Chapter 60: Unforeseen, senior brother and junior sister (1/2)

What?

There was actually someone who brought Seven Stars Caterpillar Grass to trade for the Life Blood Pill? And they’d arrived before them? Long Feiye and Han Yunxi exchanged glances at the unexpected news. What seemed like an easy victory had suddenly encountered something like this. But one thing worth rejoicing over was that Gu Qi Sha hadn’t handed over the Life Blood Pill yet. Otherwise, they would have came for nothing.

“How does His Excellency Pill Fiend plan on choosing?” Long Feiye asked.

“Aiya…Duke of Qin, what do you think?” Gu Qi Sha’s sighs were very light, but still made one’s hairs stand on end for no reason because it sounded like the noise was right next to one’s ears.

“Very simple, trade with your lordship,” Long Feiye finished coldly, displaying the poison python snake dan while ignoring that Seven Stars Caterpillar Grass.

At that moment, a cold look passed over the faceless Pill Fiend before a pair of narrow, bewitching eyes revealed themselves. They were staring at the object in Long Feiye’s palm like some sort of prey.

A fox!

This was Han Yunxi’s first thought. What a beguiling and devilish stare! This Excellency Pill Fiend, wasn’t he already very old? Why were his eyes so puzzlingly ominous? At this time, a flippant laugh sounded from one side.

“Your Highness Duke of Qin didn’t even ask before deciding for this crown prince.”

Following the voice lead one to an exceptionally domineering-looking man, his features deep and profound. Tall, bold, and fierce, he was dressed in a pitch-black robe with gold hems that showcased his respectability and mystery. The man strolled leisurely over, his arrogant gaze resting on Long Feiye before wantonly gazing towards Han Yunxi. He seemed to know who she was, and a flicker of surprise shone in his eyes before it quickly disappeared.

Han Yunxi hated these type of haughty, rude inspections and gave him a cold look. From his words, she knew he was a crown prince, but not the country where he came from.

“Does Crown Prince Ye[1] disagree?” Long Feiye spoke.

Long Feiye’s cold rendition of ‘Crown Prince Ye’ seemed to have been spoken for Han Yunxi’s sake alone, so she could know the identity of this man.

So it’s him!

Han Yunxi had heard of this name before. This was Western Zhou Country’s crown prince Duanmu Baiye[2], whom people called Crown Prince Ye. Unlike Tianning’s crown prince, this one from Western Zhou was well known in Cloud Realm Continent for being arrogant and lofty, sinister and cruel. He hadn’t even inherited the throne yet, but he’d already wiped out his dissidents in court.

Western Zhou Country was west of Tianning Country and allied to it by marriage. Strictly speaking, Duanmu Baiye and Long Feiye should have been on good relations, but the sight before her proved that they didn’t get along. Duanmu Baiye was around 180cm tall, not much different from Long Feiye. He approached Long Feiye and lightly pressed on his shoulder, his voice painstakingly slow. Word by word, he spoke.

“I. Don’t. Agree!”

These words elicited a violent force from Long Feiye’s shoulders that shocked Duanmu Baiye off. He couldn’t stand on his feet and backed up a couple of steps, eyes narrowing.

“Long Feiye, do you understand what ‘first come, first served’ means?”

“Your lordship doesn’t understand!” Long Feiye sounded even more arrogant and aggressive in comparison. In a flash, he appeared before Duanmu Baiye to try and snatch away the Seven Stars Caterpillar Grass. Han Yunxi was stunned by the sight at first, then she grew delighted. Long Feiye was being savage and forceful, but she liked it! Once he stole the Seven Stars Caterpillar Grass, what would Duanmu Baiye use to trade with Pill Fiend?

That shock with the shoulder already proved that Duanmu Baiye wasn’t Long Feiye’s match. He immediately retreated, dodging as he cried. “Long Feiye, you’re petty!”

The winner was a king and the loser a crook. Who was petty and who was noble was something only the victor could decide. Long Feiye didn’t stop as his moves grew more and more brutal, his speed so fast that Duanmu Baiye had no time to waste on words. Han Yunxi spectated from the side with a thrill in her heart, seeing Long Feiye miss his target time and time again. Above them, His Excellency Pill Fiend sat lazily in his chair, his eyes narrowing as he watched on with relish.

Suddenly, Long Feiye grabbed Duanmu Baiye’s wrist with one hand and the box in his palm with the other. But right at this moment, with everything hanging in the balance, His Excellency Pill Fiend abruptly hollered, “Stoooooop…”

He intentionally drew out the word with an indolent air. Long Feiye was distracted, giving Duanmu Baiye enough time to duck away and speak. “Your Excellency Pill Fiend, since when has your Pill Fiend Valley allowed outsiders to do as they please?”

Pill Fiend Valley had its own regulations that prohibited outsiders from attacking as they wished.

“Heheh, this excellency just wanted to see your fighting prowess. Crown Prince Ye, you’ve disappointed me a bit,” Pill Fiend heaved a sigh.

“You!” Duanmu Baiye took an angry step forward, but Pill Fiend extended a skeletal hand from his robes that looked resembled one from a thousand-year-old goblin. Resting within the palm was a few glittering gold butterfly darts.

This was obviously a warning.

A strong dragon still couldn’t suppress a snake in its own haunts. Duanmu Baiye could only stifle his rage while a flash of unhappiness flitted past Long Feiye’s eyes. He withdrew his hand and coldly asked, “Pill Fiend, who are you trading with?”

“Your Excellency Pill Fiend, there’s more than one poison python in the world. But there’s only one Seven Stars Caterpillar Grass. It resembles a grass and a bug, but it’s neither grass nor bug. Think it over clearly. And also, this crown prince arrived first,” Duanmu Baiye reminded in a hurry.

“There’s plenty of poisonous pythons, but there’s only one 500-year-old poison python,” Long Feiye reminded on his side.

“Aiyaya…”

His Excellency Pill Fiend heaved another sigh, the sound faint and ominous as if it came from the depths of hell itself. Han Yunxi couldn’t help but shiver in trepidation as she stared at his hand. No matter what, she couldn’t see how it matched his beguiling eyes.