Chapter 292: Impending tempest (2/2)

Lil Thing could usually run very fast, but it’d eaten too much this time. It was really, really scared. What would happen if Long Feiye caught up? The aura behind it was so fierce!

In contrast, Long Feiye wasn’t really chasing him at full strength. He purposely kept a distance between them. If he caught this creature early, who would lead him to find that woman, then? Very quickly, the chaser and the chased reached the inn where Han Yunxi and Gu Qishao were staying. Lil Thing darted into the room before it realized something was wrong. Master had left! Meanwhile, Long Feiye followed it to the window before coldly surveying his surroundings. Immediately, he left orders for the guards who had followed him in secret.

“Go ask if she’s traveling with someone else.”

If Han Yunxi had a companion, they’d definitely rent the room next to hers as well. She’d definitely need help to avoid him and silently hide in Medicine City.

Lil Thing didn’t dawdle for long in the room. When it saw Long Feiye blocking the window, it burst through the door of the room and started running for its life. Its nose struggled to sniff the air until it caught its master’s scent, then chased after it in a different location. As before, Long Feiye maintained his distance while chasing after Lil Thing, his expression turning colder and colder.

Han Yunxi, Medicine City’s full of bounty posters. You saw them, yet you still dare to hide away!

How could Han Yunxi know that an impending tempest was heading her way? Currently, she and Gu Qishao were still in the bamboo house behind the Mu Clan’s courtyards. Han Yunxi did a standard examination of Mute Granny before her face lost all its smiles. Mute Granny’s ears and throat were fine to begin with. She was a normal person who had lost her hearing and ability to speak because someone had poisoned her. Her vocal chords had developed cysts because of the toxin, affecting her ability to make sounds. Right now, they were still swollen. Meanwhile, the insides of her ears was suffering from poison inflammation so severe that they’d developed ulcers, thus affecting her ability to hear. If this continued, in a few years Mute Granny wouldn’t just be deaf and mute, but tormented daily with pain from her throat and ears.

Who did such a venomous deed?!

Gu Qishao felt a little unwell at Han Yunxi’s unpleasant expression. “How is it, have you figured it out?”

“It’s Broomcorn Millet Poison. She’s been poisoned for too long, so it’s very hard to treat,” Han Yunxi said thinly. The detox system had records of its antidote, but not its ingredients. Moreover, the three ingredients needed for the antidote were seldom available. Even Han Yunxi had never seen them despite living for so many years. Assuming they could make the antidote and cure the poison, Han Yunxi still couldn’t guarantee that Mute Granny would make a full recovery. After all, she’d been poisoned for a long time.

“Broomcorn Millet Poison…” Gu Qishao stroked his chin in thought. This was his first time hearing of such a poison.

“Let’s take her away first. It’ll take some time to cure this poison,” Han Yunxi said seriously. Once again, she wanted to take down the painting on the wall, but Mute Granny kept shaking her head. She didn’t want to leave this place. She did her best to push Han Yunxi and Gu Qishao out the door, especially Han Yunxi. Her agitation showed that she wanted her to leave quickly.

Mu Xin had an adulterous affair with the remnants of the Poison Sect, something that the Mu Clan couldn’t accept. The Mu Clan should have destroyed all evidence of the deed, but why did they keep Mute Granny around to guard Mu Xin’s old things? Han Yunxi wasn’t an idiot. She could tell that Mute Granny had reasons for insisting that they leave. Still, she had to cure Mute Granny before she could understand anything, so Mute Granny needed to leave with them.

This wasn’t a place where one could dawdle, after all. Han Yunxi signaled Gu Qishao with her eyes, and he immediately understood her meaning. He walked to Mute Granny’s side and struck her unconscious, before lifting her onto his shoulders. Although this bewitching man had looks to rival a woman’s, he was definitely the type to conceal his strength. Han Yunxi gave him a thumbs up when she saw his strong arms. Soon after that, she rolled up the painting from the wall and packed it up in her bag.

“Let’s go!”

Gu Qishao grinned. “Poison lass, I can carry you too.”

Han Yunxi’s smile turned false. “Are we leaving or not?”

“Where to?” Gu Qishao wanted to know.

“Let’s talk it over in the inn first. I need a quiet place to expel her poisons,” Han Yunxi said seriously. Since there was no way to make the antidote at the moment, she could get rid of as much poison as she could through expelling them first. That would reduce some of its harmful effects. Gu Qishao nodded as he grabbed Han Yunxi by the shoulder. But they’d hardly left the doors when a group of black-robed assassins flew out from four directions to surround the house! Their leader floated to land in front of Han Yunxi and the rest, a short man with an ape-like chin and thin lips. At one glance, one could tell he was a meticulous, detail-oriented type. Han Yunxi had seen this man in the Medicine Forest before as Jun Yixie’s companion. He was the head of the Mu Clan, Mu Yingdong!1 She never expected this old man had such hidden depths. He even knew martial arts.

“After waiting for so long, I never thought it’d be Qin Wangfei! Truly, it’s unexpected!” Mu Yingdong said with a queer tone of voice. Mu Yingdong hadn’t recognized Han Yunxi in the Medicine Forest last time because she’d been concealing her face. However, Long Feiye’s bounty posters had imprinted Han Yunxi’s face into the memories of everyone across the continent. Gu Qishao’s narrowed eyes revealed traces of killing intent at Mu Yingdong’s words. Without a doubt, the man had been lying in ambush for a long time.

“Gu Qishao, you’ve fallen into their trap,” Han Yunxi said coldly.

1. Mu Yingdong (沐英东) – Yingdong can mean “hero of the east.”