Poison Genius Consort

had been poisoned! But it hadn’t gotten poisoned at all.
All the poisons before her now had been brought here by this creature.
Could it be that it only recognized poisons?

“Shu…” Han Yunxi suddenly seemed to realize something as she shielded the white-robed man in fright.
This little thing couldn’t be the poison beast Gu Shu, could it2 ?! Even though it was as tiny as a fist and probably easily crushable, Han Yunxi couldn’t help her doubts when she saw the pile of poison plants.
The Poison Sect’s poison beast Gu Shu was capable of distinguishing hundreds of toxins and feeding on them as well.
Moreover, its blood could treat hundreds of poisons as well.
What was more terrifying was the fact that it itself was highly poisonous.
As soon as it bit its victim, the person would be afflicted with hundreds of different poisons at the same time.
By then, even a celestial being wouldn’t be able to save them.
Right now, this little thing fit two of the descriptions above! If it really bit her, then she’d be forever finished.

When the little squirrel saw Han Yunxi’s fear, it grew anxious.
It wagged its tail as if its life depended on it as it kept cupping its paws and bowing.
What a furious flurry of movement! But Han Yunxi maintained her guard, unable to believe that the poison beast could be so subservient.
Wasn’t that an insult to the ‘beast’ in its name?

The little squirrel felt even more anxious than Han Yunxi that its goodwill was taken in vain.
It jumped back and forth in place before ducking its head into the pile of poison plants to pick and choose amongst the plants.

Mm, its new master was angry!

It had to return all the poisons it ate by accident so she wouldn’t be mad.
It had been sleeping in the secret chamber for a long time until it awoke to discover people invading its turf.
Immediately, it had summon the hordes of flesh-eating rats.
Even though it had been locked with countless Xuan iron fetters, it could shrink and escape the secret chamber freely.
Aside from its old master, this was a secret that nobody else knew.
Actually, it wasn’t locked up at all, but simply too lazy to come out.
It allowed the medical academy’s humans to drug it, that was all.
Moreover, the Poison Sect was its home, so why would it leave?

It never expected this woman’s blood to open the Xuan gold door.
She had to be its new master.
Originally, it had been hiding in the shadows to spy on Jun Yixie and Duanmu Yao, but as soon as it smelled that familiar scent, it ran to find her and snuck into her medical pouch to hide.
That was the very reason why the flesh-eating rats didn’t dare to approach her.
After hiding in the pouch, it discovered a lot of tasty things to eat.
It was only planning to eat a few bites to appease its hunger since there were plenty of poison plants outside, but somehow it couldn’t stop once it started.
All right, it admitted that it often forgot about the entire world when it ran into delicious food.
It had no idea what was happening around it.
By the time it finished and climbed out of the bag, it was to discover a bad man pulling its new master into his arms.
It was planning to bite the bad man to death, but as soon as it jumped on his shoulder, it found a new realm in his shoulder.
There was a poison that it’d never smelled before, a completely new strain.
Thus, it forget about everything again to eat.

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The little squirrel furiously picked out selections from amongst the poisons.
Though Han Yunxi was afraid, she was curious as well.
A close examination revealed that all the poisons chosen by the squirrel were the ones missing from her medical pouch.

It couldn’t be…

Han Yunxi had yet to understand when the little squirrel picked out a giant plant and pushed it before Han Yunxi.
Afraid that she wouldn’t understand, the little squirrel picked up on the poison plant in its mouth and stuffed it into her pouch.

So then, it had…

Han Yunxi understood in an instant and angrily slapped her hand towards the medical pouch.
“So you’re the one who messed up my needles!”

Eating her poisons was fine, but she detested anyone messing up and dirtying her needles!

“Chee, chee…” the little squirrel didn’t revolt, but curled up into a ball as it made pathetic whimpers.

Han Yunxi quickly removed her hand, and the little squirrel sprang out of the pouch to land on her arm, its paws clutched before its chest as if begging for forgiveness.
Han Yunxi forget to be afraid as she was stuck between anger and laughter, completely losing to this little creature.
She carefully reached out a hand to scratch its little head.
The little squirrel didn’t reject her advances at all, but raised its head and kept on acting cute.

Han Yunxi was amused.
“So you’re the Gu Shu?”

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It wasn’t clear whether the little squirrel understood Han Yunxi’s words, but it changed in an instant from a pitiful creature to one who opened its mouth in a grin.
Han Yunxi wasn’t sure if it understood her either, much less why it was smiling, so all she did was stare at it doubtfully.
When the little squirrel saw her expression, it chittered a few times before jumping to the ground.

It held its breath and puffed up its cheeks.
In an instant, its tiny body disappeared to be replaced with a colossal white squirrel about the size of a lion or tiger.
Its four limbs were very short and fat, and when it sat stupidly on the ground, it couldn’t even stand back up.
No matter which angle one looked at it, it just resembled a gigantic white furball.

Han Yunxi was stunned! Why was it like this?

The little squirrel’s appearance was already an insult to the description of ‘beast,’ but this clumsy looking thing was even more of an insult! Heaven knows how long it’d been since it’d last moved! The Gu Shu didn’t like its clumsy appearance at all and quickly resembled its previous form before hopping on Han Yunxi’s arm to shoot her a smile.

Now its new owner should know its identity, right?

Of course! Without a doubt, it was the Gu Shu!

Han Yunxi had no idea why this little thing was sticking to her or treating her so well, but she was willing to receive it without refusing its offer.
Her eyes curved into a smile as she scooted closer.
“Little thing, you don’t mind lending me some of your blood, do you?”

The Gu Shu’s blood could treat hundreds of poisons and didn’t take effort to extract.
Long Tianmo could be saved!

1.
Zi hour (子时) – the time of day from 11PM to 1AM.
2.
Shu (鼠) – Both Gu Shu (蛊鼠) and songshu (松鼠), or squirrel, share the same character in their names.