Love Better Than Immortality

Closing in?

Cai Cai returns to Feng Ming Manor with the account books of various businesses that had dealings with Ba Xian Residence. Met with her three friends’ astonishment, she explains that using her wits, she had approached the various businesses differently. They later checked through the account books, with Leng Ning reading out the details, Cai Cai doing the calculations and Liu Feng taking notes. Xiao Bai felt useless that he couldn’t be of any help but when he expressed his apologies to his friends, Cai Cai pointed out that he was their pillar, only he had the ability to safeguard the martial arts world. Looking through the account books, Ba Xian Residence wasn’t rich like they had thought it should’ve been after the Longevity Fruit auction.

Suddenly, they heard a thud outside the hall and run out only to see Chun Hua unconscious on the ground. Xiao Bai instructs Liu Feng to call for Pu Er and despite Liu Feng’s worry that Pu Er could very well be Mr Shi, Cai Cai asserts that what they needed now was the best doctor. After he had taken a look at Chun Hua, Pu Er tells them that she had been poisoned by a poison he had never even heard of. When Pu Er later left to make a medicine that Xiao Bai insisted he personally made, Cai Cai pulled Xiao Bai aside and updated him about the tip Li Yu had given and the heightened possibility that Pu Er was Mr Shi, questioning if they should really let Mr Shi prepare Chun Hua’s medicine. With the reasoning that Qiu Yue probably gave Chun Hua the poison to keep her under his control, Xiao Bai tells Cai Cai that if Pu Er added poison into the medicine, they would then be able to confirm his identity as Mr Shi, reassuring Cai Cai that he wouldn’t let things get out of control.

Meanwhile, Liu Feng and Leng Ning were strolling through the city when Ye Xing Zhu shows up, asking to have a word with him. It is then revealed that Ye Xing Zhu is Liu Feng’s younger cousin and that she was with Qian Yue Cave because Qiu Yue had rescued her when her whole family was massacred. However, word on the streets was that her family had been killed because she decided to follow Qiu Yue. Chief Qin (Liu Feng’s father) knew the truth but Chief Xiao had numerous long talks with him to convince him to keep quiet on the matter. Ye Xing Zhu then told Liu Feng about Chun Hua’s Bai Hua Calamity.

Back at Feng Ming Manor, Liu Feng and Leng Ning are at it again as Liu Feng tells her everything in a bid to convince her that there was nothing going on between him and Ye Xing Zhu. Xiao Bai was passing by when he heard them mention ‘Qiu Yue’ and stopped to question them. After Liu Feng tells him about Ye Xing Zhu, Xiao Bai didn’t react to the news, only focusing on the fact that Qiu Yue was in the vicinity.

Pu Er presents the medicine to Chun Hua but before she could drink it, Cai Cai enters the room and hands her a Snow Lotus pill, an expensive herb that was effective in curing many other poisons. When Chun Hua told Cai Cai that she shouldn’t have used such expensive herbs on her and that Cai Cai herself was really suitable for Xiao Bai, Cai Cai comforted her and expressed her sincere wishes for her and Xiao Bai to be happy.

Later, Liu Feng tells Cai Cai and Leng Ning about the Bai Hua Calamity and they were both stumped because they had never heard of this poison before. Just as Liu Feng was cautioning them to keep this a secret from Xiao Bai, Xiao Bai’s voice sounded from outside, calling for Liu Feng. Away from the two girls, Xiao Bai tells Liu Feng about his hunch that Qiu Yue was probably the one who poisoned Chun Hua and that they had to find him. Even though Qiu Yue came and went without a trace, their key to finding him lay with Chun Hua – He always seemed to appear whenever she was in danger. Liu Feng then tells Xiao Bai that Chun Hua’s poison had no antidote and panic flitted through Xiao Bai’s eyes as he tightened his grip on his sword.

Night fell on Feng Ming Manor and everyone were in their rooms except for Xiao Bai who was standing at the pavilion as he gazed towards Chun Hua’s room. In her room, Chun Hua was forlornly resting her head on the table when her Ice Silkworm Pearl lit up and Qiu Yue soon appeared from behind, pulling her into a backhug before plunging the room into darkness with a wave of his hand. Dismissing Chun Hua’s worry for his safety, he tells her that whereever she was was the safest place for him, adding that he hadn’t visited her because he was worried about her Bai Hua Calamity but had missed her. Sensing movement outside her room, Chun Hua quickly hushed him with her fingers and when he later saw that the redness of her Bai Hua Calamity flower mark had lessened, he angrily(?) pulled her into a hug and asked if it was because she hadn’t missed him. Explaining that it was the Snow Lotus’ effect, Chun Hua retorts that she hadn’t missed him but her Bai Hua Calamity flared up again.