Chapter 538: A joke, claiming ties of kinship (2/2)

No matter who Han Yunxi’s father was, or whether she herself was a poisons woman, he liked her for herself, so she would always be just ‘Han Yunxi’ in his eyes.

As the silence drew on, it became both a test of patience and self-possession. Lady Lianxin had explained so much but lost her initiative in the battle as a result. The longer the room stayed quiet, the more uneasy she felt. Finally, she blurted out, “Yunxi, if your mother was still alive, she’d never bear to see the Mu Clan ruined. It took generations of sweat and blood for the Mu Clan to reach its present state!”

Han Yunxi sighed before finally deigning to speak. “If Lady Lianxin is only here to claim ties of kinship, then I ask that you please go back.”

Her words toppled the rest of Lady Lianxin’s patience, and her tone grew icy. “Han Yunxi, I’ve already said everything I had to. What else do you want?”

“Which member of the Poison Sect was my father?” Han Yunxi asked coldly.

“I don’t know! Even Mute Granny had no idea, do you think I or Mu Yingdong would know any better?” Lady Lianxin shot back.

Han Yunxi nodded. “I believe you. You can go.”

Lady Lianxin was sent reeling by the reply. “You…what did you say?”

“You wasted so many words on things I wasn’t interested in at all. You’re doing nothing but wasting your time here, so you might as well go to the Wang Clan and beg their clan head for help instead. That might be more favorable for you.”

Han Yunxi was simply making a fool of her! Lady Lianxin soundly slapped the table and rose to leave. But Han Yunxi didn’t move to stop her even when she reached the door. Lady Lianxin was close to dying from fury. Han Yunxi’s such a young brat, but why is she harder to face that those old medical academy stooges?

Finally, she turned around. Han Yunxi’s heart fell back in her chest at the sight. She knew that she’d won this round between them.

“Han Yunxi, when your mother asked me for help in the past, she gave me one thing. Perhaps that can tell you the true identity of your father.” Lady Lianxin had finally unleashed her trump card.

Here was news of actual worth. Long Feiye and Gu Qishao both turned to look over, while Han Yunxi hid her surprise and heaving heart. Lady Lianxin hadn’t wanted to reveal the item because it was truly something valuable. She had hid it away this entire time until the day her charms weren’t enough to work the halls of the medical academy, as a backup plan to win over the academy head. Because of this very item, she had agreed to help Mu Xin in the past and keep her identity safe. But now Han Yunxi had pushed her to her limits.

“What is it? Show it to us first,” Han Yunxi said.

Lady Lianxin had none of her previous good attitude. She said in a chilly tone, “As long as Mu Yingdong returns to the Mu Estate, I’ll deliver the item personally.”

“You think I’ll believe your words without seeing the item first?” Han Yunxi asked.

Lady Lianxin gave Long Feiye a long, considering glance before she smiled. “Those who own the Poison Sect’s Perplexing Butterfly Illusion can win the entire world. Your Highness Duke of Qin should have heard of those words, correct?”

Han Yunxi was stunned. Could this woman have Perplexing Butterfly Illusion in her hands too?

“You have Perplexing Butterfly Illusion?” Long Feiye was unmoved.

“No,” Lady Lianxin grinned. “But I have Ten-Thousand Year Blood Jade, which is capable of breaking the secrets of Perplexing Butterfly Illusion. Did Your Highness know that?”

Now Long Feiye was startled. He only knew that Beauty’s Blood was supposed to unravel Perplexing Butterfly Illusion, but he’d never heard of this Ten-Thousand Year Blood Jade. It looked like his mufei’s information had been incomplete. No wonder the Beauty’s Blood was unsuccessful in solving the mystery of Perplexing Butterfly Illusion.

“Lady Tianxin gave you Ten-Thousand Year Blood Jade?” Gu Qishao finally spoke up.

“Exactly so! It looks like Your Excellency Pill Fiend’s heard of this item?” Lady Lianxin asked.

“Ten-Thousand Year Blood Jade was taken from the mouth of a ten-thousand year old corpse in the Valley of the Kings. It’s the top poison of the Poison Sect and its most valuable treasure, only passed down to its sect heads.” Gu Qishao grinned and looked towards Han Yunxi. “This old man wasn’t wrong to call you Poison lass day after day. Half of your body’s flowing with the blood of the Poison Sect! Your father must have been the Poison Sect Head!”

When he finished speaking, he couldn’t help but add, “You really are a poisons woman…”

Han Yunxi only felt that there was something strange about Gu Qishao’s tone, but she was more stunned by the reality of the situation to process his words.

1. monk…Buddha (不看僧面看佛面) – bukan sengmian kan fomian, literally ‘don’t look at the monk’s face, but the Buddha’s face,’ a saying that generally means to draw back and consider the big picture. Because a monk is still cultivating, his vision is constrained by his limitations, but a Buddha who has already reached enlightenment can see beyond the bonds of mortality to the greater realm beyond.