Failure did not matter. What mattered was sending reliable people who would leave no loose ends even if captured.
If they spilled everything under pressure, even without proof, a real investigation would still mean trouble.
-Some matters weighed less than four ounces off the scales, but once put on them, even a thousand pounds would not cover it. That was the principle.
Especially when targeting the Embroidered Uniform Guard, everything had to be clean and decisive!
Yan Shifan was not out to kill anyone. He only wanted the Heavenly Dao Sword and the Pure Yang Golden Elixir, and he had been exceedingly careful in choosing his people.
Though these four were not particularly loyal either, the comic actress and Huadan were skilled with poison. If they failed, they could escape.
Especially the comic actress.
Beneath her mask was a woman from the Tang Sect, known in the Jianghu as "Poisoness Colorful Spider." She practiced the poison art "Thousand Spiders, Ten Thousand Poisons Hand" and had already reached the "ten thousand spiders" stage.
If truly driven into a corner, her deadly poison was beyond anyone below Faxiang to withstand. Even a Faxiang master would face serious trouble after taking one strike from her finger!
-But that was not why Song Chengxi had spared her.
-No poison art would work on him anyway.
He merely pitied how difficult it had been for her to practice this poison art. Not only was her face riddled with sores, but she also had to endure agonizing torment beyond what ordinary people could bear. That was why he had shown her mercy.
With her there, the women could escape even if they failed. But what sort of trash had Yan Shaoting sent?
Nothing but useless fools with a little cultivation!
What infuriated Yan Shifan was that