Chapter 549 - Testing Each Other (2/2)

The tea was good. Unfortunately, this was not the right time to taste it.

“What do you think?”

Holding the teacup, Zhu Yun looked back at Lin Mengya with a small smile.

“I don’t know about it, but it is really good.”

Lin Mengya put down the cup in her hand. Neither of them had picked up the real business, but the contest between them had already begun.

“The tea is named Drink of Enmity and Sin, manured with human flesh and irrigated with human blood. Although its roots are deep in the bones, it hasn’t been affected by their bloody scent at all. Compared with other tea leaves, this one is quieter and cooler, and it is popular among scholars. One tael of it can sell for a hundred taels of gold.”

Zhu Yun was explaining quite patiently, but his gentle tone further showed the inexplicable nature and strangeness of the tea.

But Lin Mengya was calm and took one more sip from the teacup carefully.

“Irrigated with human blood and manured with human flesh. The method is extremely good. It is said that man is the most intelligent creature between heaven and earth. Surely, these words are true.”

Seeing her calmness, Zhu Yun, who seemed to have predicted it, was not surprised at all.

“Really, you are the same as what he described. Such a small trick can’t scare you, but do you know why I invited you to chat again, princess?”

After pouring another cup of tea for himself, Zhu Yun stared at Lin Mengya with a faint smile and a little playfulness in his eyes.

“One who betrayed his previous master naturally needs to choose a reliable route of retreat. People’s words can’t be trusted. Of course, as for a few things, one had better see them in person. But I don’t know if you are satisfied with me, Mr. Zhu?”

Lin Mengya’s clear eyes showed that she was not stupid. If what she had in her heart was more of fear when she had met Zhu Yun in the beginning, now what she had was more of a desire for doing an exploration.

Zhu Yun kept an alert against her and had been testing her, but now, he was not afraid of her at all.

All the things in the yard were confidential, but she had tested and verified them one by one herself now.

Then, she was a bit sure of Zhu Yun’s aim.

He wanted to kill her, or what he meant was quite subtle.

“You must be joking, Princess Yu. How can you be sure I want to look for another wise master? The world is big, but there are no many wise masters. I’m not talented, but no one can be my master in the Nation of Lintian or the Jin State.”

His words were arrogant, but the momentum in them made the listener have to believe him.

Lin Mengya couldn’t help looking at him a few more times. If others said so, she would think that the speaker had a limited outlook.

But Zhu Yun was an unfathomable person.

Her communication with him was not much, but each time she felt that she was wary of ruining something when she went to deal with him. After thinking a bit, Lin Mengya lowered her head and whispered, “You are so ambitious, gentleman. Right, the world is unstable. No matter whom you swear fealty to, it won’t last long, but compared with you, the old master, I have something different: I’m not so ambitious. I don’t want to control the country, nor do I want to control others. In a person’s life, if he can’t control his own fate, how could he think about doing other things?”

It seemed that these words had hit the vital point of Zhu Yun.

His deep eyes finally fell on Lin Mengya and met her clear eyes. Zhu Yun had thought that he could see a slight of her mood at least.

But he was surprised to find that he saw no waves in the clear pool of her eyes.

Obviously, he was in an advantageous situation, but his opponent was as undisturbed as ever. At the moment, his trick seemed to be useless.

He heaved a light sigh inwardly, “No wonder the freak Qinghu beams with joy and feels so proud whenever he speaks of Lin Mengya.”

For the elderlies like them, the girl of less than twenty was young, but she had the ability to make surprising achievements overnight.

“You are so smart, princess. You are right. If one can’t control his own fate, how could he control anything else? I think you probably have guessed it. The old friend I mentioned is Qinghu, right?”

Their mutual testing had ended. Since the man had begun talking about business, Lin Mengya felt it unsuitable to continue acting.

She nodded. Since Qinghu had appeared that day, she had guessed that the so-called master in Qinghu’s words probably had close connections with the force behind the Immortal Powder.

Now in this house, both the Bone of Beauty of Sumei and the Drink of Enmity and Sin Zhu Yun had mentioned were all inhuman and insane.

Apart from the master Qinghu had spoken of, she couldn’t think of another one who could launch such a big project.

“Just like him, I’m also a man who survived the bloody sites of the dead. I think you should know that both Qinghu and I are freaks, but I’m luckier than he is. My leg was broken when I was nine, and I’m not as handsome as Qinghu, so I didn’t end up like him.”

Zhu Yun caressed his kneecap subconsciously. In his tone, such an experience didn’t seem to be important.

“Qinghu is indeed different from you. Anyway, I dragged him. If you have any requirements, I’ll surely do them for you, but I hope you can help him at the critical moment, Mr. Zhu.”

Lin Mengya spoke quite sincerely. Since this was related to Qinghu’s life, the more she knew about the massiveness of this force, the more she was worried about Qinghu.

“Oh, you and he are really strange. He begged me to serve you with his life, but you come to beg me to help him now. Doesn’t Prince Yu care about your relationship with him?”

It was rare for Zhu Yun to ask about someone’s private affairs, so he looked at Lin Mengya quite profoundly. He was curious about the relationship between Princess Yu in her golden time and Qinghu.