Fulong and Chu Qianli immediately went down.
They saw Ya Zi lying on the ground, foaming at the mouth and convulsing.
"Commander, Ya Zi he..."
"He's having an attack!" Fulong squatted down, trying to help Ya Zi up.
Without a doctor, Fulong didn't know what to do.
Chu Qianli immediately stopped him, "Don't touch him! Turn him over onto his side!"
"Miss Chu..."
"Listen to me, I'm a doctor!"
Chu Qianli immediately took out her needle bag.
Fulong had no other choice and quickly turned Ya Zi over.
Chu Qianli's needles moved swiftly, and she quickly sealed several acupoints on Ya Zi.
It was magical, after these few acupoints were sealed, Ya Zi's convulsions seemed to be slowly easing.
After about the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, Ya Zi finally managed to catch his breath and regained consciousness.
"Thank you... for saving me."
Everyone was looking at Chu Qianli.
Chu Qianli said lightly, "I am a doctor, saving people is my duty, there's nothing to thank me for. Everyone should rest early, and tomorrow, we will definitely be able to walk out of Black Wind Ridge alive!"
... That night, while the brothers were asleep, Chu Qianli quietly pulled Fulong aside.
"To gather information, two people are enough. Too many people will only attract the attention of the medicinal corpses. What do you think?"
Fulong looked at her, never expecting these words to come from a young girl.
"Aren't you... afraid?"
"I am afraid," Chu Qianli nodded. "But, as you said, if ten thousand soldiers died in there, it means that having more people wouldn't have helped much."
They were only going to scout the situation at Black Wind Cliff, not to fight a war.
Therefore, more people didn't necessarily mean more strength.
More people would just be going to their deaths.
Fulong looked at her.
After a moment, he nodded.
That night, they left the team, mounted two swift horses, and rode out of the city.
The next morning, they arrived at the entrance of Black Wind Ridge.
Fulong hesitated, wondering if they should go in at night.
Chu Qianli smiled, "At night, it will truly be the domain of the medicinal people. We won't be able to see anything, and they are familiar with the environment, giving them an advantage over us."
Therefore, daytime was actually more convenient for their actions.
Fulong once again discovered that this girl had more ideas than he did.
She didn't follow the usual path, had a different mindset, and a unique way of doing things!
If she could survive this ordeal today, she would surely achieve great things in the future.
"Alright, let's go in."
... The legendary Black Wind Ridge.
Indeed, the atmosphere felt very wrong.
Chu Qianli gave Fulong an antidote, and then they continued forward.
Unexpectedly, not long after entering, there was movement behind them.
"Someone's coming!" The two exchanged glances and immediately turned back to see what was happening.
To their surprise, the people who came were their brothers from the Iron Cavalry Regiment whom they had left behind last night.
"Commander, Miss Chu!"
Ya Zi quickly walked up to them, his face full of determination, "Although we are all afraid of death, we cannot let you two face this alone."
"That's right, no matter life or death, we will face it together!"
They had all eaten hot pot and drunk cola together, and from now on, they were brothers!
Brothers must work together, live and die together!
Chu Qianli's heart felt a pang.
She looked at Fulong.
Fulong nodded, "If the news of us not entering Black Wind Ridge doesn't get back, the Emperor will not let us off. Since that's the case, let's go in together."
Chu Qianli sighed and said helplessly, "Alright then, everyone take the antidote first. However, this antidote can only block miasma and other poisonous gases, it doesn't have much effect on potent poisons."
After distributing the antidotes, she said sternly, "Everyone be careful!"
"Okay!"
The dozen or so people were finally united.
Fulong led the way, Chu Qianli followed behind him, and the rest followed.
After walking a bit further, Chu Qianli's brow furrowed tighter.
Her steps also slowed down.
Fulong quickly noticed something was wrong and looked back at her, "What is it?"
"I feel something is wrong," she tugged at Fulong's sleeve. "The surroundings... have a strong smell of decay."
"Everyone be quiet, let me..."
Just then, someone couldn't help but sneeze, "Achoo!"
Something seemed to be stirring in the air.
Chu Qianli and Fulong exchanged glances, and their expressions suddenly changed!
"Be careful!"
"Get down!"
But it was too late!
Suddenly, a dark shadow flew out from the grass and pounced on the brother who had just sneezed.
"Ah..."
The brother let out a scream and struggled desperately!
Fulong drew his long sword with a swish and thrust it at the dark shadow that had pounced on the brother.
The dark shadow seemed very alert and its movements were extremely agile.
With a turn, the long sword grazed its waist.
The sound of the sword piercing flesh was clearly heard, and the smell of blood became more intense.
But the dark shadow still clung to the brother, and as everyone looked closely, they were completely panicked.
Medicinal corpses!
They were really medicinal corpses!
Their faces were dark, like people poisoned.
And now, it was biting the brother's neck fiercely!
Even after being hit by a sword, it seemed to feel no pain, clinging to the brother and refusing to let go!
"Let him go!" Fulong pushed it away with a palm.
Chu Qianli also drew her short knife and slashed at the medicinal corpse.
But the medicinal corpse, after being hit by a sword, a palm, and a knife, still clung to the brother.
It showed no expression of pain, and did not fall even when severely wounded.
It just bit its target and refused to let go.
"There are many more medicinal corpses! We've been discovered!" Chu Qianli quickly realized that the smell of decay was getting stronger.
Fulong, enraged, punched the medicinal corpse.
The medicinal corpse took the punch but still felt no pain.
Chu Qianli slashed down with her knife, and the medicinal corpse finally fell.
But before it fell, it used all its strength to shake its head and bite off what was in its mouth.
It was the flesh from the brother's neck!
The blood vessels were bitten open, and he fell to the ground, his eyes wide open!
"He... he's dead," someone said in a trembling voice.
Everyone looked at their brother lying on the ground, his eyes wide open in death, their faces ashen.
It wasn't that they hadn't seen comrades die beside them. In fact, anyone who became part of the Iron Cavalry Regiment had seen death.
But they had never seen such a horrific death, such a terrifying scene!
Right in front of them, their comrade was literally bitten to death.
The most terrifying thing was the medicinal corpse.
No matter how much they hit or injured it, it was like an undying being!
It felt no pain, no sensation at all, it was completely a mindless... beast!
The only way to make it fall was to kill it!
Only when it was dead would it fall!
Was this still a human? It could no longer be called a human!
It was a beast, a man-eating beast...
"Not good! We've been discovered by the medicinal corpses!"
Chu Qianli grabbed Fulong's wrist, pulling his consciousness back, "Let's go! There's no time!"