Chapter 220: Wangfei’s life is priceless (2/2)

The swift, fierce rush of air sent the needle hurtling into Qi Yaotian’s neck before he realized it. When he touched the wound, he was left with a smudge of black blood! Han Yunxi laughed out loud.

“Eldest Young Master Qi, the poison cultivated from a giant bat massacre is quite rare. I’m returning it back to you!”

Qi Yaotian was greatly alarmed. But it was just at this moment that Long Feiye’s whip lashed forward. This time, Qi Yaotian didn’t manage to evade it and was hit full on. He spat out a mouthful of fresh blood before falling to the ground. His lacerated flesh left welts that also bled out black blood!

Long Feiye wasn’t stupid enough to kill him. After all, exterminating the young head of Carefree City would only bring them more troubles. He was too busy to deal with such inconveniences.

“Your lordship’s woman’s life is priceless. Carefree City is welcome to try again if they get another bounty for her!” he warned coldly.

A priceless life!

Han Yunxi liked those three words. Now that she was used to his aggressive personality, she completely ignored the part where he said ‘your lordship’s woman.’ Her smile glittered with brilliant magnificence. “Eldest Young Master Qi, if you want the antidote, come buy it from the Duke of Qin’s estate in three days. Have your employer calculate the value of your life!”

Qi Yaotian had been accepting bounties from big names these past few years, so it was normal for him to fail now and then. But he’d never been left in such a sorry state before. He crawled to his feet and gave Han Yunxi a penetrating stare. How many people in the jianghu knew of Long Feiye’s astonishing martial arts and skills with the whip? How many more knew that Han Yunxi could both treat poisons and use poison arts just like martial arts? When I go back this time, he thought, I have to remind father to put Han Yunxi and Long Feiye on Carefree City’s blacklist. Their bounties can’t be accepted lightly in the future.

Long Feiye hadn’t killed him, but the antidote to save his life was in Han Yunxi’s hands. He had no choice but to be polite and give them a generous greeting with clasped hands. “To you both, until we meet again!”

So speaking, he planned for a graceful exit, yet couldn’t help but spit out a mouthful of black blood after a few more steps. He narrowly avoided losing consciousness right then and there, but finally retreated with support from one of his guards. Seeing this, Han Yunxi couldn’t resist laughing out loud. This was the first time she’d left an enemy defeated and fleeing from the battlefield like running water. What a beautiful finish! So as it turned out, poisons could be used in all sorts of ways. She could adapt as the situation fit. Han Yunxi discovered that she was getting more and more skilled with the poison arts, something that was completely her element.

Han Yunxi assumed that everything was over now, but Long Feiye didn’t withdraw his whip. Instead, he slowly raised the weapon, looking coldly at the ten assassins from the City of Daughters. Only then did Han Yunxi remember that they were still around. Fine, how could she forget about the woman who had called her stupid twice? The ten assassins trembled with fear at the sight of Long Feiye’s poison-soaked whip. None of them had the courage from before, but all backed away until they were standing behind Leng Shuang Shuang.

Leng Shuang Shuang didn’t even know what to say. Right now, she wanted to hide in a crack in the ground. See how loudly she’d cursed Han Yunxi, when she was the truly stupid, ignorant woman!

Had Long Feiye started jeering at her in his heart long ago?

She had been so self-assured when arguing with Qi Yaotian, even unsheathing her sword to help Long Feiye. As it turned out, her wishful thinking had made her a laughingstock! What did he plan to do with his whip now? Leng Shuang Shuang was about to speak when Long Feiye suddenly lashed out with his weapon. Nobody was hurt, as the crack of the whip was a warning to them all. Then he turned to leave.

He found it beneath his dignity to even fight them!

Leng Shuang Shuang was stunned before recovering enough to take two steps forward. “Han Yunxi, what about the antidote?!” She was still poisoned!

But Han Yunxi only turned back with a broad smile on her face. “I tricked you. It was only an common poison, it’ll wear off with time!”

At this, Leng Shuang Shuang froze with shock. She had never suffered a more humiliating day than this one. Han Yunxi, though I don’t want to admit it, I underestimated you as Leng Shuang Shuang. From now on, I’ll never underestimate the enemy again!

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Although Long Feiye wasn’t smiling, Han Yunxi’s gut feeling was that this fellow was in excellent spirits. He kept his hold on her so that all she could do was follow him docilely, only to discover that he was headed towards Medicine City.

“This was clearly a trap planned by the empress dowager. Aren’t you going to look for Mama Su?” she said in a low voice. At the very least, they should interrogate Leng Shuang Shuang about Mama Su’s whereabouts. Did she really not know just because she claimed she didn’t? Matters regarding the two mercenary cities faded in her mind and were replaced with the more important matter at hand.

But Long Feiye only replied, “Tang Li should’ve succeeded by now.”

What did that mean?