Chapter 618: A soft and gentle heart is the most vicious kind (1/2)

Chapter 618: A soft and gentle heart is the most vicious kind

Whatever he said left Long Feiye with a satisfied smile. He laughed coldly and said, “Gu Beiyue, will your lordship be nurturing a tiger if I leave you by our side?”

Gu Beiyue didn’t harbor any evil ambitions beneath his gentle mien, but he had a very cool, calm, and decisive heart. This was a formidable weapon for anyone hoping to accomplish great deeds. Men like him spelled disaster if they decided to act for themselves!

As long as you treat Miss Yunxi sincerely, I, Gu Beiyue, will never be your enemy. If there comes a day that you mistreat her, I’ll give you no end of trouble even if both my arms and legs are crippled! These were the words Gu Beiyue kept in his heart.

Out loud he said with a smile, “Your Highness Duke of Qin, it’s not too late to regret. You can simply kill this one with a sword and end it all here.”

Long Feiye arched a brow to stare at him before leaving without a word. If he was keeping Gu Beiyue, he naturally had means to suppress any threats he posed. But as soon as he reached the doors, it was to see Han Yunxi and Gu Qishao heading over. She wore a face full of smiles that obviously revealed how she’d found a way to help Gu Beiyue.

“You found the medicine?” Long Feiye asked.

Before Han Yunxi could reply, Gu Qishao cut in. “Your Highness Duke of Qin, since when have you turned so kind? You’ll even save useless men?”

Long Feiye knew what Gu Qishao was insinuating, so he glared at him and asked, “Any progress with the Perplexing Butterfly Illusion?”

Right now they had the Wood, Water, and Earth of Ten Thousand Poisons on their hands. They were still missing the Metal and Fire, but he’d left the hunt to Gu Qishao. Nevertheless, Gu Qishao had been too busy spying on Head Elder Ling and Lady Lianxin to bother with his investigations. He shrugged his shoulders and said,“There was no way to progress.”

“Then you can scram,” Long Feiye snapped.

Gu Qishao’s eyes narrowed into slits. “This gentleman doesn’t understand what ‘scram’ means. Perhaps Your Highness Duke of Qin can do a personal demonstration?”

“Fine, your lordship will teach you.” Long Feiye kicked as soon as he spoke, forcing Gu Qishao to dodge to the side.

“You might not have the skills!” he shot back.

Long Feiye rarely spoke, but he was always talkative when Gu Qishao was around. Gu Qishao always lost, but still provoked him every time they met. The two of them couldn’t exchange more than a handful of words in peace!

Before they started fighting, the door opened behind them. Somehow, Han Yunxi had already walked past them to enter the rooms. The two of them dropped their tussle and went to follow her inside.

Han Yunxi was telling Gu Beiyue the good news about his leg when they entered. The quiet doctor seemed more energetic than before, his clean white robes glowing with a beautiful soft light.

“Really?” he asked, visibly moved.

“I’ve already sent a flying hawk message to ask. Even if the Muscle Growing Ointment isn’t with the Pill King, as long as it exists, we’ll definitely track it down!” Han Yunxi declared.

Hearing ‘Pill King’ gave Gu Beiyue a start. He briefly glanced at Long Feiye, but quickly looked back with a smile. “Now esteemed wangfei will have even less objections to this one than before.”

Han Yunxi’s heart twinged with pain as she felt at a loss for words. Finally, she picked herself up and said sternly, “As long as you can stand again, I won’t have any objections!”

“Definitely!” Gu Beiyue was serious.

Gu Qishao stood on one side rubbing his nose while scrutinizing Gu Beiyue’s face. Although he’d heard of the man long ago and seen him multiple times, he had never paid any attention to him. After a close examination, his final conclusion was that…he was really weak! Besides his excellent medical skills, what else was good about him? How did he gain enough interest from Long Feiye to live until this day?

Gu Qishao felt that something was strange, but he was too lazy to consider the issue. To him, Gu Beiyue was still no one worthy of interest. Meanwhile, Long Feiye stood silently with a complicated look in his eyes. That very night, he personally sent some intelligence reports on the Chu Clan to Gu Beiyue. After reading its contents, the doctor didn’t hesitate before murmuring more words back. Although Long Feiye didn’t speak, he kept nodding at the man’s words. The two of them seemed to be plotting something.

After about two hours’ worth of talk, Long Feiye prepared to leave when Gu Beiyue called him back. “Your Highness Duke of Qin, please hold. There is one more thing this one wishes to discuss with you.”

“Speak!”

“Esteemed wangfei will have to pay a price if she asks the Pill King for medicine, correct? This one was thinking…”

Before he could finish, Long Feiye cut him off. “You have no right to discuss her matters with your lordship!”

“This matter involves I as well,” Gu Beiyue said calmly. “This one has no more internal energy, hehe, so what’s the use even if…my legs are cured?” He wasn’t a self-deprecating man, but he was ruthless when he had to be, especially to himself! Despite all his hopes, he was willing to stay confined to a chair for the rest of his life if it meant that Han Yunxi would avoid paying the price.

He understood the Pill King very well. Even if he took Han Yunxi as his disciple, he wasn’t open to negotiations. Even Gu Beiyue hadn’t heard of Muscle Growing Ointment before, so it had to be counted amongst the rarest of the rare. How could anyone give that away easily?