Chapter 1104: Threat The Old Nanny To Bring Them To The Treasure Room
Chapter 1104: Chapter 1104: Threat The Old Nanny To Bring Them To The Treasure Room
"O-Oh! Wait, I just remembered something else!" Nanny Wang stammered frantically, desperately searching her memories to satisfy the terrifying girl. "I heard that Young Master Su recently acquired a high-tier beast core! It seemed he was planning to hire a grand armament master to forge a powerful custom weapon with it!"
"A core, you say? What kind of core are we talking about?" Bai Xifeng’s dark eyes instantly lit up with genuine interest the second the word left Nanny Wang’s mouth.
"W-Well... I truly don’t know much about the specifics of the beast." Nanny Wang admitted, shaking her head nervously as she shrank back, praying her answer would not provoke the young cultivator’s wrath.
"Well, it definitely sounds like we need to pay a little visit to the treasure vault in this place." Bai Xifeng grinned mischievously, cracking her delicate knuckles. "Old woman, stand up and lead the way for us."
"T-That..." Nanny Wang hesitated, her eyes darting nervously toward the doorway.
"What’s wrong? Are you saying you don’t want to bring us there?" Bai Xifeng raised an eyebrow, a cold spark flickering in her dark eyes.
"No! Absolutely not! I will lead the way right now!" Nanny Wang stated immediately, nodding her head frantically like a chicken pecking at grain.
Nanny Wang quickly lowered her eyes, staring intently at the stone floor to hide the wicked gleam in her gaze.
’Just wait until we step out of this grand hall.’ Nanny Wang thought viciously. ’The moment we are in the open corridors, there will be countless opportunities for me to scream, alert the senior guards, and have the mansion’s powerful experts tear these two arrogant brats to pieces!’
"Fantastic." Bai Xifeng said cheerfully. "Here... swallow this first."
Nanny Wang raised her head in confusion. She saw the young lady extending her small, fair hand toward her face. Resting on her open palm was a smooth, dark crimson pill. At a single glance, the ominous aura wafting from the pill made it glaringly obvious that it was anything but normal.
"W-What is this pill?" Nanny Wang asked, her voice trembling.
"Poison." Bai Xifeng stated casually.
"W-WHAT?!" Nanny Wang gasped in absolute horror.
She was utterly flabbergasted. Bai Xifeng had not even bothered to disguise her malicious intent or try to trick her with a polite lie! She had just bluntly and casually admitted that it was a lethal poisonous pill!
"Well, we obviously can’t have you pulling any sly tricks that might jeopardise our stroll." Bai Xifeng explained, leaning down with a pleasant smile. "We need a little guarantee of your loyalty. What if the second we step outside, you scream at the top of your lungs and summon the entire guard force to deal with us? Granted, I don’t think a single person in this pathetic mansion actually possesses the strength to handle me, but it is still far better to be safe than sorry."
Nanny Wang was stunned into utter silence once again. She had not expected this terrifying young girl to accurately read her mind and predict her exact escape plan down to the smallest detail!
"Eat it now." Bai Xifeng instructed, nudging the dark red pill closer to her face.
Nanny Wang remained frozen, her mouth pressed tightly shut as she refused to move a muscle.
"Well, if you really don’t want to eat it, that is completely fine too." Bai Xifeng said, letting out a soft, understanding sigh.
Nanny Wang felt an instant surge of overwhelming relief flood her chest for a brief second. However, that sweet relief lasted for only a fraction of a heartbeat, because what Bai Xifeng casually uttered next caused her soul to nearly fly right out of her body in absolute terror.
"We can just kill you right here and now, and take our time finding the treasure room by ourselves." Bai Xifeng stated matter-of-factly, her voice as unbothered as if she were commenting on the afternoon weather.
"Please don’t kill me! I will take the pill! I will take it right now and lead you straight to the treasure room!" Nanny Wang begged desperately, tears of terror welling up in her eyes.
"Then take this pill immediately." Bai Xifeng stated, holding out her palm.
Nanny Wang reached for the dark crimson pill with a heavily trembling hand, hastily putting it into her mouth. She secretly planned to hold the pill beneath her tongue, intending to find a stealthy chance to spit it out the moment the young ladies looked away.
However, the exact second the pill touched her tongue, it instantly dissolved into a slick liquid that slid straight down her throat! Panic seized her, and she frantically coughed and gagged, trying to spit it back out, but absolutely nothing came up.
Bai Xifeng chuckled softly at her frantic struggle. She knew all too well that this sly old woman would try to trick them by pretending to swallow the pill while keeping it hidden in her mouth. Naturally, Bai Xifeng had already seen straight through her little scheme from the very beginning. That was precisely why she had intentionally selected a special poison pill that dissolved upon contact with liquid in a fraction of a second.
"If you want to receive the antidote, you’d better cooperate with us completely." Bai Xifeng stated coolly. "Lead us straight to the treasure vault right now."
"Y-Yes, Your Excellency." Nanny Wang agreed weakly, slumped on the floor after realising with despair that she truly had no other choice left.
"Wait a minute." Bai Xifeng suddenly called out.
"You... the guard-servant over there." Bai Xifeng pointed a fair finger at the woman who was still bowing low, her face pressed fearfully against the cold stone floor.
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