113 Young Master Wu (1/2)
” Your aim is really gracious I admit. Sparing innocent people seems really noble in itself.” The old man chuckled, ” But, why do you think that the royalty would spare the innocents?”
Xia Lian looked deeply into the eyes of the old man while speaking, ” Old sir, if the royalty truly want to kill someone, nothing can stop them anyways. Those who are targeted by the royalty will die no matter what. My poison doesn't make any difference, at most it may ease their suffering. At least they won't feel any pain in the end. And I am no saint, to take up the mission impossible of protecting everyone was never my intention. For every innocent soul in this world, there is one that deserves to die and I have my own priorities.” The old man looked at the young lad in admiration. What the kid spoke was the truth. He only wanted to test him, but he did not expect such sharp words from such a young mouth. It felt like talking to one of his peers with a lot of life experience.
” I can only try to minimize the deaths. That's all I can do.” Xia Lian spoke in a monotonous tone ” And no one in royalty is clean, one could say it is the home of the most ruthless people. Everyone's hands are stained with the blood of the weak and poor. The riches they are experiencing now is built on the blood and sweat of the common masses. No need to treat them any better than slaves, make sure to extract as much money as you can.”
The old man stopped asking too many questions, because he was more than satisfied by the young kid's attitude. But, he had one last question remaining,” If I may ask, did you concoct this poison personally?” There was a saying, 'Curiosity kills the cat', but he truly could not contain his desire to know.
” Yes, I did.” Xia Lian answered directly. She had no reason to conceal the truth. Anyways, now she possessed the appearance of a young man and no one would be able to recognise her later.
” Oh! Well, who is your master?” the old man was excited. Who in the world trained such a talented poison master? He really wanted to meet this fellow's master to exchange some notes.
” It's a secret..” Xia Lian spoke slowly, ” at least for now it is.”
The old man was disappointed but he did not pry further. There was a limit to his curiosity andnot prying too deep into some secrets was a common courtesy in the Dark City. As an experienced appraiser he knew where he should stop and so he did, naturally.
” Young master, I am Du Weng. May I know your honorable name?”
” You can address me with the surname Wu.” Xia Lian decided to use her master's name. It was the safest and she had an additional reason for using that name.
” Young master Wu, everything's fine so far. But, we need to test it out to be sure.”
” Alright, I have no objections. But, how are you going to test it?”
In response, Du Weng clapped his hands and a servant dressed in brown robes immediately rushed into the room. The servant did not dare to raise his head, because the only purpose of his life was to listen to all the orders with his head bowed down. No questions were allowed.