Xiang Sheng's hairpin was suddenly snatched away, and she trembled. After hearing the question, her expression became even more flustered, and she stammered, "This is me... I picked it up outside."
"Um?"
The butterfly demon's expression turned cold, and he grabbed a gust of wind with his right palm, sweeping across the wall and making the torture instruments rustle.
Xiang Sheng was so frightened that his face turned pale, and he immediately changed his words: "My mother gave it to me before she died! She said that with this, I could go to Shuangwang City and live a good life. But before I even got to Shuangwang City, I was... was..."
Having said this, Xiang Sheng seemed unable to continue and couldn't help but choke up softly.
The butterfly demon man got the answer he wanted, and a hint of joy appeared on his face. This half-demon was very young and really could not stand being frightened. After a little shock, he told everything.
He told the jailer to keep an eye on Xiang Sheng and left in a hurry.
Not long after, the butterfly demon man came back, carrying Xiang Sheng through several secret passages and into a study room filled with fragrance.
A woman in colorful palace clothes was sitting at the table, holding a piece of thin paper in her hand. Through the back of the paper, four maxims could be vaguely seen.
Seeing the butterfly demon man coming in, the woman in colorful clothes put away the thin paper, lowered her eyes to look at Xiang Sheng who was sitting on the ground with a timid expression, a colorful light flashed in her eyes, and her brows suddenly frowned slightly.
His bone age is only twelve, which is a bit too young. He is still a young half-demon, and I don’t know if he can do the job.
Thinking of this, the colorful-clothed woman asked, "What's your name?"
Her voice was gentle and pleasant, unlike the hoarse voices of other butterfly monsters, but Xiang Sheng seemed to be so frightened that his mind was in a trance and he didn't hear it at all.
The butterfly demon man was about to scold when he saw the colorful-clothed woman raise her hand to stop him. Then she said softly:
"Little girl, don't be afraid. I am half the master of this Butterfly City. You can call me Your Highness Wanfu.
I have a few questions for you. If you answer them well, I will not only release you but also send you to the Twin Kings City."
Xiang Sheng reacted immediately after hearing these words. His pupils gradually focused. He looked up at the woman in palace attire and asked cautiously, "Really?"
The woman in colorful clothes raised a single eyebrow, "Does it really matter if I lie to you?"
Xiang Sheng was silent for a moment, then stuttered, "My slave... my name is Wu Yue."
Slave?
The woman in colorful clothes chuckled. This name was probably taught by Nuxing, so she didn't need to spend too much time training him.
"Then let me ask you, is what you said in the torture chamber true?"
Xiang Sheng nodded immediately, "Absolutely true!"
"very good."
The colorful-clothed woman's almond-shaped eyes curved slightly. "Little girl Wu Yue, there is no such thing as a free lunch in this world. I can send you to the Twin Kings City, but there is a price."
Xiang Sheng was startled when he heard this, then remained silent for a moment before whispering, "What do you need me to do?"
The woman in colorful clothes was slightly surprised. Although this half-demon was too young, he was very intelligent and understood everything immediately.
She picked up the hairpin with her bare hands, threw it with her sleeves, and the hairpin flew out immediately and was reinserted into Xiang Sheng's hair.
"This hairpin of yours will allow you to enter the Si Tower in Shuangwang City. What I want you to do is to sneak into the Si Tower and report back everything you see and hear."
After hearing these words, Xiang Sheng's expression was horrified. She trembled and declined, "This servant... This servant has never done such a thing before. If I were to be discovered..."
"If you are discovered, you will die."
The colorful-clothed woman's tone remained gentle. "I will not force you to do this. If you don't want me to, I will have the Butterfly Guards find a place for you to be buried properly."
Xiang Sheng suddenly grasped the corner of his clothes tightly and said quickly, "I am willing to go!"
"very good."
The woman in palace dress smiled and signaled to the butterfly demon man beside her with her eyes.
The butterfly demon man immediately understood what he meant, walked up to Xiang Sheng, took out a white pill filled with a strange fragrance, and placed it in front of Xiang Sheng.
"Eat it."
Xiang Sheng looked at the pill for a moment with a pale face, finally gritted his teeth, picked up the pill and swallowed it with his eyes closed.
The woman in palace dress was even more satisfied and spoke slowly, "I think you know what you swallowed.
This pill is a poison pill unique to my Wantieping, and no one in Shuangwang City can cure it.
If ingested, erysipelas will occur once every month. If there is no antidote, the whole body will slowly corrode in severe pain until death.
I'll give you the antidote for a month, giving you time to gain trust in Silou. After that, you only need to send back one useful piece of information every month to receive an antidote."
Xiang Sheng nodded bitterly, "I understand."
"Don't feel wronged. This is the normal way for me, Wantieping, to control our spies."
The colorful-clothed woman casually pointed at the butterfly demon man and said, "He was once like you, but now he is the commander of the Butterfly City Guard, holding a high position of power.
If you can make a contribution, I, Wandieping, will not treat my people unfairly. Not only will I remove the poison for you, but I will also give you the magic cultivation method and magic weapons.
If you can cultivate successfully, you might become the second commander."
As soon as these words were spoken, Xiang Sheng's gloomy face immediately brightened up a bit, "I will do my best to help Your Highness."
"What a good girl."
The woman in colorful clothes praised softly, "You should go back first and don't expose yourself. I will have people interrogate all the slaves in the carriage with you to dispel your suspicion.
Tomorrow, a slave trader will come and take you to the Twin Kings City."
Xiang Sheng nodded, then hesitated for a moment and said, "Your Highness, I feel that this arrangement is inappropriate."
As soon as these words came out, the butterfly demon's face immediately darkened: "How dare you, a mere servant like you, interfere with your master's arrangements?"
"No problem."
The colorful-clothed woman interrupted the butterfly demon man and looked at Xiang Sheng with interest, "Tell me, what's wrong?"
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