238: Li Dai Tao Jiang

Gu Xiaoyue still pretended to be innocent, as if she didn't understand.

"Steward Shi, do you want my healing pet beast?"

"Not want, but for you to take it out as repayment!"

Steward Shi looked at her expression, seemingly suffering from misophonia, with a look of disdain.

"Oh, oh, I understand. It's just that my healing pet beast is my companion beast. If I forcefully break the contract, I might not live long—"

Gu Xiaoyue spoke with a wronged tone, just wanting to see their attitude.

"Mr. Gu, do you think your life is more precious than His Majesty's? Besides, even if a companion beast breaks its contract, it doesn't necessarily mean death. Do you think we don't know that?!"

Bai Yu Kang's expression softened slightly, but Steward Shi pressed on, looking determined to succeed.

"Alright, if the ruler wishes his subject to die, the subject has no choice but to die.

It's just a pity that my spirit plant, which can increase lifespan, still needs two months to mature."

Gu Xiaoyue sighed sadly, continuing with a hint of regret.

"My healing pet beast has also been raised for two years, and its healing skill has just barely reached the master level. I just don't know if changing the contract to someone else—"

"Why so much nonsense!"

Before Gu Xiaoyue could finish speaking, she was violently interrupted by Steward Shi.

She immediately fell silent, her eyes lowered, secretly glancing at Bai Yu Kang from the corner of her eye.

She was gambling, betting that Bai Yu Kang wanted to live longer, and to live longer with quality!

"Little Shi!"

Bai Yu Kang called Steward Shi to his side and whispered something to him.

"Mr. Gu, you can hand over the spirit plant, and you don't need to give up your healing pet beast; you can continue to raise it yourself!"

Steward Shi still held his head high, his tone imbued with the air of a great amnesty.

Gu Xiaoyue's fists were already clenched, but her face showed only a hint of eagerness.

"But this spirit plant needs the heart blood of a close person to achieve its best effect!"

Gu Xiaoyue pulled out a weed next to the Soul Exchange Fruit and handed it to Steward Shi.

As he took it, Gu Xiaoyue deliberately tugged with him for a bit, fully displaying her reluctance to part with it.

In the end, Steward Shi forcibly snatched it away!

He presented the weed to Bai Yu Kang as if it were a treasure.

Bai Yu Kang's complexion was even more ruddy due to excitement. He waved his hand, signaling that Gu Xiaoyue could leave.

"Please, Mr. Gu!"

Steward Shi also made a gesture of invitation, escorting Gu Xiaoyue out of Bai Yu Kang's sleeping quarters.

Outside, servants were waiting for Gu Xiaoyue to emerge, to send her back to Yi Wang Mansion.

It wasn't until she returned to her own room that she finally breathed a complete sigh of relief.

Logically, Bai Yu Kang should have used a more subtle way to force her to hand over her pet beast and spirit plant, instead of demanding it so forcefully—what was the difference from outright robbery!

Unfortunately, Gu Xiaoyue had no weaknesses or leverage in Damon, but after today, they would assume she was on good terms with White Gaze because she sought a position for him, and they could use him to coerce her.

If she hadn't mentioned the spirit plant that could increase lifespan, and the need to raise the pet beast's skill level to master.

This time cost was too great; Bai Yu Kang probably feared he would die before he could even wait for it.

So Bai Yu Kang still chose the spirit plant. As for the healing skill, as long as she was alive and in Yi Wang Mansion.

It wouldn't be difficult to have her enter the palace to perform healing arts.

Gu Xiaoyue specifically said that the weed needed to be watered with the heart blood of a close person, precisely to sow discord between Bai Yu Kang and those around him!

Who told that old man to covet her pet beast!

Let alone her beloved Xiaolan, even any one of them was her inverse scale!

White Gaze was in training. Upon learning that Gu Xiaoyue had returned to Yi Wang Mansion, he immediately went to her room to find her.

"Sister, you're back!"

White Gaze pulled Gu Xiaoyue closer, checking if she had lost weight or was overly tired.

"Hmm, in the palace, besides treating His Majesty, I didn't have to do anything else.

No need to worry about me not eating well or being overworked!"

Even if she wasn't used to the food in the palace, there was plenty in Yu Beast Space to fill her stomach, and ten days passed in a flash.

"Buzz buzz—"

White Gaze's brain vibrated; a message came in. White Gaze glanced at it.

"Father informed me to go handle the public service internship procedures tomorrow.

He said he arranged for me to intern in the Beastmaster Resource Information Management Department first."

Gu Xiaoyue nodded. Although Steward Shi acted arrogantly in front of her, his work efficiency was still quite good.

As for this position—it was indeed a leisurely one, but it also offered proximity, allowing him to get his hands on a lot of Beastmaster information.

She tossed White Gaze a heavenly crafting stone and 100 drops of spirit condensation dew.

"Quickly raise your invisibility skill to master. Has the gathering spirit stone been successfully absorbed?"

Among the treasures Prince Yi Bai Jin Yi had sent earlier, there was a gathering spirit stone.

Gu Xiaoyue told White Gaze to train for a period and find time to absorb it himself.

"It's successful. I can now summon two pet beasts simultaneously."

"Good. If you can train in Yu Beast Space, release them less often, and you still need to hide some of your strength.

Once your invisibility skill can be shared, I'll take you to play something exciting!"

Although White Gaze didn't know what it was, he obediently nodded and replied.

"I will work hard!"

During these days living in the palace, Gu Xiaoyue didn't rest either; she would sneak around the palace in invisibility every night.

She had already thoroughly familiarized herself with the palace's terrain.

Since that old man Bai Yu Kang coveted her pet beast, then she shouldn't be blamed for coveting the palace's treasury!

Although what Gu Xiaoyue gave Bai Yu Kang was a weed, it was ultimately watered by the Spirit Cleansing Spring. Even if it didn't have the effect of increasing lifespan, to outsiders, it was still a fragrant spirit herb.

Bai Yu Kang naturally believed it without a doubt. That night, he summoned his three sons to the palace.

Crown Prince Rui, Prince Yi, and Prince Duan stood in Bai Yu Kang's study, unsure why their father had called them all, even suspecting he was about to issue his last will.

"I accidentally obtained a spirit herb that has the effect of increasing lifespan, but it still needs two months to be ready for medicine."

Bai Yu Kang looked at the three of them with burning eyes, slowly speaking.

"This is good news! All three of us brothers hope that Father Wang lives a long life!"

Crown Prince Rui Bai Jincheng's face showed joy, eagerly congratulating him.

"It's just—"

Bai Yu Kang paused, then continued.

"It requires the heart blood of a close person to water it. You three are the closest people to me. What do you think—"

Bai Jincheng's joyful expression instantly froze on his face; he stammered.

"Father, Father Wang, I've been in poor health since childhood. This heart blood might take my life—"

Prince Duan Bai Jinchen's gaze drifted, and after a few seconds of thought, he spoke.

"We don't even know if this spirit plant is real or fake. Father Wang, it's better to be cautious!"

If it were other matters, Bai Jinchen's advice to be cautious might have made Bai Yu Kang truly consider it more.

But now, it involved using their heart blood to extend his own life.

Bai Jinchen's advice to be cautious became an excuse for not offering his heart blood!

"This was offered by Gu Li, who cured me, and it has also been examined by a pharmacist. Now I ask you, are you willing to offer your heart blood?!"