At this moment, his psychological defenses crumbled, and he dared not hide anything anymore, spilling everything out.
"I’ll tell, I’ll tell, please don’t step on me again."
Zhao Ya lifted his foot, allowing the oppressed Qi blood to resume its flow, causing Xiang Gui almost to collapse from pain.
"This... this was given to me by our Sect Leader. He told me this thing is extremely domineering and shouldn’t be used casually, or there’d be backlash. If it wasn’t to deal with the people from the Lan Family Escort Agency, I wouldn’t have used it this time."
"And who is your Sect Leader?" Zhao Ya asked immediately.
"His name is Cong Bo, a friend I met incidentally in the Jianghu three years ago. This person is not particularly strong, but he knows a lot of tricks and is very articulate. He says he’s the Sect Leader of the Five Poison Sect."
"He strongly urged me to join. I was initially unwilling, but later he gave me some medicinal powder. I tried it, found it pretty useful, and then I got tempted and joined the Five Poison Sect."
"Later, he asked me to recruit more people into the sect and said the more people I recruited, the higher my level in the sect would be. In just a year or two, the Five Poison Sect grew a lot."
Zhao Ya was amused upon hearing this.
It sounds just like a pyramid scheme, recruiting people to level up.
"Then, Cong Bo disappeared for a while, saying he went to find his master. When he came back, he had this Exotic Insect Fragrance."
"Oh? Do you know who his master is?" Zhao Ya asked promptly.
Xiang Gui shook his head and said, "I don’t know, but I heard him say his master is a high figure from a place called Beast Taming Sect in Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain."
Zhao Ya’s eyes lit up.
Beast Taming Sect.
A familiar name.
The beast tide in Yunxiao County seemed just like yesterday.
Zhao Ya had deep memories of the Beast Taming Sect who initiated that beast tide.
Although he had never seen anyone from the Beast Taming Sect from start to finish, all the records and people like Wang Tiancheng pointed towards this veteran Demon Sect, Beast Taming Sect.
It’s no wonder this poison is so domineering.
Because Zhao Ya is well acquainted with the means of the Beast Taming Sect.
To say nothing else, just the Mountain Demon and the Ghost Child are enough to be overwhelming.
And merely obtaining the Beast Pearls from them allowed Zhao Ya to unlock two major Breaking Realm talents successfully.
It can be said, apart from those Beyond the World Thirteen Sects that he’s only heard about but not seen, the Beast Taming Sect is the strongest sect force Zhao Ya has encountered so far, bar none.
Compared to it, sects like the Paradise Sect, Refining World Sect, and others are simply a joke.
But why would such a powerful sect accept a disciple like Cong Bo?
Zhao Ya was puzzled but temporarily set it aside, then asked, "Where is this Cong Bo now?"
"I don’t know!" Xiang Gui hurriedly added, seemingly afraid that Zhao Ya would step on him again.
"Since he brought back this Exotic Insect Fragrance, the Five Poison Sect’s strength expanded quickly, becoming a local tyrant within a year, and I rarely saw him after that, especially recently. I haven’t seen him at all. He might have gone back to Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain to find his master again."
"So, this action was of your own volition?" Zhao Ya asked.
Xiang Gui showed a trace of embarrassment.
"I had a grudge with the Lan Family before. This time, I heard they received a big order, a rare Treasure Medicine, so I got the idea to seize it and take it as my own, also to teach them a lesson."
Xiang Gui was filled with regret at this moment.
If he had known he would run into this young master, he wouldn’t have gone to that noodle shop to make a move.
But now, it’s too late to say anything; he can only hope Zhao Ya will spare his life considering how cooperative he has been.
Zhao Ya smiled.
He actually understood the mindset of people like Xiang Gui.
For people like them who don’t have much power themselves, the Lan Family Escort Agency was something they absolutely couldn’t provoke.
But now with this Exotic Insect Fragrance, the situation reversed instantly.
You could say the Lan Family instantly became a fish on the chopping board, ready to be cut up as one wished.
Under such circumstances, Xiang Gui would naturally rack his brains to take revenge.
Seeing Zhao Ya smile, chills ran through Xiang Gui’s heart, and he began to plead repeatedly.
"This young master, I really know I was wrong, and I haven’t done anything heinous since joining the Five Poison Sect. This was also my first time taking action."
"My knees are crippled now; I won’t stand up for the rest of my life, so I beg you, please spare my life as I’ve been so cooperative."
While saying this, Xiang Gui was kneeling on the ground, pleading repeatedly.
To be honest, if it were someone else, seeing Xiang Gui like this, they might really get soft-hearted and spare his life.
But Zhao Ya wouldn’t believe a word Xiang Gui said.
Because earlier, when Xiang Gui had the upper hand after poisoning, his expression and behavior were nothing like what he said, so innocent and pure.
However, now was not the time to kill him, as there was still something to be done.
"Where is the base of your Five Poison Sect?"
"Uh..." Xiang Gui hesitated.
Zhao Ya immediately lifted his foot.
Seeing this, Xiang Gui’s face went pale with fright.
"I’ll tell, I’ll tell, it’s in a mountain hollow thirty miles from here."
"Good, then you will take me there now."
"Now?"
"What? Can’t do it?"
"I can, I can!" Xiang Gui nodded hastily, not daring to hesitate any further.