Jiang Yu's eyes darkened, and she looked away from her gaze. "You're drunk."
Qi Nuan smiled dreamily upon hearing his words.
When Jiang Yu looked down at her again, she was already asleep.
Jiang Yu sighed, and carried her forward at a leisurely pace. The lights in the mansion swayed gently in the breeze, their candlelight guiding his way.
He was unaware of her worries, but he would dispel them.
Jiang Yu placed Qi Nuan on the bed, covered her with the blanket, and then turned and left.
Qi Nuan turned over in bed and fell back asleep.
"Master, Master..."
Something rang in Qi Nuan's ear, and Qi Nuan waved her hand irritably...
He rolled over and fell to the ground.
"ah……"
Qi Nuan opened her eyes and found that she had entered the space without knowing when.
Before her stood a small black snake with its head held high, looking up at her.
"How did I end up here? How were I brought in?"
Seeing Qi Nuan's suspicious look, the little black snake said, "How could I have such an ability?"
"It was your own subconscious desire to come in, Master."
Qi Nuan still looked at it with suspicion, but she knew that there was no point in pursuing it further.
She took out a hangover pill and ate it. Only after she was completely sober did she look at the little black snake in front of her.
Although it was fairly cute, Qi Nuan knew it wasn't a kind thing.
The "truth" that Qi Nuan knows is what it told her, and most of it may be true, but that doesn't mean there isn't any falsehood.
"Master, if you want to become stronger, why not accept my help? Since you have the ring to follow, why climb up step by step?"
The little black snake looked at her with confusion in its eyes and a seductive tone in its voice.
“Master, if you become stronger using your method, you might be too old by the time you get stronger. You'll be an old woman with white hair. As for Jiang Yu, he's a god high above you. Why would he even glance at you?”
"Your existence only tarnishes his eyes, so if you want to be with him forever, listen to me. You are my master, how could I possibly harm you?"
Qi Nuan just stared at it coldly, "So how are you going to help me?"
The black snake was expressionless, but at this moment Qi Nuan seemed to see an evil expression on its face.
"You will become stronger with just a small sacrifice of living beings."
The black snake stared at Qi Nuan with its crimson eyes. "Don't look at me like that. Once you become strong, you'll realize that they are nothing but a bunch of ants, and you are nothing but an ant in your A Yu's eyes as well."
"So you're nothing but an ant, an ant imprisoned here, never to see the sunlight. You're in hell yourself, and you want to drag others down with you?"
Qi Nuan looked at it, her tone very calm.
"Hehehe..."
The black snake looked at her and laughed, "One day you will regret it, just like the previous owner of this space. Only you women believe in love, what bullshit love."
"If you want him, then you have to be stronger than him, and have him firmly under your control. Wouldn't that be better?"
"Only if you eat his heart will he remember you forever, and only then will you have a chance to be stronger than him."
Even at this moment, the black snake still did not forget to bewitch her.
Perhaps it's true, but Qi Nuan wouldn't use its methods to become stronger.
She ignored it.
Instead, he went to the bookshelf, picked up a book, walked to the waterfall, sat down to meditate, and practiced the mental techniques in the book while circulating them in his body.
Cold sweat quickly condensed into beads on her forehead.
She bit her lip hard.
But soon her body couldn't take it anymore, and she spat out a mouthful of blood.
She wiped the blood from her mouth, clutched her heart, and sat on the ground watching the blood in the water quickly disappear.
He gave a bitter laugh to himself. Was this what it meant to have a treasure mountain but be unable to take it?
The black snake slithered around her again, saying, "Your body can't withstand these techniques. You're just a mortal, how dare you aspire to immortality?"
"If you listen to me, you'll get what you want. Isn't that good?"
Qi Nuan didn't look at it. After her body recovered a little, she slowly walked to the bookshelf.
They took all the books out of the box.
There will always be a way.
Even if not...
She closed her eyes briefly. Even if there was nothing wrong with the book, it was still useful. She sat on the ground, reading intently and trying to memorize the knowledge.
The black snake looked at her, sometimes turning into a wisp of black smoke and disappearing before her eyes, and sometimes turning into a black snake again, slithering around her.
Humans are most easily consumed by desires, but once they are determined, they are hard to be tempted.
But it's not in a hurry; it has plenty of time, and humans are such fickle creatures.
With just a little trickery, they will begin to doubt themselves and each other.
Qi Nuan was immersed in the ocean of knowledge. The things in the books were obscure and difficult for her to understand, and they were things she had never heard of before.
It doesn't matter, she doesn't need to understand the underlying principles now, she just needs to remember them.
I don't know how much time passed.
She then returned to her room from the virtual space.
She fell asleep quickly from overworking her brain, and when she woke up, the sun was already high in the sky.
"Anuan, you look terrible. Didn't you get enough rest?"
Qingqing's words drew everyone's attention to her.
Qi Nuan smiled and said, "I accidentally drank a little too much last night."
Her face was indeed far too pale.
Jiang Yu looked at her with a deep gaze. What did she do last night?
He made sure she was asleep when he put her on the bed.
Qi Nuan and Jiang Yu walked in the back garden, where the flowers were in full bloom and the air was filled with their fragrance.
Qi Nuan lowered her head, fiddling with the forsythia hanging down from the artificial hill.
"Could Ayu help me find some medicinal herbs?"
"Of course," Jiang Yu said, looking at her and taking a list of medicinal herbs from her hand.
Jiang Yu looked at them, her brows furrowed. What were these?
"Is this what you need?"
Qi Nuan paused for a moment, then nodded.
Before he could ask any more questions, Qi Nuan said, "I'm fine, it's just some old ailments. I feel a little uncomfortable occasionally, and I want to get them completely cured."
Jiang Jiangyu looked at her, and he knew she wasn't telling the truth.
Qi Nuan also knew that he knew she knew she wasn't telling the truth.
Was she certain that he wouldn't press the issue to find out the truth?
[Imperial Blood, Purple Fire Toad, Blood Lingzhi, Five-Colored Snow Lotus, Hellfire...]
He recognized these things individually, but he didn't know what they meant when put together. Although he didn't understand medicine, he did understand some of the most basic pharmacology.
He didn't know what the herbs on this prescription were for.
But is it really necessary to use a medicinal herb he's never heard of before, just for a simple treatment of her old ailment?
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