A Surprise for the Wolf Head Mercenary Group

Hearing Xiao Yi Xian's words, Xiao Yu finally lowered his guard and turned to look at her.

Xiao Yi Xian did not know that his Heavenly Flames could evaporate toxins. Xiao Yu had just been about to make a joke, but when he turned around, he could no longer look away.

Xiao Yi Xian stood naked before him. Just now, he had not noticed because he thought there was danger and had shielded her behind him. Now, the two of them were pressed tightly together.

Looking at the alluring Xiao Yi Xian, Xiao Yu's heart was gradually consumed by blazing heat.

Feeling Xiao Yu's burning gaze, Xiao Yi Xian did not know how to react either.

She could only whisper softly.

"Poison... there's poison..."

Seeing Xiao Yi Xian's flustered state, Xiao Yu could no longer suppress the heat in his heart. He wrapped his arms tightly around her, then gently pressed his lips to those of the beauty in his embrace.

The two stood amid the wreckage of the room, entwined with one another.

After a long while, their lips parted. Just as Xiao Yu wanted to continue, Xiao Yi Xian, who was held in his arms, regained a trace of clarity. She hurriedly shoved him away, lowered her head, and wrapped her arms around her alluring pale body.

Xiao Yu also came to his senses and hurriedly picked up the clothes scattered on the floor, draping them over Xiao Yi Xian.

Looking at Xiao Yi Xian standing there blankly, Xiao Yu did not know what to do.

"You... turn around."

Only then did Xiao Yu snap out of it at Xiao Yi Xian's soft, sweet voice. He turned his back to her and stammered.

"Well... you... you should get dressed first."

After saying that, his face was full of embarrassment. He raised his hands, wanting to scratch his head, but it did not seem appropriate, and for a moment he did not know where to put them.

Seeing Xiao Yu standing with his back to her, completely at a loss, Xiao Yi Xian almost burst out laughing, though no sound came out.

Her pretty face flushed crimson as she hid behind him and changed her clothes.

Before long, Xiao Yi Xian had finished dressing.

Yet she felt as though her lips were still being kissed by him, as though the tingling sensation remained—and that... that bad man of hers.

She shot a resentful glance at Xiao Yu, who was still maintaining the same posture, and thought of how he had looked just now. Where had he shown even the slightest sign of being poisoned?

It was all her fault for worrying needlessly. But the poison she had concocted had been made according to the records in the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture. Even a Dou Master could not possibly avoid it.

Xiao Yu's immunity to her poison only made Xiao Yi Xian even more curious about him.

"Cough, cough..."

Not knowing what to say, Xiao Yi Xian could only cough awkwardly to break the silence.

Hearing her cough, Xiao Yu finally recovered and looked at Xiao Yi Xian awkwardly.

In his previous life, Xiao Yu had been a shut-in who had never even held a girl's hand. What had happened today was an entirely new experience for him.

So he did not know what attitude he should take toward Xiao Yi Xian.

When he turned around, however, his gaze involuntarily drifted back to Xiao Yi Xian's lips.

Noticing his gaze, Xiao Yi Xian glared fiercely at him.

Pretending that nothing had happened, she asked in a deliberately composed tone.

"Why did you sneak into my room in the middle of the night?"

At that, Xiao Yi Xian felt both angry and resentful toward Xiao Yu.

Who climbed into a girl's room in the middle of the night? Either a lecherous thief or... anyway, not a good person.

If he had not sneaked in, none of this would have happened.

Seeing Xiao Yi Xian glare at him viciously,

Xiao Yu did not know whether he should discuss tomorrow's matter with her.

He was also wondering whether he should apologize first for what had just happened.

"Well... just now, I..."

Seeing that Xiao Yu was bringing up exactly what should not be mentioned, Xiao Yi Xian became both embarrassed and annoyed, hurriedly cutting him off.

"Nothing happened just now, understand?"

After saying that, she glared at him again, as if to say, If you dare tell anyone, I'll kill you.

Although Xiao Yu had never experienced this before, he was not stupid. Hearing Xiao Yi Xian say so, he knew it was best to put the matter aside for now and could only nod in agreement.

Yet a trace of disappointment passed through his heart.

Afterward, Xiao Yu began discussing serious business with Xiao Yi Xian.

He told her the information he had obtained from Shi Wan.

After hearing Xiao Yu's news, Xiao Yi Xian's brows furrowed as well.

But when she looked at Xiao Yu, Xiao Yi Xian said again.

"Then why did you come back when you knew it was so dangerous?"

Looking into Xiao Yi Xian's eyes, Xiao Yu answered seriously. "I couldn't just leave you alone!"

Hearing Xiao Yu's words, Xiao Yi Xian said nothing, but a warm current flowed through her heart, and the corners of her lips lifted in an almost imperceptible curve.

"What do you plan to do, then?"

Xiao Yi Xian did not notice that her voice had unconsciously become much gentler.

Xiao Yu narrowed his eyes, looked at Xiao Yi Xian, and said in a low voice.

"Keep every last one of them here."

The two discussed the matter for half the night before finally setting the plan for tomorrow.

In the middle of the night, after settling everything thoroughly, Xiao Yu once again carefully climbed out through the back window of Xiao Yi Xian's room.

He easily slipped through the encirclement of numerous watchers and melded into the darkness.

Unlike when he had arrived, Xiao Yu's storage ring now contained a few extra things when he left.

After Xiao Yu departed, Xiao Yi Xian looked at the wrecked room and fell into deep thought, sometimes smiling softly, sometimes knitting her brows...

After leaving Xiao Yi Xian's courtyard, Xiao Yu hid in the shadows and watched the spies around him. A cold gleam flashed in his eyes.

"You'll have to endure a little longer. After tomorrow, everything will be fine."

With a turn, he vanished into the night.

Beneath the pitch-black sky, a figure placed things in several hidden spots around Thousand Medicine Hall.

Firewood piles, water vats, even beneath the floorboards—he pried them up and hid things underneath.

That figure was none other than Xiao Yu.

His visit to Xiao Yi Xian had not merely been to inform her of the situation and confirm her safety.

More importantly, the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture in Xiao Yi Xian's possession recorded countless poisons.

That had been Xiao Yu's true primary purpose.

Based on the records in the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture, the two had prepared several kinds of poison.

And these were the surprises Xiao Yu had prepared for the Wolf Head Mercenary Group tomorrow.

Of course, if Thousand Medicine Hall failed to know its place, Xiao Yu would not mind giving them some attention as well—teaching them a lesson while helping Xiao Yi Xian vent her anger.

After arranging everything in his storage ring, Xiao Yu clapped his hands and looked at his handiwork. Now, all that remained was to wait for the Wolf Head Mercenary Group.

Meanwhile, the Wolf Head Mercenary Group had also convened an emergency meeting because of tomorrow's mission.

"What is going on?"

Inside a spacious room at the Wolf Head Mercenary Group's headquarters,

Mu She, seated at the head of the room, looked at the disorderly crowd below and frowned as he coldly rebuked them.

As the leader of the Wolf Head Mercenary Group, one of Green Mountain Town's three major mercenary groups,

Mu She was deeply disappointed with the group's current state.

Not only had some brat still wet behind the ears killed the Wolf Head Mercenary Group's Third Commander,

but a month had passed and they still had not captured the culprit. Whenever he went out, he felt as though someone was slapping him in the face.

He had already been in a foul mood, yet on the eve of the operation, the group could not even maintain basic order.

How could Mu She possibly be pleased?

Below Mu She, a young man stood up. He grabbed a mercenary and questioned him, then walked before Mu She to report.

"Father, I heard it has something to do with the Second Commander."

Who else could this man be but Mu Li, who had previously plotted against Xiao Yi Xian and Xiao Yu?