Chapter 289: Offer Himself
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
Gu Qingluan followed his pointing finger and looked over.
The masked man was tightly bound by vines, his eyes shut as if he had passed out.
“What happened to him?”
“He’s injured and unconscious from poisoning.”
Approaching the masked man, Gu Qingluan scanned him with her spiritual awareness.
The situation was even worse than it appeared on the surface; he was close to death.
Curiosity piqued, she wondered who this troublemaker disrupting the Dark Tower auction was.
With a flash of white light from her fingertip, she aimed for the mask covering his face.
The mask emitted a faint glow, absorbing the attack completely.
“Oh!”
Gu Qingluan was slightly surprised.
“Mistress, I just tried it; this mask is very special. I can’t take it off, nor can I break it,” Heaven Star chimed in, its adorable ponytail swaying.
Gu Qingluan attempted to remove the mask but found it stuck to his face as if it were a part of him.
“Never mind, retract the vines. With his current condition, he can’t cause any trouble.”
Heaven Star nodded.
If he hadn’t tried to move around recklessly, he wouldn’t have been tied up like this.
The vines retracted swiftly and disappeared into the ground.
Gu Qingluan crouched down to examine the man’s injuries more closely.
The most severe wound appeared to be the one on his chest, resembling an injury from a sharp weapon. The wound had turned black, indicating that the poison had entered through it.
Gu Qingluan could have used a detoxifying elixir to neutralize the poison, but she chose not to.
She used her arcane power to force the poison to concentrate in his legs and sealed it there using gold needles.
“You lucky fellow, I just used the Primordial Gold Needle I got on you.”
Though the Primordial Gold Needle was incomplete, it had more than enough capacity to seal the poison.
After sealing the poison, she used a gold needle to awaken him.
The masked man slowly opened his eyes. Upon seeing the person in front of him, he abruptly regained his senses. He attempted to stand up but soon realized that his legs wouldn’t respond. In his struggle, he inadvertently tugged at the wound on his chest.
Instantly, blood gushed out, and he grimaced in pain.
Beads of sweat formed on his forehead as he endured the excruciating agony.
Once the intense pain subsided, he mustered a sigh of relief. His first action was to reach for his legs, saying, “My legs…”
“You’ve been severely poisoned, and I’ve sealed the poison to your legs. You won’t be able to move for now,” Gu Qingluan explained.
The masked man breathed a sigh of relief.
“This poison is no ordinary poison; it’s a unique toxin from the Shadow Tower. They say there’s no antidote.”
Upon hearing this, the masked man’s pupils constricted.
Gu Qingluan chuckled softly. “However, I just checked, and I can cure this poison.”
Her words led to a rollercoaster of emotions on the masked man’s face.
The masked man’s eyes flickered slightly as he raised his head and said, “Many thanks for saving my life, sir. I wonder how I can repay your kindness by having this poison cured?”
Gu Qingluan snapped her fingers and remarked, “Speaking with clever individuals is always effortless. I’ve just saved you once; how about showing me your sincerity first?”
The masked man’s eyes went through various changes. After a moment of contemplation, he muttered, “I cannot give you the Boundary Wall Key.” “Why are you still holding onto the key when your life is hanging by a thread?” Gu Qingluan asked in astonishment.
The masked man pursed his parched lips and replied, “I risked my life for that key.”
“Alright, I can forgo the key. So, tell me, what can you offer me?”
The masked man lowered his head and looked at himself. He realized he had nothing of value from head to toe.
After a long pause, he spoke hoarsely, “Can I…?”
“Mistress, is he suggesting that he’s willing to offer himself?”
Having little exposure to the outside world but having read plenty of books, the starry-eyed Heaven Star couldn’t help but ask, eyes gleaming with curiosity.
The masked man’s face instantly turned beet red, and Gu Qingluan noticed that his ears were as red as if they were on fire.
She playfully flicked her finger on Heaven Star’s pristine forehead and said, “Don’t talk nonsense! From now on, read fewer of those messy and uninformative books.”
Heaven Star touched his own forehead with a somewhat dejected expression and mumbled, “Isn’t it, though?”