The Almighty Martial Arts System - Chapter 304

“Sad Ethereal Breeze?”

Hearing Jiang Fei’s reply, Ye Yuanyuan was stunned. It took her a moment to process it, but she soon glared angrily and shouted, “Do you think I haven’t watched Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils? You jerk!”

A woman like Ye Yuanyuan certainly didn’t have the time or interest to watch Korean dramas, American shows, or variety programs like ordinary women. She also hadn’t had time to read wuxia novels. However, she had seen the TV adaptations of Jin Yong’s classic works, including the version of Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils starring Huang Rihua.

Wasn’t Sad Ethereal Breeze the potent anesthetic first used by the Western Xia’s First Class Hall in Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils? During the Beggar Clan’s assembly in Apricot Forest, agents from Western Xia used this very drug to incapacitate a large number of martial arts masters in one fell swoop.

Jiang Fei smiled. He knew that telling the truth wouldn’t convince Ye Yuanyuan anyway, so he had no problem admitting it frankly.

“Believe it or not, it’s an anesthetic. Just know that it’s incredibly potent,” Jiang Fei said as he walked into the main hall.

Ye Yuanyuan frowned and followed him inside.

Her mind recalled the description of Sad Ethereal Breeze from Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils: an odorless, colorless poisonous gas, a toxic liquid refined from poisonous creatures collected in Western Xia’s Valley of Joy. It was usually stored in a vial. When used, pulling the stopper would release the liquid as a gas, like a gentle breeze touching the body, undetectable even by the most alert individuals. The symptoms only appeared after being poisoned: a stinging sensation in the eyes, tears flowing freely—this was the ‘Sadness.’ Combined with the body becoming paralyzed and utterly weak—this was the ‘Ethereal’—hence the name Sad Ethereal Breeze.

As for the antidote, it was also a gas stored in a vial, but it smelled incredibly foul…

Ye Yuanyuan’s eyebrows shot up as she stared at Jiang Fei’s back, hardly able to believe it. The symptoms she had experienced after being poisoned, and the smell of the antidote… it seemed… it really did match the characteristics of Sad Ethereal Breeze!

Could it be that this guy had actually managed to concoct this miraculous anesthetic based solely on the fictional description from the novel?

That was just too sci-fi! The things in novels were fake. How could they possibly connect to the real world!

But then she thought about Jiang Fei’s various astonishing skills—his medical expertise, culinary arts, animal taming, swordsmanship…

Each one was supremely masterful, beyond the scope of ordinary people; one could even call him a monster. What seemed impossible to others might not be impossible for him.

“What about this mother and daughter? Haven’t you given them the antidote yet?” Ye Yuanyuan asked, looking at Min Dong’s wife and daughter.

“I already gave it to them. But they were previously drugged with a sleeping agent by these people, so they’re still unconscious,” Jiang Fei replied.

“Are they alright?”

Jiang Fei shook his head. “They’re fine. I’ve already checked their pulses. Their vital signs are normal, with no signs of poisoning. They should wake up tomorrow morning. So…”

At this point, Jiang Fei’s gaze turned towards the three assassins lying limp as rags in the hall, a smile curling on his lips. “So, we can interrogate them to our heart’s content, without any reservations.”

Seeing the devilish smile on Jiang Fei’s angelic face, the three notoriously ruthless A-rank assassins suddenly felt a chill run down their spines, a sense of sheer terror!

Jiang Fei’s reminder made them think: why hadn’t they poisoned Min Dong’s wife and daughter with some special, incurable toxin earlier?

If they had done that, even if Jiang Fei managed to rescue them now, he would still have to tread carefully, not daring to deal with them recklessly!

Unfortunately, that thought had never crossed their minds before.

But honestly, their preparations had been quite thorough already. To detain two defenseless women, they had deployed five powerful A-rank assassins and set up three layers of defense!

Under normal circumstances, who could possibly achieve what Jiang Fei had done?

It seemed like a fantasy, something only a deity could accomplish!

Before this, even the blonde foreign assassin, who knew quite a bit about Jiang Fei, only thought that Jiang Fei would be a major problem if he found this place. He never imagined that Jiang Fei could effortlessly capture them all in one go!

This guy was truly the formidable monster of legend!

Jiang Fei slowly walked into the main hall, pulled over a chair, and sat down. Two handguns were still lying on the table.

Clearly, they belonged to the two assassins who had been poisoned by Sad Ethereal Breeze before they could even fire a shot. Jiang Fei sat, playing with the two guns in his hands, smiling as he looked at the three men. “Alright, my time is precious. After I’m done here, I need to go home and sleep with my sweet-smelling wife. So I don’t have much time to listen to your nonsense. I’ll ask you questions, and you answer them honestly. Otherwise, I won’t mind sending you to meet your two comrades standing guard outside.”

The fact that Jiang Fei had entered so silently meant he had already killed the two guards outside.

“If you don’t speak, I’ll take it as consent,” Jiang Fei said casually. His eyes fell on the blonde foreigner, curious. “The five of you are definitely not ordinary thugs hired by the Du family. You must belong to some mysterious organization, right? And out of five people, there are even two foreign devils with blonde hair and blue eyes! That really piques my curiosity. Given the Du family’s methods, it’s not impossible for them to disregard martial ethics, commit insane acts that cost them far more than they gain, and bring disgrace to the medical community. But them being able to contact foreign assassins like you seems a bit unusual. So, tell me, what organization do you belong to? What is Du Ziliang, or rather, the Du family’s, relationship with you?”

Seeing Jiang Fei’s harmless smile and listening to his polite, almost scholarly questions made the three men’s hearts beat faster.

That smile made them even more uneasy!

Jiang Fei waited for about half a minute after finishing his questions, then shook his head. “It seems you’re not planning to cooperate and want to waste my time. In that case…”

BANG!

A muffled gunshot rang out, a wisp of smoke rising. The assassin who had initially been guarding Min Dong’s wife and daughter in the inner room, the one Jiang Fei had dragged out, instantly had his head bloom with a spray of blood.

Already leaning weakly against the table, he died instantly, his eyes still wide open.

The other two assassins’ eyelids twitched violently upon seeing this, their scalps tingling with fear. They hadn’t expected Jiang Fei to kill so decisively!

“Did you think I was joking? Or did you think I wouldn’t dare to kill?” The smile on Jiang Fei’s face faded bit by bit, replaced by a cold stare at the remaining two.