Jimo Yunqi was not a reckless man. The time he had been poisoned might have looked like an accident, but it seemed more like a trap prepared specifically for him.
For such a trap to succeed, whoever set it had to know Jimo Yunqi's movements. Apart from Jimo Xiubai, only the City Lord's Mansion and the generals defending the city knew his whereabouts.
After Xue Fuyao had neutralized the poison, they had not told anyone else that Jimo Yunqi's life was no longer in danger. Publicly, they only said his condition had improved and he could live a few more days.
Sure enough, upon hearing the news, the traitor hidden in the City Lord's Mansion could not resist coming out that very day to silence him.
"Talk. How did you sneak into the City Lord's Mansion?" Jimo Xiubai demanded, abruptly tightening his grip.
The green snake screamed under the pressure, but remained defiant. "I won't tell you! You despicable humans! Sooner or later, our Demon Race will conquer Moon Dance City!"
"You refuse the wine of courtesy, only to drink the wine of punishment!" Xue Fuyao snorted. "Why waste your breath on it?"
With that, a tool resembling a pair of pliers appeared in her hand. She clamped it onto the green snake's two venomous fangs and wrenched hard, pulling both out.
The green snake screamed as its fangs were extracted, then passed out from the pain.
"That's all it could take?" Looking at the motionless green snake in his hand, Jimo Xiubai wanted to let go in distaste, but Jimo Yunqi stopped him.
"Put it in the Demon-Locking Cage so it doesn't escape."
"I already had everyone in the City Lord's Mansion investigated, and nothing unusual turned up. How exactly did this snake fool the mansion's Magic Array?" Jimo