At this moment, Elder She's limbs were all bound by the black whip. He couldn't move an inch.
The six students from the Misty Rain Tower behind him had rested enough. At least, their consciousness had basically returned by now.
Zhao Shuning asked, "I heard you're one of Shui Yunsheng's men?"
"Yes. You'd better not offend me. If our gang leader knows what happens to me, you won't escape death."
"Really?" Zhao Shuning stared blankly at the porcelain bottle in her hand.
"You crazy woman! You'd better think this through. You should know what kind of power Shui Yunsheng is. If you dare to offend me, you're going against the entire Shui Yunsheng."
"Does Shui Yunsheng not conduct any background checks when recruiting gang members? A low - life like you can get into Shui Yunsheng?"
The man's eyes flickered for a moment. But he still tried his best to retort, "With my abilities, I rank quite highly in Shui Yunsheng. You probably don't know that I'm on very good terms with the gang leader of Shui Yunsheng, Du She. We're like brothers."
Brothers?
No matter how one looked at She Shi, he didn't seem like the kind of person Du She would befriend.
"What are you looking at?" The man's voice involuntarily grew louder when he mentioned Shui Yunsheng.
Everyone knew that the power of Shui Yunsheng now spread across the Nine - Province Continent. One could say that no matter where you went, as long as you had the identity of Shui Yunsheng, others would surely look up to you.
It was a well - known fact in the martial arts world that the disciples of Shui Yunsheng were united.
"If you kill me now, with so many witnesses today, Shui Yunsheng will surely avenge me in the future."
"You value Shui Yunsheng so much? Then why do you smear its reputation? You're probably just a fame - seeker, using the name of Shui Yunsheng to do evil."
"What do you know? Have you even met the gang leader of Shui Yunsheng?"
Zhao Shuning shrugged, not saying yes or no.
"It doesn't matter whether I've met the gang leader of Shui Yunsheng or not. I just want to know who instructed you to do this. Let me guess."
The man involuntarily moved backward, but because his limbs were tied up, his movements looked extremely distorted and ridiculous.
"I guess it's the An Family?"
Hearing the words "An Family", She Shi's body froze for a moment, but in an instant, he regained his previous composure.
"You're talking nonsense. I have nothing to do with the An Family."
Everyone knew that there were two great generals in Shui Yunsheng, named Chu Wen and Chu Nuan. They hated the An Family to the core. For this reason, the An Family and Shui Yunsheng had always been on opposite sides. If a member of Shui Yunsheng got involved with the An Family, they would surely be punished, and the punishment would be extremely cruel.
Zhao Shuning smiled slightly. Her eyes were full of danger.
She was just making a random guess. Because most of the alchemists in the black market she had seen before were people expelled from the An Family.
What a coincidence!
On the surface, the An Family was a noble and upright family, but Zhao Shuning didn't need to investigate to know what kind of dirty deeds they did in private. She could tell just from An Susu, the head of the An Family.
"So, it really is the An Family?"
"What are you talking about, you crazy woman!"
Zhao Shuning was even more certain.
"I thought it was some big shot. The An Family sent scumbags like you out just to cause trouble for Shui Yunsheng. Fortunately, I said that even if Du She were blind, he wouldn't let a scumbag like you into the gang."
"You're talking nonsense. You're slandering the An Family!"
The man was extremely agitated.
Zhao Shuning smiled charmingly.
"Look, you're getting anxious. You're actually an alchemist of the An Family. Tsk, tsk, tsk. The An Family really went all out. They should have sent quite a few people like you."
"These are just your guesses. I'm a member of Shui Yunsheng. You can't refute this."
She Shi struggled violently, and a wooden token fell out of his bosom. The texture of the wooden token was indeed the one that members of Shui Yunsheng had. Zhao Shuning was very familiar with this wooden token because she had given them to Du She and the others back then.
The wooden token represented one's identity.
Could it be that She Shi was really a member of Shui Yunsheng?
"Now you should believe that I'm a member of Shui Yunsheng. If you're smart, you'd better let me go now. Maybe I'll let it slide because you're just a girl. If anything happens to me today, Shui Yunsheng will never let you go in the future."
"No, you're not a member of Shui Yunsheng."
The man said, "I have the wooden token as proof."
Zhao Shuning casually waved her hand and untied the black whip on She Shi.
Just when everyone thought the woman had given in, she suddenly attacked. But this time, her strength seemed much weaker than before. The two exchanged dozens of moves in a row, and She Shi didn't show any sign of defeat.
After about two quarters of an hour.
The woman's expression became relaxed. Then she twisted her wrist and used a Fire Fox Spell of a second - grade alchemist to trap the sixth - rank alchemist in place.
Next.
She clapped her hands.
She Shi was furious.
"What are you doing?"
Since she could capture him so easily, why did she play so many tricks?
"I have to say, your words just now really scared me."
She Shi stopped struggling. He looked at Zhao Shuning.
"What do you mean?"
"What I said just now is all the truth. You'll regret playing tricks on me."
Zhao Shuning said, "Really?"
She took out a jade token from her bosom.
"Do you know what this is?"
There were two jade tokens back then. Zhao Shuning gave one to Du She, and the other had always been in her Qiankun Bag. She always thought that she would never use this jade token in her lifetime.
"You - what is that thing in your hand?"
"What? You, She Shi, are a member of Shui Yunsheng, but you don't even recognize this jade token?"
Zhao Shuning added, "I wasn't sure if you were a member of Shui Yunsheng just now, but now I understand."
"What do you understand?"
"When I fought with you just now, I attacked very quickly, and you didn't have time to react. So in a hurry, the moves you used were all the skills that only the inner - sect disciples of the An Family could practice."
The area below was broad. Zhao Shuning's voice was not loud, but it was extremely quiet here, and it could clearly reach the ears of everyone on the upper floors.
"You're talking nonsense. Could my wooden token of Shui Yunsheng be fake?"
"The wooden token is real."
Zhao Shuning was calm.
If the wooden token were fake, she wouldn't have almost been fooled by this guy before.
"Since that's the case, how dare you play tricks on me? Let me go quickly."
"But you, you're fake."