Chapter 659: Long Feiye, are you saying it or no (1/2)

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Should they use the Rising Dead?

Duanmu Yao’s gaze finally settled on her mother’s body as she grew hesitant. Empress Xue had suffered enough. If her dead body melted away as well, she’d probably never rest in peace.

In the silence, Cao Tong gave a long exhale. Although he dealt with corpses daily as a coroner, he still found such cases hard to bear. In the end, Duanmu Yao asked in a voice choked with sobs, “Great Coroner Cao, are there really no other methods?”

Cao Tong helplessly shook his head. “This is already a method that’s no method at all.”

Once again, Duanmu Yao fell silent. For some reason, Han Yunxi felt a twinge of pain. It wasn’t because of Duanmu Yao, but because of Empress Xue. After all, she was the innocent party in all of this! She glanced at Long Feiye, who only lookd unmoved and cold as ever.

This man…just how cold is his heart!?

Even though he’d been nothing but warm to her now, she still remembered his coldblooded ruthlessness. Suppose Duanmu Yao really uncovered the truth one day. How would she feel then?

Abruptly, Duanmu Yao’s voice broke into Han Yunxi’s thoughts. “Let’s use the medicine. If the body’s put to rest without the truth, it still won’t rest easy! What would be the use of that?” She looked towards Han Yunxi with a cold harrumph. “Han Yunxi, keep to your words! If you can’t request the Rising Dead, then you’re the one who murdered my imperial mother!”

Han Yunxi ignored her and issued orders instead. “Someone come, send a flying hawk message to the Medicine Hut and ask for the medicine!”

Just like that, the issue was delayed once again. It took half a day for the message to reach the Medicine Hut and back. Duanmu Yao was in no mood to leave, but Han Yunxi wasn’t going to keep her company. She and Long Feiye went back to rest first.

Ning Cheng sat on the corner of the roof, still staring at Han Yunxi as she vanished around the corner while lost in his thoughts.

“Master, this…there might be a plot afoot,” one of his retainers murmured.

Ning Cheng rose lazily to his feet and stretched. Then he asked, “What do you think that woman Han Yunxi’s hiding in her brain?”

The retainer was left speechless. How should I know?

“Master, if Duanmu Yao begins to suspect Chu Qingge, then won’t we…” another retainer reminded.

“What’s the rush? If anything, she’d only suspect the Chu Clan.” It was obvious that Ning Cheng had left a move against the Chu Clan as well.

Half a day later, Han Yunxi received Pill King’s reply. Indeed, the Medicine Hut had “Rising Dead” in stock, but there was a special method to brew and use the medicine. Not just anyone could master it, so he suggested they bring Empress Xue’s corpse to the Medicine Hut instead.

“Is there really a special way to use this pill?” Han Yunxi muttered to Mu Linger.

“As I understand, not really. Once it’s finished brewing, you can simply pour it over the body,” Mu Linger muttered back. “Senior Pill Fiend, is that right?”

“That old Pill King’s just finding excuses to lure you all over there,” Gu Qi Sha exposed the truth.

Han Yunxi was at a loss. She was in a rush to deal with Duanmu Yao, so she didn’t have time to consider Pill King’s own plots now. In any case, the old man couldn’t do anything to her even if they all went over.

“Suppose that old man Pill King starts demanding terms as soon as we show up there?” Mu Linger asked with worry. She’d more or less heard of Han Yunxi’s last adventures there.

“Then that’d be downgrading my worth as a disciple, wouldn’t it?” Han Yunxi teased back. “If he tries anything again, I’ll go ask that old eccentric in the Medicine Requesting Cave for help.” She cast a side glance at Gu Qi Sha when she spoke the words, but he had remained mute throughout the entire conversation.

Before the day was over, Han Yunxi told Duanmu Yao and Cao Tong the latest news. Neither of them had any objections. The two of them made preparations, specifically ways to protect Empress Xue’s corpse from decomposing any further. Then Duanmu Yao woke up early the next morning, invited Cao Tong to join her in the carriage, and then rushed to Long Feiye’s gates to wait for them.

But neither Han Yunxi nor Long Feiye showed up after ages of waiting. Duanmu Yao couldn’t put down her dignity, so she asked Cao Tong to knock on the gates. As it turned out, the two had left late last night.

“How could…how could they have gone on ahead?!” Cao Tong was incredulous.

“Esteemed wangfei said that you can look for the Council of Elders as soon as you arrive in Medicine City. Someone will take you to the Medicine Hut then,” the servant replied.

Cao Tong didn’t ask much more, but went to report the news to Duanmu Yao, whose face fell. Obviously, Long Feiye and Han Yunxi didn’t want to travel with her! Hidden in the shadows, Ning Cheng was wearing an equally black expression. He’d gotten up early just to wait for the same people, only to be foiled.