Poison Pill

Tang Huo'er, clad in red, stood before all the Burning Flame Valley Elders and spoke with great emotion. This was I-didn't-know-how-many-times that the little girl had surprised me.

They said that after a woman slept with a man, she would become a real woman and rapidly mature... The ancients truly did not deceive us!

After that fierce battle with Ice River Valley, perhaps it was the terror of Burning Flame Valley standing on the brink of destruction, or perhaps the deaths of countless familiar faces, that had unleashed Tang Huo'er's tremendous potential and made her grow up so quickly.

Having followed Tang Zhen for years, she had long learned many methods of handling people through what she heard and saw. She had simply either been too lazy to use them before, or unwilling to use them, which was why she had seemed somewhat innocent and naive.

Yet with these words, that petite and delicate figure seen from behind faintly carried a few traces of her father's bearing.

Several Burning Flame Valley Elders were left speechless by Tang Huo'er. The fact that I had saved Burning Flame Valley was plain for all to see. Before so many people, no one dared to repay kindness with ingratitude and tell blatant lies.

And according to Tang Huo'er, I had rendered Burning Flame Valley the great favor of preserving its legacy, so giving a few captives to me as a gift...

It did not seem all that excessive, either.

The hot-tempered Burning Flame Valley Elder who had spoken first found himself in an awkward position. He turned to Tang Zhen, hesitating to speak. He still advocated killing all the captives. There were many ways to repay a favor; since I had saved Burning Flame Valley, they would naturally repay me, but they did not