I Can Deduce Arts by Slaying Demons

Chapter 571: Chapter 374: Grandmaster!

Cao Yi’s sinister face appeared with a strange smile, his figure ghost-like as he silently approached Lin Qinghan from behind.

The blood-stained knife in his hand was still dripping with bright red blood, blossoming striking scarlet plum flowers on the ground.

The palace maids sent by the Crown Prince to monitor and protect Lin Qinghan had died at the hands of Cao Yi.

"Miss Qinghan, please accompany me to the palace, the Emperor has summoned you..."

Cao Yi’s deliberately stretched tone carried a sickly stickiness.

"You wouldn’t want to..." Speaking, he took a deep, greedy breath,

The orchid-like fragrance in Lin Qinghan’s hair, mixed with the scent of blood, filled his nostrils.

A few steps away, Cao Yi’s eyes went vacant, and his Adam’s apple involuntarily rolled.

Even though he was a eunuch, he found it hard to hide his fascination at this moment.

Cao Yi stuck out his crimson tongue to lick his lips, but he could only swallow his saliva in vain.

With this crippled body, even fulfilling the most basic desires had become a luxury.

Faced with such a beautiful woman, all he could do was drool, unable to do anything more.

Let alone... Cao Yi suddenly shivered.

This was a woman personally chosen by the Emperor!

Not to mention a eunuch like him, even a real man, so what?

If he dared to entertain such thoughts about Lin Qinghan, he would end up unable to leave even a complete body under the Emperor’s wrath.

Thinking of the chilling punishments in Dongchang, Cao Yi’s heated mind suddenly cleared considerably.

Lu Xuan’s indifferent gaze swept past Lin Qinghan, completely ignoring the deep hatred in her beautiful eyes.

To him, such hatred was nothing more than an ant’s anger, not even worth a second look.

"Take her to the palace."

The brief four words exuded Lu Xuan’s undeniable authority.

At this moment, Lu Xuan had only one thought in mind, which was the System Points that could help him break the shackles of martial arts.

Women? Hatred? These were nothing but fleeting clouds.

Upon receiving the order, Cao Yi immediately bent over respectfully, his posture so humble it was nearly prostrate: "I obediently follow the order of my adopted father."

With the corner of his eye, he saw Lin Qinghan’s tightly clenched fist, inwardly sneering — this thorny rose would ultimately be placed in the supreme vase.

Yet how could Cao Yi have foreseen that the lamb led to slaughter in his eyes would ultimately become the reaper of souls?

Cao Yi paid no mind, seeing his adoptive father’s party leave.

Only then did he lightly use the tip of his knife to lift Lin Qinghan’s chin, oblivious to the overwhelming murderous intent brewing beneath her downcast lashes.

As if he couldn’t see the venomous serpent, its deadly venom poised to strike.

"Please, Miss Qinghan."

Cao Yi sneered, completely unaware that he was personally sending a beautiful snake into the dragon’s court.

Deep within Dongchang, Lu Xuan’s secret chamber was lined with dozens of rosewood boxes, each exuding a faint medicinal aroma.

Millennium-old ginseng, snowy mountain Lingzhi, South Sea pearls... these extremely rare treasures were now piled on the ground like ordinary clutter.

"Not enough... still far from enough..."

Lu Xuan’s pale fingers lightly caressed the wooden boxes, his eyes glowing with fervent intensity.

With his command, the entire massive killing machine of Dongchang abruptly awakened, even driving the trapped Jinyi Guard into action.

The thirteen retainers of Dongchang — those thirteen adoptive sons personally trained by him as if they were savage wolves leading their claws to pounce on all corners of the capital.

The century-old cabinets of the pharmacies were violently dismantled, the secret chambers of noble families were trampled by iron hooves, and the treasured collections of wealthy merchants were only yielded when the Brocade Spring Saber pressed against their necks...

"Gather everything that’s more than fifty years old and nourishing!"

This order spread like a plague.

Whether it was thousand-year-old Fleeceflower Root in renowned families, rare treasures contributed by overseas countries, or life-saving Spiritual Medicine secretly kept by the Imperial Medical Bureau...

Anything linked to "nourishing" could not escape the grasp of Dongchang’s hounds.

Within just a few days, the cries and pleas for mercy echoed relentlessly over the capital.

Cao Jin and Cao Haosheng, leading the fierce Jinyi Guard and Dongchang agents, surrounded the century-old Feng Mansion of the capital’s medical family, making it impenetrable.

The cold gleam of the Brocade Spring Saber reflected mockingly on the plaque that read "Healing the World" above the mansion gate.

Inside the main hall, the cries and wails rose in waves.

"Old fool, do you dare to toy with your Mr. Jin?"

Cao Jin’s cold voice resounded in the hall as he kicked Mr. Feng three feet away.

The old man’s withered body smashed through the medicine cabinet in front, countless precious herbs falling like rain.

"Clang!"

Immediately, the gleaming blade pressed against the throat of the Feng Family’s only son, Cao Haosheng grinning as he drew a bloody mark: "I heard your Feng Family ancestors made elixirs for dignitaries? Just these worthless scraps?"

His knife tip flipped, spilling a table full of decades-old ginseng.

"Last chance, if you don’t hand over good stuff..."

Cao Haosheng lowered the blade, pressing against the young man’s crotch, "The Feng Family’s hundred-year legacy ends in your hands today!"

In the corner, a woman clutching a baby passed out in fear, the infant’s cries piercing amidst the bloodshed.

Beside her, Cao Jin suddenly kicked over the incense table honoring the God of Medicine, saying ominously.

"Delay my adoptive father’s matters, and I’ll let you taste the eighteen punishments of Dongchang... that’s torture worse than death."

Mr. Feng, Patriarch Feng Jiangming, although pressed to kneel on the ground, still stood straight, blood trickling from the corner of his mouth but clenching his teeth in resolute silence.

This current leader of the house of healing had eyes burning with the fire of unyielding defiance.

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