Wang Wei pointed his finger to the woman's forehead, instantly souring her expression. As the seal entered her Sea of Consciousness and targeted her soul, a terrifying soul poison rushed from the Poison Demoness' mind, targeting him. Although it appeared she had given, that was far from the truth.
Someone of her cultivation level and status would never give up hope of freedom until she exhausted every possible measure. As such, when Mongke did not kill or immediately control her, the demoness planned her escape. Sadly for her, she jumped from one monster's mouth to another. Ultimately, she sighed, resigning herself to her fate.
"What can you tell me about the Death-root Poison?" Wang Wei asked.
"What is there to say? I spent so much time and effort cultivating the thing, but someone stole it."
"Who stole it?"
"It was an apprentice. No, not even an apprentice, but a medicine slave I bought," the Poison Demoness replied nonchalantly. Wang Wei frowned. His intuition told him this news was important, but he could not pinpoint how. His eyes turned gray as he divined some information, but a vaguely familiar fog blocked his true sight. He tried other divinations and discovered a clue.
"Where did you get the poison?" Wang Wei asked.
"A fortunate encounter."
"In this place or outside?"
"Of course, this place. I haven't had anything to do with the outside world for a while."
Wang Wei frowned, wondering whether the Lawless Zone could give birth to a fortunate encounter of such a level. Although rare, it should be possible if someone who came to hide in this place brought the poison and died, thus leaving it as a fortunate encounter.
"You said you bought the medicine slave? From who?" he asked.
"The Green Earth Pavilion," the demoness replied.
"Them? They sell people?"
"One of the biggest sources of wealth from the Green Earth and Azure Sky Pavilion is selling slaves," the Poison Demoness calmly explained. "They even used the 4 gangs to help --- especially the Crazy Thief Gang."
'That would explain the source of all the ordinary women and men in Mongke's Battle Coliseum,' Wang Wei thought.
"Did you make a fuss to the Green Earth Pavilion after the medicine slave escaped with your property?"
"I did," the demoness replied. "But they only offered twice the price I bought her for, which was nothing compared to the poison's value."
"It seems you might be immediately useful," Wang Wei muttered. He instructed her of something before turning into one of the demoness' strings of her.
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