563 Flicking Red Leaves and Pinching Yellow Flowers (2/2)
Lu Chenjia looked at Ning Que through the window. She had an inconspicuous little yellow flower in her fingers. She said dispassionately, ”I did not expect your handmaiden to become the inheritor of the Divine Priest of Light.”
Ning Que answered, ”We have gotten engaged.”
Lu Chenjia's voice was frigid and monotonous. She said, ”How old is your wife?”
Ning Que answered, ”16.”
Lu Chenjia shook her head and said, ”She looks about 13 or 14.”
Ning Que replied, ”She experienced a terrible illness as a child and was malnourished. She has never been fully healed, so she looks a little weak. She'll be better once we treat her for a few years.”
He had only met the Flower Addict a few times, and they were not close. They had even had an intense fight in the Wilderness. The two will never become friends because of Prince Long Qing. Ning Que could have just ignored her, but for some reason, he explained Sangsang's illness to her honestly.
Lu Chenjia asked softly, ”Is she ill again?”
Ning Que did not want to hide anything and said, ”Indeed.”
Lu Chenjia looked into his eyes and asked, ”Have you come to Lanke Temple to ask Master Qishan to heal her?”
”Yes.” Ning Que replied.
Lu Chenjia's expression finally changed, and she asked confusedly, ”Not even the Headmaster can heal her?”
Ning Que replied, ”Unfortunately not.”
Lu Chenjia rubbed the tender stem of the yellow flower and said softly, ”Aunt is having her afternoon nap. I was bored, so I walked around and spoke to you since I saw you standing here. I did not expect you to be willing to converse with me.”
Ning Que looked at her and said, ”They say that you are obsessed with flowers. I have a Senior Brother who loves flowers and grass in the Academy. He is well-versed in medicine, so I would like to know if you have any ways to cure Sangsang.”
Sangsang had been taking medication given by Eleventh Brother, Wang Chi while they traveled. Ning Que thought that since his Senior Brother was well-versed in herbs, the Flower Addict might be good at medicine. Even though a deduction like this was not very rational, since he was desperate he was happy to go for any kind of doctor.
Lu Chenjia smiled blandly and said, ”We are not on good terms. In fact, we bear a grudge against each other. However, you are still willing to ask me for help. It seems that she is very important to you.”
Ning Que said, ”Everyone has someone who is important to them.”
”That is true. Long Qing is important to me.”
Lu Chenjia looked at Ning Que in the eye as her smile faded away. She said indifferently, ”Do you think Master Qishan can heal her if the Headmaster can't? It is wonderful, when I think that you will watch as your loved one dies before you.”
Ning Que did not grow angry because of her words. He looked at her and said calmly, ”Because you have said this, I will kill Quni Madi if Sangsang's illness cannot be cured. I will also kill your father, the King of the Yuelun Kingdom, as well as everyone else that you care about. Then, I will kill you and bury you with Sangsang.”
Lu Chenjia's expression was frigid, but she was not scared. She said blandly, ”First, you have to get out of Tile Mountain alive.”
Ning Que said, ”There isn't any place in the world that can hold me back.”
Lu Chenjia looked at him questioningly and asked, ”Are you really not afraid?”
Ning Que asked, ”What do I have to be afraid of?”
Lu Chenjia said, ”You have killed Master Dao Shi. Are you not afraid that the high monks of Xuankong Temple will imprison you for 1,000 years?”
Ning Que said, ”If the Xuankong Temple had such guts, the Academy would have ceased to exist long ago.”
Lu Chenjia suddenly smiled. She said, ”If you are indeed the Son of Yama like the rumors say, then I believe that both the Buddhism Sect and Haotian Taoism will do everything they can to kill you.”
”So this is what you want to threaten me with. It is a pity that I am not. There is no proof even if you all say that I am.”
Ning Que looked at her and said, ”And I want to tell you that Long Qing told me that he was the Son of Yama just before he lost to me at the Red Lotus Temple.”
With that, he turned around and walked back into the meditation courtyard.
Lu Chenjia's expression was odd when she heard Long Qing's name. She looked at Ning Que's retreating back without any emotions in her eyes. She pinched her fingers together tightly, and broke the flower stem.
The poor yellow flower landed at her feet.
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Ning Que helped Sangsang off the bed and fed her medicine. Then, he sensed for her condition using the Great Spirit and ascertained that the poison from Red Lotus Temple had been neutralized. The cold aura in her body had been temporarily suppressed by Ye Hongyu's Divine Light. It was currently dormant and would not act up anytime soon.
He knew that this was not something good because the longer the cold aura stays dormant, the more terrifying it would be when it acts up. If they temper it down forcefully, it would be more difficult to temper it down the next time. Ye Hongyu was the Great Divine Priest of Judgment, and they had already had to use her power this time. Would they need to visit the Zhishou Abbey next time?
That was why he could only pin all his hopes on Lanke Temple, and on Master Qishan, who was regarded to be like Buddha and would fulfill all requests. Ning Que only felt afraid now, when he thought back to how he had behaved at the Jumping Tiger Stream due to his anxiousness. How could he have yelled and threatened the doctor before a consultation?
”What is this?” Sangsang looked at the tiny pouch in her hands curiously.
Ning Que answered, ”This is something Master left me; I used one in the Front Gates of the Devil's Doctrine. There's still one left. Keep it with you, and if anything happens later, tell me in your heart.”
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