Scourge Messenger

Chapter 391 Peeping
When he saw Yan Qing open the door first, the pharmacist was taken aback.

She glanced around the empty hall to make sure no one else was coming out before asking, "Did you know I would come to see you?"

“Half and half. Half is because I’ve been keeping in touch with Bunny Girl. Although she told you to get some rest, I figured you definitely have a lot to discuss with me.” Yan Qing said, “You’re the kind of person who’s eager to review the game as soon as it’s over.”

"Where's the other half?"

"The other half is that I also want to see you." Yan Qing raised her hand, but then lowered it again: "This time... you've really gone through a lot of trouble."

"It's my duty, why say it's hard work? The one who really suffered is my sister; I was just helping out from the sidelines." The pharmacist shook his head and sighed, "It's a pity that even with such an opportunity, I still haven't been able to reach the master level and haven't achieved my goal."

"You don't need to worry about that. As I said before, you just need to fight the enemy at the front. Leave all the logistics to me," Yan Qing said with a smile. "I have my own ways of fattening you up."

The pharmacist frowned: "Am I fat?"

"This is just a decorative grammar point. I was talking about cultivation resources. What are you bringing up?" Yan Qing rolled her eyes at her, annoyed.

"Because you were peeking at me while you were talking." Yakushi glanced down at him.

The atmosphere froze instantly. Yan Qing thought to himself, no wonder visual novels say that when talking to girls, you should look them in the eye, because you have to wait for them to look away before you can look elsewhere. But Yan Qing didn't think it was his fault. First of all, he was a man; secondly, he could breathe; and finally, he was a first-person shooter expert who couldn't turn off aimbot.

"Don't peek anymore," the pharmacist said earnestly.

"Understood!" Yan Qing nodded emphatically. He would be more careful from now on and would never be discovered!
The two arrived at Yakushi En's room. Yakushi En turned his head to look at his blood-stained boots: "I'll go change my clothes first. I'm covered in blood. I'll be right back."

Although the defensive barrier could block the splashing blood, the messenger would still get blood on his hands if he stepped on it. Moreover, after ten hours of fierce fighting, the bloody smell in Chongming Cave had almost permeated the medicine master's senses.

Yan Qing sat down and picked up a picture book titled "The Legend of Yuanshi Daozun" to look at. Each page had eight panels, a very simple and efficient comic structure, but the character designs were quite exquisite. When there was a climax in the plot, there would even be a large double-page spread. Yan Qing even wanted to buy a set to collect.

His bookshelf was already filled with many books, all of which were rare treasures of this world. Although they had nothing to do with immortality or power, watching himself fill the bookshelf with his favorite works made Yan Qing feel that he had not wasted his life.

There were other sketchbooks on Yaoshi Yuan's desk. Yan Qing randomly picked one out and opened it. He found that the character designs inside were even more exquisite. Judging from the content, it seemed to be a cultivation story. First, a cold and aloof female sword immortal appeared, and the protagonist was even taken in as her disciple. Then, a villain from the Yin Yang Pavilion appeared. Yan Qing thought to himself that even if the worlds were different, the core of the story was similar. The following plot would definitely involve showing off and slapping faces, right?

Snapped!
Suddenly, the pharmacist rushed over and slammed the sketchbook onto the table, startling Yan Qing into a daze.

"...I haven't finished reading it yet." The pharmacist put the sketchbook into the drawer. "I'll show it to you later." "No rush," Yan Qing said. "I haven't even finished reading 'The Legend of the Primordial Daoist' yet. I heard there are fan fiction sequels like 'Peerless Heavenly Court,' 'Legend of the Dragon Lord,' and 'Ultimate Primordial'..."

He suddenly stopped talking because he had to use great willpower to control his eyes, afraid that he might break his promise.

The Yakushi-en who emerged from the inner room appeared to have simply changed into a set of casual clothes, but a closer look revealed a significant difference. As everyone knows, for ease of movement, she routinely wrapped her chest with bandages, which, while still providing a commanding view, at least prevented her from moving around unnecessarily during combat.

And now... when the pharmacist rushed over just now, he was very fast and his breathing was a little deep, so much so that Yan Qing could catch a faint glimpse of the rise and fall of his breath out of the corner of his eye.

Who would have thought? You, Pharmacist, who seemed to be focused on cultivation and indifferent to love and romance, have such a surprising side!
You're actually trying to entrap us!

So you're just waiting for my gaze to accidentally or deliberately linger on you, then you'll immediately stand on your moral high ground and condemn me, right?

Hmph, I will never let you find out!
"What do you think, should we try to persuade the Bodhisattva again?" The Medicine Master put away the sketchbook and regained his composure. He sat down on the edge of the bed and said, "I think she is actually willing to help us, you see?"

The pharmacist offered a jade pendant, a rare fourth-tier artifact called the "Qionghua Jade Pendant," which could effectively resist all negative states involving the soul. It was clearly intended to deal with Ying Le's "Heart of the Masses" and "Pillow of the Mortal World."

Master Suolong ultimately declined their invitation, but before parting, he lent the rare artifact, Yaoshiyuan, free of charge. Although it was called a loan, it was practically a gift, as they would likely not return if the mission failed.

“If my sister hadn’t made it sound so serious, she probably would have agreed,” Yaoshiyuan said. “After all, Zhou and Qi are enemies, and Ying Le is the youngest Foundation Establishment cultivator. Killing Ying Le on this occasion would undoubtedly eliminate a major threat to Zhou, even if it leads to a war in the Central Plains… Bodhisattva must be tempted.”

“She has many concerns as well,” Yan Qing said. “【Xianyou】 can only send her there, but cannot send her back immediately. She either has to wait for us near Nevernight for a day beforehand, or she has to stay in Qi for a day after we complete our mission. Either way, there are great risks for her.”

"This is a manageable risk." The pharmacist shook his head: "Between Foundation Establishment cultivators, it is always easy to win but difficult to decide life and death. It is only at the end of a chaotic world and the beginning of a new country that a sixth-level Grand True Person can lead a fifth-level or fourth-level Foundation Establishment cultivator to conquer the world and use numbers to overwhelm and hunt down Foundation Establishment cultivators. Bodhisattva is a fifth-level True Person. So what if she is discovered by the Foundation Establishment cultivators of Qi? It is not like she has to run away from Qi on her own. She only needs to deal with it for a day. It is easy for her."

“But this will inevitably expose her connection to our Thieves' Clan,” Yan Qing said. “We don’t care. First, we conceal our identities when we do missions. Second, even if our identities are exposed, no one can do anything to us if we hide in the Thieves' Clan. But Master Suolong is different. Even if she can abandon her country, she is ultimately someone who can only live in this world. Once our enemies—”

“She is our enemy, and in the future, we will just have another Qi Kingdom.” The Medicine Master interrupted him: “The Bodhisattva has far more enemies than we do.”

“That’s just now. As we continue to sail on the ship of the Thieves’ House, we will sail to higher waves and offend more people.” Yan Qing said slowly, “It’s not just the Thieves’ House. In the future, I will probably attract the covetousness of countless people. If someone finds out that I have any connection with her, it could be a disaster for her.”

(End of this chapter)