"The food has been drugged, you all sleep for a while," Song Yan Ning had already discovered the sedatives in the dishes, but she did not deliberately neutralize them. These drugs would only make people sleep for a while and would not cause harm.
After everyone had fallen asleep, Song Yan Ning and Qin Yushen also closed their eyes and lay their heads on the table. There was no need to guess; the person who drugged them was definitely the one pursuing them.
Soon, a series of footsteps approached.
The waitress who had served them earlier walked over.
She glanced at Song Yan Ning and her companions sleeping on the table, a smirk curling the edges of her lips. She had disguised herself as a waitress with the purpose to kill Song Yan Ning and Qin Yushen. She thought that Song Yan Ning and Qin Yushen might detect the drugs in the food, but surprisingly, they hadn’t noticed at all, which was completely unlike the legends about them. They seemed so weak that she lost all interest in killing them; if not for the rewards, she wouldn’t have wanted to kill them at all.
Pulling out a dagger, the waitress walked behind Song Yan Ning and slashed the dagger towards her neck. This task was unexpectedly simple.
Suddenly, a force emerged, binding her hand that held the dagger.
The waitress was startled and quickly tried to retract her hand. She realized that she had been tricked. Indeed, Song Yan Ning and Qin Yushen were not so easy to deal with.
The next moment, she found that she was unable to move, and her heart sank with panic.
Song Yan Ning and Qin Yushen lifted their heads, looking amusedly at the waitress.
"Who sent you?" Song Yan Ning stared into the waitress’s eyes.
"Hmph!" The waitress closed her eyes, unwilling to meet Song Yan Ning’s gaze. She knew she was undoubtedly doomed. She thought, the organization wouldn’t let her go, and neither would Song Yan Ning and Qin Yushen spare her, so what difference did it make whether she spoke or not?
"You speak, and I can help you remove the Gu Worm from your body," Song Yan Ning spoke. She had already used her Divine Sense to check and found a golden Gu Worm inside her.
The waitress’s eyes flew open in surprise, "You know there’s a Gu Worm inside me?" It was because of the Gu Worm that she dared not betray the organization. Otherwise, once the Gu Worm retaliated, she would die a dreadful death.
She had once seen the fate of someone who betrayed the organization; the Gu Worm had devoured that person’s windpipe completely, and the person had died in agonizing pain.
"Mhm," Song Yan Ning smiled and nodded.
"Can you remove the Gu Worm?" The waitress looked at Song Yan Ning, her eyes filled with hope, but soon, the hope in her eyes vanished, replaced by desolation. She knew Song Yan Ning was deceiving her; she had never heard of anyone being able to remove a Gu Worm.
"I can," Song Yan Ning said affirmatively.
The waitress stared at Song Yan Ning for a long while, "If you can help me remove the Gu Worm, I will tell you everything." Because of this Gu Worm, she had become a killing machine, unable to even approach those she loved dearly. How she wished she could be rid of it all and live a normal life with her beloved.
"Give me your hand," Song Yan Ning extended her hand.
The waitress was about to say she couldn’t move, but then she realized she could move her hand, her eyes flickering with shock. What kind of method was this?
Song Yan Ning grasped the waitress’s hand, channeling a surge of Spiritual Power into her body and quickly located the Gu Worm. With a sweep of Spiritual Power, the Gu Worm was expelled from the waitress’s body.