Chapter 127 (2/2)

After gathering herbs for two or three days in there, it would be the right time to return. It also won’t delay anything for her.

Ji Yunhao looked at her figure quickly disappearing into the distance, feeling disappointed and frustrated as if he had lost something.

A question floated inside his mind. Although he let her down when she was imprisoned in an iron cage and exhibited at the public square, he did not remember taking her life. So, why did she say he owed her a life?

“Master, didn’t she poison you earlier? May I ask if she told you of a way to detoxify it?” One of the imperial bodyguards reminded him.

Finally, Ji Yunhao remembered she made him swallow a pill. His heart sank once again. ‘That brat said that I have a day to take the antidote or death will await me.’ Did she truly want to kill him?

He stood up and immediately felt something in his sleeve. He reached inside and a purplish red pill came out. On the pill, a needle pinned a note: antidote.

The guard saw it but did not feel reassured. “We don’t know the composition of this pill. Would it not be better if Master asked for a doctor in town to examine it?”

[1] This is something people in the Jianghu said when parting. It was easy to find the complete quote, but I didn’t find more about it after more than two hours of research.

Rough translations (not completely accurate):

The late autumn came with parting,

as the the cold wind rustled the leaves filling the creek.

One’s mind is wide opened and filled with emotions,

turning back desiring for more words only to have tears staining the clothes.

The green mountains will remain unchanged as the blue water continued to flow,

and the bright moon would still waned as the stars faded as night ends.

Forever until the end of time,

this hateful feeling will continued without disappearing.

[2] This is skill often mentioned in xianxia, wuxia, martial arts film and others. It’s a skill pertaining to different techniques making the body lighter or more nimble when moving. Well a similar and realistic comparison would be parkour. For more information, click here.