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The astonishment in Jun Jiuchen's eyes had long since disappeared and was replaced with a frightening chill. He forcefully pulled Gu Feiyan's hands away, and she immediately fell to the ground.

Gu Feiyan only let out a whimper, her brows were locked together, her eyes were closed, and her hands were still groping on the ground, as if trying to find the source of the warmth.

God knows how cold she was!

Jun Jiuchen glanced at her indifferently. He leaned against a tree trunk, folded his arms, and looked up at the stars. He did not want to touch this woman again, so he might as well wait for Mang Zhong to arrive. However, he subconsciously glanced over after a while. He saw that Gu Feiyan was no longer fumbling around, she was curling into a circle, trembling lightly.

Jun Jiuchen looked around the street, but didn't see any sign of Mang Zhong. A rare sense of restlessness surfaced between his brows. In the end, he still walked over, picked Gu Feiyan up, and carried her on his shoulder. How could he know how to hold a woman? He learned it from watching what Cheng Yifei did before.

When she touched the source of warmth, she immediately hugged it tighter than before, as if she was afraid that it would disappear again. Jun Jiuchen left the scene as fast as he could with his light skill. His tightly knitted eyebrows hadn't relaxed in the entire time.

After who knows how long, Gu Feiyan finally passed out. Even though she had fainted, she was still hugging Jun Jiuchen tightly. Other than that nightmare, she'd never dreamed when she was in the Ice Sea Spiritual Realm. This time, however, she had a strange dream.

The dream was a boundless sea of ice. She was led by one person, and that person's hand was especially large and warm. She tried hard to see his face, but she couldn't. She asked him where he was going, and he just laughed. Suddenly, she stepped on air and fell into a hole in the ice. The person actually let go of her hand.

Gu Feiyan screamed and jumped up from the bed, realizing that she had had a nightmare. She found the taste of medicine in her mouth, and the fever had subsided. Her head was still dizzy, her memories of the time when she had been kidnapped, and she had forgotten about that source of warmth.

"Where is this place?"

Resisting the dizziness, she surveyed the unfamiliar room and inadvertently turned her head. Suddenly, she discovered a masked man silently standing beside her, coldly looking at her.

This man was none other than the masked assassin!

"Ahh …"

Gu Feiyan was shocked. Her first reaction was to touch her waist, but it was empty.

Where was her little Cauldron?

Jun Jiuchen instantly noticed her actions. He walked over, took out the small cauldron from behind his back, and slowly leaned towards Gu Feiyan.

"What, you still want to poison me?"

He was dressed in dark colored clothes, and his body was lean and tall. Even with a slight movement, he looked elegant and powerful, and his aura was strong. Although it was not the first time that Gu Feiyan had seen him at such a close distance, she was still shocked by the mysteriousness, majesty and domineering aura emitted from his eyebrows.

Gu Feiyan subconsciously retreated, feeling that the pressure became bigger as this man got closer. The air between them seemed to be slowly being squeezed out, making it difficult for her to breathe and to think properly.

Fortunately, Jun Jiuchen didn't get too close. He coldly asked, "Where did you learn poison techniques?"

Gu Feiyan calmed down a bit and did not answer. Instead, she suddenly stretched out her hand to snatch the small medicine cauldron. It was a pity that Jun Jiuchen had raised his hand so high that she was unable to reach him.

"Answer my question." Jun Jiuchen coldly said.

"Who the hell are you? Why are you so resistant to poison? Also, why did you kidnap me instead of killing me? "

Gu Feiyan knew that this guy wouldn't answer her. She just wanted to distract his attention, so while she was questioning him, she focused all of her attention on him and suddenly rushed towards Jun Jiuchen to reach his raised arm.

"Give me back my things! You scoundrel, you bastard! "

Gu Feiyan was both angry and anxious. Although she said that she would be safe as long as she came, and she also said that she would go back and take revenge on her master, she really didn't know if she could still go back. Her master was her only family, and the little Cauldron was the only memorial she received from her master. In this strange world, the little Cauldron was her only memorial. Whether the little Cauldron was on strike or not, she would not allow it to fall into someone else's hands!

"Let go!" Jun Jiuchen coldly said.

"Return it to me! Stealing from a woman, you … "

Jun Jiuchen's hands fiercely struggled, but he was able to free himself from the grasp of Gu Feiyan. She fell off the bed in a daze and hit her forehead. Her fever had just subsided and her head was spinning, making her even more dizzy from the impact. Her vision went dark for a long time.

Jun Jiuchen's pair of cold eyes remained impassive as he looked at her from high above.

Gu Feiyan gritted her teeth and endured the dizziness as she stood up, glaring at him. "Bastard, give me back my things!"

She had a stubborn expression on her face. Although she was much shorter than him, her imposing manner was not inferior to him.

Jun Jiuchen's eyes flashed with admiration. It was rare for him to not hold back his admiration, but he still didn't hold back as he coldly questioned, "How can a mere little medicine girl not only know poison techniques, but can she tell that there's a trick to a top tier prescription? "Where did you get this ability?"

This …

Gu Feiyan suddenly quieted down. She was shocked!

The matter of the fake prescription was extremely confidential, how could this guy know? He wasn't on the same side as the person who forged the prescription! He had to intercept the prescription that night!

Could it be...

"You, you already knew that there was a problem with the prescription, so you wanted to intercept the prescription that night?"

Gu Feiyan boldly guessed as she could not be sure.

Jun Jiuchen didn't respond, but handed her a prescription and a large medicine bag. Gu Feiyan looked at it seriously and became even more shocked.

Without a doubt, her guess was right!

This prescription was none other than the real prescription that Imperial Physician Su had given Cheng Yifei. The herbs in the medicine bag were exactly the same as the real prescription.

In other words, she had misunderstood this fellow from the start. This fellow was not here to plot against Cheng Yifei, but to intercept the counterfeit prescription!

She faced Jun Jiuchen's ice-cold eyes and asked, "Could it be that you're also someone from the palace?"

If he had the ability to obtain the original prescription, then he would also be able to find out the route she used to deliver the medicine that night. Either he was a person from the palace, or he was extremely related to someone from the palace.

No matter how she looked at it, this fellow didn't seem to be someone who would succumb to others. He had to be a master!

Besides, Cheng Yifei and the justice courts were pursuing him. He had the original prescription in his possession, so why didn't he seek Cheng Yifei to defend himself? Could it be that he was the same as her, wanting to save him but fearing trouble? A little medicine girl like her was afraid of trouble, so what was he afraid of trouble for?

Although Gu Feiyan was dizzy, she tried her best to keep her head clear as her brain was spinning very fast.

In terms of martial arts, her first thought was Prince Jing, Jun Jiuchen. However, she immediately denied it. Even though His Highness Prince Jing was a prince, he was the crown prince's blood brother and had the same authority as the crown prince. The Crown Prince was so young, yet all of the Eastern Palace's matters had fallen on Prince Jing. How could he possibly have the time to bother her? The most important thing was, for a man like Prince Jing, he would never be a hooligan like this fellow, such a scoundrel!

Gu Feiyan thought of the princes who were on good terms with General Cheng's estate, but she had never seen them before and didn't dare make any conclusions.

She probed again, "Which master in the palace are you?"

However, Jun Jiuchen's cold eyes remained unperturbed, so much so that even the slightest trace of him could not be detected by Gu Feiyan. Since he dared to show her the original prescription, he wasn't afraid of her guessing …