The Antidote

At the news that someone had arrived from outside, Divine Doctor Sun immediately put on a wig and a fake nose, hunched his back, and turned into a different person in an instant. Facing Shangguan Fei's puzzled look, he said, "What, a Divine Doctor can't be a coward? You haven't seen those women..."

The visitor strode in openly and waved warmly to Long Fanyun. Then she gave the Shangguan twins a cold look, glanced at Divine Doctor Sun in disguise, and said with a giggle, "Well, what a bonus. So this is where you've been hiding."

Divine Doctor Sun sighed and took off his disguise. "You're obviously a Moonlight Hall disciple. Go back and tell your people that I'm a Divine Doctor who heals the sick and saves lives, not an assassin who brews poison. Please leave me alone."

Han Fen shook her head. "That's not up to me. Only the Master of the Masses can decide whether you live or die."

Gu Shenwei took a step forward. "Were you following me?"

"You weren't exactly trying to hide, either. Here, I came to keep my promise."

Han Fen flicked her hand, and a hidden weapon shot toward him. Gu Shenwei drew his saber to meet it, knocking it down with the back of the blade. It was a small wooden box of the kind commonly used by Moonlight Hall.

In exchange for Gu Shenwei sparing her life, she had brought him the antidote to Indra Incense.

But that wasn't her only purpose.

The instant Gu Shenwei knocked down the box, Han Fen struck again. A dozen or so steel needles shot toward Divine Doctor Sun. She sprang forward, a puff of green smoke rising from her feet as if she meant to escape. But instead, she rushed at Shangguan Ru