Green Hibiscus was getting a little scared.
He had never met such a bastard, someone who would even betray his own friend from the Divination Commission.
Just a moment ago, Green Hibiscus had exchanged information with the short-haired female disciple who had brought Fu Xuan.
He knew full well that Fu Xuan had returned to find "Xuan Fu" out of concern for her friend. Yet, this man, completely disregarding his friend's future and safety, had despicably filmed that dangerous video.
How on earth did a scumbag like that manage to befriend such a beautiful Xianzhou girl?
"This goddamn world!" Green Hibiscus cursed. "If a person like this can get into the Xianzhou, one can only imagine how corrupt and chaotic all those followers of the Demonic Bow must be!"
"But, boss… we aren't exactly good people either, are we?" the woman said after a moment's thought. "We've harmed plenty of Xianzhou people, too!"
"Idiot!" Green Hibiscus slapped her on the back of the head, his face cold. "Dealing with followers of the Demonic Bow—how can you call that harming Xianzhou people? This is righteous revenge!"
"Ah, right, right, you're right, boss!" The woman didn't dare say another word.
Green Hibiscus gave her a portion of the credit points he had just exchanged the Strale for. "You lot better be smart about this. Don't tell anyone I'm the one who split this with you, got it? Let's go, it's time to head back. Time to let them kill each other!"
When Green Hibiscus returned, he saw a neat stack of one thousand copies of the sutra sitting on the table.
'I was only gone for a short while? How did you finish copying already?'
Though puzzled, Green Hibiscus didn't dwell on this minor issue.
He turned to the two of them and announced, "Please, you two, duel here. The one who survives can become a Disciple!"
Fu Xuan's brow furrowed. She stared at him coldly. "You didn't say anything about this when we came!"
Noldrei asked curiously, "And if we don't duel?"
Green Hibiscus's expression suddenly changed, his face turning grim. "In that case, we can't possibly let you two leave."
Noldrei nodded thoughtfully.
No wonder Bamboo Hat Bro had told him to check this place out. It seemed these people had infiltrated quite deeply, having already harmed many Xianzhou natives without being discovered.
"You!"
As much as Fu Xuan detested Noldrei, she hadn't reached the point of wanting to kill him.
"You two are such close friends, after all. Let it be known… I wasn't the one who said that."
Green Hibiscus thought to himself that the girl was definitely done for. Judging by Noldrei's scummy behavior earlier, there was no way she could win against him.
"Alright, let us prepare."
Noldrei agreed without the slightest hint of surprise.
It was a shame Fu Xuan wasn't Elysia; he couldn't communicate with her directly through life-sense perception. Otherwise, they wouldn't have to go through so much trouble.
"Very well. I will wait outside. Take your time to prepare."
Green Hibiscus could already picture the scene to come. The thought of the young woman soon being cruelly murdered by the young man pained his heart.
Noldrei mused, "So this is how they do it…"
Fu Xuan looked at him, asking in confusion, "What do you mean by that?"
"I've read about the history of the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus. Their primary goals are based on things like immortality or resurrection, and they prefer to use outlanders with no status as their prime test subjects. They often stir up internal conflict among them, using a mix of carrot and stick. They bring in a few as helpers and send the rest as test subjects to the deeper parts of the organization."
"Just ask him for a weapon. Say you need one to duel, and then just stab me 'to death.' After that, you'll follow them deeper into the organization, and I'll be sent to an even more secluded place as a near-dead test subject."
Fu Xuan's brain was already numb at this point. Nothing Noldrei could say would surprise her anymore.
She inquired, "Are you sure you'll be okay?"
Noldrei said confidently, "Don't worry, mere swords can't kill me. Just stab away!"
"Fine!" Fu Xuan was not an indecisive person. She immediately agreed to Noldrei's plan.
She had already sacrificed so much; no matter what, she had to see what kind of demons and monsters were hiding within the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus!
Brother Green Hibiscus probably never expected this situation.
After preparing for a moment, the two of them asked him for swords!
'Damn it, aren't you two supposed to be close friends?!'
Green Hibiscus suspected he'd been tricked. He had clearly seen the two of them happily strolling the streets of Changle Tian together.
And now they were telling him it was all just a plastic friendship?
'I'll never believe in friendship again!'
Blades flashed and swords danced. Martial arts techniques were unleashed in a flurry, the thrilling spectacle making Green Hibiscus's scalp tingle as he watched.
After several life-or-death exchanges, even an outsider like Green Hibiscus could tell these two had some personal grudges they were working out.
In a flash, Fu Xuan ducked low and spun into Noldrei's guard.
Her longsword shot forward. SWISH, SWISH, SWISH! Several large, bloody holes were carved into Noldrei's body.
Even though Noldrei had told her his body was unusual, Fu Xuan was still shocked by the sheer amount of blood loss.
Blood gushed from the wounds, instantly dyeing her newly changed clothes crimson. Even half her hair was matted into clumps by the red blood.
Panting, she stared blankly at the "corpse" of Noldrei.
To be honest, she had really channeled a lot of her personal grudge into the stabs.
"The video?"
The bloody scene had shocked Green Hibiscus. He responded in a daze, "What?"
"Delete the video of me! I've killed someone now, so that video is useless! And his video, too. Delete it for me as well!"
Fu Xuan's icy attitude scared Green Hibiscus into quickly deleting the video.
"I'll delete it, I'll delete it right now."
With trembling fingers, Green Hibiscus disposed of the "evidence" in his hands.
'Holy crap, so this is what they call close friends, huh? This is how you people operate?'
Green Hibiscus genuinely felt like he was seeing a ghost. He asked nervously, "Then, this… this heroine? What… what is your name?"
The man was terrified that this violent woman would poke a few holes in him next.
"Three-Zero. The 'three' from 'one, two, three,' and the 'zero' from 'return to zero.'" Fu Xuan knew Noldrei's name was [03], so she simply reversed it and adopted it as her own codename.
"Have your people deal with the body, and find me a clean set of clothes. Oh, and… is there a place to wash up?"
Fu Xuan was about to die from anger. She had changed her clothes three times today because of one outlander man!
Green Hibiscus nodded hastily. "Yes, yes, of course! I'll arrange it for you right away!"
Wiping the cold sweat from his forehead, he ordered his subordinates to quickly carry Noldrei's body away.
'I really picked a bad one this time. Just grabbing a random person off the street and I get a killer star.'