Chapter 263: Midnight, who’s arrived? (1/2)

Chapter 263: Midnight, who’s arrived?

The little squirrel finally exhaled in relief when it saw Han Yunxi crease her eyes into a smile. Since new master’s smiling, she must’ve forgiven me! Thus, it scooted over and grinned in turn, revealing it two front teeth. Han Yunxi stared at its teeth and thought of how the poison beast’s blood could cure poisons while its teeth could fatally poison others. Just why did such a contradiction exist? If its blood could cure poisons, then it shouldn’t be poisonous blood. Could it be that this little thing was just like a poisonous viper, hiding poison glands beneath its teeth? That way, it’d spray poison when it bit anyone? Just what kind of toxins made up its poisonous liquid?

In any case, it wasn’t anything recorded in her detox system, so she couldn’t even sense its existence. A strange animal like this had never shown up in modern history. Mm, she had to think of a way to get its poison for research. But right now, it was more important to get its blood, that warm, lifesaving liquid! Han Yunxi grinned as she took out a little bottle.

Hmm…a bottle for storing medicinal liquids? Was its new owner going to give it something tasty to eat?

The little squirrel’s nostrils flared up as it sniffed and drew closer, but it didn’t scent any hint of poison. It stopped in front of Han Yunxi and stared at her with wide, curious eyes. What was inside the bottle? But Han Yunxi simply revealed a small knife in her other hand, its edge sharp enough to hurt one’s eyes. The little squirrel gave a start before it jumped up in fear and ducked far away.

New master, what are you planning?

Han Yunxi drew back the corners of her lips mischievously. “Little thing, come over. You have to pay for your irresponsibility.”

The little squirrel was so scared that it was on the verge of tears. Its new owner wasn’t going to roast and eat it, was she? Noooo!

When Han Yunxi saw that the squirrel wasn’t moving–but wasn’t escaping either–she silently rejoiced. She used the knife to slice off a bit of skin from her finger so that the blood could flow into the bottle, using it as a demonstration for the little squirrel. As soon as the little squirrel saw this, it furiously shook its head. All right, it was very smart and shrewd, but it had rejected the idea after it understood.

Han Yunxi paused before taking out a poison from her medical pouch. At this, the little squirrel grew doubtful. It’d long polished off all the poisons in that bag, so how come there was more now? Where did it come from?

Of course it’d came from the detox system. The medical pouch was nothing more that a front. Han Yunxi spread out her palm and scattered the poison into her hand. As soon as the little squirrel caught whiff of its scent, it gave a start and stood up in excitement. The same smell, the same formula! This was none other than the tasty flavor from Jun Yixie’s back! Without hesitation, the little squirrel ran over as if flying, but Han Yunxi avoided it and gave it a grin as she brandished her knife.

“Just one tiny bottle of blood. It won’t be enough to take your life, want to trade?” Han Yunxi knew the little squirrel would understand, but never expected it to be so ambitious. It not only nodded its head, but dug into her medical pouch to take out a little bottle with its mouth.

Did this mean…it wanted to trade two bottles of blood for two bottles of the poison?

Would that make it anemic?

Han Yunxi couldn’t resist a laugh as she generously took out three servings of poison and tossed it its way. The little squirrel looked at the medical pouch, then at the things in Han Yunxi’s hand, and felt perplexed. It hadn’t seen anything when it dug its head in just then. Oh well, there was no time to care about that. It wanted to eat eat eat! The little squirrel immediately swept all the poisons away, afraid that Han Yunxi would renegade on her words. Of course, as soon as it finished, it dragged out a third bottle as well. After eating three servings of poison, it was going to give back three bottles of blood.

Han Yunxi smiled as she shook her head and caught the little squirrel in her hands with a lesson, “Little thing, one bottle is enough. You have to learn how to treasure yourself and care for yourself, understood?”

The little squirrel only half-understood, its bright black eyes blinking. It cast a timid glance at Han Yunxi’s knife before averting its gaze. Only after eating did it begin to feel fear. It didn’t know where its new owner would make the cut. Would it hurt a lot? This was the first time a human had used a knife on it. At this, Han Yunxi couldn’t resist a secret snicker. Of course she wouldn’t make it suffer. She would used a knife and needles alike. However, she’d make sure it couldn’t run away!

Han Yunxi selected a spot on the little squirrel’s leg. After the cut, she smoothly filled up a tiny bottle of blood before immediately treating the wound. Actually, it was a tiny cut, but she purposely binded it with multiple layers of tight bandage. Her expression was very serious as she warned the squirrel, “Don’t thrash about, or else you’ll be crippled!”

The little squirrel didn’t understand her words, but her seriousness affected it. It turned to glance at its bandaged leg before its eyes rolled to the back of its head, sending it into a dead faint. Han Yunxi didn’t know whether to laugh or cry at the unconscious squirrel in her hands. If everyone knew that the ferocious poison beast of legend was like this, would they discount the Poison Sect’s poison beast myths as lies?

A very long time later, when Han Yunxi finally saw the little squirrel’s fierce side, she’d realized she’d underestimated it. But these are words for another time.

Han Yunxi gauged the color of the skies and estimated that there was about an hour until midnight. Even if Luo Zuishan was here to lead her on a shortcut to medical academy, she wouldn’t make it in time. But she didn’t hesitate at all. After placing the little squirrel in her medical pouch, she cleaned up her things and resolutely helped up the unconscious white-robed man to began her journey back.

She wouldn’t give up!

With the antidote on hand, she could preserve Long Tianmo’s life and clear the names of her and Gu Beiyue. It also meant she could beat Third Elder and not cause the Duke of Qin’s estate any difficulties. This way, she wouldn’t owe that man a thing! No matter what, she couldn’t give up. She had to hurry back! Han Yunxi placed the white-robed man’s arm around her shoulders while her thin, frail waist supported the weight of a grown man. Soon enough, her upright back was forced to bend beneath his weight, making it impossible for her to stand straight. But she didn’t even crease her brows. Even if she couldn’t stand straight, she’d keep going even if she had to stay bent the entire way!

In the beginning, her pace was rather brisk, but her steps gradually grew heavier as her feet slowed and left deeper imprints. She’d never make it back at this speed. What to do? Forget about it? Actually, she could save Long Tianmo all the same even if she was late. Third Elder had even misdiagnosed him, which meant that it’d be impossible for him to save the man. But it wouldn’t count as her victory if she was late.