Gu Shi Yi gave a salute with a cupped fist and chortled wryly,
"Big brother, is it possible not to fight and let your little brother leave peacefully?"
The man did not say a word upon hearing this; he simply drew his blade and chopped down. Gu Shi Yi sighed and dodged the blade's edge with a flash of his body, kicking the man in his side. The attacker fell to the ground. Seeing him struggling to get up, Gu Shi Yi walked over and landed a punch right on his forehead,
"Bang…"
The man's eyes bulged, staring blankly for a moment before falling flat on his back...
Gu Shi Yi let out a sigh,
"I told you there's no need for violence!"
He stood up, dusted off his clothes, and turned to carry the Big Boss, muttering in his mouth,
"Now the horse has run off, and my bundle is still on it. That's all my worldly possessions. If it's lost, I'll have to beg; I have to get it back!"
In the midst of speaking, a sudden change occurred,
"Whoosh..."
A sharp sound of piercing air rang out, and Gu Shi Yi's face changed. It was already too late to turn back, so he pounced forward, placing his hands on the ground and using the momentum to roll into the bushes across from him, dodging the arrow that grazed his shoulder and embedded in the mud beside him!
Without looking, Gu Shi Yi rolled on the spot, disappearing into the roadside bushes in the blink of an eye. Spotting a large rock nearby, he quickly hid behind it and peeked out only to see Pu Yuntian, having left the town, appearing from nowhere, behind him, with all his nefarious servants in tow.
They were all staring at him with grim faces, and in the hands of 'Young Master' was a small bow, its string still trembling, no need to ask, that arrow had been shot by him!
Gu Shi Yi frowned, glanced at his left shoulder, and saw the skin was grazed. Although the wound was not large, a burning sensation was beginning to emanate from it. His face darkened, he touched the fresh blood, smelt it at his nose, and cursed under his breath,
"Motherf*cker, they actually poisoned it! Do they have to play so dirty!"
It seemed they were out for blood!
Of course, the adversaries were certainly not risking their own lives; they were intent on ending his!
At that moment, Gu Shi Yi hated that he couldn't slap himself a few times,
"I'm such an idiot! If I had known about the ambush, I would have fled instead of entangling with them here; now the horse is gone, I'm poisoned, just waiting to be dragged back like a pig for slaughter!"
Gu Shi Yi bit his lower lip, pressed a few points on his left shoulder to temporarily stop the bleeding. The wound had stopped hurting but began to itch intensively—indicating the poison was spreading with the blood. Traveling the Itinerant World, his bag naturally contained some antidotes for self-defense, but they had been taken away by the old horse!
"Damn it! How unlucky!"
With no other choice, Gu Shi Yi mentally swore as much and, after a moment's thought, placed the Big Boss behind the rock, whispering,
"Hide here on your own for now. When the coast is clear, I'll come back for you!"
The Big Boss wriggled its body, transforming into a streak of green light that burrowed into the ground and vanished. Meanwhile, outside, the assailants were closing in step by step. Pu Yuntian held an arrow, his handsome face contorted with ruthlessness,
"Kid, this arrow is coated with poison. Just a scratch is enough to incapacitate within moments, causing numbness and leaving you powerless. Kid... try running again!"
As he spoke, the servants unsheathed their knifes, and with shadows flashing, several men pounced toward him. Gu Shi Yi lay motionless as the cold air carried the hacking knives downward. Pu Yuntian ordered,
"Careful not to hit any vital areas; Young Master still wants to question him!"
No sooner had the words fallen than the sound of knives slicing soft material was heard. Everyone looked closely only to find a piece of rough cloth under the blades, nothing else. All were shocked. Pu Yuntian grabbed a servant's knife, used the blade to lift the cloth, and saw a Yellow Talisman affixed to the chest of the garment. As he was about to remove and inspect it closely, the talisman disintegrated into fine ash with a breeze and vanished without a trace!
"Golden Cicada Shedding Its Shell?"
Pu Yuntian's face turned pale,
"This kid knows Taoist Techniques?"
Pu Yuntian knew this trick too, but to deceive everyone with just a symbol and to completely erase the Yellow Talisman afterward was something he admittedly hadn't mastered.
"Chase!"
Pu Yuntian's forehead bulged with angry veins,
"This kid is such a pain in the ass!"