Gan Shiyi's news was indeed the fastest.
Fulon had found the right person for her this time.
Even Chu Qianli didn't know how Shiyi managed to get the news so quickly.
But the calm that followed in the next two hours provided her with the most compelling evidence.
Talent!
The kind that was rare and sought after.
This just went to show that in the martial world, there were always people better than you, and some people's abilities were beyond your wildest imagination.
Yet, they truly existed.
"Miss, Long Xinghe has woken up and wishes to see you." Fu Ning had already sent the message to Fulon, and was now waiting for Fulon to find Chu Qianli after gathering information.
As for Chu Qianli's plans, she didn't mention them, and Fu Ning didn't ask.
The young lady would surely have her own plans.
Chu Qianli prepared her things and immediately left, entering Long Xinghe's chambers.
"Of the two people last night, the one in white was a medicine person."
Long Xinghe looked unwell, her face pale, and her lips cracked and dry.
But she insisted on being helped by Jiang Tao to sit on the edge of the bed, looking at Chu Qianli. Despite her poor condition, her consciousness was still clear.
"He's different from the medicine people we've seen before. He has the scent of a medicine person, but possesses his own consciousness and appears no different from a normal person."
A medicine person with consciousness, the ability to act independently, and no discernible difference from a normal person...
Chu Qianli pondered for a moment, her gaze deep, before saying, "I've long suspected that a more advanced existence of medicine people would be like this. But this is not the highest level."
"Not the highest level yet?" Long Xinghe frowned. "Could it be that your so-called highest level..."
"Exactly. It's when you have no idea they are medicine people. They don't carry even a trace of the medicine person's aura and are completely like normal people."
"You suspect that among the people we've met, there are such medicine people?"
"Precisely."
This was the first time Chu Qianli had ever voiced this thought to anyone, and Long Xinghe was her first listener.
"Why do you have such a deduction?" Long Xinghe coughed twice, adjusting her posture.
There were only the two of them in the room now.
Chu Qianli walked to the bedside and sat down, helping her adjust her position.
Long Xinghe continued to ask, "What's the basis for this?"
"I've been to two medicine person valleys, and the medicines taken from their respective pharmacies have some differences."
The first medicine person valley she visited with Feng Yexuan, and Feng Yexuan also had the medicine they retrieved.
The poison was potent, causing complete loss of sanity, but it was extremely powerful in attack.
A mouth and body full of poison were undoubtedly the best tools for killing.
As for the second medicine person valley, it was discovered in a valley outside Qiansui City. m..oΓg
The medicine she retrieved, after refinement and analysis, seemed to be less potent than that from the first medicine person valley.
However, it contained an ingredient that bore some resemblance to Gu techniques.
"So, the direction of poison refinement in the two medicine person valleys is not the same. You suspect that behind the two medicine person valleys, there isn't the same person?"
"I can't be sure yet. You've already drawn a conclusion for me," Chu Qianli said with a slight smile.
This was the tacit understanding between her and her senior sister.
Sometimes, even she herself couldn't solidify her own thoughts, and her senior sister would articulate them completely.
It was, in a way, a form of affirmation.
"I indeed have sufficient reason to suspect that the medicine person legion is not singular."
She looked at Long Xinghe, her lips thinning slightly. "One of them is an enemy of Prince Xuan, while the other... might be related to Prince Xuan's mother, Consort Rong."