Story 10 - The Spy Who Rocked Too Hard (26🎸)
After using a flying sword technique to reach my top speed, I followed the directions the mouse girl gave to a small palace. I touched down right next to her. The girl looked like she was about to let a river of tears fall and was only just keeping it together.
Without saying a word, she grabbed my sleeve and practically dragged inside and through several twists and turns. She pushed open a heavy wood door revealing a bath and a bamboo bed where Little Spring lay.
His face was too pale. Next to him, Xiao Bai whined sorrowfully.
This doesnt make any sense, the poison master hovering over the kid murmured before turning to us. He nodded to Little Teasing Mouse but didnt even acknowledge .
I quickly scanned Little Spring with divine sense and found evidence that hed already taken a Lins Healing Dan. Considering the fucked up state his body was in, it had definitely helped him to survive long enough for to get to him. But it didnt heal him fully. At this point, many of his organs were on the brink of failing. The kid was in worse condition than Dread Lotus had been in! How the hell had all this happened?
Fuck, I needed ti to figure that out.
After pushing the fucking useless poison master out of the way, I temporarily stabilized him with sanitized acupuncture needles. This would give him at least 10 minutes.
Unfortunately, I couldnt just feed him more dicine without knowing if it would react to whatever this idiot had already tried.
Considering how bad he still looked, I doubted that another pill would help.
I turned to the poison master who rubbed his shoulder where Id pushed him. Tell what happened.
Wuuuwuuu! Its all my fault! Little Teasing Mouse said. Apparently, she couldnt hold back anymore because a flood of tears poured down her face. She hiccuped.
The old poison master rested a hand on her shoulder. No, no. Its not your fault, dear. This situation was impossible to predict.
It seed like they were both answering and ignoring . A vein bulged on my forehead. Shut up! Tell what happened right now. Ill assign bla later.
That shocked her enough to stop her tears. He... hic he went through the Beast Blood Contract Bath.
No shit! I figured that out from the goddamn tub in the center of the room. I was already planning to put him through hell training for this stunt. Maybe worse hell band camp. But he had to be healthy to go through that.
I glared at them while letting my divine sense pressure them. Everyone in the room flinched.
To calm myself, I breathed in. Keep going. Tell what happened during the bath.
The poison master answered this ti. Well, everything went fine at first. He stepped into the bath. His beast willingly gave its blood. Then he sat there, just like any normal beast blood cultivator. It was only toward the end where he started to show signs of pain. Before I knew it, he grabbed his heart and sank into the water. This is usually the reaction we see when a beasts rank outmatches their contractor, but...
He gestured to the weak-looking Xiao Bai. The puppy tilted his head cutely.
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I sighed. ::Xiao Bai must have believed that this bath would benefit you both.:: I scowled down at the dog. It tilted its head innocently when it looked at . Yeah. He wasnt fooling any more. From this point on, I would never forget that he wasnt actually mundane, no matter how much he definitely felt like he was.
Frankly, I wanted to be mad at the not-dog, but I couldnt. Even if he was so kind of secret Ascendant Beast, he was still just a child.
I picked the puppy up so I could stare into his blue eyes. ::You must feel like you cant trust us to protect you. At least not yet. And thats why youre hiding your true form. Thats fine. But dont you dare pull this stunt again. Do you hear ?::
Bork! He then licked my face. His slobber felt incredibly gross.
I closed my eyes tightly and held in the urge to yeet the dog.
Throwing a small puppy across the room was sothing only villains did. Him licking my face was a show of affection and not a biological attack. And, actually, dogs had fewer bacteria in their mouths than humans but they still had them.
Very slowly, I placed Xiao Bai back on Little Springs lap and imdiately used a cleaning technique on myself, him, and the dog.
The kid winced.
Did that feel like being stabbed with a billion needles?
N-no. He frowned. Though it did hurt... he said, then mumbled, worse than it usually does.
::That must be part of the side effects. It likely gets worse the higher your realm is.:: Considering what Noxious Fangstrike said, anyway.
::So, are you ready to tell why you went through with this stupid idea in the first place?::
He blinked and his eyes appeared glossy. ::Uh... I thought youd be angrier.::
::Oh, I am. I am so furious that Im planning out months of training... but youre my patient right now. And, while I might be an old monster, I dont yell at patients whove almost left this plane to drink ng Pos Soup.::
He shoved his hand into the not-puppys neck fur and held on. ::Was I that bad?::
::You must have saved the universe in your past life to have as your martial sister.::
::Definitely.:: He nodded, then hesitated. ::Well, after doing so reconnaissance, I discovered that the fastest way to get to the second floor of the treasure pavilion, like I promised you, was to go through with the bath.::
A vein bulged in my forehead. ::Are you telling that you went through with this for the mission?::
He nodded. ::Well, I was planning to pretend to. Im not stupid enough to sacrifice my cultivation base for sothing like this.::
::I figured that you werent that idiotic.:: I lood above the kid. ::But, unfortunately, your plan failed which just added the biggest mission of all to our to-do list.::
He winced. ::Are you going to cure these side effects?::
::Of course!:: I crossed my arms over my chest. ::Who do you think I am?::
::Sister Lin!::
::Thats right!::
And the first thing I needed for that was the ingredient list of this goddamn Beast Blood Contract Bath. I needed to fix it first. Once I saw how the corrected bath worked, I could cure those already affected.
Actually The bath prescription was sothing Violet Pill Fairy had never had in my past life, yet she had been able to partially resolve Little Teasing Mouses side effects. To finally prove that I was the better alchemist I had to fully cure Little Spring! No, not just him. I would fully cure this whole goddamn sect and ultimately one up that bitch! Muahahaha!
Ah, sister Linlin... you seem a lot more excited about helping than I thought youd be.
I coughed.
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