"Actually, I followed my master to learn alchemy since I was young, so I'm half a physician, right?"
"Oh?"
Ye Qingli's eyes flickered.
"Then I'd like to hear how much you actually know."
She knew very well that being an alchemist was a very lucrative profession.
"I can refine a poison that specifically targets cultivators like you."
"Oh?"
Ye Qingli raised her eyebrows.
"Is that so?"
"Yes, as long as you take my antidote, you will die within a month, and then you will have no room for resistance whatsoever."
Xiao Tao said with conviction.
"I can keep it a secret for you, and I only charge a thousand taels of gold. But I will never leak these secrets!"
"No!"
Ye Qingli shook her head.
"Your identity is not simple. If this leaks out, someone will definitely investigate. At that time, I could easily be implicated."
"Therefore, I cannot take this risk. Otherwise, once discovered, I will also face dire consequences."
"Then alright."
Xiao Tao gritted her teeth.
"A thousand taels of gold, I'll give it to you! But please don't harm my family!"
"I will consider it."
Ye Qingli smiled faintly.
This time, she was not in a hurry to act.
She wanted to interrogate Xiao Tao slowly, making her tell her everything that had happened during this period.
This way, she could confirm exactly what was going on with her!
If Xiao Tao did not confess honestly.
She would directly use force to extract a confession!
She wanted this slut to know the consequences of angering her!
"By the way, how did you get to know them?"
"When I was young, they found me. I originally wanted to refuse, but under their threats and inducements, I could only submit."
"I still remember at the time, they said that if I was willing to be their lover, they would take me away, to a place far from the capital."
Xiao Tao thought for a moment.
"I was very scared at the time, but I knew I couldn't leave home. If I left home, I wouldn't be able to find work and would lose my source of livelihood."
"So, I agreed. However, during this period, we agreed that I would sneak into the city every few days. I wanted to earn as much money as possible."
"Then?"
"A few months ago, a merchant took a fancy to my beauty. He said that if I became his lover, he would give me a sum of money."
"So, you spent all that money?"
"Yes."
Xiao Tao nodded frankly.
"At that time, he only gave me five thousand taels of silver notes. But I was reluctant to gamble them away."
Ye Qingli frowned.
"Then you didn't plan to report it to the authorities?"
"I... I don't have the ability to report it to the authorities at all."
"So, I had to endure it."
"However, just yesterday, that merchant suddenly came to me and asked me to drink with him, and promised me fifty thousand taels. If that's the case, I can continue to stay by his side."
"What was the merchant's name?"
Ye Qingli narrowed her eyes.
"His name is Li Wen."
"Then how did you know he was trying to swindle you for money?"
"I don't know about that, but he gave me a slip of paper with Li Wen's name on it."
Xiao Tao took out a yellowed piece of paper.
It was stolen from the inn.
It also had a string of numbers written on it.
Then, an address was left.
Xiao Tao looked and saw that it was indeed Ye Mansion.
Ye Qingli carefully examined the address on the slip of paper and found that it did indeed indicate the location of Ye Mansion.
"Alright, now I know the whole story. You can go."
"Thank you, Madam!"
Xiao Tao quickly ran out.
Her heart was pounding.
Although she didn't know Ye Qingli's true identity.
However, from her demeanor and temperament, as well as her powerful martial arts skills, and her subordinates, all indicated that she was extraordinary!
Xiao Tao believed that Ye Qingli would not harm her.
Her promise would definitely be fulfilled!
Watching Xiao Tao's receding back, Ye Qingli curled her lips and sneered.
"What a bunch of idiots, being used without even knowing it."
"Miss, how should she be dealt with?"
The man in black entered and stood respectfully to the side.
"Since she is innocent, then let her go!"
"Yes, Madam."
The man in black took his orders and left.
After Xiao Tao returned to her room, she quickly changed into new clothes.
Then, she quickly fled.
She dared not linger.
If Ye Qingli discovered she had escaped, she would definitely send people to capture her!
She had to leave this city immediately!
And then, find an opportunity to leave this dilapidated temple!
This woman was truly terrifying.
The more Xiao Tao thought about it, the more fearful she became.
She ran all the way and quickly returned to her residence.
And then, not long after she left.
A luxurious carriage slowly drove into this house.
"Huh, I seem to smell blood."
Sitting in the carriage was a young, handsome young master.
He was accompanied by three or four retainers.
A handsome bodyguard said, "Young Master, the smell of blood I detected should be coming from this house. Could it be that someone killed someone here and then fled elsewhere?"
"Hmm, go and search."
The carriage stopped, and the coachman respectfully lifted the curtain.
The young master first glanced out the window.
His eyes suddenly widened!
There was a corpse lying here!
The corpse was emitting a strong smell of blood!
The young master quickly got out.
He squatted down and reached out to touch the corpse.
"He's actually dead, no wonder there's such a strong smell of blood!"
"Was it killed by that commoner?"
He raised his head and asked.
A retainer said in a low voice, "I have already examined it. It was killed by a boy of sixteen or seventeen. And he died in one move. He doesn't look like an ordinary person."
"A boy of sixteen or seventeen?"
The young master frowned.
Logically speaking, in this world, those who could cultivate to the Foundation Establishment stage at the age of twenty at the oldest were rare.
Under normal circumstances, it would take at least three to five hundred years of cultivation to possibly reach the Foundation Establishment stage.
Like the young man in front of him, he could not possibly have reached such a profound realm.
However, in Ye Mansion, there was precisely such a person.
And, as far as he knew, this young man seemed to have just returned.
"I remember, Ye Qingli looks to be around sixteen or seventeen..."
The young master murmured.
"However, even if she is sixteen or seventeen, she shouldn't have such high martial arts skills!"
"Could it be that she is the inheritor of a reclusive master?"
"If that's the case, then it's troublesome!"
The young master's expression became solemn.
"Such a master will definitely take him in as a disciple. We cannot afford to offend them."
"Young Master, you don't need to worry. We have already made arrangements."
The retainer smiled proudly.
"Although the Ye family is very rich, we are not people who have never seen money. As long as the Ye family cannot produce enough money, they will not be able to contend with us!"
"Well, after this matter is handled, you will immediately return to the capital. No matter what method you use, bring Ye Qingli back."
"Also, tell those fools not to cause trouble at this critical juncture! Otherwise, I will absolutely not let them off!"
"Yes, Young Master!"
Several retainers agreed, and then withdrew from the room.
Ye Qingli was unaware that because of her, Ye Mansion had brought about a great disaster.