"Against The Ice Princess"

Huang Mei was in a bathtub with salts and herbs.

The smell was soft and pleasant.

The water was hot and she could stay there forever if she could.

However...

Meng Lin-Huo was feeling her right arm.

Anyone who saw that would think that Meng Lin-Huo was just giving Huang Mei a bath, but an expert would know that this was not just a bath.

Huang Mei was having a medical bath to make it easier for Meng Lin-Huo to analyze the condition of her body.

Meng Lin-Huo spent many minutes there in silence.

She was as good with poisons as she was with medicine, as was Zhao Kuan.

But as a veteran expert, she was able to easily identify the poison just by its effects.

"Hmm..."

Finally, she took a needle from the sleeve of her clothes and stuck it in Huang Mei's finger, letting a big drop of blood out.

"Auch!"

"That's it." Meng Lin-Huo then collected the drop in a small container.

"Lady Meng, how is Huang Mei doing?" Zheng Xi-Wang who has been there for some time asked anxiously.

"It is actually asymptomatic. It is very difficult to identify," Meng Lin-Huo said. "Something based on Mists and Wolf Venom but mixed with something that camouflages its effects."

Meng Lin-Huo wiped his hands and stood up.

"You can go to rest, I will do an analysis of your blood and then we will prepare the antidote, you will get better soon."

"En.Thanks Lady Meng." Huang Mei gave a weak smile.

Meng Lin-Huo returned the smile and then left.

...

In the Long Mansion lab, Zhao Kuan was investigating some books on herbs on a shelf while Long Tian picked up the equipment.

"Wow, here are recipes I never heard of, they are incredible ... Elixers and even deadly poisons ... Is it okay to have this kind of thing thrown here?" Zhao Kuan blew the dust from the book.

It seemed that no one had been in that place for many years.

"These are my sister's recipes," Long Tian explained. "She was studying medicine and my mother was her instructor, this was her laboratory."

"Did your sister create these recipes ?!" Zhao Kuan was impressed.

He knew a good part of the herbs that were described there and how they worked and someone so young already had enough knowledge to be able to mix them was at least something worthy of a genius.

"There. I think everything is here." Long Tian looked at the table with all the collected herbs and containers.

At that moment, Meng Lin-Huo then appeared through the door.

"Lady Meng." Zhao Kuan stood up, seeing that she was carrying a bowl with red liquid, already understanding what that would be.

"Zhao Kuan, Long Tian." Meng Lin-Huo put the blood on the table. "Long Tian get me a bottle of brown serum.

Long Tian quickly took the vial and handed it to Meng Lin-Huo, who spilled the whitish aqueous liquid over the blood.

Immediately the red and white shade mixed and took on a blue-purple shade.

"Ambrosia ... Long Tian, we are going to need a small portion of Lady of the Night leaf and White Lily powder and a spoonful of Pine Cone Powder. Zhao Kuan, mix it all up and boil it over charcoal."

Long Tian quickly took the ingredients and handed them to Zhao Kuan, who mixed the exact amounts and boiled them in a tea.

The drink had a slightly greenish white color.

"Long Tian, take the medicine to Huang Mei," Meng Lin-Huo said.

Long Tian took the glass carefully and led it to Huang Mei's courtyard.

He found her talking to Long Zhu in the garden.

For someone sick, she looked very well.

Long Tian admired her strength.

"Princess Huang ..." Long Tian approached.

"Long Tian!" Huang Mei smiled when he saw him. "I said, you can call me Mei Lin."

Long Tian felt his ears heat up.

"Hm.Your medicine."

"Oh! Is ready?! Wonderful!" Long Zhu said relieved.

Huang Mei took the glass and smelled a sweet aroma, already feeling a relief.

"Pine Cone Powder? I didn't think there was such a delicacy around here."

"Drink fast, so you will get better soon."

Huang Mei took a few generous sips, emptying the bowl quickly.

She felt nothing at once, just a bitter followed by a strangely sweet finish to her throat.

But she knew she would be better the next day.

...

Later that day, Long Tian was in his courtyard training as usual.

He held the wooden sword and simulated attacks and defenses against the wind.

Huang Mei then appeared in the distance, she watched him as he passed the balcony and saw how Long Tian was concentrated.

Long Tian then made a diagonal left-hand stroke, from the bottom up, throwing the snow quite far.

He then withdrew to stay in the heron position and stored the sword in another cut close to the body.

"Can I accompany you?" Just as Long Tian was about to turn around for another blow, a voice rang close to his ear and made his ears warm.

"!!"

Long Tian then stepped back quickly, looking at Huang Mei with a serious look.

"Sorry, did I disturb you?"Huang Mei asked.

"No ... Princess. "Long Tian then bowed.

"You don't have to be so courteous, I told you, we are childhood friends, you can act normal as you were when I arrived. "Huang Mei made a sad face.

She was so happy that Long Tian was acting so informally that he thought he would stop treating her like a stranger.

But I was wrong.

"That was a separate situation, Zhao Kuan's fault."

"Hm." Huang Mei was still upset.

Huang Mei then went to the sword holder and took out a wooden sword.

"What are you doing? "Long Tian asked, even though he knew Huang Mei's intentions, he didn't believe it.

"I will train with you." Huang Mei stepped back a little and took a stand. "Then come. Attack me."

"Princess ... You shouldn't ..."

"It's Mei Lin ... And I'm not a cripple."

Long Tian stood there staring at her.

"Aren't you coming? Then I'm going to attack first."

Huang Mei then ran towards Long Tian.

She made two thrusts that made the boy back and deflect easily.

However, Huang Mei crouched and slowed down for an instant, turning around and suddenly disappearing from Long Tian's vision.

He was impressed!

"She's fast!"

Even though Huang Mei used his light feet to camouflage himself, Long Tian noticed his side attack and defended quickly with his sword.

* Crack!

The strong impact made a high-pitched sound of wood and the two were pushed away with the blow.

When Long Tian recovered, he noticed that smoke was coming out of his blade and a large crack had opened up.

Looking at Huang Mei's sword, it was in the same state.

However, the girl had a smile.

"You really got strong." Huang Mei then threw the sword away. "Let's see how strong!"

Again the albino disappeared before his eyes.