Han Yunxi hid in the carriage and checked Long Fei Ye's blank letter over and over again. She didn't even miss the inside of the envelope, but there was nothing but blankness. She couldn't find any ink.
What does he mean?
This should be Long Fei Ye's first time writing her a letter. Or rather, it should be a reply, but it turned out to be an empty letter.
Is it because he's not good at expressing himself, so he decided not to express himself? If that's the case, then Han Yunxi was truly disappointed.
Perhaps Han Yunxi was overthinking things, but she had a bad premonition. It didn't seem like Long Feiye's style to reply to a letter.
According to his style, even if he wasn't good at expressing himself, he'd still reply with, "I've received the letter."
Or maybe I'm just overthinking things. Maybe he wants to give me a surprise, and this is only the first step. Han Yunxi comforted herself.
At a time like this, Han Yunxi felt … ashamed of herself for having such romantic thoughts!
She wrote two more letters to Long Fei Ye, one to tell him about their journey and how his internal injuries were recovering. The other was the same: "Long Fei Ye, I miss you."
Everyone put on a disguise, but Gu Qishao refused to be a shadow guard no matter what. In the end, he accepted the original arrangement.
Han Yunxi disguised herself as a sickly young miss from a rich family. Gu Beiyue stuck a full beard on his handsome face to act as Han Yunxi's older brother. Gu used a human skin mask to disguise himself as a bodyguard and driver. Chu Xifeng and Xu Donglin naturally followed them in the shadows with a group of Shadow Guard.
They climbed over the mountains and ate a hot meal in the city before continuing on their journey without stopping.
That night, while everyone was sleeping outdoors, Gu Beiyue received a secret letter from Long Fei Ye. It contained a set of Medicinal Pills, the Phoenix Breath Pill he'd given to Kenzō.
Although these Medicinal Pills couldn't heal Gu Beiyue completely, they could restore 20 to 30 percent of his internal energy in a short period of time. As for whether it was 20 or 30 percent, that would depend on Gu Beiyue's own efforts.
The letter was very short. It explained the effects of the Medicinal Pills and the things to take note of during cultivation, but didn't contain anything else. Long Fei Ye didn't even explain where he'd gotten the pills or why he'd given them to him.
Gu Beiyue stared at the short letter for a long time, unable to recover his senses. Who knew what he was thinking?
What an exciting thing it was!
When he'd found out that he'd lost all his internal energy and couldn't recover, he'd almost lost all hope! One had to know that even though he was unperturbed, he had spent countless nights sitting in boredom before he could finally accept this fact.
Now, there was hope in the midst of despair!
He'd trained hard since he was young. The Shadow Art that carried the last memories his grandfather and parents had left for him. The Shadow Art that carried the heavy responsibility of protecting the Western Qin Royal Family. The Shadow Art that carried the burden of protecting the woman he'd hidden deep in his heart was finally coming back!
He was about to have a chance to truly stand up again.
But …
But there wasn't a trace of excitement or joy in his eyes. Instead, they were frozen and full of heaviness.
It was a pity that Han Yunxi couldn't see Gu Beiyue at this moment. Otherwise, she'd definitely feel that the heaviness in Gu Beiyue's eyes was very similar to the heaviness she'd seen in Long Fei Ye's eyes many times.
What was this heaviness for?
When Long Fei Ye sent a secret letter to Gu Beiyue, he'd casually destroyed it after he'd read it. But this letter, he carefully folded it back into the envelope and hid it in his sleeve.
As for the Medicinal Pills, he didn't hesitate to take them.
Gu Beiyue thought that trust should be the same as the feeling of liking someone. It was duty-bound to be duty-bound to be duty-bound.
All was quiet. Han Yunxi slept alone in the carriage. Gu Beiyue was dozing off outside the carriage. The Shadow Guards were all around taking turns to keep watch. Gu Beiyue only had to be wary of Gu. However, Gu was the best to be wary of. He was very smart, but his focus was all on Han Yunxi. It had nothing to do with Han Yunxi. Even if he noticed something strange, he was too lazy to investigate.
After taking the Phoenix Perch Pill, Gu Beiyue began to cultivate bitterly every night.
After a few days of rushing about, he was already halfway through the journey. The day of the Apricot Woods Conference was getting closer and closer.
Of course, the situation in Cloud Realm Continent had changed as well.
Medicine City finally gave in to Medical City's pressure and announced that they were temporarily suspending all dealings with Pill Fiend Pharmacy and the south central regions' commander-in-chief's estate. Only after Han Yunxi's identity was confirmed would they reconsider their cooperation.
It was true that the Wang Clan, who controlled Medicine City, was loyal to Long Feiye. But when they couldn't even protect themselves, there was no need to talk about loyalty. Fortunately, Wang Gong was still a humane man. A few days before the announcement, he allowed Pill Fiend Pharmacy to make a few large purchases and send out the goods in a timely manner.
"Heheh, if I knew this would happen, I would've taken the chance to remove all restrictions on the Mu Clan," Gu wasn't satisfied. For the sake of taking over Medicine City, he and Mu Ling 'er had both gone to jail.
Lady Lianxin had asked them to spare the Mu Clan for the sake of giving birth to a child. Long Fei Ye had seized the chance to have the Wang Clan lift some restrictions on the Mu Clan and leave a way out for Medical City. He hoped that Mu Ling 'er could one day restore the Mu Clan to its former glory.
After all, Long Fei Ye's ultimate goal wasn't to let the Wang Clan dominate Medicine City. It could only be said that Mu Ling 'er was too busy to be in two places, while Han Yunxi's identity as the Poison Sect had been exposed too early.
"There's still seven to eight days. As long as there's no large-scale epidemic, we should have enough medicine in stock," Gu Beiyue said.
"The King Of Medicine has already replied. He's still willing to help us," Han Yunxi said seriously.
"Esteemed wangfei, Wang Gong can only help us in an emergency. He can't solve the root of the problem. You mustn't agree to anything." Gu Beiyue's expression was serious. "If we don't have enough medicine, we can use a sledgehammer to crack a nut. Medicine Ghost Valley should have a lot of high-grade ingredients. We can use this opportunity to put on airs in front of Medicine City and Medical City and buy the hearts of the common people."
They didn't use high-grade ingredients in large quantities, but rather common ones. However, high-grade ingredients could still treat some minor ailments with immediate results. The key was whether or not Gu was willing to spend the money!
Gu smiled flirtatiously. "As long as Poison Lass needs it, forget about Medicine Ghost Valley, even if you want my life, I'd be happy to give it to you."
They were clearly discussing a very serious issue, but Gu Beiyue and Gu made it sound so casual.
Han Yunxi didn't know how difficult her situation would be without these two.
Han Yunxi was relieved about the problem of medicine, but she also didn't have to worry about the issue of medicine. Over the past few days, she had been receiving letters from Mu Ling'er saying that a dozen or so doctors would travel thousands of miles to Pill Fiend Pharmacy every day. They would listen to Imperial Physician Huang's arrangements and be sent to the three central prefectures and several cities in Jiangnan to practice medicine.
This was the biggest surprise that Gu Beiyue had given Han Yunxi. She never thought that this "shut-in" who usually didn't socialize would have such good connections. He was able to find so many colleagues who were willing to help him regardless of the cost.
Of course, Medical City had long since announced that all doctors who stayed in the commander-in-chief's manor were disqualified from practicing medicine. Medicine City had also issued a ban, forbidding any medicine shops from selling the ingredients prescribed by these doctors.
It could be said that the medical system of the commander-in-chief's manor had completely broken away from Medical City and Medicine City, and was self-sufficient.
In the long run, this path would lead to a dead end, but it was extremely effective in the short term. The originally restless civil unrest had mostly been fanned out by people with ulterior motives. Thanks to the timely replenishment of resources from the medicine shops, the public's resentment gradually subsided. After all, most people only cared about what was in front of them. No patient would refuse treatment or protest against the commander-in-chief's manor for the sake of Medical City's "righteousness" and the Poison Sect's "scourge on the world".
"It's time to step out," Han Yunxi said seriously.
The commander-in-chief's manor had long publicly acknowledged that they would fight Medical City to the end, but as the person involved, she hadn't officially admitted anything. She thought that if she took advantage of the good situation in the south to step out and publicly denounce Medical City's inhumanity and accuse them of slandering the Poison Sect, it would definitely boost the commander-in-chief's manor's morale and garner the support of the commoners.
"I'll step out with you!" Gu had been waiting for Han Yunxi to say this for a long time.
Gu Beiyue looked at the two of them like an older brother and wanted to laugh. "No rush, it's not time yet. We have to be on guard against the old fox behind the spies. "
Gu Beiyue was the most cautious of them all. He would either not make a move, or he'd make sure nothing went wrong.
Right now, the most important thing was whether they could smoothly reach Medical City and participate in the Apricot Woods Conference.
Han Yunxi and Gu nodded at the same time. Along the way, Han Yunxi had grown to trust and admire Gu Beiyue. Gu, on the other hand, had found Gu Beiyue much more pleasing to the eye than before.
Besides them, no one else in the world could guess that they were on their way to Medical City, much less that they were planning to do something earth-shattering!
Everyone was waiting to see a good show at the commander-in-chief's estate! Many people were even betting that the commander-in-chief's estate could hold out for a few months.
In the western military barracks, Ning Cheng had just defeated Chu Xifeng and was in a good mood.
His figure was tall and straight to begin with, but now he was dressed in silver-white battle robes that made him seem as lofty and untouchable as a mountain.
"Your lordship will definitely make Chu Xifeng surrender in ten days at most!" he laughed heartily, but his voice was still lofty and unapproachable.
"In other words, our army can march south after ten days?" the deputy general rejoiced.
"I heard that Doctor Gu Beiyue from the commander-in-chief's estate has quite the skills. He helped Han Yunxi recruit quite a few doctors," Ning Cheng said.
"Isn't that so? Judging from the situation there, they should be able to hold out for at least half a year." The deputy general couldn't help but admire him. "If not for those red coat cannons, we probably wouldn't have been able to finish the war within that time."
Ning Cheng rejoiced inwardly. If he hadn't been decisive enough, he wouldn't have been able to seize the opportunity to attack the south central regions. But the war wasn't his true goal. His true goal was Han Yunxi.
He wasn't willing to be Medical City's running dog and capture Han Yunxi for them, but needed an excuse to force the commander-in-chief's estate to hand over Han Yunxi.
Only by obtaining Han Yunxi would he have a chance to ask Chu Qingge about the Shadow Clan's whereabouts …
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