The next day after dawn, Shujun picked up a golden needle.
Before Dong Huiying fell asleep yesterday, she instructed him to insert the golden needle into a certain acupoint on her chest, so that she could wake up.
Once she woke up, Shujun and Yixuan inford her about Miao Qing’s matters, which made her eyebrows slightly furrowed. She imdiately recalled a conversation between Miao Qing and Charles that she had once eavesdropped on in Jiangnan.
She pressed her brow, her mind already guessing Miao Qing’s intentions. "It seems she wants to capture everything in one swoop."
She rembered Yun Ge, who ran back to dicine Valley for her. Now, with the enemy hidden and us exposed, she feared that by the ti Yun Ge returned from dicine Valley, it would also be the ti Miao Qing made her move.
She was well-versed in the nace of the Poisonous Gu, naturally knowing its dangers.
So she summoned Liu Yan, and in the days that followed, the eighty thousand soldiers stationed in the mountains withdrew in batches from another direction, avoiding Anle City. They took an alternative route.
Unbeknownst to anyone, the eighty thousand troops originally amassed in the mountains were already dispersed, leaving behind, besides a squad of elite soldiers led by Liu Yan, only Wang Su, who had been captured the previous day.
As for those other than Wang Su, who had been later brought to the mountain, they were secretly executed by Liu Yan.
"It’s too dangerous for you all to stay here."
Dong Huiying wanted to send Shujun and Yixuan away, but the two n clung to her side, unwilling to leave.
Shujun was furious about this: "I don’t want to beco a widower. In any event, we stay together, or we leave together."
But without a doubt, leaving was not an option.
Firstly, with Miao Qing hiding in the shadows, Dong Huiying’s side was currently in a very passive position and could only wait for Miao Qing to reveal herself.
Secondly, Yun Ge, Zhi Chen, and others had yet to return. If they really left, and if Miao Qing, that madwoman, went crazy because the place was deserted, who knows what reckless things she might do. If that happens, and she harms Yun Ge and Zhi Chen’s group, it would be even more unwise.
Since she couldn’t persuade them to leave, Dong Huiying let Shujun and Yixuan stay, but she didn’t remain idle either.
She needed so herbs, all of which were very common species. She sent Liu Yan down the mountain to buy them for her, while she took Shujun and Yixuan to catch poisonous insects like centipedes and lizards in the mountains.
Moreover, since she learned Gu Refinent, she had been collecting so poisons to refine into King Gu insects. With all these preparations, she felt quite confident.
"You must wear these two sachets on you at all tis, even when bathing you must not take them off."
Dong Huiying handed the two sachets to Shujun and Yixuan, instructing them earnestly.
Shujun promised, "Don’t worry, I’ll definitely keep this sachet on and never take it off!"
Although Yixuan didn’t speak, he smiled gently.
The herbs Liu Yan bought from the mountain, though all very ordinary, could be put to great use.
Dong Huiying summoned Gu Butterfly Xiaohua, Xiaohua being the Gu that had been with her from the beginning, usually feeding on King Gu. Even Dong Huiying wasn’t sure to what extent Xiaohua had evolved, but she specially concocted a poisonous powder for Xiaohua.
After Xiaohua consud the poisonous powder, it transford into a round cocoon ball.
Day by day passed...
The cocoon enveloping the round ball grew thicker and larger in volu, to the point where Dong Huiying had to move out of her original room, for the cocoon’s toxicity was too strong, even for her to withstand...
Can’t withstand it?
Dong Huiying suddenly paused.
"What’s wrong?" Yixuan noticed his wife’s unusualness and couldn’t help but feel concerned.
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