“They must all be friends on the same boat, and harmony is the most important thing.”
“Yes, on the same boat, but unfortunately, someone is not on this boat,” Shi Cuiyan’s eyes sparkled as she looked at Xue Baihua and said, “Little Hua’er, you said you would stay at the branch to wait for your two disciples.
The Tiger Dragon Cave treasure should have nothing to do with you, right?”
“…I, as a doctor, am not interested in treasures,” Xue Baihua glared at Shi Cuiyan.
“Then fine, help Sister Xi detoxify the poison from the medicine person!” Shi Cuiyan said confidently.
Chen Tanghe frowned immediately upon hearing that Xi Fuhong was poisoned.
Xue Baihua’s face darkened, losing her usual lazy charm.
Her wide eyes made her look like a demon.
She was proud and would never listen to Shi Cuiyan.
Besides, Xi Fuhong was her medicine person; as long as she was poisoned with Frost Flower, she couldn’t escape Xue Baihua’s grasp.
How could she just detoxify her?
“Well…” Chen Tanghe looked at Xue Baihua with difficulty, “Divine Doctor Xue, is this true?”
Xue Baihua glanced at him and said, “…Yes, Ah Fu is indeed poisoned by me.”
“Then quickly help Sister Xi detoxify.
You don’t covet this treasure, so why keep Sister Xi tied up? Since we’re all going to find the Tiger Dragon Cave, and you’re not coming, if Sister Xi dies from the poison halfway, how will you let the alliance leader face it?” Shi Cuiyan looked at Chen Tanghe with a sly smile, “Alliance leader, don’t you agree? There are twelve ears here that heard you promise to protect Sister Xi.
If she dies, I can’t control my mouth.”
“…Shameless!” Xue Baihua glared fiercely at Shi Cuiyan, clearly using the alliance leader to force her.
“Well said, I’m just a Jianghu talker, not someone with high morals.
As long as you detoxify Sister Xi, everyone can get along,” Shi Cuiyan hugged Xi Fuhong, smiling triumphantly, making Xue Baihua almost explode with anger.
In fact, Shi Cuiyan wasn’t entirely sure.
Would Miao Shou Yan Luo oppose the alliance leader for a medicine person? Or oppose the entire Righteous Path coveting the Tiger Dragon Cave treasure? She was just guessing, assuming that the proud Divine Doctor Xue wouldn’t turn against everyone for Xi Fuhong.
Xue Baihua bit her lower lip, silent for a while.
“…I can detoxify Ah Fu from the Frost Flower poison, but I have a condition,” she looked at Chen Tanghe with beautiful eyes, “As long as the alliance leader is willing to give me the longevity pill gifted by the Gyro Doctor when you took office two years ago, I’ll detoxify Ah Fu.
How about it?”
“This…” Chen Tanghe hesitated.
The longevity pill was a gift from a friend, the Gyro Doctor, when he was walking the Jianghu, congratulating him on taking office.
It was said that the pill was made from eight rare longevity herbs, boiled day and night for three years, and refined into a pill that could extend life, a treasure akin to an elixir.
Such a good thing, to give it up for a Gui Po accomplice, was really…
“Okay!” Luo Qingcheng agreed before Chen Tanghe could consider.
“Sister?!” Surprised, Chen Tanghe looked up at Luo Qingcheng, frowning in confusion.
“Brother, don’t lose the big for the small.” Facing the doubt, she brushed it off with just two sentences.
The implication was that she wanted Chen Tanghe not to give up reputation and the Tiger Dragon Cave treasure for an unknown-effect pill.
If Xi Fuhong died from the poison, falling into the trap of the grave Gui Po, it would all be for nothing.
Until now, Luo Qingcheng couldn’t believe the Black Dragon Tail Ring Xi Fuhong handed over was genuine, always maintaining a skeptical attitude towards the villain’s actions.
“Alright, if Divine Doctor Xue wants the longevity pill, just detoxify Miss Xi, and I will definitely hand it over,” Chen Tanghe said straightforwardly, not being pretentious.
Since he agreed with his sister’s idea, he naturally wouldn’t be coy.
Unexpectedly, Xue Baihua’s face turned red with anger after hearing this.
She waved her sleeve, disregarding Xi Fuhong’s safety, and suddenly thirty-four silver needles shot fiercely at Shi Cuiyan.
Almost simultaneously, thirty-four paper talismans blocked them all, and the sound of silver needles falling to the ground with the paper talismans was heard.
She turned to glare at Xiao Qiyu, who only returned a gentle smile.
“Divine Doctor, what do you mean by this? If you want to do acupuncture, you should say so.
Suddenly flying so many silver needles, are you trying to kill Sister Xi?” Shi Cuiyan glanced at the silver needles and paper talismans on the ground.
She was confident she could dodge them, but didn’t expect Xiao Qiyu to help, saving her the effort.
“…Hmph, if you want the antidote, take it!” Xue Baihua took out a porcelain bottle from her sleeve and threw it at Xi Fuhong with force, but Shi Cuiyan easily caught it.
She handed the antidote to Xi Fuhong, urging her to drink it immediately.
By detoxifying the poison in front of everyone, it meant that from now on, the two were unrelated.
“Sister Xi, the poison is detoxified, aren’t you going to thank Divine Doctor Xue?” Shi Cuiyan said with a satisfied smile.
In a panic, Xi Fuhong quickly thanked Xue Baihua, “Thank you, Divine Doctor.” She hadn’t expected Xue Baihua to detoxify her, never thought she could regain her freedom one day, no longer bearing the title of a medicine person.
That genuine smile of gratitude almost made Xue Baihua spit blood in anger.
“…Aren’t you afraid I gave you a bottle of poison?” Xue Baihua mocked Xi Fuhong’s naivety on the surface, but inside, she was bleeding because of the words “Thank you, Divine Doctor.” The days they spent together seemed like a dream, those ambiguous sweet words, intimate actions, all erased by those words.
It turned out that in Xi Fuhong’s heart, Xue Baihua was always just a Divine Doctor, not the intimate Hua’er.
Xi Fuhong didn’t understand Xue Baihua’s thoughts, her hands trembled violently, almost dropping the medicine bottle.
“It’s okay,” Shi Cuiyan hugged Xi Fuhong tightly, comforting her in a low voice, “Divine Doctor has already received a big gift from the alliance leader, how could she be so heartless as to give you poison? If she really poisoned you, I’m afraid Divine Doctor wouldn’t be able to leave unscathed.”
Her eyes glanced meaningfully at Luo Qingcheng, seeing how much she valued Xi Fuhong’s life, willing to have the alliance leader give up the longevity pill to detoxify her, this persistence was too conspicuous.
To kill Xi Fuhong here? How could Divine Doctor Xue be so foolish as to gamble with her own life? Xi Fuhong was just a mere medicine person to her.
Xue Baihua, though angry, still glanced at Luo Qingcheng with concern, finally leaving with a cold snort.
Shi Cuiyan, seeing Xue Baihua compromise, was very pleased.
To think that a Jianghu talker like her could force Miao Shou Yan Luo to give up a medicine person, and that person was Xi Fuhong, made her smile uncontrollably.
The tense standoff was over, and Chen Tanghe smoothed things over, and everyone dispersed.
Shi Cuiyan pulled Xi Fuhong to the courtyard to play the zither and chat, but Xi Fuhong wasn’t in the mood to listen.
She thought of Xue Baihua’s dejected look before leaving, feeling uneasy.
She had promised the Caomu Sisters to take good care of their master, so why did she make the Divine Doctor unhappy…
“Sister Xi, do you think my playing is good?” Shi Cuiyan tilted her head, blinking as she asked.
Xi Fuhong wasn’t in the mood, frowned, and said, “You don’t have to do this…”
Although she was grateful to Shi Cuiyan for persuading the Divine Doctor to detoxify her, the way she did it seemed like bullying the Divine Doctor.
She didn’t want to be the cause of their discord.
But Xi Fuhong didn’t know that Shi Cuiyan was completely sincere, even selfishly not wanting Xi Fuhong to get involved with others.
“Sister Xi, what are you saying? I helped you because we’re sisters,” Shi Cuiyan leaned on Xi Fuhong, falling into her arms with a smile, “If you’re not satisfied, you can let the Divine Doctor poison you again, okay?”
“Of course not!!” Xi Fuhong’s face turned pale.
She had just been detoxified, why would she let the Divine Doctor poison her again?
“That’s right, so why the long face? How about I find another medicine person for the Divine Doctor in the future, okay?” Shi Cuiyan snuggled in her arms, not knowing if it was because she was too focused on this issue or troubled by Divine Doctor Xue, but she didn’t struggle, which made Shi Cuiyan very satisfied.
“You two girls have such a good relationship.”
