Chapter 9: The Eldest Is No Longer Young

  "If you have the guts, repeat this sentence in front of Lao Ying." Zhang Tian suddenly blurted out.

  At the mention of the name "Ying Lao", Xing Luo's body trembled slightly, and his dark eyes were filled with apprehension. He let out a dry laugh, and stopped speaking, focusing on staring at the TV, not uttering another word.

  At this time, a beautiful woman and Zhang Xi Yu walked down from upstairs.

  "Xiao Luo, I heard you're going to stay here, so I've prepared a few sets of clothes for you. The one you were wearing, I've already washed it for you. You just arrived in Hua Xia and probably haven't taken a bath yet, go take a bath and change into some clean clothes." The beautiful woman handed a set of clothes to Xing Luo with a warm smile.

  "That kid has never known what a bath is since he was young, so don't waste water on him. He can shake off all the external bacteria and dust, his body is cleaner than anyone else's." Zhang Tian took a sip of the tea handed to him by Zhang Xi Yu, glanced at Xing Luo, and said calmly.

  "I'll wipe you out." As soon as Xing Luo heard Zhang Tian's words, he suddenly became enraged, and a silver needle appeared in his hand after wiping the ancient ring. Then, with a sudden flick, a white droplet appeared on the tip of the needle, clearly indicating that this silver needle was coated with deadly poison.

  At the sight, Zhang Tian's eyes suddenly narrowed, a surge of energy covered his hand, and he quickly pinched the needle tail. However, at the moment he pinched it, due to inertia, the highly toxic droplet on the needle tip was also flung out. Nevertheless, Zhang Tian did not dare to scatter it away, as Xing Luo's poison was a particularly ferocious kind known as "Blood-Sealing Throat".

  "See blood seal throat", also known as "poison arrow wood" and "scissor tree", is one of the most toxic plant species in the world. The sap is milky white and highly toxic. Once the liquid enters the bloodstream through a wound, it can be life-threatening. Those who use poison often apply it to sharp pointed tips to shoot and kill wild beasts or enemies instantly. Native to Southeast Asia.

  The moment he pinched the needle tail, Zhang Tian's figure flashed, and the milky white droplets finally fell on the sofa. Seeing that no one else was hurt, Zhang Tian angrily threw the silver needle in his hand, which still contained a trace of highly toxic venom, directly at Xing Luo.

  Seeing the silver needle flying back, Xing Luo also twitched his mouth, 'Ba Huang Hunyuan Jue' rotated around his body, a wild and powerful ripple appeared around him, one hand stretched out, directly pinched the silver needle, without caring whether the deadly poison on the tip of the needle would fall onto his own body. He put the silver needle into the ancient wooden ring, and the remaining white droplets on the tip of the needle were also collected by Xing Luo into the ancient wooden ring in that instant.

  "Auntie Zhang, thank you. Where is my room?" Xing Luo asked with a smile, looking at Zhang Shi Li without even glancing at Zhang Tian Yi after taking the new set of clothes.

  "You two can really fight over anything." With a helpless shake of her head, Zhang Shili said: "After going upstairs, the first door on the left is your room."

  "Hey old man, don't even think about touching that sofa. The poison I used isn't some trashy stuff that just stops you from bleeding out. It's been improved to be a 'death sentence'. If you so much as touch it, your flesh will start rotting away slowly and the toxin will spread through your bloodstream straight to your heart. You'll be lucky if you don't die. Either take the sofa and get rid of it yourself or wait for me to finish my bath and deal with it. Your choice."

  Upon hearing Xing Luo's words, Zhang Tian was stunned for a moment. After half a beat, he roared at the top of his lungs towards the upstairs: "You damned little brat! Just you wait and see, I'll tell Master Ying about this matter. When you get back, I won't let you off easy, I'll have you locked up for several years. If it weren't for my quick thinking, that poisonous trash of yours would've poisoned me to death long ago."

  "Alright, what's the point of arguing with a child? How old are you?" Zhang Shili looked at Zhang Tian helplessly and said.

  Upon hearing this, Zhang Tian was so angry that he wanted to cry but had no tears. You've been deceived by his appearance!

  However, Zhang Tian did not say this sentence out loud. He also knew that his wife was extremely fond of Xing Luo, and now that it had been over ten years since they last saw each other, knowing that the latter had gone through a life-and-death ordeal only made him feel even more deeply affectionate towards her.

  After taking a bath, Xing Luo also put on that refreshing outfit and walked downstairs. Seeing Zhang Tian's unpredictable expression, he suddenly chuckled and smiled at Zhang Shili, saying: "Auntie Zhang, thank you, this outfit fits well and is very refreshing."

  "It's fine as long as it fits, and you like it." Zhang Shili smiled and sized up Xingluo's outfit with a loving gaze in her beautiful eyes, then said: "Have you eaten yet? Do you want Auntie to get you a bowl of noodles?"

  "No need, I've already eaten outside. And to be honest, the snacks from Huaxia are actually not bad, at least better than those compressed biscuits on the island." Xing Luo sat down on the sofa and said with a smile.

  "Never mind about food for now, first deal with the sofa that you poisoned." Zhang Tian said indifferently, casting a lukewarm glance at Xing Luo.

  Xing Luo curled up his lips, walked to the poisonous sofa, and placed his big hand on it. Immediately, the ancient ring trembled slightly, and then the poisonous sofa suddenly disappeared into thin air.

  Later, Xing Luo turned his gaze to Zhang Tian and said: "The 'poisonous death' formula was also given to me by the master of the palace. As the name suggests, as long as this poison is released, someone will inevitably die. This poison cannot be burned with ordinary flames, it can turn into a poisonous smoke that disperses in the air."

  When he heard the last sentence, Zhang Tian's mouth also twitched violently, and he naturally knew that the master in Xing Luo's mouth was a real poison expert, with unparalleled acupuncture poisoning techniques. Even Xing Luo's teacher didn't dare to compete with the master in terms of poisoning techniques.

  "You little brat, are you trying to kill my whole family? I'll beat you to death today!" Zhang Tian suddenly felt a chill from Xing Luo's move, his back was already drenched in cold sweat. After regaining his composure, he stood up and glared at Xing Luo with a furious expression.

  Seeing this, Xing Luo was suddenly frightened and hastily took out a silver needle with the word "death" from his ancient ring. He threatened: "You'd better not mess around, although you are stronger than me in terms of strength, but my poisonous skills are not to be underestimated, at most it will be a mutual destruction."

  "Alright, alright, Zhang Tian, you're already so old, why are you still acting like a child and competing with him? Are you not ashamed?" Star Luo's words startled Zhang Shili as well, but fortunately, the disaster had not yet occurred. Nevertheless, even if it did happen, she believed that Star Luo would be able to neutralize the poison, after all, if someone who uses poison doesn't know how to antidote it, that would truly be laughable.

  In the end, love still conquered blame.

  Upon hearing this, Xing Luo hastily hid behind Zhang Shili, put away the silver needle, and rolled her eyes at Zhang Tian. She decisively bought a good hand of cards and said disdainfully: "Exactly, Auntie Zhang was right. You're already so old, with a daughter even, yet you still try to compete with me? Don't think that just because you're formidable, I'll be afraid of you."