Poison Genius Consort

nd his back to shield her.

What speed! Gu Qishao silently marveled in his heart, but Jun Yixie actually stilled his steps.
“You’re from the Shadow Clan?”

Only the Shadow Clan’s shadow arts could develop one’s lightness techniques to the acme of perfection! Such skills were never taught to outsiders.
Once upon a time, Cloud Realm Continent had a Great Qin Empire that was divided between the two imperial clans of East Qin and West Qin as well as the Seven Noble Families.
The Shadow Clan was one of those aristocratic families, charged with the sole protection of West Qin royalty.
Rumors had it that the Shadow Clan protected their charges with their lives.
None of them had ever abandoned their duties, much less betray their charges.
After the Great Qin Empire was destroyed along with its imperial clans, the Seven Noble Families gradually laid low and disappeared.
Unbelievably, he’d witnessed the shadow arts first hand again today!

As soon as he heard ‘Shadow Clan,’ Gu Qishao finally realized the fast speed he saw came from the shadow arts. If this white-robed man was protecting Han Yunxi, did that mean…

“So she’s the orphan of West Qin?” Duanmu Yao suddenly cried out in alarm.
She couldn’t accept such a reality! After all, the Great Qin Empire was a legend of Cloud Realm Continent.
The talented men and women of West and East Qin were the real imperial clans in the people’s hearts and the true sovereigns that they worshipped! The current three imperial kingdoms were nothing compared to the Great Qin Empire.
If Han Yunxi really was one of them, then her last source of pride would be trampled beneath her feet, too!

The white-robed man didn’t reply Duanmu Yao directly.
He looked temperate and mild, calm and good-humored, but didn’t give any face to the people present.
Ignoring Jun Yixie, Gu Qishao, and the rest, he turned to Han Yunxi and said mildly, “I wanted you to help me open a path, not find trouble.”

Everyone released a breath at these words.
It looked like Han Yunxi wasn’t the West Qin’s orphan after all.
Otherwise, it’d be hard to touch her with the Shadow Clan as her guard.
Han Yunxi had never heard of such a clan, much less East Qin or West Qin.
She only knew that she couldn’t let Jun Yixie and Duanmu Yao get their hands on the poison beast.

“Help me kill them, or else I won’t go with you,” Han Yunxi said before she nimbly slipped to Gu Qishao’s side.
Delighted, he quickly grabbed Han Yunxi’s hand and pulled her behind him before grinning at the white-robed man.

“Kill them and I’ll come with you too.”

Could this man be any more shameless? Han Yunxi even felt ashamed for his sake.

The white-robed man simply treated Gu Qishao as air before looking at Han Yunxi with his soft eyes.
His voice was equally mild.
“I’ll try.”

He said he’d try?

Why did such a gentle voice and modest answer sound so aggressive when spoken out loud?

The masked man turned to glance at Jun Yixie and Duanmu Yao.
Duanmu Yao instantly backed away.
Though she was confident in her sword skills, she wasn’t in her speed! Only speed was unsurmountable amongst the world’s martial arts, while the Shadow Clan’s sole speciality laid a single word called ‘quick.’ The shadow arts were but a foundation for further martial arts.
Anything they’d learn from that would be equally fast, whether it was attacking or dodging.
To put it another way, no matter how tough one’s martial arts were, or how deep one’s inner energy lay, it’d be impossible to beat an opponent if they were faster than you.
Right now, it was still advantageous to use the terrain to escape.
Duanmu Yao backed up a few more steps before turning to flee.
She didn’t care a bit about Jun Yixie!

“Duanmu Yao, I’ll definitely tell Long Feiye!” Han Yunxi shouted.
She admitted that she was being awful, because one sentence from her was enough to hit Duanmu Yao’s sore spot.
Of course, if Long Feiye was present, she’d never dare to shout like that.
Instead, she’d only silently…keep quiet.
Jun Yixie was impatient and unwilling, but he slowly started to back away as well.
Since Duanmu Yao had fled, he had no choice but to retreat.
His arm was heavily injured, which meant he had no certainty facing off against this mysterious, white-robed man without her help.

“Don’t let him run away!” Han Yunxi exclaimed.
Duanmu Yao didn’t count for anything, but the Jun Yixie who’d threatened her life had to die.

Still, the white-robed man only replied, “Han Yunxi, why kill a runaway?”

Cough, cough!

Jun Yixie was still retreating, but he’d yet to run away! There was no need to humiliate him this way. This gentle man, are you sure you’re not doing it on purpose?

Even Han Yunxi didn’t expect him to say such words, and so seriously as well.
Jun Yixie simply couldn’t accept the situation.
He was so angry that his nostrils seemed about to breathe fire.
Raising his sword, he hacked towards the crowd, the blade glinting brightly before it send a reverberation through the entire limestone cave.
Half of the area came crashing down as he took advantage of the chaos to escape.

The white-robed man’s first reaction was to shield Han Yunxi.
Gu Qishao wasn’t as fast as him and could only watch from the side.
Still, he hadn’t noticed that Mu Linger had been staring at him the entire time.
Fortunately, there was enough support in this cave to keep it from collapsing entirely and burying them all alive.

“Why did you let him escape?!” Han Yunxi asked.
Didn’t this fellow say he was going to try? Was it just a joke?

But the white-robed man was serious as he replied.
“Miss Yunxi, you’re a doctor.
Why be so ruthless to kill?”

Han Yunxi nearly choked on her saliva at these words.
The reply was too good and left her with no retory.

“May we go now?” the white-robed man was quick to withdraw his other views.
He only had one motive for coming to this place.
Han Yunxi stole a glance at Gu Qishao, who returned it with a grin.

“Since we’ve run into each other, we might as well go together.”

Before the white-robed man could reply, the perpetually silent Mu Linger suddenly opened her mouth.
“Qi gege, if we leave, then what’s to be done about the two people below us?”