Reborn as a Hatrack in the Mystical Land-Chapter 735 - 4: The Poison of Fa Xiaoyi

Several days ago, within the Imperial Hospital of Wohua Imperial City.

"Going to Shang Kingdom to collect Snow Mist Grass?" Lie Sisi was a bit surprised when receiving Cheng Ying’s instructions.

Although Cheng Ying was Sisi’s senior sister, she had always been indifferent to her, neither teaching her any alchemy secrets nor had she ever sent her on errands, let alone directly ordering her to collect herbs like this time.

Collecting herbs, mercenaries could simply be hired for that; there was no need to send her on a long journey to the Shang Kingdom.

Lie Sisi’s expression showed a trace of displeasure.

"I remember you are a person from Shang Kingdom, you should be very familiar with the local situation. Besides, having left your hometown for years, don’t you wish to go back and pay your respects?" Cheng Ying took a sip of the fragrant tea in her hands. She has always been wary of Lie Sisi. She was about to leave the Imperial City to treat Ni Qianjun, who was on the "blacklist" of Danlu, and she didn’t want this matter to be known by others.

At first glance, Lie Sisi seemed like a delicate flower harmless to humans and animals.

But as for her character, Cheng Ying saw right through her.

She had repeatedly flirted with Long Jiuzun and thrown seductive glances at Ji Yun and the others, clearly not the kind of person who would save any oil. Since it was impossible to send her away, the only option was to dispatch her far off, so as not to be in the way.

Lie Sisi forced a smile, but in her heart, she had already cursed Cheng Ying thoroughly, "Senior Sister Cheng is truly thoughtful. Then, Sisi shall choose a day to depart for Shang Kingdom."

A few days after Lie Sisi left, Cheng Ying also departed Wohua Imperial City aboard the Titan.

However, the day after he left, Lie Sisi also returned to Wohua Imperial City.

Lie Sisi was cunning. Just the day before, she had seen Yue Jinghua looking for Cheng Ying, so she guessed that Cheng Ying must have agreed to something with Yue Jinghua. To keep it a secret, Cheng Ying had specifically sent her away.

Lie Sisi was convinced that this matter must be related to Danlu. Sadly, Cheng Ying was too cautious with her, and for the time being, she found no way to clearly discern what Cheng Ying had planned to do after sending her away.

Lie Sisi approached an alchemy apprentice from the Imperial Hospital, to whom Cheng Ying always entrusted the provision of her medicinal materials and elixir pills.

The apprentice was steady in his work and held in high esteem by Cheng Ying. The only flaw the man had was his lechery.

When Lie Sisi first arrived at the Imperial Hospital, the apprentice had hit on her numerous times.

He had coveted Lie Sisi for a long while, but she had always given him the cold shoulder. Who knew that today Lie Sisi would come to him voluntarily? After a bit of casual chit-chat, the alchemy apprentice was so bewitched that he lost his wits. 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞

Seizing the opportunity to inquire, Lie Sisi promptly learned about the medicinal materials and elixir pills Cheng Ying had recently asked him to prepare.

"Fangfeng Vine, wolf-scented lotus, ghost wood, Beihai Maim Fish Scale... these are all materials for treating unconsciousness. Since when did Cheng Ying acquire such a patient?" After making her inquiries, Lie Sisi was riddled with suspicions. She listed down all those materials, planning to copy them down and eventually send them back to Danlu.

If she couldn’t deal with Cheng Ying, surely there were plenty of others in Danlu who could.

"Who knows? Alchemist Cheng simply took these materials away. Oh right, just this morning Danlu sent a letter saying there’s an urgent patient abroad who wants to invite Alchemist Cheng to provide treatment. It’s just a shame she left yesterday, and I was wondering whether to forward this letter to elder alchemist Cheng," the alchemy apprentice pulled out a letter.

In the Imperial Hospital, it was customary to call Cheng Ying "Alchemist Cheng" and to refer to her father Cheng Longfeng as "elder alchemist Cheng."

Anyone requesting Cheng Ying’s assistance through Danlu must be either wealthy or noble.

Upon hearing this, Lie Sisi pretended to be nonchalant: "Give me the letter. Elder Alchemist Cheng has been in the Imperial City lately treating the Emperor. I just happen to be going to the Imperial City to deliver some medicines, I might as well bring it along."

Lie Sisi received the letter and immediately tore it open.

After reading the contents, a look of extreme complexity crossed Lie Sisi’s face.

She put down the letter, murmuring: "Fa Xiaoyi, I never thought I would hear from you again after leaving Shang Kingdom."

The letter from Danlu stated that Fa Xiaoyi, the new Regent King of Shang Kingdom, had been stricken with a strange poison, his life hanging by a thread, and hoped Danlu could send Chen Jiangyin to treat him.

However, the letter specified Chen Jiangyin, yet for some reason, it was delivered to Cheng Ying.

Having joined Danlu, Lie Sisi was naturally familiar with the name of Chen Jiangyin, a demon-level genius.

Lie Sisi had been in Danlu for more than a year but had never met Chen Jiangyin in person. However, she had heard rumours that Chen Jiangyin and Cheng Ying were on good terms, and any patients that Chen Jiangyin couldn’t attend to in person were usually handled by Cheng Ying.

Yet, this time Cheng Ying had left without stating when he would return or leaving any word behind, making it impossible for the letter to reach his hands now.

Lie Sisi held the letter, lost in thought for a long while.

In her mind, the image of the man who bore a ninety percent resemblance to Liao surfaced.

Liao, the man who made her head over heels in love, for whom she would betray her conscience and comrades.

It had been several years since they had parted ways.

Lie Sisi knew about Yue Jinghua being conferred the title of the first Duchess of the Empire, and how she had halted the Shangguo’s Dark Cavalry in Mist Canyon.

In her previous life, because of Yue Xiaoqi, Zhen Ni never had the chance to get close to Liao.

In this life, after she reincarnated as Lie Sisi, the moment she first saw Fa Xiaoyi, she was stunned by his godlike charm, she thought it was heaven’s compensation to her, the man so closely resembled Liao.

"Stricken by a strange poison, life in grave danger," reading those words on the letter, Lie Sisi felt her heart tightening.

Although she knew that Fa Xiaoyi was not Liao, she couldn’t help but devote her heart and soul to that man.

"How laughable, in the last life it was Yue Xiaoqi that kept us apart, and in this life, it’s still Yue Jinghua... Yue Xiaoqi who caused you to be poisoned. You’re quite a ruthless woman, Yue Xiaoqi. If Liao knew, I wonder how heartbroken he would be," Lie Sisi’s delicate face took on a touch of fierceness.

Recently Yue Jinghua had gone to Shang Kingdom, overcoming all difficulties, dealing a heavy blow to the army of Shang Kingdom’s Regent King. It seems that Fa Xiaoyi’s poisoning had something to do with her.

Although Shang Kingdom was defeated, the sudden intervention of Divine Court allowed it to preserve its old appearance and continue to exist independently as a sovereign state, not subjugated to either Dragon War Empire or Ruison Federation.

Fa Xiaoyi’s status also elevated from a rebellious prince to Regent King.

This rebellion, for Fa Xiaoyi, wasn’t entirely a bad thing.

"If Yue Jinghua wants you dead, I am determined to save you. Fa Xiaoyi, after this battle, your complicated feelings of gratitude and resentment towards Yue Jinghua should also come to an end," Lie Sisi said through gritted teeth, "This time, I must make you fall head over heels for me, I refuse to believe that I, Zhen Ni, could lose to one person in two lifetimes."

Lie Sisi took the letter and prepared some Elixir Pills, then boarded the carriage, which rattled on its way to Shang Kingdom.