Chapter 1655 Pill Replacement

"Ah?? A woman!" An Shiliu was so frightened that he jumped back a few steps to distance himself from Ruan Yu.

It wasn't because Ruan Yu was a woman that he was so apprehensive. Rather, it was because his behavior just now had been far too frivolous!

He did the same thing to men without hesitation. But to women…

Ruan Yu didn't mind that the two of them knew she was a woman, but she was very curious as to why An Jiu could find out about this.

Did her disguise pill fail?

"How exactly did you find out?" Ruan Yu asked, voicing her confusion.

Although An Jiu might not tell her.

"Are you sure you want me to say it now?" An Jiu glanced at An Shiliu out of the corner of her eye and said directly to An Shiliu's face, "He has no sense of propriety when it comes to his words."

"What?! You can't betray your brothers like that, Dark Nine! Where did I talk big? I was just thinking about the Dark Pavilion!" Dark Sixteen retorted excitedly.

"Don't worry, my benefactor, I won't tell anyone that you're impersonating the Fifteenth Prince. But there's a condition: you can't do anything that would harm the Dark Pavilion."

Ruan Yu glanced at him lazily and didn't say anything.

She is now unsure whether she will do anything harmful to the Dark Pavilion.

Whether they are friend or foe remains to be seen.

"What kind of person is your master?" Ruan Yu walked to the round table and sat down, facing An Jiu.

Dark Sixteen didn't sit down, not because he didn't want to, but because there were no chairs available.

"An Jiu, you're so stingy! The room is so big, and you only put two stools in it!"

An Jiu ignored him and calmly met Ruan Yu's gaze: "Why are you asking about this? Are you considering whether or not to deal with the Dark Pavilion?"

"You want to go after the Dark Pavilion?" Upon hearing this, An Shiliu couldn't stand still and leaned closer to look at Ruan Yu in shock: "My benefactor, you did save my life, but I will not allow you to go after the Dark Pavilion!"

very noisy……

Ruan Yu frowned.

An Jiu felt the same way.

The two exchanged a glance and agreed without prior consultation. "Dark Sixteen," Ruan Yu said, taking charge of attracting Dark Sixteen's attention.

While An Shiliu was intently watching Ruan Yu, An Jiu quietly stood up and struck An Shiliu on the back of the neck. The latter immediately blacked out and collapsed onto the table.

Despite his childlike and carefree personality, An Shiliu is actually quite tall and strong. When he lies on the table, he resembles a small mountain, effectively blocking Ruan Yu and An Jiu's view.

The two were silent for a moment.

An Jiu used her divine power to transfer An Shiliu to the bed.

"Now I can answer your first question, but what will you offer in exchange?" An Jiu was very cunning.

He wanted Ruan Yu's elixir, so he deliberately lured her here.

Now that Ruan Yu has just arrived, she is full of curiosity about everything in the Dark Pavilion. As long as she asks him a few more questions, he can obtain quite a few pills.

Beautiful! Beautiful!

Ruan Yu was a smart woman. She knew that An Jiu wanted her to use the pills as a medium to exchange for information, so she took out a full bottle without thinking.

Anyway, she has plenty of these things.

Once An Jiu leaves the Dark Pavilion and goes out into the world, she will find that her pills are already commonplace. They are expensive, but they are sold in many pill pavilions and shops.

"Ten pills, ten questions for you," Ruan Yu said.

"Good!" An Jiu's eyes gleamed with excitement. Under the table, his fists were clenched, as if he was trying his best to suppress something.

Pills! So many pills! And they're all of the same perfect quality as before!

An Jiu had a premonition that once he fully analyzed these ten pills, his expertise and understanding of medicinal liquids would reach a new level!

"My first question is, how did you discover that I was a fake Dark Fifteen, and also that I'm a woman?"

“These are two issues,” An Jiu said cunningly.

You'll find out why he's considered cunning later.

Ruan Yu's lips twitched: "Fine, two it is." She held up the two pills and passed them to An Jiu.

An Jiu happily put away the pill and said, "Although you used a secret technique to transform into An Shiwu's appearance, and even your aura is exactly the same as his, your reaction was wrong."

"Reaction?" Ruan Yu asked, puzzled.

“Dark Fifteen was once crippled by an incompetent alchemist, and I cured him. He only trusts me.” Dark Nine’s tone revealed a hint of arrogance.

“All alchemists, including the pills they produce, are avoided by Dark Fifteen.”

After An Jiu finished speaking, he said, "So, do you realize where you gave yourself away?"

Given her deep dislike for alchemists, it's highly unlikely that Dark Fifteen would buy or use elixirs. Since Dark Fifteen rarely gets injured, she didn't notice this detail.

But she used elixirs to prolong Dark Sixteen's life... This was clearly something Dark Fifteen couldn't do.

Ruan Yu: "You treated An Shiwu's injuries before he entered the Dark Pavilion?"

Time was of the essence, so she only focused on Dark Fifteen's memories after entering the Dark Pavilion and did not see the part described by Dark Nine.

"Is this the third question?"

"……Um."

“Yes.” An Jiu felt like she had hit the jackpot; she could get a pill just by answering such a simple question.

"Let's move on to the second question."

“My sense of smell is naturally much more sensitive than that of ordinary people. Even though your scent has become exactly the same as Dark Fifteen's, it still can't escape my nose.” Dark Nine pretended to be mysterious: “Do you know? The scents of men and women are different.”

Ruan Yu paused for a moment, then said, "Tell me something I don't know."

"It's not what it sounds like. Never mind, it's my talent. You wouldn't understand even if I told you." An Jiu suddenly felt bored and waved her hand to skip the topic.

"All you need to know is that only I can discover your identity; no one else can."

An Jiu reached out and demanded, "You haven't given me my third pill yet."

Ruan Yu gave him two pills at once: "Fourth question, are you really helping me just for a profit-sharing arrangement? You won't wait until you've made all the pills and then go to your master to leak the secret, will you?"

"Are these two questions?" An Jiu's focus was always different from others.

Ruan Yu gritted her teeth and said, "You're so heartless!"

Before they could even get any information out of them, all five pills were gone.

She gave him another one.

An Jiu replied happily, "It's true, it's just an exchange of benefits. I, An Jiu, am extremely trustworthy. Now that I've earned your pills and made a deal with you, I would never do anything to betray my promise."

After saying this, he raised three fingers and made a vow of souls.

Ruan Yu was now completely relieved.

"The sixth question?" An Jiu couldn't wait any longer.

"I just asked, what kind of person is your master?" Ruan Yu asked again.

"There's no definitive answer to that." An Jiu pondered seriously for a moment: "Whether it's even a person or not is still uncertain!"