Even for a person like Jun Wu Xie who was so skilled in concocting poisons, was stunned by such a phenomenal kind of poison.
“I really had not thought that in this world, there would be such a maverick talent.” Jun Wu Xie’s eyes flashed a bright glint. She who once felt nothing for the outside world, but only loved to sink herself into the quiet world of Medicine, where she was fascinated by all and everything that had to do only with Medicine.
But she had not felt that same feeling of fascination for a long while.
“Meow…..”
[What a pity this maverick talent’s intention is to kill you.]
The little black cat licked its paws. Having stayed with Jun Wu Xie for so long, its understanding of Medicine had surpassed most regular people. Although the poison had no effect on a spirit body like it, but to human being, it was highly lethal.
If Jun Wu Xie had accidently consumed it, it was thought that her fate would not be any different from those koi in the pool.
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If Jun Wu Xie had accidently consumed it, it was thought that within a matter of a couple of minutes, her fate would not be any different from those koi in the pool.
“If they possess that kind of ability, then just come kill me as they wish.” Jun Wu Xie had absolute confidence in her own skills in Medicine.
The little black cat harrumphed and just went on licking its paws silently.
Regardless of the conclusion Jun Wu Xie came up with, after Elder Ying got back, he changed out the bunch of disciples in charge of Jun Wu Xie’s courtyard and sent in a new batch.
Everything progressed smoothly and the Shadow Moon Palace seemed to have regained its peace. The Shadow Moon Palace Lord began to take on much of the responsibilities of the palace affairs he had previously relinquished and the amount of free time both Elder Ying and Elder Yue had gradually grew.
Elder Ying was enjoying the time fit idle he had, but Elder Yue did not think the same way.
Elder Yue was constantly thinking of ways to elevate his position before the Shadow Moon Palace Lord and in just a matter of days, he began to become busy once again in the Shadow Moon Palace.
One day, Jun Wu Xie walked out from her own little courtyard and made her way towards where Yue Ye resided.
It was quiet in Yue Ye’s little courtyard and it was not known when Yue Yi had come as well. The two siblings were seated within the small yard laughing together and looking from afar, among the many flowers, Yue Yi’s gaze was highly gentle and indulgent as he looked at Yue Ye, while Yue Ye’s face was shining with a pure and sweet smile, all traces of her timidity and nervousness seemingly disappeared without a trace under the company of her elder brother.
“Chang Huan?” When Yue Yi saw Jun Wu Xie, he was slightly startled and he immediately threw his spirit power out to probe the surroundings. After ascertaining that there was no one nearby that could be sent by Elder Yue to watch them, his face then revealed a relieved smile.
At the moment that Yue Ye saw Jun Wu Xie, the smile on her face reduced by just a notch and she quickly hid herself behind Yue Yi to look at Jun Wu Xie timidly.
“Why have you come here?” Yue Yi saw that there was no one else around, and he did not put up his usual pretence, smiling highly sincerely.
“Just taking a look around. There hadn’t been much to do recently.” Jun Wu Xie walked past him inside the little yard, her gaze fixed upon the messy and disorganized flowerbeds. The flowers among the flowerbeds had at most two or three stalks of each kind and they were planted without careful thought into the soil, of all shapes and sizes. Looking at it from afar, it might seem brightly coloured and splendid, but looking at it up close, it would seem rather messy, truly unbefitting of the Shadow Moon Palace with the kind of status they held.
Yue Yi saw that Jun Wu Xie seemed to be rather interested in the flowerbeds and he said with a laugh: “The Palace Lord has once again taken charge of the palace affairs the past few days and we have become quite a bit more free and idle.” If not for that, how would Yue Yi have the time to come see his sister.
Of course when he had come here today, Yue Yi had made sure that Elder Yue was too preoccupied to pay much attention to him before he dared to come over. He did not know why, but Yue Yi had the feeling that Elder Yue did not seem to wish for him and Yue Ye to come in contact too frequently. It had been quite some time since he came back from the Pure Grace Palace but today was only the second time he had actually stepped into his little sister’s little yard. On most days, Elder Yue would frequently summon him and being suppressed by Elder Yue, Yue Yi had not dared to defy his orders too openly, but to merely hide his worries and longing to see his little sister in his heart.
Yue Ye stood behind Yue Yi’s back and lifted her head to look at the sincere smile on Yue Yi’s face. A strange look flashed within those large eyes and her attractive brows creased together slightly. Seeing Yue Yi speaking in a joking manner with Jun Wu Xie, it was not known what was going through her mind.
“Mm.” Jun Wu Xie answered indifferently, her attention still focused upon those plants and flowers.
Yue Ye’s lips stiffened as she watched Jun Wu Xie’s focused gaze and she could not help it but to tug at Yue Yi’s sleeve.
“Big Brother…..”
“What is it?” Yue Yi turned his head to look at Yue Ye.
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“Are the flowers I planted, very ugly…..” Yue Ye asked, rather ill at ease as she looked at Yue Yi.
Yue Yi was slightly taken aback as he raised his head to see Jun Wu Xie’s gaze. Linking it to the question Yue Ye had asked him, he immediately understood what her little sister’s worry was and he immediately laughed out loud.
“The flowers Little Ye has planted are not ugly at all. They are the most beautiful ones I’ve ever seen. I think Chang Huan should be thinking the same thing right?” Yue Yi asked, looking earnestly at Jun Wu. With his own sister being here under such a vile environment, he was not able to give her anymore than this, but to merely try his very best to let Yue Ye be as worry free as possible.
Jun Wu Xie glanced at the loving brother that Yue Yi was and she gave face to him as she nodded her head. She squatted herself down and looked at a clump of unremarkable looking flowers before turning her head around slightly, to look at Yue Ye hiding behind Yue Yi.
Yue Ye shrank further back, like she was a little scared of Jun Wu Xie’s gaze.
Yue Yi was watching the time and his eyes flashed with a trace of helplessness. Elder Yue would be returning to the courtyard soon and if he comes to discover that he had come to Yue Ye’s place, it might not be easy for him to explain himself. Yue Yi had initially intended to have Jun Wu leave with him but it seemed like Jun Wu was highly interested in the flowerbeds. But his trust in Jun Wu made him certain that Jun Wu would definitely not do anything to harm Yue Ye and he then said: “I need to make my way back already. If Little Ye has anything you need, you can tell it to Chang Huan. The relationship between Chang Huan and I has passed through life as without him, I might have already died in the Pure Grace Palace, so you can trust him. But there is just one point. My relationship with Chang Huan must not be revealed to Grandfather. Do you understand?”
Yue Yi did not intend to hide too many things from Yue Ye but just merely tried to beautify all that had happened in the Pure Grace Palace a little and only told Yue Ye the general gist of things without going into any great detail.
Yue Ye only half understood what she heard and just nodded her head obediently.
She did not understand anything else but there was one point she knew very clearly.
And that was…..
Her Big Brother really trusted Chang Huan very much.
“I’ll make a move first.” Yue Yi said as he gave Yue Ye’s head a rub, and then hurriedly departed.
Yue Ye stood in her spot, her gaze watching he
r Big Brother’s slender back view as it gradually disappeared from before her eyes, and her eyes flashed with a tinge of sadness.
“You like to plant all these flowers very much?” Jun Wu Xie asked suddenly.
Yue Ye was startled as she looked at Jun Wu Xie staring at the flowerbeds, and not at her, before she answered with a soft “Mm.”
“You have taken very good care of these plants and flowers.” Jun Wu Xie stood up, to look at Yue Ye.
The corners of Yue Ye’s mouth stiffened in nervousness as she showed a not too natural smile.
“I usually do not have much things to do and only planting these flowers and plants can relieve the boredom. They are not that well tended to. Senior Chang Huan is too kind with your praise.”
Jun Wu Xie was not paying too much attention to Yue Ye’s modesty as her gaze was fixed upon a stalk of chrysanthemum within the flowerbed. The colour of that chrysanthemum was gorgeous and beautiful, a tad bit dark red, every petal slightly curled up, making it look highly festive.
“Blaze Chrysanthemums are easy to plant but difficult to care for. To be able to make a Blaze Chrysanthemum grow so perfectly, is not a feat anyone would be capable of.”
Yue Ye’s body stiffened slightly, as she saw Jun Wu Xie’s gaze turning a little strange.
“Is that so? I didn’t know that. This is what….. I had casually planted with some seeds I got.” Yue Ye replied, her smile a little forced.
Jun Wu Xie then said: “That might be the case, but the Blaze Chrysanthemum cannot be mixed together with White Shell. If one was not careful and accidentally ingests it, it might cost someone their lives.”
Yue Ye’s eyes flashed slightly.
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Jun Wu Xie then said: “That might be the case, but the Blaze Chrysanthemum cannot be mixed together with White Shell. If one was not careful and accidentally ingests it, it might cost someone their lives.”
Yue Ye’s eyes flashed slightly.
Jun Wu Xie went in to sit upon a chair at the side like she had not noticed Yue Ye’s strange reaction at all, her attractive looking pair of hands neatly crossed over her lower abdomen, her cold clear eyes falling upon Yue Ye, carefully measuring.
Yue Ye looked at Jun Wu Xie seemingly rather helplessly like a child who had done something wrong.
Yue Ye was just twelve years old this year and she was still a size smaller than the petite Jun Wu Xie. Seeing her stand there with her head shrunken into her shoulders would easily cause people’s hearts to soften and can’t bear to be harsh.
Jun Wu Xie watched Yue Ye for quite a while and saw Yue Ye bathing in cold sweat. Just as Yue Ye thought that Jun Wu Xie would say something, Jun Wu Xie instead stood up silently to leave after sitting there for awhile.
Till the figure of Jun Wu Xie disappeared from the doors of the little yard, Yue Ye was still not able to react.
[Just like that….. he left?]
The timid look on Yue Ye’s face then turned into one of bewilderment. She did not understand what Jun Wu Xie’s intention was in coming here today and the fragrant little courtyard once again became quiet and Yue Ye kept the unfinished snacks on the stone table away one by one, carrying the little dishes back into the house as she sat silently in front of her dressing table to look into the bronze mirror, at her own reflection.
The face in the bronze mirror was fair and innocent, a slight doubtful tinge pinching up her brows faintly, looking highly pitiable.
“Senior Chang Huan is actually on such good terms with Big Brother…..” Yue Ye opened her mouth to say, talking to herself.
Suddenly, she shook her head and when she looked into the mirror once again, the little face in the mirror already no longer showed the slightest sliver of reservation but a look of complete displeasure instead.
“Big Brother is just such a dolt. It would be strange if he could really differentiate between a good and bad person. That scoundrel’s poison was neutralized by Chang Huan and that spoils my plan.”
But those words had just been spoken for a short while when anxiety once again crawled onto Yue Ye’s face.
“This place is indeed filled with bad eggs, but as Big Brother has said, Chang Huan saved his life….. He’s Big Brother’s benefactor…..”
Yue Ye bit at her nails feeling a little helpless, her eyes narrowed as she looked at herself in the mirror.
Big Brother’s benefactor who saved his life, she must not kill him.
But if Jun Wu Xie continued to remain, then her plans…..
Yue Ye fell deep into her thoughts, her gaze drifting over to the little wooden box on her dresser. She hesitated for a while before she opened the wooden box. In the wooden box was an assortment of accessories, and they did not look at that remarkable. But when Yue Ye picked up the top layer of the wooden box, at the bottom of that wooden box, was another secret world of hers. An entire row of porcelain bottles the width of her thumb lay neatly within the wooden box, every bottle labeled with a red tab, and upon them, were written some highly flamboyant and bold calligraphy characters.
Yue Ye’s tiny hand then swept over the row of porcelain bottles one by one and her hand then hovered over a bottle in the middle slightly. But her brows creased up tightly very quickly and she finally gave up on that choice in the end, to go pick up the little bottle at the edge instead.
“As Big Brother’s benefactor, I will not make things too difficult for you but….. I must at least stop you from destroying my plans anymore.” Yue Ye said with her eyes narrowed, putting the little porcelain bottle on the dresser and reaching her hand out to open a small drawer on the dresser. From a pile of needlework, she then took out a palm sized fragrance sachet.
She picked open the threads on the sachet a tad bit and then poured a few rice grain sized herbal pills from the porcelain bottle inside, before she used a thread and needle to sew up the fragrance sachet.
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Jun Wu Xie’s front foot had just stepped into her own little courtyard and had not even warmed her seat when she saw Yue Ye running over huffing and puffing, her little face flushed pink from running.
“I….. I had not been able to thank you. This….. Take it as a gift in thanks, to thank you for saving my brother…..” Yue Ye said as she looked nervously at Jun Wu Xie.
Jun Wu Xie was holding a fresh apple in her hand and she had been about to bite into it when Yue Ye came suddenly to offer her thanks and she was interrupted.
Jun Wu Xie looked at the fragrance sachet Yue Ye was holding in her hand and then looked up into her pink tinged little face, to finally choose to put the apple down.
“Your elder brother and I are fellow disciples and saving him is a matter within reason, so there is no need for you to thank me.” Jun Wu Xie said indifferently.
Yue Ye however shook her head. “For saving his life, if you do not need words of thanks, then please accept this small little token.” Upon saying that, Yue Ye did not even give Jun Wu Xie the opportunity to reject it but just put the sachet on the table and then running out in a hurry.
Truly, coming without casting a shadow and departing without leaving a trace.
Jun Wu Xie was speechless as she stared at the fragrance sachet on the table. Looking at the sachet, it wouldn’t be considered to be exquisite and the needlework seemed a little badly done. It was not hard to see that it must have been something that Yue Ye had made herself.
“Meow?” The little black cat appeared silently, and went forward to sniff at the fragrance sachet before reaching a paw out to scratch at it a bit.
[That little imp brought this strange thing here for what? It’s a trick! Definitely a trick!]
Other people might not know what Yue Ye had done before clearly. But the little black cat who had always been in Jun Wu Xie’s body definitely knew everything about what Yue Ye had done previously.
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nbsp; Back when Yue Ye had come to find Jun Wu Xie the last time, she had spilled her tea in a moment of fluster, seemingly hopelessly clumsy. But in that moment of confusion, she had soundlessly thrown a tiny pill into the spout of the teapot.
To cause the pot of tea to turn into calamity for an entire pool of koi fish.
Jun Wu Xie picked up the fragrance sachet to take a look at it, where she then put it before her nose to sniff at it. The fragrance sachet was emitting a faint scent of lily and from the tiny gaps in between the simple and crude stitching, dried and treated petals of lily could still be seen.
But within that light fragrant scent, Jun Wu Xie detected a little bit of another scent that was almost indiscernible.
That scent was a little similar to that of lilies but just with a tiny tinge of bitterness, and under the scent of lilies, it was not obvious at all.
Jun Wu Xie creased up her brows.
“Looks like someone wants to cut me some slack.” A smile then rose within Jun Wu Xie’s eyes.
The other day, the drug that poisoned a whole pool of koi had astounded her. But today, the drugs in this fragrance sachet were although not as strange and peculiar, but it was highly interesting.
What matter more was…..
The drugs in this fragrance sachet would not bring any kind of danger to a person, but was instead like the kind of elixir that she had given to Yue Yi to take, that made a person mistakenly think that their bodies were unwell, and growing weaker by the day, but their bodies were actually highly vigorous and healthy.
Such drugs, brought absolutely no harm to the human body, but was just a form of deception.
The drugs between the two instances were sharply different that made Jun Wu Xie seem like she discovered something, a point that gradually cleared up the guesses she was holding in her heart.
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