"Kid, tell me—just how did you capture Xie Lue alive? That fellow was only one step away from the Dao Realm. Though my little tricks could affect him for a moment or two, they absolutely could not have let you take him alive."
After returning to Five Blessings Residence, Ling Wangke hovered anxiously around Ye Zhen as he watched Xie Lue being released from the Spirit Beast Pouch, scratching at his ears and cheeks in agitation.
But Ye Zhen merely smiled without saying a word.
A peerless poison as rare as Jade Finger Scorpion Poison—a poison capable of bringing down even a Half-step Dao Realm expert—was something Ye Zhen would never reveal, no matter what.
Since Ye Zhen would not speak, there was nothing Ling Wangke could do but fret helplessly.
Yet Ye Zhen looked at Xie Lue with considerable regret.
He regretted that Little Demon was still asleep and had not yet awakened. If Little Demon had awakened, then with Little Demon's innate divine ability, draining Xie Lue dry would have sent Ye Zhen's cultivation soaring by a huge margin!
But now, it could only go to waste.
Since Xie Lue had been captured alive, Ye Zhen was bound to kill him.
The Soul Binding Technique might have been able to control Xie Lue and make him submit on the surface, but keeping someone like Xie Lue at his side would be nothing less than carrying a ticking bomb.
A man like Xie Lue, who had once held high rank and great power and excelled at schemes, would not need to act personally. Merely releasing a scrap of information would be enough to set Ye Zhen up for ruin.
Although the man's combat strength was exceedingly tempting, there was absolutely no possibility of subduing him. Ye Zhen knew that