Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales
Translated by XephiZ
Edited by Aelryinth
“The others are all dead, but you two are fine!” Gu Ying remained biased against Lu Zhuo.
“Gu Ying, I used to be your old captain. When did you see not obeying the protocols of the Hunters? It’s not as simple as you think. I barely escaped too! Do you seriously think I should get myself killed against sothing that we didn’t stand a chance against? Besides, Li Yui was the closest to when it happened. It made sense for to save her first. It was already too late by the ti I wanted to go into the cave again,” Lu Zhuo replied seriously.
Gu Ying did not speak any further. As a matter of fact, she was not too sure of Lu Zhuo’s character. Sohow, her instincts were telling him that he was a hypocrite, but that did not necessarily an he was immoral. She would have to wait until Wu Dong was awake to find out what had happened.
Lu Zhuo indicated that he wanted to check on Wu Dong since Gu Ying was not asking any more questions.
Gu Ying agreed, but she did not allow Lu Zhuo to touch him.
Lu Zhuo was relieved when he saw Wu Dong was still unconscious.
Luckily, the man was ntally unstable. Otherwise, he might be in great trouble if the Foehn Hunter Squad knew what had happened.
However, he would be exposed if the Foehn Hunter Squad brought Wu Dong to the Seven Star Hunter Master. He had to find a way to get rid of Wu Dong!
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Lu Zhuo relocated his tent to near the Foehn Hunter Squad. Gu Ying was still suspicious of him, so she made sure Wu Dong was well-protected.
Gu Ying knew that Lu Zhuo was a Poison Mage. She knew sothing was not right when she noticed Li Yui was extrely quiet, even though the woman would always pick a fight with her normally.
“Keep an eye on Wu Dong, don’t let anything happen to him,” Gu Ying told Big Nose.
“What’s wrong? Are you worried that sothing might happen to him?
“Mm, I’ve heard so things about Lu Zhuo from other places, but there wasn’t enough evidence to prove them...” Gu Ying said softly.
“Oh, alright, I understand,” Big Nose nodded shortly.
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In the other tent, Li Yui was holding it in with a blank face.
“How many tis did I tell you not to lose your composure? You will only make Gu Ying more suspicious of us!” Lu Zhuo was utterly displeased and disgusted by Li Yui’s behavior.
Li Yui was very stupid at tis. Lu Zhuo was actually quite annoyed by how dumb she was. She was eventually going to be a burden for him!
“I...I didn’t know what to do. Should we just turn ourselves in? I don’t think leaving our post is a serious offense, right?” Li Yui said uneasily.
“Are you kidding ? As a Hunter Master, a single mistake is enough to stop you from being able to recruit people to your team forever! Besides, do you really think the Hunter Union is full of idiots? Do you think they won’t investigate us? It’s better to rule it an accident. If the Hunter Union starts investigating, they are going to dig everything out, including the things I’ve done in the past!” Lu Zhuo said.
“What did you do?” Li Yui asked with a confused look.
“I did Luo Mian a few favors,” Lu Zhuo said.
“Luo Mian? Do you an Councilman Luo Mian, the person responsible for the blood serums that caused the plague?” Li Yui exclaid.
“How do you think I managed to beco a Hunter Master?” Lu Zhuo harrumphed coldly.
“You were involved too?” Li Yui blurted out in surprise.
“Not much, but I did benefit from it. I went to the West Ridge with a group of Hunters. One of our mbers was bleeding to death, so an Old Hunter among us decided to replenish his blood with the blood of an Epidemic Rat. He accidentally discovered that the blood of the Epidemic Rats is similar to the Mutated Blood needed to produce blood serums. We were desperate to make so quick money, so the old Hunter found a pharmacist to produce a batch of fake blood serums. We only knew the fake blood serums have weak side effects at first, and that they were not as effective as the real blood serums. The pharmacist was only mixing the fake blood serums with the real ones to save so money.
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“However, Luo Mian managed to find out the truth. We initially thought Councilman Luo Mian would destroy the fake blood serums right away, but to our surprise, he had an even wilder ambition than us. He began to mass-produce the fake blood serums and mix them with the real blood serums with his connections to cover for the money he had embezzled from the governnt. It ended up resulting in the plague,” Lu Zhuo admitted.
Li Yui stared at Lu Zhuo in astonishnt.
The plague at Hangzhou had gotten so much attention. Li Yui never thought Lu Zhuo was one of the first people that had discovered the formula of the fake blood serums!
“Luo Mian gave us so benefits to shut our mouths. I also beca a Hunter Master after that year. We weren’t involved in the things he did after that, so we weren’t caught during the investigation,” Luo Mian went on.
Li Yui recalled that Lu Zhuo did indeed beco a Hunter Master not long after the plague. His rank had been improving a lot since then!
“But what about your teammates? Wouldn’t they be investigated too? They might find out that you are related through them!” Li Yui said.
“They won’t, because they are all dead,” Lu Zhuo grinned coldly.
“Dead?” Li Yui looked at Lu Zhuo. She realized sothing by looking at Lu Zhuo’s expression.
“After we gave the fake blood serums away, Luo Mian arranged for us to accept a quest with a huge reward, but that guy is nothing but a cunning fox. He only arranged the quest to silence us...” Luo Mian said.
“Silence you?” Li Yui’s heart pounded heavily.
“Yeah, he didn’t want anyone to know that he had the formula of the fake blood serums, nor did he want anyone to know what he had done. Therefore, he took out everyone that knew about the fake blood serums with a simple trick. He arranged a private eting with one of the mbers and asked him to poison the rest of the team,” Lu Zhuo said.
“You’re lucky that you’re still alive. I didn’t expect that Luo Mian to be so vicious,” Li Yui said after letting out a relieved sigh.
Lu Zhuo was utterly amused by Li Yui’s reaction. This Li Yui was seriously simple-minded!
“The person that Luo Mian t was ! I was the one that agreed to et him in private,” Luo Mian smiled, the kind of smile that would make a person’s hair stand on end.
Li Yui was even more shocked, and stared at Lu Zhuo. The man felt even more unfamiliar to her.
Was this guy really the Lu Zhuo she knew?
How many similar deeds had he done in the past!?
“You...you poisoned your teammates?” Li Yui stamred.
“Mm, Luo Mian showed that I couldn’t use a deadly poison on them, since many Hunters are very sensitive toward things that are harmful to their bodies. It’s very likely that I’d expose myself if I poisoned their food and water with sothing deadly. The best way was to use a poison that wasn’t so deadly, for example, sothing that can help you sleep,” Luo Mian described calmly.
Li Yui suddenly felt like an evil door had swung open after hearing Lu Zhuo’s words. It turned out that there were a lot of things to learn to beco a corrupt person. Lu Zhuo was already quite experienced in those things. Li Yui had only realized his dark side now. She could not help but tremble in fear.
Anyone would be terrified if they discovered the dark side of their teammate or their lover!
That being said, if Lu Zhuo had hidden it so well before, why did he bother telling her everything? Was it because she was there when he killed Lan Jin, so they were on the sa boat now?
But even if the two of them were forced to stick together because they were on the sa boat, that was still no reason for Lu Zhuo to tell her everything. He would be consigned to eternal damnation if she turned him in!
Li Yui asked with a confused look, “Why did you suddenly tell all this?”
“There’s no particular reason for it. It’s uncomfortable keeping everything inside my mind. I would feel a lot better if I spilled them out to soone,” Lu Zhuo reassured her.
“But aren’t you worried that I might tell soone else? Do you trust that much?” Li Yui was a little touched, even though she was afraid.
Lu Zhuo might be a cruel person, but he had been very kind to her. He must have told her everything out of trust!
“I never trusted you,” Lu Zhuo inford her.
Li Yui was confused. If he did not trust her, why did he bother telling her everything? The things he said were actually worse than what he had done today!
Lu Zhuo leaned closer to Li Yui and asked gently, “Are you sleepy? You should get so rest. Your worries will no longer be a thing once you fall asleep...”
“My eyes are indeed heavy. Why all of a sudden...” Li Yui closed her eyes.
“Do you know? I’m actually very fond of your... body. I will never have enough of it, but I’m so disappointed in your intelligence. If you were half as smart as Gu Ying, I wouldn’t have to do this to you, but unfortunately, you are not. Well, if you’re really half as smart as Gu Ying, you wouldn’t be staying close to , either,” Lu Zhuo went on lightly.
“What do you an? Why...why do you have to compare with her? Do you still have thoughts for her?” Li Yui asked half-consciously.
“There’s no way a man will have no thoughts for a beautiful woman. Get so sleep, I have a lot of things to do still,” Lu Zhuo said.
“Why am I so tired? What...what have you done?” Li Yui felt her body becoming heavier. She was struggling to even speak properly.
Li Yui suddenly recalled the words Lu Zhuo had spoken. It was stupid to use a deadly poison on your target. The best poison was the kind that was beneficial, for example, helping a person to go to sleep. It was a lot easier to get rid of the target once they were asleep!
Li Yui’s soul was imdiately surrounded by a strong chill, yet she could no longer move, falling feebly to the ground. She could still hear Lu Zhuo’s deep laughter.
Why?
Li Yui did not understand. Why did Lu Zhuo poison her!?
Was he afraid that she might turn him in?
But if he did not tell her the truth in the first place, she would never have found out about him. Why did he have to do this?...
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