Half an hour later.
Wu Nanfeng hurried back to the City Lord's Mansion with the Heavenly Poison Demon Seed.
"Grandfather... something happened."
After knocking open the door to Wu Qiuse's cultivation chamber, Wu Nanfeng carefully placed the Heavenly Poison Demon Seed before him.
Wu Qiuse gave it a casual glance, then suddenly caught his breath.
"Th-this is the Heavenly Poison Demon Seed, isn't it?"
"The legendary Heaven Grade Poison—where did you get it? How did you dare bring something like this home without proper protection? What if it fell to the ground? That would be disastrous!"
"Grandfather... I was wrong. I was too anxious."
"I came to ask you to see whether this Heavenly Poison Demon Seed is real."
"Of course it's real, one hundred percent genuine. Where did this thing come from?"
Wu Nanfeng took a deep breath.
"A guy surnamed Yang gave it to me, but I'm afraid that Yang fellow has no good intentions. He was planning to use this to plot against Li Yun, but I talked him into giving it to me."
"What?"
"Using the Heavenly Poison Demon Seed to plot against Li Yun? What is this Yang fellow's background?"
Wu Nanfeng said, "I don't know what his background is either. I only feel that he's somewhat mysterious. Some time ago, after I returned from Wanqing Mountain, I was still bitter over running into Li Yun there. I went out to drink away my sorrows, and that was when I met him."
"This fellow is very smooth in social situations. After drinking with me two or three times, he gave me quite a few things. We could barely be considered friends."
"But I always felt that he was sly, the sort of petty man with honey on his lips and a dagger in his heart.