If the bet is won, Zhuque should be fine in the future, but if the bet is lost, the odds are against him.

"Isn't there any other way to get rid of the remaining toxins?"

Cangyun listened to their long, rambling conversation and felt increasingly anxious.

Does it affect internal strength and shorten lifespan?

Regardless of the specific side effect, the consequences are quite serious.

As a bodyguard who deals with hidden weapons all day long, internal strength is one of the most important conditions for Zhuque to control those hidden weapons.

The deeper a person's internal strength, the more powerful their hidden weapons will be.

If her internal energy were affected, it would be worse than death for Suzaku.

As for the reduction in lifespan, Yan Qianhe did not specify how much lifespan would be reduced.

This kind of uncertainty is the most terrifying. It might only affect you for a year or two, which isn't a big deal. But what if it reduces your lifespan by ten or twenty years?

A person's life is only a few decades long, and how many decades or twenty years can one afford to waste?

Perhaps in order to make up for the lack of an antidote, Yan Qianhe racked his brains at this moment.

As expected, she actually came up with a solution.

"I remember now!"

Just then, Yan Qianhe suddenly slapped his forehead and exclaimed in surprise, his eyes seeming to brighten even more than before.

Upon hearing this, Li Chang'an couldn't help but get excited, and she immediately put on a show of listening attentively.

"Well... you'll have to go find that rooster with the flowery tail for help."

Upon hearing this, everyone looked at each other in bewilderment, wondering what this flowery-tailed rooster Yan Qianhe was talking about was.

"This...this rooster can detoxify?"

Cangyun couldn't help but ask, his face full of surprise.

Yan Qianhe finally realized what was going on, and immediately smiled awkwardly before explaining, "No, no, no, it's not the rooster you're thinking of. The rooster with the flowery tail I'm referring to is Tao Yao."

Upon hearing this, everyone felt even more confused.

Who would have thought that Peach Blossom had such a peculiar nickname!

"Ahem... This is a nickname I secretly gave him. I just accidentally let it slip. You absolutely mustn't let him know. Otherwise, with his big mouth, he might come back and give me some embarrassing nickname too!"

Is this the legendary case of "the magistrate is allowed to set fires, but the common people are not allowed to light lamps"?

Seeing Yan Qianhe's exaggerated expression, Li Chang'an and the others couldn't help but feel annoyed, and then nodded in agreement.

"I wonder how that flower... um, how can Peach Blossom Lord help?"

Li Chang'an was the first to react, so she asked.

At the same time, she felt a little helpless and amused.

They now need to discuss something more important, but he himself has become the first person, besides Yan Qianhe, to almost be led astray.

However, after feeling embarrassed, Li Chang'an thought about it carefully and realized that the nickname Yan Qianhe had given him was quite fitting for the image of Tao Yao Jun.

A rooster with a flowery tail.

When that guy is all dressed up and swaying gracefully all day long, doesn't he look just like a rooster with a flowery tail?

Of course, these are all digressions. Li Chang'an didn't have time to delve into these trivial matters. After gathering her thoughts, she began to listen attentively as Yan Qianhe recounted the whole story.

It turns out that Lord Taoyao once built a hot spring himself, and the water in that hot spring was extraordinary, as it was drawn from a spring in a secret place.

Although the spring water is drawn from the source, it not only maintains a constant temperature of steaming hot throughout the year, but also automatically replaces the water with clean water at regular intervals.

What's even more amazing is that the entire hot spring is carved from a single piece of natural crystal, and the inner walls are coated with a paint made from hundreds of precious medicinal herbs and rare plants.

According to Tao Yaojun herself, the hot spring can strengthen the body and prolong life for healthy people; it can cure diseases and restore health for sick people; it can warm and replenish the yang energy for men; and it can detoxify and beautify the skin for women.

Its effects were described as miraculous and exaggerated.

After hearing Yan Qianhe's words, Li Chang'an doubted their veracity, and she could even imagine Tao Yaojun's peacock-like face as she boasted about her hot springs.

But as the saying goes, "a dead horse can be brought back to life," so now they can only cling to this last glimmer of hope and try their luck.

After all, Lord Taoyao is currently in the capital. Finding him would be a piece of cake.

And so, not long after, this legendary rooster with the flowery tail leisurely stepped into the gate of the Regent's Palace.

Upon seeing Tao Yaojun, everyone truly understood what it meant to live up to his reputation.

Today, he was unusually dressed in a plain, moon-white long robe instead of the pink brocade dress embroidered with peach blossoms.

What was hard for everyone to understand was that, over that simple long gown, he actually wore a thin, pink, gold-embroidered gauze robe.

The sheer fabric was so thin that it swayed in the wind with the slightest movement, and its vibrant color made the originally understated moon-white long robe underneath appear as a delicate pink, as if it were being concealed.

Upon seeing Tao Yaojun's attire, Feng Beichuan couldn't help but frown, his face full of disdain.

To him, with his normal male aesthetic sense, Tao Yaojun's attire was simply incongruous, neither male nor female, neither fish nor fowl.

Li Chang'an also felt that his eyes couldn't take it anymore.

Such vibrant colors seemed to make all the beautiful women in the Regent's Palace appear dull and lackluster in comparison.

Moreover, Li Chang'an, who did not have the aesthetic sense of ordinary women, usually dressed simply and plainly. Therefore, she could not understand why Tao Yaojun, as a man, would dress so flamboyantly.

However, what Li Chang'an found even more unbelievable was not the other party's consistently unique style of dress, but that Tao Yaojun not only came alone, but also had an equally eccentric fellow with her.

Liang Xuanjing?

At this moment, Li Chang'an felt as if his jaw was about to drop to the ground in shock.

Feng Beichuan felt the same way at this moment.

They had just shaken off this person not long ago, and now they've run into each other again.

I really don't know if this is a preordained fate or a cruel twist of destiny.