Chapter 591: Chapter 591: Her Embrace

“Hmph~”

Two cold snorts were heard.

Mr. Nan Chen was dumbfounded.

The laughter came from the couple, Feng Bailing and Dugu Wu.

“People do not offend me, and I do not offend them, but since this Gan Liu has brought trouble to my doorstep, I will not let him go.”

Feng Bailing gritted her teeth as she spoke.

This guy dared to poison their water source, and just thinking about Xiaojin and Chenchen possibly getting poisoned made Feng Bailing’s teeth itch with hatred.

“Exactly.”

Dugu Wu said in a deep voice.

This couple’s thought processes were exactly the same; no matter if it was Tian Jizi’s attendant or not, offending the two of them meant death.

Seeing that he couldn’t persuade the couple, Mr. Nan Chen watched them leave and couldn’t help but shake his head and sigh.

“Alas, young people are too hot-tempered; they do not know of Gan Liu’s methods.”

Tian Jizi was a once-in-a-lifetime talent, and Gan Liu had been nurtured by his side since youth. Aside from medical skills, he also learned many strategies and was very ambitious, making him someone to be wary of.

Ouyang Chenchen yawned, showing her disagreement.

“Teacher, that’s because you do not understand the couple’s methods. Just a Bai Ling alone is already terrifying enough, let alone adding a Dugu Wu. Tsk tsk, that one called Gan Liu is probably going to die a very ugly death.”

The night wind blew, bringing with it a sandstorm.

“That woman is really more trouble than she’s worth.”

A slender figure stood in the desert under the night sky.

Lady Nan Feng was waiting by the side.

“Should we take another opportunity to make a move?”

Lady Nan Feng was eager to deal with Feng Bailing.

“For now, hold off. The most important thing at the moment is to find the Red Scorpion Queen.”

Gan Liu originally intended to use Princess Anyang to lure out the Medical Buddha so that the doctor would deal with the Red Scorpion Queen. Then he could benefit from their confrontation, but unfortunately, the plan failed.

However, he believed that as long as he could capture Feng Bailing, the disciple of Medical Buddha, sooner or later Medical Buddha himself would have to appear. It was just a pity that he had to deal with the Red Scorpion Queen himself.

“Is there any reaction from the compass?”

After entering the Red Scorpion Desert, he was also searching for the Red Scorpion Queen, but it seemed to have vanished without a trace.

“There’s no movement for now, but rest assured, if we can’t find her, neither can anyone else.”

Lady Nan Feng firmly believed that she could find the Red Scorpion Queen before anyone else.

Upon returning to the camp, everyone took a rest. Before dawn, Feng Bailing sneakily got up.

She hadn’t walked far when a shadow followed her like a ghost.

“Such an early hour, and where are you sneaking off to by yourself?”

The figure of Dugu Wu emerged like a ghost, and his voice came from behind, causing Feng Bailing to shudder.

“I couldn’t sleep and was planning to take a stroll.”

Feng Bailing coughed lightly.

Seeing her dark, rolling eyes, Dugu Wu knew the woman was up to some trickery again.

“Spill the beans, or else…”

With that said, Dugu Wu had something in his hand.

Feng Bailing’s eyes nearly popped out when she saw it.

“When did you steal my emergency kit?”

Feng Bailing felt her sleeve, where the emergency kit she had hidden was, at some unknown time, transferred to Dugu Wu’s hands.

Having spent much time together, Dugu Wu knew how important this kit was to Feng Bailing.

Several times, he had seen Feng Bailing surreptitiously open the kit and take out all kinds of strange and curious items, including some soil that tasted pretty good.

Yet every time he opened it, there was nothing inside.

Last night, after the incident, he had been closely watching for any activity from Feng Bailing.

Sure enough, before dawn, the woman started sneaking outside.

“I give up on you, fine, come with me then.”

Feng Bailing had no choice but to come clean.

“I’m going to deal with the Red Scorpion Queen.”

“Do you know its whereabouts?”

Dugu Wu asked, not without surprise.

For the past few days, everyone had been searching, but to no avail.

“Pretty much.”

Feng Bailing responded vaguely.

“With those skinny arms and legs of yours, do you think you can go to your death alone?”

Dugu Wu’s face grew cold; this woman was actually thinking of risking danger on her own again?

Thinking of this, Dugu Wu glared fiercely at Feng Bailing.

“You underestimate me? There’s more than one way to deal with the Red Scorpion Queen. I may not excel in martial arts, but I have poison.”

Feng Bailing pouted her lips; she wasn’t foolish enough to knock an egg against a rock.

She took out the vial of poison she got from switching containers.

“This poison is colorless and tasteless; even I almost got deceived by it. If it were placed in the Red Scorpion Queen’s water source, and she drinks it, it would either kill her or leave her half-dead.”

In this matter, she had to thank Gan Liu and Princess Anyang, as they inspired Feng Bailing.

Feng Bailing also knew that the Red Scorpion Queen’s strength had greatly increased after devouring her own kind, making it very troublesome to deal with.

But with this poison, it was different.

“How do you know where it drinks?”

Dugu Wu frowned slightly.

Feng Bailing’s plan, although not honorable, was very effective.

Yet, there are several water sources in the Red Scorpion Desert. Apart from the ones they occupied and those whose paths were altered by the Red Scorpion Queen, no one else could know where the Queen drinks.

Of course, Feng Bailing knew because of the Water Holy Seal.

These past days, while seemingly inactive, she had been using the Water Holy Seal to locate the drinking spot of the Red Scorpion Queen. With the help of Xiao Hong, last night, she finally found the precise location where the Red Scorpion Queen drinks.

Feng Bailing didn’t bother explaining to Dugu Wu; if he knew the Water Holy Seal was with her, who knows how he’d deal with her.

The two walked some distance, and it was early morning, with the dawn beginning to break in the east.

Dugu Wu took a few steps and suddenly stopped.

“The medicine Princess Anyang took earlier, I’ve seen it before.”

His voice was very low, but Feng Bailing heard it.

Feng Bailing halted in her tracks.

“When I was young, my mother had given me the same kind of medicine.”

Dugu Wu’s voice was ice-cold.

He had never mentioned it to anyone else, but now, in front of Feng Bailing, he brought it up voluntarily.

“I’d almost forgotten about it. Not until I saw Princess Anyang poisoned today. To think that my own mother actually wanted to poison me to death.”

Dugu Wu laughed sardonically at himself.

“Perhaps there is some misunderstanding.”

Feng Bailing looked at Dugu Wu with some concern.

At this moment, Dugu Wu evoked a sense of heartache in her.

This man, his mother tried to “poison” him, his father “suspected” him everywhere, the bitterness in his heart had never been shared with anyone.

Feng Bailing wanted to comfort him but realized that all words seemed powerless at that moment.

In the dawn light, his silhouette appeared tall and lonely.

Feng Bailing hesitated, then stepped forward and wrapped her arms around him.