One person: A fusion of Kizaru, the king of the trash-talking gang.

Biyou Village.

Ma Village Chief's Wooden House.

"Sit down and tell me about yourself," Ma Xianhong said to Chen Duo at a wooden table with a few home-style dishes laid out.

"Me? My own... affairs?"

"That's right, it's your own business."

Upon hearing Ma Xianhong's words, Chen Duo recounted everything that had happened between her, starting from the Medicine Immortal Society, to the Dark Fortress, and Liao Zhong.

"That's roughly how things are, but Uncle Liao and the Medicine Immortal Society are different; they always seem to have my best interests at heart."

She spoke of everything with an extremely calm expression, her face devoid of joy or sorrow, as if neither the Medicine Immortal Society nor life in the Dark Fortress meant anything to her.

Hmph! Hmph! Hmph hahahaha!

Instead, Ma Xianhong, who was listening, sneered and said with a look of disgust, "Yes! Studying you while teaching you how to kill, is really for your own good..."

"Come with me, I want to show you something."

A few minutes later, Ma Xianhong led Chen Duo to an open space with wooden stakes.

"Did you see what's on the wooden stake?"

“That’s the collar you’ve always worn. There aren’t many people in the world who can take it off. While you were unconscious, I studied it and made a switch.”

Chen Duo stood there blankly, wondering what the other person wanted to do.

"Have you decided?"

Pressing her thumb activated the switch on her hand, and the wooden stake with the collar attached snapped in half. Seeing this, Chen Duo's usually calm and emerald green eyes showed a strange expression for the first time.

"See? If you really have nowhere else to go, you can stay and help me. I've studied your body, and if I can complete my creation, it's not impossible to cure it."

With his hands behind his back, Ma Xianhong looked at Chen Duo and, after asking his question, quietly waited for her choice.

However, Ma Xianhong did not receive an answer from Chen Duo, but instead heard a lazy voice.

"Tsk tsk tsk, Old Ma, you're really too honest."

"Who?"

Suddenly a sound came from inside. Not only Ma Xianhong, but Chen Duo also raised his head. As the village chief, he had failed to notice that someone had invaded the village. This was simply his dereliction of duty. How could he face the villagers and Genqi who trusted him in Biyou Village?

Jiang Bailan was fortunate not to know Ma Xianhong's thoughts, otherwise she would have made a banner for honest people overnight and sent it to Biyou Village to hang in the other party's wooden house.

These days, people like this are so hard to find.

Thinking about it, Jiang Bailan walked out of the dark woods.

Looking out over Biyou Village, Jiang Bailan had to admit that it was truly a beautiful and tranquil resort.

"It's you! Did Uncle Liao send you to pick me up?"

"Chen Duo, you know him? Is he also an employee of the company?"

"do not know."

In response to Ma Xianhong's question, Chen Duo stared at Jiang Bailan and said softly.

"do not know?"

"Yes, I just went with Uncle Liao to pick him up."

Upon hearing Chen Duo's words, Ma Xianhong immediately understood that the other party was definitely a company employee, and probably not a low-ranking one at that, otherwise the person in charge of the South China region wouldn't have been sent to pick her up.

It can only be said that Ma Xianhong guessed Jiang Bailan's identity by sheer chance.

However, Jiang Bailan answered their questions without hesitation.

"Old Ma, thank you for paying for my breakfast last time. Also, Chen Duo, it was indeed Brother Liao who asked me to pick you up, but you have the right to choose whether or not to come back with me."

Knowing the other person's personality, Jiang Bailan did not force her, because he knew that Chen Duo would definitely go back to see Liao Zhong.

Of course, even if the other party doesn't go back, as long as the company's board of directors is told that the Gu-body Saint Child has been found, Chen Duo can also be spared from death, but it would be Lao Ma who would suffer.

When that time comes, it won't be Jiang Bailan appearing in Biyou Village; it will be a delivery truck from Huanan Nadutong.

Thinking about it this way, Lao Ma is really honest; he's willing to take on any kind of trouble.

"Hmph! What's the point of going back? To continue being the company's guinea pig, a killing machine?"

Ma Xianhong interrupted Jiang Bailan, shielding Chen Duo behind him, much like a chivalrous hero in ancient times who would draw his sword to help those in need.

Seeing how impatient the other person was in refuting Chen Duo, Jiang Bailan felt like she was looking at an idiot.

Is it necessary for you, Chen Duo, or her, Chen Duo, to get so agitated?

However, considering that the other person had paid for her breakfast and wasn't a bad person at heart, Jiang Bailan decided to give him some advice, otherwise this guy would definitely not get any good juice in the future.

"Old Ma! Don't put it so harshly. The company is also looking for a way to cure Chen Duo's Gu poison. Look, we let him leave the laboratory and gain the freedom of an ordinary person. It's not as heartless as you say."

"Does leaving the lab to kill mean you're free?"

"At least, didn't he get a chance to breathe some fresh air?"

"That's a fallacy. If you really want to give her freedom, you should let her go and let her choose for herself."

Wang Defa?

Old Ma, are you serious?

Can you say this casually?

At this moment, Jiang Bailan felt that Ma Xianhong wasn't so honest as he seemed to be a little slow on the uptake.

Can a Gu-body Saint Child be left unattended?

In contrast, Chen Duo felt nothing about Ma Xianhong's debate; she even found it somewhat noisy and annoying.

Why should he make the decision for me?

Jiang Bailan pointed at Chen Duo and said, "Old Ma, you're still too young. Do you think this is possible?"

“At the very least… he can’t become a tool to be manipulated by others!” Ma Xianhong said through gritted teeth. “Besides, once my creation is complete, this guy can turn back into a normal person.”

"Alright! I don't want to argue with you about this. My target is Chen Duo, and I just want to hear her choice."

In response to Ma Xianhong's remarks, Jiang Bailan said that talking to idiots would only make her an idiot herself, so she turned directly to Chen Duo and asked, "Chen Duo, do you want to come back with me to see Brother Liao?"

This time, Ma Xianhong didn't say anything to influence the other party, and listened quietly to Chen Duo's answer. But as long as Chen Duo didn't want to leave, no one could take her away today.

Ma Xianhong said, "I am just that honest. I would go to great lengths for a complete stranger!"

"Go back? See Uncle Liao? I don't know that?"

Looking at the broken wooden stakes on the open ground, Chen Duo was unable to make a choice for a moment.

call--!

With a long sigh, Ma Xianhong stretched and said, "Did you hear that? Chen Duo doesn't want to leave!"

Jiang Bailan: "Are you blind or deaf? Which eye of yours heard Chen Duo say she didn't want to leave?"

In response, he could only say that Ma Xianhong must have done too much reading comprehension in Chinese class, and was too good at misinterpreting meaning.

Chen Duo: Did I say I wouldn't go back? Did I say that? Did I say that? Did I say that? Did I say that?

Hearing the other party's unreasonable behavior, Jiang Bailan scratched his head and said somewhat impatiently, "Old Ma, are you asking for a beating?"