On the Two Career Paths in Pharmaceutical Analysis

Tang Yu, still unaware that a crisis had just been averted, was taking pride in her skills and abilities. She lightly carried her little cloth bag on her back, swaying her sachet as she ambled along.

"I'm really amazing."

Tang Yu's eyes narrowed into slits as she calmly walked out of the market street.

There were specialized routes through the Far North's three circuits, many of them private operations that did not require official approval.

By finding these [snakeheads], she could easily evade pursuit by the Far North Army.

"Hmph, I thought the Far North Army, rumored to have the Taisui Star Lord among them, would be some incredible force. As expected... they're nothing but cut from the same cloth as those scumbags."

Tang Yu curled her lip and was just about to head toward the snakeheads' hideout.

When she felt it.

The surrounding environment changed.

Mysterious [Double Helixes] swayed through the air like little fish.

They possessed a grotesque sort of beauty, as though one more glance would draw her in.

In an instant.

Tang Yu's expression stiffened.

This is bad.

Her left hand did not remain idle. With one hand, she pulled her Plague-Slaying Blade from the pack on her back.

A medicine mortar and a pestle.

"Who is it?!"

"C-Come out, you coward!"

Tang Yu was putting on a fierce front despite her inner weakness.

"A mortar and pestle—are those the tools you use to grind medicinal ingredients?"

Zhou Zhi emerged with a smile. "Using them as a Plague-Slaying Blade is rather wasteful, isn't it?"

Though they were clearly in a street alley, Tang Yu could plainly see that the people around them turned a blind eye to the man before her.

As if he did not exist at all.

Tang Yu immediately forced an awkward smile.