12 Be My Disciple

"What did you find?" Song Hui Yao waved his fan at himself.

Yin Yi reported, "They are Zhu Xiao Qian and Zhu Xiao Wan from the Zhu Family. Their clan was annihilated by the Earthy Faerie Temple not too long ago."

Song Hui Yao frowned, his eyes shimmered with coldness, "Tree of fallen leaves remained two...Why?"

"The Zhu Family had a precious treasure that the Earthy Faerie Temple sought to obtain. The treasure was a book called Barrier of Imperceptible." Yin Yi explained the reason.

'So the book is in the Earthy Faerie Temple's hand...' Song Hui Yao paused his fanning, "And their hair? Zhu Xiao Wan's eyes, too..."

Yin Yi lowered his head a bit deeper, "From what this subordinate had heard was that Young Master Zhu's hair turned white overnight after that." He carried on, "As for Young Miss Zhu, the diagnosis of the doctor who treated her before her hair changed to silver was that her pulse had ceased. Her eyes were purple when she woke up."

"Their personalities had changed, especially was Young Miss Zhu's," he added.

Song Hui Yao contemplated at the landscape on his fan.

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Looking through the herbs, Zhu Xiao Wan said to the seller, "I want some River Blade Glass, Melting Leaves, Dusk Bliss Flo..."

The seller said, "I'm sorry, Young Miss. Melting Leaves are sold out."

Zhu Xiao Wan though for a bit and changed the herb, "Then, Thaw Cotyledon and Ro...."

She took out a bit over a thousand gold coins to pay. Zhu Xiao Wan turned to an old man and asked, "Is there something wrong, Elderly One?" The old man had been observing her the moment the stopped at the herb store.

The old man said with a grin, "Nothing, it's just those plants you bought...This old man is curious, what are you going to use them for?"

Zhu Xiao Wan lifted her eyelids faintly, "I will make some medicines with these herbs."

"Haha," he chuckled, "Do you have a master?"

"No."

"This old man can teach you medicines, ...and poisons, too." He proposed.

Zhu Xiao Wan raised an eyebrows, her eyes glinted with a hint of doubt, "How can I trust that Elderly One can teach me?"

The old man laughed out loud and surprised her, he said quietly, "Those herbs you bought, mixing them together will only create a deathly poison."

She was tongue-tied, that was right. This herbs and plants alone was completely normal. However, mixing them together would create poison.

"Oh, you have no master, so how did you know about pharmacology?"

Zhu Xiao Wan smiled and answered, "I did read some books." She then pretended to be in a hurry, "I have to leave, Elderly One."

"Hey! This elderly one wants you to be my disciple!" The old man swiftly jogged her memory.

She halted and for a while, she turned around, "...Okay, I will be your disciple, but I'm not much interested in medical."

"It's fine! Pharmacology alone is fine!" The old man laughed, "This elderly one's name is Guang Ling!"

Guang Ling! The poisons expert!?

Her eyes widened slightly, "This little one... is Ning Xiao Wan, from Ning Wang Manor."