Jiang Man's threat did indeed have the desired effect.

The young man glanced at the brocade pouch in Jiang Man's hand, then smiled and stopped slicing bone fragments: "Don't be nervous, gentlemen. I'm not a bloodthirsty executioner. I'm only interested in the tokens you have! As long as you hand them over, I can guarantee that this friend will leave here safely."

As he spoke, the young man took a small gourd-shaped porcelain bottle from his waist and shook it gently: "The pills inside are ones I refined myself. Once you take them, they can immediately detoxify you. We can barter, it's a fair exchange, is that alright?"

In just half a minute, the monkey's face turned ugly, and a fine layer of sweat appeared on his forehead, but he still shouted, "Young Master Duan, don't believe him! In this desolate wilderness, we have no way of knowing whether his so-called pill is a real antidote. What if it's just a medicine containing painkillers? Wouldn't we be cheated out of our token for nothing?"

Xue Dong, his eyes flashing with a fierce light, threatened, "That's right, let's just kill him and then steal their stuff!"

"Hahaha! You guys are so naive!"

The man gestured with his chin toward us and said, “Please keep a close eye on me. Among my pets are a few black widows! If you get poisoned by these little guys, even I can’t save you. If I die, they will be very unhappy.”

Faced with the current stalemate, I thought for a moment and decided to save the monkey's life first: "If you can prove that the pill is real, I can give you the token."

At this moment, the girl sitting on the rock also spoke up: "That's easy, let that cave-dwelling wolf spider bite me too, and we can take the same pill, right?"

"What kind of method is this?"

Lin Que snorted coldly: "You just said that the spider's venom will take effect in ten hours. What if the antidote you gave us is fake, and you take the real one after we separate? Wouldn't we be throwing our lives away for nothing?"

“We could do that, but it wouldn’t make any sense.”

The young man smiled and said, "There is no hatred between us, and we don't even know each other. The struggle is just to seize the token. Once we have the token, why would we kill someone? If you are really worried, you can let my junior sister be poisoned as well, and then you can hand over the token. For the next ten hours, whether you give up and turn back or continue to search for a new token, we can stay together until you are sure it is safe, and then we can separate. How about that?"

Jiang Man squinted at the young man: "Aren't you afraid we'll eliminate you?"

"Haha, I'm not afraid of that at all."

The young man lifted his shirt, revealing a colorful gourd-shaped porcelain bottle: "I have eight kinds of poisonous spiders here, each requiring a corresponding antidote. If you take the antidote without being poisoned, you will die within minutes! Although these spiders cannot kill people instantly, if any of you are poisoned, there will definitely be no time to get you to the hospital!"

In our continued cooperation, if you try to harm me, I'll let the spiders bite you, and we'll all perish together! If we coexist peacefully, I can leave with the token after ten hours. We'll keep to ourselves, won't we?

"We're not allowed to bring anything during the competition, so how did you manage to bring your bottle with you?"

Lin Que looked at the young man warily: "You wouldn't happen to be a plant by the competition organizers, would you?"

“My ancestors lived with poisonous spiders. These little guys are much stronger than you. They have always been by my side, and they are the ones who bring me things.”

The young man said casually, "Don't say I didn't warn you. As the toxin spreads, your friend will suffer more and more, and the process of clearing the toxin will also take longer. I don't care. If you're not afraid of prolonging the time, making him suffer more, and attracting other teams, I can keep talking with you."

"...I agree to your terms!"

I nodded: "But you have to give us the antidote first. I'll give you the token after my friend's symptoms disappear. There are so many spiders here, we can't escape either, can we?"

"certainly."

The young man didn't waste any time and tossed me the porcelain bottle: "Take out a pill from inside, put it under your tongue and let it dissolve. This medicine is very bitter, don't say I didn't warn you."

I caught the porcelain bottle in mid-air. As soon as I opened the cap, I smelled a pungent odor. I poured out a pill and handed it to the monkey. At the same time, I whispered to the others, "These two are treacherous and untrustworthy. Everyone be prepared. If the monkey causes any problems, be ready to fight back. Even if he gets bitten by a spider, we must capture him alive and force him to hand over the real poison."

By this time, the monkey's clothes were soaked with sweat. Although he was trying his best to endure it, the slight trembling of his body was enough to show what kind of pain he was suffering.

As soon as he put the pill in his mouth, his expression changed instantly, and his facial features contorted in shock.

"Damn it!"

Upon seeing the monkey's appearance, Manjing immediately raised his bowstring and aimed it at the young man: "What kind of monstrosity did you feed him?"

The young man replied casually, "I told you, that stuff will be very bitter. Good medicine tastes bitter, after all."

Seeing that the young man did not appear nervous, I asked the monkey, "Monkey, how is it?"

The monkey opened its mouth, drool dripping from its mouth, and said in great pain, "I've never eaten anything so bitter in my life, but otherwise I don't have any reaction!"

For the rest of the time, the monkey remained squatting on the ground, its expression one of extreme pain, constantly gasping for air. Its expression was even more unpleasant than if it had swallowed a large mouthful of wasabi.

After about ten minutes, the monkey dissolved the pill in its mouth, then shook its head and touched the spot on the back of its neck where it had been bitten: "Young Master Duan, my wound really doesn't hurt anymore. After being bitten just now, I felt like I was about to freeze to death, but now that feeling has completely disappeared."

“I’ve said it before, we have no conflict of interest, so I have no reason to kill you to silence you.”

The young man stretched and gently tapped the bone fragments, causing the spider to move forward slightly. "This friend has already experienced the pain of being poisoned once. I don't think the others would want to try it, right? I've done what I promised you. Isn't it your turn now?"

Jiang Man looked at the spiders all over the ground, then tossed the brocade pouch over, saying, "Here you go."

The young man untied the brocade pouch, took out the contents, glanced at them, and asked with suspicion, "This is the token of Fengmen Village?"

When I saw what the young man was holding, I was immediately stunned, because what he was holding was not the jade pendant in the safe at all, but a crystal clear, sparkling stone.