naruto-story Chapter 1609 - 1591:
Chapter 1609 - 1591:
"How is it different? Don’t we still need to find live people to test the medicine?"
Liu Cheng didn’t understand again. He had a deep understanding of martial arts, but was completely clueless in terms of scheming and planning.
"Think about it, the responsibility for the problem with the medicine developed by the Huangpu Family, whose fault is it? Could it be Nangong Yunxi’s fault?"
Chen Xuan clicked his tongue, changed into a white lab coat, and took off the watch from his wrist.
"You’re overthinking it. He’s not that foolish. It’s just that something happened with the Huangpu Family’s side, and they’ve suddenly put the plan on hold. This path is blocked. Trust me, in a few days he’ll find another way and ask us to find more people, do you believe it?"
Chen Xuan spoke with confidence, as if he had completely figured out Nangong Yunxi.
"So you are planning ahead? Preventing the Palace Master from catching us off guard?"
Liu Cheng asked again.
Chen Xuan smiled slightly and didn’t explain further. He simply said, "Sort of. Let’s go to the lab and see how it’s going."
The room was simply furnished, with just a few tables and a bed.
Chen Xuan walked to a stool, moved it, and after touching something unknown, a small hole appeared on the ground.
A strong medicinal smell hit his nose. Chen Xuan covered his mouth and nose, frowning. "Liu Cheng, haven’t we started testing the medicine yet? Why is there such a strong smell?"
"Second Hall Master, it’s like a small hospital down there, with everything in it, so a strong medicinal smell is normal."
Liu Cheng explained.
Chen Xuan hummed, waved to him, signaling him to go down first.
Down in the basement, as Liu Cheng said, it had everything; they even prepared ECG monitors.
Chen Xuan chuckled, "Liu Cheng, you’ve prepared quite comprehensively, but the ECG monitors are useless. They are our test subjects. If the medicine works, they will become Deadpools, following our orders. If it fails, they’ll be dead. So these monitors are useless, remove them later, or the Palace Master will accuse us of wasting money."
Liu Cheng nodded, "Yes, Second Hall Master, you’re right. I’ll remove them right away."
After scanning the room and not seeing the people Liu Cheng had captured, Chen Xuan turned to him, "Where are they? Where are they locked up?"
"In another room."
Liu Cheng said, then walked to a door and opened it, revealing a glass cage inside, where four or five strong men lay.
But these strong men were lying unconscious on the ground. Chen Xuan stood at the door and glanced a few times, "Not bad, these men look like practitioners. Although they’re not cultivators, they seem to have good physical conditions."
"Should we start now?" Liu Cheng asked curiously.
Chen Xuan shook his head, "No, not now. Lock them here first, and wait until we have more people."
"Still need to find more?"
"What else? There are only four or five people here, and if we want to form a Deadpool team, we need at least twenty people. Do you think it’s enough?"
Liu Cheng shook his head reluctantly, "Actually, Second Hall Master, why don’t we directly look for the Yin Summoning Talisman? With it, we’ll have a thousand Deadpools, saving us this trouble."
Chen Xuan looked at Liu Cheng as if he were an idiot, and snorted, "Didn’t the Yin Summoning Talisman get lost from the Yuwen Family? Where would you even start looking in this vast world? We can only use the medicine testing method to turn them into Deadpools now."
Previously, they had thought about obtaining the Yin Summoning Talisman from the Yuwen Family, but without the Palace Master’s orders, no one dared to act rashly, and someone else got hold of it.
Now, they had no idea whose hands the Yin Summoning Talisman was in.
"Let’s get out of here. The smell is really unbearable."
From the moment he entered, Chen Xuan kept covering his nose and mouth; he couldn’t stand the medicinal smell.
The two exited the basement, got into the car, and drove away from the village.
The village remained as peaceful as ever, as if Chen Xuan and Liu Cheng had never been there.
...
The mention of the Yin Summoning Talisman reminded them that after Zun Di obtained it, he went into hiding with Gao Weijie.
Nobody knew why they remained in hiding.
The Yin Summoning Talisman disappeared along with their concealment.
In a villa, Nangong Yunxi and Xia Xuan sat across from each other, "I heard you met with Liu Cheng?"
Nangong Yunxi sipped his tea lightly.
Xia Xuan nodded, "Yes, I’ve seen him. He said he came to the Capital City on a mission."
Nangong Yunxi chuckled, "It is a mission, but not one I assigned him."
Xia Xuan frowned, "Liu Cheng has always been Chen Xuan’s confidant, and after all these years, does he still only follow Chen Xuan’s orders?"
Nangong Yunxi shook his head, "It’s not exactly like he only follows Chen Xuan’s orders, but in his heart, he only acknowledges Chen Xuan as his master."
"I assigned the task to Chen Xuan, aiming to find live people for testing, to cultivate Deadpools."
Nangong Yunxi leaned back on the sofa, gazing at the ceiling, "The Huangpu Family’s side can’t work for now, so I plan to use the old method again."
"Cultivating Deadpools?" Xia Xuan looked at Nangong Yunxi in shock. He had never discussed this with him before, and he was unaware of it.
"To expand our power, we must scale up. But the forces in the world of martial arts are already saturated. It’s hard to recruit from other sects. The fastest shortcut is to create a batch of Deadpools."
Nangong Yunxi took a deep breath, expressing his thoughts, "I haven’t told you about this before, not because I don’t trust you, but because the idea wasn’t mature."
"I understand. I’m not blaming you for not telling me, but using this method is risky and could trigger an alert."
Xia Xuan frowned at him, "If you want Deadpools, we could totally go for the Yin Summoning Talisman. It’s said to summon a thousand Deadpools, equating to a whole army in combat power."
"Do you know where to look?" Nangong Yunxi raised his brows.
Xia Xuan fell silent immediately. Indeed, where could they search for the Yin Summoning Talisman? Gao Weijie and Zun Di had disappeared.
"But I’ve always been curious. This Zun Di has never taken human form, always attaching to others. After so long without news, could he be dead?"
Nangong Yunxi pondered while rubbing his chin. He shook his head gently, "I’ve had people investigating this lately. My sources report they obtained the Yin Summoning Talisman and Demon Sword, but did not get the Sword Soul."
"Sword Soul?"