For a moment, Manager He couldn't react at all. He stared at the dagger blankly, not knowing what happened.
After a while, he raised his head and stared at Huang Sanbai in disbelief.
"Elder Sanbai, you... you..."
However, when he reacted, it was too late.
The dagger was tempered with poison that would act immediately by Huang Sanbai. In the few breaths that Manager He was stunned for, the poison would be fully exerted.
Therefore, Manager He fell backwards without even finishing his sentence.
The body hit the ground heavily and remained motionless.
Until his death, he still didn't understand why Huang Sanbai, the elder of the family, suddenly attacked him.
He obviously followed Huang Sanbai's request. If something went wrong, it was because the information provided by Huang Sanbai was wrong. It was not his responsibility.
"Tsk, I didn't expect that that damn girl is really capable. She can even see through such a scheme. It's really difficult to deal with. Fortunately, this old He is simple-minded and everything has been exposed. He hasn't seen what's wrong yet. He even ran back to me. Otherwise, if the things I did behind my back were reported to the ears of the clan leader, it would be really hard to explain."
Although Huang Sanbai was frustrated, she felt somewhat lucky in her heart.
He pulled out the dagger from Manager He, wiped the blood on it, and frowned in thought.
"Now we are in big trouble! The failure of the plan is not the worst thing in itself. The main problem is that I must have alerted Huang Yueli now. That damn girl must have been on guard, and maybe she is also thinking about it. What way to deal with me! No, I have to think of a better way, preferably to kill her immediately!"
Huang Sanbai's face was heavy, and he paced back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back.
After walking back and forth several times, he suddenly stopped.
"There is no other way! This time, we have to make a desperate move! Either she dies or I die! There is no room for maneuver!"
Huang Sanbai made up his mind and couldn't wait for dawn. He immediately took advantage of the darkness and slipped out of the Holy Phoenix Clan's station.
The direction he was heading was towards the house located in the middle of the Earth's Core Island, where all the stewards of the Hanging Sea region lived.
He carefully avoided pedestrians, came to one of the courtyards, and knocked on the door secretly.
"Who is this? Coming here in the middle of the night?" the guard guarding the door asked strangely.
Huang Sanbai tightened the cloak tightly and pulled down the hat on her head, covering most of her face. Then she lowered her voice and said, "I am an old friend of your Manager Jin. Could you please give me some advice?" Let me inform you that this is a token."
He took out a mutton-fat jade pendant and handed it to the guard.
The guard glanced at him suspiciously. Although he felt that this person was very suspicious, he hesitated after hearing what he said and that he still had a so-called token in his hand, and then went in to report.
Not long after, Manager Jin came out in person.
"Oh, isn't this Elder Huang? A rare guest, really a rare guest! I knew you had followed the Holy Phoenix clan to the Xuankong Sea, but according to our rules in the Xuankong Sea, I can't meet my friends privately before the martial arts competition in the God Realm. That’s why I didn’t come to visit. I didn’t expect you to come in person!”
Manager Jin looked very surprised.
(End of chapter)