Jun Wu Xie watched Yue Ye as she went about the work happily and she was silent a minute before she suddenly said: “If I were you, I will not plant Starry Moon Grass together with Saddle Flowers.”
Yue Ye was slightly taken aback, her hand still holding the little stem of Saddle Flower, her face looking rather mystified.
“Why?” She had always planted them together all this time.
“They both require lots of water and if you plant them too close together, they would be vying with each other which makes it harder for them to thrive.” Jun Wu Xie explained it simply.
Yue Ye looked at the Saddle Flower in her hand and then looked at the Starry Moon Grass already planted in the soil before her gaze finally fell upon Jun Wu Xie with a tint of surprise in her eyes.
“You have a good understanding of herbs?”
“Just about enough.” Jun Wu Xie said in a exceptionally calm tone.
“Liar. You clearly know a lot about them. I had thought it rather strange before, wondering how you managed to discover the drug I used so quickly. Is it that you know how to concoct poisons as well?” Yue Ye was acting like she had just discovered something new and novel, her large eyes shining as they stared at Jun Wu Xie.
“Just about enough.” Jun Wu Xie replied just as indifferently.
“Ay! Don’t work on them already. Instead hurry up and tell me what kind of uses do these herbs have?” Yue Ye was suddenly excited as she suddenly starting tugging at Jun Wu Xie to plead for instruction.
Jun Wu Xie lifted up an eyebrow as she looked at Yue Ye. “You do not know about these herbs?”
Yue Ye’s face reddened but she forcibly put on an adorably proud look on her face and said: “I know! But just not completely. Elder Yue had kept too tight a watch on me and I did not have any chance to go find any relevant books to read. Everything I know about these herbs were things I saw in an ancient manual.”
“Oh?” Jun Wu Xie looked straight at Yue Ye. She had thought before that the fact Yue Ye had been able to grasp such a level of medicine concoction under such unfavourable conditions was already strange by itself.
“You….. You’ve got to believe me. You’ll know I’m telling the truth when I show it to you.” Yue Ye said, and then stood up to wipe her little hands casually upon her skirt, before she carefully pulled out a book wrapped with a handkerchief from inside her clothes.
The book looked like it had seen quite a good number of years and it was already broken in quite a few places, looking a little tattered. Jun Wu Xie took the book from her and flipped through it, the crackling sound of the turning pages sounding exceptionally clear within that silence of the night.
Jun Wu Xie sped read the book’s contents ten lines at a time.
Looking through it, she immediately realized where Yue Ye’s bumbling knowledge had come from.
Instead of saying that the book was a manual, it was more like a journal that recorded a person’s insights. Inside, written in flamboyant calligraphy was all about the person’s understanding and insights about the effects of herbs and he had made a large number of inferences and conclusions. The basis of these inferences, was how to concoct lethal poisonous drugs using non toxic herbs as its core fundamental.
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Chapter 1836: “Are You Still Short of Disciples (3)”
Many types of herbs were recorded in the journal, but most of them were describing the specific corresponding properties needed to concoct the poisons but they did not state the most basic effects of those herbs.
Little wonder Yue Ye would ask such a question.
Jun Wu Xie returned the journal to Yue Ye and the eyes that looked at Yue Ye became highly interesting.
The records in the journal were not complete and the scattered and fragmented information would cause people to easily fall in doubt. If one did not possess a certain level of basic knowledge about herbs, they would not be able to understand the writings even with the journal in their hands. But looking at Yue Ye, it would seem like Yue Ye could not possibly have learnt anything about Medicine before stumbling onto this journal and according to reason, she should not be able to understand the information written in there.
But against all logic, Yue Ye had still managed to learn what she needed from there.
But the kind of learning deviated from conventional methods which was as good as saying that before a person knew how to read, he was already grouping words together to form a spell.
This was a highly amazing feat and it astounded even Jun Wu Xie.
Maybe being caught in dire straits had brought out Yue Ye’s potential which gave her that one single opportunity. Like a person who had fallen into a deep icy lake whose hand had managed to grasp upon a final life saving straw and no matter what, she would fight with all she had to live.
“The things written in there, do you understand them?” Yue Ye looked at Jun Wu Xie with longing eyes.
“Mm.” Jun Wu Xie nodded.
“Then….. then this flower is the Saddle Flower?” Yue Ye asked as she flipped the journal to the part that mentioned the Saddle Flower and upon it was only a sketch of the Saddle Flower without even indicating its name.
It was clear that before Jun Wu Xie opened her mouth to mention it earlier, Yue Ye did not even know what she was holding in her hand…..
“Yes.” Jun Wu Xie said patiently.
“What kind of uses does the flower have?” Yue Ye blinked her eyes as she looked at Jun Wu Xie.
“Soothes the nerves.”
“Then this?”
“Moon Gazing Grass.”
“What are its uses?”
“Stems bleeding.”
“Then…..” Yue Ye was like a child so thirsty for knowledge as she squatted beside Jun Wu Xie, opening up every single page of the journal and diligently raising questions to ask Jun Wu Xie. And after Jun Wu Xie responded, she would then carefully remember it in her heart.
Jun Wu Xie was showing a rare moment of patience as she analysed everything in that journal for her once and she suddenly had an illusion that she was teaching little kids.
Ever since Yue Ye had gotten the journal, she had always researched on her own in secret. She had never dared to ask anyone and she did not dare to let Elder Yue find out about the book’s existence but merely depend on her own brain to slowly chew on what was written about every type of herb that was recorded in the journal. Even though the records were piecemeal and not complete, it had been to her, something that she treasured most.
If not for this journal, she might not have been able to escape the Shadow Moon Palace Lord’s evil claws.
Under the moonlight, the backs of Yue Ye and Jun Wu Xie showed them squatting shoulder to shoulder by the flowerbeds, the two small figures looking to be in great harmony.
“You know so much. You can concoct medicines?” Yue Ye had listened for a long while and her legs were already growing numb from squatting but she still could not bear to stop till she flipped the book to the very last page before she raised up her head still unsatiated as she looked at Jun Wu Xie.
“Mm.”
“Do you have great ability in concocting medicine? You mustn’t lie to me. Even the physicians in the Shadow Moon Palace were not able to detect the things I learnt from this book but you could tell with just once glance that the Palace Lord had been poisoned. You must be really good at it.” Yue Ye said as she looked at Jun Wu Xie with certainty.
Jun Wu Xie had no choice but to nod her head.
Yue Ye then gulped and looked at Jun Wu Xie with fervent eyes.
“Then are you….. still short of disciples?”
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Chapter 1837: “Are You Still Short of Disciples (4)”
Jun Wu Xie was a little taken aback as she saw how nervous Yue Ye was. The nervousness this time was anxiety that really stemmed from Yue Ye’s heart.
“I….. I might not know much at all but I will learn with all my heart. I know that I am completely useless now and will not be
of any help to you,but….. I swear, I will be a good disciple. Can you teach me?” Yue Ye bit down on her lip a little reservedly after saying that. She was afterall a little girl that was just twelve years old and even if she was trying to put on a strong front, she was still a child who hasn’t yet grown up at heart.
She was able put up a false front before Elder Yue, pretend before the Shadow Moon Palace, and even act in front of her elder brother but….. at that very moment, she was just a bumbling and ignorant little girl, who could even be said to be a feeling a little inferior.
“I know that you might even despise me, though I am….. rather wretched, but….. I beg you…..” Yue Ye was feeling helplessly anxious. Help that was available to her was just too rare and in a place like the Shadow Moon Palace where people devoured each other, Yue Ye had clutched on to this last straw of hope and spared no effort to learn everything she could but it had still been far from enough. She merely sought to escape from this place, and live a peaceful life with Yue Yi. She just wanted to be able to live.
Jun Wu Xie stared at the desperate plea in Yue Ye’s eyes, a kind of struggle and yearning that would only show when one had no other way out.
Finally, Jun Wu Xie opened her mouth.
“Alright.”
“Really? Thank you! Thank you!” The nervousness on Yue Ye’s face melted away at that moment. She was rather flustered but the delight she felt in her heart could not be any clearer.
“I….. I know….. I know it…..” Yue Ye suddenly stood up, her legs feeling rather numb and she nearly fell over. But she ignored all of that and went on ahead to open her stride to run towards her room.
Jun Wu Xie stood up slowly, and looked on at the back of Yue Ye’s hurrying little figure. For just one moment, she seemed to see herself in the past.
In the midst of hopelessness, yearning for that one sliver of light.
Without knowing why, Jun Wu Xie had seen a shadow of herself in the past and that demon who had been pegged with the title of “Grandfather”, had controlled their lives, keeping them trapped in hopelessness.
Just awhile after, Yue Ye came running out in a hurry, a cup of tea in her hands. In a rush, she ran over to come in front of Jun Wu Xie and fell straight to her knees with a thud onto the ground. She then raised up her hands holding the cup of tea that had already turned cold and raised her head, her bright eyes staring unwaveringly at Jun Wu Xie.
“Master….. You….. have tea…..” Her voice trembling slightly, Yue Ye’s voice came out from her mouth.
Jun Wu Xie looked at Yue Ye and suddenly laughed.
A faint smile blossomed from the edges of her lips that made that disguised face with its delicate features suddenly become stunning and alluring.
Accepting the tea Yue Ye offered to her Master, Jun Wu Xie tilted her head back and downed it in one go.
Yue Ye was grinning just like a regular child.
She saw hope.
Regardless whether Yue Ye sincerely wanted to acknowledge Jun Wu Xie as her Master, or if she just wanted to grab on to a way out, that very moment for her was a happy one.
“Get up now.” Jun Wu Xie opened her mouth to say.
“Yes!” Yue Ye stood up smiling, not caring about the dirt and dust clinging on her clothes, her smile exceptionally brilliant.
“We should finish planting these herbs into the soil first.” Jun Wu Xie said expressionlessly.
Yue Ye quickly nodded and the two figures, one bigger one smaller went back to squatting by the flowerbeds, as they tidied up all the herbs in silence, planting life into the ground, as well as hope.
It was Jun Wu Xie’s first time accepting a disciple and the feeling was not too bad. Or at least she did not find Yue Ye’s character reprehensible and Jun Wu Xie thought Yue Ye’s great gift to be rather admirable.
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Chapter 1838: “Drift (1)”
From that day onwards, Yue Ye’s life did not seemed to have changed much but in reality, it had undergone a Heaven moving and Earth churning change.
Having broken out from under Elder Yue’s control, she gained much more freedom for herself. Although the Shadow Moon Palace Lord harboured improper thoughts towards her, having just regained his health, he was now more concerned about exerting control over the Shadow Moon Palace and had not paid so much attention to Yue Ye.
Yue Ye was glad that she had more time for herself now and would frequently invite Jun Wu Xie to come to her little courtyard often.
With the skills that Jun Wu Xie possessed, wanting to avoid the detection of those people in Yue Ye’s little courtyard was a simple and effortless affair.
Jun Wu Xie would impart to Yue Ye some common knowledge everyday, starting from the most basic; the identification of herbs.
Yue Ye was greatly gifted in the concoction of medicines. Based on just a incomplete and tattered book, she had been able to use her own intelligence to concoct so many kinds of poison. And with Jun Wu Xie’s guidance now, her growth had absolutely soared.
Jun Wu Xie was careful and precise in her teaching while Yue Ye was attentive and diligent in learning.
The Master and disciple pair got along just swimmingly.
Meanwhile at that same moment, the situation on Elder Yue’s side was not all that harmonious.
Ever since the Shadow Moon Palace Lord snatched Yue Ye away from Elder Yue’s side, Elder Yue could clearly feel that the trust the Shadow Moon Palace Lord had in him was slowly eroding bit by bit. Because he had been too shocked back on that fateful day, he had not been able to react at that time. But after he had calmed down over the next two days, Elder Yue was able to come to the realization that Yue Ye had betrayed him!
However, with the way things were now, it was impossible for him to be able to scheme a comeback in retaliation. Even if he wanted to seek justice against Yue Ye, with the Shadow Moon Palace Lord having just taken him down a peg so recently, he absolutely did not dare to find trouble with Yue Ye at all or otherwise, the Shadow Moon Palace Lord’s wrath would not be something that he would be able to shoulder at this point of time.
“Damn it! I had not thought that I would be deceived by that little slut this time.” Elder Yue said to himself as he sat fuming in his chair. It could be said that he had watched Yue Ye and Yue Yi grow up with his own eyes and most importantly, Yue Yi already had his awareness and sensibilities about him when he came and it might be harder to control him. But when Yue Ye came here, she had been a bumbling little toddler that knew nothing at all and Elder Yue had always firmly believed that he had Yue Ye completely under his control.
Hence, he had made use of Yue Ye to control Yue Yi but Elder Yue had not been worried about Yue Ye at all, never thinking that the day would come where Yue Ye would betray him.
And all of that, had happened so suddenly, catching him completely off guard.
No matter how much he wanted to salvage the situation, it was already entirely impossible.
“Just when had it all begun? That little slut!” Elder Yue was so angry his jaws were tightly clenched up. He had always thought of Yue Ye like an obedient little puppy that he kept with him to on one hand to use to control Yue Yi, and on the other hand to gain the Shadow Moon Palace Lord’s favour. But with Yue Ye’s betrayal of him, the loss that Elder Yue had had to suffer was far beyond his imagination.
The Shadow Moon Palace Lord’s trust in him had immediately reduced and Yue Yi was still outside, not yet come back. If he finds out that Yue Ye had already broken out from under his control, then with Yue Yi’s character…..
“Damn it! The slut! I will never let you go scot free…. You think that by running to the Palace Lord’s side, I will then not be able to do anything to you?” The corners of Elder Yue’s mouth curled up into a sneer, his eyes looking like they were immersed in venom.
His eyes then slowly turned to look upon the cupboard at the side. He stood up without a sound, and went walking over to the cupboard, to pull at an old book on the cupboard lightly. Th
e cupboard that was stuck seamlessly to the wall suddenly opened up and what stood behind the cupboard was not a wall, but a secret chamber!
Elder Yue then walked inside without a sound.
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Chapter 1839: “Drift (2)”
Elder Ying came rushing back to the palace after he finished up with business outside the palace. He had been sent out of the palace this time because of Elder Yue’s tricks behind the scenes. But it had been the Palace Lord’s orders and no matter how unwilling Elder Yue was, he still had to go.
In the past few days that Elder Ying had been out, his heart had been feeling anxious, not knowing what kind of terrifying things could have happened in the palace.
Especially under the current situation where Elder Yue had his eyes set on Jun Wu Xie. No one knew what kind of things Elder Yue might be capable of.
On the way back, Elder Yue was determined to return like an arrow released from a bow, as he finally managed to rush back to the Shadow Moon Palace. Reaching the Shadow Moon Palace, he did not even have the time to rest a moment when he quickly reached the little courtyard that Jun Wu Xie was living in.
Having just entered the little courtyard, Elder Ying suddenly discovered a figure in the yard who should not be appearing there.
“So White Shell can also be used like that. It’s really amazing!” Yue Ye’s eyes were widened as she looked at the dish of white powder placed on the stone table. Jun Wu Xie stood by her side, with a teapot in her hand, who was dripping the plain water drop by drop onto the White Shell powder.
After the crystalline water droplet fell into the White Shell powder, the powder immediately stuck onto it, quickly dissolving into the water. But the water droplet kept its shape and form as it melded with the White Shell powder, to become a white congealed little pearl.
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