Allure of a Country Maiden-Chapter 436 - 434

The person under the influence of a love spell obeys the one they deeply love unconditionally.

But love spells are extremely difficult to cultivate. The usual method involves feeding the insect with the master’s blood, with one spell emerging from nine leeches. However, a love spell requires nourishment through heart’s blood. Even ten million leeches might not result in one spell, and very few spell cultivators can successfully cultivate it!

No wonder the princess from Xiyue Country turned pale as a sheet!

Shangguan Xuanyi could guess their motive for using a love spell on him. They wanted to control him, make him seize the throne, and then, without deploying a single soldier, the whole Minze Dynasty would belong to Xiyue Country!

What a well-executed plan!

Once this matter is over! If he does not wipe Xiyue Country off the map, he will henceforth not bear the surname Shangguan!

Shangguan Xuanyi’s guess was right. How could Yang Yong kill such a valuable chess piece! As Yang Yong directly targeted his weak point, Shangguan Xuanyi did not dodge nor retreat, facing it head-on, aiming for Yang Yong’s vulnerabilities.

Shangguan Xuanyi could not die. Yang Yong could only retract his moves and dodge Shangguan Xuanyi’s attacks. He was under control everywhere, and was soon pierced through the left shoulder by Shangguan Xuanyi’s sword.

Dark blood gushed out continuously.

The Princess of Xiyue Country and a woman stepped forward at this point: "Stop!"

"You are despicable!" To actually use poison! Before Yang Yong could finish speaking, he collapsed!

Shangguan Xuanyi withdrew his sword. The blade in his hand swiftly flew out towards Princess Xiyue.

Each kill counted. This was what Shangguan Xuanyi thought.

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"Princess!" The woman immediately blocked the blow aimed at Princess Xiyue, taking a fatal stab to her heart.

Princess Xiyue pushed the woman away and knelt down before Shangguan Xuanyi. Extending her frail, white, skeleton-like hands, she traced the contours of Shangguan Xuanyi’s face: "Such a brave and handsome man, I like you!"

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At the half-way point, Xiao’er met Feng Xing and the others at a Post Station.

"Where is Brother Shangguan?" Not seeing Shangguan Xuanyi’s figure, Xiao’er asked anxiously.

"The master has left ahead of us to return to the Imperial Capital." Wishing to see the lady, the master rushed back alone on his horse.

Who would’ve thought the lady also couldn’t wait to see the master and had come northwest? They couldn’t have missed each other on the way, right?

Seeing their strong feelings for each other, he was also tempted to get married. Having someone constantly caring for him should feel good.

Upon hearing this, Xiao’er felt a sense of dread.

"Just him alone?"

"Yes, what happened?" Seeing Xiao’er’s expression shift, a bad premonition arose within Feng Xing.

"He did not return to the Imperial Capital." Xiao’er communicated daily with Di Shaowei through Pigeon Post, so she knows Shangguan Xuanyi has not returned to Imperial Capital yet.

"What, where did the master go then?" Upon hearing this, Feng Xing also started to panic.

"I don’t know but don’t worry, I have ways to find him. You guys should return first as Brother Shangguan instructed."

After saying this, Xiao’er planned to continue on her way. The golden python’s voice echoed in her head: "Master, use my blood to help these people draw out the insects!"

Xiao’er immediately rejected the idea: "No way, over ten thousand people, that’s over ten thousand drops of blood! If you bleed that much, won’t you turn into a dried-up snake!"

It appeared that her master cared for her too, the golden python was very touched.

But the master seemed to have misunderstood something.

"Master, I only need half a vial of blood to draw out over ten thousand insects. I don’t need a drop of blood per insect. Saving these people will increase my cultivation, and my space can also be upgraded."

Darn, Xiao’er felt like she could die of stupidity! Drawing insects is not equal to feeding insects, how would she think it needed a person’s blood per insect!

It must be because recently she had been traveling too much and her mind was still in shock.

"What’s the specific advantage of a space upgrade?"

"I’m not sure, but the Ashoka fruits and leaves of the Ashoka tree will definitely regrow."

The golden python sighed when it looked at the nearly bald Ashoka tree.

Upon hearing this, Xiao’er immediately nodded: "Okay! Let’s save them!"

Whether the space is upgraded or not doesn’t matter, but they must have the Ashoka fruit! Only half of the ten years has passed and she has almost turned white with waiting.

After instructing Feng Xing to wait for her, she went back to her room and then entered the space, where she plucked all the leaves from the Ashoka tree, processed them into medicine pills, placed them in a jar, and also prepared over forty thousand antidote pills.

At this point, the Ashoka tree was truly bald, only a tree full of flowers remained.

The liquid in the pool has disappeared as well.

Xiao’er came out of the space and took out multiple mirrors, several magnifying glasses and a large box of night pearls from the space.

Only then did she allow Feng Xing to enter.

"This is half a vial of blood essence, this jar is full of ’Ice Scatter’, these are healing pills and antidote pills, these are all enough to draw out the insects from more than ten thousand people. You have experience in this, arrange for some quick-reacting people to practice, then help them to draw out the insects. Do you know what to do precisely?"

"Yes, don’t worry, Ma’am!" Feng Xing was worried about running out of antidote, wondering how the citizens would be able to bear the pain through the night. Now that he heard the insects could be drawn out, it felt like timely rain.

"You can tell them that the Sixth Prince had this prepared to save them and stored at this Post Station." Xiao’er had given some Loyalty Powder to Shangguan Xuanyi’s guards to consume, so she wasn’t worried that they would betray Shangguan Xuanyi and leak her involvement.

"It might not be possible to draw out the insects from all of them in one night. There are only forty thousand antidote pills, so use them sparingly and try to draw all the insects out within four days, otherwise, there won’t be enough antidotes."

Feng Xing thought for a bit, there were a total of seventeen thousand three hundred people infected with the parasites. Those not undergoing the extraction also needed to eat the antidote pills to alleviate the pain. Furthermore, they need to consume the antidote to purge the remaining poison after the extraction. Therefore, they will need seventeen thousand three hundred antidote pills on the first night. Assuming they could extract from five thousand people each day, they would require twelve thousand seven hundred antidote pills on the second night, seven thousand seven hundred on the third night, and two thousand seven hundred on the fourth night. In total, they would need forty-eight thousand pills! It appears they need to extract more insects on the first day or not have enough antidotes.

Only the benevolent ma’am who didn’t have the heart to see these ignorant citizens suffering would be willing to use these antidote pills to detoxify for them. If it was him, he would have left them to die of pain! What a nuisance! However, if he couldn’t help that many people draw out the insects in the night, then they would just have to endure the pain for a day or two.

After instructing Feng Xing, Xiao’er continued towards Shangguan Xuanyi’s location.

Sigh, such is her sad fate. Where others were heroes rescuing the damsels, she was always the one rescuing the heroes!

Four days later, the space was about to upgrade without any warning. Xiao’er didn’t have time to retrieve anything, and the space abruptly cut off all connection with her.