Chapter 274: Lil Thing’s secret (1/2)

Chapter 274: Lil Thing’s secret

Gu Beiyue seemed like he understood Lil Thing very well. After all, he did have a director for a grandpa, so it wasn’t strange for him to know such things.

“How so?” Han Yunxi asked in interest.

Gu Beiyue wore an exceptionally guileless smile. “It has a huge appetite. It’ll eat you out of house and home, esteemed wangfei.”

Han Yunxi was amused before she opened up the medical pouch for Gu Beiyue to see. The two of them came to a tacit understanding with smiles as both their troubles and woes were temporarily set aside. Gu Beiyue was like the winter sun, warm yet not scorching. He could always appear at the most unexpected times to drive away Han Yunxi’s clouds. Though they were both smiling, he was still serious when it came to his explanations.

“Esteemed wangfei, a poison beast’s teeth is poisonous, but its blood can treat hundreds of poisons. That’s due to the fact that it ingests hundreds of poisons in turn. Thus, once the poison beast bites someone, or gives its blood to save a life, it’ll need to eat nonstop. Otherwise, its life might be in danger!”

Many people were after the poison beast, but only few knew of such a secret. Han Yunxi was surprised. She looked back at Lil Thing, only to see it currently nestled up by Gu Beiyue’s neck and shoulders. It blinked its eyes at her, while its mouth moved, as if to indicate its hunger again. So that was it. No wonder it kept sneaking food into its mouth even after she treated it so fiercely.

“Then how much does it need to eat before it’s full?” Han Yunxi asked anxiously. Leaving aside how useful Lil Thing was, she couldn’t bear to see such a little creature starve from hunger.

Gu Beiyue tilted his head towards Lil Thing, his gentle gaze taking on a pitying light. The sight of his gaze was almost enough to make Lil Thing melt. It didn’t know who the man was or his relationship with its master, but it really like the clean scent emanating off his body.

“That’s something we’ll have to ask him. However, even once it’s full, its blood won’t have any medicinal properties. Each time its blood is used to save someone, it’ll take time to accumulate back to its life-saving properties again. Its blood can treat hundreds of poisons, so if it loses too much blood, it can’t live long, either.”

Han Yunxi chuckled. This little animal had even wanted to give her more blood in exchange for more poisons! Did it even understand how dangerous it was to lose that much? Just who was it that spread the rumors of the poison beast being practically immortal?!

“Then, how much does it need to eat to recover those properties?” Han Yunxi asked seriously.

Gu Beiyue helplessly shook his head. Aside from asking Lil Thing, he himself had no idea. “Esteemed wangfei, the most important thing now is to feed it until it’s full. It looks like it’s been starved to desperation.”

Gu Beiyue had very large hands, so it was easy for him to cup Lil Thing in his palms. He softly scratched its ears, making it feel extremely comfortable by the sensation. If possible, it’d spend its whole life living in this man’s palm and never getting up. But Han Yunxi soon plucked him from the warm nest.

“Let’s go, we’ll find something to eat.”

Because Gu Beiyue was here, it wasn’t convenient for Han Yunxi to take poisons from her detox system. She might as well go out and buy some more, since it was time to refill the system’s stores anyways.

“Perhaps this one should come along with esteemed wangfei,” Gu Beiyue immediately rose to his feet.

“You’ve just recovered from a serious illness, you should rest. I’ll be back in a jiffy.” Han Yunxi was really worried that even a gust of wind would be enough to blow over the frail-looking Gu Beiyue, but he was insistent on coming along.

“Esteemed wangfei, I know of many medicine merchants in Medical City. I can recommend them to you.”

Medicine City and Medical City were tied together by these medicine shops. Together, they controlled most of Cloud Realm Continent’s drug market. All right, even though Han Yunxi wasn’t planning on buying wholesale, she still needed quite a bit of raw ingredients. Finding a medicine merchant would make the prices much cheaper. Thinking up to here, Han Yunxi felt the gold card in her sleeve. It was the one that Long Feiye had given her in Medicine City and was equivalent to a modern-day credit card. She could use it anywhere in Cloud Realm Continent and have Long Feiye pay off the costs. Much of the stock in the detox system came from this card. Han Yunxi paused for a moment before silently placing the card on the table. She didn’t want it anymore.

But she and Gu Beiyue had just gone out the door when Lil Thing slipped out of the medical pouch. As quick as a peal of thunder, he rushed over and picked up the golden card. After making sure it was the real deal, he quickly slipped back into the medical pouch again. He had a little secret, and that was — being greedy for treasure as well as for food!

Han Yunxi and Gu Beiyue had just gone out the door when they met Gu Qishao head-on. He hadn’t been able to find Mu Linger anywhere in Medical City, so he’d just come back. The sight of Han Yunxi was a pleasant surprise to him. “Poison lass, you haven’t left yet?”

Immediately, Han Yunxi grew angry. “Where’s Mu Linger?”

If she hadn’t seen him, she would’ve forgotten all about Mu Linger. That little girl had pushed her, something that couldn’t be forgotten so easily. Forget repaying kindness with enmity, she had been trying to kill her outright!

“I was just looking for her as well. When I find her, you can kill her in one slice,” Gu Qishao said respectably.

Kill her?

Han Yunxi could tell that Gu Qishao and Mu Linger had a deep relationship. This fellow had mysterious origins to begin with, so how could anyone close to him be killed off so easily?

“She liked you so much for nothing,” Han Yunxi tried to sound him out.

But Gu Qishao only sighed, before saying, “Aye, too bad I like you.”

On one side, Gu Beiyue creased his brow at these words, but Han Yunxi had long grown used to them. She rolled her eyes and ignored them. Gu Qishao chased after them as they walked away and asked, “Was it that fellow from the Shadow Clan who saved you?”

“Find Mu Linger and I’ll tell you,” Han Yunxi said seriously.