Chapter 711: Is he your master?

Tuan Tuan looked at his eyes, furrowed their little brows: "Do you still want my blood?"

Lu Wu glanced at Xiao Er, gave a bitter nod.

Tuan Tuan shook their little head: "I won't give it to you!"

Xiao Ningyuan snorted: "Stop daydreaming here!"

"If you touch a single hair of my sister, the Ning Prince's Mansion will be your eternal enemy! Even if I have to chase you to Dong Ying, I will surely take your life!"

"Hand over the secret medicine, and I'll let your sister stop being itchy all over."

Lu Wu sighed: "But the poison I'm afflicted with..."

Xiao Ningyuan waved his hand: "We can cure you."

Lu Wu's eyes lit up: "Really?"

Xiao Ningyuan continued: "But you must let the three shadow blades in your hand return, and tell them the secret medicine is in our hands."

"From now on, let them obey our orders in everything they do."

His gaze was sharp, staring straight at Lu Wu: "As for you, get back to your Dong Ying! In this life and the next, never let me see you again!"

Lu Wu's gaze sank, instantly seeming to revert to the inscrutable appearance he had when he first arrived.

Xiao Er gripped his knife hilt tightly, Lu Qi's iron lotus aimed at Lu Wu's head.

But, the next moment.

"Ah—choo!" Lu Wu let out a big sneeze, even bringing out a string of snot; he hurriedly threw away the already soaked paper in his hand, then grabbed another sheet from the table and stuffed it into his nostrils.

After finally dealing with the snot, he couldn't help but vigorously scratch his arms and legs.

Tuan Tuan couldn't help but burst out laughing: "Pfft!"

Several people: "……"

Xiao Ningyuan looked at him, his face somewhat unable to hold back: "You won't settle accounts? Wealth and reputation are external things."

"You're already this old; what could be more important than your own life and a healthy body?"

"Or do you want to amass wealth with your life, yet have no fortune to enjoy it?"

Lu Wu's face turned from white to green, then from green to white.

After several changes, he slowly opened his mouth: "How do I know you won't go back on your word after crossing the river?"

"If you get the secret medicine and the shadow blades, then kill me..."

"We wouldn't do that!" Tuan Tuan retorted directly, "You think we're like you?"

"I'm still afraid you won't keep your word!"

Lu Wu pondered for a long time, gritted his teeth, and nodded: "Okay! Deal!"

Xiao Ningyuan stood up holding his sister: "Tonight, you will summon back the shadow blades, hand over the secret medicine, and we will relieve your itching and detoxify you."

Upon hearing that, Lu Wu became anxious; he didn't want to wait even a moment longer: "Do we have to wait until tonight?"

Xiao Er shouted: "Nonsense! Can you summon them back now?"

Lu Wu choked, gritted his teeth: "Okay! Tonight! I'll hold on for another day."

Everyone said no more, walked out the door; Xiao Er carried Tuan Tuan on his back, lifted Xiao Ningyuan and leapt onto the roof, and together with Lu Qi returned to the secret chamber.

The following night, everyone came again to Lu Wu's room.

Three black-clad figures stood straight in the corner, startling Tuan Tuan greatly: "You've come!"

The three said nothing, as if they hadn't heard at all.

Lu Wu still had his head full of Silver Needles, scratching himself nonstop.

He pointed to a small cloth pouch on the table, palm-sized, made of dark plain fabric: "That's where the secret medicine for the shadow blades is."

Xiao Ningyuan walked to the table, picked up the pouch and looked at it—only palm-sized, dark plain fabric, no embroidery or pattern, the mouth tied with a cord of the same color.

Tuan Tuan glanced at it: "What is this?"

"That's, ah—choo!" Lu Wu sniffed: "It's the ornamental pouch worn by Dong Ying men, somewhat like your sachet."

Xiao Ningyuan untied the protective pouch and poured out some of its contents into his palm.

It was some light green powder.

Immediately, a strange, faint fragrance wafted out.

Tuan Tuan's nose twitched: "It smells so good!"

Lu Wu hummed: "Fragrant, right? So even if someone sees it, they'll just think it's an ordinary sachet."

"Each time you only need to take a little; not to mention Zhongyuan, even if you look across all of Dong Ying, there are hardly any..."

Tuan Tuan had no time to listen to his boasting, directly interrupting him: "Do they listen to me now?"

Lu Wu shook his head: "Not yet; you have to personally hand the secret medicine to them."

Xiao Ningyuan was about to walk over when Xiao Er shouted: "Young Master, they're highly skilled in martial arts; I should go instead."

Xiao Ningyuan looked at the three black-clad figures, as stiff as wooden clay statues, and handed the protective pouch to Xiao Er: "Be careful."

Xiao Er took it, walked up to the three: "Then what?"

"Let them smell it."

Xiao Er held the protective pouch up to the three.

Lu Wu looked at the black-clad figures, his face full of anguish; these shadow blades were the fruit of his many years of painstaking effort!

But now, being under someone's control, he could only do this; no matter what, his own life was most important.

He sighed: "The secret medicine has changed hands; from now on you must obey the orders of these few people, without mistake."

The three black-clad figures nodded in unison.

Tuan Tuan found it interesting: "Hey! What number are you?"

This time, the three spoke in unison: "Jia Yi Hao."

"Jia Three."

"Jia Five."

"So obedient!" Tuan Tuan clapped her little hands: "They're so well-behaved! Right, big brother?"

Xiao Ningyuan smiled and rubbed her little head.

Xiao Er handed the guard bag to Xiao Ningyuan, turned his head to look at Lu Wu: "You didn't say the other Shadow Blades follow that Supreme Venerable, did you? What about those people?"

Lu Wu snorted: "They listen to him because I made them listen, achoo!"

"Actually, only whoever holds the Secret Medicine do they truly listen to that person."

"You don't believe me?" He sniffled, pointing at the black-clad person: "Go catch a cat and bring it back."

The three black-clad people remained motionless.

Tuan Tuan's eyes darted, she raised her hand and pointed at the house where Mo Zhanggeng lived: "Bring the person living in that house over, don't make a sound! Don't wake anyone else."

The three black-clad people immediately stepped forward, slipping out silently through the gaps in the crowd.

Moments later, the three black-clad people came in carrying a rolled-up quilt.

Tuan Tuan was very excited: "Put it on the bed! Put it on the bed! Be gentle! Undo it!" After saying that, she walked to the bedside.

The three black-clad people did as told, gently placing the rolled quilt on the bed and unfolding it.

Mo Zhanggeng jumped up violently, pulled out the cloth stuffed in his mouth, and exploded in rage: "You tied me up......"

He glanced at Tuan Tuan by the bedside, rubbed his eyes, looked again, and was completely stunned: "Tuan Tuan?"

Tuan Tuan giggled and flung herself into his arms: "Master!"

Lu Wu widened her eyes: "He, he, he's your master?"

"The Supreme Venerable actually had him treat my headache!" He scratched his chest: "Good thing he didn't cure me to death."