Inside the room, Big Fat Dragon heard Ren Ye and answered rapidly, "The fire outside has already been put out. The captain of the guards could come inspect the bedroom at any moment. When you didn't come out, I got worried, so I came in to check."
"Oh." Ren Ye nodded.
"Did you get it?"
"I got the evidence, but I haven't found the Thousand Poisons Manual." Ren Ye shook his head.
"There's no time to keep looking. Let's go." Big Fat Dragon urged him on and started to leave.
"Wait a moment...!" Ren Ye waved a hand.
"Wait, my ass!" Big Fat Dragon answered urgently. "If we don't leave now, we'll both get trapped in here and bitten by those spirit-sniffing hounds."
Ren Ye ignored him and quickly scrambled beneath the bed, searching deftly.
He did this simply because he had recalled the scene when that rat-headed fellow entered the room. After coming in, the fellow had headed straight beneath the bed with a very clear objective, and had mentioned the Thousand Poisons Manual during their fight. Thus, Ren Ye suspected that it might be hidden under the bed.
After a quick search, Ren Ye discovered a raised blue brick near the head of the bed. He pressed hard on it, and with a click, the brick popped out, revealing a wooden box inside.
He took out the box and opened it. Inside were three or four books on military strategy and cultivation methods, but they were all rather old and dusty. Clearly, no one had touched them in a long time.
There were also medicines for external and internal injuries.
But there was still no sign of the Thousand Poisons Manual.
"Damn it, why hide a lousy poison manual so well?" Ren Ye cursed irritably, then put the