Night Owl's feelings were somewhat complicated when she received the news.
As the island master of Heavenly Poison Island, she should have felt saddened and disappointed by the failed poison test.
Yet for some reason, there was also a trace of excitement and relief in her heart.
"My lord."
At that moment, a guard's voice came from outside the door.
"What is it?"
Night Owl toyed with the lizard in her hand and asked in a deep voice.
"Benefactor Yi Feng requests an audience," the guard said respectfully.
Hearing this,
Night Owl's stroking hand froze. Like a streak of light, she darted out and hid the intimate garments she had just changed out of, which she had not yet had time to put away, beneath her pillow.
Then, with lightning speed, she tidied up the other messy-looking places in the room until they were spotless. Only after confirming that everything appeared neat and orderly did she sit back down.
She tilted her head to glance at herself in the mirror, then prepared to let Yi Feng enter.
But just as she opened her mouth, she remembered something. She grabbed the lizard she had been playing with and hid it under the bed.
After making sure nothing was amiss, she subconsciously smoothed her black hair before leisurely calling out, "Come in."
A moment later, Yi Feng entered in white robes.
Yi Feng glanced at her, did not even greet her, and simply plopped himself down.
This time,
Yi Feng naturally had a plan in mind.
Those Poison Masters had drunk his poisonous chicken soup. Though they were now researching the poisonous mist as if pumped full of chicken blood, after the first poison test, Yi Feng had developed grave doubts about their abilities.
Therefore, he could not pin all his hopes