C9

Meng Xiaodie woke up and found herself locked in a dark room. There was no window in this room, only a metal door.

He felt his whole body go numb and weak. It seemed that this poison was very powerful. He sat up, wanting to force out the poison. However, he heard a cold voice, "It's best if you stay put. You've already been hit by Hundred Blossom Soul Search. The more you circulate your power, the faster the poison will act up."

The voice was a little familiar, and he suddenly thought of the terrifying sound he had heard in the grocery store.

"Who are you? I have no enmity with you, so why do you want to harm me?" Meng Xiaodie looked around. The person who had spoken was not in the room, but his voice seemed to be right beside her ear.

"I don't want to harm you. You brought this upon yourself."

"What do you mean?"

"You should know that anyone who trespasses my city without permission will die."

Meng Xiaodie was silent. He thought, "Am I really not supposed to come here?"

"But, if you do something for me, then anything will be fine."

It was unknown when the door opened, but a person wearing a black robe was standing in the middle of the room. Because it was very dark in the room, Meng Xiaodie could not see his face, but his cloak was covering his face, making him look like a black pillar.

"What do you want me to do? "If I were to do those heinous crimes, I, Meng Xiaodie, would rather die than listen to them."

"Hahaha, what a good 'Heartless Black Sword' Meng Xiaodie. But don't worry, I won't let your cadre do anything bad. "The matter is very simple, help me explore an underground castle."

"Underground castle? "Where is it?"

"At your feet."

"Looks like this is an extremely dangerous matter."

"Of course, my subordinates have already died countless times in order to search this underground castle."

"So, you chose me and made me work for you."

"Don't make it sound so bad. You don't have to do it. I know what you're capable of, Meng Xiaodie. It won't be difficult for you."

Meng Xiaodie didn't say anything. Her silence made the man in black very angry. He sneered and showed her something, "Meng Xiaodie, do you know what this thing is?"

Meng Xiaodie was stunned. It was an emerald bracelet, and inside it was a phoenix with its wings spread wide, ready to fly away. Why is this bracelet in your hands? "

"Hehe, didn't you want to find that girl Sima Yun Ying? As long as you agree to my conditions, I will naturally hand that girl over to you.

"Looks like I have no other choice?" While Meng Xiaodie was talking to this man in black robes, she was also thinking, "Who is he exactly?"

"Don't even think about it, I can tell you that I'm the mayor of the city."

"Sha Tianfeng?"

"You know Sha Tianfeng?"

"City Lord Sha, I want to ask you, why are you searching for that underground castle?"

"This is not something that concerns you. As long as you are willing to do it, we can consider it a deal. After this is done, I will naturally dispel the poison in your body and give you a heavy reward as well."

Sha Tianfeng turned around and disappeared into the darkness.

Meng Xiaodie wanted to stand up. Although his body was weak, his Qi and blood had already flowed smoothly. He used his sword as a walking stick and just as he was about to raise his foot, the iron door opened and Jiang Bufan walked in.

Meng Xiaodie stared angrily at Jiang Bufan, and angrily said, "Was this set up by you?"

"Meng Xiaodie, you've wronged me. Actually, I was just bait."

Jiang Bufan sighed lightly. He wanted to say something to Meng Xiaodie, but he looked around and swallowed the words that were about to come out of his mouth.

"Let's leave this place. The mayor ordered us to explore the underground castle together."

Meng Xiaodie looked at Jiang Bufan in astonishment. From his expression, she could tell that he was not joking. He did not expect that he was the only one to take action this time.

Jiang Bufan brought Meng Xiaodie back to Linglong's small courtyard. It was almost dusk, so he opened the door and called out.

In the dim light, a person wearing red clothes was standing in the room.

"Who?" "Who are you?" Jiang Xian shouted loudly.

"Same person." The red-robed man slowly turned around.

Meng Xiaodie was stunned once again. That red clothed person was actually a slender and graceful woman.

Meng Xiaodie took out her treasured sword. When he saw this woman's face, his heart was filled with boundless anger. He walked towards her step by step.

"Chu Baishuang?" Why are you here? " Jiang Bufan was also quite surprised.

"I am waiting here on the City Lord's orders to explore the underground castle together."

"Why did I send you here? Don't tell me you are the City Lord's …" Jiang Bufan was quite surprised.

Meng Xiaodie snorted coldly, "This Sha Tianfeng doesn't believe that I, Meng Xiaodie, still need to send someone to monitor him."

"Hero Meng, you are wrong, the underground castle is extremely dangerous. The Mayor sent us here to help him. We have something to take care of each other."

"No wonder the mayor told me that there is another key figure in this operation. I didn't expect it to be you. " Jiang Qisha intentionally said.

"Constable Jiang, we're all here to host matters for the city. Why are you laughing at us?"

"I'm sorry, Miss Chu. You are the city lord's trusted aide. How could I dare to mock you? I have no time to curry favor with you."

"Actually, I'm not Chu Tianshuang. My name is Shen Hong."

Meng Xiaodie and Jiang Bufan were stunned at the same time. Every word that this woman said was explosive news. She wasn't Chu Tianshuang, but she looked too similar to her.

"Don't look at me with that kind of expression, I'm not some monster."

"Shen Hong, a poison expert from the Miao territory." Jiang Bufan took two steps forward and looked at Shen Hong. He hadn't expected that the one standing in front of him was the Poison Woman, Shen Hong.

"Constable Jiang, don't mock me. Because I was ordered by the Mayor to offend Hero Meng, I have to apologize to Hero Meng."

He had three weaknesses in his life, one of which was to take advantage of the situation. Many times, a simple apology from someone else would immediately cause Meng Xiaodie to lose her defense, not to mention that the other person was a gentle and beautiful woman.

Shen Hong was indeed very beautiful. If she wasn't disguised, then she would look almost exactly like the famous lady in the capital, Chu Tianshuang. She even had a bit of a heroic spirit which attracted Meng Xiaodie's interest.

He stared at Shen Hong as he returned the black sword to its scabbard.

"Why did Miss Shen choose to disguise herself as Chu Tianshuang? You must know that Chu Baishuang is one of the most famous women in the capital."

"I'm not disguised as Chu Tianshuang. I don't know what Chu Tianshuang is. I, Shen Hong, am just like this." Shen Hong's words were sonorous and forceful.

Meng Xiaodie was skeptical. If the other party was a man, she really wanted to grab him and see if she could tear off his face.

Jiang Xian and Meng Xiaodie had never seen Shen Hong before, but his fame in the Southwest was so great that very few people in the Central Plains knew about him.

It was beyond Jiang Qisha's expectations that Shen Hong chose to side with the mayor. Even though he was a constable of the Mage City, he rarely cared about what Sha Tianfeng had done. Jiang Bufan felt that Sha Tianfeng was acting strangely. He had collected some martial arts experts over the years and often gathered them in secret as if they were discussing something. Sometimes, those people would suddenly disappear for many days and then reappear one day.

Sha Tianfeng didn't trust Jiang Feifan, but when Jiang Feifan handed over the Tiger Eye Gem to him in the middle of the night, a sinister plan flashed through his mind.