"No idea. This girl is a Gu healer. She helped me suppress the Gu poison in my body last night. Look at me, I'm not so excited when you mention her now. Okay, you said you want to eat, so let's eat something. We can only really get started once we enter the Miao Palace."
Upon hearing Jun Jianchou's words, Cen Xi paused in her steps, turned around, and went back into the house.
"That's good! Let's order some food. My son will bring out your signature breakfast."
Seeing that Cen Xi looked quite well, Jun Jianchou felt a little relieved and turned to call out to the waiter beside him.
"We don't have much to eat here in the morning, just pea flour and noodles. Would you like some?"
The waiter glanced nervously at the two noblemen from the Central Plains and said...
"I'll have some noodles, little girl. What would you like to eat?"
Cen Xi has never been particular about food, so she casually ordered a bowl of noodles from the waiter and then turned her eyes to Tian Ying beside her.
"I want a bowl of pea noodles!"
Tian Ying glanced at Cen Xi awkwardly and said urgently.
"I'd also like a bowl of pea rice noodles. I've heard that Miao pea rice noodles are very flavorful, and I think it would be good to try it."
"Then I won't have noodles anymore. It's more meaningful to try different things. I also want to try what kind of food this pea flour is."
After Jun Jianchou finished speaking, Cen Xi immediately changed her tune, smiling so broadly that it resembled a crescent moon, as if she hadn't come to find the Gu King and Gu Queen to cure her Gu poison, but rather to visit the famous Miao village.
Jun Jianchou was momentarily dazzled by the radiant smile on her face. She was still the same person, even in dire straits, on the verge of death, she was still the one who treated life with gentleness.
He didn't love the wrong person, but unfortunately, he wasn't the one in her heart.
"Alright! Just a moment, the pea flour noodles will be served shortly."
For some reason, the waiter was also infected by Cen Xi's smile and his lips curled up as well.
In no time, three bowls of pea noodles were placed in front of the three of them. Cen Xi slurped them up, her eyes lit up, and she gave a big thumbs up:
"Oh, not bad, it's quite delicious."
"This is the only place that's good to eat. The chef at this inn is the best chef in our Miao region. You guys are lucky."
Tian Ying was still angry with Cen Xi, so she spoke in a somewhat sarcastic tone.
However, Cen Xi didn't take her attitude seriously at all, and just kept eating. She even gave Jun Jianchou a look that said, "See? I didn't cause any trouble. It's just that the other party is too vengeful."
Jun Jianchou smiled silently and continued eating what was in his bowl.
After the meal, the three of them didn't linger and went straight to the temple. When they arrived at the temple gate, they ran into Lu Duling, who was on duty.
Tian Ying gave him a resentful look, then went into the palace without saying a word.
Cen Xi glanced at the awkward young couple, smiled silently, and headed straight for the Miao King's palace.
After they arrived today, only five of the ten elders from yesterday remained.
Jun Jian raised an eyebrow, somewhat surprised.
"Why are only the two of you here today? Why is Prime Minister Shen, who was supposed to be at the grand banquet, not in the palace?"
Upon entering, something flashed in the eyes of the Grand Elder before he smiled and asked Cen Xi and Jun Jianchou.
“Chen Xiang didn’t rest well last night and is catching up on sleep now. Elder, Chen Xiang isn’t the only capable person in the Central Plains. You don’t have to rely solely on him. I am proficient in Gu techniques and medicine. Isn’t that the kind of talent your Miao region wants? So why look far away when you can find someone close by?”
Jun Jianchou glanced at the elder with interest, then spoke without any politeness.
“Indeed, that Prime Minister Shen only helped Young Master Jun yesterday. In the end, it still requires your magic. I was being too attached to appearances. Today, I see that the Miao King’s complexion has improved a lot. It seems that your method yesterday was indeed effective. The Miao King will now be entrusted to you.”
After glancing at Jun Jianchou with his slanted eyes, the First Elder suddenly and sensibly agreed with Jun Jianchou's words.
His actions made Cen Xi raise an eyebrow. This elder was interesting. He wondered if Yan Shengxiao had made a deal with these old men after seizing the Miao King's body. He felt that something was amiss.
Not only Cen Xi noticed this, but Jun Jianchou also keenly sensed it. He smiled and nodded without revealing his thoughts.
“That’s natural. If the Miao King doesn’t wake up, we’ll never find the Gu King and Gu Queen. So for the sake of our interests, we will do our best. The Grand Elder doesn’t need to doubt our sincerity. Yesterday is different from today. Today we need to slowly guide the Miao King’s meridians. It would be best if you all retreated to the outer hall.”
"That's good, that's good! Let us old men step aside and let this great general give our Miao king a good look."
After giving Jun Jianchou a kind look, the First Elder spoke to the other elders.
After understanding the Grand Elder's meaning, the other elders left the inner hall and went to wait in the outer hall.
The Second Elder, Zhu Youdan, saw that Tian Ying was indeed following the women at the banquet like a maid. After revealing an ambiguous expression on his face, he also withdrew from the inner hall.
After driving away all the people he disliked, Jun Jianchou gave Cen Xi a dagger and told her to bleed a little so he could cast a spell on the Miao king.
It would be best if he could never wake up, for all eternity.
Will this work?
Cen Xi asked uncertainly.
"Whether it works or not, we'll find out soon. Logically speaking, since she used forbidden magic on you, you should be able to inflict overwhelming damage on her. Let's give it a try first."
Jun Jianchou glanced at her, unsure of herself, but she was determined to give it a try.
"good!"
Cen Xi was certain that her mission in this world was to kill this guy, so she didn't hesitate to cut a big gash in her finger, letting his blood drip into the bowl without any waste.
"I'll start by inserting acupuncture needles into various parts of his body. You'll sit on the ground and meditate for a while. Make sure your body recovers to its full potential as soon as possible, so he can't take advantage of you."
"Alright! Don't worry! As long as he's reduced to ashes, even if I die right now, I'll have no regrets."
Cen Xi stared at Jun Jianchou for a moment, then quickly found a place to sit down.
Just as Jun Jianchou's golden needles finished tracing the Miao King's body, a ghostly voice echoed within the hall:
"Don't bother trying. I have already cultivated an indestructible body. Even if I have this little girl's blood, what can it do? When I wake up, you will all die one by one anyway, so why struggle anymore?"
"Yan Shengxiao, you are the last man at the end of your rope. You've become a mere wisp of a soul, yet you still won't stop. I'll send you to the deepest hell."
As soon as that ghostly voice rang out, Cen Xi clearly sensed that the other party was coming for her, so she had no reason to be afraid. As long as she could kill this person, what did it matter if she were reincarnated again?
So she quickly formed hand seals to fight against the opponent's aggressive soul.
"I might have been afraid of you before, but now you've been poisoned, and your blood is no longer pure. So you can't stop me from waking up. Little girl, I advise you to be sensible and obediently wait to die. Don't struggle anymore, or I'll have to go to the trouble of finding you a burial plot after I wake up."
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