Chapter 1167: Long Feiye’s silent warning (1/2)

Han Yunxi’s group had crafted a giant iron cage and lowered it into an underground room so that the bars were touching the walls. It wouldn’t hold an undying fellow like Bai Yanqing for long, but for now it kept him in check. They hadn’t seen what he’d been reduced to by Su Xiaoyu until they took him out.

Currently, they were standing outside the cage, looking at the unconscious man inside. According to Su Xiaoyu, she’d tortured him until he fainted. Although they couldn’t discovered anything specific about his bloodstains, they knew that Bai Yanqing was all but crippled.

Gu Qishao knelt by his side and lifted his chin to check. Like Su Xiaoyu said, he had no teeth left. He glanced at the group and asked, “How long will it take for his teeth to grow back?”

“With his recovery rate, not too long,” Han Yunxi had one hand on her hip and the other over her stomach. More and more, she looked like a mother.

“Princess, we only have one set of the nine toxic teardrops. Let’s be prudent with them and take a sample of his blood first to raise the thorny thistles, all right?” Gu Beiyue asked.

“That’s an idea!” Han Yunxi exclaimed.

Gu Beiyue quickly brought over a small bowl and had Gu Qishao take some blood samples. While Gu Qishao stood gard in the cage, Han Yunxi and Gu Beiyue quickly began their experiments. As for Long Feiye, he had no time to watch the show and went to deal with his own business. After Baili Yuanlong got news that Bai Yanqing was taken care of, he had urged His Highness to hurry back to the army. Truthfully speaking, Long Feiye couldn’t afford to stay away for long. After reading the general’s letter, he silently burned it up without telling Han Yunxi.

After all, Gu Beiyue wasn’t familiar with poisons while Gu Qishao was busy standing guard. Without Han Yunxi here, the doctor would be in a lot of trouble. No matter what, he had to wait until they finished research on Bai Yanqing and the nine toxic teardrops before leaving this place.

A few days later, Han Yunxi and Gu Beiyue did as Gu Qishao suggested and used Bai Yanqing’s blood to raise the Blood Rattan seeds. As it was a carnivorous plant, it could sprout just from absorbing nutrients from flesh and blood. Within one hour, it would grow to incredible lengths. Meanwhile, the seeds made from Gu Qishao’s blood could even sprout in an instant.

For the sake of differentiating between the plants, Han Yunxi called the vines grown from Gu Qishao’s blood Qi Blood Rattan and Bai Yanqing’s blood Bai Blood Rattan. After the Bai Blood Rattan reached maturity, they took its seeds and planted it into dirt and animal corpses. They discovered that these vines too, could sprout instantaneously. The only difference was that Bai Blood Rattans were extremely poisonous!

Now Han Yunxi’s group was even more convinced that their “plant essence extract” theory was right. Taking advantage of Bai Yanqing’s unconscious state, they went to experiment on the man in person by planting Bai Blood Rattan into his flesh. If they also grew into undying vines immune to poisons, then it would prove that Gu Qishao and Bai Yanqing shared similar constitutions. Perhaps the method to dispel Poison Gu humans’ immortality could work on Gu Qishao, too.

Gu Qishao personally planted a seed into Bai Yanqing’s wrist. Han Yunxi, Long Feiye, and Gu Beiyue all stood outside to watch in silence.

What would happen?

Gu Qishao was the most nervous one of all, but he still chuckled carelessly as he inserted the seed. The rest stared at Bai Yanqing’s wrist, but there was still no reaction after some time had passed.

“How can this be?” Han Yunxi was surprised.

The Bai Blood Rattan would sprout in dirt and animal corpses, so it shouldn’t have no reaction to Bai Yanqing himself!

“This...why?” Gu Beiyue was surprised as well.

But Gu Qishao only laughed out loud. He showed the seed still hidden in his palm and crowed, “It’s because I haven’t planted anything yet!”

“Gu Qishao!” Han Yunxi huffed and nearly went to kick him. Gu Beiyue was more mild-tempered and only smiled while shaking his head helplessly.

“Poison lass, don’t be so nervous. At most I’ll just age a little slower and marry your daughter in the future!” Gu Qishao chuckled.

“You’re dreaming!”

“You’re courting death!”

It was obvious that Han Yunxi had said the first line while Long Feiye said the second. Before Gu Qishao could retort, Gu Beiyue shouted, “Qishao, stop fooling around. Hurry and plant it, it’ll be troublesome if Bai Yanqing wakes up.”

A flash of pain flitted through Gu Beiyue’s eyes as he looked at Gu Qishao’s smile. Gu Qishao’s jokes used to hide his true words, but now they were merely lies. How could he ever marry the princess’s daughter? It was still unknown whether he could survive past this trial. For something purported to be “undying,” his time was already running out.

Finally, Gu Qishao planted the Bai Blood Rattan seed into Bai Yanqing’s wrist. As soon as it touched the flesh, it sprouted into a vine that towered into the air. There was little difference between this vine and Gu Qishao’s, aside from the fact that it was poisonous!

Han Yunxi was thrilled. “Qishao, quick!”