Tao Family

Chapter 18: Tao Family

'He really doesn't want anyone to know about his cold poison. He must have many enemies.' Feng Ming Xiu smirked.

"Oh. I remember now."

One month ago.

Feng Ming Xiu was in her room in the courtyard prepared by the Ren Family when someone knocked on the door. "Doctor Long Bai, there is someone who would like to meet you. Should I let them come or let them go back?"

"…let them come."

"Okay, I'll let them come."

The guard brought the person to Feng Ming Xiu's door.

"Hello, Doctor Long Bai. My name is Hou Jin."

"Hou Jin? Okay. You may come in."

Hou Jin entered the courtyard house. He looked around but didn't see Doctor Long Bai.

"What is it that you need?" Feng Ming Xiu asked from the bedroom.

"Well, I heard that you are the most powerful alchemist and doctor, so I wondered if you could cure me."

"What do you need curing of?" Feng Ming Xiu asked.

"I have cold poison." Zhou Ling Shan said. 'If she leaks it, I'll silence her.'

"Okay. How old is your cold poison?"

"It's 10 thousand years old."

"Is that so? Then I cannot help you for now. The highest year the cold poison can be for me to treat it is one hundred years; any cold poison beyond one hundred years is beyond reach."

"Oh okay." Zhou Ling Shan was disappointed, but he wasn't surprised. 'The highest alchemist level on this continent is Senior ranked. It's already a surprise that someone on this continent can cure persons with one-hundred-year-old cold poison. But even alchemists on Arcane Continent, there aren't any known Alchemists that can cure the ten-thousand-year-old cold poison. The highest cold poison alchemists on Arcane Continent can cure is four-thousand-year-old cold poison.'

"Okay, Doctor Long Bai. Thank you for seeing me. I will take my leave now." Zhou Ling Shan cupped his fists and prepared to leave when Doctor Long Bai spoke.

"I cannot cure your cold poison yet, but I will search for a way to do so, one way or another."

"I appreciate that you want to cure me, Doctor Long Bai. I hope you do find a way to do so."

"Goodbye." Zhou Ling Shan left after that.

After Hou Jin left, Feng Ming Xiu came out of the bedroom and went to the living room. She yawned and sat on the couch. "I just woke up and someone immediately came to look for me? Is it too hard to ask for some peace and quiet?"

Feng Ming Xiu ruffled her hair and smirked. "But ten-thousand-year-old cold poison...it's rare for persons to even get the cold poison, and the way to cure it has long been lost. I'll find a way to help him since I promised."

"Sigh-. Liu Hong." Feng Ming Xiu sighed and called Liu Hong Hui.

Liu Hong Hui appeared in the room and kneeled down.

"I want to take a bath, so prepare a bath for me. Also..." Feng Ming Xiu took out a pen and paper from her innerspatial ring. She wrote something on the paper and folded it.

"After preparing my bath, go to Ren Bi Chang and give this to her." Feng Ming Xiu put down the pen and looked at Liu Hong Hui with a smile. "I also don't think I have to tell you that it shouldn't be opened, no?"

"Yes, master. I will make sure to deliver this safely to Miss Ren." Liu Hong Hui said.

"Okay, you may take your leave then."

"Okay master." Liu Hong Hui disappeared from the room.

She came back through the door this time and prepared the bath for Feng Ming Xiu. After that, she left to deliver the note to Ren Bi Chang.

...

Feng Ming Xiu stared at Hou Jin.

At the same time, the Duchess came out through the large doors.

Feng Ming Xiu secretly observed the Duchess when she came through the doors. 'The Duchess is 29 years old, and she was married to the Duke even before he got the title of Duke. I have to treat the Duke...' Feng Ming Xiu stared at the Duchess.

When the Duchess saw Doctor Long Bai, she smiled and came up to her. "Doctor Long Bai, thank you for coming. Please, come in." The Duchess bowed slightly and moved to the side.

"Haha. Thank you for welcoming me, Duchess Tao." Feng Ming Xiu raised Duchess Tao's body. "And you don't have to bow; no matter how much of a powerful doctor and alchemist I am, I'm nothing before you."

"Oh, don't say that, Doctor Long Bai." Duchess Ren looked up and smiled.

Feng Ming Xiu looked at Hou Jin, then looked at Duchess Tao. "He is a friend of mine that I haven't met in a while. I'll be bringing him in with me if you don't mind."

"Of course, I don't mind, once he doesn't interrupt your treatment on the patient."

"Of course, I'll make sure that he doesn't." Feng Ming Xiu looked into the villa. "Now shall we go in now?"

"Yes; would you like to go to your room right away? Or would you like to see the patient first?"