Chapter 62: A threat, Pill Fiend remembers a grudge (2/2)

“All right, begin! Your excellency will be waiting right h…” Before Pill Fiend could finish, Duanmu Yao stuffed the diagrams into her robes and flashed out the door.

“So quick…ahahaha! Your excellency is looking forward to this.” Pill Fiend was laughing so much that he was ready to dance and gesticulate in joy. Of course, he was still more interested on Han Yunxi at the moment. Who told Long Feiye to tick him off?

Han Yunxi was surprised to see Duanmu Yao leave so quickly, but recovered soon enough. She clutched her diagrams and ran outside, her sluggish speed enough to make Pill Fiend feel anxious for her sake. He rose to his feet and followed beside her at a sedate pace, though still a little ways ahead.

“Han Yunxi, you can’t be so slow. I suppose it’s no harm if I tell you now, but there’s only a single Wall-Hitting Ghost in the entire Pill Fiend Valley. If you find it too late, you’ll lose!”

Han Yunxi turned around, feigning a face full of shock. “Really?”

Pill Fiend laughed until his pretty eyes turned into crescents. “This excellency never lies to women.”

“Then I’ll have to thank you.” Han Yunxi smiled sweetly and sped up, finally running into the courtyard. By now, Duanmu Yao was gone without a trace.

Long Feiye and Duanmu Baiye had been waiting outside long ago. Seeing Han Yunxi just arrive made Duanmu Baiye smirk and mock her. “Qin Wangfei isn’t in a rush at all, you must be very confident?”

But Han Yunxi actually turned around and assumed the same expression when first seeing the plants on the list, nodding in reply. She thoroughly approved of Duanmu Baiye’s words. This time, it didn’t look like she was on the verge of tears, but emotionally moved.

Ehh…

Duanmu Baiye stared at her blankly. What’s wrong with this woman? What does her expression mean?

Even Long Feiye was befuddled by Han Yunxi. What kind of reaction is this? Did or didn’t she recognize these three plants?

Han Yunxi ignored them both to sit down on a stone seat nearby, a hand resting on her heart to calm herself down. Seeing this, even the smug Pill Fiend quieted down. This woman…couldn’t be giving up now, right? If that was the case, he should prepare to have a good laugh at Long Feiye.

Han Yunxi wasn’t deliberately trying to be mysterious, but she was really, truly moved! It was impossible to express herself in words. Looking at Pill Fiend, she wanted to swoop over and drown him in praise. His Excellency Pill Fiend really was a genius! Nonono, a fiendish genius! He’d written down three poisonous plants!

The crucial point was that all three were right in this courtyard!

This was the easiest place to overlook, so that idiot Duanmu Yao had rushed out right away.

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Poisonous plants came in two varieties. One displayed its poison only after being boiled and extracted, so they were referred to as concealed poison plants. The other showed its poison as soon as it sprouted, so they were called visible poison plants. Too bad that Pill Fiend’s three plants all belonged to the latter category.

As soon as Han Yunxi entered Pill Fiend Valley, her detoxification system had given her multiple alerts of its many toxic flora. It was the same when she entered the courtyard. She was most familiar with poisonous vegetation, so there was no need to detect visible poison plants when she could recognize them with a sweep of her eyes.

Duanmu Yao, go ahead and search. Seven Deaths Hawktail and Simple White Yimi aren’t ordinary plants, but extremely rare poison plants. Even if there’s a second or third one in this valley, it’s unlikely that Pill Fiend himself could find them!

And there was only one Wall-Hitting Ghost, probably specially cultivated by old Pill Fiend himself. It’d be impossible to find it beyond this courtyard.

Long Feiye, Duanmu Baiye, and Pill Fiend were all flabbergasted as they looked at her clutching her chest. Such an emotional event required some time for her to calm down. Finally, Duanmu Baiye couldn’t hold it back anymore.

“Qin Wangfei, aren’t you going to look? Do you want to admit defeat?”

His death is near at hand, but he’s still so aggressive. Just wait and you’ll be crying later.

Han Yunxi rose to her feet with a smile. “Crown Prince Ye. Princess Changle was in such a rush, so now you’re being anxious as well?” As she spoke, she handed over the unopened diagrams to Long Feiye. “Your highness, help me hold onto these.”

Long Feiye seemed amused as he quietly accepted the papers.

Duanmu Baiye had no rebuttal but felt uneasy in his heart. It couldn’t be that this woman actually felt self-assured? But he quickly rejected the idea. That was impossible. Even if she recognized these plants, she wouldn’t be able to find them immediately. Where did her self-confidence come from? She was just trying to be intentionally mystifying.

Duanmu Baiye crossed his arms as his face turned cold. He’d just wait. He didn’t believe that Han Yunxi could come up with anything.

Meanwhile, Pill Fiend grew secretly restless. This woman’s just sitting in the courtyard without leaving. She can’t have discovered something, right?