Chapter 417: The Daily Life of the Demon Lord Princess Consort Chapter 510: Something Seems Off

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Protagonist:

Yan Qianqian

After Yan Jie's questions were more or less finished, An Wangfei instructed Chunxi to send the doctor away.

Not only that, she also specially gave some extra consultation fees, treating it as remuneration for the old doctor patiently answering Yan Jie's doubts.

The old doctor originally only charged the consultation fee he deserved, but under Chunxi's glib tongue, he finally accepted this extra fee with great joy, and then left with satisfaction.

However, although the doctor had left, Yan Jie did not stop there. He began to excitedly shout that he wanted to learn medicine, as if it were the most important thing in his life. An Wang and An Wangfei had always respected the wishes of their children very much, believing that children should have the right to make their own choices. Thus, An Wang readily agreed to Yan Jie, that as long as he could graduate smoothly from the Shangshufang, they would hire an excellent master to teach him medicine.

Hearing this promise, Yan Jie was overjoyed and danced with excitement, as if he had already seen the day he would become a divine doctor. Before graduating, Yan Jie began to read some medical books on his own. However, to everyone's surprise, after he graduated, An Wang did not disappoint his expectations, but actually specially invited the head of the Taiyuan to teach him.

From then on, Yan Jie's love for medicine grew deeper and deeper; he not only loved reading all kinds of medical books, but also developed a strong interest in poison arts.

Among the large number of books owned by the head of the Taiyuan, a small part happened to be about poison arts. Although the head was excellent in medicine, his attainments in the field of poison arts could only be described as average.

Therefore, regarding poison arts, Yan Jie only learned some superficial knowledge from the head, and the rest relied entirely on his own exploration and research.

Compared with medicine, Yan Jie loved poison arts even more, and for this he put in more effort to learn.

The reason for this had to be traced back to something he heard after growing up—the adults in the family once mentioned that his elder sister was unfortunately poisoned when she entered the palace to attend the Imperial Banquet as a child.

This news was like a lightning bolt splitting the night sky, deeply touching Yan Jie's heart.

From then on, he made up his mind to work twice as hard to learn poison arts, to prevent similar tragedies from happening again.

Of course, Qianqian did not know about this matter. In her eyes, Yan Jie simply had a special fondness for poison arts.

Qianqian withdrew her thoughts, looking at Yan Jie suddenly interrupting Yan Jie who was concentrating on reading, and proposed: "How about we go for a walk in the mountains?"

Hearing this, Yan Jie slowly put down the book in his hand, smiled and replied: "Okay, let's go, let's go." Before his voice faded, he unhesitatingly took Qianqian's hand and stepped out together with her, as if he had long been eager to explore the mysteries of that mountain forest.

Yan Wang's hand was slapped away by Qianqian as if struck by electricity; he looked at Qianqian in astonishment, his face full of confusion. Seeing this, Yan Jie felt doubtful and hurriedly asked: "Eldest Brother, what's wrong?"

Yan Jie replied unhappily: "Do you still know I'm your elder brother? When we go out later, two grown men holding hands—what would that look like? If others saw us, they would definitely think there's something wrong with our brains!"

Yan Jie then came to his senses, realizing that his previous behavior was indeed inappropriate, and couldn't help but smile embarrassedly, saying: "Yes, it is indeed a bit perverted."

After speaking, Qianqian turned and walked forward, while Yan Jie obediently followed behind her. Neither chose to ride horses, because that mountain was very close and they could reach it on foot.

They walked one after the other, and soon arrived at the foot of the mountain.

However, the sight before them disappointed both of them greatly—the scenery here was unusually desolate, far from the place they imagined where hundred-year-old Ling Qi could grow.

Despite this, the two still decided to continue walking inward to see if they could find anything. Just as they were proceeding carefully, a low roar suddenly came, it was the cry of a tiger!

This sudden roar made Yan Jie tremble all over, his legs went weak, and he almost sat down on the ground. In contrast, Qianqian remained unusually calm, seeming to pay no attention to the tiger's roar at all.

After all, Qianqian had always been a fearless person, so this small scene naturally couldn't frighten her. Thus, she comforted the still-shaken Yan Jie, and then the two continued to walk carefully into the mountain.

However, the tiger's cry kept lingering in their ears, near and far, making people confused. Qianqian couldn't help but feel doubtful: where exactly was this tiger?

Continuing inward, the tiger's roars gradually became weaker, as if swallowed by the dense forest. At the same time, the surrounding scenery underwent a wonderful change.

The originally monotonous green vegetation became increasingly lush, the small grass like a carpet, as if a green carpet covered the earth; towering trees reached into the clouds, branches and leaves intertwined, forming a green canopy.

In this vibrant forest, a clear stream flowed gently, the stream water was clear to the bottom, the water surface reflecting the surrounding scenery, like a mirror.

By the stream grew many unknown medicinal herbs, swaying gently in the breeze, emitting a faint herbal fragrance.

Qianqian was not familiar with these herbs, but Yan Jie beside her recognized them at a glance. Only to hear him suddenly exclaim: "Wow, it's actually Huanlingcao, Lingxiyeh, Mimei flowers, and..." His voice was full of surprise and excitement, as if he had discovered a rare treasure.

"Stop, stop, stop!" Yan Jie hadn't finished speaking when he was suddenly interrupted by Qianqian. Her tone was somewhat urgent, as if there was something important to say.

Yan Jie looked at Qianqian somewhat doubtfully, not knowing why she interrupted him. However, Qianqian did not explain immediately, but furrowed her brows and said thoughtfully: "Don't get excited first, I always feel that something is not quite right here."

Hearing this, Yan Jie immediately became nervous and hurriedly asked: "Where is not right?" His gaze scanned around, trying to find something abnormal.

Qianqian shook her head and replied: "I can't put it into words, just a feeling. But since the herbs here are quite precious, if we go further in, there will definitely be more good things."

Yan Jie felt Qianqian made sense, he nodded to indicate agreement. Thus, the two decided to continue walking inward to see if they could find more treasures.

They carefully passed through the dense grass, went around several big trees, and finally came to a wide open space. The sight before them surprised them greatly—there was actually a large medicine field here!