Shortly, Xu Ke made a decision. "Fine. As long as your information satisfies me, I'll give you the antidote right away."

If this information could indeed save my life, what's the problem with giving Li Lang the antidote?

Even though he knew that as soon as Li Lang regained his freedom, he would immediately turn against him.

But what of it? Survival is paramount.

Yet, Li Lang immediately shook his head. "Give me the antidote first. This feeling of depending on a small dose of antidote every day just to stay alive is too painful."

"No," Xu Ke flatly refused.

Li Lang clenched his teeth. "Don't you even care about your own life?"

"Whether the information is true or not has to be verified by facts," Xu Ke said coolly. "If I gave you the antidote and you gave me false information, wouldn't I still die?"

"Am I that kind of person?" Li Lang raged.

Xu Ke raised an eyebrow. "Aren't you?"

Li Lang looked at Xu Ke furiously. "Don't you have any sincerity about cooperating?"

"You give me the information. Once I verify it's true, I will give you the antidote. You can trust me one hundred percent. I never lie," Xu Ke said with a placid smile.

Li Lang stared fixedly at Xu Ke. "You never lie?!"

He certainly hadn't forgotten how he'd been poisoned in the villa where Xu Yi was held captive, right when he went to find the antidote Xu Ke had supposedly left for him. Wasn't that deception?

"Do I really need to waste time arguing with you about whether or not I'm a liar?" Xu Ke took two teacups and poured tea for himself and Tang Yingchang.

Li Lang took a deep breath. "No! I don't want to waste time."

After finishing his tea, Xu Ke smiled. "Since neither of us wants to waste time, tell me the information so I can go home."

Li Lang took another deep breath. "Give me a guarantee. A guarantee that you'll definitely give me the antidote."

Xu Ke contemplated for a moment before speaking with earnest conviction. "Alright. In that case, I swear on my family: as long as your information is true, I will give you the antidote afterward. If I lie to you, may my entire family die a horrible death."

Li Lang looked deeply at Xu Ke, then closed his eyes. After a moment of silence, he made his decision. "Fine!"

He decided to take a risk and trust Xu Ke. Besides, from what he knew of the man, he doubted Xu Ke would joke about his family.

"Tell me everything you know about how they plan to kill me," Xu Ke said, knocking on the table to get straight to the point.

Li Lang frowned. "Even the useless details?"

"Of course," Xu Ke nodded.

Only with comprehensive information could he make a correct assessment of the situation. Even if some details were trivial nonsense, useful intelligence was often hidden within.

Li Lang nodded and began to speak slowly. "A few days ago, after the Martial Alliance competition ended, they started planning to deal with you. Originally, since you didn't join the Northern Dragon Guard, their plan was to wear you down slowly, using gentler methods to eventually grind you down."

"But that night, when you killed Kang Chenghua without a moment's hesitation, they realized the threat you posed. They were afraid."

"Ten years ago, when Wong Qifu was just beginning her rise, even she wasn't this ruthless."

"So, they fear that if you get a similar opportunity in the future, you'll kill them as mercilessly as you killed Kang Chenghua."

"They decided that this time, they have to go all out and send you to your grave for good."

Hearing this, Xu Ke's lips curled into a slight smile. "So how do they plan to go all out?"

"They plan to spend a fortune to hire assassins from the Assassin's Alliance to kill you. They'll be able to get at least three Innate Great Perfection Experts, which will be an astronomical expense. Additionally, the Yin and Yang Elders and Shi Hongda will also make a move, and a Great Perfection expert from the Ye Family will return from Long Capital."

Li Lang stated each word with emphasis, "Counting the Yin and Yang Elders as a single Innate Great Perfection Expert, they expect to have at least six Innate Great Perfection Experts coming to kill you."

As soon as these words were spoken, Xu Ke's expression completely changed. Even Tang Yingchang, who had been silent the entire time, paled and exclaimed, "What?!"

Xu Ke's face turned ashen in an instant. "Are you sure that's true?"

Six! What a terrifying number. Who could possibly withstand an assassination attempt of that magnitude?

"Absolutely certain," Li Lang nodded.

He desperately wanted to mock Xu Ke. Weren't you just boasting that you weren't afraid of the Ye Family and the others joining forces to kill you? Why so scared now? But he couldn't bring himself to scoff; instead, he felt a wave of self-mockery. To think he once believed he could contend with Xu Ke on the same level. In the end, Xu Ke had become so powerful that the Ye, Huang, and Qin families had to join forces and pay a staggering price just to ambush him with assassins, while he himself couldn't even control his own life... The gulf between them left Li Lang with a turmoil of emotions.

"Mister Xu, if this is true, it's incredibly dangerous!" Tang Yingchang cried out, his shock giving way to panic as he turned to Xu Ke. "We must find new guards!"

Who could possibly withstand an attack of this intensity? If Mister Xu didn't have four or five Innate Great Perfection Experts by his side, how could he possibly survive?

Xu Ke just gave a bitter smile. "Where would we find them...?"

Tang Yingchang hesitated, on the verge of speaking. With your master's reputation, it would be easy to recruit them... he wanted to say, but he thought better of it and swallowed his words.

He was afraid that if Xu Ke's identity was exposed, it would attract not only followers of the Medical Saint, but also the Medical Saint's enemies...

After his bitter smile faded, Xu Ke turned to Li Lang. "Let me ask you something... why would they hire so many Innate Great Perfection Experts? Are they really so rich they don't know what to do with their money? To spend this much... they must really think highly of me."

Hiring three Innate Great Perfection Experts. The cost was unimaginable. Moreover, a lineup like that could be used to assassinate high-level figures from top-tier factions. For the first time, Xu Ke felt his own importance had reached an unprecedented high.

Li Lang said, "It was Huang Zhendong who single-handedly insisted on spending whatever it took."

"Didn't you boast at the Martial Alliance competition that you had many Innate Great Perfection Experts at your disposal? He's afraid that if they don't have enough of them for this assassination attempt, you'll escape."

"He hasn't forgotten that you've already had three Innate Great Perfection Experts act on your behalf. From his perspective, the idea of you having a few more doesn't seem impossible at all..."

Xu Ke fell silent.

For fuck's sake... That damned Huang Zhendong. In the stadium, he acted like he looked down on me, but behind my back, he was gathering a pack of Innate Great Perfection Experts to kill me. What a damn liar!

Xu Ke rubbed his temples, thinking for a moment before speaking. "I have a question. Innate Great Perfection assassins from the Assassin's Alliance are extremely rare. They're notoriously elusive, so how could they possibly find three at once?"

He couldn't wrap his head around it. Finding one Great Perfection assassin was one thing, but finding three... It was simply outrageous. He began to doubt the truth of what Li Lang was saying.

But upon hearing this, Li Lang gave Xu Ke a strange look. "Isn't it your fault they were able to find so many assassins?"

"What?" Xu Ke was startled. "I'm the one you're trying to kill. What does this have to do with me?"

"The three assassins are coming to Tianhai because they accepted a bounty from the Assassin's Alliance to kill the Ghost and Poison Elders." Li Lang said this with a hint of gloating. "And wasn't that a situation of your own making?"

Xu Ke was stunned.