Yue Ye watched in amazement and she could not help herself but to reach her hand out to poke at it. What should have been a wet water droplet, had at that moment turned to become firm and hard, and with Yue Ye’s action, it rolled and tumbled off the dish.
“It will not melt or dissolve anymore?” Yue Ye held the little bead in her hand, observing it as she turned it over back and forth, thinking that it was highly interesting.
“Put it in wine and it will dissolve.” Jun Wu Xie then continued: “White Shell dissipates the effects of wine.”
“Doesn’t that mean that if I am competing with others in drinking, I will just need to quietly slip this into my wine and I can turn it into water? And no matter how I drink, I will not become drunk?” Yue Ye asked with her eyes absolutely shining.
“Theoretically.” Jun Wu Xie nodded.
Without knowing why, Jun Wu Xie could not help but feel that this disciple of hers had a rather strange way of thinking.
“I’ve learnt something!” Yue Ye laughed as she picked up the bead, feeling exceptionally uninhibited.
Jun Wu Xie was just intending to continue to say something to her when she spotted Elder Ying standing stunned at the courtyard’s entrance.
There wasn’t anyone standing guard outside her courtyard but Ye Sha alone was watching over everything. If anyone was thinking to secretly sneak in, they would not even make it past the door before they would die in Ye Sha’s hands. People that are able to come in under Ye Sha’s watch were all just candidates that Jun Wu Xie allowed.
At that moment, Elder Ying was already stunned almost silly and he just stood there dazed as he looked at Jun Wu Xie chatting amicably with Yue Ye, his eyes filled with disbelief.
If it was said that Elder Ying had accepted the relationship between Jun Wu Xie and Yue Yi, that was because Yue Yi already harboured thoughts of resistance against Elder Yue. Moreover, when Yue Yi came into the Shadow Moon Palace, he was already old enough to be aware of things, and Elder Yue would not be able to control him fully.
But it was completely different for Yue Ye.
Yue Ye was brought up by Elder Yue from when she was very young and she listens to his every word. Beat Elder Ying to death and he would not have thought that in just the few days that he had been out, Jun Wu Xie would actually dare to become so close to Yue Ye who was so loyal and fiercely protected by Elder Yue!
For a moment, Elder Ying’s mind found it a little hard to react to it.
And what shocked him more was that Yue Ye who was with Jun Wu Xie at that moment looked so completely different!
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In the past, Yue Ye had always given Elder Ying the feeling that she was highly timid, with a soft personality and easy to control.
But just now, what he saw was not a weak and cowardly little fella. That face that had been full of vitality with a mischievous expression was a completely different person from the Yue Ye he remembered.
He suddenly suspected whether he was actually hallucinating as he could not help but feel that something was not right someplace.
Yue Ye had also noticed Elder Ying’s sudden appearance. The smile on her face then disappeared without a trace when the figure of Elder Ying fell into her eyes. She got up from the stone stool hurriedly and then looked at Jun Wu Xie, helpless and flustered.
“What are you looking at?” Jun Wu Xie lifted an eyebrow as she looked at the stunned Elder Ying.
Elder Ying then finally regained his senses and looked at Jun Wu Xie before looking at Yue Ye, his brows unconsciously furrowing up together.
“You come over here.” He said to Jun Wu Xie.
Jun Wu Xie then went walking over.
Without even waiting for Jun Wu Xie to stand firmly, Elder Ying could not even wait as he pulled Jun Wu Xie to one side and said in a soft voice: “Why are you getting so close to Yue Ye? Don’t you know that she is a pawn of Elder Yue’s? Though the child is pitiful, but you cannot afford to not have your guard up. I am not saying you have to guard against her, but you must guard yourself against Elder Yue behind her, as that old scoundrel might be thinking of using Yue Ye to entrap you.”
Elder Ying grumbled in a soft voice. He was not really entirely against Yue Ye, but was thinking that Elder Yue behind Yue Ye was a tricky one to deal with.
“The thing you were worried about has happened.” Jun Wu Xie suddenly opened her mouth to say.
Elder Ying was slightly taken aback.
“What do you mean?”
“On the day that you went out of the Shadow Moon Palace, Elder Yue did the thing that you were worried about.” Jun Wu Xie said calmly.
“What! ? Then….. You….. She…..” Elder Ying’s eyes had gone wide. He knew that when Elder Yue had purposely pulled him away, he would definitely be up to no good. He had not thought that Elder Yue would make his move so quickly and he could not help but be worried about it.
“Yue Ye is now no longer Elder Yue’s granddaughter. The Shadow Moon Palace Lord had taken her in.” Jun Wu Xie continued to spout words that caused Elder Ying to be stunned speechless in a completely calm manner.
“What….. What did you say? What actually happened here….. Why can’t I understand what you are saying?” Elder Ying’s face was in a daze.
Jun Wu Xie told Elder Ying briefly about the events on how she had joined hands with Yue Ye to outsmart Elder Yue till he vomited blood. After Elder Ying finished listening to it, he gasped a long cold breath as his astounded eyes swung between Jun Wu Xie and Yue Ye.
And to think that he had been worrying so hard about whether Jun Wu Xie would be taken advantage of. Never had he thought that the kid would be so astonishingly capable to have been able to counter Elder Yue with a checkmate!
Not only had Elder Yue been forced to swallow his own bitter medicine, even Yue Ye had been taken out from under his grasp!
At that moment, Elder Ying suddenly pitied Elder Yue who had schemed against by Jun Wu Xie.
To think that Elder Yue who had commanded so much power in the Shadow Moon Palace for so many years, who had been able to contend against him?
But Jun Wu Xie who had come to the Shadow Moon Palace for not even half a month’s time had tripped up Elder Yue repeatedly a few times, which just caused people to be at a loss for words.
“With what the two of you have done….. You will have to be careful. Elder Yue is not a person that is easily dealt with. Although the two of you have managed to force him to swallow the bitter pill this time, but he will surely remember this debt in his heart and exact revenge upon you in future. So, the both of you must be more careful in whatever you do from now onwards.” Elder Ying said as he blew out a breath of relief, giving them a careful reminder.
Having been struggling against Elder Yue for so many years himself, Elder Ying knew Elder Yue’s character all too well.
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“I know.” Jun Wu Xie understood Elder Ying’s worry.
Elder Ying blew out a breath and the eyes that gazed upon Yue Ye became softer. No matter what, the little fella had suffered quite a bit and it was a good thing that she was able to escape out from Elder Yue’s control for now.
“Elder Yue would not dare to doing anything much against Yue Ye for the moment but as for the Palace Lord’s side…..” Looking at Yue Ye tiny frame, Elder Yue could not help but be worried. He knew quite a bit about the filthy deeds going on around within the Shadow Moon Palace and he had never wanted to be a part of them. He had heard of Yue Ye’s and Yue Yi’s predicament from a long time ago and although the two children were to be pitied, he had his hands bound.
And now, though Yue Ye had escaped out from under Elder Yue’s control, but falling right into the Shadow Moon Palace Lord’s hands might not be such a good thing as well.
Due to the Shadow Moon Palace Lord’s deteriorating health in the past, he had still not done anything too improper to Y
ue Ye. But now that the Shadow Moon Palace Lord’s health was recovering by the day, there was no guarantee that he would not extend his claws upon Yue Ye now.
“The effects of the Melted Snow Elixir is about to run out.” Jun Wu Xie said expressionlessly.
“What does that mean?” Elder Ying was slightly taken aback.
Jun Wu Xie then casually replied: “I have never said that the Melted Snow Elixir would completely heal the Shadow Moon Palace Lord, have I?”
Jun Wu Xie’s words caused Elder Ying’s entire body to quake.
That’s right. When Jun Wu Xie had initially presented the medicine, she had only claimed that it would help with the Shadow Moon Palace Lord’s condition, but after everyone saw the improvement in the Shadow Moon Palace Lord’s condition after he took the Melted Snow Elixir, they had all assumed that the Shadow Moon Palace Lord’s health had been restored. But the words that Jun Wu Xie had just said made Elder Ying feel completely different about it now.
“Could it be….. that the medicine did not completely cure the Palace Lord?” Elder Ying’s heart was thumping wildly. Where that elixir had come from, he did not know, and neither had he asked Jun Wu Xie much about it. In the beginning, he had felt that Jun Wu Xie’s presentation of the medicine was rather risky as having the Shadow Moon Palace Lord’s health recovered was not exactly a good thing for them.
Jun Wu Xie lifted up an eyebrow as she looked at Elder Ying whose face was filled with surprise.
“The effects of the medicine is only temporary and I think it is about to run out.”
She had the medicine that could cure the Shadow Moon Palace Lord’s condition as well, but she was not so dumb as to show an enemy of her such warmth.
The eyes that Elder Ying were staring at Jun Wu Xie with were filled with complete shock. That kid thinks three steps ahead with every step he took and everything had actually been within his calculations from the start. That was what truly stunned Elder Ying completely.
To first use the Melted Snow Elixir to neutralize his own crisis, and then secretly keep control over the effects of the medicine, to not let the effects continue to last permanently.
A terrifying thought then suddenly rose up in Elder Ying’s mind, and his eyes that were staring at Jun Wu Xie then turned to seem like he was looking upon a monster.
“You couldn’t possibly be thinking to use the Melted Snow Elixir to make the Palace Lord place more value on you would you?”
The temporary effects of the medicine, had brought to the Palace Lord vitality that he had not had for a long time. Having gained a taste of that, how would the Shadow Moon Palace Lord give up on such an opportunity?
One would know without even having to think. Even if the Melted Snow Elixir was not able to completely cure the Shadow Moon Palace Lord, but as long as the elixir that could cure him fully could not be cultivated, the Shadow Moon Palace would then be highly reliant on the effects the Melted Snow Elixir gave him.
And Jun Wu Xie who was able to produce the Melted Snow Elixir, would inexorably have her status in the Shadow Moon Palace soar to new heights!
“Isn’t that good?” Jun Wu Xie asked in a casual tone.
Elder Ying gulped silently
[Good.]
[Why wouldn’t it be good?]
[But….. from when had this kid actually started to scheme up all of this?]
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[Could it be that the kid had already included Yue Ye into his calculations? To have also grasped the timing where even though Yue Ye had fallen into the Shadow Moon Palace Lord’s hands, the effects of the Melted Snow Elixir would start to fade, that would deprive the Shadow Moon Palace Lord the chance of carrying out his insidious deed?]
Thinking about that, Elder Yue could not help himself but deny such an astounding guess himself.
If Jun Wu Xie had truly already calculated till this step when she presented the medicine, then wouldn’t the kid be too big of a monster?
Speaking from a certain perspective, Elder Ying had suddenly seen the truth behind the matter.
But towards that truth, Jun Wu Xie said not a word, which would allow Elder Ying’s heart to not have to undertake too much pressure.
“You, kid, is just too audaciously bold and daring. I really have to take my hat off to you. If there is anything that requires my help, just feel free to ask.” Elder Ying no longer dared to see Jun Wu Xie as a junior. It was not known how that kid grew such a mind. If antagonized, it seemed that people would be taken it so badly that all would vomit out blood.
Without having to think hard, Elder Ying knew just how aggrieved Elder Yue must be feeling deep in his heart. If possible, Elder Ying believed that Elder Yue would be wishing for nothing more than to be able to draw two swords to slash Jun Wu Xie up in a mad flurry.
“There nothing really much I need but just some herbs. Will you be able to get them for me?” Jun Wu Xie asked as she looked at Elder Ying. When she came to the Middle Realm, she had brought some herbs on her but she had almost used them all up. Although she still had quite a good number of elixirs, she was still short of a few type of herbs for the amount of elixirs she would be using soon.
“Rest assured on that. I will have it settled for you.” Elder Ying said as he slapped himself on the chest. Working together with such a hassle free ally, it had saved him quite a lot of headache.
“Alright then. You just go on with what you were busy with. I’ll go report to the Palace Lord first.” Elder Ying’s heart was finally set at ease after he had seen Jun Wu Xie and he waved at Yue Ye standing stiffened at the side with a gentle smile as he walked out from Jun Wu Xie’s little courtyard.
He had rushed the entire way back and had not even yet gone to see the Palace Lord but came running to Jun Wu Xie’s place first. If someone wanted to use this to make an issue out of it, it would really be rather hard for him to explain himself.
Yue Ye had not spoken a single word from the moment Elder Ying appeared. It was until Elder Ying had left that she reverted back to normal.
“What are you worried about?” Jun Wu Xie had already noticed the Yue Ye’s strange reaction. The moment that Elder Yue appeared, Yue Ye had immediately turned very stiff and her demeanor highly nervous.
“Elder Ying knows…..” Yue Ye said as she bit on her lip. Although the matter about Elder Yue using her to gain the favour of the Shadow Moon Palace Lord was not known to many people in the Shadow Moon Palace, Elder Ying was however one of those who knew.
“So what?” Jun Wu Xie asked with an eyebrow lifting up. She could sense the inferior complex Yue Ye was feeling, a self loathing that she held suppressed somewhere deep inside her heart.
That kind of a pressure on herself, could only possibly be lifted by the obliteration of the Shadow Moon Palace, cleansing herself of everything in the past.
Just like that fire she had set all those years back.
“So what….. That’s right….. So what…..” Yue Ye mumbled Jun Wu Xie’s words repeatedly, trying her hardest to understand the kind of belief that Jun Wu Xie was trying to convey to her.
“Instead of wasting your time on such things, shouldn’t you first be thinking how we are going to execute the next step of our plans?” Jun Wu Xie asked as she sat herself down upon a stone stool. She had not told Elder Ying that the poison the Shadow Moon Palace Lord was afflicted with was by Yue Ye’s hand. In truth, though the effects of the Melted Snow Elixir might be temporary, but to want to control the timing for the poison to relapse, it would be more effective and accurate to reintroduce the poison onto the Palace Lord.
“I understand!” Yue Ye immediately perked up.
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Jun Wu Xie and Yue Ye went on to cultivate another new batch of elixirs. The effects of these elixirs were even more vicious than what Yue Ye had concocted previously. After concocting them, Yue Ye carried the little bottles containi
ng the elixirs, unable to keep her hands off them. It could be seen from this Yue Ye’s love towards the concoction of medicine was innate.
“Master! Here I am, about to go wreck disaster upon people!” After Yue Ye filled up the bottles properly, she looked smilingly at Jun Wu Xie. The past few days that she had spent with Jun Wu Xie had seemingly given her a new life. Not only had she been exposed to knowledge that she had no access to before, she had also gained for herself a kind of comfortable ease that she had never felt before.
When she was with Jun Wu Xie, Yue Ye did not feel the slightest bit of pressure, and Jun Wu Xie’s silence allowed her to be able to be herself.
Jun Wu Xie looked at the bubbly Yue Ye speechlessly, and she couldn’t help herself but to feel that the little imp’s personality was rather eccentric. To think that she would get so excited about going to poison people…..
Just which part of her had grown crooked?
After Yue Ye bid farewell to Jun Wu Xie, she went straight to see the Shadow Moon Palace Lord.
The Shadow Moon Palace Lord had enjoyed robust health over the recent period and his colour on his face had grown to become more rosy pink. Having gradually stabilized things in the palace, his will to live more fulfillingly had slowly risen. He had just finished reading through a scroll when the Shadow Moon Palace Lord then saw Yue Ye who was dressed in a pink dress carrying a flask of fine wine and some snacks as she stood just outside the door.
Bathed in the golden glow of the sun, Yue Ye looked full of vitality, and full of life, which elicited the Shadow Moon Palace Lord’s yearning.
“My Lord.” Yue Ye greeted as she looked at the Shadow Moon Palace Lord obediently.
“Little Ye? Why have you come here for? Come in quick.” The Shadow Moon Palace Lord looked at Yue Ye smilingly, his audacious gaze undisguised as it swept over Yue Ye’s body, admiring the unliberated beauty within her.
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