Chapter 9 Needle Point
Xiao Cui's body was as stiff as a stone.
The color on her face faded at a speed visible to the naked eye.
The gold-painted white porcelain bowl in her hand slipped from her fingers.
There was a crisp "pop" sound.
The precious porcelain shattered on the cold ground.
The sound was particularly harsh in the silent room.
Ling Zixia walked slowly to the door.
She stretched out her hand.
Close the dilapidated door again.
And locked the door from inside.
There was a soft "click" sound.
This small room became an airtight cage.
Xiao Cui's breathing became rapid and heavy.
Her body began to tremble with extreme fear.
Water lily.
Golden stamens.
This secret.
The man told her.
It must not be known to a third person.
This seemingly harmless woman in front of me.
Who is she?
How did she know all this?
Ling Zixia turned around.
Her face still had that harmless, timid expression.
"Sister Xiao Cui, what's wrong with you?"
Her voice was as soft as a feather.
"Did I say something wrong?"
"I just...I just feel that the recipe of your ointment is very familiar."
Her words were like the whispers of the devil.
Every word struck Xiao Cui's fragile nerves.
Xiao Cui suddenly raised her head.
Her eyes were filled with fear and despair.
She knew she was exposed.
The temptation failed.
The identity was also exposed.
According to that person's rules.
There is only one outcome for a defeated chess piece.
That is death.
Rather than going back and being executed by that person in a more cruel way.
How about...
A hint of madness and cruelty flashed across Xiao Cui's eyes.
She suddenly knelt down in front of Ling Zixia.
Her forehead hit the ground hard.
"Girl, spare me! Girl, spare me!"
She pleaded miserably with a tearful voice.
"This servant deserves death! This servant is blind and doesn't recognize the real master!"
"I will never dare to do that again!"
She said.
While banging his forehead hard on the ground.
Make a "dong dong" sound.
As if he was really repenting.
Ling Zixia looked at her quietly.
She didn't go forward to help.
He didn't say anything either.
She just watched coldly.
Watching this little maid performing with all her strength.
Xiao Cui kowtowed several times.
She wiped the tears from her face with her sleeve.
She raised her head.
He looked at Ling Zixia with pleading and pitiful eyes.
"Miss, please be magnanimous and treat this servant like a fart."
"I promise that I will never tell anyone a word about what happened today."
She said.
Move forward on your knees.
She slowly approached Ling Zixia.
Trying to use this humble attitude to lower the other party's vigilance.
Just when she was only three steps away from Ling Zixia.
Her expression suddenly changed.
All the pleading in it disappeared.
Instead, there was venomous hatred and murderous intent.
Her right hand moved at an incredible speed.
She reached out to her double buns like lightning.
She emerged from her thick bun.
He pulled out a slender steel needle that was shining with a faint blue light.
The steel needle is several inches thinner than an embroidery needle.
The tip of the needle is filled with deadly poison.
“Go to hell!”
Xiao Cui let out a sharp roar.
She poured all her strength into her wrists.
The wrist jerked violently.
The poison needle turned into a blue electric light.
It shot straight towards Ling Zixia's heart.
It all happened in a flash.
From her kneeling down to beg for mercy to her sudden attack.
The whole process went smoothly.
Obviously, he had gone through countless training sessions.
She was not some ordinary timid maid.
But he is a well-trained assassin.
The poison on the tip of the needle is called "Soul-Guiding Incense".
Kill with one blow.
The poisoned person will be instantly paralyzed all over.
Over the time it takes to burn an incense stick, I feel my body slowly stiffen and decay.
Eventually he suffocated to death in endless pain.
Ling Zixia's pupils suddenly contracted.
Her body seemed paralyzed by the sudden change.
She stood there motionless.
The blue light was about to pierce her body.
At that critical moment.
The copper hand warmer she held to her chest.
She pushed him forward in a panic.
impartial.
It just happened to block the flight path of the poison needle.
There was a crisp "ding" sound.
The slender steel needle hit the hard copper furnace.
The needle tip bends instantly.
Then he was ejected.
It was inserted into a wooden pillar next to it.
Xiao Cui's fatal blow.
It was easily resolved by this seemingly coincidental action.
The attack missed.
A hint of shock flashed in Xiao Cui's eyes.
But she didn't hesitate at all.
She jumped up from the ground.
Like an agile civet cat.
He pounced on the poisonous needle stuck in the pillar.
She wants to pull out the poison needle.
Make a second attack.
A cold light flashed in Ling Zixia's eyes.
She seemed to be frightened to the point of losing her legs.
His body staggered towards Xiao Cui.
Her hand "accidentally" moved forward.
He just happened to grab Xiao Cui's wrist which she had not yet had time to retract after the assassination attempt failed.
Her fingertips.
He pressed precisely on the pulse point on the inside of Xiao Cui's wrist.
"ah!"
Xiao Cui only felt a piercing pain coming from her wrist.
It was as if being clamped by red-hot iron tongs.
All the strength in her body was drained away at that moment.
She fell limply to the ground again.
This time.'
She really couldn't move.
Ling Zixia let go of her hand.
She looked down at Xiao Cui who was groaning in pain on the ground.
The timid expression on his face had disappeared.
Instead, there was a cold indifference.
“Nice technique.”
She said in a calm tone.
"It's a pity that you chose the wrong target."
Xiao Cui looked at her in horror.
She was completely unable to comprehend what was happening before her eyes.
Who is this woman?
In her seemingly fragile body.
How could it contain such terrifying power?
"You... who are you?"
Xiao Cui asked in a trembling voice.
Ling Zixia did not answer her question.
She walked slowly to the wooden pillar.
She held out two slender fingers.
The bent steel needle was pulled out easily.
She held the needle close to her eyes.
Carefully look at the faint blue light on the tip of the needle.
"Soul-guiding incense."
She whispered the name.
"The main ingredient is the venom of the seven-step snake, supplemented with Gelsemium elegans and Crane's Crown."
"Then use the secret method of the Western Regions to refine it for 49 days."
"It is indeed a good thing that kills people without being seen."
She named each poison.
Xiao Cui's face turned even paler.
After she heard the whole recipe.
There was only dead despair on her face.
This recipe is a top secret.
Even she herself doesn't know it so clearly.
This woman...how did she know?
Ling Zixia's fingers gently stroked the bent steel needle.
The moment her fingertips touched the tip of the needle.
An invisible force came in.
The faint blue light on the tip of the needle faded at a speed visible to the naked eye.
The deadly "Soul-Guiding Incense" is extremely poisonous.
It was completely reversed at this moment.
It turned into a harmless, even slightly fragrant, ordinary liquid.
Ling Zixia did all this.
She held the steel needle that was no longer poisonous.
Slowly walked back to Xiao Cui.
She squatted down.
He looked at Xiao Cui who was lying on the ground.
"Now, I'm giving you a chance to choose."
Her voice was cold.
Like a piece of black ice that has not melted for thousands of years.
"First, tell me who sent you."
"Then, do things for me."
She paused.
Then put the steel needle.
It rested gently on Xiao Cui's neck.
The cold touch made Xiao Cui's body tremble violently.
"Second, you should taste this soul-guiding incense now."
Xiao Cui looked into her emotionless eyes.
She knew the woman wasn't kidding.
She would really kill herself.
The instinct of survival made her mind go blank.
"I tell you! I tell you!"
She almost screamed out.
"Yes...it's Master...it was Master Zhao Wenxuan who sent me here!"
There was no change in Ling Zixia's expression.
This answer was already within her expectations.
"What did he ask you to do?"
She continued to ask.
"Master said...that you have a special physique. Let me test you..."
Xiao Cui's voice was intermittent due to fear.
"He said...if you really have a problem, let me...find an opportunity to get rid of you..."
Ling Zixia's lips curled up in a mocking arc.
Zhao Wenxuan.
It was indeed him.
The man who appears cold on the outside but is cruel on the inside.
"One last question."
Ling Zixia applied a little force on the steel needle in her hand.
A faint red mark was left on Xiao Cui's fair neck.
"Did he also ask you to plant that Gentiana resurrection grass?"
Xiao Cui's pupils suddenly contracted.
Her face showed an expression even more shocked than when she heard the poison formula just now.
"You...how do you know..."
"That's not Gentiana resurrection grass!"
She was like a cat whose tail was stepped on.
He retorted with all his might.
"That's...that's dragon beard grass!"
"It's a strange herb that can only grow where the water lilies have died!"
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