Chapter 185:

“Because the Qi family army once killed the Northern Barbarian king and forced the Northern Barbarians to surrender their cities.”

This happened during the generation of Qi Yanzhou’s great-grandfather.

It was also the greatest humiliation for the Northern Barbarians. Only by reclaiming the city and killing all the members of the Qi family could they regain their honor!

Now that an opportunity had arrived, the man naturally wouldn’t let it slip by.

“Who passed the message to you, telling you that the exiled team would be resting here?”

“Yesterday, around noon, I gathered intelligence that the exiled team would be stopping here.”

When the man first heard the news, he suspected it might be a trap.

But since the opportunity was rare, he chose to take the risk and came here early to set up his plans.

If the disappearance was fake and a scheme by the emperor to lure the enemy, he could still retreat safely, using the hornets as cover.

But if the news was true, he would avenge the Northern Barbarians’ shame!

Ye Chutang knew clearly that the message had been released by the emperor.

He wanted to take advantage of the situation to kill.

After all, many people wanted to destroy the Qi family.

But the emperor didn’t know who would take action, so he dared not cooperate directly, fearing that someone might catch him plotting against the Qi family.

Fortunately, he was cautious, and fortunately, the Northern Barbarians wanted to kill everyone.

Otherwise, if the two sides cooperated to deal with the Qi family, she would have to use the “Ghost Thief” name to escape, losing countless merits!

After her relief, Ye Chutang asked the man,

“Qi Yanzhou is highly skilled. How do you plan to kill him?”

“The Northern Barbarian spies each have their strengths. I’m good at controlling hornets, Hezhe is good with poison, and A Min excels at hidden weapons…”

The man introduced each person in turn.

“The hornets are raised on poison, and their stingers are highly toxic. If someone gets stung too many times and the poison isn’t neutralized in time, they will certainly die.

The sound of the hornet’s wings flapping not only disrupts the mind but can also cause instant death.

The hornets that came today carry poison powder, which can induce a fire toxin. Qi Yanzhou won’t last for more than a few days.”

Ye Chutang gave the man a thumbs-up after hearing this.

If she hadn’t suppressed Qi Yanzhou’s fire toxin in advance, he would probably have been doomed by the hornets today!

“Where’s the antidote?”

“It’s with Hezhe.”

To avoid harming his comrades, the antidote would naturally be prepared.

Ye Chutang thought for a moment, feeling there was nothing else to ask.

Then, she grabbed the bloodied man and disappeared beneath the towering tree.

To be safe, she erased all traces of their presence here.

The sounds of Qi Yanzhou shouting continued.

“Ah Tang!”

His voice was hoarse from shouting, clearly anxious.

Ye Chutang shoved a bone whistle into the man’s hand and ordered, “Summon the hornets back, sting yourself.”

The man placed the bone whistle to his lips.

Without teeth, he struggled to blow into it.

Blood quickly stained the bone whistle, like a call from the underworld.

Soon, a massive swarm of hornets appeared, darkening the sky.

She reached out and searched the man’s body but didn’t find anything valuable.

When the hornets arrived, Ye Chutang shouted loudly, “Ah Zhou, I’m here!”

After shouting, she smeared some of the man’s blood onto herself.

Then she ran towards Qi Yanzhou’s direction.

Upon hearing Ye Chutang’s voice, Qi Yanzhou’s tense nerves loosened for a moment.

Using his light body skills to the utmost, he quickly met up with Ye Chutang.

There was no time to ask questions; he immediately picked Ye Chutang up and moved away from the approaching hornets.

They reached the lakeside.

Qi Yanzhou gently set Ye Chutang down.

He wanted to touch her face, but before his hand could rise, he collapsed.

Ye Chutang quickly supported the falling Qi Yanzhou and placed her fingers on his pulse.

Qi Yanzhou’s condition wasn’t good.

He had been stung by the hornets.

After being poisoned, he hadn’t used his internal strength to expel the toxin.

Instead, he had used his internal strength to enhance his light body skills, searching everywhere for her.

This caused the poison to spread rapidly through his body.

When he finally found her and confirmed her safety, he let out a breath he’d been holding, then fainted.

Thankfully, he was a “medicine jar,” with certain immunity to both poisons and medicines.