elephant in his previous life. It was definitely a behemoth.
Besides this, there was only a wooden box the size of a human head.
The wooden box was not locked and opened with a gentle flick.
What came into view was a thick stack of banknotes.
Among the banknotes, the largest denomination was one thousand taels, and the smallest was five hundred taels. Roughly calculated, there were definitely no less than ten thousand taels.
"As expected, his wealth is considerable."
Without hesitation, Lin Sheng put these banknotes into his Pregnant. His brows relaxed, and a smile appeared on his face.
Besides these banknotes, there was also a piece of red silk in the box. It felt cold and smooth, like a virgin's skin. Without overthinking it, he also put this red silk into his Pregnant. Finally, there was a red porcelain bottle containing a few scarlet pills.
Besides these, there was nothing else.
Taking everything from the box, he hesitated for a moment and then took down the tiger skin from the wall, folded it a few times haphazardly, and held it in his arms. Finally, he smashed the walls of the secret room to pieces, making sure there were no other hidden doors, before leaving slowly.
Returning to the courtyard, Cao Luan already had a ferocious head in his hand, its eyes wide open in death.
"Let's go."
Ignoring these, Lin Sheng grabbed Cao Luan and disappeared in a few leaps, leaving behind the messy small courtyard in the purple bamboo forest.
