"The thing you put into your mouth should, of course, be taken with care."
Su Mo, holding the arm of the Qingshe Alliance Leader, slowly stood up.
Beside him, Yang Xiaoyun also stood up and quickly assembled the Dragon Abyss Spear:
"When Xiao Mo reminded me there was something wrong with the tea, I was surprised. I hadn’t expected that there really was a problem. The maneuvers of the Qingshe Alliance Leader are truly unpredictable; I admire them."
"How exactly did you discover the clue?"
The face of the Qingshe Alliance Leader was filled with disbelief, to such an extent that even the severe pain in his arm was no longer on his mind.
He questioned himself, as he believed his planning had been meticulously crafted. The Sect Leader had personally instructed him, and his own performance should have been flawless.
"Your slip-ups weren’t many, just a brief moment of nervousness when you passed the tea because that fatty tried to snatch it," said Su Mo, shaking his head with a smile.
"Just because of that one instance?"
The Qingshe Alliance Leader could hardly believe what he was hearing.
When that fatty had lunged for the tea, he indeed felt a moment of anxiety, as the tea was the pivot of today’s entire scheme.
If it were tampered with, all earlier efforts would be wasted.
Even though there was a slight change in his expression, he found a plausible reason, and there should not have been any noticeable discrepancies in his behavior.
Su Mo smiled and said: "I have no other strengths but being cautious, and the reputation of the Qingshe Alliance is not good. Even without that reaction, I wouldn’t dare to drink the tea provided by the Qingshe Alliance Leader... let alone with that incident?
"Furthermore, the Alliance Leader seems quite confident in his acting skills, yet there are some shortcomings.
"When Master Hongyun visited, those looks in your eyes were somewhat superfluous.
"Although at that time it did not seem strange, combined with other factors, it made me think differently.
"Therefore, that cup of tea was absolutely undrinkable."
The face of the Qingshe Alliance Leader turned ashen: "If you had suspicions earlier, why didn’t you speak up?"
"Laying blame without evidence and tarnishing someone’s reputation is something I never do; abstaining from a cup of tea does not harm the relationship.
"However, blatantly accusing you of poisoning the tea... was somewhat inappropriate.
"Most importantly, if I had spoken up then, how could I have easily caught you now?"
With these words, his fingers pressed several points on the body of the Qingshe Alliance Leader: "How about it, forego further struggles, and let’s sit down and talk after you hand over the antidote?"
The Qingshe Alliance Leader grimaced, a decisive look flashing in his eyes.
Su Mo, capturing the change in the Qingshe Alliance Leader’s eyes in an instant, promptly grasped his jaw with one hand, making it impossible for him to close his mouth.
With a transfer of Inner Strength, he twisted the Qingshe Alliance Leader’s head, and gently tapped the back of his head with the other hand.
A series of "pu pu pu..." sounds followed.
White teeth clattered out from his mouth.
Su Mo’s Inner Strength vibrated, directly shaking out all of his teeth.
"Sorry, I really don’t want to search one by one; might as well just have you spit them all out for clarity."
While speaking, he tore a piece from his clothing, rolled it into a ball, and stuffed it into his mouth, reaching down to his throat.
Letting him lie down, Su Mo reached between his waist and the sleeves, touching lightly.
Suddenly, "swoosh swoosh swoosh..."
Three silver needles sprang from his waist, embedding themselves directly into the beam above.
Looking up calmly, Su Mo scoffed, "Why didn’t these three poison needles kill the people from Eternal Night Valley?"
The Qingshe Alliance Leader’s head slanted, completely uncooperative.
Su Mo didn’t investigate further; aside from poison needles, there seemed to be nothing in his sleeves or on his waist.
But when Su Mo removed his belt and turned it over, he saw various pocketed compartments sewn into the inside of the belt.
The medication inside was sealed with waterproof fabric and wax pills, clearly prepared in advance.
Su Mo’s mouth twisted: "Which of these medicines is which, couldn’t you label them?"
"They are distinguished by color," retorted Yang Xiaoyun, rolling her eyes at Su Mo.
"Well, that makes sense."
For the moment, Su Mo couldn’t distinguish which of these medicine pills was the antidote for this heart-aching poison. Looking at the Qingshe Alliance Leader, he knew this wasn’t the right moment to extract a confession through torture.
Most importantly, even if he forced a confession, there’s no telling if the information would be true or false.
This poisonous snake might just turn the poison into ’antidote.’
Wouldn’t that just fulfill his wish?
He had no choice but to first check on ZhuGe Changtian and the others.
ZhuGe Changtian looked pale; however, the poison was moving slowly through his system, and it would take some effort to reach his vital core.
With no other options, Su Mo lightly pondered and then grabbed ZhuGe Changjian’s wrist, transferring a breath of Inner Strength; after a few moments, ZhuGe Changtian spat out a mouthful of black blood.
Feeling much better, he hastily said: "Thank you, Su, the Chief of the Escort."
"I haven’t completed my task yet. We still need to identify the correct antidote to completely clear the residual poison. Master, please wait; I’ll go help the others detoxify."
He left that instruction and moved on to the Hongye Gang Leader, applying the same method, and it was effective.
In a short moment, he had made a complete round.