"Thank you for telling me, Senior."
Bai Wanwan smiled politely and watched Dugu Bo gradually walk away.
Only after Dugu Bo had vanished completely from view did Bai Wanwan withdraw her gaze and snap her fingers lightly.
"Uncle Moxiong, go fetch Yang Wushuang. I have something to discuss with him."
"Yes, Young Lady."
Moxiong, who stood behind Bai Wanwan, answered and headed toward Yang Wushuang's room.
Bai Wanwan opened the Ruyi Treasure Pouch, reached inside, pinched Nine-Section Emerald by the tail, and pulled the snake out.
Dangling headfirst in midair, Nine-Section Emerald held its body stiff and straight as a javelin, not daring to move.
She flicked a finger against the snake, making its body sway from side to side with just enough force, but it remained stiff, like a dead snake.
"Keep playing dead, and I'll steep you in liquor."
Bai Wanwan spoke softly, but blue Soul Power began gathering in her other hand. Carrying an intensely icy chill, it slowly approached Nine-Section Emerald.
As though sensing danger, Nine-Section Emerald instantly sprang into motion, twisting upward along Bai Wanwan's fingers and coiling around her wrist. It affectionately rubbed its head against the back of her hand, looking as docile as could be.
"Wouldn't it have been better to do that from the start?"
"Stick with me from now on, and I'll make sure you feast every day."
Bai Wanwan tapped Nine-Section Emerald's head with a finger, took an unidentified herb from the Ruyi Treasure Pouch, and held it to the snake's mouth.
Nine-Section Emerald cleverly swallowed the offered herb.
Watching Nine-Section Emerald, Bai Wanwan nodded in satisfaction. No wonder Dugu Bo regarded this snake as a priceless treasure. It really was intelligent.
Soon, Yang Wushuang arrived with Moxiong.
At the sight of Nine-Section Emerald coiled around Bai Wanwan's wrist, Yang Wushuang's eyes involuntarily brightened. He leaned forward to examine it closely.
"Nine-Section Emerald!"
"The finest of Bamboo Pit Vipers. Judging by its appearance and quality, it's truly the best of the best."
Yang Wushuang inspected Nine-Section Emerald from every angle, his eyes full of admiration.
Compared with refining medicine, Yang Wushuang was actually most skilled at refining poisons. He had even fully mastered the forbidden poison passed down within the Breaking Clan: Myriad Purples and Thousand Reds. Naturally, he was extremely fond of a superb venomous creature like Nine-Section Emerald.
"This Nine-Section Emerald is quite something, isn't it?"
"His Excellency Poison Douluo just gave it to me. Apparently, it's been fed poisonous creatures and herbs since it was young. They say its venom could wipe out a city."
Bai Wanwan smiled and teased Nine-Section Emerald with her finger.
"Venom that could wipe out a city?"
"That's not wrong. If it bites a Soul Master below the Spirit King level, they're almost certain to die unless the venom is neutralized immediately."
"Those above the Spirit King level can suppress the venom with Soul Power, but if they can't find a way to neutralize it, they probably won't escape death either."
Yang Wushuang nodded solemnly.
"Then would its venom work on a Titled Douluo?"
Bai Wanwan asked curiously.
"Uh..."
Yang Wushuang looked at Nine-Section Emerald, then at the curiosity in Bai Wanwan's eyes. He lowered his head in thought for a moment before slowly looking up. "Young Lady, in theory, Nine-Section Emerald's venom would work on a Titled Douluo. In practice, though, unless a Titled Douluo willingly swallowed its venom, its fangs wouldn't even pierce their skin, even if they stood still and let it bite them."
"After all, a Titled Douluo's physical resilience is no trifling matter. If its fangs can't penetrate, its venom is useless, no matter how potent it is. Besides, to this day, I don't believe I've ever heard of a Titled Douluo being poisoned to death."
As Bai Wanwan listened to Yang Wushuang, her gaze remained calm and her expression did not change.
After all, she had never intended to use Nine-Section Emerald against a Titled Douluo.
"Yang Wushuang, I mainly called you here about neutralizing Dugu Bo's poison. I'll tell you the method. Tomorrow, prepare everything you need and go help him remove it."
Bai Wanwan explained the detoxification method she knew to Yang Wushuang.
Listening to Bai Wanwan's explanation, Yang Wushuang nodded earnestly, indicating that he had committed it to memory.
With the detoxification arrangements settled, Bai Wanwan waved Moxiong and Yang Wushuang away, then picked up the Ruyi Treasure Pouch before her and headed to her room.
She entered the room.
Setting the Ruyi Treasure Pouch casually on the table, Bai Wanwan sat by the floor-to-ceiling window and teased Nine-Section Emerald on her wrist with a finger.
Meanwhile, out on the street...
A middle-aged man dressed in black held a cup of tea, his golden eyes fixed on Bai Wanwan as she sat by the floor-to-ceiling window on the hotel's fourth floor.
"Tsk."
"Human beverages are pretty good."
The middle-aged man murmured to himself, never once taking his gaze off Bai Wanwan.
Night gradually fell.
In her hotel room, Bai Wanwan put Nine-Section Emerald into the Ruyi Treasure Pouch, stretched, and lay down on the soft bed, slowly drifting off to sleep.
An unknown amount of time passed.
In the dark, silent room, the faint trickle of tea being poured began to sound, accompanied by the soft scrape of a cup against the tabletop.
Bai Wanwan quietly rolled over on the bed. Her eyes opened without a sound, and she looked toward the source of the noise.
Her azure eyes immediately met a pair of golden ones.
The instant their gazes met, Bai Wanwan confirmed that she did not recognize the dark figure before her. She raised a hand, and the Reverse Wave Dragon Spine Spear appeared in her grasp. With a powerful motion of her arm, she hurled it straight at the figure.
What the hell are Guibao and Moxiong doing, letting someone sneak into my room without a sound?
Bai Wanwan thought to herself. Just as she was about to sit up, she witnessed something that stunned her.
When the flying Reverse Wave Dragon Spine Spear was still a meter away from the dark figure, he reached out and caught its shaft.
Screeech!
The grinding of refined metal rang through the room. An intensely icy-blue aura and azure light radiated from the Reverse Wave Dragon Spine Spear's shaft as it slid forward through his grip.
It finally stopped before his eyes. With a turn of his wrist, the dark figure drove the Reverse Wave Dragon Spine Spear's tip into the floor.
"Tsk, this spear is pretty heavy. Eighty thousand jin."
"Unfortunately, your strength is a little too low."
An imposing voice echoed leisurely through the room.
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