Listening to everyone's praise, Bai Li Hongzhuang smiled and waved her hand lightly, "I just happen to be more skilled in this area."
"Hongzhuang, you're being too modest," Zhan Yunfeng chuckled.
Ever since Bai Li Hongzhuang saved Cui Haoyan, Zhan Yunfeng had been filled with gratitude towards her. Initially, she had some grievances when she saw Bai Li Hongzhuang stealing the limelight as soon as she arrived at Canglan Academy. However, once she got to know Bai Li Hongzhuang's character, her previous discontent vanished, replaced by admiration.
A genius like Bai Li Hongzhuang, who possessed genuine talent and knowledge, didn't need to vie for attention. She was destined to be in the spotlight.
"This still needs confirmation through Emperor Beichen's test," Bai Li Hongzhuang arched her eyebrows playfully and glanced at Emperor Beichen. She didn't like hogging the limelight alone.
Emperor Beichen chuckled lightly; his wife was indeed generous.
"In any case, thanks to all of you. Otherwise, I would have been exhausted just from killing the demonic beasts," Cui Haoyan shook his head helplessly. The constant vigilance against the beasts, even in the short time they experienced it, had left him unusually fatigued. If they had continued for a whole day, by the time Yi Hucheng and the others appeared, he would have had no strength left to resist.
"These Yi Hucheng and the Mercenary Corps are truly despicable. They even came up with such a method. If it weren't for Hongzhuang and Emperor Beichen, we would have been in trouble!" Xia Zhiqing's face showed anger. Being lured into a trap inexplicably left a bitter taste in anyone's mouth.
As these words were spoken, a layer of frost covered the faces of Gong Shaoqing and the others. They were not people to be trifled with. Since the other party had used such methods against them, they couldn't let Yi Hucheng and the others get away with it.
Suddenly, a glimmer of shrewdness flashed through Bai Li Hongzhuang's deep eyes, and a cunning smile appeared at the corner of her mouth.
"How about... we give them a taste of their own medicine?" she asked.
Emperor Beichen understood his wife's change of expression and knew that she must have come up with an idea.
Just from Bai Li Hongzhuang's previous actions against Bai Li Yuyan, he already knew that she had quite a few peculiar methods up her sleeve.
"That's not a bad idea," Bai Li Hongzhuang narrowed her eyes slightly. She didn't like being taken advantage of.
If it weren't for Xiao Hei and Xiao Bai reminding her, she wouldn't have known what had happened. After examining it earlier, she found that the ointment applied by the other party was colorless and tasteless, making it difficult to defend against during a fight.
It seemed that the person who formulated this ointment had considerable skill.
However, there were two directions a physician could take. One was to use medical skills to help people, and the other was to treat medical skills as a means of survival, researching various poisons and toxins to achieve personal goals.
Clearly, the physician who developed this ointment belonged to the latter category.
With the possession of this ointment, it was no wonder that the Mercenary Corps had achieved their current status.
The mountains were the main domain of mercenaries, and the primary concern within the mountains was the demonic beasts.
If the Mercenary Corps wanted to eliminate someone, all they had to do was apply this ointment to the person at an opportune moment. They wouldn't even need to make a move; the person would be forever trapped in the mountains...
Such methods were truly formidable.
As Bai Li Hongzhuang's words fell, everyone's gaze froze on her.
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