Hong Minghui said cautiously, "The people in our sect don't stay together, and the leader is also unpredictable, may appear at any time, and may disappear at any time. I know about 20 or 30 of my fellow disciples, but I don't know how many more there are."
Du Ming furrowed his brow, it seemed that this Anpingwen valued quantity over quality when taking on apprentices. Otherwise, Hong Minghui and Qin Huaiyi from last time were about the same level, they could only bully those outsiders who didn't know how to make poison, even if they didn't encounter him, they would still be easily defeated by those with some skills in the poison-making world.
However, Guang Minghui knows at least twenty to thirty of them. It seems that the total number of people in this Duan Kong Sect will not be small. Although each of their strengths cannot reach the level of Anping Wen, having so many people is also a quite troublesome problem.
Du Ming rushed towards Hong Minghui and asked, "Was it also your master's idea for you to make a deal with Luo Lie?"
Hong Minghui said, "Yes, it is indeed our master who asked me to come and do business with you. Our master has been spending more time abroad recently, and I heard that he has had a lot of dealings with Luo Hui from abroad. Both sides have already shown the intention to cooperate, and this cooperation at home is actually a test for cooperation abroad."
"Oh, is that so?" Du Ming sneered and said in a sarcastic tone, "Then please tell me, the goods you brought to trade with us, which had a large amount of medicinal materials stolen and even altered their properties, was it your master's idea or did you do it yourself?"
"Yes, it's my master..."
"Is that so?" Du Ming narrowed his eyes, scrutinizing Hong Minghui with a piercing gaze. Hong Minghui couldn't withstand his stare and finally shouted, "Alright! Alright, I confess! It was me who wanted to embezzle those rare medicinal materials myself! You also know how to make poison, you know how precious those materials are!"
"Oh, those medicinal herbs are okay, barely considered rare and precious, but no matter what, I absolutely won't do something as tasteless as this."
Du Ming had seen many rare medicinal materials when he was following his master to learn the art of medicine, and these poisonous medicinal materials were actually nothing to mention in his eyes.
Hong Minghui said nervously, "I, I did indeed cut some corners, but let me go! I'll definitely redo the batch of poison with all my heart and soul, absolutely no problems will arise again! Don't kill me!"
Du Ming gave Hong Minghui a hateful glance and said, "Alright, I won't kill you. I can spare your life, but the things I've told you today, the questions I've asked you, you're not allowed to tell anyone else a single word. If you leak even one punctuation mark, I'll make you regret that you're still alive!"
"Yes, yes, yes! I know, I know! I won't dare to say anything outside! I definitely won't speak recklessly!" Hong Minghui was scared by Du Ming and begged for mercy repeatedly.
Du Ming then withdrew his foot and kicked Hong Minghui, "Alright, get out of here!"
Hong Minghui got up with his hands and feet, tidied up his clothes in a very awkward manner, then secretly glanced at Du Ming twice.
Du Ming raised an eyebrow and said, "What? You're still not leaving? Do you want to get beaten up?"
"No, no, it's not like that!" Hong Minghui hastily waved his hands and exclaimed. "I just...just wanted to ask you a question..."
"Ask me a question?" Du Ming couldn't help but burst out laughing, saying sarcastically, "You actually have the nerve to ask me questions? Alright, go ahead and ask. What do you want to know?"
Hong Minghui asked hesitantly, "Just now, I clearly sprayed a lot of deformed fragrance on your face. How could you possibly be fine? How did you do it?"
"Hmph," Du Ming sneered, "You should ask your master about this. When he sees me, he has to respectfully call me 'senior'. You think I, a junior, can't even neutralize a simple poison? After years of practicing poison-making, my body is naturally different from ordinary people's. Ordinary poisons can't harm me. With your limited skills, you're far too inferior to play with me! If you still want to find me, let your master come himself!"
Hong Minghui heard Du Ming say this, and stared at him blankly. Du Ming waved his hand at him, "Alright, you've asked what you wanted to ask, now scram!"
Hong Minghui hastily nodded and hurriedly ran downstairs, running out of the Tianliang Hotel.
Du Ming looked at Jia Jianyuan and Fan Tian who were still lying on the ground, hesitated for a moment, and decided to save them.
Although Du Ming and Luo Yu were enemies, he didn't have a bad impression of these two people. Moreover, there was no need to kill Li Li's trusted assistant now, which would only increase his own suspicion.
Du Ming walked forward, took out the silver needle medicine from his pocket, felt the pulse of the two people, inferred the type of poison in the two people, and administered the antidote to the two people. Then he used the silver needle to prick the different acupoints on the two people's bodies, releasing the toxins.
After a while, Fan Tianxian slowly woke up, and as soon as he woke up, he jumped up vigilantly, waving his fists.
"Hey! Fan Tian! Stop fighting! That guy has already run away!"
Fan Tian finally put down his fist and observed the situation around him.
At this time, Jia Jianyuan also woke up, rubbed his head, and sat up with a not-so-clear consciousness, asking, "What's the time now?"
Du Ming patted Jia Jianyuan and shouted, "Hey! You're still not awake? This isn't your home now!"
"Ah?" Jia Jianyuan rubbed his temples and looked around in a circle before slowly coming to, realizing that he had just been knocked out by Hong Minghui's poison.
He thought of Hong Minghui and hastily pushed the ground, stood up abruptly, and asked nervously, "Where's that Hong Minghui? Where is he?"
Du Ming said calmly to him, "That kid is quite fierce, playing a poisonous set. I didn't dare to confront Hong Minghui head-on, and after fighting with him for a while, he couldn't poison me, and I couldn't catch him either. In the end, he ran away."
Fan Tian slapped his thigh in frustration and shouted, "That little brat actually got away! Next time I see him, I'll have to beat him up myself!"
Du Ming smiled, and Jia Jianyuan said doubtfully, "Then he poisoned us, without him personally detoxifying us, we wouldn't be okay, would we? How did we wake up? And I feel like the poison has already been detoxified?"
Du Ming smiled and pointed to himself, saying, "Why must Hong Minghui that kid personally detoxify? Isn't there me here? Can't I detoxify his poison?"