Chapter 624: The third trial (1) (1/2)
Chapter 624: The third trial (1)
Long Feiye and Gu Beiyue were curious about how Han Yunxi had dug up those 17 exact ingredients. Han Yunxi was curious about the extent of Gu Beiyue’s medical skills. Long Feiye was curious about how Gu Beiyue had expelled such potent true qi from his weak and fragile body. All of them harbored doubts of their own, but kept it inside in favor of paying attention to the third trial’s final stone door. Here was their last test, so one could well imagine its difficulty.
The first trial tested identifying medicine, the second treating disease and medical knowledge, so what would the third trial hold?
Han Yunxi was certain it had to be related to medicine, but as long as that was the case, they had nothing to fear! She carefully peeked behind her, only to see that Pill King had already disappeared.
“What is the third trial?” Long Feiye asked coldly.
“This old man is only in charge of bringing you this far,” the old examiner backed into the shadows. He was about to slip away entirely when he couldn’t help but add, “Young people, ah, you’ll suffer much if you don’t listen to your elders!”
“What does that mean?” Han Yunxi asked.
“Heheh, you won’t even have a chance to admit defeat once the third trial beings….none at all!” the old examiner finished before walking away.
Once his voice faded into the distance, another voice rose up from the darkness. This time, it belonged to a woman. “Aiya, how could there exist such a handsome man in this world?!”
Urk…
The trio turned as one to see a young woman dressed coquettishly walking slowly out of the door. She was wearing a sleeveless top and a pair of loose, bell-shaped trousers, looking cool and refreshing. As she walked, she sashayed and swayed her hips. In her wake drifted a faint fragrance that slowly spread in the air. Han Yunxi didn’t sense any poison in the scent even after she had the detox system analyze its components.
“This isn’t any ordinary scent. It’s like medicinal incense,” Gu Beiyue murmured.
“Medicinal incense? What will happen if we inhale it for too long?” Han Yunxi asked quickly. Some paralytics weren’t classified as poisons, so her detox system wouldn’t be able to sense them. She knew most of those types by smell, but this woman’s fragrance was something she’d never experienced before. It was impossible to tell whether it was poison or medicine.
“It only resembles one. It’s possible that it’s poison too. This one has never smelled such a scent,” Gu Beiyue admitted.
Both of them sniffed carefully at the air in thought while Long Feiye had already reached to block his nose with his fist. He clearly disliked the smell and the way the woman kept casting amorous glances at him with her phoenix-like eyes. She seemed to have forgotten the existence of Han Yunxi and Gu Beiyue entirely, and strode past them to stand in front of him.
Han Yunxi’s mouth twitched at the sight. The third trial wouldn’t be something like a beauty trap, right?
Gu Beiyue sat in his wheelchair while stroking Lil Thing while trying to avoid the woman. He was a very conservative type. Long Feiye only stared coldly as she drew closer.
“What would be this sir’s name?” the woman asked flirtatiously.
Long Feiye didn’t answer.
The woman hugged herself with delight. She loved cold, proud men like him. She kept advancing forward, but the next thing Long Feiye did was to kick her in the stomach and send her flying into the surrounding darkness. Gu Beiyue had turned back to knit his brows. No matter the situation, he would never have raised his hand against a woman. Han Yunxi was only amused and teased, “Your Highness, that woman has such a nice figure. Don’t you feel bad for not cherishing it?”
Long Feiye shot her a glare until she shut up. Very soon, the woman emerged from the shadows again, but blood was pouring from her orifices as she pointed at Long Feiye in rage. “You dared to lay a hand on this girl? I’ll make you regret it!”
“Your lordship used my foot. There’s no need for you to move against me whatsoever.”
“You!” the woman fumed, her features scrunching together as blood gushed from her wounds. It was a horrifying sight. Han Yunxi finally realized why Gu Beiyue had been knitting his brows. Long Feiye’s kick was harsh enough to send his victim bleeding. That was really too cruel!
“What’s the third trial? Speak!” Long Feiye all but ordered.
“Stop wasting words. If you have any skills, go right on in!” the girl huffed, before pressing a switch to automatically open the stone door. A wave of fragrance matching the one of her body poured forth from the room beyond. Without a doubt, there was something fishy about this scent!
Han Yunxi could laugh and watch other women try to seduce Long Feiye, but she’d never sit for them provoking him. If Long Feiye could be challenged by a woman, would he still be Long Feiye? Before he could move, she strode boldly past the door. “You sure took your sweet time letting us in,” she remarked.
No matter what was wrong with the perfume, they’ll keep walking until they reached the end, even if they were groping along the darkness the entire way. The woman finally noticed Han Yunxi and narrowed her eyes at her, killing intent filling the air. But she hadn’t spoken before Long Feiye barked behind her, “Get out of the way!”