The First Venerable of the Prosperous Age

Lu Xiaosan looked at the two stunningly beautiful girls in front of him with a puzzled and disdainful gaze, and asked in confusion, "Why aren't you going in to see your good sisters, but instead you're here smelling my body odor?" After saying that, he turned his bald head away and put on a lazy look.

"That's true, why would we go through all this trouble for no reason?" Yu Lei said, covering her nose.

Lianxue's eyes flickered slightly, as if she wanted to say something but hesitated. After a while, she finally mustered up her courage and said, "If you dislike us, then I will only ask one question, and we will leave after you ask it."

Thinking back to what Chang'an had told him about Lianxue's arsenic poison, I always felt it was very suspicious.

So he didn't turn his head, but just glanced at her coldly. "What is it?"

Yu Lei then released her nose and asked happily, "Who is that blonde beauty? Why is she...?"

Lianxue grabbed her and gave her a wink.

Yu Lei then calmed down, looking like a sheep that had done something wrong.

Lu Xiaosan narrowed his eyes, "You... what about Little Golden Retriever..."

Lianxue slowly shook her head. "Your blonde friend is very beautiful, but that's not what I want to ask about."

"I won't tell you even if you ask me."

"Hey, can't you speak properly?" Yu Lei said urgently.

Lianxue said coldly, "I understand, she is your friend, so you value her privacy."

Lu Xiaosan said impatiently, "Ugh...spit it out already, don't bother me while I'm thinking."

Lianxue paused, then said, "Now that you've returned safely, then... he should be alright too, right..."

"who is he?"

"He... was locked up because he wanted to find you. Now that you've returned safely, then he..."

Lu Xiaosan said "Oh," and then understood, "After all that beating around the bush, you were asking about your good apprentice."

Lianxue lowered her head expressionlessly and said in a low voice, "I went to the room where he was locked up, but he wasn't there..."

She raised her beautiful, expectant eyes again, "Do you know where he is now?"

Lu Xiaosan gestured towards the sweet cake room, "It's in there."

Yu Lei looked puzzled, while Lian Xue's expression shifted slightly. "Why? Could it be that something happened to Tian Gao too..."

"Squeak—" A long sound suddenly rang out, and the door to Tian Gao's room slowly opened, revealing Chang'an.

"Fine, go ask him yourself." With that, Lu Xiaosan went downstairs.

Seeing that both girls were looking at him with tender eyes, Chang'an had a sudden thought and went to greet them with a smile.

Seeing that the beautiful young woman was unharmed, the two women couldn't help but smile back.

Inside the heart-shaped room: The girls are gathered around the bed, watching the blonde girl fidgeting in front of it.

Wen Ying took a breath, wiped the sweat from her forehead, and turned back to say, "Her whole body... was covered in black blood. She really... died from the poison of the Golden Poison Bird."

"Peach Heart Sister really is poisoned..."

"But how exactly did she get poisoned..."

Wen Ying and Fu Rou nodded to each other. Fu Rou then turned to the group of girls and said solemnly, "She is not the only one who has been poisoned."

The girls looked surprised. "Then...who else?"

"Everyone may have been poisoned."

The girls were all terrified.

"Why...we are...when were we poisoned?"

"Who is so cruel as to want to harm everyone along with them?"

"It must be that evil monk; he's come back for revenge..."

"Yes, he didn't succeed last time."

Upon hearing this, Wen Ying felt a surge of anger; she had almost never been this angry since she could remember.

Her face was filled with anger, but her voice was still so childlike and tender: "The one who poisoned me is someone else, and he is not the evil monk you are talking about."

"That's right, Miss Wen was specially invited by him to detoxify you all."

Lu Xiaosan would never do that, but Fu Rou said it on purpose, firstly to do Lu Xiaosan a favor and secondly to appease Wen Ying's emotions.

Secondly, it was also to take on the task of detoxifying Wen Ying, calm the girls' panicked hearts, and prevent Lu Xiaosan from being resented.

"Can she cure the poison?"

"Really? That's great!" The girls all smiled broadly.

Wen Ying was angry, but she still desperately wanted to save lives, so she nodded in agreement.

Upon seeing this, the girls immediately swarmed over and surrounded Wen Ying.

"Girl, please take a look at me."

"Let me see you too, little beauty."

In the end, it was only after Fu Rou's repeated persuasion and obstruction that the girls lined up and waited for her to detoxify them.

Now that everyone is in danger, who cares about the dead Peach Heart anymore?

Without a single complaint, Wen Ying took care of everything from testing for the poison to removing it.

By the time she had treated the third or fourth person, Wen Ying's body was already starting to give out, and her clothes were gradually soaked with sweat.

Seeing this, Fu Rou felt a little sorry for her and advised, "Miss Wen, why don't you rest for a while? It's not too late to treat the rest of the poison tomorrow."

Looking at the dead Tao Xin and the slightly disappointed expressions of the girls who hadn't been cured, Wen Ying gritted her teeth and said firmly, "No, I'm fine."

After all, anyone could become a heart in the next second.

"Really? Miss Wen is truly a living bodhisattva reincarnated."

"Thank you so much, Miss Wen. You gave us our lives."

“No, half of your lives were given to you by the evil monk you speak of,” Fu Rou said from the side.

The girls reluctantly nodded in agreement, acknowledging Lu Xiaosan's contribution.

A satisfied smile finally appeared on Wen Ying's face; this was exactly what Fu Rou wanted to see.

Some of the girls behind were poisoned, while others were not. Fu Rou supported Wen Ying, helping her to hold on until the black blood aura of the last person was cleared away.

Seeing Wen Ying bury her head in Fu Rou's soft, fragrant embrace, Fu Rou felt that the beautiful girl in her arms was breathing very heavily.

The girls came up to her and asked with concern, "Are you alright, Miss Wen?"

"Yes, Miss Wen, how are you feeling?"

Wen Ying's face was a little pale. She shook her hand with difficulty to indicate that she was alright.

"Go and pour some hot water for Miss Wen," Fu Rou said.

"Yes." The girls cleaned up the heart-shaped corpse and then withdrew one by one.

Gradually, Fu Rou felt Wen Ying's breathing become less rapid and more even, and her body slowly softened.

So Fu Rou carefully placed Wen Ying on the bed and let her sleep.

After a while, Lu Xiaosan brought a kettle of hot water and stormed into the room, shouting angrily, "Hey, why did you make her detoxify so many people at once!"

Fu Rou placed her index finger in front of her cherry lips, signaling him to be quiet.

Lu Xiaosan was furious, but seeing Wen Ying fast asleep, he had no choice but to suppress his anger.

He placed the kettle on the table and stood in front of Fu Rou, his eyes wide with resentment, wishing he could fight her right away.

Fu Rou looked at him with a slightly apologetic and gentle gaze for a while. How could a man remain angry when such a beauty cast such a pleading glance at him?

But Lu Xiaosan still had a sour face. Seeing his stubborn and unyielding nature, Fu Rou had no choice but to slowly look away, her eyes full of helplessness.

Fu Rou slowly got up and walked out of the room, intentionally leaving the room for the two of them.

However, four people remained outside: Chang'an, Lianxue, Yulei, and Liurao.