Snake-Catching Plan (Part 1)

A burst of guards' battle cries came from outside. Viper had no time to verify anything. Presumably, he had absolute confidence in the Shadowless Needles, so he immediately leapt outside, shed his disguise, transformed into a Qianniu Guards general, and joined the encirclement of the fake Viper.

Watching from afar as the plan proceeded smoothly, Li Xiao finally relaxed and darted over to join the siege of the fake Viper.

Before long, the fake Viper, whose martial arts had only just entered the third rank, was cut down.

Di Renjie arrived beside the fake Viper with Di Chun and personally examined the body.

Suddenly recalling something, he said, "Not good. Come with me."

He immediately got up and ran toward the room where Liu Jin was being held. Hu Jinghui, Li Xiao, and Di Chun hurried after him.

When the door was opened, Hu Jinghui immediately rushed over and helped Li Yuanfang up from the floor. Seeing his darkened complexion, he felt relieved inside, but he put on an anxious act and shouted, "Yuanfang! Yuanfang!"

Di Renjie crouched down and examined Yuanfang's injuries. "Jinghui, don't move him."

Di Renjie quickly found a silver poisoned needle in Yuanfang's shoulder. He sniffed the poison and recognized the familiar formula.

Without a word, he rose and examined Liu Jin, who was slumped over the table. He soon found an identical poisoned needle in his neck. Liu Jin no longer had a pulse.

Looking at the dead Liu Jin, Di Renjie snorted. "In the end, he still couldn't escape being silenced. If he had known it would come to this, why get involved in the first place?"

At that moment, Hu Jinghui anxiously said, "My lord, Yuanfang seems to be at death's door."

Reassured inwardly, Di Renjie looked at Li Xiao and Hu Jinghui