Chapter 89
Chapter 89
Ximen Wuming paid no attention to anyone. He simply wolfed down the pill, then immediately sat cross-legged on the ground and began circulating his qi to regulate his breathing.
Everyone watched him nervously.
About fifteen minutes later, two streams of blood suddenly trickled from Ximen Wuming’s tightly shut eyes.
Immediately after, blood began flowing from his nostrils, the corners of his mouth, and his ears as well!
“Look! He’s bleeding from all seven orifices!”
“That’s what happens when someone eats Ghost Infant Grass! He’s dead for sure!”
Xiao Mei instantly glared at Ye Piaoling and shouted, “Ye Piaoling, you poisoned the physician of the clinic in front of everyone! That is a capital crime!”
The word “crime” had barely left her mouth.
Ximen Wuming suddenly let out a long howl, and a red glow burst from his entire body like a raging blaze!
Everyone’s eyes widened in shock.
“Heavens! What’s happening to him?”
“It looks like he’s on fire!”
Yet in the blink of an eye, that fiery radiance scattered and faded.
A young man with a face as fair as polished jade and jet-black hair rose from the ashes.
“What… is this???”
Everyone was dumbstruck.
Ximen Wuming touched his smooth skin, then suddenly hugged Ye Piaoling and burst into tears. “Boss, I really turned back into my twenty-eight-year-old self!”
“…”
Ximen Wuming sobbed so hard he could barely speak. “Boss, I thought I’d never be able to go back in this lifetime… But you actually refined the legendary Youth Restoration Pill and neutralized the toxins in my body, making me a hundred years younger!”
The disciples were all stunned.
A centenarian had turned into a young man just like that!!
So what Ye Piaoling had refined wasn’t poison, but a miraculous pill that could restore youth?
An older-looking senior sister immediately had light shining in her eyes. “Junior Sister Ye, if someone takes that pill of yours, they can become younger?”
Ye Piaoling nodded. “That’s right. Excessive aging of the human body is often caused by accumulated toxins. This pill uses poison to fight poison and can neutralize the toxins inside the body.”
After a pause, she continued, “However, the dosage of Ghost Infant Grass in this pill is far too high at the moment. It is only suitable for someone with a special constitution like Ximen Wuming. If an ordinary person takes it, adding only a trace amount of Ghost Infant Grass is enough to achieve the effect of nourishing the body and restoring one’s complexion.”
At that, everyone grew tempted.
That senior sister immediately said, “Can you refine one for me too?”
“I want one as well!”
“Me too!”
For such a miraculous pill, even if they had no use for it right now, they could keep it for later or give it to their elders!
Xiao Mei shrieked, “Have you all forgotten that Ghost Infant Grass is extremely poisonous and a banned item in Dali?”
Ye Piaoling said, “I heard the Duke’s Mansion just seized a batch of Ghost Infant Grass. Senior Sister Xiao Mei should know that this stuff can’t be bought just because you have money. Someone deliberately switched my Heavenly Infant Grass for Ghost Infant Grass, so I simply made use of it.”
When the disciples heard this, they exchanged glances.
Since only the Duke’s Mansion had Ghost Infant Grass right now, it was most likely Xiao Mei who had wanted to frame Ye Piaoling…
Xiao Mei’s face went pale. “Stop dragging random things into this! The Ghost Infant Grass was in your pill. What does that have to do with me?”
“Enough. Stop arguing!”
Gu Liuxian said sternly, “Since this pill is not poisonous, and there is no way to prove who brought the Ghost Infant Grass in, today’s matter ends here!”
With that, he flung his sleeve and left in a huff.
This batch of disciples was truly beyond saving, stirring up such trouble…
And that wretched disciple of his too. If she discovered Ghost Infant Grass, she should have turned it in immediately. But no, she had secretly used it to refine pills instead. How was she so good at causing trouble?
After returning to his quiet room, Gu Liuxian was still seething with anger.
A figure appeared stealthily.
“Grandpa, there’s something I want to ask you for help with.”
Gu Liuxian was so furious his head ached. He pointed at her with a trembling finger and said, “I’ve already protected you, and you still want more? Do you know that if today’s matter were investigated to the end, you would not escape responsibility?”
Ye Piaoling chuckled. “There’s no way to keep today’s incident under wraps. Someone will definitely report me.”
Gu Liuxian asked, “Then what do you want to do?”
Ye Piaoling smiled. “Although Ghost Infant Grass is poisonous, as long as it’s used properly, it can be turned from poison into treasure. I heard that the batch of Ghost Infant Grass the Duke’s Mansion just seized is going to be destroyed according to the law. What a waste of a heavenly gift…”
“Grandpa, could you memorialize the court about today’s incident and apply to have that batch of Ghost Infant Grass handed over to this disciple for disposal? That way, we can put it to proper use.”
-A Youth Restoration Pill made from Ghost Infant Grass would definitely make a fortune!
When Gu Liuxian heard this, his face pulled into a reluctant frown as he sank into thought.
Ghost Infant Grass was, after all, an exceptionally rare spiritual herb. If it could be put to proper use, that would be one thing.
But Dali’s laws were not so easily overturned.
Seeing his hesitation, Ye Piaoling smiled and said, “Grandpa, if you can help me get this done, then in return, I’ll help you win the Ancestral Grandmistress back!”
“Enough nonsense!” Gu Liuxian snapped at once.
“You have to believe in me. Senior relationship expert, online and ready to resolve your marital crisis and help you repair your bond!”
“…”
“Grandpa, just imagine it. You and the one you love could eat together every day, sleep together every night. Nothing is more beautiful than love in the twilight years-warm, peaceful, unhurried… Are you really telling me you don’t want that kind of life?”
“…”
Gu Liuxian seemed to waver.
After holding it in for a long while, he asked uncertainly, “You have a way?”
“Of course!” Ye Piaoling said with a smile. “I guarantee she’ll make up with you!”
Gu Liuxian held back for another moment before finally saying,
“Then… then why don’t you go give it a try?”
Ye Piaoling burst out laughing. “Leave it to me!”
“But Grandpa, you have to tell me first. What was the misunderstanding between you two back then? Why did she call you a scumbag?”
Gu Liuxian sighed and said, “Back then, Ali and I were newly married. On the road, I rescued a woman who was being bullied by a local tyrant. Who could have known that woman would secretly follow me home? Just as I was about to enter the door, she threw herself at me and hugged me, saying she wanted to repay me with her body… I couldn’t break free in time, and in that one brief instant, Ali saw us.”
“Ali wouldn’t listen to my explanation at all. After crying and making a scene, she left home. I thought she was just throwing a tantrum. I never imagined that once she left, she would never come back…”
“I panicked and searched for her everywhere. It wasn’t until a dozen years ago that I finally found her… Both our hair had turned white by then. I don’t know how she lived all those years, and she refuses to tell me anything.”
“I thought that no matter how old we were, since we’d reunited, we should be together. But she… she just won’t accept me!”
As Gu Liuxian spoke, his eyes actually reddened.
He looked utterly wronged, pitiful, and helpless.
Ye Piaoling listened in astonishment.
Just one misunderstanding had been enough to make the Ancestral Grandmistress leave so decisively?
She had a vague feeling that things were not that simple…
There had to be something else going on!
“Grandpa, don’t be sad,” Ye Piaoling comforted Gu Liuxian. “Just go handle the matter of the Ghost Infant Grass with peace of mind. Leave the Ancestral Grandmistress to me!”
That night.
Ye Piaoling dressed herself up a little, then headed to the deep alley where Granny Li lived.
She sat down by the door and began to bawl.
Hearing the sobs, Granny Li opened the door curiously, only to see a young girl sitting at her doorstep crying, looking utterly heartbroken.
Granny Li quickly helped her up and asked with concern, “Miss, what happened to you?”
Ye Piaoling said, “I fought with my husband. Boo-hoo, boo-hoo!”
“Oh my, you poor thing!” Granny Li hurriedly said. “Come in, come sit down!”
Granny Li led Ye Piaoling into the house and poured her a cup of hot tea.
Ye Piaoling accepted the tea with a sob. “Thank you!”
Granny Li said, “You don’t look very old. You must not have been married for long, right? Why did you fight?”
Ye Piaoling said, “He won’t let me get into bed whenever I want!”
Granny Li said, “…?”
Ye Piaoling clenched her fists and gritted her teeth. “Every time I want to get into bed, he asks me for money, and not a small amount either… Pity me, a weak woman-where am I supposed to get so much money? If I don’t pay, he won’t let me on!”
Granny Li said, “Ah?”
This…
Granny Li was stunned.
How could there be such a man in this world?
His wife wanted to get into bed, and she had to pay for it?!
As unbelievable as it was, the grief and indignation on the girl’s face clearly weren’t an act.
Granny Li froze for a long while before she finally couldn’t help asking curiously,
“Your husband… what line of work was he in before?”
Surely he hadn’t come from that sort of place and developed some kind of occupational habit?