Qi Yue had waited all day, not seeing Hu Chengxuan, and knew for sure that something must have gone wrong.
âMaster, did you give Hu Chengxuan a lot of Relief Medicine?â
Huang Zaiâan shook his head repeatedly.
âNo, when I left, I saw with my own eyes that he was about to suffer from the poisoning.â
While speaking, Huang Zaiâan grabbed his sparse beard and tugged at it repeatedly before finally saying, âHe couldnât have lasted long, could it beâ¦â
Qi Yue instantly understood what he meant.
âMaster means someone else relieved Hu Chengxuanâs poisoning for him.â
Huang Zaiâan twirled his beard.
âWhy couldnât it be an antidote?â
Qi Yue snorted coldly.
âI am certain no one can cure my poison unlessâ¦â
âUnless what?â Huang Zaiâan pressed.
âUnless itâs impossible.â Qi Yue curled the corners of her lips.
Unless someone, like her, had time-traveled here, or came from a more advanced time, they would at least need to be a general practitioner like her.
Otherwise, it was absolutely impossible.
At that moment, Huang Zaiâan suddenly laughed.
âAs your master, I also think itâs impossible. This poison is ingeniously crafted and even precisely controls the time of affliction. Just how did you manage to do it?â
Qi Yue rolled her eyes.
âWhat, you want to pry into the secrets? Or do you want to learn from your disciple?â
âMe? Learn from you? Humph!â Huang Zaiâan snorted, âYou better think about how to handle this matter. How did you administer the poison to Hu Chengxuan, and might he guess it was you?â
Qi Yue scoffed.
âSo what if he guesses? If he wants to cure the poison, he still has to come to me. The more Relief Medicine he takes, the harder the poison is to cure. Hu Chengxuan is digging his own grave!â
âDisciple, canât you lower your demands a bit and give the antidote to Hu Chengxuan? He is responsible for the lives of hundreds of thousands of people in Longnan.â
âMaybe that would have been possible before, but now that he has the Relief Medicine, if he wants me to act, I canât lessen any of the three conditions.â
âWhy?â
âI suspect that the person who gave him the Relief Medicine is Qing Nanzun.â
âThat person from Donggao?â
âMaster, Qing Nanzun is a retainer of the Fox King of Donggao. His Relief Medicine is certainly not easy to obtain.â
Thinking this, Qi Yue could no longer sit still.
âNo, I need to make a trip to the Hu Family!â
Huang Zaiâan quickly stood up to stop her.
âDisciple, with your skills, it wonât be easy to escape if you get discovered. Let your master go instead.â
Qi Yue waved her hands repeatedly.
âMaster, no one can discover me. Just stay at home, Iâll be back soon.â
Having said that, she immediately went back to her room to change into a set of Night Travel Clothes.
When she came out, several guards of various sizes were already standing outside the door.
Huang Zaiâan tried again, âDisciple, I see that these few guards of yours are quite skilled. Why not let them go?â
The guards also stepped forward one after another, eagerly promoting their capabilities.
The skinniest, who was best at Qinggong, pleaded earnestly, âMaster, perhaps I should accompany you in case of any contingency, so I can get you to safety in time.â
Ha, Zhao Xiyanâs men are of course not bad, Qi Yue thought dismissively to herself.
She glanced at the skinny man whose body seemed so light it could float away any moment and coldly refused.
âNo need, I will go alone. Also, if any of you dares to follow, leave my residence immediately!â
Her visit to the Hu family was not only to gather information; she might also feel tempted to snatch something.
How could she use her space with these people following her?
Just as she was about to leave, thinking that Qing Nanzun had arrived and might come to sabotage, she returned and gave a detoxification pill to Huang Zaiâan that she had prepared earlier.
She informed Huang Zaiâan about some of Qing Nanzunâs background and asked him to guard the house well. She did not notice that the skinny man among those of various heights and builds had swiftly escaped the residence.
âMaster, you canât say I havenât cared for you, this pill can detoxify a hundred poisons.â
Holding it in his hand, Huang Zaiâan looked at it delightedly for a while.
âIs this girl really my disciple? How can she be so capable?â
Qi Yue rolled her eyes.
âPraising me but also including yourself? Thatâs really interesting.â
âHow so? Arenât you my disciple?â Huang Zaiâan said with a face that showed he was ready to vehemently insist on it.
âYes, yes, yes, you are my master, alright then. Please take care of them and guard the house well.â
âDonât worry, leave it to me!â
Seeing Huang Zaiâanâs wholehearted promise, Qi Yue finally left with peace of mind.
Considering Qing Nanzunâs way of conducting himself in society, if he really had established a connection with Hu Chengxuan, he would surely have guessed by now that she was the one who had poisoned him.
Either looking for an antidote or creating mischief, these two would team up against her.
If they really came, with both the diverse group and Huang Zaiâan here, it would be enough to deal with them and she could take the opportunity to turn Hu Familyâs house upside down!
At this moment, the time had reached 11 PM to 1 AM, and the entire Longnan County Government had fallen into a deep sleep. Qi Yue swiftly arrived at the low wall in the backyard of the Hu Family, the same place she had entered last time.
She was immediately dumbfounded as she looked up.
Hu Chengxuan, that rascal, had raised the backyard wall to a total of ten meters high!
It seemed her last raid, emptying Hu Chengxuanâs bedroom and study, made him feel insecure, so he had raised the walls to thwart thieves.
âYou bastard, underestimating me? Am I just an ordinary thief?â
Qi Yue cursed harshly, then pulled out a climbing rope from her space.
This was the most modern climbing equipment bought from the store; the rope had fuzzy claws at one end, providing strong suction power, swinging and sticking wherever it was thrown.
With a click, she fastened the buckle around her waist, then tossed the two ropes up over the wall, and dashed up the wall.
Following this method, in less than a minute, she was already in the Hu Familyâs backyard.
When Zhao Xiyan arrived, he just saw how agilely she climbed up the wall; then with a wave of her hand, the two thick ropes instantly disappeared.
At that moment, he thought his eyes were playing tricks on him.
Worried about being spotted, he followed closely, intending to protect her at a critical moment.
But what he saw next was even more astonishing.
She had just been by the flower tree near the wall, and in the blink of an eye, she had moved to the window on the opposite side.
What kind of skill was this? He had never heard her mention it before.
Just then, a servant carrying a lantern came by. Seeing her with nowhere to hide, he was about to rush out to cover for her, but saw her suddenly disappear from the spot.
Just as he was amazed, the servant passed by, and Qi Yue suddenly reappeared in the same place.
This scene left him even more horrified.
He could confirm that there was no such skill in the world.
He had long suspected that she was not the same Qi Yue, and this scene completely confirmed it!
Then who exactly was she?
No, no one is like her.
Could she be a demon?
Legends say that demons have the ability to transform, capable of disappearing and appearing in an instant.
But that didnât seem right either. If she were a demon, why would she need external help to climb the wall?
Suddenly, he remembered the room he saw when Qi Yue was treating him, the one with the sun and strange objects in white.
That place clearly didnât resemble this world.
Maybe she was a demon who couldnât perform qinggong and needed external help to climb walls?
As he pondered, he saw Qi Yue swiftly move toward a courtyard, and he hurried to follow her.