The old man was clearly feigning ignorance, thinking that as long as he denied it, what could be done to him. But he had underestimated Cheng Xiaofan.
Cheng Xiaofan sneered and said, "You're playing dumb with me, aren't you? Fine, then have a taste of my needle!"
He intended to finish this quickly, seeing no need to waste time with such a person.
With a gentle flick of his index finger, a bone needle appeared on its tip.
*Swish!*
With a casual flick, the bone needle plunged into the old man's body.
"Ah!"
The old man let out a pained howl and writhed on the ground, "Ah, what needle did you put in me? It hurts so much! Help!"
"If you want to live, you need to tell me who sent you and why you drugged Xu Man?" Cheng Xiaofan asked, his face grim.
The old man continued to howl in pain, cold sweat beading on his forehead.
"I know what you mean, who did I drug?" the old man stubbornly insisted.
Cheng Xiaofan sneered, "Since you're being stubborn, I'll add another bone needle to you!"
He raised his hand, and another bone needle embedded itself into the old man's body.
This time, the old man's agony was so intense that he could only howl and thrash, his face covered in tears.
He could no longer endure it and said, "It hurts so much, Mr. Cheng, please spare me. I'll talk, I'll talk, is that good enough?"
Cheng Xiaofan tossed him a painkiller pill and said, "Swallow this pill, and the pain will stop immediately."
The old man scrambled to pick up the pill and swallowed it in one gulp.
The pain in his body ceased instantly.
He slumped to the ground, gasping for breath.
"My name is Yu Tian. I am a death cultivator, skilled in making lovesick poison tea. I was sent by someone who wanted me to use this poison tea to kill you."
Cheng Xiaofan pressed, "Yu Tian, who sent you?"
Yu Tian shook his head. "I don't know the person, nor have I ever seen his face. I only know he had a fight with you and couldn't defeat you, so he found me."
Cheng Xiaofan sneered repeatedly, "Do you think I'm an idiot? You've never met him, yet you took his job?"
Yu Tian said, "Mr. Cheng, I'm telling the truth. I don't know how the other party got my contact information. He called me using a public phone."
"He asked for my bank account and transferred fifty thousand yuan to me. He said if I could get you imprisoned, he would transfer another fifty thousand."
"..." Hearing his words, Cheng Xiaofan was a little speechless.
Many people had fought with him; who could be the mastermind?
The problem was, this death cultivator had no aura, so no information could be gleaned from him.
It seemed the mastermind knew quite a bit about him, aware that he could detect information from others' auras.
Therefore!
He had sought out Yu Tian.
Cheng Xiaofan could tell that Yu Tian was not lying.
He sneered again and asked, "Yu Tian, besides drugging Xu Man, have you poisoned anyone else?"
Yu Tian replied, "Back to you, Mr. Cheng, apart from Xu Man, any young beauties in Bamboo Creek Village who liked you in their hearts, I have drugged them all."
Cheng Xiaofan let out a cry of despair.
If he hadn't encountered Xu Man today and discovered the problem, once the poison took effect in the young women of the village, they would all go mad and claim he had assaulted them. How would he explain that?
He would be infamous, unable to defend himself, and without recourse!
Perhaps, if interrogated by the police, Zhang Heng from the headquarters of the Bureau of Martial Affairs would intervene to protect him, but would the parents of the village women let him go?
Even if the parents of the village women didn't seek to kill him, his own parents would hang him up and beat him to death.
Even if his parents couldn't inflict serious harm, the village's development would certainly be paralyzed.
Some divine beasts and exotic animals would leave him one by one.
Including his own White Goddess, and Shen Ruobing, and others, would also leave him.
As a descendant of Shennong, to have reached such a state, what face would he have to remain in Bamboo Creek Village?
Damn it!
This move was truly vicious!
Cheng Xiaofan's senses had always been acute.
This time, he had been outside and had not sensed any impending disaster.
This was entirely due to the nature of Yu Tian, the death cultivator, who had no aura, and even Xu Man's aura did not reveal the presence of a death cultivator.
"Yu Tian, how did you know which women in the village liked me?" Cheng Xiaofan, his mind racing, couldn't help but ask curiously.
Yu Tian dared not conceal anything. "I am skilled in physiognomy for young women. From their inner desires, I can observe who they are attracted to."
"This lovesick poison I refine only works on such women."
"I make a living in the martial world with this, so naturally, I understand how to target people and administer poison precisely, making it difficult to be discovered!"
"It's just that I didn't expect to fall into Mr. Cheng's hands this time. Even a tomb hidden in the deep mountains nearby was found by your eagle and dog!"
At this point, Cheng Xiaofan knew that he wouldn't get anything substantial out of Yu Tian by dawdling any longer.
His eyes narrowed slightly, and he said mockingly, "Yu Tian, before you die, do you have any last words?"
Death cultivators were extremely evil practitioners, and Cheng Xiaofan would never be soft-hearted towards such people.
Upon hearing this, Yu Tian immediately cried out, "Cheng Xiaofan, I've confessed everything you asked. Why aren't you letting me go?"
Cheng Xiaofan sneered, "Why should I let you go?"
Yu Tian immediately knelt before Cheng Xiaofan and said, "I am a death cultivator, skilled in using lovesick poison. Someone like me is at least a talent!"
"I can fight for you. Whoever you want to deal with, just give the order, and I'll do it!"
"Take me in. Treat me like a dog, but please don't kill me!"
Cheng Xiaofan shook his head. "Be my dog? Do you know that if my Taobaobao heard you say that, it would bite you to death!"
"Do you, an evil death cultivator, even deserve to be my dog?"
"Woof woof!"
At this moment, Taobaobao rushed in.
It knocked Yu Tian to the ground and placed a paw on his chest.
Seeing Taobaobao's fierce expression, Yu Tian was terrified and clasped his hands in supplication, crying, "Taobaobao, please, I misspoke. Don't bite me to death."
"My flesh is very smelly, it will dirty your mouth!"
"Hurry and lift your paw, I can barely breathe!"
"Spare me, Taobaobao!"
"Woof woof!"
Taobaobao was furious!
Was that how you addressed me?
Besides the master and those close to him, no one dared to call me that so casually.
Even that evil eagle often respectfully called me the divine dog.
He opened his mouth and tore off one of Yu Tian's ears.
"Ah—"
Yu Tian's scream of pain was heart-wrenching, the sound as tragic as could be!