Hidden genius: Black belly snake

Old man Dranuk had a wide grin on his face as he crossed his arms behind his back and walked into the association.

"Wait here." He instructed Tang Yue and went inside a chamber on the right.

There was a bold label on the door, indicating that only Masters were allowed inside. So Tang Yue just patiently waited outside.

After a few minutes, a loud burst of laughter erupted from inside.

Tang Yue frowned but continued waiting patiently. She could vaguely hear some chattering noises from inside the chamber.

A few more minutes later, old man Dranuk carefully closed the door and stepped out.

"Here you go, princess." He mockingly tossed out a disciple uniform to the princess, specifically enunciating the word princess with a sneer.

With his obscene grin getting even wider, he flashed his teeth and said, "Are you ready for your first task as our association's disciple elf?"

Tang Yue nodded and patiently waited for him to get to the point.

Being the bully that he was, she already knew what he was going to say and that was exactly what she wanted!

"You will be handling the trash disposal for the next month. Off you go now. Make me proud pretty princess."

Old man Dranuk grinned and looked for the signs of contempt on the princess's veiled face.

But her cold eyes only obediently nodded before walking towards the trash room.

"Dranuk, are you sure this is going to be alright? She is a royal consort after all." Another old elf with silver hair walked towards Master Dranuk and asked.

"Hmph. Consort or not, do you think the Prince even cares about trivialities like this?"

"I am much more valuable to him than this piece of trash."

Dranuk smirked and walked out of the association. He would come back and visit this beautiful princess a couple more days later.

"Ha Ha. By that time, she should be begging for my mercy. Maybe she wouldn't even hesitate to warm my bed. Ha Ha."

A lecherous look appeared on the old elf's creased face as he lazily sauntered out into the market.

He could already imagine playing with her to his heart's content.

The crown prince was never going to enjoy these beauties, so at least someone should pay attention to them once in a while.

The other elf looked nervous, but he shrugged his shoulders and went back in. He didn't want to get involved in this tricky situation.

A few weeks before, royal consort Adriana had humiliated Master Dranuk in public for using the wrong pill formula.

Though Adriana did not do it intentionally, Master Dranuk still took it as a personal attack.

He desperately wanted to humiliate her and nurse his wounded ego.

Since Adriana was a stronger target, Dranuk had instead picked a weaker target like Tang Yue to trample on.

These proud little flower vases definitely had to be taught a harsh lesson once in a while.

And now, Tang Yue was receiving the brunt of the punishment for that. Well, he at least thought so.

Tang Yue, on the other hand, couldn't be happier to receive this particular punishment.

In fact, she was counting on the old man's cruel nature to get to this point.

She walked a few yards and turned left to reach the trash disposal room.

The disciple in charge of the trash usually had to collect the dirty waste material left over from the multiple private concoction chambers.

Alchemy practitioners tend to heap their cauldron waste in a corner of their work chamber and proceed forward with their next batch.

A lot of practice, trial, and error was needed to learn alchemy and successfully concoct pills.

So they couldn't be bothered to deal with trivial things like taking out the trash.

The lower-ranked disciples usually collected these things and incinerated them in the disposal chamber.

The royal robes were too cumbersome to work with.

So Tang Yue visited the changing chamber first to quickly change into her set of disciple clothes.

She then patiently visited each and every accessible work chamber and collected the leftover wastes in a big bag.

Some of the chambers were closed, so she ignored those.

Most probably, the occupant was involved in some high-grade pill concocting and needed full concentration.

The work was not that laborious, but it still kept her considerably busy, since the association was huge with a multitude of practice chambers.

The disciples were typically supposed to attend to their duties till the dusk settled. So Tang Yue kept herself busy the entire day.

She carefully collected all the leftover medicinal waste. She then carefully dragged the huge bag to the disposal room.

But once she got there, she did not simply toss it all into the incineration array like she was supposed to do, rather she tossed it all into her space pouch.

Soon the shadows gathered under the gentle moonlight and it was time for her to head back to the palace.

As soon as she returned to the palace, Tang Yue quickly closed her enormous chamber doors and flopped onto her bed.

Her dull cold eyes surprisingly gleamed with excitement, as she slowly peeled open her space pouch.

In a single day, she had managed to collect a reasonable amount of useless leftovers.

Well, useless for others, but for her...

A rotten putrid smell immediately filled the sensual aromatic chamber, decorated by bundles of flowers, arranged here and there.

Tang Yue's beautiful face contorted as she put her pale blue delicate fingers inside the pearl-like pouch and grabbed a small amount of the mushy slimy substance.