Ye Zhen's first Talisman Signal was sent to the gambling-addicted fellow who had gone shopping with him during the day.
Less than ten breaths after Ye Zhen sent out the Talisman Signal, the man came knocking and entered like a whirlwind.
"Brother Cheng, what kind of good stuff did you bring back? Don't tell me you..." The gambling-addicted Grand Spirit Master stared at the Spirit Beast Pouch at Ye Zhen's waist, his face full of eager anticipation.
When he saw Ye Zhen mysteriously cast a soundproof barrier that could isolate all sound and some faint fluctuations of power, the gambling-addicted Grand Spirit Master grew even more curious.
"Come take a look!" Ye Zhen opened the pouch, wearing a cryptic smile.
As the gambling-addicted Grand Spirit Master leaned closer, he failed to notice the two pots of green plants placed beside where Ye Zhen stood.
The instant he approached, the thorns on one of the plants suddenly shot outward and pierced his calf.
The gambling-addicted Grand Spirit Master merely felt a slight itch in his leg and paid it no heed. But when he lowered his head to look, his expression changed drastically.
"Brother Cheng, you..."
When he looked up, all he saw was Ye Zhen's somewhat sinister smile. Instinctively sensing something was wrong, the gambling-addicted Grand Spirit Master tried to mobilize his spirit power.
Yet the moment he urged his spirit power, he discovered in terror that he could not raise even a trace of it. His Soul Power seemed to have been sealed away.
The Jade Finger Scorpion Poison, improved and refined by Pill King Shuilian, had become even more colorless and odorless. Its poison was more tyrannical, and it acted even faster—once blood was drawn, it took effect immediately.
Before he could even scream, Ye Zhen used an