Li Yan's calculations had been quite accurate. A Seventh Tier Demon Beast truly possessed formidable experience and had probed him at the very first opportunity. However, he had deliberately released the fragrance of those pills.
It was precisely to draw the other party's attention. Yet he had made no arrangements there at all; they were merely ordinary healing pills.
Moreover, those pills had been obtained from Elders Lin and Zhang, preventing him from accidentally using pills uncommon here and arousing the other party's suspicions.
Li Yan's deliberate actions were meant to make Yuan Zhen wary at the outset. Once Yuan Zhen confirmed that nothing was amiss, his guard would begin to lower. By then, he had already entered Li Yan's rhythm.
When Yuan Zhen subsequently probed Li Yan with his Divine Sense, that was Li Yan's most perilous moment. He had merely laid illusion poison within his body.
Although spiritual power circulated through his internal organs, their corresponding defenses were extremely weak. Li Yan was exceedingly bold to dare this; even if others laid schemes to lure their enemies into a trap, nine times out of ten they would not dare do such a thing.
To deal with Yuan Zhen, Li Yan had initially planned to use his strongest assassination method, waiting for an opportunity to rise up and launch a surprise attack—an assassination that would leave no time for reaction.
But after the other party unexpectedly offered those terms, Li Yan decisively abandoned that method. He used "Nine Cauldrons Gui Water" as a cover, concealing a fatal strike within it.
At the same time, without the slightest reluctance, he brought out the "Crimson Powder Pillow" Elder Hao had gifted him. This was a poison treasured by a Soul Cultivator of the Body Integration Realm.
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