"Shen Lang, are you kidding me?"
Hearing Shen Lang's words, Tang Hongyao frowned and said coldly.
"Sister Hongyao, I'm wronged."
Shen Lang heard this, looking wronged, and said, "You want to kill me, I know I can't win, so I accept my fate, but I can make my final arrangements, which you also agreed to."
"Well, I'm someone who has many concerns, so my final arrangements are not just one. I've picked out the most important three to say, otherwise, I wouldn't finish talking even if I spoke until tomorrow."
Shen Lang looked at Tang Hongyao, with a questioning look, "No way, no way, Sister Hongyao isn't going to go back on her word, is she?"
"I..."
Tang Hongyao felt like she had been tricked by Shen Lang. Angrily, she snorted and said, "If you have any requests, say them quickly. After you finish, I'll kill you."
Since she had agreed to let Shen Lang state his dying wishes, Tang Hongyao couldn't go back on her word, as that would be losing face.
Tang Hongyao's personality was very serious. Once she spoke, she would never go back on her word, because if she did, how could she maintain her standing in the future?
"Heh heh, I knew Sister Hongyao wasn't that kind of person."
Hearing Tang Hongyao's words, Shen Lang smiled, walked in front of Tang Hongyao, and said, "Actually, my second request is for you to take good care of my master and my junior brother."
"My master is at Qiulong Mountain. He is eighty years old this year. Not only can he not take care of himself, but he also suffers from incontinence. He lies on his bed gasping for breath every day, needing someone to take care of him, feeding him and changing his soiled pants. When I was on the mountain, I would help him change his soiled clothes and wash his pants every day."
"After I came down the mountain, the burden of taking care of my master fell on my junior brother, Wolong. But Sister Hongyao, you don't know, my junior brother is mentally challenged. Not only does he have a congenital speech impediment and speaks unclearly, but he often lets snot drip into his mouth and then snorts it back. I'm worried that if he takes care of my master, he'll eventually let my master starve to death with him."
"After I die, I will trouble you. I hope you will take good care of them."
Shen Lang clasped his hands together sincerely and said.
"Okay, I've noted it down. Next, just state your third request."
Tang Hongyao noted down what Shen Lang said and impatiently said to Shen Lang.
She just wanted Shen Lang to finish speaking quickly, and then have her subordinates kill Shen Lang and Shi Wuxie, thus completing this mission.
"Sister Hongyao is truly a good person. I don't know how such a benevolent Bodhisattva like you could exist in a place like the Tang Sect."
Shen Lang did not expect Tang Hongyao to agree to his grand requests. A playful smile appeared on his lips, but he quickly covered it up with sincerity and said to Tang Hongyao, "My third request is also simple. After I die, you should take care of the women around me."
Shen Lang counted on his fingers and said, "My girlfriend, my girlfriend's sister, my fiancée, and my nemesis Ye Shishi, and my elder sister Gu Qinghan, a total of five people. You must ensure that no one can harm them after I die and that they can live their lives safely."
"What?"
Hearing Shen Lang's words, Tang Hongyao felt like she was about to collapse. This brat was endless.
No, Tang Hongyao did not want to entangle with Shen Lang any further. So, regardless of whether she could do it or not, she agreed to everything, saying, "I agree to everything you've said. Now, can you die?"
"Yes."
Hearing Tang Hongyao's words, Shen Lang smiled and said, "I've finished my requests. Now, Sister Hongyao can have your subordinates kill me."
"Good, this is more like it."
Seeing that Shen Lang was prepared to die, Tang Hongyao gained a bit more admiration for him. She then ordered the eight men in black, "Act, and make them die quickly."
"Yes—"
Hearing Tang Hongyao's words, the eight men in black shouted in unison. Then, they simultaneously produced an iron caltrop covered in potent poison, raising their hands to shoot it at Shen Lang.
However, as soon as the eight men in black raised their hands, they felt their vision blacken, their bodies go limp, and then they fell to the ground uncontrollably, their iron caltrops scattering everywhere.
"What?"
Seeing this, Tang Hongyao's face changed drastically, and she exclaimed. But before she could finish speaking, Tang Hongyao felt her vision blacken as well, her body go limp, and she fell to the ground just like the eight men in black.
Tang Hongyao's consciousness was clear, but her limbs were completely without strength. She could only stare with wide eyes at Shen Lang and say, "Shen Lang, you bastard, you did this, didn't you?"
"Haha, Sister Hongyao, what did I do?"
Looking at Tang Hongyao on the ground, Shen Lang acted innocent and said, "I really don't understand why you suddenly fell to the ground when you were fine. What happened?"
Shen Lang squatted down in front of He Hongyao, placed his hand on her forehead, and smiled, "Sister Hongyao, is there a possibility that it's because it was too hot outside, and you suddenly entered an air-conditioned room and couldn't adapt?"
"Scram—"
Hearing Shen Lang's words, Tang Hongyao cursed and said, "You brat, it must have been a trick you played. Say it, what exactly did you do?"
Tang Hongyao knew better than anyone what her own constitution was, and what the constitutions of her eight subordinates in black were. Therefore, Tang Hongyao was furious at Shen Lang's words and said.
"It's that little green bottle, isn't it?"
Tang Hongyao's eyes were extremely sharp. She saw the small green bottle on Shen Lang's bed and the faint green gas flowing out of it, and said.
"Haha, Sister Hongyao, good eyesight."
Hearing Tang Hongyao's words, Shen Lang was slightly surprised and said to Tang Hongyao, "As expected of one of the Eight Prodigies of the Tang Sect, you indeed have some skill. Your eyesight is very good."
Shen Lang picked up the small green bottle on the bed and played with it. After two seconds, he brought the bottle close to Tang Hongyao's nostrils and said, "Sister Hongyao, you come from the Tang Sect, so you must know all the strange poisons in the world. Can you smell what kind of poison this is?"
"You gave me a chance to state my dying wishes earlier, and now, I'm giving you a chance to survive."
Shen Lang smiled and said, "As long as you can identify the poison in this bottle, I will give you the antidote. How about it?"
"Are you serious?"
Hearing Shen Lang's words, a cold glint flickered in Tang Hongyao's eyes, and she asked.
Tang Hongyao came from the Tang Sect and believed that she knew all the poisons in the world. Shen Lang's words gave Tang Hongyao hope.
As long as she could detoxify herself, Tang Hongyao was confident she could kill Shen Lang.
"Of course it's true. If there's even half a word of falsehood, may heaven and earth strike me down."
Shen Lang smiled and said, "If you can identify the poison in this bottle, I will detoxify you immediately. However, if you cannot, you must agree to one condition."
Shen Lang said, "Shi Wuxie's sister was captured by your Tang Sect. You must take us into the Tang Sect to rescue her."