"What's wrong?" The other casual players all looked at her.
Thinking of that fleeting figure, Qiu Honglei's face showed a hint of doubt: "Try these dishes."
The eight wandering martial artists were no novice in the martial arts world; they immediately realized what was happening. One of them hurriedly took out a silver needle to test it, but the silver needle did not change color, so they could not detect any toxicity.
Zuan was speechless. It's true that ignorance can kill people. Silver needles can only react with sulfides and turn black. If the extraction technology is not up to standard, arsenic will contain sulfides, and only then can silver needles detect it.
But many poisons don't contain sulfides at all; you can't detect them with a silver needle.
“Something’s not right. There’s definitely something wrong with this food,” Qiu Honglei said decisively.
So everyone looked at Mu Sanren to the side. Zuan was a little curious, why were they all looking at him?
At this moment, the green-haired Mu Sanren picked up a little soup with his little finger, put it in his mouth and licked it. Then he closed his eyes as if he was thinking about something. After a while, he said coldly, "Wang Shouzhong Thirteen Spices! If the Holy Maiden hadn't reminded me, I probably wouldn't have noticed it for a while."
Zuan clicked his tongue in amazement. It seemed that wood element cultivators had a rather profound understanding of poisons and such. Fortunately, Xue'er didn't poison me back then.
"What!" The other wandering warriors all changed color, among them Lei Wanren was furious and immediately flashed to grab the waiter.
Seeing that the matter had been exposed, the waiter hurriedly pulled out a dagger from his sleeve and rushed forward, but unfortunately he was no match for the infamous Demonic Sect rogue. He was quickly grabbed by the neck by Lei Sanren: "Tell me, who ordered you to do this!"
As a result, she used too much force and strangled the other person to death.
"Useless!" Lei Sanren threw him aside and then went to grab other innkeepers.
Those people realized the error of their ways and fled in droves, but unfortunately, they were no match for the Eight Wandering Hermits.
The battle at the inn quickly came to an end. Most of the inn's staff died on the spot, and the few who were captured alive committed suicide by biting down on the poison hidden in their teeth.
"These are all assassins!" The group of lone warriors were horrified. Clearly, the force capable of training such assassins was no ordinary organization. "Who exactly wants to deal with us?"
Qiu Honglei coldly ordered, "Search the rest of the inn."
Wind Hermit, Fire Hermit, and Metal Hermit all searched in different directions, but soon returned shaking their heads, clearly having found nothing.
Qiu Honglei glanced around. The surrounding guests had all left, and the scene was a mess. She frowned and said, "Forget it, there's no need to chase after them. Let's go to town to buy some food, cook our own meals, rest for the night, and set off early tomorrow morning."
"Ah, still staying here?" Feng Sanren said worriedly, "What if those enemies come back?"
Qiu Honglei shook her head: "After this ordeal, they probably won't be able to come back. It's getting dark, and if they keep traveling, they'll have to sleep on the streets. This inn is perfect for them to rest."
After the other casual NPCs went about their tasks, Zu'an couldn't help but frown and ask, "Do you know where the other party came from?"
Qiu Honglei smiled and said, "That's a question for you to answer. Someone went to great lengths to save you."
"Save me?" Zuan had some guesses, but he wasn't very sure.
"Of course it's to save you. Speaking of which, your two confidantes are really devoted to each other. They haven't given up yet. No, they probably can't gather these people in a short time. It's likely that the Sang family girl is also involved." Qiu Honglei muttered to herself.
"How can you be sure it's them?" Zuan asked curiously.
"Because I just saw Sang Qian." Qiu Honglei smiled and said, "If we hadn't seen him by chance, we might have really fallen for it. Wang Shouzhong Thirteen Spices, they are really amazing, they actually found such a rare poison."
"Sang Qian?" Zu An frowned. That guy did it on purpose, didn't he? He probably didn't want me to be rescued, so he deliberately pulled this stunt.
His expression turned cold. Originally, his feud with Sang Qian was just a personal matter, and it was understandable that the other party wanted to kill him. But if he wanted to kill him, he could have done it openly and honestly. Now, he had used such a despicable trick, harming the lives of so many people who came to save him, which made him extremely angry.
Having traveled from a civilized world, this was the first time he had witnessed so many people die trying to save him, and his heart was in turmoil.
Although these people died at the hands of the Eight Wanderers, he didn't blame them at all. After all, they were each serving their own masters. In this dog-eat-dog world, it's either you kill me or I kill you. Everyone relies on their own abilities, and there's nothing to criticize.
But Sang Qian, who had caused the deaths of these people, truly harbored murderous intent.
He had made up his mind that if he saw the other party again, he would definitely take his life, and he would no longer care about Sang Hong's feelings.
After a long while, he calmed down and said in a deep voice, "I would like to ask you for a favor."
"I'll do anything within my power." Qiu Honglei noticed his emotional fluctuations, but didn't understand what was going on.
"I want to bury these people and let them rest in peace." Zu'an looked at the innkeepers lying haphazardly not far away, his tone filled with sadness.
Qiu Honglei hesitated for a moment: "I didn't bring any servants with me this time, and those freelancers might not be willing to do this kind of thing."
Zuan shook his head: "It's alright, I'll do it myself."
"Why?" Qiu Honglei asked, puzzled. She couldn't understand Zu An's actions.
“Although I don’t know them at all, these people died to save me, and this is all I can do for them,” Zuan said in a deep voice.
Upon hearing his words, Qiu Honglei fell silent.
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