After Mu Jinyu had broken all of the Charming Daoist Nun's teeth one by one and inspected them carefully, he didn't find any Poison Capsules hidden, which left him feeling quite frustrated.
"Ah, I dirtied my hands for nothing!"
Mu Jinyu sighed in frustration.
At that moment, the Charming Daoist Nun finally snapped out of her daze!
As soon as she regained her senses, she realized that all her teeth had been broken off by Mu Jinyu, which infuriated her so much that even her nose seemed crooked.
"You... why?!"
The Charming Daoist Nun glared at Mu Jinyu, angrily questioning him.
She felt so wronged; after all, she had already agreed to tell Mu Jinyu everything he wanted to know about the Withered Tree Quest for Spring. Why did he still have to torment her?
Mu Jinyu rubbed his hands on the muddy ground, getting them covered in dirt, to clean off the saliva since there was no water nearby.
Hearing the Charming Daoist Nun's pitiful question, Mu Jinyu didn't feel any embarrassment, and casually said, "Oh, I just thought you were about to preserve the organization's secrets by biting down on a Poison Capsule and committing suicide. To save your life, I had no choice but to break off all your teeth!"
"But... you didn't have... to break... all of them, did you?"
The Charming Daoist Nun spoke haltingly, with blood foam spilling from the corners of her mouth. Even though she was a master who had reached the Completion Stage of Dark Energy, having her teeth broken off still hurt!
Mu Jinyu shrugged and said, "Sorry, I didn't know where you hid the Poison Capsule, and I feared I would be too late if you came to your senses. So, I just pulled them all out. Really sorry, how about..."
As he spoke, Mu Jinyu looked down at the twenty-eight teeth of various sizes on the ground and continued, "I put them back in for you?!"
The Charming Daoist Nun was so angry she spat blood.
She really spat blood.
I can't believe I've ended up dealing with such a jerk.
Regret filled the Charming Daoist Nun's heart. Had she known Mu Jinyu would be this troublesome, she never would have accepted the task in the first place!
Mu Jinyu, seeing his hands were already dirty, shrugged it off and began to pick up a tooth from the ground. With his hands dirty and caked in mud, he was ready to extend them toward the Charming Daoist Nun's mouth!
"Don't! Don't you come over here!!!"
Seeing this, the Charming Daoist Nun's face filled with horror, and she screamed hysterically, filled with fear. Because she spoke too quickly, blood foam splattered everywhere!
Mu Jinyu stopped in his tracks, unwilling to get sprayed with her spit.
He muttered under his breath, "I was just being nice, forget it then. Besides, I have never treated anyone's teeth before; I was actually looking forward to trying!"
Even though the Charming Daoist Nun heard Mu Jinyu muttering, she chose to ignore him. Otherwise, she really would be infuriated to death by him!
Mei Yinxue stood to the side, secretly snickering at the sight, her gaze towards the Charming Daoist Nun full of amusement and mockery.
But there was no sympathy from her, after all, it was all self-inflicted.
Had the Charming Daoist Nun not set her sights on Mu Jinyu, had she not initiated an attack on Mu Jinyu, would he have treated her like this?
If Mu Jinyu and she had no ability to fight back, their fate might have been even more miserable than hers at this moment!
The Charming Daoist Nun was genuinely scared of Mu Jinyu at that moment. She just wanted to tell him everything she knew, but her mouth was in so much pain that she really couldn't speak.
She could only point to her mouth with her hand and make whimpering sounds, indicating that she couldn't talk and asking Mu Jinyu to get her a pen and paper so she could write it down for him.
Mu Jinyu, misinterpreting her gesture as wanting medical treatment, sighed softly, "You're getting off easy."
Then he raised his hand and slapped her mouth twice.
"Smack smack!"
The sound of the slap was crisp and pleasing to the ear.
"Why did you hit me again?"
The Charming Daoist Nun asked, pitifully.
After asking, she suddenly paused.
Hey, my mouth doesn't hurt anymore, and though I'm still drooling blood, my mouth honestly doesn't hurt at all.
The Charming Daoist Nun immediately realized the truth.
Mu Jinyu was able to press a few acupoints on his own body, making life worse than death for himself, and then slap his own face twice to make his mouth stop hurting—it wasn't something he couldn't accept.
"Speak, reveal the location of your Withered Tree Quest for Spring's headquarters, and how far your organization has progressed with the Fountain of Youth..." Mu Jinyu casually asked.
At this moment, the Charming Daoist Nun was terrified of Mu Jinyu, and upon hearing his question, she hurriedly opened her mouth and told Mu Jinyu everything she knew about Withered Tree Quest for Spring.
"On a deserted island overseas, eh? That far? Never mind, I'll find time to wipe out that broken organization some other day!"
Mu Jinyu listened to the Charming Daoist Nun's somewhat leaking words while commenting.
"Ah? Really found the Fountain of Youth? Where is it?"
When Mu Jinyu heard the Charming Daoist Nun mention their progress in searching for the Fountain of Youth in Divine Huaxia Land, he raised an eyebrow and asked eagerly.
If they really found the Fountain of Youth, and he went to get some, then...
Wouldn't the Old Dragon King be saved?
He could extend his life for a while longer!
Mu Jinyu was somewhat excited.
Mm, he wasn't trying to save the Old Dragon King; it was just that the Old Dragon King was too important for Divine Huaxia Land to die. He was saving a life for the expansive land of Shenzhou!
The Charming Daoist Nun was not surprised to see the excited expression on Mu Jinyu's face.
Anyone hearing news of the Fountain of Youth would show such an expression.
In this world, who could live forever without aging? Regardless of your peerless grace, regardless of your wealth rivaling nations, regardless of your overwhelming power, in the end, you can't escape decay and death, ending up as a mere handful of yellow dirt!
That was also the reason for the establishment of the Withered Tree Quest for Spring.
The entire organization was excited for countless days when they first learned of the news about the Fountain of Youth.
And now, to save her own life, the Charming Daoist Nun had no choice but to betray the organization and reveal this priceless information to Mu Jinyu.
"To be precise... It's not quite the Fountain of Youth, it should rather be called... the Spring of Life!"
The Charming Daoist Nun, having lost her teeth, spoke with great difficulty and stuttered out the words.
"The Spring of Life?"
Mu Jinyu heard this and his brows furrowed slightly, feeling a bit disappointed.
But he thought about it and it wasn't too bad. Using the Spring of Life, in conjunction with his Seven-Star Life-continuation Needle, should also allow the Old Dragon King to cling to life for a little longer.
Not daring to say for a decade or more, but at least four or five years, it should be quite certain.
"Where is the Spring of Life?"
Mu Jinyu snapped back to reality and stared into the eyes of the Charming Daoist Nun, speaking in a measured tone.
"In a mountain within Miao Zombie, the precise location is..."
The Charming Daoist Nun, desperate to survive, dared not conceal anything from Mu Jinyu and hurriedly divulged every secret she knew to him.
After listening, Mu Jinyu nodded slightly, his eyes thoughtful, and murmured, "A snake transforming into a flood dragon, the Spring of Life, interesting..."
"I've told you everything I know, you can let me go now, right?"
The Charming Daoist Nun listened to Mu Jinyu's murmur, her heart filled with unease, and whispered to Mu Jinyu.
Mu Jinyu turned his head and glanced at her, saying, "When did I ever say that if you told me everything, I would spare your life?!"
Upon hearing this, the Charming Daoist Nun felt as if she had fallen into an ice cellar.
Mu Jinyu indeed had never said he would spare her life; it was just that she thought, being so obedient, Mu Jinyu would surely let her go.
But it turned out she was wrong.
Mu Jinyu spoke softly, "Had you not given me a choice between two paths, had you not taken the initiative to strike at me, but merely followed me, I might have spared your life. However, you're no match for me, and yet you dared to speak tough and made me move against you again. Why should I spare your life now?"
The Charming Daoist Nun heard the words and was just about to protest that she wasn't being tough.
But Mu Jinyu sent a palm strike her way!