Poison of the Human Panacea

Chapter 29

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"So, you guys came to find me*, because you guys want me* to form an alliance with you to kill Fu Lu?"

A fire started in Mi Lansheng's heart due to his self-righteous tone, "That is right."

"That Fu Lu spread great rumors about me* and even offered a reward for my* head, I* do definitely have the heart to kill him. But too bad, I've* never liked to have people disrupting my plans." As he spoke, the words of the old shaman still lingered in Bai Tan's heart, but he bit down on his teeth and turned his back on them, "Also, Sect Master Mi, rest a.s.sured; earlier, nothing happened between the two of us. It was all clean, there's no need to over think it."

But Mi Lansheng's eyes fell onto the blood stains on his clothes…A man, also a virgin. He lost his virginity to him and credible evidence was right there, yet he acted like nothing happened. He sure knew how to put down something just as easy as he picked it up.

Seeing that Bai Tan was about to walk inside the door, blood rushed up within him and he quickly grabbed onto his hand, "Sect Leader Bai."

Bai Tan scanned his own wrist then glared at him, "What?!"

"If Sect Leader Bai wishes to kill Fu Lu, with the strength you have right now, I'm afraid it won't be a threat to him. Fu Lu respected the Yue Yin Palace's Old Gong Zhu like a father, if you were to lose to Fu Lu, I'm afraid it won't be as simple as him just wanting to take Sect Leader Bai's life." Mi Lansheng's fingers tightened, "Sect Leader Bai, have you ever thought of the consequences of losing to Fu Lu?"

Bai Tan didn't answer, his pupils shrunk a bit.

"Sect Leader." Suddenly, a woman's voice floated by.

He lifted his head and it was Gui Yu'er who elegantly entered, Mi Lansheng was shocked at the sight of her. He was stopped by the old Sa Man's wand just as he was about to pull Tu Luo Po Zhang Jue out, and Gui Yu'er kneeled down.

"Sect Master, Elder, Subordinate Su Guiyu is willing to repay her mistakes with merits and will do all that I can to bring Fu Lu's head back."

"Why are you here?!" Mi Lansheng gave her an aggrieved look, then turned to look at Bai Tan, "Why is Sect Leader Bai together with our traitor on the same s.h.i.+p?!"

Bai Tan took a step forward to s.h.i.+eld Gui Yu'er, "She and my sect's Tan Zhu Ji Du are old friends, so she is just here for a convenient ride. Whether you believe it or not, I* didn't know she was originally one of Sect Master's people. I* only know that she saved my* life once, so if Sect Master Mi wants to bring trouble to her, you will have to get past me* first."

"Sect Leader…" Upon hearing this, Gui Yu'er was both overjoyed and worried. Overjoyed that her nephew, who seemed to lack a heart, would stand up for an aunt he hadn't known for very long yet, and worried because he didn't have a lack of heart.

To have such a naive nature, showing obvious love and hate, then also letting his power out without any restraints against anyone. Who knows how much trouble he would bring in the future.

"You…!" Mi Lansheng's face was livid.

"Ai, why make such a big fuss over this?" The old shaman shook his wand and an invisible, cold air barrier sprang up between the two, blocking them for a moment and then with a "kacha" sound, a crack split open within the thick deck floor.

Bai Tan lowered his head to look and saw that within the crack, it was full of ice pieces and right then, he was afraid, finally realizing there will always be one stronger than another in this world. That Mi Lansheng wasn't very powerful, but the old man in front of his eyes was one with skills out of this world. In just one little action, he could feel the neili within the odd coldness, it was a rare one within the world.

But he didn't know why, when he fought with Mi Lansheng earlier, the old shaman hadn't attacked. If he were to have interrupted, then Bai Tan most likely wouldn't have had a chance of winning and yet he'd only acted as a bystander. It was probably so that he could leave room to negotiate with him.

He took one step backward and changed his pridefully arrogant att.i.tude and cupped a fist in his other hand, "Yes, Senior…my apologies."

Mi Lansheng's face finally started to calm down, slowly, and he hmphed lowly and thought inside, this little evildoer sure knows how to follow the flow.

The old shaman nodded slightly then went on, "Sect Leader Bai is determined to protect Su Guiyu, so of course, my old self and the Sect Master won't go against you. But in the end, Su Guiyu is still our sect's traitor, so originally, she would've had to receive the punishment of her eyes being cut, even if she is willing to pay for her crime, her actions will have to be monitored by the Sect Master. If Sect Leader Bai would be willing to ally with us against Fu Lu, don't know if you'd let our sect's members sail on the s.h.i.+p as well? This way, it'll also be convenient to help protect each other and the s.h.i.+p."

Li Wuzhang's face showed hesitance, "Sect leader, this…I'm afraid this might not be too convenient?"

Bai Tan waved his hand, signing for him to be silent, "Since we've already come this far in the conversation, if this inferior still doesn't agree, then it'll be inexcusable." As he spoke, he scanned the second floor of the s.h.i.+p, "But, a heart of cautiousness can't disappear. If many of your people are on the s.h.i.+p, then this inferior here won't be able to sleep in peace. So, this inferior can only agree to take on both the elder and Sect Master Mi."

Mi Lansheng's mouth twitched, "Sect Leader Bai sure is a straightforward one. No problem, I will order all the others to go by land."

Bai Tan nodded, then ordered for the rakshasas to go prepare for dinner before leading the two up to the second floor by himself.

That night, many people with their own, different thoughts were now all "riding in the same boat" because of the same goal.

Yet they didn't know, such scenes and sights were already taken in by a person who hid by a river sh.o.r.e far away.

That night, Bai Tan really wasn't able to sleep in peace.

He tossed and turned, having difficulty falling asleep, his brain was full of the words that the old shaman had spoken in the day.

That Xu Mi You Valley, that icy pond, when had he ever gone there with the old demon?

If his words were true, then why does he have no memories of it?

Listening to his tone, it seemed like the old demon had hidden some extremely important secret.

Have care for him? Have care for him? When did he ever have care for him?!

Seems like the old shaman didn't know anything behind the scenes!

He turned his body and opened his eyes, now he definitely couldn't fall asleep.

"Master, are you awake?"

Hearing a soft call within the darkness, Bai Tan looked towards the source of the sound and behind the curtain before his bed, he saw the figure that was dipped in the bathing tub. It was blurry, it seemed like there was a layer of fog there.

"Does master want to drink blood?"

"Mn…mn." Bai Tan replied softly, he felt a little thirst within his throat and he knew his blood addiction was acting up again.

With a watery, splas.h.i.+ng sound, the yao ren got up from the bathing tub and exposed his vigorous body. Bai Tan panicked in his heart and hid back under his blanket. Ever since the incident last night and hearing the yao ren spilling out his feelings, he had been quite uncomfortable around him. At first, he only thought of him as a yao ren, but now, not only did he know he was his lifesaver, but there was also a hint of ambiguity added. To do such thing as taking medicine from his body now was also not as easy as before.

"Master, do you want to drink blood?" The fresh, soft male voice rang by his ear.

Bai Tan gulped down a mouthful of saliva, then reached out a hand and opened a crack in the curtains.

Wu Yanfu looked inside through the crack, the young male's raven hair was down and he wore a crimson-colored robe[1]. A hint of water was in between his thinly, tightened lips and this embarra.s.sed act of his made it seem like he was a newly-wedded bride whose husband had just lifted her veil.

The scene was almost like a piece of art, with the indescribable ambiguity.

Wu Yanfu reached out a hand to open the curtain a bit more and suddenly, he wasn't the crippled yao ren anymore. Nor was he the powerful master of Wulin. He was just a groom who had married the delicate doll before his eyes, and the two of them would be together for the rest of their lives.

The young male's dark black eyes stayed open as his head drew near him, his lips touched the other's neck. The strength he used to bite open the other's skin was actually soft and as he sucked the blood, it wasn't as ferocious as before, he sucked, little by little, with full restraint.

Wu Yanfu was already used to him jumping on him like a hungry tiger jumping on its food, but now it felt like he was pecking him. Then a hand also placed itself softly on his shoulder and his light lashes would brush by his chin once in a while, inciting bits of ticklish feelings as if his bone marrow was being invaded.

The ticklish feeling lured him into stroking the young male's hair and he lowered his head and it seemed like he had kissed the other's soft cheek, yet not really. An impulse of pus.h.i.+ng him down onto the bed and bully him harshly was born in his heart, but Bai Tan had stopped after just a few sips. He turned around and snuck back under his blankets, exposing only one pinkish white ear.

"Master?"

Wu Yanfu called but didn't hear his reply, instead, his even breathing was heard, he was asleep now.

He touched the wound that wasn't too deep on his neck and the corner of his mouth unconsciously rose up, his sight landed on the deep teeth marks on the young male's ear lobe, he immediately took back the smile and bent down to get close to the young male's ear.

Bai Tan's mind wasn't clear now, he'd just felt a pain on his earlobe and it felt like the bite that person left one last time before his death, then it felt as if that person had finally caught his prey and was about to drag him down to h.e.l.l and torture him in a hundred ways. With this immense fear covering his heart, he almost couldn't breath as his thin long fingers squeezed the blanket tightly by instinct. He sleep-talked randomly, "s.h.i.+zun, don't come after me, don't come after me!"

His ear lobe was finally released, then he was grabbed by the back of the neck, like a cat.

The feeling was so realistic that Bai Tan shuddered, within the haziness, he could only feel the fingers behind his neck brus.h.i.+ng his long hair aside as a soft, thin pair of lips landed on the lobe of his ear; it followed his neckline as it was kissed repet.i.tively.

It was filled with extreme care and danger, it was like a knife blade stained with liquor. Half of it was ice, and half of it was fire.

He then tipped his feet and strolled along the knife blade, he was filled with trepidation and yet he was too immersed in the pleasure to stop. His heart jumped rapidly and even his breathing became rushed, when his blanket was flipped open, there was already a thin layer of sweat on his exposed back. There was a fair lighting in the night color and his shoulder blades tightened up immensely, like a b.u.t.terfly's thin and fragile wings.

Wu Yanfu only wanted to bend them within his palm.

If he wasn't by his side, then wouldn't he have already flown away and been sleeping in another person's embrace?

Thinking like that, it felt like hundreds of bugs were eating away at his heart.

If you're so scared of your s.h.i.+zun coming after you, then your s.h.i.+zun will stick to you until your death.

He squinted his eyes and knelt on the bed, his hand landed on the young male's alluring bone.

The thing below his palm twitched slightly and Wu Yanfu lifted his hand the slightest bit and stared as a small section of the delicate and beautiful spot protruded.

His alluring bone…actually moved, for "him?"

For a moment, his hand stayed there stiffly as his joints slowly turned white.

"Mn…" At the time, the disturbance on the alluring bone had woken Bai Tan up in shock. He reached a hand to touch his back and Wu Yanfu quickly took his own hand back. Bai Tan moved his body and saw the figure beside his bed and was greatly surprised. His eyes met the long, dull blue eyes behind those curtains and his alluring bone had an extreme movement.

Remembering what he had just dreamt about, he was basically crying with no tears.

It was none other than having intercourse with a person, to be pressed under him as the other claimed owners.h.i.+p over him by his own will. It seemed like he was the man in front of his eyes, but then he also seemed like the old demon. The two's figure and appearance actually fit together.

Bai Tan pulled his blanket up a bit as his knees also went up, his voice was also shaking now, "You, go away!"

"What is wrong with master?" That pair of blue eyes stared at him and didn't move at all.

An indescribable fear rose within Bai Tan and he felt like he became prey who was under the tight watch of a beast, surprised as his ankle, exposed outside of the blanket, was held tight by an icy-cold hand, making him shudder from the cold.

The figure outside the curtain leaned his body forward and trapped him under him, "Master, fell for Ah-Chi, right?"

The few words seemed like they had broken his teeth as they were forced out between the cracks of those teeth, it was almost like an interrogation. Their breaths within the dark mixed, as if they were weaving a web together, Bai Tan was stuck in his dream for a moment and the person in front of him suddenly looked so much like Wu Yanfu.

His heart suddenly jumped crazily, and he was in both panic and fright, he wanted to hide his whole self back under the blanket, but the person above him lowered their head and sealed his lips with force. His lips and teeth were pried open by the blade-like tongue and it swept across all his teeth gaps, it wrapped around the tip of his tongue and sucked on it, the other definitely seemed to have the upper hand in this situation.

Even though he had studied the Arts of Enchantment for many years, Bai Tan really was still a youth who had just started to understand love. There was no way for him to block such a dominant kissing style, his head was immediately spinning from the kiss. Wu Yanfu's hand traveled down the back of his neck and felt that the other's body was ridiculously soft, where did he look like a little wolf cub anymore? He was obviously a little fox demon who had just formed, and yet he wanted to run away from him. Thinking back to how he'd tried to seduce Mi Lansheng the day before, his kiss unconsciously deepened and bit until Bai Tan was bleeding.

Whatever, he should get all his skills back quickly and once he trained the alluring bone open, the little cub wouldn't be able to leave him, not even for a day.

Bai Tan was almost suffocating from the kiss and he turned his head away, wanting to hide. The entangled tongue finally let go, but a bunch of fierce kisses were then left on his neck. Making the sweet sweat run down all over him as his body shuddered lightly, he moaned rapidly, as if he was drowning.

Wu Yanfu held onto his soft shoulders and feelings surged within his heart: With this kind of pure and clean inexperienced appearance and he still wanted to learn "Tiannu Gouhun"? He was most likely going to be devoured by others in one bite and he would be so badly chewed up there wouldn't even be any leftover crumbs of his bones. His eyes followed the young male's thin, long neck down and seeing a little dot of slightly red, cornelian cherry looming under the robe, his eyes darkened more as his throat dried up, he couldn't help but lower his head…

As of now, the two people's figures were on the bed, one was on top of the other, hearing the held back cry-like moan, the person peeking on the side couldn't hold it anymore. Big bro, even if this is acting, do you have to be this intimate? As he thought of that, Lian Jiu curled his hand into a fist and went close to them, without a sound. Unexpectedly, the immense amount of killing-aura on him made "s.h.i.+yue" let out a shrill cry!

Bai Tan seemed to have suddenly woken up from a dream. When he saw a figure flash behind the yao ren and jump out the window, he immediately grabbed "s.h.i.+yue" and jumped down off his bed to quickly follow. But that person had jumped into the water and he disappeared right then and there. Right now, it was the season of spring and the river current was extremely fast, making the s.h.i.+p go faster as well. Bai Tan knew deep down, no matter how good his skill was under the water, he still wouldn't be able to find the person after he went in. This unwelcome guest was most likely the Yue Yin Palace person who attacked a few days ago.

He actually chased them all the way here.

Bai Tan stared at the surface of the water and his mind was still in a bit of a daze, his body swayed a bit. Suddenly, a wave exploded up from the water and a long snake or even a Python-looking shadow flew towards his face! He leaped back and at that moment was able to see that the shadow belonged to an eagle head rope, he suddenly felt a tightness around his ankle and he was dragged down into the water.

Wu Yanfu's pupils suddenly shrunk…that person who'd attacked Bai Tan, was actually…

He then pushed open the window with great force and jumped into the water.

Right now, Bai Tan was drowning in the riptide and his body was in a dead tie that he couldn't struggle out of in a moment, he ended up swallowing many mouthfuls of water. In the next moment, he was picked up from the water and landed on an island. The person who supported him had extremely good qinggong and in the blink of an eye, he had already taken him a few miles away from the water and he was actually using the "Wu Feng Nong Yue" technique.

Even without looking at his face, Bai Tan already knew who it was…it was the "Death Demon" of the Fu Tu Sect's four Hu Fas, who ran away on the day he went on a killing spree within the sect. He chuckled coldly, "Si You, even though you said you were so loyal towards the old demon. What, right after his death, you turned and went with those from the Yue Yin Palace?

That person turned his face and glared at him harshly. He was born with a pair of long willow leaf eyes and delicate and pretty features, but his lips were a blackish-purple color as many blood veins grew from his two pale cheeks down to the top of his neck. Giving him a l.u.s.trous appearance, "Fu Lu offered a reward upon bringing the head of you, little evildoer. He is giving out a Rengu Nian Bead[2] as the reward, so as long as I have the Rengu Nian Bead, I'll be able to bring the sect leader back to life. This is a good deal, why would this demon not go after it?"

As he finished, his hands moved as fast as lighting and sealed many major points on Bai Tan's body, then also covered his eyes.

Bai Tan couldn't see where he was going and could only hear the whistling sound of wind pa.s.sing by his ear. Later, he was thrown into a horse carriage and after riding a b.u.mpy road for a while, the surrounding sounds slowly increased.

His major points on his body had been sealed so he couldn't use any skills and neither did his four limbs have any strength.

He could only lower his head and use his kneecap to remove the cloth that blinded his eyes, then he looked outside.

Far away, he was able to see a huge land of oasis within the ocean of sand. Many river streams flew towards the huge lake in the center of the oasis, it looked like the sight of hundreds of river streams returning back to the ocean, it was magnificent. Cloudy gas floated above the lake and the mist was faintly discernible, there seemed to be a dragon-shaped island looming in the center of the lake. It was just like the mirage "Shen Lou" where it looks like they are only an illusion but yet actually real.

He immediately realized that place is Lop Nur. Also referred to as "Chang Pu Ocean[3]" by the people there, an island within the lake. This was the place where the Great a.s.sembly of Wu Lin of the Western Region had always been held ever since ancient times, it was also the end point of his journey this time…Zang Long Dao.

Once entering Zang Long Dao, that would mean one was already standing on a chessboard[4]. One would have as great number of enemies as there were clouds in the sky, dangers were hidden and waiting everywhere.

Originally, he'd had no fear of this at all, but now that he was alone and caught by someone else, he couldn't help but start to feel a bit nervous.

Translator: Crispyfry

Proofreader: Grumpykit

QC: Xiao

Xiao's Comments: When Wu Yanfu was thinking and imagining that he wasn't a yao ren or the leader of Wulin and just a man who married his wife…cries, so sweet! But man, Wu Yanfu is such a bully, always bullying Bai Tan, but I'm loving it. I can't wait until he bullies Bai Tan in bed~

Translator's Notes:

[1] Robe – 皁紗衫子, specifically, it describes a black silken, wide-sleeved top that women in ancient China wore.

[2] 骨念珠 - Rengu Nian Bead, literally means 'bone, thought, bead'

[3] 菖蒲海 – Chang Pu Ocean, literally means 'calamus ocean'

[4] 棋盤 – Chessboard, it could also be checkerboard.

本座 – I/my*, the use of "I" or "me" makes a reference to Bai Tan's position or suggest a high rank.