206: Chapter 206 The Gu-Slaying Pill!

"The people from the Grand Elder's side, they came to contact you so quickly?" Jiang Yingrao put down the collection of talented scholars' poetry in her hand and looked at Chen Shanzhi.

Chen Shanzhi leaned back leisurely, shamelessly shifting his buttocks again until their thighs were pressed together without the slightest gap.

Only then did he slowly say, "Just these past two days, I met the Grand Elder's people in a Heaven-grade private room at Zuixian Restaurant."

"He directly brought up the matter of This Heir being afflicted by the Child Gu of the Heart-Devouring Life-Sharing Gu, and even said he could help me completely remove the Gu."

As Chen Shanzhi spoke, he reached out a hand with extreme naturalness, smoothly resting it upon Jiang Yingrao's fragrant shoulder, and took the opportunity to give it a squeeze.

Jiang Yingrao instinctively wanted to swat away this lecher's rude hand.

But her mind was completely occupied by this shocking news, and for a moment, she forgot to struggle, her dark brows merely knitting together.

"Remove the Child Gu of the Sacred Gu? That is simply a fool's dream!"

"For the Heart-Devouring Life-Sharing Gu of our Sect, unless the host of the mother Gu is willing, or the one who cast the Gu dies suddenly, it is absolutely impossible for an outsider to forcibly expel it!"

Jiang Yingrao snorted coldly, her beautiful eyes filled with coldness and disbelief:

"If the Grand Elder truly had such heaven-defying abilities, he would have already turned the Sect upside down. Why would his people still be hiding their heads and showing their tails in the capital?"

"That is exactly what This Heir told him at the time. However..."

Chen Shanzhi grinned, and with his other hand, he lightly brushed his storage Waist Token at his waist.

The wooden box that exuded a faint scent of sandalwood appeared out of thin air in his palm, making a soft "pop" sound.

"When that guy saw that This Heir wasn't falling for it, he stuffed an antidote into my hand on the spot."

"He said this medicine is called a spirit-severing pill. Although it cannot completely expel the Gu, after taking it, it can forcibly sever the connection between the Child Gu and the mother Gu for three hours."

Chen Shanzhi handed the wooden box toward Jiang Yingrao and raised an eyebrow:

"Here, these are the ten spirit-severing pills he gave me, saying it was a welcoming gift for sincere cooperation with This Heir."

Jiang Yingrao stared at the exquisite wooden box, her expression becoming unprecedentedly grave in an instant.

She reached out a long finger, white and tender as jade, tipped with pale pink nail polish, and carefully lifted the lid.

Inside the box, ten dark red Medicinal Pills were neatly arranged, emitting a chill-inducing medicinal scent.

"spirit-severing pill..."

Jiang Yingrao pinched one of the pills and gently sniffed it under her delicate, exquisite nose.

The Xuanguan Peak true energy within her body pulsed imperceptibly, separating a wisp of extremely fine white Qi, which coiled around the surface of the pill.

A moment later, her beautiful eyes suddenly contracted, and her fair fingertips trembled uncontrollably.

"This reaction of the true energy..."

Jiang Yingrao muttered to herself, somewhat distracted:

"This is not a spirit-severing pill; it looks more like a gu-severing pill..."

"A gu-severing pill?"

Jiang Yingrao placed the pill back into the box and explained, "Since ancient times, our Sacred Sect has used the Child Gu of the Sacred Gu to control those who know certain secrets."

"Over so many years, naturally there have been geniuses who were unwilling to remain subservient to others."

"And this gu-severing pill was developed decades ago by a certain traitor in the Sect, specifically to break free from the control of the Sacred Gu."

"So this Medicinal Pill can really remove the Child Gu?" Chen Shanzhi was somewhat surprised.

Jiang Yingrao shook her head and sneered, "The Sacred Gu is an object of an Immortal; how could its Child Gu be so easily removed?"

"The only purpose of this gu-severing pill is to make people believe it can remove the Child Gu. Thereby causing certain people, for the sake of this glimmer of hope, to obey the words of the pill's owner."

Chen Shanzhi instantly understood; it was using a person's desire to survive to deceive them.

"However, the prescription for this Medicinal Pill was destroyed by the previous Sect Leader after killing that traitor; I don't know where the Grand Elder and his people obtained it."

Speaking of this, Jiang Yingrao's expression became even graver.

She looked at Chen Shanzhi and asked, "What else did you talk about at the time?"

"That is a secret; I have to get closer to tell you."

Chen Shanzhi chuckled and leaned in closer, his lips almost touching Jiang Yingrao's delicate, petite earlobe.

His warm breath made the enchantress's body tremble slightly, and a flush of pink quickly rose to the roots of her ears.

"That guy said that to show the sincerity of our cooperation, from now on, every five days, he will send a spirit-severing pill to This Heir."

"Oh? And how will the handover be done?" Jiang Yingrao could not care about her embarrassment and turned her head to stare intently at him.

Chen Shanzhi grinned, revealing a mouthful of white teeth. In Jiang Yingrao's eyes, that smile looked ill-intentioned no matter how she viewed it:

"He said to let This Heir come to this Yihong Pavilion to seek pleasure with Miss Youyou, just as usual. Then, the madam here will secretly give the medicine to This Heir."

Boom! The air inside the private room seemed to be instantly frozen by an invisible cold current in that instant.

Jiang Yingrao was struck as if by lightning, her fox-like eyes filled with disbelief.

"The madam?"

She spoke word by word, her voice extremely low. Her originally enchanting voice was now as cold as if it had been soaked in an ice cellar.

Yihong Pavilion was her White Lotus Sect's largest stronghold in the capital.

And the madam was a trusted confidante who had watched them, the girls, grow up, was responsible for the daily operations of the entire Yihong Pavilion, and held mastery over most of the intelligence and flow of money in the building!

But now... the madam was actually one of the Grand Elder's people?

This meant that every move she made in Yihong Pavilion, every word she said, and every person she met in the building.

Could all have been delivered to the Grand Elder's desk, without reservation and at the very first opportunity!

"The Grand Elder's reach is truly long."

Jiang Yingrao gritted her teeth, her hands gripping her hem tightly.

A faint light of true energy pulsed around her body; that was the precursor to her twelve-aperture cultivation being nearly out of control.

Subsequently, Jiang Yingrao took a deep breath and said to Chen Shanzhi, "This matter is of great importance. I need to go and discuss with my trusted aides how to respond."

Chen Shanzhi naturally understood the meaning behind her words, and he nodded, "Then This Heir will return to the manor. Looking at the situation, the fire in your backyard is quite large."

Having said that, Chen Shanzhi walked out of the room. The door to the room was gently closed.

Jiang Yingrao leaned back on the couch, sitting motionless for a long time.

The morning light shone through the window lattice onto her enchanting red dress, but it did not bring her even a shred of warmth.

Her fox-like eyes stared coldly at the room door, and Chen Shanzhi's words from just now echoed continuously in her mind.

Jiang Yingrao took a deep breath, forcibly calming the somewhat rampant true energy within her body.

She stood up and, stepping with her small feet wrapped in exquisite silk stockings, quickly walked over to the huge wardrobe carved from agarwood beside the big bed.

She extended a long finger, channeled true energy to her fingertip, and pressed lightly on an inconspicuous plum blossom relief at the bottom of the inside of the wardrobe.

"Click." A faint sound of a mechanism engaging rang out.