Chapter 364: Gu Beiyue’s worries (2/2)

He had carefully examined Long Feiye’s wound and discovered that the dagger wound had been applied with ample strength. It was impossible for a dying man to possess such power. Even a seriously injured man wouldn’t be able to manage the deed.

“Imperial Physician Gu, that assassin not only stabbed His Highness, but shoved him aside before he escaped. Even ten guards weren’t enough to catch up to him!” Chu Xifeng added hastily.

Gu Beiyue felt even more jumpy after hearing the news, but all he expressed was uncertainty. “That’s impossible. Perhaps His Highness didn’t stab his vital point, thus allowing the assassin to trick him.”

Tang Li couldn’t help but speak up. “No way. My big bro would never be so careless!”

“His Highness drew near before the person died, that really was careless of him,” Gu Beiyue sighed. Long Feiye’s personality meant that he only let down his guard when his enemies were dead. Even if the black-robed man was supposed to be dying, it still didn’t mean he was already dead! Moreover, many assailants could use poison before they died. Long Feiye should’ve been aware of this fact through his battle experience.

“That man was supposed to be dying. It really is strange!” Tang Li cleverly weaved his words around Gu Beiyue’s hidden question. Gu Beiyue could only sense that there was another element in the story that neither men was willing to reveal. Of course, he was too preoccupied to dig into the matter. Right now, the most important question wasn’t Long Feiye’s carelessness, but how that black-robed man escaped death despite his fatal injury.

“Stranger and stranger. It’s unexplainable,” Gu Beiyue muttered to himself. Still, his heart had already began to worry. Could it be that Long Feiye had ran into a Poison Gu human? Aside from Lil Thing, only Poison Gu were capable of eternal life. Forget about one stab–even multiple stabs at their heart wouldn’t kill them off. At most, it’d cause them temporary pain.

Poison Gu was the only explanation to this mystery, but how could they still exist? Methods for creating Poison Humans and Poison Corpses had been passed down from the past, but not ways to make Poison Gu. Some even said that the head of the Poison Sect never successfully created any Poison Gu. Others said the medical academy exterminated the Poison Sect before their craft came into completion.

Of course, the truth in Gu Beiyue’s hands was that the Poison Sect hadn’t come up with the way to create Poison Gu at all. Instead, it was something that originally existed in the medical academy as one of their top-level secrets. It had been sealed away in the forbidden area the entire time, off-limits to everyone else. The Poison Sect had tried to steal the formula in the past, but ultimately failed.

That’s why he was stunned.

The Poison Sect was already gone. If there were any Poison Gu left in the world, then they were the work of Cloud Realm Medical Academy. Leaving aside how to make a Poison Gu, there was the simple mystery of how Long Feiye had provoked one of their kind. Gu Beiyue dearly wished that the entire thing was only a misunderstanding stemming from Long Feiye’s carelessness. If Poison Gu really do exist, then things will get dangerous!

Tang Li and Chu Xifeng were too lazy to probe the issue when they saw that Gu Beiyue had no explanation forthcoming. If they kept going like this, they’d end up giving more information to him instead. What a loss that’d be! Meanwhile, the skies had grown darker, but there was still no movement from inside the house. Tang Li and Chu Xifeng could only exchanged worried, yet helpless, glances. Their only comfort was the fact that no news was good news….

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While Long Feiye was still unconscious, a certain other person was also having a hard time of his own. This was none other than the black-robed assassin from the other night–Gu Qishao!

He was still dressed in the black clothes from that night. After losing the guards from Hidden Pavilion, he’d found a random roof and lay there on his back to rest. The pain from his wound was killing him! It hadn’t hurt when he was first stabbed in the chest, so he still had strength to struggle, but once he stopped running away, the pain came in spades. He had no idea how much blood he’d lost, but now he was both tired and achy. If possible, he’d rather sleep for days.

Every time his pain reached its limit, he would want to sleep. But every time he slept, he stayed unconscious for ages. The longest time had lasted a full three months. This time, he did his best to fight his drowsiness. How could he sleep well unless he checked whether Long Feiye was actually dead and buried? At the thought, Gu Qishao’s pale white face shifted to a smug, self-satisfied smile. Really, he didn’t want to counterattack at all. It’d reveal his secret all too easily. But after facing Long Feiye’s sword, he couldn’t resist. He’d been given such an exceptional chance, so why wouldn’t he try to murder that arrogant, abominable man?

He could only imagine how Chu Xifeng and Tang Li were panicking themselves witless at the Hidden Pavilion now. They wouldn’t be able to hide the news for long. Once news of the Duke of Qin’s death spread and his Poison lass discovered the secret behind the Hidden Pavilion’s secret chamber, she wouldn’t be sad anymore. Then Han Yunxi would realize who was the one really treating her well.

Gu Qishao grew even happier at that thought, and decided to eat and drink his fill. Then he’d scope out the situation at the Hidden Pavilion. Even now, he had no idea that his Poison lass loved that man more than he could ever imagine. Her sadness was close to overwhelming her with tears…