Chapter 549 Testing Each Other

But what had truly made him stop was a force that almost instantly prevented his hands and feet from controlling themselves.

If it hadn’t been for his strong resistance, he was afraid that he would have lost strength and fallen.

It was the first time that a little panic had appeared in his black pupils.

But soon, he learned that all this was the trick of that sharp maid opposite.

“Do you want to know it? I won’t tell you. Imp, remember, you should be polite to my Sister Princess in the future. Otherwise, I’ll make you suffer severely.”

After winning the first confrontation, Xiu obviously felt much better.

They had been impeded since their arrival at the residence. Her Sister Princess looked calm, but she was quite sullen with the feeling of being teased.

With the arrogant little man punished, now she had finally vented her anger.

As the Chinese saying goes: “When beating a dog, one should think about the status of its owner.” Today the good beating she had given this aggressive “dog” could be regarded as a hard strike on his master’s face.

Lin Mengya didn’t stop Xiu from using poison. Since her coming here, she seemed to have been played like a toy by someone.

Zhu Yun always looked harmless, but she could find out none of the intents behind all his acts.

Although she could keep her equanimity, she was not without her anger.

Besides, it was only possible for two parties to confront each other when they had almost equal strength; otherwise, it would just be that one party slaughtered the other.

“Where is your master?”

Lin Mengya’s eyes were cold with all her momentum bursting out. That was far from what a slim and fragile lady could have.

However, she always looked calm even when she was in a disadvantageous situation.

Zhu Yan wanted to give them trouble through talking, but Lin Mengya said to Xiu, “Detoxify him. The real enemy is still far ahead.”

“Right, my master’s powerful name has been spread far and wide. If you dare to harm me, my master will never let you leave this house!”

He had not recovered, but he had begun clamoring.

Lin Mengya only glanced at him indifferently and said, “Oh? Is it true?”

Arching her eyebrows, she looked at Zhu Yan quite deeply. Now, Lin Mengya was approaching the truth she had in her mind.

Speaking of shrewdness, Zhu Yan and Xiu didn’t seem to have this function.

Although Hongyu had experienced worldly affairs, she had a naive heart, after all.

Only Lin Mengya was different. Although she went to redress the scales like a heroine temporarily, no one could beat her in scheme-making.

But now, she was being teased by her rival so much.

But now, it was still unknown who would be the final winner.

On the way, Zhu Yan wanted to provoke them, but when he saw the emerald green little snake of about one foot long Xiu had taken out sometime, he had to shut his mouth unwillingly.

When the four people had walked past the long cloister, a grove of green bamboo trees suddenly appeared in front of them.

“My master only invites Princess Yu to see him. Follow me to wait here, all of you.”

Zhu Yan still despised all of them, but he was a little politer than just now.

Naturally, Hongyu and Xiu were unwilling, but Lin Mengya pressed the two’s hands and shook her head.

After all, he was her enemy, so she had to face him.

The bluish-gray gravel path was quite even, but it wound all the way to the depths of the bamboo grove.

On the side of the path, the green bamboo trees, each with a diameter of four inches or so, were decorated with small orange lamps.

Although the sun had set for a long time, she could see everything in the bamboo grove clearly.

Lin Mengya took light and graceful steps. Shortly, she saw a pale bluish-white figure sitting in the bamboo grove.

Zhu Yun sat with his back facing her and a jade teacup of crack-like veins in his hand as if he was admiring the beautiful scenery in the grove.

Seeing him, Lin Mengya took great precautions, but her expression became more and more indifferent.

Ignoring everything, she sat on the stone stool opposite Zhu Yun and picked up the cup of tea with the green bamboo’s fragrance. As she took a sip of the yellowish water, she felt the slight fragrance as if she was in a tea plantation.

The quiet and faintly graceful fragrance was so constant that she couldn’t forget it.

The tea was good. Unfortunately, this was not the right time to taste it.

“What do you think?”

Holding the teacup, Zhu Yun looked back at Lin Mengya with a small smile.

“I don’t know about it, but it is really good.”

Lin Mengya put down the cup in her hand. Neither of them had picked up the real business, but the contest between them had already begun.

“The tea is named Drink of Enmity and Sin, manured with human flesh and irrigated with human blood. Although its roots are deep in the bones, it hasn’t been affected by their bloody scent at all. Compared with other tea leaves, this one is quieter and cooler, and it is popular among scholars. One tael of it can sell for a hundred taels of gold.”

Zhu Yun was explaining quite patiently, but his gentle tone further showed the inexplicable nature and strangeness of the tea.

But Lin Mengya was calm and took one more sip from the teacup carefully.

“Irrigated with human blood and manured with human flesh. The method is extremely good. It is said that man is the most intelligent creature between heaven and earth. Surely, these words are true.”

Seeing her calmness, Zhu Yun, who seemed to have predicted it, was not surprised at all.

“Really, you are the same as what he described. Such a small trick can’t scare you, but do you know why I invited you to chat again, princess?”

After pouring another cup of tea for himself, Zhu Yun stared at Lin Mengya with a faint smile and a little playfulness in his eyes.

“One who betrayed his previous master naturally needs to choose a reliable route of retreat. People’s words can’t be trusted. Of course, as for a few things, one had better see them in person. But I don’t know if you are satisfied with me, Mr. Zhu?”

Lin Mengya’s clear eyes showed that she was not stupid. If what she had in her heart was more of fear when she had met Zhu Yun in the beginning, now what she had was more of a desire for doing an exploration.

Zhu Yun kept an alert against her and had been testing her, but now, he was not afraid of her at all.

All the things in the yard were confidential, but she had tested and verified them one by one herself now.

Then, she was a bit sure of Zhu Yun’s aim.

He wanted to kill her, or what he meant was quite subtle.

“You must be joking, Princess Yu. How can you be sure I want to look for another wise master? The world is big, but there are no many wise masters. I’m not talented, but no one can be my master in the Nation of Lintian or the Jin State.”

His words were arrogant, but the momentum in them made the listener have to believe him.

Lin Mengya couldn’t help looking at him a few more times. If others said so, she would think that the speaker had a limited outlook.

But Zhu Yun was an unfathomable person.

Her communication with him was not much, but each time she felt that she was wary of ruining something when she went to deal with him. After thinking a bit, Lin Mengya lowered her head and whispered, “You are so ambitious, gentleman. Right, the world is unstable. No matter whom you swear fealty to, it won’t last long, but compared with you, the old master, I have something different: I’m not so ambitious. I don’t want to control the country, nor do I want to control others. In a person’s life, if he can’t control his own fate, how could he think about doing other things?”

It seemed that these words had hit the vital point of Zhu Yun.

His deep eyes finally fell on Lin Mengya and met her clear eyes. Zhu Yun had thought that he could see a slight of her mood at least.

But he was surprised to find that he saw no waves in the clear pool of her eyes.

Obviously, he was in an advantageous situation, but his opponent was as undisturbed as ever. At the moment, his trick seemed to be useless.

He heaved a light sigh inwardly, “No wonder the freak Qinghu beams with joy and feels so proud whenever he speaks of Lin Mengya.”

For the elderlies like them, the girl of less than twenty was young, but she had the ability to make surprising achievements overnight.

“You are so smart, princess. You are right. If one can’t control his own fate, how could he control anything else? I think you probably have guessed it. The old friend I mentioned is Qinghu, right?”

Their mutual testing had ended. Since the man had begun talking about business, Lin Mengya felt it unsuitable to continue acting.

She nodded. Since Qinghu had appeared that day, she had guessed that the so-called master in Qinghu’s words probably had close connections with the force behind the Immortal Powder.

Now in this house, both the Bone of Beauty of Sumei and the Drink of Enmity and Sin Zhu Yun had mentioned were all inhuman and insane.

Apart from the master Qinghu had spoken of, she couldn’t think of another one who could launch such a big project.

“Just like him, I’m also a man who survived the bloody sites of the dead. I think you should know that both Qinghu and I are freaks, but I’m luckier than he is. My leg was broken when I was nine, and I’m not as handsome as Qinghu, so I didn’t end up like him.”

Zhu Yun caressed his kneecap subconsciously. In his tone, such an experience didn’t seem to be important.

“Qinghu is indeed different from you. Anyway, I dragged him. If you have any requirements, I’ll surely do them for you, but I hope you can help him at the critical moment, Mr. Zhu.”

Lin Mengya spoke quite sincerely. Since this was related to Qinghu’s life, the more she knew about the massiveness of this force, the more she was worried about Qinghu.

“Oh, you and he are really strange. He begged me to serve you with his life, but you come to beg me to help him now. Doesn’t Prince Yu care about your relationship with him?”

It was rare for Zhu Yun to ask about someone’s private affairs, so he looked at Lin Mengya quite profoundly. He was curious about the relationship between Princess Yu in her golden time and Qinghu.