Chapter 511: Will he show up? (1/2)

Chapter 511: Will he show up?

Gu Beiyue’s matter had hardly been cleared up when Mu Linger made her sudden proclamation. Once again, the crowd was left stunned. Between Gu Qi Sha changing his evil ways to cooperate with Qin Wangfei and open Pill Fiend Pharmacy, Medicine City’s Mu Family giving the place a medicine token, and the pharmacy’s public proclamation throughout South Ning Prefecture to hire pharmacists, the entirety of Cloud Realm Continent and its related medical academy had been paying close attention to everything happening here. Today was the grand opening of the pharmacy, so it wasn’t just ordinary citizens who had come to watch the show!

Countless denizens of Medicine and Medical City stood in the crowds outside Pill Fiend Pharmacy’s doors, while all of the surrounding inns had long been booked out of private rooms for people to stare. Many amongst the crowd had significant identities, but all of them were startled by Mu Linger’s antics. This stinkin’ lass, she actually wants to challenge Gu Qi Sha? No one ever has or ever will!

Although she was known as the most talented pharmacist in Medicine City history, that was still negligible compared to Gu Qi Sha. He wasn’t called the “Pill Fiend” for nothing. Of course, if it was only a mediocre nobody issuing the challenge, the most they might get would be a few laughs. But Mu Linger was left in an awkward spot. It was her family’s Mu Clan that had presented the medicine token and signed a business deal with Pill Fiend Pharmacy. What was she doing now, stirring up things on her own? While the crowd tried to puzzle it out, they thought of all sorts of rumors, too. In any case, news had gotten but now!

“Challenge Pill Fiend? Mu Linger, you’re not joking, right?” Han Yunxi affected an expression of great astonishment. Although all she did was tell Mu Linger one specific secret, which made them far from being friends, the girl played along with her bluff.

“Does Qin Wangfei think this girl is joking?” Mu Linger asked her coldly.

“Heheh, of course this wangfei takes you seriously. I’ll definitely notify His Excellency Pill Fiend, it’s just that…” Han Yunxi appeared hesitant.

“Just what?” Mu Linger asked.

“Just that…His Excellency Pill Fiend’s been very busy recently, so he’s currently not at Pill Fiend Pharmacy…”

Han Yunxi had hardly finished speaking when Mu Linger interrupted, “This girl can afford to wait!”

Yet Han Yunxi then said, “But…”

As Gu Qishao listened to their conversation from his roof, he suddenly felt a hint of anxiety.

“But what?” Mu Linger asked.

“But there’s no guarantee that His Excellency Pill Fiend will accept your challenge,” Han Yunxi said with a grin.

Mu Linger only replied brusquely, “What, he’s afraid to lose? He has no guts?”

A commotion broke out at her words. Although Gu Qi Sha had a terrible reputation, everyone had to recognize his genuine skills. It was unbelievable that Mu Linger would challenge him in the first place, much less spout off such arrogant ravings. There was a saying that ‘newborn calves are not afraid of tigers’—the young are fearless. But she’s simply someone who doesn’t know the difference between Heaven and Earth!

“How childish!” someone finally barked out from the crowd. Han Yunxi didn’t speak, nor did Mu Linger acknowledge the voice. She purposely raised her chin up high and feigned arrogance as she cast a scornful look at Pill Fiend Pharmacy’s sign board.

“Esteemed wangfei, if His Excellency Pill Fiend’s not afraid of losing, then I ask him to meet with me in seven days’ time to determine our levels. If he is afraid, then…heheh.” Mu Linger laughed coldly, her tone filled with derision. Then she spun on her heel and stalked off.

On the roof, Gu Qishao clenched his fist and cursed under his breath. “That damned lass!”

Mu Linger had already walked a long ways off when Han Yunxi raised her voice and shouted, “Mu Linger, this wangfei will accept the challenge in His Excellency Pill Fiend’s name!”

Gu Qishao slowly raised his head to stare at the sky helplessly. “Stinkin’ lasses, ah!”

The two females had made such a big deal out of everything that he’d be labeled a coward if he didn’t show up in seven days’ time. When that happened, wouldn’t the great Pill Fiend’s reputation be ruined? But if he did appear for the challenge, that would mean facing Long Feiye! He recalled how the man had served him Red South Peak tea in the past, perhaps as a ploy to reveal his true identity. Then a series of strange circumstances forced him to unveil his face to save Han Yunxi. Whatever the case, he’d already been exposed!

He had used those medicinal dregs to prove that he gave Long Feiye a full bottle of Broomcorn Millet antidote, but his purposeful actions would definitely incite suspicion in Long Feiye and Han Yunxi. They assuredly had the brains to figure out he was harboring his own motives! His original plan was to wait until Poison lass was convinced that Long Feiye was lying, then send people to the Hidden Enclosure to lure Han Yunxi over. As long as she found out Mute Granny was being kept prisoner, she’d stop looking into why he’d ‘purposely’ baited Long Feiye. But who would’ve expected Poison lass to doubt him from the start? Everything failed after that…

Moreover, when Han Yunxi questioned him again on the matter after he revealed his face, he’d left her with very specific parting words to give her food for thought! But hardly any time had passed before she made up with Long Feiye again. Who cares what she suspected now that she was friendly with the biggest suspect again? She’d be partial to Long Feiye for sure, while he’d be the more suspicious one for sowing discord between them.

Whatever, that’s not what I’m most worried about right now. I admit, I want to drive those two apart, but I’m still more concerned about my last raid at Hidden Pavilion!

Last trip, he’d been 90 percent sure of success but had still failed to take Mute Granny away. Who expected Long Feiye to show up so fast? He had been determined to murder Long Feiye then to preserve the secret of his undying body, but why hadn’t Long Feiye perished?

Han Yunxi didn’t have the medical skills to save him from that wound. Heaven only knows which damned doctor in the world had rescued him?

In truth, the best course of action for Gu Qishao after that fiasco was to stay as far away from Mute Granny’s matters as possible. But his greatest weakness was holding a grudge; he hated to lose or to admit defeat. After finally getting a handle on Long Feiye, how could he resist selling him out? And yet, he was the one who met with a tragic end…