Poisonous Goddess: I'm just lazing around in the mortal realm.

Meanwhile, Shen Mu and his companion walked along the deserted palace path after leaving Mingyue Palace.

"How did things go?"

"My lord, everything has been arranged."

Xie Qiao felt a slight sense of relief; he hadn't appeared earlier because he had seen the Emperor there when he returned.

Where is Zhou Jinghuai?

Shen Mu glanced around but didn't see the unlucky guy.

"he……"

Xie Qiao touched his head. He remembered how Zhou Jinghuai had lost control when he saw the girl's face and couldn't help but hit him.

"I was knocked unconscious."

"He knocked her unconscious?" Shen Mu stopped in his tracks, his face full of disbelief.

He remembered only instructing Xie Qiao to help Zhou Jinghuai burn down the Mingyue Palace; how did he end up knocking him unconscious? He asked, somewhat puzzled, "What exactly happened?"

Xie Qiao pursed her lips, realizing she couldn't hide it any longer, and had no choice but to tell the truth.

"We met a girl," Xie Qiao quickly explained, noticing Shen Mu's probing gaze.

"Just now when I came to Mingyue Palace, I happened to see Young Master Zhou arguing with the young lady from the Gu family. In the middle of the argument, another girl came along and shot arrows at us. In the heat of the moment, Young Master Zhou started fighting with that girl."

Shen Mu glared at Xie Qiao, then turned and walked forward, lowering his voice to ask...

"Where did so many girls come from? How did the fight start?"

Seeing this, Xie Qiao quickly followed up with Shen Mu and explained, "It was when Young Master Zhou was pouring kerosene that Miss Gu from the Gu family saw him. The two mentioned the Drunken Immortal Pavilion when they were arguing, so I guess they must have met before."

He remembered this incident clearly because Zhou Jinghuai had even brandished his sword at Gu Shining's neck twice.

Shen Mu immediately guessed that it must be the white-clad youth who snatched the courtesan at Zuixianlou last month.

At that time, Zhou Jinghuai offended the boy with his words, which led to their feud.

As they spoke, the two climbed up to a quiet corner tower.

All the palace guards have been dispatched to Mingyue Palace to fight the fire, leaving only a few Imperial Guards still guarding the main hall. None of them can disobey orders and leave without permission. On the other hand, this corner tower is quiet and undisturbed, and offers a panoramic view of the entire imperial city.

The two stood on the corner tower, the cold wind whipping their robes. Xie Qiao couldn't help but shiver. In the mortal realm, they had no divine power to protect them and were basically no different from ordinary people, so they had to pay attention to adding clothes to keep warm.

In Nanyang in April, the night wind is still quite chilly.

Shen Mu stood by the railing and looked down, searching for any trace of Hao Jing.

"Go on, what happened next?"

"Later, another girl came and shot a few arrows at us, but Young Master Zhou stopped them all."

Fearing discovery, Xie Qiao brought back all the arrows left behind during the fight between the two.

"I was afraid someone would find out, so I broke off all the arrow shafts and threw them into the fire, and brought back the arrowheads." As he spoke, he took out a handful of arrowheads from his pocket. He examined them carefully and they should be ordinary iron arrowheads.

Shen Mu picked up one of the arrows and examined it carefully. It should be an arrow that could be bought in an ordinary blacksmith shop.

But when he picked it up, he vaguely smelled a strange odor on the arrow. Just as he was lost in thought, a dark figure climbed up the corner tower.

Hao Jing plopped down on the ground, panting heavily, and looked at Shen Mu. He had just exerted a great deal of effort to shake off the tail behind him and return to report.

If there is a next time, he will definitely not choose to pass by Cining Palace in the middle of the night.

"Look at this."

Shen Mu thought it was just in time for Hao Jing to return, so he threw the arrow to Hao Jing.

"what?"

Before Haojing could catch his breath, he examined the arrowhead for a moment, then raised it again to aim at the moonlight.

A faint blue glow on the arrow suddenly caught his eye.

Hao Jing quickly pulled off the mask covering his face, lowered his head and sniffed the scent of the arrow. The scent and the fluorescent glow seemed strangely familiar to him.

He shakily got up from the ground and looked up at Shen Mudao.

"Where did this come from?"

Shen Mu frowned slightly and glanced at Xie Qiao beside him.

Seeing this, Xie Qiao quickly explained.

"This was left by the girl I met during the fight at Mingyue Palace."

"Ok?"

Haojing rubbed the fluorescent glow on the arrowhead in his hand, tasted it, and immediately exclaimed in surprise.

"Lord Shen, isn't this the poison you gave the Third Prince back then?"

He remembered that Shen Mu personally administered the poison to Duan Yuchuan, but it was discovered and neutralized by Thirteen a few days later.

Haojing and Xieqiao exchanged a quick glance before turning to look at Shen Mu.

The two men, having already figured it out, both guessed that the girl must be connected to Thirteen.

Haojing even felt that it was Thirteen himself.

Upon hearing this, Shen Mu's already furrowed brows deepened, and he composed himself, saying...

"How long did that girl fight with Zhou Jinghuai?"

He remembered the first time in the palace, when Haojing tested Thirteen, her martial arts skills were quite poor. She probably wasn't someone who could fight Zhou Jinghuai to a draw.

Xie Qiao thought back carefully for a moment. He remembered that while Zhou Jinghuai was fighting with that girl, he poured all the remaining kerosene all over the entire Mingyue Palace, and then took the unconscious Miss Gu to a safe place.

The round trip would take a long time.

"It's been quite a long time."

"It's been going on for a long time?"

Shen Mu's unfathomable gaze stared straight at Xie Qiao, making Xie Qiao feel a cold sweat break out on his back. He must have been right.

Zhou Jinghuai's martial arts skills are not bad; in fact, he could even fight Hao Jing and Zhou Jing to a draw in the God Realm. Such a level is quite impressive.

Shen Mu's face turned cold. He thought that the girl should not be Thirteen. He even doubted that his idea was too absurd. How could Thirteen, who always appeared as a man, become a girl?

Hao Jing stood to the side, his face full of confusion. He nudged Xie Qiao a few times and asked in a low voice.

"What girl? What are you doing?"

Xie Qiao, who was already feeling uncomfortable under Shen Mu's gaze, slapped Hao Jing's hand away, turned his head and glared at him, "Shh—I'll tell you later, this has nothing to do with you."

"Then if you tell me, I'll have a problem to solve."

Haojing pursed his lips, thinking about how he had been guarding the girl while his brother had gone to look at her, and suddenly felt a little unfair.

Xie Qiao touched his nose and turned away from Hao Jing. He hesitated when he met Shen Mu's absent-minded gaze.

"I remember when Young Master Zhou saw that girl, he seemed to recognize her and even called her name."

Hao Jing's interest was piqued. A girl who could be remembered by Young Master Zhou, who often frequented brothels like him, must be beautiful. He quickly climbed onto Xie Qiao's shoulder, his face full of curiosity.

What should we call her?

Xie Qiao avoided Hao Jing's movements with some disdain, standing two steps away from him before slowly saying...

"Shi Wanyan".

He even nodded firmly, because Zhou Jinghuai's voice was so loud that it was hard for him not to hear it.

Xie Qiao was so frightened by Zhou Jinghuai's seemingly possessed state that he quickly knocked him unconscious and took him away.