Chapter 232: Sickness, substitution (1/2)

Chapter 232: Sickness, substitution

Jun Yixie sat with crossed legs on the hassock mat before a Buddha statue, puzzling over Long Feiye’s words. “Using Northern Li to trade for one woman…” He appeared calm, but his tightly clenched fists had long betrayed him.

He was arrogant, but Long Feiye was even more arrogant than him!

Originally, he thought that Long Feiye and Han Yunxi would join forces to steal away Long Tianmo, but the fellow hadn’t even deigned to show up. All of the traps and snares set at the Suspended Temple were now wasted. Today, Jun Yixie had sat from noon until sunset. When night fell, he was finally convinced that Long Feiye wasn’t coming.

He’d already said that he’d kill the hostage if they missed the deadline. But now that it had really happened, what should he do? Jun Yixie had to think it over carefully. If Han Yunxi hadn’t revealed his identity beneath the facemask to Long Feiye at Medicine City, he’d be more happy that Long Feiye didn’t show up today. Then he would’ve cut off Long Tianmo’s head without hesitation and delivered it to Emperor Tianhui, thus dealing a vicious blow to Long Feiye. But now his identity had been exposed. Northern Li’s Duke of Kang was a title that stood for the Northern Li imperial clan. He was forced to have misgivings and take precautions against Long Feiye, who could use his identity against him. He wasn’t a scion of the imperial bloodline, but he was the most favored prince. There were plenty of people in the imperial clan waiting to seize on his shortcomings.

When Jun Yixie rose to his feet, his attendant on the side finally dared to approach. “Master, Long Feiye couldn’t really have taken that woman to heart?”

Jun Yixie gave a cold, disdainful smile. “Long Feiye…does he even have a heart?”

The attendant didn’t understand. “But there was no need for him to…”

“False words used to win a useful woman’s heart…” Jun Yixie said before he paused. He suddenly turned around, his devilish, handsome face taking on a serious expression. “It’d be worth it!”

Han Yunxi’s poison skills weren’t only consummate but also mysterious. With such a woman as support, what kind of unexpected surprises would lay in store? To a man like Jun Yixie, a single Han Yunxi was equal to all of the Poison Humans he’d nurtured. Thus, although Han Yunxi had ruined many of his plans and even used hypertoxic poison against him, he’d never truly wanted to kill her. Instead, he really wanted to draw her to his side.

False words to a woman?

The attendant didn’t understand. In his memories, the Master had never been enticed by a woman before. When faced with females, he didn’t even bother speaking with them, much less coax or lie to their faces.

“Master, then….Tianning’s crown prince…” this was the main point of concern for the attendant. What should they do with Long Tianmo? They couldn’t afford to kill him, but could they simply let him go like this? Wasn’t that too cowardly? The rest of the subordinates were all on tenterhooks, worried for their master’s sake. Still, Jun Yixie had planned for this long in advance.

In a low voice, he said, “Bring over the Hundred Leaf Purple Jade Grass.”

Stunned, the attendant hastened to remind him, “Master, that thing…doesn’t have an antidote yet!”

His master was planning to poison Long Tianmo before letting him go. Yes, the person could be released, but they’d have to have an advantage somehow. Jun Yixie himself had named this poison Hundred Leaf Purple Jade Grass, if only because this was a new toxin that no one had ever seen before. His cultivation of poison plants at Medicine City’s Medicine Forest had been suspended by Han Yunxi. Despite this, he still had some materials on hand. During the past few months, he’d harvested enough ingredients to produce three completely new poisons. However, their antidotes still didn’t exist yet. In other words, anyone afflicted with these three poisons would be incurable.

Hundred Leaf Purple Jade Grass wasn’t a fatal poison, but caused extreme torment to its victim. The sufferer experienced acute pain in his bones and joints, making it impossible for him to move.

“There’s no risk of anything going wrong precisely because it has no antidote!” Jun Yixie smiled coldly as he walked out of the Suspended Temple. This time, he’d like to see if Han Yunxi had enough skills to combat Hundred Leaf Purple Jade Grass. He wanted to make things impossible in Tianning for Han Yunxi and force Long Feiye to give up on her!

In the back courtyard, Long Tianmo lay in a listless stupor on a horse cart, his figure covered by thick blankets. Someone who didn’t know any better might even think he was an ordinary person taking a nap. Jun Yixie climbed onto the cart, but only gave Long Tianmo a passing glance. Forget about Tianning’s crown prince, he wouldn’t spare a second glance even if this was Tianning’s emperor. Of all the people in Tianning, only Long Feiye was worth counting as an obstacle. He sat quietly on one side until the attendant brought him the Hundred Leaf Purple Jade Grass. Then he personally lifted the covers over Long Tianmo, only to notice his swollen stomach.

This…what was the matter?

It was rare for Jun Yixie to look surprised. Nearby, the attendant found things unexpected as well. What was a man doing with such a big stomach? Before Jun Yixie could move, his attendant had already recovered. He took off Long Tianmo’s upper robes to reveal the reality beneath. It really was a large stomach, almost as if he was pregnant.

“Master, this…how is it possible?” the attendant asked in astonishment.