The man hadn't realized who was threatening him, Fu Xie Lan's movements were so fast that Qian Cheng couldn't see clearly, coupled with the dim light coming from the lantern in the room.

"What do you want?" Qian Cheng asked in a trembling voice.

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"What's your goal in capturing and chaining the creature?" asked Fu Xie Lan.

"What creature?"

"Don't pretend you don't know!!" the girl retorted slightly pressing her dagger against Qian Cheng's neck and managed to cause a stinging sensation as the sharp part of the object sliced ​​through his skin.

"Someone wants it," he answered immediately.

"Who?"

"I-I don't know, he suddenly came to me the other day and told me to snatch that creature from some people."

"R-really, I didn't know. Please let me go," Qian Cheng added again.

"And you did it voluntarily without knowing who exactly you were dealing with?" Fu Xie Lan's cold voice pierced into the middle-aged man's eardrums, making him shudder in horror.

Qian Cheng swallowed hard saliva, "R-right, I was promised such a big reward if I managed to hand over that creature to him, please let me go," he said again sounding frustrated.

Fu Xie Lan heard all the words of the man, a cold gaze radiated from her violet eyes.

'Who's the person trying to play with me?'

"Unlock the chain on the creature," ordered Fu Xie Lan turning Qian Cheng's body very rudely.

"B-but i..."

"Do it or die?" she whispered coldly in the man's ear and managed to make all the hairs on his neck stand on end. Even though it was only a whisper, but what Qian Cheng felt was like an angel of death gently stroking the back of his neck.

"O-okay, b-but I can't open it," replied the middle-aged man. In his heart, maybe he still had a chance. If his hand let go, he would immediately counterattack.

"I'm not so stupid as to believe you."

"Where's the key?" asked Fu Xie Lan again.

Hearing those words, Qian Cheng felt frustrated. There was no way for him.

"I can kill you at any time, don't think that I can't find the key without you," Fu Xie Lan snarled.

"In my shirt pocket," Qian Cheng replied as soon as he heard that sentence.

Immediately Fu Xie Lan reached into Qian Cheng's shirt pocket, and sure enough, a key was there.

"Where did you get a chain like that?" asked Fu Xie Lan again after seeing the lock shape of the chain wrapped around Hao's neck. Several runes that were engraved repeatedly filled the surface of the key.

"From that person," Qian Cheng replied.

"You've been repeating the word 'that person' since earlier, who are you referring to?" Fu Xie Lan said annoyed.

"Jun..."

"Long Shi..."

"Where are you?"

A voice came from outside the room, and it managed to make Fu Xie Lan lift her head and her violet eyes quickly searched for the source of the sound.

Seeing the figure that entered her view, a faint smirk was etched on her lips behind the mask.

"Tell them to wait outside," Fu Xie Lan ordered to Qian Cheng and more pressing her dagger against the middle-aged man's neck.

"Is that you guys? Qiao? Lim?"

"Chairman?"

"That's right, it's us."

"S-sorry for disturbing your rest," said one of them. Hearing the sound of their voices, it seemed that they were already right in front of the room where Fu Xie Lan and Qian Chen were.

"What is wrong?" Qian Cheng asked from inside the room.

"The trap we set did nothing, Chief," answered one of them in a slightly low voice but still able to penetrate the walls of the room and be heard by the two people inside.

"How is that possible? Can you explain in more detail?" Qian Cheng ordered.

"We suspect that some people stole the prey that managed to get into the trap," explained someone.

"We found two bodies with arrows in their bodies, right not far from the trap, besides, the trap has been broken, proving that someone might have stolen the prey trapped there," It was Qiao's voice. The man explained at length when he saw Lim who was beside him reluctant to speak.

"Only that?" asked Qian Cheng

"Sorry, Chief," they both said at the same time.

"It's okay. Wait outside," said the middle-aged man again. Everything that came out of his mouth was based on Fu Xie Lan's orders.

"All right, chief." Neither Lim and Qiao both felt confused at Qian Cheng's reply. It was uncommon for the chairman to respond like that.

"Take a good look," Fu Xie Lan whispered in Qian Cheng's ear. The two of them were currently facing the table where Hao was at.

Using the mana in her body, the plant vines that bound the middle-aged man's two wrists began to branch, lengthen, and slowly took the lock-in Fu Xie Lan's hand then moved to open the chain around Hao's neck.

And a second later, a ticking sound was heard indicating that the lock on the chain was unlocked. At the same time, the chain falling onto the table.

While the middle-aged man blinked as if he couldn't believe what he saw.

You're dealing with the wrong person," said Fu Xie Lan in such a cold tone of voice and immediately turned Qian Cheng's body to face her with the silver dagger still stuck to the man's neck, if he moved just a little, it would slice the skin of his neck even more.

"Y-you!"

"Why? Are you surprised?"

"A-aren't you ..."

"Poisoned?" Fu Xie Lan chuckled.

"What if the person you're going to poison is the poison itself?" she added again managed to make Qian Cheng look at her with a look of disbelief.

"P-please spare me, Sir."

"I promise I won't hurt you again, I beg you."

"I will do anything if you let me go, I beg you," Qian Cheng lamented later.

"I refuse!"

"I-I beg you, I can be your slave, please don't kill me," Qian Cheng begged over.

"Alright, I won't kill you if you tell me what kind the person who gave you the chain looked like," said Fu Xie Lan then smile.

Hearing that, Qian Cheng fell silent and was rooted to the spot.

"Do not want?"

"Okay, you're asking for your death," she said then slowly moved the dagger around Qian Cheng's neck.

"Wait. Alright, alright. I'll tell you," said the middle-aged man immediately stopping the dagger's movement that felt deeper in the skin of his neck, he could feel a liquid dripping from there accompanied by pain.

"The person who gave me the chain was an old man with..."

Crash

Along with the sound of something breaking, Qian Cheng fell. And a few minutes later, in his mouth came out with a lot of white foam and smelled bad.

Immediately Fu Xie Lan distanced herself from the middle-aged man's body.

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Her eyes stared blankly at the lifeless body that lay in front of her eyes.

He's Poisoned.