Chapter 28 Greeting of Five Tigers

Murong Yun Shu’s mind was still full of emotion when the waiter approached with food and drink . He laid them out on the table, muttered some niceties, and left .

Murong Yun Shu glanced over the tableful of food before picking up her chopsticks to eat . Everyone else started to eat too . The man telling stories continued, mostly sharing stories about fights and gangs . More or less the content was that so and so would end so and so, or so and so intended to end so and so . Eating and listening to the stories, everyone in the group was quite relaxed .

Unfortunately, the more people are there to admire the view, the more likely it is that a few people will pop up to destroy it .

Murong Yun Shu set down her chopsticks and raised her eyes, looking at the five huge figures that blocked her view . “What are you five here for?” she asked politely .

“We’re here to capture you,” One of them said, hands on hips .

Glancing at the arms that were thicker than both her legs combined, and the four skinny green-shirted guards in her part, Murong Yun Shu felt that she didn’t have much of a chance . So instead she picked up her bowl and chopsticks and kept eating .

“Hey! I’m here to capture you, are you listening or not?”

She chewed slowly, until she had swallowed the last bit of food . Only then did she put her chopsticks down with a calm expression . “How much do you want?”

“What do you mean?”

“Are you not here to kidnap me for my money?”

“What? We’re not petty thieves like that!”

Murong Yun Shu thought a bit longer . “Or are you here for my body?”

Everyone around her couldn’t help but make faces . How could she say something like that so calmly…

They laughed . “We’re not interested in someone like you . Skinny without an ounce of fat, there’s nothing there to even grope . ” Their laughter was stupid, their voices thick .

Suddenly, there were a few ringing slaps . The laughter stopped, and each of the figures had a red handprint on their faces . At the same time, the Southern guard that had taken action pressed a hand to his chest, vomiting a few mouthfuls of black blood, a dark coloration rippling across his face as well .

Murong Yun Shu’s heart sank . Things were not going well here .

“South!” The Western guard hurried to help him force the poison energy out . Unexpectedly his energies backfired and the poison attacked him as well . He spat out blood that was the same shade of black .

The Northern guard was about to help, when Eastern guard stopped him . “Don’t do it, or you’ll be poisoned just like them . ”

“There’s poison in the food?!”

“There’s poison in the food?!”

The Eastern guard nodded with a grim look .

“Then, madam…” Northern guard glanced at Murong Yun Shu fearfully .

“I’m fine . ” Murong Yun Shu said calmly . “It’s only effective toward those who have inner energies . ”

“When did you learn that?”

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“When I was drinking the tea . ”

The Eastern guard face faulted . “Why didn’t you tell us?”

“I thought you knew . ” She didn’t know that her impressive-looking guards couldn’t even tell that something was poisoned…

The corners of the Eastern guard’s mouth twitched . “Madam, you…really think highly of us . ”

A similar look came over the faces of the other guards . Madam, if you knew that there was poison in the food and wine and watched us eat it all up, how could you bear your conscience!

A similar look came over the faces of the other guards . Madam, if you knew that there was poison in the food and wine and watched us eat it all up, how could you bear your conscience!

Murong Yun Shu was actually a bit guilty, so she spoke up to comfort them . “This isn’t really such a bad poison . Worst case scenario you lose all your fighting skills, but you won’t die from it . ”

The four guards’ faces turned white . Losing all your skills wasn’t fearful? For guards who helped establish such a powerful force and made enemies everywhere, losing your powers was even worse than death . So many people out there were keen to feast on their flesh and drink their blood that if they ended up being vivisected or torn to shreds, that would be a merciful way to go…

Seeing the looks on the four guards’ faces, Lu’er understood that her madam had once again failed miserably at trying to impress . And after she had told her so many times not to comfort people without thinking! This wasn’t even the worst that had happened . One time Fourth Auntie accidentally broke her leg . Her response was, “Don’t worry about it . The worst that can happen is that you won’t be able to walk again . We have plenty of servants in the family that can just lift you wherever you need to go . ” That was enough to convince Fourth Auntie that she was going to be crippled for life, and she wailed for the whole night .

Not everyone could comfort others . Lu’er glanced at her mistress with a subtle look and whispered, “Madam, silence is gold . ”

Murong Yun Shu nodded quietly in agreement . She glanced at the tall figures next to her whose eyes bulged out of their heads . “The antidote . ”

Those eyes bulged bigger and bigger in anger, while the rest of their faces stayed still like they were made of wood .

“They’ve been hit by South’s blood handprint . Other than their eyes, if they move their faces ever so slightly they will suffer the pain of a thousand fire ants chewing on their hearts, a pain worse than death . ” Eastern guard explained .

The men didn’t understand why opening their mouths hurt them so much . At the sound of the words “blood handprint”, their legs gave out beneath them . They collapsed onto the floor with an earth-shattering “boom” . The bowls and chopsticks on the table shuddered .

If these five had been born as pigs, they’d be worth quite a pretty penny . Murong Yun Shu stared down at them from above and said again, “The antidote . ”

They clambered up, glancing at each other, then made the motions of grabbing Murong Yun Shu .

They clambered up, glancing at each other, then made the motions of grabbing Murong Yun Shu .

“Hold on,” she said, “It’s fine if you want to capture me . But can you tell me the reason first?”

They glanced at each other again . Then one of the men pointed at his own mouth to indicate that he couldn’t speak .

“South, is there a way to negate a blood handprint?” Murong Yun Shu asked .

“You would need very strong internal energy,” said Southern guard, “But none of us can use that right now . ”

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Murong Yun Shu nodded and asked, “How about Sir Feng?”

“He should have enough . But isn’t he also poisoned?”

Murong Yun Shu smiled . “You think that ‘rising above Hua Tuo*’ is a t.i.tle he gave himself? If he couldn’t even see through a poison of this grade, how would he even walk the streets without embarra.s.sing himself?”

*Hua Tuo is a famous Chinese doctor .

Chapter 28 Greeting of Five Tigers.

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Murong Yun Shu’s mind was still full of emotion when the waiter approached with food and drink . He laid them out on the table, muttered some niceties, and left

 .

Murong Yun Shu glanced over the tableful of food before picking up her chopsticks to eat . Everyone else started to eat too . The man telling stories continued, mostly sharing stories about fights and gangs . More or less the content was that so and so would end so and so, or so and so intended to end so and so . Eating and listening to the stories, everyone in the group was quite relaxed

 .

Unfortunately, the more people are there to admire the view, the more likely it is that a few people will pop up to destroy it

 .

Murong Yun Shu set down her chopsticks and raised her eyes, looking at the five huge figures that blocked her view . “What are you five here for?” she asked politely

 .

“We’re here to capture you,” One of them said, hands on hips

 .

Glancing at the arms that were thicker than both her legs combined, and the four skinny green-shirted guards in her part, Murong Yun Shu felt that she didn’t have much of a chance . So instead she picked up her bowl and chopsticks and kept eating

 .

“Hey! I’m here to capture you, are you listening or not?”.

 .

She chewed slowly, until she had swallowed the last bit of food . Only then did she put her chopsticks down with a calm expression . “How much do you want?”.

 .

“What do you mean?”.

 .

“Are you not here to kidnap me for my money?”.

 .

“What? We’re not petty thieves like that!”.

 .

Murong Yun Shu thought a bit longer . “Or are you here for my body?”.

 .

Everyone around her couldn’t help but make faces . How could she say something like that so calmly….

 .

They laughed . “We’re not interested in someone like you . Skinny without an ounce of fat, there’s nothing there to even grope . ” Their laughter was stupid, their voices thick

 .

Suddenly, there were a few ringing slaps . The laughter stopped, and each of the figures had a red handprint on their faces . At the same time, the Southern guard that had taken action pressed a hand to his chest, vomiting a few mouthfuls of black blood, a dark coloration rippling across his face as well

 .

Murong Yun Shu’s heart sank . Things were not going well here

 .

“South!” The Western guard hurried to help him force the poison energy out . Unexpectedly his energies backfired and the poison attacked him as well . He spat out blood that was the same shade of black

 .

The Northern guard was about to help, when Eastern guard stopped him . “Don’t do it, or you’ll be poisoned just like them . ”.

 .

“There’s poison in the food?!”.

 .

The Eastern guard nodded with a grim look

 .

“Then, madam…” Northern guard glanced at Murong Yun Shu fearfully

 .

“I’m fine . ” Murong Yun Shu said calmly . “It’s only effective toward those who have inner energies . ”.

 .

“When did you learn that?”.

Translations by AsianHobbyist Website.

 .

“When I was drinking the tea . ”.

 .

The Eastern guard face faulted . “Why didn’t you tell us?”.

 .

“I thought you knew . ” She didn’t know that her impressive-looking guards couldn’t even tell that something was poisoned….

 .

The corners of the Eastern guard’s mouth twitched . “Madam, you…really think highly of us . ”.

 .

A similar look came over the faces of the other guards . Madam, if you knew that there was poison in the food and wine and watched us eat it all up, how could you bear your conscience!.

 .

Murong Yun Shu was actually a bit guilty, so she spoke up to comfort them . “This isn’t really such a bad poison . Worst case scenario you lose all your fighting skills, but you won’t die from it . ”.

 .

The four guards’ faces turned white . Losing all your skills wasn’t fearful? For guards who helped establish such a powerful force and made enemies everywhere, losing your powers was even worse than death . So many people out there were keen to feast on their flesh and drink their blood that if they ended up being vivisected or torn to shreds, that would be a merciful way to go….

 .

Seeing the looks on the four guards’ faces, Lu’er understood that her madam had once again failed miserably at trying to impress . And after she had told her so many times not to comfort people without thinking! This wasn’t even the worst that had happened . One time Fourth Auntie accidentally broke her leg . Her response was, “Don’t worry about it . The worst that can happen is that you won’t be able to walk again . We have plenty of servants in the family that can just lift you wherever you need to go . ” That was enough to convince Fourth Auntie that she was going to be crippled for life, and she wailed for the whole night

 .

Not everyone could comfort others . Lu’er glanced at her mistress with a subtle look and whispered, “Madam, silence is gold . ”.

 .

Murong Yun Shu nodded quietly in agreement . She glanced at the tall figures next to her whose eyes bulged out of their heads . “The antidote . ”.

 .

Those eyes bulged bigger and bigger in anger, while the rest of their faces stayed still like they were made of wood

 .

“They’ve been hit by South’s blood handprint . Other than their eyes, if they move their faces ever so slightly they will suffer the pain of a thousand fire ants chewing on their hearts, a pain worse than death . ” Eastern guard explained

 .

The men didn’t understand why opening their mouths hurt them so much . At the sound of the words “blood handprint”, their legs gave out beneath them . They collapsed onto the floor with an earth-shattering “boom” . The bowls and chopsticks on the table shuddered

 .

If these five had been born as pigs, they’d be worth quite a pretty penny . Murong Yun Shu stared down at them from above and said again, “The antidote . ”.

 .

They clambered up, glancing at each other, then made the motions of grabbing Murong Yun Shu

 .

“Hold on,” she said, “It’s fine if you want to capture me . But can you tell me the reason first?”.

 .

They glanced at each other again . Then one of the men pointed at his own mouth to indicate that he couldn’t speak

 .

“South, is there a way to negate a blood handprint?” Murong Yun Shu asked

 .

“You would need very strong internal energy,” said Southern guard, “But none of us can use that right now . ”.

Translations by AsianHobbyist Website.

 .

Murong Yun Shu nodded and asked, “How about Sir Feng?”.

 .

“He should have enough . But isn’t he also poisoned?”.

 .

Murong Yun Shu smiled . “You think that ‘rising above Hua Tuo*’ is a t.i.tle he gave himself? If he couldn’t even see through a poison of this grade, how would he even walk the streets without embarra.s.sing himself?”.

 .

*Hua Tuo is a famous Chinese doctor