Chapter 448: Fiendish genius leaves a move (1/2)

Chapter 448: Fiendish genius leaves a move

Despite Gu Qi Sha’s obvious scorn, Long Feiye remain calm. Instead, it was Chu Xifeng who got annoyed instead.

“Gu Qi Sha,” he raged, “The duke won. Wipe that smirk off your face!”

When His Highness Duke of Qin had first come to ask for ingredients, he’d resorted to peaceful methods first before things got physical. It was Gu Qi Sha who didn’t appreciate the favor and made things hard on purpose. Otherwise, His Highness Duke of Qin wouldn’t have injured the man and pressured him.

“The duke won? I think he was forcing others to bend to his will instead,” Gu Qi Sha’s smile grew even more scornful. “Your Highness Duke of Qin is stronger than me, after all.”

Chu Xifeng couldn’t listen to him anymore and retorted, “If you know that you’re weak, then stop showing off!”

“Are you saying that His Highness Duke of Qin bullies the weak?” Gu Qi Sha chucked out loud.

“So what if he does?!” Chu Xifeng really wanted to have a rousing argument with this fellow. His weird smiles and infuriating attitude was too much. Long Feiye watched them argue, finding something familiar about such a talkative scene. It felt like he’d met someone with the same rattling mouth somewhere. Still, he pushed the thought aside in favor of more serious business.

“Gu Qi Sha, how can your lordship be sure that this is a real Bear chuan?” he asked coldly.

Even Chu Xifeng was surprised by his words, much less Gu Qi Sha. He thought Long Feiye had another task in mind, but he was only asking after the Bear chuan.

“Didn’t you inspect it just then? What, you’re only asking about authenticity after accepting the item?” Gu Qi Sha said sourly.

Chu Xifeng didn’t speak, but he was confused as well. Before coming here, His Highness Duke of Qin had written at least 10 letters to elder Wang from Medicine City to get details and medicinal properties of the Bear chuan, Panoptic Red Lotus and Serpent Fruit, as well as the various reactions when the three were mixed together to create the antidote for Broomcorn Millet Poison.

Each of the letters had been longer than 10 pages. Chu Xifeng had glanced at two to three and once wondered why His Highness Duke of Qin was so particular about the steps used to make the antidote. Couldn’t they just make it themselves once they got all the ingredients? Even if it wasn’t esteemed wangfei, the Wang Clan head had said that any poisons master could create the antidote as long as they had the real ingredients on hand.

His Highness Duke of Qin already knows this much, so he should be able to figure out the authenticity of the Bear chuan by himself! Chu Xifeng thought. Furthermore, the monk can run away, but the temple won’t run with him. If Gu Qi Sha wanted to abandon his Pill Fiend Valley altogether, he could’ve just given us false goods and ran instead of agreeing to a one-year time limit.

“Your lordship doesn’t understand such things, so how am I supposed to tell?” Long Feiye said coldly.

Hearing this, Chu Xifeng realized something was up. But without knowledge of His Highness Duke of Qin’s intentions, he could only keep quiet. Gu Qi Sha’s Bear chuan was naturally the real thing. Being suspected like this only made him indignant. “I only have that single Bear chuan. If you don’t want it, forget it! You can find someone else to get one!”

Long Feiye’s lips quirked up into a sardonic smile. “And if your lordship refuses?”

Chu Xifeng’s mouth twitched at the words. I can’t believe His Highness Duke of Qin is playing the rascal this time. Just what is he planning?

Gu Qi Sha really had no choice after all. Who told me to lose against Long Feiye? His eyes flashed shrewdly before he endured it all!

“Your Highness Duke of Qin, just get to the point. What else do you want?”

“The Serpent Fruit and Panoptic Red Lotus in your lordship’s hands are all genuine goods. When combined with Bear chuan, the three of them can make a very specific antidote. Do you know which one?” Long Feiye asked.

“Certainly, the antidote to Broomcorn Millet Poison. What, Your Highness Duke of Qin has someone with the poison?” If Gu Qi Sha knew the antidote formula for Broomcorn Millet Poison, then he would have understood what Long Feiye wanted as soon as he listed off the ingredients. Why was he asking these questions now? Obviously, to bring it up on purpose.

Still, Long Feiye was quite satisfied with his answer. If Gu Qi Sha knew about the formula, then he could save himself a lot of talking. “Since you already know, then make the antidote as a test of the Bear chuan’s authenticity, how’s that?” Long Feiye said coldly.

A complicated look flickered past Gu Qi Sha’s eyes as he remained silent.

“As this lordship understands, if any of the ingredients are false, it’ll be impossible to mix them together and create the antidote,” Long Feiye said seriously.

Gu Qi Sha hid a cold smile. If you already know this much, then you should know whether the Bear chuan’s authentic already.

Meanwhile, Chu Xifeng finally realized what His Highness Duke of Qin was up to! But for him to go to such pains…he’s really taking cares! For the sake of saving Baili Mingxiang, both His Highness Duke of Qin and esteemed wangfei had come to Pill Fiend Valley to ask for medicine. The trip had alerted esteemed wangfei to His Highness Duke of Qin’s previous visits to the valley, and how he’d been searching for the antidote ingredients.

Now that all the ingredients were present, how were they supposed to hide everything from esteemed wangfei? Requiring Gu Qi Sha to keep his mouth shut would only end with them making a fool of themselves. Once Gu Qi Sha realized that His Highness Duke of Qin was keeping secrets from esteemed wangfei, he’d probably spill the beans to her right away.