An Dequan, who had been lying there watching all along, looked immensely relieved. At last, things were turning in their favor. Cunning as Hu Xiaotian was, he had still failed to escape this little girl's palm.
Hu Xiaotian kept his eyes on the tiny red dot on his arm. "Cooperation requires at least some sincerity. You actually shot me with a needle?" He could feel a foreign object in his arm. The poisoned needle was clearly still inside him.
"The Seven-Day Soul-Severing Needle isn't made of steel," the little girl said. "Once it touches human flesh and blood, body heat melts it. The poison travels through your blood vessels and spreads throughout your body within seven days. If you don't get the antidote in time, your intestines will rupture, your gut will rot, sores will cover your mouth and tongue, and pus will ooze from every inch of you."
The more Hu Xiaotian listened, the more familiar it sounded. On closer thought, those had to be the words of the oath he had sworn when he and Shi Xuedong became sworn brothers. Fuck, it really does seem you shouldn't swear oaths casually. But I haven't done anything to wrong Shi Xuedong, have I? This retribution shouldn't be landing on me. With things as they stood, he could only submit for now. Damn it, my boat capsized in a gutter. I actually fell into the hands of an underage little girl.
Hu Xiaotian smiled cheerfully. "Cooperation? Fine, we'll cooperate. I'll take you to Xiezhou! I have to pass through there anyway, so giving you a lift along the way is no trouble. So, when are we leaving?"
"The sooner, the better," An Dequan said.
Hu Xiaotian glanced at An Dequan and shook his head. "I'm afraid your body won't be up