"Of course it was."
Bei Chen Ya Xin nodded.
"The first match counted as your loss."
"Alas, why was that?"
"Because you were poisoned." Stargazer pointed at Bei Chen Ya Xin's shoulder.
"What?!"
"You couldn't feel it because it was the most extraordinary poison under heaven, Half-Step Agitation Smile. If you took five steps, the poison would flare up and kill you instantly. You could probably guess what background the person beside me came from. As an assassin, how could her weapons possibly be free of poison?" Stargazer gently waved her feather fan.
"This..." Bei Chen Ya Xin thought it over and found that it made perfect sense.
That was right. How could an assassin not coat their weapons in poison?
"I could see that someone as valiant as you must be Imperial Uncle's right-hand woman. I couldn't bear to watch you die like this, so I shall give you this antidote. But in exchange, the first match will count as your loss. How about it?" Stargazer said.
"Lord Stargazer is truly righteous." Bei Chen Ya Xin cupped her fists.
Stargazer then took a red pill directly from her bag and handed it to Bei Chen Ya Xin, telling her to swallow it.
"My weapons were poisoned?" Raven froze for a moment.
"Of course not. But that is how wandering martial artists tend to think, and she wouldn't dare gamble on it." Stargazer said calmly.
"Then what did you give her?"
"A hawthorn pill Mr. Lamp God gave me this morning. It tasted pretty good."
"..." Raven could not help giving Stargazer another look.
You tacticians really did have filthy hearts.
After taking the antidote and regulating her breathing several times as Stargazer instructed, Bei Chen Ya Xin finally dared to take her first step. Finding nothing unusual, she sighed