Murderous Plot

"Young Master Su, please rest assured and stay at the medicine hall to recuperate properly. This Yao will come visit you again later!"

"Xiao Yi Xian, make sure to treat Young Master Su well. Do not neglect such an honored guest!"

Little Purple glared viciously at Mr. Yao, the steward of Myriad Medicine Hall, then rushed right up to him, frightening him so badly that he fled in panic.

At the sight of this, even Xiao Yi Xian revealed a pure, radiant smile like a blooming white orchid.

This Steward Yao was quite a figure in Green Mountain Town. Not only did he have several Dou Zhe guards, but he was also wealthy and influential. Half of Myriad Medicine Hall in Green Mountain Town was under his control.

"Little Purple, quiet down. Don't scare him too badly."

Su Qingyun stroked Little Purple's head, and the Amethyst Winged Lion immediately became extremely docile. Through their contract, Little Purple conveyed to Su Qingyun, "Master, that man looks like no good person! He deserves to be scared to death!"

"You're right."

"Hehe~ Master praised me!"

Seeing that Su Qingyun had soothed the enraged Amethyst Winged Lion merely by stroking it, Xiao Yi Xian became even more curious.

Just who was this youth?

Even such an inherently proud and domineering magical beast was willing to submit to him, without the slightest hint of defiance or rebellion! "This Amethyst Winged Lion seems quite intelligent."

Xiao Yi Xian said.

Su Qingyun nodded. "Yes. Little Purple and I are of one mind. It followed me the first time we met, and now it is my good friend and comrade-in-arms. It can even sense human nature."

"It is so hostile toward Mr. Yao, which means his heart is not as honorable as his outward appearance."

Su Qingyun's words earned Xiao Yi Xian's agreement. In truth, she had long noticed that Mr. Yao harbored improper intentions and often behaved like a petty villain with a human face and a beast's heart.

"The Amethyst Winged Lion has such an ability? Then did it tell you what kind of person I am?"

Xiao Yi Xian teased, though her eyes held a trace of anticipation for Su Qingyun's appraisal.

Su Qingfeng stroked Little Purple's soft lion fur and said calmly, "Little Purple told me that you should be a kind-hearted, gentle, yet strong woman. Unfortunately, fate has treated you cruelly, and you have experienced major issues of right and wrong, separation and death throughout this life.

"However, in the future, you will surely turn danger into safety and misfortune into blessing, becoming someone the entirety of Green Mountain Town looks up to."

"It can even tell fortunes... What you said was completely right..."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yi Xian's expression darkened. Only she herself knew what she had gone through over these years.

She possessed the Eroding Poison Body. Once it erupted, she would become a poison person, releasing incomparably terrifying toxic gas from within her body. Wherever she passed, not even a blade of grass would remain, and all her family and friends would die.

This caused her tremendous suffering—not only physical, but emotional as well. Whenever she sensed that her Eroding Poison Body was about to erupt, she needed to find an absolutely secluded, uninhabited place and endure the poison body's corrosion alone.

Although everyone in Green Mountain Town now adored and praised her, Xiao Yi Xian knew that once her Eroding Poison Body acted up, if she did not leave in time, those who had once loved her would abandon her. They would come to loathe and fear her, and might even die because of her.

It could be said that Su Qingyun's casual words had struck directly at Xiao Yi Xian's deepest concerns.

"Then tell me, what could allow me to turn danger into safety?"

Xiao Yi Xian could not help asking.

"Perhaps it will be a person, perhaps an event. When the time comes, you may understand."

Su Qingyun froze for a moment. He seemed to see the desire to live in Xiao Yi Xian's eyes. Yet her face soon darkened again, and she murmured despondently, "Forget it, forget it. Fortune-telling is all fake. It is nothing more than words meant to comfort people. How can one expect someone to truly defy the heavens and change their fate..."

The matter of a youth riding a third-tier magical beast into Green Mountain Town, then returning to the medicine cottage with Xiao Yi Xian, quickly spread throughout the town.

Quite a few experts in town came to visit him, including the Three Great Mercenary Groups of Green Mountain Town, as well as representatives from the major magical beast and medicinal herb shops. They all wished to make his acquaintance.

Unfortunately, the youth had no interest in the people of Green Mountain Town. He only wanted to rest for a day before returning to Wu Tan City the next day.

But it was on that very night.

Inside Myriad Medicine Hall, in Steward Yao's room, several black-clothed people appeared. One of them spoke in a somewhat familiar voice, "Have you confirmed it?"

"It's confirmed. It is a cub of the Amethyst Winged Lion. Once it is raised properly, it may advance into a fourth-tier, or even a fifth-tier magical beast in the future."

"A young master who can use an Amethyst Winged Lion as a mount must have plenty more treasures on him. His cultivation is roughly at Seven Star Dou Zhe."

"Seven Star Dou Zhe is not to be underestimated. Leader, will you act personally?"

"A Seven Star Dou Zhe is nothing to fear, but the Amethyst Winged Lion is a third-tier magical beast. Even as a cub, it is not something we can contend with."

"Mr. Yao, have you prepared the things I asked for?"

"Soul Confusion Incense, Soul Seizing Powder, and Golden Mountain Fall—every one of them is a top-grade sleeping drug or incense. I paid a great price for them. Even a Da Dou Shi expert would sleep for an entire day and night after inhaling enough Golden Mountain Fall. Outside, they are treasures impossible to buy even with ten thousand gold."

Mr. Yao placed several dark-red incense sticks and packets of medicinal powder on the table, saying in a low voice, "But I'll say this again: your Wolf Head Mercenary Group takes the Amethyst Winged Lion and the boy's treasures. Once the deed is done, I want Two Hundred Thousand Gold Coins. Xiao Yi Xian belongs to me."

"Don't you trust the Wolf Head Mercenary Group? The Amethyst Winged Lion alone will be enough trouble for us. You can do whatever you want with Xiao Yi Xian."

Mu She licked his lips. He could hardly wait to tame that Amethyst Winged Lion. Once he tamed this third-tier magical beast, forget Green Mountain Town—even in an ordinary city, he would be able to claim a share of the spoils.

Likewise, Mr. Yao's face was filled with greed, utterly unlike the refined and courteous appearance he wore during the day. Xiao Yi Xian's graceful figure and willow-like slender waist involuntarily surfaced in his mind. If he charged too fiercely, would he not break that waist? And there was also that Seven-Colored Poison Sutra—its allure to physicians like them was simply too great! "Then what are we waiting for? The longer the night, the more likely something goes wrong. If that boy runs away or becomes alert, it will be hard for us to succeed!"

"Leader Mu, Young Leader Mu, This Yao will say this one more time: this Amethyst Winged Lion is no ordinary magical beast. You must use double, perhaps even triple the dosage, or it will have no effect."

"Move!"

In the darkness of night, several Shadow People Flew Over the rooftops, watching Xiao Yi Xian's bedroom and the side room beside it.

At this moment, the other maids and medicine apprentices in the Small Courtyard were either already fast asleep or had been

At the wave of one black-clothed person's hand, medicinal powder silently drifted down from above, filling the entire Small Courtyard. At its center was the Amethyst Winged Lion, sleeping curled up on the ground.

After some time had passed, once they confirmed that the Amethyst Winged Lion had inhaled a considerable amount of powder and that the remaining dust had almost entirely settled, the other black-clothed figures cautiously descended into the courtyard, lit the incense, and began sending it into the rooms...