At this moment, Cheng Ruonan couldn’t hold it back anymore, and tears flowed out like a floodgate.

"I was scared to death just now, you were so close to dying. How’s the wound on your chest, does it still hurt?"

Her small hand gently landed on Yang Cheng’s chest, feeling only some dampness and an already healed scar.

"Don’t worry, as long as it avoids the heart, the wounds on my body will heal quickly."

Yang Cheng chuckled lightly, cupping her cheeks and kissing her on the lips.

"Mmm mmm..."

Cheng Ruonan struggled, as this really wasn’t the place for a kiss, and there was still someone else’s blood on Yang Cheng’s face, it was too dirty.

While the two were kissing, a strange sound came to their ears.

Even though the sound was very faint, Yang Cheng sensed it immediately, his expression changed, and he made a ’shhh’ gesture towards Cheng Ruonan.

The two walked slowly towards the source of the sound, exiting through the door, arriving at a narrow passage, where they could vaguely see a short figure furtively taking things at the end.

Yang Cheng realized the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect area was too vast, and he had only killed Qian E’s confidant; the remaining underlings were still alive.

Although he wasn’t determined to kill them all, since they encountered one, he decided to catch up and check things out.

The two exchanged a glance and quietly walked towards the end of the passage.

"They’re all dead, I need to run quickly, can’t get caught."

The little dwarf muttered while stuffing things into a big cloth bag, and when he hoisted it onto his back, he was directly knocked over by the big bag, rolling twice on the ground.

Yang Cheng walked into the room, glanced around, watching the little dwarf’s performance with interest.

The little dwarf struggled for a long time before finally getting the cloth bag on his back. He turned his head and saw Yang Cheng and Cheng Ruonan, screamed in fright, and his legs gave way, falling to the ground.

"No... don’t kill me! I’ve never harmed anyone!"

His face was full of fear, his body kept retreating.

Cheng Ruonan frowned, puzzled, "Are you from the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect too? Why have I never seen you before?"

The little dwarf, afraid of being stabbed to death, quickly answered, "I can only meet with the Sect Leader alone, I hardly ever go out usually."

Yang Cheng looked over the person in front of him, realizing he was an adult, just stunted by physical defects.

Recalling Cheng Ruonan mentioning how mysterious the intelligence group was, only meeting with the Sect Leader, he asked, "You’re from the intelligence group, aren’t you?"

"Yes, I only have tracking and investigation abilities, never killed anyone, please let me go."

He knelt on the ground, hands clasped, pleading desperately.

Yang Cheng sneered coldly, "You may not have killed anyone yourself, but many died because of you, as you’ve always provided intelligence for the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect. Have you ever thought about what happens to those you tracked?" 𝒻𝘳ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝒷𝘯ℴ𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝑐ℴ𝑚

"I... I was forced, if I didn’t comply, the Sect Leader would kill me."

The little dwarf frowned, like a startled bird, constantly guarding against Yang Cheng.

"Let me ask you, how does your Tracking Technique lock onto a target’s position?"

Yang Cheng suddenly asked.

He’d always been curious about the Tracking Technique, and today he’d get some answers.

"You can use commonly used items of the target, or their hair, blood, basically anything from the target can be used for tracking, though blood works best."

The little dwarf replied immediately.

"You tracked Cheng Ruonan and Ye Ling’Er using their items, so how did you find my home later?"

"Actually, we had contacts in Peach Blossom County who found out you have a sister. Before you returned there, someone tracked her for a while, and through her movements, we found your home’s location."

The little dwarf continued explaining, as with Ten Thousand Poisons Sect members dead, he had nothing to hide.

"After stealing from my home, why didn’t you lock directly on me, as once my location was found, wouldn’t it have been easier to deal with me?"

As Yang Cheng’s words fell, the dwarf’s face changed, trembling, "We planned to do that, but for unknown reasons, every lock failed and suffered intense backlash."

"There’s a strong energy in your body completely resisting our Tracking Technique, so we could only give up pursuing you and watched those around you instead."

The little dwarf thought back to that scene, finding Yang Cheng more terrifying, and couldn’t help but swallow hard.

"I can spare your life, but your cultivation must be abolished; otherwise, there’s a chance you might commit evil with the Tracking Technique. If you refuse, I’ll have no choice but to eliminate you to prevent future troubles."

Yang Cheng directly gave him two options: live or die, it’s up to him.

"I agree, this Tracking Technique is a burden. If it weren’t for it, I might not have been taken to the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect."

The little dwarf nodded without hesitation, feeling relieved.

Yang Cheng extended his hand, injecting a trace of True Qi into the dwarf’s body, wrapping around his Dantian like fine threads.

He could clearly feel the tug of flesh and blood inside, howling painfully, curling on the ground.

Beside him, Cheng Ruonan frowned slightly, unable to watch.

"Rest assured, it’s only abolishing cultivation, won’t harm life."

Yang Cheng comforted softly and abruptly lifted his hand, finally extracting the cultivation completely.

The little dwarf collapsed weakly on the ground, sweat covering his forehead, yet he laughed, "I can finally leave this damn place, I’ve regained freedom."

"Be a good person in the future, don’t stray down the wrong path again."

Yang Cheng left that remark, then pulled Cheng Ruonan to head outside.

They had only walked halfway when Yang Cheng suddenly felt his consciousness blur, it was hard to keep his eyes open, and his body was weak, barely able to stand.

"Ruonan, I feel a bit tired, support me, let’s go back quickly."

"Alright!"

Cheng Ruonan also sensed something amiss, grabbed him, and swiftly headed outside.

With their bodies covered in blood and looking extremely disheveled, people passing by the manor mistook them for a customer and woman having a conflict.

Just as they reached the entrance, Yang Cheng gritted his teeth and spoke difficultly, "I can’t make it; I’m sleepy and want to rest."

As he finished speaking, Yang Cheng suddenly fell onto Cheng Ruonan.

"Yang Cheng... Yang Cheng... wake up!"

"You were fine just now, how did you suddenly collapse, don’t scare me!"

Cheng Ruonan gently shook him a couple of times, discovering he was really unconscious, her heart tightened without control.

Fortunately, she was a cultivator, quite strong, directly carrying Yang Cheng and striding rapidly towards where the cars were parked.

At this, the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect was thoroughly destroyed, and peace returned to Zhonghai’s underground...