Chapter 695 - 699: Willing to Serve the Country
The Emperor chuckled grimly, "Why should a ruler entangle himself with the dying?"
Liao Li glanced at him and asked solemnly, "How confident are you in killing them? If they escape, I won’t be able to withstand the wrath of those three tribes."
The Emperor lifted his chin slightly, the depths of his eyes a dense and impenetrable black, "Rest assured, ruler. At last night’s banquet, each dish they consumed contained poison that I had added.
This poison is colorless, tasteless, and unnoticeable. I used a minimal amount. Calculating the timing, it should take effect once they’ve entered the Wood Immortal Mansion.
In this way, it will go undetected. Even if someone found out later, we can deflect the blame and say they were poisoned inside the Wood Immortal Mansion. It would have nothing to do with us."
With that, Liao Li frowned slightly, "The poison you used last night, doesn’t it just weaken them and deprive them of their Primordial Power? How can that threaten their lives?"
The smile spread wider across the Emperor’s face, his dried and wrinkled skin folding together. There was a sinister glint in his eyes that sent shivers down one’s spine.
He laughed eerily, his voice hoarse and grating on the ear. "Does the ruler think that everything is peaceful in the Wood Immortal Mansion, that there are no dangers?"
Liao Li looked like he had an epiphany.
The Emperor’s cold gaze swept over Xuan Tian and Xuan Shui of the Xuanjia beastmen, and then continued, "Even if they aren’t killed by the traps in the Wood Immortal Mansion, aren’t those guys still there?"
Xuan Shui violently shivered, hearing such a massive secret, he couldn’t pretend that nothing happened.