Oh no! Seven kids at the start, all yellow and skinny.

Chapter 89 Void Steps

Yunyi fell silent. Indeed, in any dynasty, prisoners were the cheapest form of labor.

Marquis Zhenbei probably understood this point, so after kidnapping people from various places, he threw them all into Black City, and then took them away from Black City a few days later. By then, no one would know whether they were exiled criminals or civilians.

It must be said that this Marquis of Zhenbei is quite clever.

"Girl, you've asked all your questions, can you let me go now?" Huo Qingyuan silently tested his internal energy, but he couldn't use any of it. He had no idea where the woman had stabbed him.

"Sigh." Yunyi sighed, "People like you are actually quite a waste of food to live."

Huo Qingyuan's expression changed slightly.

“But now that you’re dead, the entire Longxi Prefecture might be in even more chaos.” Yunyi stroked her chin and then sat up. “But even if you act so absurdly and cause suffering to the people, I can’t just sit idly by.”

"What...what do you mean? Are you trying to be a savior? You..."

“I can’t be a savior, but people always have consequences for their actions. Before I met you, I didn’t know what you were doing, so I didn’t care and there were no consequences. But now I know, and I have the ability to intervene. If I remain indifferent, then there will be consequences for me.” Yunyi played with the silver needles in her hand. “Let me think about how I should deal with you.”

Huo Qingyuan's face turned even uglier.

"How about I make you a eunuch?" Yunyi suddenly thrust her needle toward his crotch.

"No..." Huo Qingyuan hurriedly shook his head, "Grandma, I was wrong. I will definitely be a good person in the future. Please, have mercy on me."

Yunyi's hand paused, and the needle tip stopped just two inches away from his body: "Since you say so, then I'll believe you this once."

Huo Qingyuan exhaled, when suddenly he felt something being shoved into his mouth. Before he could react, he was patted on the chest, and the object went straight into his stomach. He wanted to cough and vomit but couldn't move: "What did you give me to eat?"

“Poison.” Yunyi smiled, got up from the bed, and straightened her torn gauze dress. “You will have to take the antidote every month from now on, otherwise… you won’t die, but you will suffer a fate worse than death.”

"you……"

“You don’t have to believe me, but you can look at your palm now.” Yunyi suddenly slapped her forehead after saying that, then took his left hand and brought it close to his face. “Sorry, I forgot you can’t move, but you can see it now, right? There’s a black dot on your palm, and then black lines will extend out. When it reaches the second horizontal crease on your wrist, it will be a full month. If you don’t take the antidote, it will feel like ants are eating your heart, and your internal organs will feel like they’re being burned. The symptoms will lessen after three days, but then it will hurt every three days until… you can’t take it anymore and commit suicide.”

Huo Qingyuan didn't know how to describe his feelings.

"I should remind you, this is an ancient poison formula. In today's society... in the world today, I'm probably the only one who can cure it." Yunyi patted his face. "Alright, get up. Let's see your sister off."

Huo Qingyuan's face contorted for a moment, but he still acquiesced. Surprisingly, he was able to move again. He hurriedly moved his body and found that apart from a black spot on his palm, there was nothing wrong. He breathed a sigh of relief, glanced at Yun Yi, and suddenly reached out with his hand in a claw shape, grabbing at her neck.

Yunyi seemed to have anticipated this, dodging the attack with a sliding step, and then turning around to retaliate. A silver needle flew out and pierced his wrist.

Huo Qingyuan immediately felt a pain, and his entire arm went numb instantly.

Before Yunyi could finish calculating, two needles flew out with a whoosh.

Huo Qingyuan immediately knelt on one knee, his whole body trembling from the intense pain, and large beads of sweat instantly rolled down his forehead.

"Lord Huo, you really are..." Yun Yi scoffed, "You won't be done until you've suffered a bit."

"Who exactly are you?" Huo Qingyuan was truly terrified. This woman had easily dodged his attack, demonstrating that her martial arts skills were unfathomable. After all, he couldn't sense any internal energy from her at all.

"Don't worry, as long as you keep your word, I'll have someone send you the antidote in a month. But if..." Yunyi slapped his face, "If you can't do it, then enjoy the pleasure brought by the ancient poison."

Huo Qingyuan swallowed hard: "I understand."

Yunyi pulled out the silver needles immediately: "Send me out."

Huo Qingyuan led Yunyi out the door: "Someone come here."

Soon a guard ran over: "Sir."

"Prepare a carriage to send the girl away."

The guard was surprised for a moment, but still agreed immediately.

"Forget about the carriage," Yunyi waved her hand, "but I'll accept this." As she spoke, she let go, and a token began to dangle in the air.

Huo Qingyuan subconsciously touched his waist and found nothing there: "This is..."

"This is the commander's token. I think it will make things easier for me with this. May I have it?"

"Here you go." Huo Qingyuan nodded.

"See you next time." Yun Yi waved her hand, but stopped just as she was about to turn around. "Lord Huo, let me give you a piece of advice: the dead cannot be brought back to life. Don't believe those rumors about using blood to revive the dead or anything like that. That will only increase the killing." After saying that, she turned and walked towards the door.

Huo Qingyuan was stunned, then his whole body trembled. This person knew everything? No, he couldn't let this kind of person go. He raised his leg to chase after him, but in the blink of an eye, the person was already far away.

I couldn't help but rub my eyes, only to find that they had already disappeared.

This person clearly isn't using lightness skill, could it be... could it be the legendary Void Stepping technique from the martial arts world?

But how could a teenage girl like her possibly learn that? Are you seeing things?

He hurriedly gathered his strength and leaped to the gate, only to see two receding figures. He heard the clatter of hooves and the cry of an eagle.

Huo Qingyuan let out a heavy sigh of relief. If the other party was indeed from the legendary Lingxu Pavilion, then he was truly lucky to be alive.

Yunyi was unaware of Huo Qingyuan's worries. At this moment, she and Lao Quan rode away from the military camp and then rushed to a dilapidated temple in the south of the city.

"Sister Yun." He Wei and the others had been waiting here for a long time, and they breathed a sigh of relief when they saw Yun Yi.

“Ah Guang has already been sent to Black City.” Yun Yi didn’t waste any more time. “I will go and bring him back.”