"Gu Shang, this name sounds nice."
Holding Gu Shang's slightly cold little hand, Gu Yuan quietly felt the smoothness and delicacy of her hands. He had never expected this icy beauty's hands to feel so good. Gu Yuan's expression remained unchanged, but he was laughing wildly in his heart. Damn, I didn't see anything that day, but I was awarded a sword. Today is my compensation.
"Have you touched enough?"
Gu Shang looked at Gu Yuan expressionlessly and asked.
"Uh, cough cough..."
Gu Yuan quickly loosened his grip, fearing that the ice cube would strike him again. Thinking of his sword wound, Gu Yuan suddenly touched his chest. It seemed that the wound had healed without him noticing. It was truly miraculous.
Just as Gu Yuan was marveling at the miracle, Gu Shang snorted coldly and said, "Don't look at it. I asked Jiujiu to apply the golden wound medicine on you that day. Otherwise, you probably wouldn't be able to stand up now."
"Tsk tsk tsk, no wonder. I was wondering why you recovered so quickly. I didn't expect that you, Ice Beauty, are so kind at heart. In fact, you don't want to see me die, right?" Gu Yuan said shamelessly.
"Don't think you can act so recklessly just because you have reached a deal. If it weren't for your master's sake, I would kill you right now!" Gu Shang said coldly. Although the unknown power was ridiculously strong, it didn't mean that Gu Yuan could act so recklessly in front of her.
"My master?"
Gu Yuan was stunned. Did she take the excuse he made up seriously?
"Do you think you have the right to speak in front of me?"
Gu Shang frowned and said with lingering fear, "No wonder you are so fearless in front of me. It turns out that your master is secretly protecting you. Now I am a little curious about your identity."
Gu Yuan was completely bewildered. He knew perfectly well whether he had a master or not, so why was she so sure he had one? And she even claimed his teacher was right beside him? What had happened?
Gu Yuan suppressed his doubts and didn't show any abnormality. He simply admitted it and said, "I don't know where Master is. Anyway, I don't see him often. But when I made him angry before, he told me that he was going to find a new disciple. That's why he just threw me here. Alas, I am dull and stupid. I hope Master didn't abandon me."
Gu Yuan's face showed a trace of sadness as if it were real, and he inadvertently revealed the space ring on his hand, which ordinary people would not have.
Gu Shang looked at the sorrowful expression on Gu Yuan's face and the dark blue ring, further confirming her suspicions. She sneered inwardly, "This kid is probably deliberately trying to get me to attack him so his master can take him away. Maybe he's even hoping his master will attack me to avenge that sword strike." He's a truly ruthless kid, but I won't!
Gu Shang secretly calculated in his heart, as if he had made some decisions.
"Alright, now we're partners. From today on, you can travel freely on the fourth floor, but..."
Having said that, Gu Shang stopped, looked at Gu Yuan, and a friendly smile appeared on her face.
But in Gu Yuan's opinion, this smile was not so friendly, but made him feel cold all over.
"Hey, what are you doing? You just said we're partners. Don't tell me you... wuwu..."
Gu Yuan hugged his chest with a cautious look on his face. Before he could finish his words, Gu Shang pinched his mouth and stuffed a colorful pill into his mouth. Gu Yuan swallowed it without noticing.
“Cough cough cough…”
Gu Yuan's face flushed red. He bent over and dug hard into his throat, trying to get out the food that had entered his stomach.
"You...what did you feed me?"
Gu Yuan's face turned green. The brighter the color, the more toxic it was. What if the poison itself died?
"Don't worry, this is just to ensure the smooth completion of the transaction. This pill will only remain dormant in your body and won't cause you any harm. Firstly, I can find your location anytime and anywhere, and secondly..."
The smile on Gu Shang's face became even wider, but in Gu Yuan's eyes she looked like a snake or scorpion.
"If you dare reveal my true identity to anyone other than you and me, I will immediately activate the medicinal power. I think if you break the rules, even your master won't be able to do anything to me."
"Also, this poison pill took me 49 days to refine using over a hundred poisons. I don't know exactly how toxic it is, but you can give it a try. Who knows, if the poison counteracts the other poisons, it might even be less toxic. It might even be a great tonic!"
Gu Shang looked at Gu Yuan, whose face was full of panic, chuckled, and threw a black token to Gu Yuan.
"This is the owner's token, take it."
After saying this, Gu Shang turned and left.
Gu Yuan fell to the ground with a thud, his whole body trembling and his teeth chattering.
"Women are the most vicious, it really is true!"
Gu Yuan exhaled a few times and calmed himself down. Since he had already swallowed it, he might as well accept the reality. It was his own fault that he was a powerless guy.
As for the help system, Gu Yuan didn't have this idea.
On the one hand, he had nothing valuable on him, and on the other hand, he believed that Gu Shang must have more tricks up her sleeve. Even if he could detoxify the pill, she would probably be able to sense it immediately. Where could he run to then?
What's more, he has enemies outside now, and having the huge Xunhuanlou behind him seems to be a good choice. At least he is safe now.
After weighing the pros and cons, Gu Yuan smiled. His situation was not that bad. Besides, as long as he did not reveal her secret, he would be fine.
"By the way, I haven't tried the effects of the pills I bought from the auction yet."
Gu Yuan slapped his head and stood up hurriedly. A lot of strange things happened in the past few days and he had no time to deal with the elixir. In three days, the interest on the ten thousand gold coins he owed the system was already six thousand gold coins.
Gu Yuan took out a jade bottle from the space ring, poured out a healing pill and held it in his mouth, then took out a small knife. He gritted his teeth, endured the pain, and cut a gash on his left arm. Blood flowed out, and Gu Yuan immediately swallowed the healing pill on the tip of his tongue, then stared at the wound and counted the time.
“1, 2, 3…11…15”
When he counted to fifteen, Gu Yuan stopped, because his wound had completely healed and began to scab.
"Fifteen seconds, this time is not bad for a second-grade elixir."
Gu Yuan repeated his actions once again, and this time he replaced the recovery pill with the healing pill. He wanted to see how much difference there was between the effect of the first-grade pill and the second-grade one.
“1, 2, …10”
Gu Yuan paused. Ten seconds! In just ten seconds, as Gu Yuan stared in shock, the wound on his arm completed the four processes of stopping bleeding, healing, scabbing, and shedding. At this time, there was no trace of injury on Gu Yuan's arm.
Gu Yuan pulled at the wound in disbelief. It was completely healed! The system's first-grade elixir was actually more effective than the second-grade elixir on the market!
"Holy crap! I made a killing!"
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