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Chapter 174 Knowing

“…Try it.”

Wang Ji looked at the bowl of black, steaming medicine in front of him. The edge of the medicine had a strange green tint, and the smell was bitter and astringent, which was not good just by smelling it.

"Can I ask what's in it?" Wang Ji hesitated for the first time. He looked at the medicine that the emperor pushed in front of him and raised his eyes to look at her.

"Hmm...some tonic." And a drop of Yumian.

Nangong Huaxue looked at Wang Ji.

When she came back last night, Wang Ji had already left, so she studied the prescription on her own. Her adoptive parents in her previous life had taught her so much about herbs, and she had traveled all over the world with Xiao for so many years, so she still knew how to regulate qi and blood.

But yesterday, she read the instructions Qing Yi wrote for her about the use of Yumian, which mentioned that because of its strong nature, it can be used to cleanse the tendons and veins. If there are still Gu worms in his body, it is just right to clean the Gu in the tendons and veins, and it will not have any synergistic antagonistic effect with other drugs. So she added this drop.

She had made a bowl of it last night to try, but the effect was so strong that she couldn't sleep in the middle of the night and sat up to practice all night.

Thinking of this, Nangong Huaxue yawned and continued to stare at Wang Ji.

Finally, under his gaze, Wang Ji picked up the bowl and leaned in to smell it.

"Your Majesty...are you sure everything is alright?"

For some reason, she felt that there was something profound in the way Wang Ji looked at her.

"Sure." Nangong Huaxue nodded, looking at him with sparkling eyes, as if she couldn't wait to let him drink it.

Although it was her first time prescribing medicine for someone, she had tried it before, so it should be... okay, right?

Wang Ji looked at her, his dark eyes were like an abyss, without a single ray of light.

Wang Ji smiled, but Nangong Huaxue felt that he seemed a little disappointed and self-deprecating.

What's wrong with him?

Nangong Huaxue frowned, somewhat puzzled.

But then Wang Ji drank the medicine and showed her that there was nothing left at the bottom of the bowl.

"How is it?" Wang Ji looked at her with a smile.

How about what?

Nangong Huaxue didn't understand what he meant. Just as she was about to speak, he pinched her chin and blocked her mouth.

The bitter and astringent taste immediately entered my mouth. Even though I had drunk a cup of it last night, I couldn't help but frown when the taste hit me.

The approaching teeth bit her lips, causing a slight pain. She opened her lips slightly, but before she could do anything, he took advantage of the opportunity.

The long tongue forcefully pried open the slightly open pearly teeth, and a faint bitterness rolled over the entire mouth. The saliva increased uncontrollably, and for a moment, he was a little out of control.

The atmosphere suddenly became tense. Nangong Huaxue wanted to stop at that, but Wang Ji grabbed her head and not only did not let her move back, he forced her to move forward.

As time passed, their breathing became increasingly tight. Nangong Huaxue had never had such an exciting experience before. In the past, the two of them had only tried it briefly, and had never been entangled like today.

Nangong Huaxue couldn't help but curl up her fingers and clenched the collar of Wang Ji's clothes. The crisis of lack of oxygen gradually loomed over her. She began to push and struggle to breathe in a breath of fresh air.

Finally, he opened a gap, took a deep breath, and was kissed again. He repeated this several times before he finally let her go.

Nangong Huaxue's body softened and she almost fell to the ground. Wang Ji had anticipated this and pulled her into his arms, staring at her moist and red lips, his eyes becoming darker.

Nangong Huaxue panted slightly and looked at him puzzledly.

Perhaps it was because of the brief lack of oxygen before, a flash of inspiration suddenly occurred to Nangong Huaxue's mind when he was breathing fresh air, and he remembered Yu Qingling's words in the flash of inspiration.

"If it is given to a person with intact tendons and veins, their tendons and veins will be broken inch by inch, and their bones and muscles will be corroded like a nest..."

Nangong Huaxue covered his forehead and figured it out.

Wang Ji had just told her that Yu Qingling had also come to see him. If she told him about this, then the fact that he had added Yumian to Wang Ji's medicine today...

Nangong Huaxue closed her eyes in pain.

Will Wang Ji think she is vicious and stupid?

Nangong Huaxue reached out and grasped Wang Ji's wrist, wanting to check his Qi, but was stopped again.

"What? Your Majesty, do you want to verify it?" Wang Ji chuckled, and held her wrist with his backhand. His breath sprinkled on her face, and he leaned close to her ambiguously, but the words he spoke were cold.

how to say……

Nangong Huaxue was a little impressed by his mental strength. If she had encountered this, she would have slapped him and asked why without knowing the reason, but he could still smile as if nothing had happened, and even drank it with a normal expression.

Nangong Huaxue looked up at him, and as expected, saw the cold light flashing in his eyes. He was silent for a moment, lowered his head and rubbed his face half in pain, then stretched out his claws again in an attempt to check his tendons and veins.

Unexpectedly, Wang Ji did not stop her this time. Instead, he spread out his hands and let her inject the Qi into her body and let it circulate around her body.

The strange thing was that, just like yesterday, the Qi was swallowed up as soon as it entered, and Nangong Huaxue had to continuously inject Qi into it to keep it circulating and exploring in his body.

After turning around, Nangong Huaxue felt more and more strange.

Wang Ji's veins were like a country road in the dark night. She couldn't estimate how wide it was. When it moved through his body, she felt like holding a candle with a faint light, walking on a country road in the pitch-black night where she couldn't see what was on either side of the road or how wide it was.

How is this going?

Why is his pulse so strange?

Nangong Huaxue looked up at him in confusion: "You..."

"Your Majesty, are you disappointed?" Wang Ji lowered his head and looked into Nangong Huaxue's confused eyes. His eyes became deeper and deeper. "Didn't you get the result you wanted?"

"I'm not disappointed." Nangong Huaxue told the truth, "What's wrong with your tendons and veins? Why can't I find out whether they are strong or weak?"

"Of course it's because I don't want anyone to find out the truth." Wang Ji's tone seemed to become sharper, and his voice became a little colder.

Upon seeing this, Nangong Huaxue said "Oh" honestly and lowered her head.

Can it still be like this?

Nangong Huaxue held his own pulse in confusion.

"Then how did you do it?" Nangong Huaxue asked him.

Wang Ji smiled and didn't answer.

Come to think of it, how could I tell her such a secret casually?

Nangong Huaxue looked away, thought for a moment, and decided to ask the question: "Do you know that I put Yumian in there?"

"What do you think, Your Majesty?" Wang Ji lowered his eyes and looked at her, his face showing no emotion.

You know the answer as soon as you hear it.

Nangong Huaxue was helpless: "I don't have that intention."

"Yes, Your Majesty, I believe that it is not the case." Wang Ji nodded cooperatively. His affectionate eyes almost made Nangong Huaxue believe his lies.

……

Nangong Huaxue rubbed his eyebrows helplessly.

……

"How could I?" Xu Junyi frowned and looked aggrieved, "I'm just asking for your advice humbly."

Although he said that, he couldn't hide the smile in his eyes.

Qin Jichen was helpless and turned around to explain to Qin Xiao: "He is just like this..."

Qin Xiao responded without any change on his face, and didn't care about Xu Junyi's teasing words.

"It's getting late, let's go have a meal." Xu Junyi patted Qin Jichen on the shoulder and said with a big smile, "It just so happens that I have a game this afternoon, I'll go and play, you can use this place as you like."

Qin Xiao looked at the venue. There were already Qi cultivators with relevant attributes slowly restoring it.

"Thank you very much." Qin Jichen thanked him.

"Hey, no need to talk about this." Xu Junyi waved his hand and put his arm around Xu Qingyun's shoulders again, "Let's go, Xu Qingyun."

"You have no respect for your elders." Xu Qingyun flicked his finger at him and said unhappily.

"You were only born half an hour earlier than me." Xu Junyi curled his lips and said unwillingly.

"Then you should earn back the extra half hour." Xu Qingyun rarely smiled - but it was a little sarcastic. "If you can't earn it back, just call me brother honestly."

Xu Junyi snorted, turned around and greeted Qin Jichen.

Qin Jichen looked at him helplessly and smiled.

"I heard that you were born with evil attributes?" At the dinner table, Xu Junyi asked Mo Hanyu, obviously very interested in him.

"Ah... yes." Mo Hanyu didn't know what he wanted to do. He looked at his bright eyes and paused.

"Didn't that guy Mo Hanshang say anything?" Xu Junyi smiled playfully as if he had thought of something.

"Jun Yi." Xu Qingyun frowned slightly, obviously not wanting him to say this.

"…I did say something." Mo Hanyu paused, his expression normal, and he smiled at him.

Although Qin Xiao didn't understand what they were talking about, he could still sense something strange in the atmosphere.

Feeling Qin Xiao's inquiring gaze, Mo Hanyu glanced at him and said softly, "I'll tell you later."

Qin Xiao withdrew his gaze.

In fact, he didn't really want to know.

Just a little curious.

Qin Xiao lowered his head and continued to eat his food.

Xu Junyi brought them to a hot pot restaurant that did good business. Slices of meat from various monsters were neatly placed on clean white plates, with bright colors.

"By the way, what are your attributes?" Xu Junyi thought of something and asked curiously.

"I'm Bing." Mo Hanyu looked at him, then at Qin Xiao, "He is Lei."

"Thunder?" Xu Junyi raised his eyebrows in surprise. "It's about the same as mine. How's your training going?"

"My brother hasn't undergone proper training yet." Qin Jichen took the initiative to speak, "He left home right after he awakened, and just came back recently, so he doesn't have any decent skills..."

Qin Jichen seemed to feel a little uncomfortable as he spoke, and turned to Qin Xiao and asked, "Are you really okay?"

"...Sure." Qin Xiao closed his eyes, somewhat helplessly, "I created some of my own."

"Oh? What self-created martial arts?" Xu Junyi became interested. "You have also seen me and Bai Shuheng fight, so you should know that we have some similarities. We should have a lot of topics to talk about."

Qin Xiao didn't know what was going on and just said "hmm".

Seeing that he didn't understand, Xu Junyi said "oops" again: "I mean we can spar with each other so that I can see your self-created skills. As Qin Jichen's younger brother, your talent should be similar to your brother's, right?"

"Don't tie my brother to me." Qin Jichen had no choice but to interrupt his fantasy, "I am me, and my brother is my brother. My talent has nothing to do with him."

Just as Xu Junyi was about to say something, Xu Qingyun knocked him on the head: "Be quiet, even eating can't stop you from talking."

Xu Qingyun glanced at Xu Junyi who was still somewhat unconvinced, shook his head helplessly, and turned to look at the taciturn Qin Xiao opposite him.

Qin Xiao felt the gazes coming from the opposite side, but he didn't care much and continued to do his own thing.

Mo Hanyu looked at him and put the shrimp he had just peeled on his plate.

Qin Xiao accepted his feeding with peace of mind.

Mo Hanyu watched Qin Xiao swallow the food, a gentle smile in his eyes.

Xu Qingyun's eyes flickered between the two of them. Xu Junyi noticed and thought he was envious, so he turned around and picked up some food for him: "Brother, this is for you."

Xu Qingyun was stunned. He looked at the plate that was instantly filled with meat and vegetables, then looked at Xu Junyi who looked smug, and twitched his lips.

I don’t know what this silly boy is thinking.

Xu Qingyun shook his head, and suddenly asked Qin Jichen casually, "Do you know that Qin Jinyi is in love with Mo Hanshang?"

"What?!!"

Before Qin Jichen could answer, Xu Junyi got furious and stared at Xu Qingyun in disbelief.

"Why such a big reaction?" Xu Qingyun scolded.

"No, no..." Xu Junyi wiped his mouth in shock and looked at Qin Jichen, "Did your brother really date that bastard Mo Hanshang? Why didn't you stop him?"

"...How can I stop him?" Qin Jichen said unhappily, "He said that when I found out..."

"No matter what you say, you shouldn't--" Xu Junyi was about to say something, but suddenly noticed Mo Hanyu opposite him. He swallowed the words back and nudged Xu Qingyun next to him.

Mo Hanyu was indeed stunned. He only knew that Mo Hanshang had someone he liked, but he didn't know -

Mo Hanyu thought about it and looked at Qin Xiao, wanting to see his reaction, but saw that he still had an indifferent expression and didn't seem surprised.

After Qin Jichen finished speaking, he remembered the two children beside him. He thought it was not good to let these two children be exposed to these things. Just as he was about to turn around to explain, he heard Mo Hanyu speak.

"Do you know about this?" Mo Hanyu asked him.

"I know." Qin Xiao replied calmly.

Qin Jichen then remembered that Qin Jinyi and Mo Hanshang were able to succeed because of Qin Xiao's push, and as he was thinking about it, he grabbed his ear.

Qin Xiao was caught off guard: "Hey——"

Qin Xiao wanted to resist, but Qin Jichen was too strong and his pinch was too painful, so he could only obediently move towards him.

"I heard from Jinyi that you are involved in this?"

Qin Jichen's low voice sounded in his ears. Qin Xiao froze, he never thought that Qin Jinyi would bring this up with Qin Jichen.

"No." Qin Xiao looked at him seriously and said righteously, "Who told you that? It's a fabricated story."

Although he heard what he said, Qin Jichen still narrowed his eyes and revealed an expression that said, "Just keep pretending."

Although he didn't believe Qin Xiao's lies, Qin Jichen didn't dwell on this topic for too long. After saying "Go back and wait", he let go of his hand and sat up straight.

Qin Xiao rubbed his ears and curled his lips.

Seeing him like this, Mo Hanyu couldn't help but laugh.

Qin Xiao looked over. Mo Hanyu not only did not restrain himself, but also looked a little gloating.

Qin Xiao: ...

Xu Junyi seemed to want to persuade him to say something, but considering that Mo Hanyu was still present, he was embarrassed to say too many bad things about his brother. He held it in until the end and said "tsk" a few times regretfully.

When Mo Hanyu heard the news, he didn't react much. He was just a little surprised and worried that Qin Xiao would reject Mo Hanshang. But when he saw that Qin Xiao had no such tendency at all, he felt relieved and didn't say anything more.