Chapter 13: (13) Making Poison

"Master, I want the medicinal herbs listed on this." After finishing breakfast, Leng Lingxue, who had once again immersed herself in the study, looked at the man beside her who had been watching her the whole time. She spoke, raising the paper in her hand and handing it to Ye Luoxuan. She truly didn't know what this man was thinking. Even if he treated her as prey, a disciple shouldn't be looked at like this, right?

Could it be that he really has pedophilic tendencies? Wasn't it said that the Ghost King of the Ghost Slaughter Hall was indifferent to both women and men? Could it be because...

Thinking along these lines, Leng Lingxue suddenly shivered, every hair on her body standing on end. It seemed she needed to stay away from this man.

"Shixuan." Ye Luoxuan glanced briefly at the medicinal herbs written on the paper, his voice cold as he called out. Shixuan, who had been waiting outside the study door, entered at the sound of Ye Luoxuan's voice. He took the paper from Ye Luoxuan's hand, and a look of deep puzzlement flashed across his eyes after a single glance.

Because the medicinal herbs written on it were all the most poisonous substances in the world.

"King."

"Take Miss to the pharmacy." Ye Luoxuan ordered.

"Yes." Shixuan responded respectfully. Leng Lingxue rose and followed behind Shixuan. Ye Luoxuan watched Leng Lingxue's figure disappear from sight, a strange light flashing through his eyes. Although he didn't know what effect these medicinal herbs would have when combined, he vaguely guessed Leng Lingxue's purpose in requesting them.

Because he had used them before... only, these herbs were even more virulently toxic.

But he couldn't stop Leng Lingxue, because Leng Lingxue and he were the same kind of people...

What exactly had she experienced? She was clearly only eight years old, yet why did her eyes always flash with a bloodthirsty light? Why did her gaze always hold the same proud solitude as his? That thinking so different from ordinary people, that aura of dominance and cold severity not the least bit inferior to his.

She was simply an enigma, an enigma he very much wanted to solve...

A smile curved Ye Luoxuan's lips as he tossed the thick stack of documents in his hand aside. On that stack of documents, three characters were clearly written—Leng Lingxue.

Following Shixuan to the vast pharmacy, Leng Lingxue couldn't help but click her tongue at the sight of the medicinal herbs before her. The variety here was simply exhaustive. What made Leng Lingxue most fortunate was that the writing and language here were almost identical to those on Earth from her previous life, saving her from having to relearn everything from scratch. Even more fortunate was that the medicinal herbs recorded here were all the same as on Earth. This saved her considerable effort—at least she didn't have to cross-reference each herb with her previous life's knowledge and then write down their names here.

"You may leave now." Leng Lingxue surveyed the herbs before her, her icy words ringing out slowly. Shixuan, who had originally wanted to stay and watch what Leng Lingxue would do, merely hesitated for a moment before being struck by Leng Lingxue's sharp, bone-chilling gaze. His body instantly stiffened.

His qi and blood churned ceaselessly in his chest. Such pressure—he had only ever experienced it from Ye Luoxuan. But now...

"Yes." Shixuan discovered he could not defy Leng Lingxue's command. He quickly cupped his hands in salute, turned, and left the pharmacy.

Watching the pharmacy's heavy doors slowly close, Leng Lingxue finally withdrew her gaze. Meanwhile, Shixuan, standing at the pharmacy entrance, sensing the disappearance of that freezing gaze behind him, was astonished to find his clothes soaked through. That suffocating sensation just now had truly left him with lingering fear.

He seemed to now understand somewhat why the King treated Leng Lingxue so differently...

Only Leng Lingxue remained in the vast pharmacy. She glanced around at the surrounding herbs, then rapidly threw one virulently toxic substance after another into the bathing tub. In the steaming tub, the originally crystal-clear water instantly turned a deep ink-green, emitting a profound, eerie glow under the sunlight.

This water was lethally poisonous...