Poison Genius Consort

Qi Sha said deliberately, refusing to get worked up.
Searching the valley would take its share of time as well, but since this fellow was here, it’d be better to settle things with him directly.

Han Yunxi held back her temper and asked patiently, “Will you give me the Heart of Cinnabar if I tell you first?”

She assumed that Gu Qi Sha would only make things difficult for her again and come up with some other terms.
For that, she’d prepared herself to stand strong.
But Gu Qi Sha simply nodded his head and easily agreed.
“Of course.”

“You said it, so don’t go back on your words!” Han Yunxi didn’t dare to fully trust him.

Gu Qi Sha’s laughter suddenly took on a meaningful tone.
“Esteemed wangfei, how could this old man break his word with His Highness Duke of Qin here?” It made it sound like he feared Long Feiye! Han Yunxi had no idea how the two men had fought in the past, but in her opinion, Gu Qi Sha had ample grounds to fear Long Feiye’s strength.

“Would Your Excellency Pill Fiend be an untrustworthy sort?” Han Yunxi put it plainly, before giving up the answer.
“The Wall-Hitting Ghost is growing right on your roof, I noticed it as soon as I came in.”

Gu Qi Sha stuck on his thin, bony fingers and clapped them together.
“Lass, you’re formidable! This old man likes that!”

Han Yunxi was about to speak when Gu Qi Sha easily plucked a brocade box from his sleeves.
“Lass, here’s the Heart of Cinnabar.”

Although they’d made a promise, Han Yunxi still felt that Gu Qi Sha was being too kind this time.
She hardly dared to believe it.
After opening the box, she was met with the sight of a blood-red tablet.
Gu Qi Sha approached Han Yunxi with congratulations and a smile, “Lass, here’s…a piece of my loyal heart for you!”

Urk…

Han Yunxi felt uncomfortable just hearing the words and hesitated to accept the box.
The coolheaded Long Feiye lost his patience and snatched it over.
“It’s for saving someone else, she doesn’t need it for herself.”

Gu Qi Sha’s eyes flickered with disdain before he replied, “Your Highness Duke of Qin, I’ll definitely give you those two ingredients by the fifteen of next month.”

Long Feiye only glanced at him before taking Han Yunxi and leaving.
This was the first time Han Yunxi had heard of the promise between the two men, but she was too preoccupied with the current emergency.
With the Heart of Cinnabar in their hands, they should rush back and save the patient first.
She could always ask him about it later.
The two of them had already reached the gates when Gu Qi Sha spoke up again.

“Your Highness Duke of Qin, you asked for two unusual ingredients.
What are you planning to use them for?”

A calculating look flitted past Long Feiye’s eyes, but he only ignored Gu Qi Sha and went to lift Han Yunxi onto the horse.
Gu Qi Sha doggedly followed them out and kept talking.
“Your Highness Duke of Qin, Bear chuan and Panoptic Red Lotus aren’t ordinary ingredients at all.
This excellency is really very curious!”

At this, Han Yunxi realized that Long Feiye had been seeking Gu Qi Sha to find ingredients for Mute Granny’s antidote.
She had long handed over Serpent Fruit into his possession, so these two other ingredients were the only things left.
The three of them combined together could cure Mute Granny’s throat.

“Your Highness, so you were…” Han Yunxi couldn’t help but start.
Gu Qi Sha narrowed his eyes to watch, as if anticipating something.

“Mm,” Long Feiye admitted openly.

“Your Highness, I thought…I thought you’d given up,” Han Yunxi was a little moved.
In the past, Long Feiye had said that it was unlikely that Mute Granny was still alive.
She had given up, but she never expected him to be still working at it.

Long Feiye’s gaze turned evasive as he murmured, “In any case, we should at least find the ingredients first.”

Han Yunxi snuggled up against Long Feiye, her head raised up to look at him with an indescribable expression.
Gu Qi Sha was dumbfounded by the sight. This isn’t what I imagined would happen. When he realized they’d set off, he furiously waved his hand at them.

“Esteemed wangfei, take good care of this excellency’s loyal heart! Your Highness Duke of Qin, may we meet again!”

At this, Long Feiye immediately grasped the handle of his sword, but Han Yunxi stopped him from pulling it out.
“Time’s a wasting.
Settle your scores with him next time!”

The ‘Heart of Cinnabar/loyal heart’ she’d mentioned before was a simple misunderstanding.
It looked like Gu Qi Sha was taking liberties with her on purpose! That bastard!

Han Yunxi looked back at the courtyard full of kneeling people and silently vowed to make Gu Qi Sha pay one day.
Someday, she’d make Pill Fiend Valley into a place that helped others when they needed it.

As the old steward watched Long Feiye and Han Yunxi’s forms fade into the distance, he dropped his voice and asked, “Your Excellency, offending His Highness Duke of Qin like that…seems unwise.”

Gu Qi Sha turned back with a cold snort.
“You think this excellency’s afraid of him? Just wait!”

Just wait! Wait until I find out the truth about everything.
Then you’ll see, Long Feiye!

Long Feiye and Han Yunxi traveled day and night to get back, using up much of Long Feiye’s internal energy.
If Baili Mingxiang knew how much His Highness Duke of Qin had sacrificed, she’d probably be touched and filled with distress.
By the time the couple arrived at the Baili Estate, it was already night of fifth day.

Time was getting tight!

Fortunately, Han Yunxi was quick-witted enough to put the Heart of Cinnabar into her detox system to process, boil, dry, and make into a powder that could be used to create a decoction.
After entering the bedroom and hearing the doctor’s report over the past five days, she told everyone to get out and had the detox system prepare the decoction right then and there.
Then she personally fed Baili Mingxiang the medicine with individual spoonfuls.

She exhaled a breath of relief only when the medicine was all gone, before sitting by the girl’s side to analyze her bloodstream with her detox system.
However, it wasn’t long before she suddenly lost consciousness and slumped over Baili Mingxiang’s body.

Loyal heart (丹心) – danxin. Again, this is a pun playing on the name of the pill–Heart of Cinnabar—and ‘loyal heart,’ both of which share the same words.