14 Mixed Poison (1/2)
”I came here to pluck herbs. There was so much blood and even a corpse! I was so scared...”
The young man continued to rattle on, appearing a little silly.
Han Shou was a martial artist and therefore could tell that there was no poison in the medicine prepared. He took a few sips and felt warmth in his stomach, but gazed at the young man with a sinister look.
Although the young man saved his life, in order to keep his secret safe, Han Shou decided to kill him after recovering.
He appeared thankful, ”The few of us brothers encountered such a disaster, and I am so thankful to have been rescued by you young man, you mentioned a corpse... Could it be my elder brother... is he dead?”
Han Shou face was filled with sorrow and started to tear up, as though he had real emotions. Fang Yuan felt rather impressed at his acting.
”Hmm... There was no choice, I have already buried your elder brother. When you have recovered, I shall bring you to where I buried him for you collect his bones...” Fang Yuan comforted.
”I couldn't be more thankful, my benefactor! Even if both of us brothers reincarnate as animals in our next lives, we will also repay your kind favour!”
Han Shou remained unaware and continued acting.
”Keke… No need, no need!”
Fang Yuan scratched his head and smiled.
Han Shou was no different from a vegetable. Every time he moved he would require Fang Yuan's assistance, and therefore could not plot anything against Fang Yuan now.
After observing the surroundings, Han Shou realised that there was nothing else around the place and felt relieved. He noticed Fang Yuan reading a manual and out of curiosity, asked, ”What are you reading, my brother?”
”This is a treasure passed down from my father!”
Fang Yuan passed the book forward, ”It's just that I don't recognise some of these words…”
He looked at Han Shou, with embarrassment in his face, ”Can you explain it to me?”
”Mmm... tendons, bones, claws and joints, the tendons are the most important. In the same way as how an eagle uses its claws, quick and deadly… Isn't this the Eagle Claw Technique?”
Han Shou read a few more lines, but inside he felt that this was a total waste of time.
Seeing how excited Fang Yuan was, he smirked and said, ”This is a secret manual, I don't think it's a good idea for me to read on!”
”Since I cannot understand it, how about you teach me!”
Fang Yuan forced a look of excitement.
'Mmm, you chose this path of no return, don't blame me!'
Han Shou thought to himself, but felt that he had to repay the favour, ”Since you saved my life, reading a few words shouldn't matter right?”
”This is great, so how do I interpret these few words?”
Fang Yuan acted as though he was interested.
”Mmm, this is Guan Yuan, it represents an acupoint on the body!”
”What about this?”
”Gu Hai!”
”Qi Yuan!”
...
Han Shou explained casually, but in his mind, he was mocking him.
If Fang Yuan followed the instructions of Han Shou, he would lose his self-control while practising this set of martial arts.
'This person... He is really evil!'
Fang Yuan thought back, 'On the contrary, Minister Lin's manuals were the ones with no problem.'
His theory was simple. He was literate since he was able to attain his [Medicine]. If the manuals Minister Lin provided had problems, based on Han Shou's experience he would be able to tell.
But now, Han Shou was intentionally twisting the meaning within the manual, in the process showing that the manuals had no problem.
”How do I read this word, Brother Han?”
Fang Yuan played along.
”Oh this, Nian Ming Men, a vital point on the body!” Han Shou replied casually.
”Wait, how did you know that my surname is Han?”
”Not only that, you interpreted the same thing differently from before!”
Fang Yuan took a step back and smiled.
Han Shou face reddened and knew that under such circumstances if he spoke and explained himself without much thought, he would expose himself.
At the moment, his expression changes, ”You tricked me?”
”Han Shou, you scum, you are no better!”
Fang Yuan took a few more steps back and shouted.
”Go and die, you sneaky kid!”
Han Shou recovered quickly and equipped himself with a copper button. If anyone approached him, he could use his final breath and kill Fang Yuan. Never would he have thought that Fang Yuan was so sneaky and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
”Wait, it is all my fault. If would continue healing me, I would be willing to pass down my divine martial arts to you!”
Now that Han Shou was weaker than Fang Yuan, even if he doesn't burn down the place, Han Shou would die of hunger if Fang Yuan simply did not serve him food, therefore he had to back down.
”It's alright. You tried to trick me even with these basic martial arts! How would I dare to learn your 'divine martial arts'?”
Fang Yuan sounded sarcastic, ”Brother Han, with your amazing abilities, you should just walk into your grave.”