Hidden Shadow – CH 201

Chapter Two-Hundred-One: This is where it is fun!

Gu Jinghong asked, “Can the remaining half still be used in medicine?”

Hearing this question, Mo Sigui understood, “You want to drag that person down with you.”

It was not that he owed An Jiu a great debt of gratitude; anyway, that extremely precious blood would be wasted anyway, so he might as well just find someone to give it to.

The heart’s blood of the person taking the medicine was the most important ingredient in the prescription, and the main purpose of the entire prescription was to prolong life.

Mo Sigui guessed that someone’s life was short, so they needed the medicine to stay alive.

Not getting an answer, Mo Sigui continued, “The remaining half of the blood still has medicinal effects, but its effect is much weaker. Plus, I would use other drugs on you, so even if someone draws out the heart’s blood for the medicine, it will affect the overall efficacy of the prescription.”

“Is this effect good or bad for the person taking the medicine?” Gu Jinghong asked.

Mo Sigui shook his head. “I have not seen the patient, so I will not speculate. Medicine that’s good for you might be incredibly effective for that patient, or it might be deadly poison.”

Gu Jinghong would not leave that person a chance to survive, even at the cost of his own life. “Then please, Divine Physician, take all the blood.”

“Alright.” Mo Sigui closed his folding fan and stood up. “I need to prepare. Come back after sunset.”

“Divine Physician,” Gu Jinghong said, “if I can describe the patient’s symptoms, could you poison my blood?”

“What you are saying is very tempting, but…” Mo Sigui remained silent for a long time before saying, “If I do this, it will surely attract endless…

The trouble is already a feud, and taking the heart’s blood is already an enmity. If I were to kill that person directly, it would likely create a blood feud. If I were alone now, I might be able to try, but I still have things to do.”

Gu Jinghong was a very perceptive person. “Does the Divine Physician mean that if someone comes looking for you, you will hand over the heart’s blood?”

“Ha. Such cowardice is not in my style!” Mo Sigui said matter-of-factly. “Of course, I will not hand over the heart’s blood, but I am very interested in that patient.”

Someone who needs to raise a medicine man to extract their heart’s blood for medicine must be suffering from a rare and incurable disease, and Mo Sigui had always been very interested in such illnesses.

Gu Jinghong raised the corners of his mouth and smiled faintly. “If Divine Physician Mo is a person without a country or home, then go ahead and save them. What happens afterward is none of my business.”

Mo Sigui’s expression slightly darkened. His gaze turned cold. “You are a Liao person.”

“An enemy of Liao,” Gu Jinghong corrected.

“That’s good.” Mo Sigui gripped the handle of the Ice Dragon Brain Fan again, his knuckles turning white. “The old man died at the hands of the Liao people. I will not actively seek revenge, but as for the Liao people, I will kill them one by one!”

Gu Jinghong laughed, “Good! We are kindred spirits.”

Next door.

An Jiu suddenly woke up, her heart pounding.

How terrifying! She had just fallen into a deep sleep! Aside from being seriously injured and unconscious, this had rarely happened to her!

She swallowed nervously, raising her hand to her chest, trying to calm her racing heart.

Falling into a deep sleep was perfectly normal for ordinary people, but for an assassin, it could be extremely deadly, because you never knew when your enemies would come looking for you. An Jiu was currently in the Konghe Institute, so generally no enemies would come looking for her, but once this happened, it would happen again. What if it became a habit?

After recovering, she climbed out of the cool water and tore a thick cotton robe from the screen to wrap herself in. While drying her hair, An Jiu sensed something strange about Mo Sigui’s room. When she tried to probe it with her mental power, it was like encountering a fog; she could not clearly discern what was happening there.

Could something have gone wrong?

An Jiu quickly put on her outer robe, concealed several hidden weapons on her person, grabbed a dagger, used a cloth to pry open the door hinges, and lightly leaped onto the roof beam. She then opened the window above Mo Sigui’s room in the same manner.

The candlelight flickered, and An Jiu only saw Mo Sigui bustling about in the room, with strange brocade pouches scattered all over the floor.

Taking advantage of Mo Sigui turning to retrieve something, she landed on the roof beam, bent down to pick up one, and casually opened it.

“Ouch!” Mo Sigui turned around, startled by An Jiu standing there. “You appear out of nowhere!”

He had barely finished speaking when he noticed the brocade pouch in An Jiu’s hand and quickly snatched it away. “You are so frivolous! You dare touch my things like that? Are you not afraid of poisoning yourself?”

“You are right here; I will not die.” An Jiu tucked her dagger into her waistband and sat down at the table, watching him fiddle with the bottles and jars. “What are you being so mysterious about?”

An Jiu’s gaze was piercing, making Mo Sigui feel uncomfortable. He simply crossed his arms and looked at her. “I said you were not like this before!”

“How?” An Jiu asked.

Mo Sigui glared at her and said, “Before, if I said a few words to you, you’d kick me into the lake; if I raised my hand, you’d break my arm. Now you are groping around in my room without any defenses?”

An Jiu returned his gaze expressionlessly. “First of all, before I am poisoned to death, I will definitely kill you first. Secondly… I believe you.”

Mo Sigui remained silent for a long while before irritably shaking his hand. “Do not try to convince me like that. Let me tell you, I am not as easily fooled as that big oaf Chu Dingjiang!”

“Big oaf? You mean it from the bottom of your heart?” An Jiu’s expression was strange. How exactly did Chu Dingjiang pretend in front of him?

“Hmph!” Mo Sigui ignored her and continued picking out the things needed for blood collection.

“Are those talismans?” An Jiu asked, pointing to the brocade pouch on the ground. She had opened the pouch earlier and seen the yellow paper and cinnabar writing inside.

Mo Sigui did not even look up. “Yeah, it took me three whole days to get this done! It wasted more of my time than gold! So keep your hands to yourself; do not break it.”

An Jiu asked, “I wanted to ask, what are you doing with all these talismans?”

“These are soundproofing spells. Of course, these scribbles alone are not very effective. They need to be combined with the furnishings inside the house so that people outside cannot hear conversations inside.”

“You are being so cautious; what kind of business have you been up to lately?” An Jiu asked with concern.

Mo Sigui hissed, hands on his hips, glaring at her. “You are just a dog’s mouth that cannot produce anything decent! What do you mean by ‘shady dealings’?”

An Jiu thought for a moment. “A conspiracy?”

“Hopeless!” Mo Sigui sighed heavily, packing his things into the medicine box as he spoke. “Can you not be a little more upright? All you say is nonsense. You are not ignorant of polite words; you just have a sharp tongue!”

“Narrow-minded,” An Jiu frowned. “I am just asking you one question. If you do not want to say it, then do not. Why keep spouting nonsense? You are the one who deserves a beating.”

“Who’s narrow-minded?” Mo Sigui angrily retorted.

An Jiu’s frown deepened. “Am I petty and narrow-minded?”

Mo Sigui deflated, throwing his hands. “I am not playing with you anymore. Go somewhere else to have fun. Do not just cause me trouble.”

An Jiu sat there, unmoved.

“Why are you still here?” Mo Sigui finished packing and noticed she had not left.

“Are you alright?” An Jiu asked worriedly. “You just told me to go somewhere fun; did you forget already?”

“…”

An Jiu added earnestly, “This place is fun.”