Chapter 191: Poisoning, he’s a bit impatient (2/2)
Where were they going? What were they doing?
Still, she didn’t need to think much. This fellow never came calling unless he had a reason. Why else would he find her?
“Detoxifying poisons, probably…” Han Yunxi said mildly.
But Long Feiye actually said, “To use poison!”
Use poison?
“You want to hurt someone?” Han Yunxi asked in surprise.
“Kill.” Long Feiye’s face was expressionless as he mounted his horse before extending a palm to Han Yunxi.
“What’s going on?” Han Yunxi asked him doubtfully, not moving a bit.
“You owe me a favor. Do this and we’ll be even,” Long Feiye said coldly.
By now, Han Yunxi finally realized that something was off about this fellow. His consistent calm seemed to be peppered with irritable impatience today. Last time she’d asked him to take her to Medicine City, so she really did owe him a favor. But last time he’d said he didn’t want to settle debts with her, while this time he did. Han Yunxi curled her lips in disbelief before taking his hand. If he wasn’t going to explain, she was too lazy to ask herself.
As soon as she got on the horse, he wrapped a hand around her waist automatically. She didn’t pay it much mind, having gotten used to it.
Use poison…
Actually, doing that was just as simple as treating poisons, but reality proved that this was just Han Yunxi’s wishful thinking. They sped along all night until Long Feiye arrived with Han Yunxi at a wild, untended courtyard in the open country. If it was anyone else taking her here, Han Yunxi might suspect she was being kidnapped and sold into slavery. But since it was Long Feiye, well, that really was her overthinking things.
Once they stepped inside, they met an exceedingly good looking man. Han Yunxi never thought that a man’s profile could look so fine from the back. It seemed that the idiom “killer looks from behind” was especially made for this person. His figure was lean and tall, handsomely dressed in robes as white as snow. A white jade hairpin was stuck casually in his black hair, making him seem like some sort of ink wash painting in the middle of the desolate courtyard. Black and white together created their own world.
“Tang Li1, have you brought everything?” Long Feiye’s icy voice shattered the tranquility of the living ink painting.
The man called Tang Li finally turned around to survey Han Yunxi. Again, she was stunned. There was a face that possessed an otherworldly aura; though it lacked Long Feiye’s beauty, it carried the same sort of frigidity. But while Long Feiye’s coldness stemmed from a frosty manner and brutal cruelty, this man looked as pure as jade and chaste as ice. It was a face that people only dared to admire from a distance without trying to get close.
Tang Li lightly flicked his sleeves against a stone table, revealing row after row of acupuncture needles on its surface. Han Yunxi frowned as she looked over, only to see that these needles came in all sorts of sizes, thickness, and forms. These weren’t medical needles, much less embroidery ones. Without a doubt, they were all assassination tools!
Since this guy was surnamed Tang, was he from the Tang Clan2? So these assassination tools were the legendary Tang Clan’s hidden weapons?
The Tang Clan was neither righteous nor evil. They didn’t have dealings with heroic factions or alliances with villainous sects, but were envied by others simply for their formidable assassination weapons. Han Yunxi was amazed, but Long Feiye picked up a few needles and threw them aside after a glance. His tone was displeased as he spoke. “These take a long time to master. Is there something that can be used right away?”
“Nothing,” Tang Li said simply.
“What about the Pear Blossom Rain Needles3?” Long Feiye asked coldly.
At his words, Han Yunxi immediately sucked in a cold breath. Even if she didn’t know anything, she knew what the Pear Blossom Rain Needles were. This was the second-ranked assassination weapon in the Tang Clan. Legend had it that there were only two in existence.
For real…what was Long Feiye planning to do?
Tang Li knitted his eyebrows, completely distorting the celestial-like coldness of his face. “Impossible!”
Long Feiye rudely extended his hand. “It’s just to borrow for a while, give it.”
Tang Li broke into an angry stutter. “Once you use that thing, it’s gone! How am I supposed to lend it out?”
The Pear Blossom Rain Needles could conceal a total of 27 needles. They could be launched one by one or all at the same time. One only needed to learn the mechanism to be able to use it. Due to its unique craftsmanship, each needle was expelled with startling amounts of force. The strength was enough to pierce through stone; the speed, enough to bypass many of the world’s top experts. But each needle launched was like losing one of its teeth!
Seeing Tang Li look so angry and boorish, Han Yunxi felt a little stunned. So much for “killer looks from behind,” he changed as easily as turning his body. Moreover, when this fellow spoke, it revealed his true colors as well. What kind of otherworldly Immortal-like man was this? At most, he only had an attractive appearance…
“It’s not like we’re using it all up,” Long Feiye disapproved.
That only made Tang Li angrier. “Long Feiye, I can just go with you to take care of those people. Why are you bringing along a burden?”
Burden?
Was he talking about her?
This time, Han Yunxi lost all her good impressions of Tang Li. You really couldn’t judge a person by their looks, especially men!
1. Tang Li (唐离) – Tang is a surname that means “exaggerative, boastful, in vain,” Li means “leave, part from, independent of.”
2. Tang Clan (唐门) – tangmen, also known as Tang Sect or Tangmen, a well-known jianghu group often found in wuxia novels. Their members usually specialize in assassination and poisons, and have a neutral stance in various martial arts circles.
3. Pear Blossom Rain Needles (暴雨梨花针) – baoyu lihua zhen, a type of assassination tool also found in various wuxia novels, in which the attacker can use to shoot a literal “rainstorm” of needles at one’s enemies. You can read about the details of its specific lore here.