binnovel Chapter 210 If you don't understand, read more books!
Chapter 210 If you don't understand, read more books!
Puyang Xuan stood frozen in place. He seemed like a very proper person, but what kind of rubbish books did he read all day...?
"You're not allowed to read any more trashy books! You've learned the good stuff, but you've also picked up a lot of bad stuff!"
Yang Jianwu was unconvinced, put her hands on her hips, and looked ready to start a fight.
"If you don't understand, read more books! Taoism has many methods of self-cultivation, and 'absorbing yin to replenish yang' is one of them! I guess the evil practice that the Imperial Preceptor cultivates must have something in common with it; he wants to replenish his heart's blood!"
"That's it..."
Puyang Xuan was momentarily speechless. What's wrong with him lately? He keeps making wild guesses without understanding the situation. This is a bad habit he needs to change!
"I misunderstood you..."
Yang Jianwu feigned grievance, "Of course you've misunderstood me! Do you think I'm the kind of person who likes to peep into other people's private affairs?! I'd be disgusted even if you put those filthy scenes in front of me! If it weren't for the special circumstances, do you think I would have wanted to come to Nan Yue? Wouldn't it have been better to stay home and be a carefree young lady? Why would I have to suffer like this! Not being able to eat or sleep well, and being disliked by others!"
“I don’t mean to be disgusted, it’s just that…”
"There should at least be trust between two people! You don't ask why, you just keep telling me not to do things... It's obvious you doubt my character! As my future husband, you don't understand at all, and you even yell at me... Waaah..."
Yang Jianwu had intended to feign grievance to gain sympathy, but as she spoke, she genuinely became aggrieved, "Anyway, we're not married yet, you'll regret it..."
Before he could finish speaking, Puyang Xuan covered his mouth and pulled him into his arms.
"I was wrong, I was wrong, I shouldn't have raised my voice. And I don't regret it! Don't say things like that again."
He finally caught up with her, and then a misunderstanding caused a rift between them—wouldn't he just want to kill himself?
"I'll be more careful with my words in the future, please don't be angry."
Pu Yangxuan spoke softly and gently, afraid that raising his voice would be perceived as yelling...
"Um……"
Yang Jianwu composed herself and continued to patiently explain, "Heart's blood isn't something you can just have as much as you want. I suspect the Grand Preceptor wouldn't pluck out his own heart's blood. Most of the women sent to the Grand Preceptor's room probably won't survive. Before that woman entered the room, she was clearly afraid, which means she knew that the women who went in wouldn't have a good ending."
"What you say makes sense, but there's nothing we can do to stop it."
"That's why I wanted to study and find a breakthrough... The later development of the 'yin-yang replenishment' theory even compared women to the 'furnaces' for men to cultivate 'inner elixir'. If the Grand Preceptor needs such furnaces to help him extract his heart's blood, then there must be a place where these furnaces are imprisoned. We can try to find them and rescue them."
"Are you making such a big fuss as soon as you arrive?"
Yang Jianwu was in a better mood now. She opened two bottles of cola and drank them freely. Then she took out paper and pen from the drawer next to her and drew a map of the house.
“Some things cannot be tolerated! I observed this area when I came here today. There are no civilians living here, and a simple array has been set up. Analyzing the images from the drone, the house is surrounded by houses that look like silkworm farms, and there are various poisonous herbs on the drying racks. The Grand Preceptor would not build a silkworm farm in peace. This should be a Gu breeding farm.”
"You mean... the house is surrounded by Gu worms?"
"Very likely! They're either untamed or being tamed; the mature Gu worms must have been moved elsewhere!"
"Then what do you think we should do?"
"we……"
"what--"
Just as Yang Jianwu was about to answer, a woman's scream came through the listening device, and the two of them quickly looked at the screen.
The woman trembled, her eyes wide open, as the imperial advisor straddled her, tearing open her heart to extract her blood!
Yang Jianwu frowned slightly. This Imperial Advisor is a complete scoundrel!
Watching yourself slowly die before you're even dead is far more painful than being killed with a knife.
"Call Brother Ye, let's go check the body later!"
"Ok!"
Mo Ye heard the sound from the listening device and had already arrived at the control panel.
"I'm here. What happened?"
Yang Jianwu slightly raised her chin, gesturing for Mo Ye to look at the screen, "The woman who was just brought into the Imperial Advisor's room is dead!"
"died!"
Mo Ye looked at the screen, and the next second his scalp tingled. The Imperial Advisor was actually holding the woman's entire heart in his hand, with a large bowl next to him catching the flowing blood.
The poor woman was not completely dead; she still retained a sliver of consciousness. She wanted to speak but was too weak to utter a sound. She watched as the blood in her heart slowly drained away, her consciousness gradually dissipated, and she eventually stopped breathing.
Mo Ye clenched his fists tightly. "The Grand Preceptor of Nan Yue is too cruel! How could the Emperor of Nan Yue allow such a dangerous person to exist right under his nose?!"
Yang Jianwu's gaze never left the Grand Preceptor's movements. "Perhaps... the Emperor of Nanyue didn't want this in his heart either... The Grand Preceptor is proficient in Gu magic, and there is a type of Gu that can control people's minds!"
Mo Ye was speechless with astonishment. "How dare he!"
"Hehe~ What's there to be afraid of! It's much more comfortable to control a country than to struggle to make a living abroad! I imagine that in Southern Yue, the Grand Preceptor is second only to the King!"