Chapter 324: Let this fellow have a kick (2/2)

But Gu Qi Sha simply shouted from a distance, “Your Highness Duke of Qin, if you don’t treat the poison within a day, this old man can guarantee that you’ll turn blind for good!”

Chu Xifeng was stunned. “He knows the poison arts!” He too, had clearly see Long Feiye dodge the black powder, but the man had still gotten poisoned. Gu Qi Sha’s poison skills had to be formidable. That Pill Fiend was a man who’d left the medical academy, yet he still knew about the poison arts. If the medical academy knew, they’d probably never acknowledge him.

Long Feiye’s eyes were starting to throb with a stabbing pain. He had been too slow back then–he should’ve stabbed Gu Qi Sha as soon as he landed.

“Master, we have to find esteemed wangfei immediately!” Chu Xifeng was alarmed. For them to rush back to Tianning’s capital within a single day would be an extremely close shave. Long Feiye watched Gu Qi Sha’s indistinct form get further and further away before his fists clenched. Gu Qi Sha, your lordship will remember this grudge.

Without a second’s hesitation, master and servant got on their horses and rushed back to Tianning’s capital city. Gu Qi Sha secretly followed the pair until they passed the entrance to his valley. He stood atop a hill and watched Long Feiye’s figure disappear into the distance, before cackling in his eerie voice.

“Long Feiye, unless you bring me Han Yunxi yourself, there’ll be no way for you to take away the Serpent Fruit.”

Late at night on the second day, Long Feiye reached the Duke of Qin’s estate. It was so late that even the lights in Han Yunxi’s rooms had gone out. Because time was tight, Long Feiye entered directly through her windows. Chu Xifeng was about to follow him in his panic when he realized it was improper. He skidded to a stop just in time and withdrew.

“Who’s there?!” Han Yunxi was startled awake as she sat bolt upright.

“Me.” Long Feiye spoke as he lit the lamps. He was about to tell her about his poisoning when the sight of Han Yunxi made him stiffen.

Although his vision had weakened substantially thanks to the toxin, he could still see rather clearly at close distances. Han Yunxi’s long hair pooled down past her shoulders. Her bare face looked innocent and pure, her eyes still half-opened. She was wearing a pure white inner robe with a V-shaped collar that hung loosely about her chest, hinting at the springtime vision within. Somehow, both innocent looks and subconscious sex appeal had combined into a perfect whole on this sleepy, half-awake woman. Long Feiye’s gaze grew heated as his throat minutely tightened. He’d always had supreme self control, but this was the first time he could sense his control cracking.

Han Yunxi never expected Long Feiye of all people to barge into her rooms. Soon enough, her detox system began to alert her of toxins nearby.

He’s poisoned?

She grew alarmed, too panicked to even notice the heat in Long Feiye’s eyes, to upset to even call him directly by name. “Long Feiye, your eyes are poisoned!”

Her voice awoke Long Feiye from his stupor as well. A flicker of irritation passed through his heart; he’d always hated the sensation of losing control.

“Mm, it was a black powder. I avoided it, but didn’t escape its effects,” he explained, concise and comprehensive. But he had no plans to tell her he’d gone to Pill Fiend Valley.

“It’s Black Ghost Powder!” Even without activating the detox system, she knew what Long Feiye was talking about.

Black Ghost Powder was hidden in its super microscopic powers. Even if the victim avoided its black powders, they could still be poisoned by the part they couldn’t see. However, they could only be poisoned at close distance. Han Yunxi couldn’t help but wonder how Long Feiye had gotten poisoned, and who did the deed. Of course, there was no time to ask that now. If his poisons weren’t treated soon, Long Feiye would turn blind.

She quickly got off the bed, forgetting she was still dressing in sleeping robes and missing a bit of her usual calm professionalism.

“Hurry up and lie down, I’ll get my needles right away,” she was panicking, afraid that Long Feiye would run into another mishap.

Long Feiye lied on the bed and slowly shut his eyes. This woman was probably the only person in the entire world that could make him relax his guard. He’d leave his fragile eyes to her!

Although Han Yunxi was alarmed, she took even more cares because of it. She inserted each of her needles in the acupoints around his eyes until black, tear-like liquid slowly flowed out from Long Feiye’s eyes. At this, Han Yunxi silently exhaled in relief. “It’s fine now…”

Long Feiye wanted to open his eyes at these words, but Han Yunxi quickly covered them up. “Don’t…”

Her hand was very soft, and still warm because she’d just woken up. His skin was just like his personality, icy and cold. Her warm skin against his chilly forehead had a tactile sensation that neither party could ignore. Both of them fell silent and didn’t move. The heat in Han Yunxi’s palm warmed up the area around Long Feiye’s eyes and stimulated its blood flow. His tension there gradually relaxed, leaving inexplicable comfort in its wake. Reluctant to part with the sensation, he simply stopped moving.

Han Yunxi sat by his side, half of her body leaning over his form. It was rare for her to be so close to him without him staring back. She liked this kind of feeling! Her hand was getting sore, but she didn’t want to move it at all. As she stared at him, her other hand unconsciously rose and…lightly brushed against his brows, wanting to smooth out the furrowed forehead.

The room was bathed in silent warmth.

Long Feiye felt the small movements against his forehead, but didn’t move to stop her. He only felt that his entire head had relaxed. In this moment, he temporarily let go of all of his undertakings, responsibilities, misgivings, and waiting over the past ten years…