The arduous journey had almost made Wen Yuxi vomit blood. He glared at the person comfortably seated behind him in the carriage and asked irritably, "You're going to Miao Jiang, why drag me along?"
"You have time." Three words was the reply.
*You* have time, he was very busy, alright?
Suddenly, the person inside emerged. Wen Yuxi was nearly startled and couldn't help but exclaim, "Can you stop being so jumpy?"
"Too slow." The person spoke, severed the horse pulling the carriage with a sword, and leaped onto horseback.
Wen Yuxi flew up from the wreckage of the carriage and landed on another horse. He couldn't help but curse, "Xue Jingyun, are you a monkey? You never say anything before acting! Always leaping about."
It made him furious.
He was the respectable楼主 of Qian Jin Lou, so why was he messing around with him and that other person?
Truly doing nothing but being idle.
"Wen Nuan, Wen Yu..." Wen Yuxi suddenly said, his face darkening.
The horse suddenly slowed down, becoming extremely uneasy due to the sudden weight.
Wen Yuxi angrily asked, "I called you, but I didn't tell you to ride with me on the same horse?"
"Master, you called out so suddenly, and the horses haven't caught up yet," Wen Nuan replied.
"Ride your own horse," Wen Yuxi waved his hand, and Wen Nuan and Wen Yu dismounted from his horse.
Seeing that Xue Jingyun's figure had disappeared ahead, Wen Yuxi felt extremely vexed.
They were all troublesome fellows.
Finally, after days and nights of desperate travel, they reached the outskirts of Miao Jiang Valley before their horses collapsed. Wen Nuan took out a snake from his embrace, and the snake crawled to the valley entrance, suddenly stopping.
Wen Nuan said, "Master, there is a poisonous barrier outside the valley set up by the Crown Prince."
"Bring the antidote," Wen Yuxi said to Wen Nuan.
Wen Nuan poured four pills from a medicine bottle and handed them over. Wen Yuxi took one and threw it in Xue Jingyun's direction.
Xue Jingyun caught it, put it in his mouth, and the four of them, holding the pills, entered the poisonous barrier.
Outside the valley, it was already late autumn. Dry leaves fell, and flowers withered, but inside the valley, the scene was completely different.
It was still summer, with flowers in full bloom.
The people inside the valley were engaged in their own labor, showing no reaction to their appearance. Wen Nuan couldn't help but ask, "They aren't surprised by the entry of outsiders?"
Xue Jingyun, who had spoken very little during the journey, said, "They are already dead."
Wen Nuan trembled all over. Disbelieving, he stepped forward, grabbed someone, and felt their pulse, exclaiming in surprise, "How did the Crown Prince know?"
Xue Jingyun said indifferently, "There is a sacred medicine in Miao Jiang that can bring the dead back to life. It takes effect at sunrise and disappears at sunset."
Wen Nuan couldn't help but take a step back. "Who is so cruel as to not let the dead rest in peace?"
"Is there her scent?" Wen Yuxi asked.
Xue Jingyun replied, "No."
"How can that be?" Wen Yuxi seemed unable to believe it.
"Search." Xue Jingyun dropped this sentence and headed towards a certain bamboo house.
"Master, Wen Yu and I will look elsewhere," Wen Nuan said.
Wen Yuxi nodded, but not without reminding them, "Be careful."
Wen Nuan nodded and left with Wen Yu.
Wen Yuxi followed Xue Jingyun's direction and arrived at a bamboo house. He saw Xue Jingyun holding a hairpin, deep in thought.
He stepped forward and asked, "Hers?"
Xue Jingyun nodded. "Yes."
"Keep searching. There must be other clues," Wen Yuxi said.
Suddenly, a soft cat meow alerted them.
Xue Jingyun leaped out and finally found the cat beneath the bamboo house.
It was a black cat, but unfortunately, it was severely injured and on the verge of death.
Xue Jingyun walked forward. The black cat bared its teeth as it sensed someone approaching.
Suddenly, seeing the hairpin in his hand, it leaped forward, biting his sleeve, and looking at him.
"Do you know where she is?" Xue Jingyun asked.
The black cat blinked. Xue Jingyun said, "Take me there."
Just as the black cat was about to leave his embrace, a surge of warm internal energy was injected into its body. It felt incredibly comfortable all over. He released it, and it jumped to the ground, finding its wounds healing before its very eyes.
It looked at the man behind it in surprise. The man said, "Take me to find her."
The black cat led Xue Jingyun and Wen Yuxi to a bamboo house.
Upon entering the bamboo house, the black cat suddenly leaped up and stepped on a painting. There was movement beneath its paws, and then a tree hollow appeared before them.
Wen Yuxi exclaimed, "It's hidden so deeply! Without someone to guide us, it would be impossible to find."
The black cat meowed twice, seemingly saying it could only lead them this far, and the rest of the way was up to them.
"Thank you!" Xue Jingyun said to the black cat.
Wen Yuxi said, "I'll go down first."
With that, Wen Yuxi descended. Xue Jingyun looked around and suddenly saw a silver ingot in the corner. He picked it up, and several words were engraved on it: Be careful of Han Xixwen!
Xue Jingyun tucked the silver ingot into his waist and also entered.
His feet landed on the ground, and Wen Yuxi's voice was beside him, "I have a bad feeling."
The two moved forward with their internal energy. All they heard was a terrifying silence, no other sounds.
After walking for about the time it takes an incense stick to burn, they saw a stone chamber. Wen Yuxi stepped forward and pushed open the door of the stone chamber. In the center was an ice coffin. Wen Yuxi quickly walked forward; a person lay inside.
Wen Yuxi froze, then waved his hand to push aside the lid of the ice coffin, reaching out to touch the woman's breath. He looked up and said, "There's still a faint breath."
He pulled the woman's hand and injected his internal energy into her body.
Soon, a trace of blood returned to the woman's pale face. Gradually, her eyelids moved. After about half an incense stick's time, the woman opened her eyes and looked at the stranger in front of her, startled. "Who... who are you?"
"You are someone close to Han Xixwen. Where is Princess Anning?" Wen Yuxi asked.
The woman was slightly stunned. "Who... who are you to Miss Ning?"
"I am Wen Yuxi, the楼主 of Qian Jin Lou. Beside me is the Crown Prince of Xue Country. We have come to rescue Princess Anning. If you know Princess Anning's whereabouts, please tell us." Wen Yuxi said.
Hearing this, the woman grabbed Wen Yuxi's hand and said urgently, "Quickly save Miss Ning. She is in great danger now."
"What happened?" Wen Yuxi asked urgently.
The woman said, "Han Xixwen wants to use Miss Ning to resurrect the Saintess."
"What is Anning's relationship to the person he wants to resurrect?"
The woman shook her head. "I don't know either. However, Miss Ning left this for me at the last moment. I don't know what this is?"
Wen Yuxi looked at the jade pendant in the woman's hand, also puzzled. Xue Jingyun, however, walked forward and looked at the jade pendant in the woman's hand, his expression changing slightly.
Wen Yuxi also noticed and couldn't help but ask, "What is this?"
Xue Jingyun looked at the jade pendant and said coldly, "It is formed by the fusion of the treasures of the Divine Hall and the Cold Hall."
Wen Yuxi trembled all over. "Then she's in great danger, isn't she?"
Before he finished speaking, Xue Jingyun had already disappeared, and so had the jade pendant.