A Scheme for the Adulterous Pair; General Yingqiong Saves Face and Refuses to Mention Her Injury!

Tao Xiangrong turned around and faced Li Xian. Looping her arms around his neck, she breathed orchids and whispered softly, "General Zhao... she was poisoned? When we came here... we ran into her before. She was... she was perfectly fine then. Phoenix Island is very safe. Little brother, you... you didn't see wrongly, did you?"

The exposed Room No. 76 was screened only by a half-transparent gauze curtain, making it utterly enchanting. Just one curtain away stood the gathered heroes. It was truly thrilling beyond measure. Though Tao Xiangrong excelled at stirring men's affections and was no stiff, old-fashioned woman, she had never imagined there would be such a day. As she thought it over carefully, her heart felt dazed, like a dream, like an illusion. Yet the delight and sweetness within it were real beyond doubt. She could not help lingering over it.

By then, Ji Beiyu had brought out the twenty-fourth treasure. Interest soared among all parties, and they began bidding one after another. One bid fell, another rose, unceasingly piling atop each other. The price quickly climbed into the thousands and tens of thousands.

It was as though Tao Xiangrong's face had been dusted with three or four layers of rouge. Under the candlelight, her snow-white arms and jade-like neck possessed an exquisite, alluring charm. Though there was no wind, her light strands of hair drifted up and down, faintly matching the cries of bidding outside. It was impossible to tell whether the imposing momentum of the gathered heroes had stirred invisible waves of wind and lifted those glossy black locks, or whether some little thief was deliberately at work. Li Xian said, "Naturally, I didn't see wrongly. Sister, have you forgotten? Your little brother is the Ghost Doctor. Outside Phoenix Island, General Zhao was still fine.