Chapter 184: Ambush on the Road, Shen Xiangwan's Poison
"I'll see for myself first."

Waving her hand to decline his kindness, Shen Xiangwan walked to the bookshelf, pulled out a copy of the Book of Songs, flipped through it, quickly put it back, and pulled out another one. She repeated this process over and over again, and almost flipped through all the books on the bookshelf.

The shopkeeper, who was very enthusiastic at first, saw that she was just looking and not buying, and the smile on her face faded a little. But Shen Xiangwan was completely immersed in her own thoughts and didn't notice anything unusual. After flipping through the bookshelf in front of her, she turned to another bookshelf and repeated the previous action. No book could stay in her hands for a long time.

Time passed by minute by minute. Seeing that she had almost finished flipping through half of the books in the bookstore, but still had no intention of buying anything, the smile on the shopkeeper's face completely collapsed: "Young lady, what book do you need? I can help you find it."

"what?"

Shen Xiangwan, who was about to turn to another bookshelf, was stunned. Then he found that the shopkeeper's face seemed a little ugly. Thinking about his previous behavior, it seemed that something was wrong?

Based on the principle that if she is not embarrassed, then others will be embarrassed, Shen Xiangwan remained calm and took out two books from the bookshelf next to her: "I want to buy these two."

"Okay, three taels of silver."

"How many?"

Shen Xiangwan almost thought that she had heard wrongly. It was just two books, but they were priced at three taels of silver. You know, the annual expenditure of an average family is only two or three taels of silver. Are their books inlaid with gold?

"I'll give you three taels of silver."

Thinking that she had no money to buy it, the shopkeeper repeated it with a fake smile.

"···"

After making sure that she had heard correctly, Shen Xiangwan's mouth twitched. In the end, she bought it despite the other party's unfriendly gaze. However, she asked a few more questions about the book. It was not until the other party's impatience was clearly written on his face that she turned around and left with Yuanying and Yuanyue.

"A down-and-out scholar and a pretty fox fairy? A talented and charming man and a beautiful lady?"

Looking at the two books she bought, Yuan Yue's mouth muscles twitched uncontrollably. Does Madam like this kind of thing?

"···"

Hearing this, Shen Xiangwan picked up the book and looked at it carefully. His forehead was covered with black lines. Why is the name so strange? No, why would a bookstore sell such a book? Are you sure it's a legitimate bookstore?
"Ahem..."

Yuan Yue clenched his fist and coughed twice, trying hard to resist the urge to laugh: "Madam, if you like this kind of storybook, I can..."

"It's not necessary!"

Without giving her the chance to finish, Shen Xiangwan retorted and got into the carriage holding the two books. Yuan Yue and Yuan Ying looked at each other. If they had not received strict training, they would have burst into laughter by now. Madam is quite adorable sometimes. No wonder the Second Master loves her so much.

Wow...is it so erotic?

On the way back, Shen Xiangwan was bored and picked up the book "The Down and Out Scholar and the Coquettish Fox Fairy" and started reading it. He was shocked when he saw it. It was about 10,000 to 20,000 words, two-thirds of which were action scenes. The descriptions between the lines were erotic and explicit, which made people's blood boil. Shen Xiangwan couldn't help but sigh in amazement. Where was the reservedness of the ancients? Compared with this, the pure love literature on the Internet in the future world was simply not worth mentioning.

"Ok?"

Shen Xiangwan, who was watching with great interest, suddenly felt a strong murderous aura. She couldn't help but frown slightly. This murderous aura was obviously directed at her. Could it be that it was the Dog Emperor's men again?
"Madam, be careful..."

"bump!"

Before Shen Xiangwan could react, Yuan Yue's warning suddenly sounded outside, but before she could finish her words, a powerful force came towards her, and the carriage and the horses inside were instantly split in half. If Shen Xiangwan had not hidden in the space and came out at the critical moment, she would have been beheaded.

"lady."

Yuan Yue and Yuan Ying, who had escaped the disaster with their profound martial arts, both rushed in front of her and breathed a sigh of relief after making sure that she was not injured. The Second Master trusted them and entrusted the Madam's safety to them. If the Madam was injured just after he left, how would they have the face to see the Second Master in the future?

"Shen Xiangwan?"

As they were talking, dozens of men in black appeared one after another. The leading man stared at Shen Xiangwan, and the others also had unfriendly looks. The weapons in everyone's hands were shining coldly, as if they were desperately shouting out their bloodthirsty desires.

"Madam." Seeing this, Yuan Yue Yuan Ying blocked Shen Xiang Wan behind her with a serious expression: "Who are you?"

"Are you Shen Xiangwan?"

The leading man in black ignored them and continued to stare at Shen Xiangwan, with a strong murderous aura all over his body.

"Yes."

Pushing Yuan Yue aside, Shen Xiangwan stepped forward, raised his head and looked at the men in black and asked coldly: "Dragon Shadow Guard?"

"Ok?"

The leading black-clad man was stunned for a moment, then he let out two strange cries: "The dead have no right to know, kill her!"

"Yes."

As soon as he finished speaking, the other men in black rushed forward.

"Yuan Ying, take the lady away first!"

"Get out!"

Seeing this, Yuan Yue growled and was about to rush out, but Shen Xiangwan grabbed her arm and threw her back, blocking Yuan Ying who was about to step forward to protect her. Facing the black-clothed man rushing towards her, Shen Xiangwan's slender white jade hand casually lifted the hair that fell on her cheek, and her cherry red lips slowly outlined a bloodthirsty arc: "Dead...?"

"Well···"

"what happened?"

"what···"

"Bump bump bump!"

Just as the men in black were about to rush in front of them, with their butcher knives raised high, their bodies suddenly stiffened, and then they fell to the ground in pain one by one. A faint foul odor filled the air. Soon after, the men in black who were rolling on the ground seemed to be corroded bit by bit, and a large amount of black and smelly liquid overflowed from their bodies.

“Ah…my hand…”

"no, do not want···"

"Ahh..."

Seeing their bodies corroding rapidly, the men in black on the ground screamed in pain. Their previously domineering aura disappeared in an instant, replaced by deep fear and regret.

"This is···"

What a horrible poison!
Yuan Yue and Yuan Ying, who were blocked by Shen Xiangwan behind them, widened their eyes at the same time. Although the commander had told them that the lady was good at using poison, they never dreamed that the lady's poison was so horrible that it not only knocked down all the men in black in an instant, but also corroded their bodies bit by bit, causing them to die little by little in painful torture.

"To be on the safe side, one pill per person."

Shen Xiangwan casually threw a small porcelain bottle to them and kept looking coldly at the men in black who were still rolling and wailing. She usually wouldn't take the initiative to provoke others, but if anyone thought she was easy to bully, then she would have to teach him a lesson on how to behave.

On the road of exile, she realized more than once that she lacked strength. Even if she worked hard to practice the Taixuan Heart Sutra, she could not become a martial arts master in a short period of time. The pistols and other hot weapons in her space also had great limitations when dealing with real masters.

Therefore, she had to find another way and delve into studying poisons. No matter what, she would not let herself become a burden to others and lose the ability to protect herself.

【End of this chapter】

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