The Rise of a General's Daughter-in-Law Doctor

The next day, Li Muxia woke up from her sleep, somewhat dazed, and subconsciously touched her lips. She murmured softly, "I think I had a wet dream last night."

Hearing her own voice, Li Muxia instantly woke up. Thinking of yesterday's dream, Li Muxia shuddered: Li Muxia, what's wrong with you? Is this the time to be thinking about such nonsense?

She got up, dressed, took out some dry rations and ate a few bites, then went out with her hair disheveled. She had to hurry and complete the task the old man had given her; given his temperament, finding those ten poisonous creatures would be difficult.

The Ten Thousand Poisons Mountain was vast. Li Muxia spent six days on the mountain before finally finding all ten poisonous creatures. At this point, Li Muxia could only be described as disheveled; his once magnificent cloak was now tattered and torn.

Her once fair and delicate face was now covered in dirt and grime, with cuts and scratches from tree branches all over her face.

Li Muxia has had a lot of gains these past few days. She has been searching for poisonous creatures on the mountain every day, and in doing so, she has offended all the poisonous plants and insects on the mountain. Every day she is either being chased by centipedes or bitten by poisonous ants, and several times she felt that she was going to die here.

Fortunately, she always managed to escape danger. If someone was poisoned, she would find a way to cure them; if someone was being chased, she would catch them all in one fell swoop. And while she was at it, she would also throw a full-on poison feast.

With one hand carrying the ten poisons that Xiaoyaozi had asked her to find, and the other hand carrying the medicinal powder she had specially prepared over the past few days, a smug smile played on her lips: "It's time to go and greet that old geezer."

Qingyun, hiding in the shadows, shivered inexplicably. It had seen the ingredients of those poison powders before. Although it didn't know their specific effects, the powder made from so many precious and highly toxic herbs and insects must have effects that ordinary people couldn't tolerate.

Silently mourn for Xiaoyaozi for three seconds.

The Ten Thousand Poisons Mountain is divided into two parts. The miasma divides the mountain into upper and lower sections. The upper section of the miasma is where Li Muxia has been training for the past six days, and it contains various poisonous plants and insects.

Between the foot of the mountain and the miasma, it is just an ordinary mountain, covered with shrubs and forests, as well as birds and beasts.

Meanwhile, Xiaoyaozi was eating roasted rabbit meat he had hunted down from the mountain, saying as he ate, "It's definitely not as good as Xiaxia's cooking. However, Xiaxia hasn't used any signal flares yet, so everything should be going smoothly. Xiaxia should be back tomorrow. I'll definitely ask her to cook me a lot of delicious food then."

Standing outside the door, Li Muxia gritted her teeth in anger upon hearing Xiaoyaozi's words: "You old geezer! I risked my life on the mountain, while you're here feasting on meat and fish, complaining that it's not tasty. Do you know that I ate poisonous insects and herbs on the mountain? Humph, today I'll make you suffer!"

Thinking of this, Li Muxia pushed open the wooden door and went inside: "It seems that Second Master is doing quite well."

Xiaoyaozi looked at the newcomer, momentarily stunned: "You're Xiaxia?"

Li Muxia gritted her teeth and said, "Otherwise, who else could I be?"

Looking at Li Muxia's disheveled appearance, Xiaoyaozi suddenly burst into laughter: "Little Xiaxia, it really is you! What happened to you? I thought you were some little beggar."

Looking at Xiaoyaozi laughing without any regard for his image, Li Muxia suddenly stopped being angry when she thought about how Xiaoyaozi would look after she poisoned him: Laugh all you want, you won't be laughing in a moment.

Li Muxia suddenly switched to the demeanor of a good disciple and said, "Now that I'm back, how can I let my master eat such unpalatable food? Wait, I'll go and make you some good dishes right away."

After saying that, he put the things he was carrying on the table and said, "This is the task that Master gave me. I have done my best and found them all. Master, please check them. I will go wash up and cook now."

Without waiting for Xiaoyaozi to speak, he turned and left.

Watching Li Muxia's departing figure, Xiaoyaozi muttered to himself, "Something's not right with this girl. I was prepared to face her wrath, but she's so calm. Something's not right, very not right. There must be something fishy going on here. I have to go check it out."

Outside the kitchen, Xiaoyaozi quietly hid by the door, watching Li Muxia, who had already washed up, busy in the kitchen. His heart began to pound again: There really was no action. Impossible. Let's wait and see.

Li Muxia had noticed Xiaoyaozi at the door long ago and knew he was watching her. After the last dish was cooked, she deliberately took out a bottle of medicine powder and said, "This is Second Master's favorite dish. I'll put poison in it so that the old man will have diarrhea for a day."

Seeing this, Xiaoyaozi at the door finally relaxed: "As expected, I knew this brat wouldn't let me off so easily. Hmph, you think you can give me diarrhea all day? Dream on! Just wait and see how I make you reap what you sow."

At the dinner table, Li Muxia and Xiaoyaozi sat facing each other.

Looking at the table full of delicious food, Xiaoyaozi pretended to be greedy and sniffed each dish. Sure enough, he detected a trace of poison in the dish that Li Muxia had poisoned earlier. The others were unremarkable. He thought to himself, "This little girl's poison powder is quite good. You can't even smell it unless you sniff carefully. She's improved quite quickly. Not bad, not bad at all. She's worthy of being my disciple."

Xiaoyaozi reached for the dish laced with drugs with his chopsticks, watching Li Muxia's reaction as he picked up food. Seeing Li Muxia staring at his chopsticks, he secretly felt smug. Then he put the food he had picked up into Li Muxia's plate. Sure enough, he saw Li Muxia's brows furrow slightly. He pretended to be concerned and said, "Xiaxia, you've worked hard these past few days. This is my favorite dish. Here, have some."

Seeing Xiaoyaozi's smug expression, Li Muxia picked up the plate of food and put it into Xiaoyaozi's bowl, saying, "It's not hard work. I know that Master is training me, so how could I complain about it? Since it's Master's favorite dish, then eat more."

Xiaoyaozi smiled, picked up his chopsticks, and took the food that Li Muxia had put in her bowl. He had already taken the antidote: "Xiaxia, let's eat together."

He then ate it first.

Li Muxia also picked up the food from her plate and ate it.

Seeing Li Muxia becoming increasingly smug, Xiaoyaozi thought to himself: This little girl definitely thinks I've been tricked, hahaha, should I pretend to be one later?

Just as he thought of this, he felt an unbearable abdominal pain, his face changed drastically, and he picked up the dish again to smell it carefully: something was wrong, he had already taken the antidote, he shouldn't be poisoned, and there was no other poison in the dish, how could this be?

Seeing Xiaoyaozi's increasingly pale face, Li Muxia feigned surprise and said, "Master, what's wrong with you? You don't look well."

"Oh my god, Master, you haven't been poisoned, have you? I remember you said that there is no medicine in this world that can poison you."

"No way, no way, Master, can you really make a mistake?"

"I remember you saying, Master, if someone could create a poison that even you couldn't cure, then you should become their disciple. Is that true?"

Seeing Li Muxia's exaggerated expression, Xiaoyaozi's face darkened, but he didn't want to lose face as a master in front of his disciple, so he gritted his teeth and said, "How could that be? How could your master be poisoned? I just haven't been eating properly these past few days and got an upset stomach. I'll go out and take care of it first. Xiaxia, you eat first, don't wait for me."

After saying that, without waiting for Li Muxia's reaction, he clutched his stomach and left, never to return.