"Puppet?" Sheng Lengshuang's eyes darkened. "It seems you know quite a bit, so we'll have to ask you to come with us. Bring her back alive. If she resists, disable her hands and feet."
Several dark guards rushed towards the alluring woman, while the others either cleaned up the scene or protected Sheng Lengshuang and the others.
The alluring woman, seeing that no one present was affected by her poison, was incredulous. "How is this possible?! Why are you all completely unaffected by my poison?"
"It's very simple. We took specially made pills before coming," Sheng Lengshuang said chillingly.
The alluring woman no longer dared to underestimate Sheng Lengshuang. She leaped to Zhou Wenxing's side, used powder to force back the dark guards, grabbed Zhou Wenxing, and fled. "Sheng Lengshuang, I will surely make you..."
Before she could finish speaking, she was surrounded by dark guards.
"Please, don't always think that with poison and martial arts, you can escape," Sheng Lengshuang looked at her as if she were an idiot. "These dark guards are the elite of the elite. I advise you to surrender obediently, or you'll suffer."
The alluring woman really wanted to abandon Zhou Wenxing, but her master had ordered her to bring Zhou Wenxing back. "Miss Sheng, how about we talk?"
Sheng Lengshuang was very interested. "I have a pill and several formulas here, all for beauty and rejuvenation. They will surely improve your skin, make you look years younger, and no one will notice anything unusual."
"Do you want them?"
The alluring woman immediately said, "Yes!"
Sheng Lengshuang held up two fingers. "Two conditions: first, who is your master, and second, what is your master's objective? If you tell me honestly, these pills and formulas are yours."
The alluring woman didn't completely believe her. "Do you really have them?"
Sheng Lengshuang tossed her a pill. "You study these things yourself. Take a look and see if what I said is true or false."
The alluring woman examined it carefully and confirmed that the pill did indeed have the effect of beautifying and rejuvenating. As for how effective it was, it was hard to say for now.
"If your formula really works, I'll tell you everything."
"Don't say it!" the masked man shouted. "If you dare to speak, your master will wish you were dead."
The alluring woman ignored him. "I'm not like you, not a subordinate of the master. I agreed to work for him because he could help me."
Sheng Lengshuang and the others caught the implication.
The masked man kept shouting, telling the alluring woman not to speak, but the alluring woman, for the sake of her appearance, paid no heed.
Sheng Lengshuang seized the opportunity and recited a beauty and rejuvenation formula. The formulas she possessed were the essence of thousands of years.
Indeed, upon hearing the beauty and rejuvenation formula, the alluring woman threw Zhou Wenxing aside. "You have more?"
"I have a few more here," Sheng Lengshuang said with a radiant smile.
The alluring woman: "As long as you give me these formulas, I'll tell you everything I know."
Sheng Lengshuang agreed. "Look, I've already given you a pill and a formula. Shouldn't you tell me something now?"
The alluring woman took out her water pipe, lit it, and took a puff. "Speaking of which, after all these years, this is the first time I've seen such an interesting young lady like you. You're much more interesting than those others."
Sheng Lengshuang: "Is it because I exposed your real age?"
The alluring woman's expression flickered for a moment, but she didn't get angry. "That's one of the reasons. The main reason is that you have something I want."
Sheng Lengshuang nodded understandingly. "Tell me what you know."
"I'm afraid I can't say anymore," the alluring woman's expression suddenly became serious. She spoke towards the front. "The master really doesn't trust me, sending you all here."
Sheng Lengshuang and the others followed her gaze and saw ten masked figures appear in their line of sight.
Mo Lingxi and General Sheng shielded two women behind them.
"Father-in-law, these people have excellent Qinggong," Mo Lingxi said.
General Sheng nodded. "These youngsters are not only skilled in Qinggong, but their internal energy is also profound. It seems the Black Hand is quite capable."
Sheng Lengshuang couldn't discern these things. She only saw that under the siege of the dark guards, they had taken Zhou Wenxing and the others away. "So, what exactly does the Black Hand want to do? They have the strength to truly deal with us, but they haven't, and they've created so much trouble."
Mo Lingxi and the others hadn't figured this out either.
"It's as if the Black Hand is deliberately causing so much trouble."
"Could it be intentional, to confuse our vision?"
They couldn't reach a conclusion on this matter for now, and it wasn't a good place to discuss it.
"What a shame for such a good piece of land," Sheng Lengshuang looked at the devastated area with regret. "Wouldn't it be great to plant fruit trees and bamboo here?"
Mo Lingxi and the other two were a bit taken aback. Why was she suddenly talking about planting crops?
"Do you want to plant crops?" Mo Lingxi asked.
Sheng Lengshuang tilted her head. "Perhaps I do? For some reason, seeing this place ruined like this makes me think of how wasteful it is. Wouldn't it be great to plant fruit trees and the like on such good land?"
Mo Lingxi guessed that Sheng Lengshuang might have been influenced by Shilipo Village.
He ordered some dark guards to clean up the scene and left with Sheng Lengshuang and the others.
In the carriage.
Sheng Lengshuang was still pondering the matter of planting crops. "Mother, do you think we could plant more fruit trees?"
Madam Sheng had no objections. "Lengshuang, instead of planting fruit trees, why not plant medicinal herbs? That's what you're good at."
Sheng Lengshuang had considered planting medicinal herbs. "Each medicinal herb has different requirements. Not all places are suitable for planting medicinal herbs, and some medicinal herbs cannot be cultivated artificially."
Many precious medicinal herbs could not be cultivated artificially even with modern technology.
Madam Sheng wasn't very clear about these things. "We have a lot of land. If we can plant medicinal herbs, we'll plant them. If not, plant something else. You do as you please."
As long as Lengshuang was well, she could do whatever she wanted.
Sheng Lengshuang thought this method was feasible and began to consider planting medicinal herbs and fruit trees.
"Lengshuang, why would you suddenly think of planting these things? Is it related to the poison you were afflicted with?" Madam Sheng asked worriedly.
Sheng Lengshuang wasn't sure. "My situation might be related to the poisoning. Mother, don't worry too much. I already have a clue and should be able to detoxify myself soon."
Madam Sheng couldn't be reassured and sighed with a worried frown. If only there was a way to detoxify Lengshuang.
Sheng Lengshuang hugged her shoulders and comforted her softly.
When they returned to the Sheng family, they encountered Sima Min, who had come to find Sheng Lengshuang.
"Miss Sima, is something the matter?" Sheng Lengshuang asked faintly, looking at Sima Min, who was dressed in plain white.
Sima Min suppressed her grief. "Miss Sheng, I know your father's death has nothing to do with you. I've come to express my apologies. I didn't expect my father's affairs to involve you."
Sheng Lengshuang found it a bit strange. "Miss Sima, why are you telling me this now?"