"Bai Yu, you're courting death!"
Ning Zhirou shot to her feet, and a terrifying pressure swept out. Had Bai Yu not set up restrictions around the small courtyard in advance, the commotion would have alarmed the entire Xiao Residence!
Her killing intent-laden gaze bore down on Bai Yu, and her furious shout was like rolling thunder.
If she still could not hear the meaning behind Bai Yu's words, then she would truly be a complete fool.
But what Ning Zhirou had not expected was that Bai Yu would actually dare to poison her!
Did he really think that a mere seventh-grade high-tier wine could hold her in check?
Ning Zhirou was clearly still shaken. She had never expected Bai Yu to have been plotting against her from the very moment they met. His apparent cooperation had all been meant to lower her guard.
He had even lowered his stance and taken out an eighth-grade Great Medicine as bait. Every last bit of it had been to make her drink this wine.
At this moment, the effects of the Sorrowful Crisp Breeze had already taken hold. If she had not realized it in time and suppressed it with her powerful cultivation, the wine's power would have sealed her dantian long ago.
Even so, she was already unable to wield a third of her strength.
"Heh. If you really were from the Holy Heaven Cult, I truly wouldn't have been able to make up my mind to deal with you. But judging from your behavior, you don't seem like it. Instead, you seem rather concerned about the Esoteric Sect."
Bai Yu did not even rise. He merely looked at Ning Zhirou indifferently and spoke casually.
"At first, I truly believed your identity. But you were too impatient. You hadn't fully understood the