The great elder, upon hearing Xuan Jizi's report, said with a stern face, "If you were about to succeed, how did you let them escape?"
Lin Lian hurriedly stepped forward and said, "To the great elder, Lin Zhu is proficient in using poison. I had already inflicted two wounds on her, and I was about to cut off her head when she suddenly threw something at me. I was startled, and to my surprise, it wasn't poison but seemed like a strange human hand. Distracted for a moment, she threw a poisonous smoke bomb and managed to escape."
As Lin Lian spoke, he presented the severed hand wrapped in a handkerchief to the great elder. The great elder's mustache trembled, and a look of disgust quickly appeared on his face. Others might not recognize this object, but how could he not?
Honglian, who stood beside him, showed a slight look of surprise upon seeing the severed hand, but she quickly regained her composure and said, "Just hand it over to me."
