That Fair-Faced 'Sage' {Completed}

66. Master of Poisons

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By dawn, the next day, LanFen and Jun were already on a boat headed to another region, and they went into hiding after that.

LanFen hugged Jun to her on a boat. "Little Carrot, sorry you weren't able to return... It appears that we have to go back to moving around, like we did, when we first left the mountain..."

"Uhm." Jun had simply replied.

However, they had barely settled in their new place, when another person had come after them.

And then another.

And another..

And another...

LanFen couldn't walk down a quiet street those days, without some attack from quite a few low-lives.

Luckily, she had Elder Xu, who could sense enemies from quite a distance, and her Divine Piercing Eye technique, so she always saw them approach.

Thanks to that, she could make an easy fight or flee decision, depending on what she saw.

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Two months passed like that, and then two months followed which were quiet...

'Too quiet!' LanFen privately observed, one afternoon.

"Father, you said if I'm not chubby in two months, you would let me ride on your back! It's been almost a year already!" QingJun suddenly recalled, and he cut into her thoughts..

LanFen spat out her tea in surprise. "I did? Aren't you even a little chubbier?" She was studying him.

But no, he was not.

Quite a bit taller, yes. Jun seemed to be growing faster than a regular human child, and he now resembled a seven year old.

But he was not even a little fatter!

This wasn't for lack of food...

QingJun had quite an appetite, and could eat even more than LanFen herself did!

But he never gained weight, because he took LanFen's training and his personal cultivation very seriously.

"Little Carrot, you're growing in the wrong direction deliberately, aren't you?!" She complained.

"I was always supposed to grow in this direction!" Jun said, and they both laughed.

She caressed his cheek and then patted his head as he ate a large meal of glutinous rice, vegetables And roasted duck.

LanFen smiled as she watched Jun eat, but inside, she was worried.

It was suspicious that no one had come after them for so long, and it made her feel uneasy.

'Like the deathly calm before a devastating storm...'

She moved from place to place, and never stayed in the same region for too long.

She had even disguised herself as a 'lady' called Qin Yuming, a few times, before returning to her 'QinFeng' disguise, but not one single person had come after them...

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The New Year celebration came, and LanFen decided they should enjoy the season as best they could!

"Night will always come, but we shouldn't ignore the bright moments of the day!" She told Jun, and they both had fun decorating their small inn room.

Together, they hung bright red and gold lanterns, pasted paper cuttings, and then hung couplets on either side of the front door, finishing the door's design with a cheap New year painting, and a large red painting of the inverted characters for 'Luck'.