Xu Sheng was right.
Even if Mo Ruxue wasn’t skilled in medicine, she could feel that Zhu Yuexi’s physical condition was deteriorating day by day.
Based on the current situation, if it weren’t for Xu Sheng, Zhu Yuexi really might… within seven days…
However, even with the suppression of the toxins in her body by Xu Sheng the previous night, she could still feel Zhu Yuexi’s health declining. That silver needle suppression would, at most, delay those seven days to one month.
Although she had already agreed to Xu Sheng’s demands and planned to take Zhu Yuexi to see him for treatment in five days, as a master, she simply couldn’t bear to watch her disciple suffer such hardships.
Zhu Yuexi’s breath was weak, and she spent almost all her time lying in her sickbed. Recently, Mo Ruxue had stopped handling the sect’s official business, focusing solely on caring for Zhu Yuexi.
Currently, Mo Ruxue was feeding Zhu Yuexi porridge.
Zhu Yuexi’s face was somewhat pale, and even her movements while drinking the porridge were sluggish.
In her heart, she had cursed Xu Sheng more times than she could count.
She knew very well that she hadn’t actually been poisoned; it was all just a facade intentionally created by Xu Sheng, the Lord of the Valley of Ten Thousand Poisons. The silver needles Xu Sheng had pricked into her body last night were the true source of her current weakness.
‘That bastard. If he had just coordinated with me, I could have acted it out… but he actually made me this weak.’
Fortunately, her master was still there to take care of her.
Zhu Yuexi looked at Mo Ruxue. Although her master’s face appeared calm, there was a faint trace of worry between her brows.
“Master, where did you find this medical immortal?”
It was just an offhand remark, but Mo Ruxue’s expression stiffened slightly.
Zhu Yuexi was high-strung, but she wasn’t unobservant. Seeing the slight change in Mo Ruxue’s expression, she immediately thought of the conditions Xu Sheng had set for her master.
‘That damn Xu Sheng, he actually wants half the lifespan of the entire sect…’
Zhu Yuexi didn’t particularly care about that, though. After all, if her poisoning were real and it truly required sacrificing half the lifespan of the sect members to cure her, she would sacrifice them without a moment’s hesitation.
But Mo Ruxue was different from her.
Her master was upright and hated evil. Having made such a choice for her sake, Mo Ruxue’s heart must be filled with overwhelming guilt. Zhu Yuexi couldn’t even imagine the extent of the heartache her master was enduring while still having to care for her.
Zhu Yuexi only cared about Mo Ruxue. She reached out and took Mo Ruxue’s hand.
“Master, thank you.”
Mo Ruxue snapped out of her daze. Hearing Zhu Yuexi’s words, she simply chuckled and shook her head.
“I am your master. It is only natural for me to seek a cure for you. There is no need for thanks.”
At the same time, Mo Ruxue became even more determined in her sacrifice.
‘My disciple is so pure-hearted; she feels so much for me just because I went around seeking medical help.’
Even if she had to trade her own life for the chance of Zhu Yuexi’s survival, Mo Ruxue probably wouldn’t hesitate much.
Hearing Mo Ruxue’s words, Zhu Yuexi merely flashed a pure and innocent smile. Then, as if mumbling casually, she said, “I thought you looked like you were being bullied while you were seeking a doctor.”
Mo Ruxue simply patted Zhu Yuexi’s head. “Your master is the best in the world. Who could possibly bully me?”
“Right, I thought so too. Master is the leader of the righteous path and the best in the world. If someone dared to bully you, they must be from the demonic path. Since they are from the Demon Cult, you can just cut them down directly.”
This was a hint from Zhu Yuexi.
Xu Sheng held quite a few things over her. Furthermore, that bastard had even… to her one month ago…
At that thought, Zhu Yuexi’s hand tightened instinctively.
If she could, she would definitely kill Xu Sheng.
So what if she had sworn an oath to the Heavens? He held leverage over her and had done those things to her—any one of those reasons was enough for Zhu Yuexi to have the motive to kill him.
Her own cultivation wasn’t high enough, but her master’s certainly was, right?
Zhu Yuexi was hinting this to Mo Ruxue. At the very least, after the other party “cured” her, her master had to act. Her master couldn’t possibly let a demon run free, could she?
Whether Mo Ruxue understood her or not, she simply lowered her gaze and didn’t take the bait.
“Drink your medicine first.”
—
Late at night.
Since reaching the 9th Realm, Mo Ruxue had stopped fasting, and she typically used her nights for rest.
However, over the past month, she had rarely been able to sleep. In the beginning, she was worried about Zhu Yuexi’s condition and the toxins, focusing all her energy on finding clues about the Lord of the Valley of Ten Thousand Poisons. Now that she had found him, her insomnia was due to other reasons.
‘In five days, take Zhu Yuexi to see him…’
Did that mean he would treat Yuexi first? After all, if he wanted to do anything else, there was no need to bring Yuexi along.
Mo Ruxue sat cross-legged on her bed, wearing only a white silk nightgown. Her long black hair fell like a waterfall, yet it could hardly hide the alluring curve of her waist and hips from behind.
Whether it was because Xu Sheng had been to Mount Dengxian recently or for some psychological reason… Mo Ruxue could frequently smell that faint medicinal fragrance from him.
It was said that medicine and poison came from the same source, but Mo Ruxue really hadn’t expected the leader of the Demon Cult, the Lord of the Valley of Ten Thousand Poisons, to have such an appearance and temperament.
She especially hadn’t expected that a man with such a prominent status and formidable strength—at a time when tensions between the righteous and demonic paths were so high—would possess the leverage to blackmail the leader of the righteous path and only ask for…
At this thought, Mo Ruxue couldn’t help but blush.
She hadn’t had much contact with Xu Sheng. It was just that day in the main hall of the Valley of Ten Thousand Poisons, when his finger had slid from her chin, down her neck, and finally to her collar…
Mo Ruxue’s finger instinctively mimicked Xu Sheng’s actions from that day, tracing a path down her own neck. For any woman, being in such a predicament would be extremely difficult to endure, let alone a woman as conservative and traditional as Mo Ruxue.
“Are you thinking of me?”
A familiar voice drifted from a corner of the room. Before this moment, Mo Ruxue hadn’t noticed a single thing.
The fact that this man could sneak into Mount Dengxian so stealthily and even enter her bedroom… Mo Ruxue’s first reaction wasn’t worry or fear, but a surge of nervousness.
“What are you doing here?”
Mo Ruxue pulled up the snow-white bedsheet to cover herself, as she was only wearing a thin nightgown.
Xu Sheng’s figure slowly emerged from the shadows. He even let out a yawn.
“I didn’t plan on coming back during these five days, but I have some books for you.”
As he spoke, Xu Sheng produced several illustrated books and walked toward Mo Ruxue’s bed.
Mo Ruxue grew nervous as Xu Sheng approached, but she figured that if he was giving her books now, they were likely about medical techniques…
As Xu Sheng reached her bedside, she once again caught a whiff of that medicinal scent. She reached out and took the illustrated books he handed her.
However, the contents of the books were nothing like the medical texts she had imagined.
Instead, they were…
*An Illustrated Collection of Erotica*