Evil of all ages

Chapter 78 Vulnerability (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

"Was it really the person in your dream who told you this?"

Liu Caiyue asked incredulously.

“Master, in addition to the main ingredients, we also need two secondary main herbs and eighty-one auxiliary herbs. Only with the right timing and location will we have a chance to refine the God-Sealing Powder.”

Seeing that her master still didn't believe her, Huang Yu'er directly stated how many medicinal herbs were needed to refine the Divine Consecration Powder.

"you……"

Liu Caiyue originally thought that Huang Yu'er might be lucky, having somehow learned that the main ingredient of the Fengshen Powder was the Seven Star Strange Flower.

But when she heard Huang Yu'er say that refining the God-Sealing Powder required two secondary main herbs and eighty-one auxiliary herbs, plus favorable timing and location...

She knew that Huang Yu'er hadn't found out by chance, which meant that what she said was probably true.

It was her father who taught her.

Her father has appeared to her and sent her a disciple.

“Master, if you still don’t believe me, I can do the Yama Eighteen Needles technique.”

"I can recite half of the Imperial Medicine Manual backwards."

"I know the location of the divine medicine; it's in Changbai Mountain."

"..."

Upon hearing that Huang Yu'er even knew the location of the divine medicine's lair, Liu Caiyue's last remaining doubts completely vanished.

"The person who teaches you skills in your dreams, you see him every night?"

Liu Caiyue asked expectantly.

“Before, I wasn’t very skilled, so I could see him almost every night.”

"I can't see him now, probably because he's already figured out everything I need to know."

"The last time I met him was when he asked me to come and become your disciple. After that, he never appeared again."

Huang Yu'er apologized repeatedly in her heart. In order to continue the master-disciple relationship from her previous life, she could only fabricate such a lie.

"He didn't have anything to tell me?"

Liu Caiyue couldn't believe her father had nothing to say to her.

"Have"

Huang Yu'er found it really difficult; one lie required countless more to cover up the flaws.

"What?"

Liu Caiyue asked expectantly.

"Little Yue'er, thank you for your hard work."

Upon hearing this, Liu Caiyue's tears fell silently.

Seeing her master silently shedding tears, Huang Yu'er did not disturb him, allowing him to calm down on his own.

After a long while, Liu Caiyue regained her composure.

Once she regained her composure, she didn't speak, but circled around Huang Yu'er.

“Recite the formula for the Eighteen Needles of Yama to me.”

Liu Caiyue wanted to test Huang Yu'er to see how much skill she had learned from her father.

Without hesitation, Huang Yu'er recited the incantation of the Eighteen Needles of Yama verbatim.

After listening, Liu Caiyue became increasingly satisfied with Huang Yuer, but that wasn't enough; memorizing and putting into practice were two different things.

She didn't want Huang Yu'er to administer the needles; instead, she wanted her to refine elixirs.

Huang Yu'er was led into the alchemy room by her master, and she didn't stand on ceremony, refining pills right in front of her master.

Liu Caiyue was increasingly alarmed as she looked at Huang Yu'er. Huang Yu'er seemed to know her alchemy room very well, and she even knew where all her alchemy tools were kept.

Moreover, the alchemy techniques were almost identical to hers.

It feels like she taught him, not his father.

Final elixir completion

The quality of the elixir left Liu Caiyue speechless.

There's no need for him to become her apprentice; he's already qualified to graduate.

In a few years, I will have no problem surpassing her in every aspect.

"You know exactly where the medicinal herbs are and where the utensils are. Have you ever been inside my medicine hut?"

Liu Caiyue didn't doubt Huang Yu'er; she was just curious about this.

“Master, because the scene in my dream is exactly the same as here.”

Huang Yu'er replied.

"Don't call me master yet, I haven't agreed to take you as my disciple."

Liu Caiyue hesitated, firstly because she had nothing left to teach Huang Yu'er, and secondly because of her situation.

If she takes Huang Yu'er as her disciple, the Ghost Emperor will definitely take notice of Huang Yu'er.

The father taught Huang Yu'er skills in a dream, which involved supernatural elements.

The Ghost Emperor controls the power of ghosts and gods. If the Ghost Emperor knew that her father, who had been dead for decades, could teach others skills in dreams...

Perhaps the Ghost Emperor will take an interest and try to steal her father's soul, or even harm Huang Yu'er.

“Master, if there is anything suspicious about me, you should keep me by your side and observe me carefully.”

Huang Yu'er felt something was wrong. She had already shown so much; logically, her master should have been excited to accept her, not hesitated.

“You even know where the miracle drug is hidden, so what’s suspicious about it?”

Liu Caiyue shook her head.

"Then why not accept me?"

Huang Yu'er wanted to know the reason. "I need to think about it. Come back to me in a couple of days and I will give you an answer then."

Liu Caiyue did not give a direct answer, but instead told Huang Yu'er to come back in two days.

Huang Yu'er knew her master's character; her master was a man of his word, so she could only wait two days before coming back.

He bowed to his master and turned to leave.

Standing at the door, watching Huang Yu'er's figure recede into the distance until she disappeared, Liu Caiyue turned around to prepare to tidy up.

But as soon as she turned around, her body stiffened.

Because she saw that the Ghost Emperor had appeared in her medicine hut at some point and was unceremoniously eating the Qi-boosting pills she had refined.

Not only Qi-boosting pills, but all pills and tonics that are beneficial to the human body were found by Lord Ghost Emperor.

Seeing the bottles of pills and the ancient medicinal herbs, some hundreds and some thousands of years old, all waiting to be eaten by the Ghost Emperor, she couldn't help but feel a pang of heartache.

But that's not the point. The point is when the Ghost Emperor arrived.

She arrived just as Huang Yu'er was leaving.

The Ghost Emperor was already here when Huang Yu'er was still alive.

If it's the latter, then that's troublesome.

Will the Ghost Emperor harm Huang Yu'er?

No, I have to ask.

"Lord Ghost Emperor, are you new here, or...?"

Huang Taichu: "I just arrived, but I saw you watching a young girl leave. Is there something special about this girl that made you watch her go?"

Upon hearing that the Ghost Emperor had just arrived, she finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"There's nothing strange about her, she's just strangely cute, and you can't help but take a second look."

Liu Caiyue knew perfectly well how terrifying the Ghost Emperor was, but she still inexplicably chose to deceive him.

Even though she knew that her actions were tantamount to betrayal.

If you get caught, you'll suffer a fate worse than death.

But she did it anyway.

Even she didn't know why.

"I won't take your food for nothing. I'm giving you a chance, a chance to answer again."

"Think it over before answering."

Huang Taichu said calmly.

Upon hearing this, Liu Caiyue's face turned pale.

Lord Ghost Emperor is not a newcomer; he has been here for some time.

The Ghost Emperor heard most of her conversation with Huang Yu'er, though he didn't take it all in.

Next second

Liu Caiyue knelt down.

"She's still a child, so you can't take her words seriously. She probably learned her skills in her dreams, and someone may have taught her to say things like that."

Instead of apologizing, Liu Caiyue tried to dissuade the Ghost Emperor from having any designs on Huang Yu'er.

"Are you crazy? Is it worth going to such lengths for someone who has nothing to do with you?"

Huang Taichu said calmly.

Liu Caiyue did not answer, choosing to remain silent.

"Choose one of two"

"First, you will be punished."

"Second, go and bring her back now so I can study her and see if she can really learn skills in her dreams."

Huang Taichu gave the choice.

"I choose to accept the punishment."

Liu Caiyue also felt that she had gone mad, and actually chose to accept the punishment.

"you sure?"

Even if one cannot live, and cannot die?

Huang Taichu asked.

"determine"

Liu Caiyue gritted her teeth and made up her mind.

Huang Taichu looked at Liu Caiyue for a while, but hesitated to take any action to punish her.

"stand up"

When Liu Caiyue heard the Ghost Emperor tell her to stand up, she thought that the punishment would be endured standing up, so she stood up as if she were going to die.

Huang Taichu didn't speak. He took the jade key from the Divine Medicine Treasure in his spatial ring and tossed it back to Liu Caiyue.

"Lord Ghost Emperor, what is the meaning of this?"

Liu Caiyue was confused. If she wasn't going to punish her, why was she returning the jade key to her?

"Next time she comes to you, just take her as your apprentice and don't let her know about our relationship."

Huang Taichu said calmly.

"Why?"

Liu Caiyue wanted to know the reason.

(End of this chapter)