Fairy cage

Luobotou and Lao Hu looked at Yu Lie who was close at hand, talking and laughing freely, and their expressions were complicated.

They had no idea that Yu Lie, who had worried them so much just now, not only succeeded in making a comeback, but also took the initiative to cause trouble for Du Liang.

And more importantly, Yu Lie is now very confident. As Dukou's Taoist boy, since he is already the middle-ranking Taoist boy, he can compete for Dukou's head position at any time.

This matter only requires a certain number of Taoist Taoists to serve as witnesses and Du Liang agrees. It can be started on the spot, and there is no need to worry about even reporting it to the alchemy room.

Because this is a regulation specially set by the alchemy room and the town to promote competition among Taoist boys.

However, if there is really a competition for positions, it cannot be started from the beginning. Depending on the different halls, their agreed-upon competition methods are also different. Sometimes they need to consult with each other to change them, and give both parties a certain amount of time to prepare.

But these are just minor problems. As long as Yu Lie raises a challenge to Du Liang openly, then the other party will have to accept it.

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Du Liang's movements froze slightly as he listened to Yu Lie's words behind him. The sinister look on his face suddenly became more intense, and he looked as if he wanted to tear Yu Lie apart on the spot.

After a pause, Du Liangfang turned around and faced Yu Lie again, but his expression became friendly again, and he said jokingly:

What's the matter with this? Since Yu Lie has broken through to the middle rank of Taoist boy, go to the alchemy room and report to the hall masters. You can get a position with just a little money. Why do you want to focus on this poisonous job? With my brother, I We are fighting over food, and I don’t want to get on bad terms with you.”

Yu Lie didn't answer, just held up his hand:

Fellow Taoist Du Liang, I wonder if you want to choose today, tomorrow, or which day to compete?

Seeing that Yu Lie didn't give in at all, Du Liang could no longer put on the fake smile on his face. He took a deep look at Yu Lie and didn't understand why Yu Lie was suddenly so hostile to him.

Du Liang pondered: Could it be that the Gaoli incident was exposed?

Du Liang suddenly felt a chill behind him.

After talking about the gambling house, he and Yu Lie had been in contact with each other many times, and they had already tried it vaguely, but he just didn't find anything wrong in Yu Lie's face or behavior.

This made the chill in Du Liang's back even worse: This boy can't stay for a long time!

He even felt lucky for a moment that his plan today had angered Yu Lie. Otherwise, if such a poisonous snake hides in the dark, the longer it goes on, the worse it will be for him!

Thinking about it in his heart, Du Liang suppressed his anger and smiled dryly: Since Fellow Daoist Yu strongly requests this, Du has no choice but to comply.

Surprisingly, Du Liang simply agreed. He also looked around and pointed at the scene: Fellow Daoist Yu is right. It's better to choose a different day than to hit it. Let's settle this matter today.

Du Liang waved his hand and ordered his men: You, you, and you, hurry up and make arrangements! Yu Tou and I will open your eyes today and learn how to remove poison and eliminate evil!

After giving the instructions, Du Liang nodded to Yu Lie, then turned around and walked deeper into the poisonous mouth.

He seemed to be making some preparations.

The moment he turned around, Du Liang's eyes were filled with not only a sinister look, but also a hint of the gloomy feeling of looking at a dead person.

After getting the other party's consent, Yu Lie didn't say anything to stop the other party. He just squinted his eyes and looked at Du Liang's back, thinking about something.

In fact, Yu Lie had no intention of challenging Du Liang on the first day, but Du Liang was so good at doing things and being a man that Yu Lie did not dare to stay under his subordinates any longer.

After coming back to his senses, Yu Lie immediately raised his hands to Mr. Hu and others beside him, and said kindly:

Mr. Hu, you have a lot of experience, so I can trouble you to take Luo Bao and the others to arrange the arrangements.

When Mr. Hu heard this, he understood that Yu Lie was asking him to supervise the other poisonous Taoist boys to avoid Du Liang's manipulation.

There was just a trace of hesitation in Mr. Hu's eyes, and he immediately gritted his teeth and nodded in agreement. He quickly led the Luobotou group towards the Taoist boys Du Liang pointed to and negotiated with them.

In addition, Mr. Hu also instructed several people to ask the other party to leave the poisonous mouth and go to the nearby mouth to ask for instructions from a few more middle-ranking Taoist boys to come and watch the fun together.

As for Yu Lie himself, after giving instructions, he did not go into the darkroom to make preparations like Du Liang did. Instead, he sat cross-legged on the wooden stake used for extracting poisons, meditating and adjusting his breath, without worrying about trivial matters. .

The sound of stepping footsteps kept ringing.

There were more people coming and going in Dukou, and all the Taoist boys in Dukou were happy to be lazy and came to join in the fun. Some even walked out quickly to call back the Taoist boys who were on vacation.

Except for the Taoist boy from Dukou, other Taoists from other places also come and go in front of Dukou Gate.

From time to time, there were comments: No wonder this man came to work with a hat on his head. He must have just completed the transformation of 'copper ribs and iron bones'.

He dared to challenge Du Liang just after completing his transformation. It seems that he is quite confident!

By the way, what is your poison mouth test about? Poison extraction? How about Du Liang's poison extraction skills?

Noisy discussions surrounded Yu Lie, and eyes with different expressions fell on him, looking at him several times.

But Yu Lie just meditated and adjusted his breath, feeling very calm.

He was reviewing the contents of the Flesh and Blood Pill Method over and over in his mind, sharpening his skills before the battle.

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time flies.

Occasionally, a note would be sent to Yu Lie from Du Liang, and then sent back again. The two were discussing the content of the competition later.

As more and more people watched the excitement in Dudu's mouth, several unfamiliar middle-level Taoist boys also appeared, and the arrangements were finally ready.

Du Liang was wrapped in a brand new black robe of fine quality. The person behind him walked out of the room with a bunch of tools in his arms.

Yu Lie also suddenly opened his eyes and looked around at the crowd.

He jumped down from the wooden stake, took the bloody robe hanging aside, and put it on himself. He also held a sharp knife for cutting open fish and extracting poison. He stood tall and raised his hands to the crowd around him.

In Yu Lie's eyes, there were heads crowding around, and the number was no less than a hundred.

Four of them had their heads sitting high up, as if they were in the seats on the second floor of a theater, and there were people offering tea beside them.

These four people were the middle-ranking Taoist boys from other villages and were specially invited to watch the show.

The four middle-level Taoist boys looked at Yu Lie and Du Liang calmly at first. Slowly, some of them showed vague hostility towards Yu Lie and nodded to Du Liang, while others took the initiative to say hello to Yu Lie and show kindness. Act differently.

A clanging sound sounded!

Several large wooden stakes in the poisonous mouth were moved by strong Taoist boys and put together to form a platform facing each other.

Yu Lie and Du Liang walked over one after another and stood facing each other.

Just beside their hands were already filled with all kinds of poisonous materials, including herbs, medicinal materials, large pieces of cinnabar ore, and buckets of fleshy fish.

In the entire poisonous mouth, almost all the medicinal materials waiting to be extracted from the poison were moved nearby and sorted into categories for the convenience of Yu Li and Du Liang.

Seeing Yu Lie and Du Liang standing still, the atmosphere at the scene was anxious and expectant, never calming down.

Lao Hu rubbed his hands and walked to the middle, holding his chest in his mouth, and said respectfully:

Two leaders, you have all agreed on the rules. If there is no objection, we can start.

Yes. Yu Lie and Du Liang both nodded.

When the onlookers heard this, they couldn't help but become even more agitated.

There were also Taoist boys from outside who wondered: Is it starting now? The rules haven't been announced yet. Why is there no one to preside over it?

But someone immediately hissed at him: This is a poisonous mouth, and all the medicinal materials are poisonous. Of course, whoever falls first, and whoever can't stand it first, loses!

Everyone saw Du Liang and Yu Lie on the stage cupping their hands. Du Liang first pointed at something in the field, and then a Taoist boy immediately walked over and picked up two portions of the medicinal materials.

Then Yu Lie stretched out his hand and pointed to something.

Taking turns in this way, they each selected a batch of medicinal materials that needed to be detoxified and placed them on the chopping board.

Bystanders could clearly see that Du Liang mainly chose a species of animal called Musky White Skunk, while Yu Lie chose a variety of fish, mainly the most common black snake spirit fish.

According to the order of materials selected by the two people, they need to complete them in order. They can discard or skip some, but they will be recorded one by one.

At this time, a Taoist boy walked to the field holding a hand gong and banged the sound: I respectfully invite you two leaders! Remove the poison and eliminate the evil, and set an example!

Someone immediately shouted: Du Tou is so powerful! Show this pretty face!

There were also Luobotou and others who were cheering Yu Lie up: Tou Yu, it's better to be safe than to be in a hurry.

But as soon as the gong sounded, Yu Lie and Du Liang immediately lowered their heads, leaned over the chopping board, and began to move swiftly.

They identified the bones, plucked the hair, and removed the internal organs... There was also a poisonous Taoist boy holding a record book, standing next to the two of them, writing and drawing.

In the field, one is the poisonous mouth boss who has been taking care of the poisonous mouth for several years, and the other is the poisonous mouth little boss who is new but has great potential. When they work together, the scene suddenly becomes very neat.

At the very least, other Taoists who came to watch the show were frightened for a short time.

They saw Du Liang take a knife and cut it, then tear it with his hands, and the poisonous animal skin was peeled off. Then he cut out his wrist again, cut off something fishy and smelly, and put it on the plate.

The whole movement can be said to be smooth and flowing.

In less than a hundred breaths, a whole musk white skunk was delicately placed on a porcelain plate by Du Liang, and the result was quite aesthetic.

After completing the first poison, Du Liang felt very accomplished. He raised his eyes with some pride and looked around.

Others only knew that he was a poisonous man and didn't have to do it himself, but Du Liang still worked hard secretly.

He has mastered all kinds of techniques for removing poisons and evil, and with the help of his intermediate state, Du Liang is confident that his efficiency in removing poisons is among the best among poisonous people.

Glancing at Yu Lie who was working carefully, Du Liang chuckled and seemed to say kindly:

Brother Yu, you are not very familiar with this thing, so you have to take your time, otherwise you will be eliminated on the spot after five medicinal materials have been discarded.

But Yu Lie continued to lower his head and ignored Du Liang at all, which made the deliberate smile on Du Liang's face freeze.

Du Liang had no choice but to snort in his heart, took the second piece of fish-caught medicinal materials, and began to prepare it.

Catching fish is not what Du Liang is good at. The other party's movements, which were smooth and flowing, suddenly slowed down, more than a little bit, but they were not abandoned on the spot.

And on Yu Lie's side.

Yu Lie was not very familiar with the musk white skunk, but he had come into contact with it in the past few months. After a careful dissection, he cut it into pieces and placed them on a porcelain plate.

Yu Lie breathed a sigh of relief.

But among the Taoist boys who were watching, someone immediately shook his head: It seems that ginger is still hotter with age!

This poison extraction technique seems to be able to be distinguished at a glance.

But there was also a venomous Taoist boy who responded: Let's read on...

After Yu Lie finished disposing of the first piece of veterinary medicine, he casually took out a black snake fish, gently tapped the sharp knife in his hand, and turned around the fish smoothly.

There was only a chirping sound, which made the Taoist boy nearby widen his eyes.

They saw the black snake fish in Yu Lie's hand. When he shook his tail, it fell on the porcelain plate; when he shook his body, the fins were removed, the internal organs flowed out, and the fish gall slipped onto the porcelain plate; when he shook his body again, The head was slowly cut open, and the gills were more like red flowers, blooming from the two openings...

In just thirty breaths, a black snake fish was separated from its bones and flesh, its scales were neatly arranged, and its organs were clearly spread out on the plate.

Instructing the Taoist boy next to him to take away the snake and fish, Yu Lie took the next medicinal ingredient and started to move.

At this moment, the Taoist boys who were watching his craftsmanship, whether they were laymen, experts, or low-ranking ones, were all amazed and speechless.

Carrot Head and others stood aside and wiped their eyes. Lao Hu even murmured: This skill is already comparable to my more than ten years of hard work.

On the other side, Du Liang was cooking the black snake fish with a frown, feeling a little troubled. He usually likes to eat this food, but he is not good at it.

When he heard the low shouts from all around, Du Liang did not immediately raise his head, but suppressed his mind and continued to dissect the fish.

When he was only one step away from the best, Du Liang looked at the rest of the team. But with just one glance, his eyelids jumped sharply, and he realized that Yu Lie had caught up with his speed and surpassed him.

This guy has really only practiced his craft for a few months!? Du Liang felt unbelievable.

Tsk!

What frightened him even more was that his hand was unsteady, and the black snake fish that was just one step away suddenly twitched on its own. He didn't hold it down for a moment, and half of the snake fish's body jumped out of the chopping board.

Du Liang quickly lowered his head, held down the black snake fish, and stamped his sword decisively, splitting the fish into two parts.

But even if he reacted in time, he only saved half of the fish. The other half was already overflowing with fish blood, and the toxins were incomplete and could not be eliminated.

A Taoist boy next to him lowered his head and recorded, subtracting half of Du Liang's five chances.

Du Liang secretly cursed: Damn it! He looked at Yu Lie again and found that Yu Lie was carefully preparing another musk white skunk and didn't pay any attention to what he was saying.

Just at the beginning, Du Liang made a mistake, and finally the lay Taoist boys in other halls also saw some clues.

They whispered: It seems that Taoist boy named Yu's craftsmanship is better. He is not impatient and impatient, and he lifts the weight with ease.

Tsk, tsk, it seems that if the boss has been working for a long time, his craftsmanship will really be wasted. In this case, the town has to establish this competitive employment system, and it is not without reason... After all, if the craftsmanship is not good, how to take care of it well? !”

That's right! Apart from the opening for finding medicine, the other entrances in the alchemy room are like carrots and holes. If you want to stand firm, you either have people or are capable.

Among the people pointing at them, poisonous beasts, poisonous fish, poisonous sand, poisonous weeds, venom... all kinds of medicinal materials.

In just one or two hours, all the common and uncommon medicinal materials in the poisonous mouth passed through the hands of Du Liang and Yu Lie, and as we went to the back, the uncommon medicinal materials appeared more frequently and became more and more toxic.

This is because Du Liang's skills have been completely exposed. Apart from being good at slaughtering musk and white skunk, his skills in other medicinal materials are average, and he cannot compare with Yu Lie's meticulousness and dexterity.

Therefore, Du Liang specifically chose the unfavorable ones, hoping to implicate the rest of the group. After all, Yu Lie had only been in Dukou for a few months, so he was not as knowledgeable as him.

This also caused Yu Lie to be more careful no matter how careful he was. Because he was unfamiliar, the opportunities would eventually become less and less as he used them, leaving only the last wasted opportunity!

But Du Liang's situation is even worse. The opponent is only half a shot away from being defeated and eliminated!

Du Liang's fingers were trembling, and he cursed in his mind: Damn it! This guy has only been here a few months, how can he be so good at his craftsmanship!

He looked at Yu Lie in surprise and felt a suppressed feeling.

Especially after continuous rapid detoxification, there were many and large types of toxins. Du Liang was already faintly poisoned and his physical body was affected. He had to take time to rest from time to time to activate his qi and blood.

On Yu Lie's side, he only pretended that his face was red, his fingers were trembling, and he was poisoned, but in fact he was relaxed.

As for the feeling given to outsiders, it was as if Yu Lie was dying for the competition and did not dare to take a breath.

Du Liang took a deep breath. He looked at Yu Lie, steadied his trembling fingers, and looked at the poisonous material with a faint look.

It was a handful of pink mottled grass blades called Peach Blossom Ghost tongue. It was extremely poisonous and could cause blood to seal the throat and cause the stomach to break.

But the method of preparing it is to take the initiative to put the grass into the mouth, chew it, use warm saliva to extract the toxins inside, and then spit it out. The chewing method is also special. It requires three tongue shakes, seven teeth clasps, nine foam blows... all kinds of things, repeated over and over again. It is very complicated. Basically, only humans can learn it, not animals.

Because this herb is extremely dangerous, medicine slaves are usually forced to operate it, but for some reason, it is also included in the poisonous herb today.

Du Liang stretched out his hand and asked someone to bring two stacks of peach blossom ghost tongue over and place them in front of him and Yu Lie.

Among the Taoist boys watching, the knowledgeable ones recognized the peach blossom ghost tongue grass, and their eyes narrowed slightly.

Lao Hu's expression behind Yu Lie changed slightly, and he quickly walked to Yu Lie's side and whispered a few words.

Yu Lie immediately realized: It seems that Du is finally going to do something dirty!

He squinted and looked across.

Du Liang raised his hand, pointed at the ghost grass, and said with a chuckle to Yu Lie: I choose this thing to remove the poison. Do you dare to continue the competition? If you don't dare, just give up. After all, life is important.

Before Yu Lie could respond, most of the vicious Taoist boys started making noises and understood Du Liang's intention:

It's just a competition, is it necessary to be so cruel? The poison of peach blossom ghost tongue can only be alleviated by the antidote elixir refined by Taoist disciples, and it must be taken immediately!

There was a lot of discussion, and many people suspected that Du Liang chose Peach Blossom Diaspora because he deliberately wanted to scare away Yu Lie. It is very likely that Du Liang has the antidote in his hands, so he is confident.

Facing Du Liang's plan, Yu Lie understood it in an instant: This person is really good at calculating!

Now it's a competition, and Yu Lie won't be able to get the antidote for a while. Therefore, if he refuses, he is admitting defeat, and if he agrees, he is risking his life.

In the field, Yu Lie neither agreed nor refused, but showed hesitation on his face, picked up a piece of ghost grass, put it in his hand and played with it repeatedly.

But in fact, Yu Lie was laughing in his heart.

Du Liang had detoxification pills, but Yu Lie had suffered from blood poisoning early in the morning, so he could detoxify himself, which gave him more confidence.

However, to be on the safe side, Yu Lie still took advantage of the hesitation to secretly prick his fingertip and drop a drop of blood on the ghost grass to test the toxicity.

After careful identification, Yu Lie breathed a sigh of relief. With his current physical strength, he can withstand the poison of Peach Blossom Dionysus. As long as the amount is not too much, he will not die of heartbreak.

Although he was relieved, Yu Lie still had a look of confusion on his face.

Du Liang, who was on the opposite side, saw this and said angrily: As a poisonous person, we are faced with life crises every day, but as long as we are careful and make no big mistakes, we can naturally avoid losing our lives. Why, Brother Yu dare not Already?

Yu Lie sneered in his heart, pretending to be agitated, and said: Why don't you dare?!

As soon as Yu Lie stretched out his hand, he grabbed the poisonous weed in his hand as if he was about to swallow it, which attracted everyone's attention.

Du Liang's face was slightly startled, showing a look of surprise. But in fact, his eyes showed ecstasy.

The next moment, what made Du Liang's eyes amuse was that Yu Lie suddenly pointed at a portion of poisonous weeds in front of Du Liang: You and I will exchange half of the poisonous weeds!

When everyone heard this, they immediately understood Yu Lie's intention. They were worried that their medicinal materials would be tampered with.

After a while, Yu Lie's and Du Liang's poisonous weeds were mixed together and each received half.

But looking at the mixed peach blossom ghost tongue, Du Liang touched an antidote pill in his sleeve and still sneered in his heart:

You are self-righteous. If you dare to fight me, you will die!

Du Liang's eyes were sinister and he held his hands towards Yu Lie: Please!

The man immediately grabbed the peach blossom ghost tongue, put it into his mouth, and started chewing it.

In full view of everyone, Yu Lie also bit into the peach blossom tongue grass.

But the moment he entered, Yu Lie suddenly felt something was wrong.

Yu Lie found that the Peach Blossom Diaspora in his mouth, after just chewing it a few times, was like a steel needle pricking people. Even with his current body of copper ribs and iron bones, he would still be stabbed if he chewed it a few more times. Broken oral membrane.

It turned out that Du Liang had indeed manipulated the poisonous Peach Blossom Diaspora that the two wanted to remove.

The fibers of the poisonous weeds hardened, especially on Yu Lie's previous plate. As long as Yu Lie dared to chew it, no matter how careful he was, the poisonous weeds would pierce his mouth and tongue, and the poison would enter his body.

The reason why Du Liang agreed to compete with Yu Lie was not only to defeat Yu Lie, but also to poison Yu Lie on the spot!

It should be noted that removing poison and eliminating evil is always risky. It is normal for people to die during the competition!

A Taoist boy saw something wrong with the expressions of the two of them, and his heart tightened. But the theatergoers were watching the show even more enthusiastically, muttering: It seems we can see the result before lunch!

Yu Lie and Du Liang stared at each other, both waiting for the other's poison to enter their bodies and die suddenly.

However, more than ten breaths later, Du Liang's face became paler and paler. His fingers were trembling, and his eyes were filled with surprise: Why hasn't this guy fallen down yet?

Bite the bullet, Du Liang chewed hard for more than a dozen times with Yu Lie, and spat out several large mouthfuls of bloody saliva.

But sixty breaths later, Du Liang's complexion changed drastically, his whole body trembled, and he suddenly felt unbearable abdominal pain.

Du Liang was shocked: Oops, poison has entered his stomach.

Immediately, Du Liang took out a wax-sealed pill from his sleeve.

But what Du Liang didn't expect was that Yu Lie on the opposite side swayed and suddenly rushed towards him.

This made Du Liang's action of taking the medicine chaotic, and he stepped back repeatedly.

boom! An unexpected situation occurred during the competition, causing the onlookers to stand up and stare with wide eyes.

Someone exclaimed: Are they all poisoned?

They must be grabbing the antidote! There was a lot of discussion.

On the scene, Yu Lie and Du's figures flashed. After all, Du Liang was an old middle-rank Taoist boy, and Yu Lie failed to hit.

When Du Liang realized that Yu Lie was trying to grab the antidote pills, he spat out the ghost grass in his mouth. He was surprised and happy, and shouted at Yu Lie:

“You guy, you’ve been poisoned, why are you trying to steal my antidote!!”

Du Liang took great pleasure in his misfortune

But Yu Lie sneered and suddenly opened his mouth and let out a loud sigh!

In one breath, mixed with peach blossom ghost tongue grass, it hit Du Liang's face hard!

Du Liang was shocked and quickly shook his head to avoid it.

He narrowly avoided Qi Jin and his head was fine!

But the next moment, Du Liang's face suddenly turned pale!

Because as soon as he lowered his head, he found that the antidote elixir in his hand had disappeared.

It was Yu Lie who had just feinted a shot, pretending to attack Du Liang, but in fact he shot at the antidote, turning the wax-sealed pill into powder with one blow.

This made Du Liang dumbfounded!

What a big chapter! Nearly seven thousand words, one chapter is complete. Also, this book will be on the shelves on the 1st.