Chapter 93

That night, they sat huddled together on the roof for a long time, until the sky began to lighten, at which point Sanzhou Jinse finally sent Mu Yulu back to the academy.

As she put Mu Yulu down in the courtyard, she grabbed his sleeve and asked, "How long will it be before you come back this time?"

“This mission is simple, I’ll be back in a few days at most.” Sanzhou Jinse held her hand and breathed on her slightly cool fingers: “Take good care of yourself and wait for me to come back.”

After saying that, he turned and left. Mu Yulu stood there watching his departing figure. Just as he was about to walk out of the courtyard gate, she called out to him from behind: "I have a question for you!"

Sanzhou Jinse stopped and turned to look at her. He saw her smiling at him under the tree: "If you left Sanzhou Pavilion and gained your freedom, what would you most like to do?"

Sanzhou Jinse was stunned for a moment, not expecting her to ask this question. He thought about it seriously, and then a look of confusion gradually appeared in his eyes.

After a while, he gently shook his head and honestly answered her, "I don't know."

“Before I met you, I spent the past ten years training numbly and completing one mission after another.” He said to Mu Yulu, “If I could really leave the Three States Pavilion, the thing I would most like to do is spend more time with you.”

Mu Yulu nodded, then shook her head: "No, no, think about it again. Besides spending time with me, what do you most want to do?"

Seeing that Sanzhou Jinse was truly clueless, she added, "It's okay if you can't figure it out for now. Go back and think about it slowly. Maybe the day you figure it out, you'll really be able to leave?"

“Okay,” Sanzhou Jinse replied with a smile.

Two or three days later, just as he had said, Sanzhou Jinse returned to find her very soon.

The two of them climbed onto the roof at night to look at the stars, and went shopping and listened to stories during the day. They managed to spend two peaceful days together, which was quite rare.

Two days later, Sanzhou Jinse left again, saying he had to go back to Sanzhou Pavilion. Although he didn't say why, Mu Yulu could guess that it was probably time to go back and get the antidote again.

When they parted, Mu Yulu pouted and grabbed his sleeve, asking him if he had thought about what he would do if he gained his freedom.

Sanzhou Jinse thought about it seriously for a moment, and then said, "If that day ever comes, I want to travel around, write many travelogues, and then sell them to storytellers in teahouses so that they can tell these stories to people who don't have the opportunity to travel far."

Mu Yulu clapped her hands with a smile: "Great idea!"

She tilted her head and pondered, saying, "Then I'll open a lot of inns, so that you'll have a place to stay wherever you go."

As she spoke, she suddenly thought of something and murmured, "If that's the case, I'll hire Xinyun to help me manage the inn, and once the business grows, I'll hire Mohe to help me with escorting goods."

Of course, if she could really expand her business to such a large scale, opening inns in every corner of the world, it certainly wouldn't be enough for Xinyun and Mohe to help her alone.

She needs a lot of helpers, including those who are good at business, accounting, eloquent, and good at cooking, and all of these talents are available at the Wilderness Academy.

From another perspective, the disciples of Qiye Academy also have another path. After leaving the academy, they will have more other choices instead of only being able to get married and have children.

The problem that had been troubling her for a long time suddenly had a solution.

She knew that individual strength was insignificant, and even if she expanded her business, she couldn't change the world's situation by herself. But just as the woman in charge of the Xuanwu Kingdom changed the court's structure, this was not something that could be accomplished overnight, nor was it the work of one person. It was better for someone to do it than for no one to ever get involved.

Seeing that she was suddenly lost in thought, Sanzhou Jinse did not disturb her, but simply stayed quietly by her side.

After snapping out of her reverie, Mu Yulu noticed that Sanzhou Jinse was quietly standing with her under the shade of a tree. She gently tugged at his sleeve. "I believe that the day we talked about will come soon. Do you believe it?"

Sanzhou Jinse looked at her and said earnestly, "I believe you."

Their eyes met, and they smiled at each other in the sunlight.

At this moment, Xu Zaiye stepped into the courtyard carrying books. After seeing Sanzhou Jinse, she coughed lightly twice. After the two people in the courtyard separated and Sanzhou Jinse took her leave, she gestured for Mu Yulu to come into the house with her.

After entering the room, Xu Zaiye put down his book, sat by the window, and asked directly, "Have you been with him these past two days?"

Mu Yulu quickly sat down to help tidy up the books on the table, and answered her question with a "hmm". Then she heard Xu Zaiye ask with a slightly puzzled tone: "Since you two are so inseparable, why don't you just stay together?"

Mu Yulu exclaimed and looked up at Xu Zaiye sitting opposite her, a hint of doubt in her eyes. She had thought her master would stop her from being with Sanzhou Jinse.

But Xu Zaiye continued, "He hasn't left the Three States Pavilion yet, so it's probably not easy for him to meet you. Why are you two making yourselves suffer like this? Why not just tell him to leave the Three States Pavilion? Anyway, he must have saved up enough money over the years."

Mu Yulu opened her mouth and closed it repeatedly as she listened to her speak so casually.

The reason why Sanzhou Jinse was unable to leave Sanzhou Pavilion was not entirely due to the money issue, but more importantly, because Sanzhou Pavilion refused to release him and was unwilling to cure his poison.

She finally confided her concerns to Xu Zaiye and hesitantly asked, "I thought you would object to me being with him, after all, he's an assassin and has many enemies in the underworld..."

Xu Zaiye glanced at her and counted on his fingers, saying, "What's wrong with being an assassin? Being an assassin is great, they're skilled in martial arts, have great figures, and are physically strong."

"Besides, no matter what, Sanzhou Jinse is one of the top experts in the martial arts world. An assassin of his caliber can probably earn a lot of money for a single mission. In that case, he's good-looking and doesn't need you to support him. In my opinion, he's the only one who's good enough for you. Why would I object?"

Mu Yulu was stunned.

Xu Zaiye continued to make outrageous statements: "As for him having enemies in the martial arts world, there's nothing to be afraid of. Who in the martial arts world doesn't have a couple of enemies? If you really want to talk about enemies, your enemy is Mu Qinhan, the regent of the Vermilion Bird Kingdom. How are you any better than Sanzhou Jinse?"

"Besides, if we're talking about enemies in the martial arts world, no one has as many as my master, who is also your grandmaster."

Mu Yulu exclaimed again, "Master's master?"

Curious, she pressed on, "How did our grandmaster make so many enemies in the martial arts world? Wasn't she always traveling around giving lectures? Besides, she was also a traveling doctor who practiced medicine and helped people in need."

In Mu Yulu's eyes, the identities of a healer who saves lives and a teacher who travels around giving lectures don't seem like the kind of people who would make enemies in the martial arts world.

Xu Zaiye gave a soft hum: "You heard that from my senior sister, didn't you?"

Mu Yulu thought about it. She had heard these words from Qi Zhizhi, but she figured that what Qi Zhizhi knew about her grandmaster must have come from Madam Qi.

Xu Zaiye raised an eyebrow as if he had already expected it. "Teacher and itinerant doctor, they sound like respectable figures."

"However, my master has another identity that makes people in the martial arts world tremble with fear. That is, she is an unparalleled hidden weapon blacksmith."

"A hidden weapon forger?" Mu Yulu was stunned. She only knew that her grandmaster was knowledgeable and learned, but she did not know that she was also a ruthless figure in the martial arts world.

Xu Zaiye continued, "She has many identities, but these identities are not interchangeable. Few people in this world know that she was once a blacksmith who forged countless hidden weapons that could take lives in the blink of an eye, and also a traveling doctor who traveled around to heal the sick."

Mu Yulu listened and nodded. Now she understood that her grandmaster was someone who had connections in both the legitimate and criminal worlds.

Then Xu Zaiye got to the crucial point: "When my master was young, she had a feud with the leader of the Three States Pavilion. She once declared in the martial arts world that any assassin in the Three States Pavilion who wanted to leave the organization but could not could come to her, and she would detoxify them free of charge."

"I know of more than a dozen assassins from the Three States Pavilion who have been cured of poison by my master. This shows that my master's antidote method is effective. The so-called incurable poison of the Three States Pavilion is actually curable. It's just that at that time, only my master could cure it."

As she said this, she leaned forward, looked at Mu Yulu, and then pointed to herself, "And I have learned my master's medical skills, so now I am the only person in the world who can cure the rare poison of the Three States Pavilion."

Mu Yulu suddenly remembered that Madam Qi had mentioned this matter to her, saying that their master was the only person in the world who could cure this poison. Perhaps Xu Zaiye had learned his master's skills, but she was not sure about it.

It's truly unexpected that she would become Xu Zaiye's disciple, and that Xu Zaiye actually knows how to cure this strange poison.

Mu Yulu asked in surprise, "Then can you help Sanzhou Jinse get rid of the cold poison in her body?"

But then she said anxiously, "But the Three States Pavilion is the world's top assassin organization. They will definitely not let Three States Jinse leave. If you help him detoxify, wouldn't you be going against this organization? Won't they retaliate against you?"

This is also why she has been holding back all this time and has not asked Xu Zaiye to help Sanzhou Jinse detoxify.

Xu Zaiye, however, seemed indifferent: "The headquarters of the Three States Pavilion is in the Xuanwu Kingdom. First of all, they need to figure out whose territory they are on."

Mu Yulu let out a long "oh," and said, "That's right. Putting aside the connections her grandmaster and master have in the martial arts world, even the current emperor of Xuanwu Kingdom is her master's disciple. Even if the Three States Pavilion wants to touch her, they have to think twice about whether they can bear the consequences."

Only now did Mu Yulu realize just how powerful a patron she had been!

Her worries vanished, and her usual smile returned: "Master, what is the method to cure the cold poison?"

Xu Zaiye stared at her intently, and after a moment of silence, he uttered two words: "Blood transfusion."

Mu Yulu's smile froze on her face.