Chapter 407 - 324

The men and women began to eat, and did not notice the Waiter’s fleeting, ruthless gaze.

Bi Renchuan and Fan Dingding drank wine and ate their dishes, while the girls ate their meals.

There was nothing unusual in the food or the wine that could alert them to any danger.

When they were almost full, the first to succumb to the effects were the four girls, who collapsed onto the table.

Suddenly faced with this drastic change, Fan Dingding and Bi Renchuan were both startled.

They exclaimed simultaneously, “Not good, we’ve been ambushed.”

Both of them took out their Magical Treasures, intending to pick up the four girls and jump out of the window, only to discover that their bodies were limp and they could not utilize their Spiritual Power.

At that moment, they realized they had been trapped.

Bi Renchuan took out a Communication Talisman from his Storage Bag, which had become prevalent in the Martial World nowadays.

If you had the ability, you could send messages further.

Having Spiritual Energy in your body allowed you to transmit very far, and even without Spiritual Power, placing a Spirit Stone could also convey your intended message to the person you wished to reach.

Ordinary people wouldn’t use Spirit Stones for messaging, but in this critical moment, Bi Renchuan sent the message he wanted to convey to Luo Yaxuan, along with a fixed location of where they were.

As long as Luo Yaxuan received it, he would be able to find this place.

Just as he sent the message out, not only did Bi Renchuan and Fan Dingding feel their bodies become limp, but their consciousness grew blurry, and they could faint at any moment.

Fan Dingding and Bi Renchuan slapped their own heads to keep themselves a bit more awake.

They didn’t jump out of the window, knowing that with their weak bodies they couldn’t escape even if they did, as the teahouse was several yards high from the main street.

In this unfamiliar place, someone had plotted against them, and the people here must be organized.

Who would set them up?

This was what puzzled them as they tried to stay conscious and find out who wanted to kill them.

They had let their guard down; they hadn’t encountered any danger along the way, which made them less vigilant.

Perhaps if they had bought some food from outside and reached their destination sooner, they would have avoided today’s calamity.

Maybe it was destiny.

“Hahaha, these two are quite impressive!”

Some people entered the private room, not just one person.

There was the waiter, the shopkeeper, and several others they did not recognize.

“Why did you drug us?”

“Why do you want to harm us?

We have no grievances or grudges against you…”

Bi Renchuan and Fan Dingding inquired, but those people just laughed out loud.

The Shopkeeper said:

“Do you think we would go through the trouble of drugging you two pretty boys?

What caught our eye were these few girls with you.

Although they’re not as beautiful as Heavenly Immortals and look like they’ve been poisoned, it doesn’t affect a man’s desire for a woman.”

“Hahaha, men are also acceptable.”

“A woman who isn’t poisoned, once the doors are closed and lights turned off, is the same.”

Their unreserved words revealed that this was their territory, and the teahouse was a front operated by the Mountain King in the marketplace.

“Following the Mountain King’s orders to shop for provisions, we were preparing to select a Bandits Leader’s Wife for him.

We didn’t expect to come across these four girls.

It’s a stroke of luck for the men on the mountain.”

“Haha, the men can also bring fortune to us.”

The words of those people filled Fan Dingding and Bi Renchuan with a murderous desire, but it was a pity that without their Spiritual Power, they couldn’t act on it.

The anger could only be seen on their faces.

“These two are quite capable, having resisted the potent drug we put in the food and wine until now.”

The people speaking were actually only in the Qi Refinement Realm but were able to incapacitate such powerful individuals.

The drugs they bought from the pharmacy, combined with their Stockade’s unique drugs, were colorless and tasteless, undetectable even by the strongest individuals.

Just a few days ago, they had taken down a pair, a man and a woman, both in the Golden Core stage, as well as another two, a man and a woman, from the Qi Refinement Realm.

The Mountain King sent them down to see if they could intercept some goods without paying, to serve as tonight’s celebratory banquet.

In the end, Bi Renchuan and Fan Dingding collapsed due to the drugs in their system and were moved out of the tea house.

They were then taken up the mountain in a horse-drawn carriage, just an ordinary means of transport.

A few days ago, Luo Yaxuan received messages from his master, mistress, and younger martial sister.

He thought they would arrive soon and waited, but when he didn’t see them, he thought maybe they had encountered some issues.

After all, when two Golden Core Elders travel, there might be some matters to attend to.

He never imagined his master, mistress, younger martial sister, and that cook beside them could have been framed and captured, taken up to the mountain, now facing danger.

Luo Yaxuan hadn’t felt right these past few days, yet when he reached out to his master and mistress, there was no response, and his younger martial sister also didn’t reply.

Feeling that something was amiss yet not knowing their whereabouts, he could only worry, suspecting he had somehow sensed incorrectly.

It wasn’t until today, when he received a message from Bi Renchuan, that he thought the premonition of danger must have been related to Bi Renchuan encountering trouble.

From the Communication Messaging Treasure, he learned Bi Renchuan’s location, which was just over a hundred miles from his hometown, a journey of two hours by flight.

Luo Yaxuan told his father that their fellow martial brothers were in jeopardy.

Luo Sheng, upon learning that his son was heading out to rescue someone and knowing his son’s capabilities, was both proud and worried that he might encounter danger, so he sent people to help his son with the rescue mission.

Before departing, Luo Yaxuan informed Lai Jianlin, mentioning that he learned from a martial brother that there were four of Lai Jianlin’s fellow martial sisters with the imperiled martial brother.

Upon receiving Luo Yaxuan’s message, Lai Jianlin, aware that people from his sect were in danger, decided he must go to the rescue.

Even though he was not very familiar with the girls, he felt it was his duty.

He then shared this information with Ding Ling and Mo Wen.

Both agreed to join the rescue, and when Family Head Lai learned that his son was setting out on a rescue mission, with the memory of the last attack by the Royal Family still fresh, he sent additional people to accompany them, not trusting his son and sect members to go alone.

Luo Yaxuan and Lai Jianlin, along with their companions, flew for two hours at high altitude and arrived at the location indicated by the communication.

They discovered it was a marketplace and, although not yet noon, people were still engaging in trade.

There were quite a lot of people, and Luo Yaxuan scanned the area again, sighting a tea house.

“Lai Jianlin, the location my two martial brothers had chosen appears to be at the tea house,” Luo Yaxuan said.

“They must have been drugged.

Let’s check out the tea house,” Lai Jianlin suggested.

“We should go in separately and be cautious.

There are definitely lookouts for these people, and we can’t afford to be ambushed before we even have a chance to rescue anyone,” Mo Wen advised.

Everyone agreed that it made sense, so when they descended from the sky, they did so discreetly and split into several groups on the street.

Luo Yaxuan sent someone to investigate the tea house thoroughly, cautioning the women in their group not to get too close to the establishment.

Ding Ling followed Lai Jianlin.

They stood at a booth selling various items, appearing to be interested in making a purchase— looking like a handsome man and beautiful woman combo.

Their presence attracted many glances.

Amidst the unfamiliar faces, they only thought everyone they saw was a stranger, but to the vendors in the street, all of these newcomers were unfamiliar.

While they drew attention, no one followed them.

They weren’t as unlucky as Bi Renchuan and his group— who were targeted as soon as they appeared.

Two men went to the tea house, suspecting it might be a shady establishment.

They dared not consume anything, but upon arriving, they discreetly observed the place.

Then they handed a bundle of silver to the shopkeeper, inquiring if a pair of men and four women had come by that morning.

Upon hearing the men’s question, the shopkeeper felt a shiver in his heart, but his eyes greedily flickered at the sight of the silver.

Despite trying to cover up for what happened to the women, he denied knowledge.

Shaking his head, he said:

“Gentlemen, the people you are looking for have left; they ate and departed.”

“Impossible.

They were coming to see us, and we haven’t met them yet.

Can you tell us who took them away?”

Seeing the shopkeeper’s evasive eyes, the two men guessed that he must be the suspect they were looking for, undoubtedly involved in the incident that took place in the tea house, as the Young Family Head had suspected.

After exchanging a glance, they sprang into action, their powers at the peak of the Qi Refinement Realm, which gave them an edge over the shopkeeper.

Acting together, they overpowered the shopkeeper before the waiter could intervene, knocking him unconscious.