Wait a minute, where is my master?

In Jin Xu's astonished gaze,

the landlady quickly walked towards the dining hall's main entrance.

As she walked, she couldn't help but scold.

"Granny, you are injured, how did you get here, you..."

The landlady reached the door and habitually stretched out her hand to help support the other's arm.

However, what greeted her this time was not the familiar kind smile but rather the ebony cane she had personally bought for the other.

"Snap!"

A crisp sound of flesh being struck.

The landlady's gaze in shock as she flew backwards, crashing heavily onto the floor tiles beside her.

"Pfft!"

She spat out a mouthful of blood, staining the jade-green floor tiles in front of her, yet at this moment, the landlady could not feel the pain in her body; she was simply stunned on the ground.

She did not understand why Granny Meng, who was supposed to be recuperating in her room, appeared here; she was even more baffled why the always kind and benevolent granny had struck her.

Of course, not to mention that the landlady was confused, at this moment, everyone in the dining hall was also in a state of bewilderment.

Judging from the landlady's reaction, the two were clearly very familiar with each other.

But...such a greeting with a cane could hardly be because the landlady owed wages, could it?

"Landlady."

"Landlady..."

This incident happened in the blink of an eye.

Now, the three maidservants who had followed her rushed over to the landlady who was sprawled on the ground.

Meanwhile, Little White, who was closest to the door from his seat, instantaneously positioned himself in front of the old woman, pulling out a "Fragmented Mighty Stick."

To prevent her from striking again at this Human Race female who made delicious dumplings.

Taoist Jin in the chief seat had also recovered from the shock that the person investigating him turned out to be the same person as Granny Tang of Yixiang Building.

His gaze swept over the landlady covered in blood, and his eyes instantly darkened.

"Little Yu, save her."

"Yes, master."

Yu Yaoer, receiving the command, responded and raised her hand to send out two water-blue healing magics.

Then she sprang from her seat, crouched beside the landlady, and let her Spiritual Power move around her body for a while. After a moment of thought, Yaoer took a pill from her red jade bracelet and forcefully pushed it into the still dazed landlady's mouth.

The Taoist on this side wasn't idle either; after giving his instructions, he exchanged a glance with Mr. Chi next to him, and the two in unison activated an Escape Technique, sandwiching the old woman between them.

"Give me an explanation for why you attacked?"

Taoist Jin's tone was somewhat cold.

As he spoke, he raised his hand and patted the Husky holding the big stick, signaling him to retreat, as he would handle this situation.

"Heh, does a person need a reason to step on an ant? Taoist Jin, instead of caring why I hurt someone, you should worry about yourself.

"Do you know why I appeared here today? You did drink the soup, didn't you?"

Granny Meng, sandwiched between the two, finished speaking, and her previously somewhat kindly face suddenly showed a hint of gloom.

She opened her shriveled lips, chuckled hoarsely twice, then suddenly bared her teeth at Taoist Jin.

"Hehe, little Taoist, you are going to die!"

This confident expression from her made Taoist Jin's heart sink, and considering her profession at Yixiang Building, he knew without asking that the jar of soup he drank earlier must have been problematic.

"But I used my Spiritual Sense to check it before drinking it, the soup had only a bit more Spiritual Energy than what I had a few days ago, nothing unusual."

"Could it be that this person really has some secret poisoning technique?"

The little Taoist, with a touch of unrest in his heart, began circulating the Golden Spiritual Power inside his body and used his Spiritual Sense to scan around inside his body again.

But as it appeared right now... everything was normal.

"Hehehehe!"

Granny Meng couldn't help laughing madly after seeing the subtle change in Jin Xu's expression and heavily jabbed her walking stick on the ground.

She then began to cough violently.

At this moment, everyone in the hall was somewhat surprisingly looking towards Jin Xu, and two women anxiously approached him.

Behind the old woman, Mr. Chi stared at her back and contemplated for a moment before speaking uncertainly,

"Are you the Right Protector of the Demon Sect—Meng Naihe?!"

"Hehe, I didn't expect that Mr. Chi would still remember me, but unfortunately, there was only one pot of that soup. Otherwise, I would have offered you a bowl today, and I would have made a name for myself in the Nine Provinces Realm before dying."

Granny Meng turned her head back with a look of regret and silently began calculating the time in her heart.

Upon hearing the other party admit her identity, a look of displeasure immediately appeared on the face of the Immortal Palace Ancestor.

"Jin Taoist, do you feel any discomfort in your body?

"This person is the Right Protector of the Demon Sect, skilled in various dark arts, particularly in poisoning and strengthening. In the past, she committed a ruthless act of poisoning to death a cultivator at the first level of the Mahayana Realm using dark arts over a period of forty-nine days with her cultivation at the top of Divinity Transformation.

Mr. Chi briefly introduced the old woman's identity to Jin Xu, feeling slightly uneasy at the same time.

He knew that the Taoist had an extraordinarily high level of cultivation, and his strength far surpassed the top echelons of this realm.

Yet, the Right Protector of the Demon Sect had not been seen for a thousand years, and this time she came in person.

That must mean she was extremely confident and fully prepared!

Moreover, since ancient times, various top cultivators and ancient powers had indeed been overturned by such dark arts in the gutter.

Thus, at this moment, the Immortal Palace Ancestor genuinely felt a slight bit of unease inside.

"Senior Chi, I have checked, and everything in my body is normal. Moreover, I checked the soup with my Spiritual Sense before drinking it, it was nothing more than a bit more Spiritual Energy.

"Could it be that there really exists a poison in this world that can evade any detection by Spiritual Sense and Spiritual Power, only revealing itself when it strikes?"

After hearing Mr. Chi describe the other's identity, Jin Xu became even more certain that there was something wrong with the soup he had drunk earlier.

But what exactly was the problem?

He had checked every single detail of his body thoroughly.

During the brief moment of their telepathic conversation, Granny Meng once again spoke up excitedly,

"Hehe, little Taoist, your life has less than fifty breaths remaining, enjoy the last moments of your life."

"Meng Naihe, I advise you to hand over the antidote to that poisonous soup, or else, in the time of fifty breaths, even if Jin Taoist doesn't make a move, I have enough time to kill you three times over."

Hearing the other party suddenly mention such a short time, Mr. Chi directly chose to threaten.

"Hehe, Mr. Chi, you might as well use your Spiritual Sense to see what state I am in now. Even without you lifting a finger, it's hard for me to live past ten days.

"My visit here today was just to see this little Taoist die before my eyes, that's all."

Granny Meng spoke unhurriedly, and suddenly, a sinister smile appeared on her face.

She parted her dry lips and sinisterly said,

"Actually, I lied just now, the time left is…

"Two.

"One."

At the moment she began her countdown, Jin Xu's gaze sharply intensified.

With his right hand feigning a grasp, a cluster of Golden Thunderbolt appeared out of nowhere from the sky above, directly striking towards Granny Meng's head.

If that pot of soup was as powerful as she claimed.

Then he must personally avenge himself before his death!