Chapter 194: Leave it with her (1/2)

Chapter 194: Leave it with her

That porcelain bottle had the very own Perplexing Butterfly Illusion connected to Long Feiye. It was a poison that concerned his entire life and contained a earthshaking secret. Tang Li knew that Long Feiye had brought Han Yunxi with him this time to test whether this woman was worth fostering by his side. Han Yunxi’s performance had truly proved that she was, but he never thought Long Feiye would directly toss her such an important item for study.

After all, no one else besides him and Chu Xifeng had ever seen this item.

In the past, Chu Xifeng had constantly given reminders that Han Yunxi was a mysterious woman. She seemed like a completely different person from the previous useless trash of the Han family and was highly suspicious. Additionally, her mother’s origins were unknown beyond having some connections with the medical academy.

In other words, this woman wasn’t someone simple. Neither was she safe.

Tang Li wanted to stop him, but Long Feiye barred the way with his swift glare. It was also difficult for him to say too much with Han Yunxi present, so he could only shut his mouth resentfully. Han Yunxi was puzzled as soon as she caught the little porcelain bottle. Usually when there was poison nearby, she’d knew right away. But she’d already opened up the bottle and sniffed it a few times without finding any poison. Even the poison pond in Medicine Forest had given her a reaction when she couldn’t recognize the toxins. But the transparent liquid in this bottle was unfathomable.

Weird!

Is this really poison? Han Yunxi looked doubtfully at Long Feiye and asked, “What’s this called and where’s it from?”

Tang Li immediately turned vigilant, while Long Feiye remained calm. “Once you figure out what it is, just tell your lordship.” The meaning behind the words was that she didn’t need to know so many details.

“What do you want to know?” Han Yunxi asked again.

“Toxicity, make-up, antidote, as well as how long it’s been in that bottle,” Long Feiye said seriously.

A complicated look flitted past Han Yunxi’s eyes before she asked, “How are you sure this thing is poison?”

Unexpectedly, Long Feiye took a bit of the liquid and dripped it onto the body of the female poison master. Immediately, the venom spread to corrode the skin, flesh, and bones of the body. A complete corpse vanished into thin air just like that, leaving nothing behind but wisps of greenish-blue smoke that gave off a strange and delicate scent. Soon enough, the smoke and fragrance both disappeared. After witnessing such a horrific sight, Han Yunxi backed up a few steps as she felt a chill all over. This thing was 100 times more potent than high concentrations of modern day sulphuric acids!

Poison, this had to be the most horrific poison she’d ever seen!

By now, Long Feiye had taken out another sample of poisonous liquid and had Tang Li bring in a different corpse. Han Yunxi watched silently as the liquid touched the body and melted through the clothes, skin, and flesh to pieces, leaving nothing but white bones behind. They too, gave off a delicate fragrance, but it was a completely different scent than the smoke from before.

“This is the poison created by that female poison master, called…” Before Long Feiye could finish, Han Yunxi could already guess his intentions. She cut him off mid-sentence.

“This is Bone Fragrance, it can melt through skin, flesh, and hair and only leave the bones behind. This type of poison is very cruel and rarely seen, but though it looks similar to the poison in your bottle, they’re actually completely different!”

After witnessing Han Yunxi’s professional skills, Long Feiye didn’t find her words curious. His deep eyes flashed with relief; at the very least, the death of the female poison master wasn’t a complete waste today. Since the two poisons were completely different, they wouldn’t have gotten much information from the poison master’s mouth anyways. Giving the Perplexing Butterfly Illusion to Han Yunxi shouldn’t be a bad choice.

But Tang Li raised an eyebrow as he surveyed Han Yunxi. “You’re sure they’re different? Don’t they both melt things away?” He’d long heard of Han Yunxi’s poison skills, but he’d never seen them in person.

Han Yunxi didn’t answer him, but took out a few small bottles from her medical pouch and applied them in proper order on the corpse, explaining as she demonstrated.

“This is specially used for melting away hair.”

“This is specially used for melting away skin.”

“This is specially used for melting away bone.”

… …

By the time she finished, the corpse had turned into something unspeakable. Han Yunxi’s face was full of sincerity before she took out another bottle. “I have Bone Fragrance too!” So speaking, she poured some on the corpse, who reacted in the same way it had before.

Han Yunxi laid out her bottles on the table in a straight line as she explained the various types of poisons and its effects on the corpse. She showed thorough familiarity with the subject as she expounded on poison efficacy, makeup, color, and scents in detail. Long Feiye listened intently, while Tang Li had long been left staring tongue-tied. A scene like this could terrify a man, to say nothing of a woman. But Han Yunxi was single-heartedly absorbed, serious, and earnest, possessing a charm that made it hard for people to look away.

Tang Li had always looked down on women, but now he finally realized how much he’d underestimated this one. Finally, he understood that she wasn’t someone you could offend easily. Just think, how fearsome was the woman who could could take out a slew of fatal poisons capable of melting a live person into nothing but broken bits?