Chapter 548: Successfully taken in (1/2)

Chapter 548: Successfully taken in

Han Yunxi hugged Lil Thing to her chest as she sat down in the study before taking a deep breath and shutting her eyes. The detox system couldn’t accept living things, so she was using the poison storage space this time. In the past, that space had accepted an entire pond of poison water and sent her unconscious for days. This time, she had no idea what would happen or whether this would work. After all, Lil Thing was a living creature, though poisonous.

After straightening out her thoughts, Han Yunxi quickly got into action. She shut her eyes and concentrated her thoughts on Lil Thing the same way she focused on her poisons. The room grew silent as she shut her eyes, but suddenly…the sleeping Lil Thing darted a glance at the window.

“What is it?” Han Yunxi comforted Lil Thing as she followed its gaze to the window. Is someone there?

Her heart gave a jolt as she peered outside, but saw nothing. When she placed Lil Thing on the windowsill, it still didn’t react, so Han Yunxi stopped worrying. After all, there were plenty of guards at the Duke of Qin’s estate, especially around her own chambers. It was basically impossible for any outsiders to get in. Just in case, she closed all the windows before sitting back down with Lil Thing, who was wide awake by now. Just then, it’d caught the scent of the gentleman and reacted on instinct, causing the gentleman to hide itself. Of course it wouldn’t expose the gentleman now.

In its heart, the gentleman treated Mama Yunxi best of all, even better than that Big Bad Long. That’s why it would always feign ignorance no matter how or why the gentleman spied on its Mama Yunxi. Actually, it knew perfectly well when Big Bad Long spied on Mama Yunxi too. But though it wanted to sell him out, it also didn’t dare.

Aye, it really was a depressing state of things!

Lil Thing looked around the room and began to grow curious and alert. What is Mama Yunxi planning? Why did we end up in the Leisurely Cloud Pavilion’s study after my nap, and why are all the doors and windows shut? Lil Thing next saw the row of shiny little tools on the poison testing tables and gave a shiver. It wanted to escape!

Mama Yunxi must want to use me for experiments! Maybe she’ll even take the poison blood from my teeth!

Han Yunxi held on tightly to Lil Thing before it could escape. “Be good! Don’t move! Be good…” She kept her grip on Lil Thing as she petted it, but it only made Lil Thing more afraid.

“Alright, don’t thrash about! What’s wrong?”

“Lil Thing, look at this! Want to eat some?” Han Yunxi generously presented a rare poison, but Lil Thing ignored her completely to keep struggling. Although it was small, it possessed massive strength. Han Yunxi was only holding on it with one hand while it was scrambling with four paws and crying out.

“Cheepcheepcheep…!”

Han Yunxi tried her best to hold it, feeling as if she was fighting with a full-sized adult! Finally, she lost her temper. “Lil Thing, you stop right now.”

“Cheep!” Lil Thing cried out before it struggled free and leaped to the ground.

Greatly alarmed, Han Yunxi blurted out, “Lil Thing, you get in this instant!”

As soon as she spoke, Lil Thing actually vanished into thin air…

Stunned, Han Yunxi nevertheless quickly recovered and drew her lips into a wicked smile. Success! When she’d shouted just then, her mind had moved to draw Lil Thing into her poison storage space. She quickly went into the space herself, only to see Lil Thing crawling out of the poison pond like a wet rat.

When treating poisons for humans, Han Yunxi was strict and solemn without a single chance for carelessness, but she was rather cheeky at heart. She silently laughed at the sight of Lil Thing and purposely kept silent. Lil Thing looked left and right before trembling in fear. Its neat white fur stuck up at the ends like a puffy furball.

This place is so familiar!

Lil Thing had lived for far too long to remember everything in its life, but it was certain that it’d come here before. This was the poison storage space exclusive to members of the Poison Sect. Not all of its disciples were capable of cultivating their own spaces, but some people had the inherent talent to be born with such treasures. All they needed was a way to access it from the outside. Of course, regardless of how the owner accessed the space, there was only a small probability that it’d appeared at all. Some people might be born with one and not open it for the rest of their lives, much less know of its existence.

Even Lil Thing, who had lived for so long, had only been to one other space before this one. The first time had taken place so long ago that it couldn’t even remember who it belonged to anymore. Now he finally understand how Mama Yunxi had taken out so many yummy poisons from such a small pouch. So she was hiding a dimension all her own!

Lil Thing looked around before suddenly shutting its eyes and trying its hardest to communicate with Mama Yunxi via telepathy. Unfortunately, it couldn’t find Mama Yunxi no matter how it tried. From the look of things, Mama Yunxi had just unlocked this space, so there was still room for it to upgrade. Although a little disappointed, Lil Thing still held out hope. It believed that the day would come when it could come in here and talk to Mama Yunxi telepathically. Then it’d be able to tell her all sorts of secrets. For example, there was the fact that his gentleman had always liked Mama Yunxi, or that Big Bad Long had done a bunch of wicked things behind her back, or that Gu Qishao was actually a Poison Gu human and rather similar to itself, an existence that would neither age nor die.

Will a day like that ever come? Will I have to wait long? Lil Thing didn’t know either.