Reborn Divine Doctor: The Abandoned Girl's Legend

Chapter 210: Chapter 80: A Familiar Background

”Crane Top Grass of a hundred years, and Centipede Vine of fifty years.”

Ye Lingyue carefully examined these medicinal grasses, and her joy was evident upon inspecting them.

The ones being sold are rare poison grasses in Xia Capital’s market, and they are even grown around the nests of poisonous insects and beasts.

Even the collection of her master Long Yu was not as good as Lai Gu’s.

Regrettably, in Daxia, the practice of refining poison was not prevalent, and those who attended the Xuan-level Auction House were mostly martial artists, with no one recognizing the true value, thus Lai Gu’s herbs always lacked interested buyers.

Seeing Ye Lingyue browsing the herbs without a word, Third Brother He thought that Ye Lingyue was not satisfied.

”Lai Gu, Treasure Cave won’t be purchasing your herbs anymore, don’t frighten my esteemed guests, please leave quickly.” Third Brother He, fearing that Feng Xun and Ye Lingyue might be displeased, promptly tried to dismiss the ugly woman.

”Third owner, the two guests behind you haven’t spoken yet. All these herbs are cultivated by myself, and they are as good as the wild ones. Would you esteemed guests like to take a look first?” The ugly woman seeing a chance for business and urgently needing money, naturally did not want to miss the sale.

”Let her come over.” Feng Xun, noticing something in Ye Lingyue’s expression, stopped Third Brother He.

Third Brother He felt some sympathy for the woman, and seeing Feng Xun not opposed, he no longer objected but casually shared the origin of the ugly woman with Ye Lingyue and Feng Xun.

Lai Gu was originally a Fourth Rank Alchemist, and she too was a pitiable person.

She had a family, but later her husband was accidentally poisoned, and despite consulting all the renowned doctors in town, there was no cure.

To treat her husband, Lai Gu refined various poison pills, even daring to fight poison with poison, which disfigured her, but eventually, she did cure her husband’s illness.

Unfortunately, for the sacrifices she made for that man, after her husband recovered and saw her ugly appearance, he was terrified, divorced her, and kicked her out of the home.

After being expelled from her home, Lai Gu had lost all hope, suffering from the accumulation of toxins in her body, she even thought of ending her life.

Little did she know, she discovered that she was pregnant, and for the sake of her unborn child, Lai Gu gave up thoughts of suicide.

Her cultivation was originally of the unorthodox poison techniques, and no respectable medical store dared employ her.

As for Xia Capital’s Alchemist Association, due to her ugly appearance, they refused to recognize her as a formal alchemist.

Lai Gu survived on begging and some charity from the kind-hearted people in the city, and gave birth to a pair of frail twins.

Postpartum, to support her family, she resumed her old trade of cultivating various types of poison grass, and occasionally refining some third or fourth-grade poison pills.

Earlier, Third Brother He took pity on her and exceptionally allowed her into the Xuan-level Auction House, and even a few times, bought her poison grass at a low price.

”Although this woman’s life is pitiable, don’t let sympathy cloud your judgment and impulsively buy her herbs. These poison herbs, if not careful, can cause great suffering.” Third Brother He shook his head while expressing his feelings.

Several times before, when he bought Lai Gu’s herbs and tried to resell them, he couldn’t sell them and even got reprimanded by his superiors.

His words, every single one, reached the ears of Ye Lingyue. Lai Gu, hearing Third Brother He’s words, had no reaction.

It seems the hardships of life have forged this pitiable woman into someone with a strong heart.

”Third boss, aren’t you ruining my business? All these herbs of mine are top-grade poison grass, if refined properly...”

”If refined properly, it can be turned into excellent poison. Third Brother, people fear poisons, thinking all of them are vicious and dangerous. However, sometimes, poisons can also become life-saving spiritual medicine.” Before Lai Gu could finish speaking, Ye Lingyue continued.

Lai Gu skillfully used the Intestine-breaking Pill to detoxify Kind Gu, which showed her usual level of skill.

Lai Gu’s eyes grew brighter and brighter, looking at Ye Lingyue with a completely different gaze.

It was a look akin to finding a kindred spirit when meeting over drinks, something only Ye Lingyue and Lai Gu understood between themselves.

This seemingly frail young man turned out to be a master of using poisons.

”Are you also skilled in both medical treatment and poison?”

She had been to the Dark Level Auction House many times and met some Alchemists, but all of them did not understand poisons and would be scared off just by hearing about Poison Grass.

”More than just understanding, I’m even planning to buy all your Poison Grass.”

This auction was worth it; Ye Lingyue wanted to refine Yan Che into a Poison Human and needed a lot of Poison Grass. The rare Poison Grass from Lai Gu was exactly what she had been searching for.

Even more challenging, Lai Gu could cultivate Poison Grass, which was different from cultivating ordinary Spirit Plants and much more demanding.

Ye Lingyue, owning the Hong Meng Heaven, could cultivate various Spirit Grasses, but she had always been unable to grow various Poison Grasses.

This significantly hindered her cultivation of the ’Five Poison Treasure Record’ left by the Jade Hand Supreme.

This Lai Gu was indeed a huge treasure vault.

”My Poison Grass isn’t cheap; each plant costs fifty taels of gold, and if you buy, you must buy all,” Lai Gu said, hearing that Ye Lingyue wanted to buy the Poison Grass. Far from happy, her expression became rather solemn.

Fifty taels of gold for one plant, even without refining them into Elixir Pills, was Lai Gu scared silly by Young Master Gu a moment ago?

Elder He was dumbstruck by her side.

”Lai Gu, you know the rules of the Treasure Cave; you can’t just ask for any price. In the past, when you sold to me, all the Poison Grass together was only worth five hundred taels of silver.”

”Third Brother, there’s a saying that ’an expert shows their skill as soon as they make a move.’ It’s true that I’m selling to both, but the values are entirely different. In your hands, these poison plants are just poisonous weeds; in his hands, they become lethal poisons, deadly daggers,” Lai Gu’s ugly face showed no relaxation.

Under her bumpy eyelids, her gaze was as deep as an ancient well.

She knew at a glance that Ye Lingyue was someone who understood poison, even a master in Poison Refining.

Lai Gu directly told her, Ye Lingyue was very dangerous.

If it weren’t for her two children at home, she wouldn’t sell the Poison Grass lightly.

”Interesting, you have a hundred Poison Grass plants here, worth five thousand taels of gold. Tenth Young Master, I didn’t bring any cash with me; please lend me some.” Seeing Lai Gu set a high price, Ye Lingyue didn’t mind; instead, she appreciated Lai Gu’s straightforwardness.

Although they have never met before and their demeanor and appearance were vastly different, the ugly woman before her reminded Ye Lingyue of her own mother, Ye Huangyu.

Both were abandoned by their husbands and raised children alone.

Lai Gu’s appearance was ruined, and without her own family to rely on, her situation was much worse than that of the Ye Family’s Mother and Daughter back then.

However, under these circumstances, she owned a skill in Poison Refining but did not stray from the right path, and just this had already earned Ye Lingyue’s deep respect.