Chapter 1027: Smash the pot, ask to the end (2/2)

“Here, I’ll leave the leftover snow wine. Help us make a few more Returning Dragon Pills. No matter how many you refine, they’ll all belong to us.”

Pill Furnace Master broke into a strange and mocking grin at her demand. Ignoring him, Han Yunxi went on, “Every time you create a Returning Dragon Pill with no poison, I’ll grace your furnace once with the phoenix fire. How’s that?”

Pill Furnace Master’s smile suddenly widened before he laughed. “Good! Han Yunxi, keep to your promise!”

“Heheh, I’m not like you!” Han Yunxi replied with disdain.

Pill Furnace Master didn’t even blush. He stroked his beard and combed his hair, delighted beyond words. For an eccentric like him, threatening him to keep a secret was as good as reminding him of a potential ace in his sleeve. It was better to cater to his tastes and entice him with advantages! With Pill Furnace Master’s abilities, it’d take a few years to create fully non-toxic Returning Dragon Pills. By then, they wouldn’t have to worry about him leaking any of these secrets.

Long Feiye glanced at Han Yunxi and suddenly realized that she was quite fitting for a royal court. Her ploy of kindness just now had worked quite well. Gu Qishao was quiet. Although he had means to guarantee Pill Furnace Master’s silence, Han Yunxi’s methods were right too. This way, there was only gains and no losses.

“Heheh, he’d agree to anything for the sake of that crappy furnace,” Gu Qishao tossed back before flying out through the opening at the top of the cave. He didn’t even bother looking back or giving Pill Furnace Master a chance to retort.

Han Yunxi and Long Feiye didn’t delay and prepared to leave as well. However, Pill Furnace Master stopped them. Dead serious,, he asked, “Lass, do you remember what you promised this old man in the very beginning?”

Han Yunxi immediately glanced towards the hole in the ceiling, but Gu Qishao was long gone. Only then did she reply, “I do. I find your disciple and you’ll surrender the Medicine Requesting Cave.”

Pill Furnace Master grew incensed. “Damned lass, so you do remember! If you hadn’t broken your word first, this old man wouldn’t have lost my trust in you, either! Even if you asked me to make you a pill of longevity, I’d agree and made what I promised!”

“I...when did I break my word to you?” Han Yunxi was confused. Everything’s done now, so why’s this mad old coot still lashing out?

Pill Furnace Master accused, “You promised this old man, which meant you should have been thinking about your word. But after all this time, you haven’t sent me a speck of news. It’s obvious you don’t care about it at all!”

If Han Yunxi was truly searching for his disciple, she would have written him to ask for more clues if she couldn’t find anything at all. But she had all but dropped the matter after she promised. Only now did Han Yunxi understand why Pill Furnace Master thought she’d broken her promise. Yes, she hadn’t gone looking for his disciple, because there was no need to search at all! Pill Furnace Master was looking for none other than Gu Qishao, who had just left!

Since Gu Qishao wouldn’t admit it, Han Yunxi was planning to play ignorant, but now she couldn’t bear it in the face of Pill Furnace Master’s earnesty. She said in a serious tone, “Old Pill master, if you’re even willing to surrender Medicine Requesting Cave just to find him, why did you let him leave in the first place?”

She knew that Gu Qishao had been evading this place and denying his master even before they came. He didn’t want to be here at all. After living together for the past few days, anyone with eyes could tell that Gu Qishao harbored a grudge against his former master. Just what had happened between master and disciple in the past?

If Han Yunxi’s guesses were right, Gu Qishao should have just escaped from Gu Yuntian’s clutches when he found his way here. Little Qi had just suffered through all kinds of torment and escaped a narrow death. Anyone would treated him well would earn his unending kindness in return!

So what did Pill Furnace Master do to make him so resentful?

“Why?” Han Yunxi pressed on.

1. It’s certainly my belated Christmas-turned-New-Years-present to readers, haha!