Chapter 3152 — Confessing the Truth
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
"Nonsense!" Having heard her out, Tian Chan scolded without the least mercy. "Xiao Taohong, he is lying to you! It was only after he broke with you that Ancestor Xuanchen proposed marrying his daughter to him—not before! Get the order of events straight, and do not let his honeyed words deceive you!"
"Ah?" At that moment Xiao Taohong's mind went blank. Hard as she found the truth to accept, she knew Tian Chan would never deceive her. Cold as Tian Chan's nature was, she would never lie about a thing like this.
But why had Kang Jingming lied to her? What was the reason? Right now Xiao Taohong wanted nothing more than to run to Kang Jingming and demand an answer—to ask him why he had deceived her.
Seeing the look on Xiao Taohong's face, how could Tian Chan fail to guess her thoughts? So she said coolly, "Xiao Taohong, Kang Jingming is not a man to be relied on. For his own gain there is nothing he will not do. If he can sell you out today, he can sell out his own... his betrothed tomorrow. Do not take it to heart. And as for confronting him—there is no need to go."
"Then... shall I refuse him?" Xiao Taohong asked after a moment's hesitation.
"Do not refuse. Accept him, and we shall see what he is really after." Tian Chan was suspicious of Kang Jingming's sudden approach to Xiao Taohong with such talk, and wanted to see what trick he was playing, so she meant for Xiao Taohong to turn his scheme against him.
"Very well, Young Sect Master. Then I shall accept him, and see what he is really after!" Xiao Taohong nodded.
"Take this pill, then come with me." Tian Chan suddenly drew a small porcelain bottle from her bosom, poured out a pill, and handed it to Xiao Taohong.
"This is... a Concealment Pill?" Xiao Taohong was briefly startled. She was no alchemist, but as Tian Chan's maid she had long watched and listened, and knew the names and uses of a good many pills. The Concealment Pill's purpose was to mask a person's aura; so long as she did not move, even a Heaven-rank expert would never detect her.
Still, this thing was good for gathering information, not for assassination or the like—after all, the slightest circulation of one's heart-method mnemonic would void the pill's effect, unless it was taken by an ordinary person or by a cultivator who did not circulate the mnemonic. Apart from listening for secrets, its uses were few.
And the pill was a third-grade one, exceedingly difficult to refine, so few alchemists bothered to make such things. What Tian Chan held were a few she had refined back when she was practicing third-grade pill refinement—little expecting they would prove useful now.
"I will take you to see what Kang Jingming says once he is back." With that, Tian Chan caught Xiao Taohong up with one hand, and the two flew out the window... (To be continued)