Chapter 9: There is a Traitor in the Divine Medicine Workshop

With no outsiders around, Ghost Doctor immediately reverted to his undignified, unruly manner.

After a night of tossing and turning, he was already famished. He simply picked up his chopsticks and began stuffing his favorite dishes into his mouth.

"Enough, enough. Confess yourself. You know what I want to understand," he asked while paying tribute to his five internal organs.

Jun Liuyi lifted her chopsticks, picked up a chicken leg for Ghost Doctor, and then replied, "Didn't Master already have the answer when you saw Chunliu?"

Regarding why she pretended to have lost half of her memories, it was actually because Chunliu and Xiahe were still by her side; if she had forgotten everything, she wouldn't be able to be overly intimate with them.

From the moment the prophecies began, leading to the destruction of her country and family, and from the moment the War Wolf Alliance began their pursuit, some people around her chose betrayal, some chose to leave, yet even more people had died, been injured, or gone missing while trying to protect her...

The bond formed through mutual aid in times of hardship is the most indestructible, and for her, it was the most precious emotion in this world.

Therefore, it was absolutely impossible for her to let the three of them, who relied on each other for survival, be separated.

However, she had been used too many times, so she naturally would not lower her guard just because the other party had saved her.

No one knew whether the person who saved her was a friend or an enemy, much less for what purpose they had saved her!

Thus, when she woke up and learned that Chunliu and Xiahe were safe and sound, a plan surfaced in her mind. She had no way of ensuring whether she would intermittently blurt out the deepest things in her memory while in a coma.

However, if the other party intentionally wanted to obtain that secret from her, they would inevitably need an excuse to keep her around. But if the other party truly saved her out of pure intention, it wouldn't pose much of an obstacle to them.

And if it were the former, a version of her with her memories intact would naturally cause them to be more wary and calculating. But conversely, if she lacked certain memories, they could feel at ease after observing her for a period of time.

As Jun Liuyi scooped a bowl of soup for her Master, she spoke slowly, "Master may not know, but if it weren't absolutely necessary, Liuyi would not have returned to the Divine Medicine Workshop before being unable to protect herself."

Her words caused Ghost Doctor's hand, holding his chopsticks, to pause slightly.

"Why?"

"If... it weren't for a traitor in the Divine Medicine Workshop, I wouldn't have been pursued to this extent," Jun Liuyi said hesitantly.

The man who had been feasting was now moving slower and slower. His gaze darkened as he said, "Go on, keep talking!"

Setting down her chopsticks, Jun Liuyi lowered her eyes and let out a long sigh through her nose.

"At that time, I fled to the Divine Medicine Workshop, thinking I could rest easy, only to be betrayed. That resulted in me being slashed several times and struck by the Blazing Flame Powder. Although my martial cultivation is not top-tier, I can boast that my lightness skills for escaping are unmatched by many."

As she reminisced about the past, her gaze gradually turned cold.

"Not many people knew I was at the Divine Medicine Workshop, but it wasn't a tiny number either. And among those in the Divine Medicine Workshop, how many would know to use such a domineering medicine like Blazing Flame Powder to make me unable to resist?" Jun Liuyi looked up at Ghost Doctor.

Hearing this, Yao Ze also set down his chopsticks, his expression becoming increasingly solemn.

"I remember that at that time, you went to the Heavenly Medicine Workshop under your Eldest Senior Brother's jurisdiction," Yao Ze frowned. He had not taken many disciples in his life; besides Jun Liuyi, there were only four direct disciples. These four disciples managed all the affairs of the Divine Medicine Workshop, and because of this, he had divided the workshop into the Heaven, Earth, Black, and Yellow Workshops.

These four disciples were all extremely gifted and respected one another. Aside from their extreme love for pharmacology, what was even more unusually consistent was their extraordinary doting on this sole Junior Sister.

Had it not been for this, Liuyi, fleeing from national disaster, would not have gone to the Divine Medicine Workshop for refuge so without hesitation. It was just that...

To face such betrayal in the place she trusted most—how could she bear it? Moreover, she and her Eldest Senior Brother, Zhuge Longqi, were childhood sweethearts, and their bond was stronger than that with the other three.

It was no wonder that after being rescued by the Spirit Control Sect, she chose to use feigned amnesia as a cover to stay in the Spirit Control Sect as a Saintess, without revealing a single word to the Divine Medicine Workshop.

He had long heard that the Saintess of the Spirit Control Sect was a disciple of Ghost Doctor, but he hadn't paid much attention. After all, he had taught countless disciples, but he had only provided slight guidance to most; only five had truly been his personal disciples. Yet in this martial world, there were so many who claimed to be disciples of Ghost Doctor that he hadn't bothered to check.

He hadn't expected...

Seeing her Master's silence, Jun Liuyi then said slowly, "The one Liuyi suspects is not my Eldest Senior Brother."

However, her words did not cause even the slightest relaxation in Ghost Doctor's brow.

"To act in such a manner, it must be a traitor of the Divine Medicine Workshop, and this person must be deeply embedded; otherwise, they wouldn't know that Blazing Flame Powder could deal with you."

Yao Ze narrowed his eyes slightly. "Your constitution is unique; you fear nothing, yet you specifically cannot touch Blazing Flame Powder. Once blood seeps from a wound and touches it, it causes your internal energy to become chaotic, making it impossible to use lightness skills. The number of people who know this within the entire Divine Medicine Workshop does not exceed twenty."

Nodding in agreement, Jun Liuyi also said with a heavy expression, "It is precisely because of this that I dared not show my face. Just looking at how this person was able to contact the War Wolf Alliance in such a short time—that single point alone forces me to worry."

Over the past two years, she had endured because the timing was not right. Before she could guarantee her own safety and unmask this person, staying in the Spirit Control Sect was the best choice.

Regarding his beloved disciple's choice, Yao Ze nodded in understanding.

However, he was still somewhat puzzled about the price paid by Shangguan Keng for the rescue. "Was your injury truly healed by Shangguan Keng?"

"Yes!" Jun Liuyi nodded, a hint of confusion in her eyes. "The Sect Leader indeed went to great lengths to save me, but even I didn't expect him to save me so desperately. It's just..."

"Just what?" Seeing her brows knit, Ghost Doctor grew somewhat anxious.

"I don't know if he knew my mother. In my daze, the thing he muttered most was that I must not suffer even the slightest accident. There was a name he was faintly murmuring, something with the word 'Xiao' in it. But I was unconscious then, so I couldn't be sure. It's just that among those close to me, besides my mother, no one has a name with that character."

A flash of surprise crossed Ghost Doctor's eyes, and he then said, "Even an old friend wouldn't go so crazy to save someone. It seems he is another devoted soul."

"Master?" Jun Liuyi looked at Ghost Doctor in confusion.

"Very well, there is no harm in you knowing some things," Yao Ze said, stroking his beard. "Your mother lived a life of melancholy for the sake of only one man, yet in her life, there were three men who became obsessed and driven mad for her."

With a sigh, Ghost Doctor continued, "Few people know of her past, but what I know is that your father was not her true love. Therefore, if what you say is true, then the Sect Leader of the Spirit Control Sect is very likely one of the other two."

Hearing this news, Jun Liuyi's eyes were filled with utter disbelief.