Five kinds of medicine in another world

"Then Great Elder Xiao Yao, what are we waiting for now? Why don't we retreat? It's so meaningless to stay here like this."

Zhao Hongling was a straightforward person and didn't bother to think anymore, so she asked Xiao Yao directly.

"Hahaha, Miss Hongling, there's no need to ask this question. Do you know a saying? A journey of a hundred steps begins with a journey of ninety steps."

Xiao Yao replied with a smile.

Zhao Hongling thought for a while, shook her head and said:

"I don't know what you mean. You intellectuals always like to beat around the bush and confuse people. Who knows what you really want to say? Why don't you just tell me directly?"

"Nineteen, explain this to Miss Hongling."

Xiao Yao also smiled and shook his head, and said to Gu Shijiu helplessly.

“A man who walks a hundred steps will only walk ninety steps halfway” means that half of the people who want to walk a hundred steps can only walk ninety steps.

"Great Elder Xiao Yao meant that we should not give up halfway. If we leave now, we will get nothing and our efforts will be in vain. That should be what he meant."

Gu Shijiu explained with a smile.

"Okay, okay, then there's nothing for us to do now. We're just in a daze every day, with no passion at all. It's so boring..."

Zhao Hongling sighed and said helplessly.

"Hahaha, Miss Hongling is of genuine character. There are fewer and fewer people like her."

Xiao Yao sighed with a smile.

"It's not like we have nothing to do. Although the evil spirits have retreated and August 15th has passed, we never know when the evil spirits will come back again. Our main purpose here is to keep watch."

"Secondly, the officials of Zhenxie County are basically wiped out, and the governor of Kangtai County is dead. We have to report the details to the people of the dynasty, otherwise the dynasty will think that we killed the officials and ran away."

"Finally, we have to wait for the imperial edict. After we finish the work, the dynasty must tell us. Otherwise, it doesn't make sense that so many brothers have worked for so long in vain, right?"

"What do you think, Sister Hongling?"

Gu Shijiu explained for a long time and looked at Zhao Hongling with a dry mouth.

"Okay, okay, you are all right. But you still didn't answer my question. What should I do now? I don't want to just sit there waiting. Ahhhhh, I'm so annoyed."

Zhao Hongling scratched her head angrily. Instead of getting the answer she wanted, she had to listen to a long sermon, which made her feel ashamed and angry.

"Forehead……"

Gu Shijiu also understood what Zhao Hongling meant. He scratched his head, looked at Zhao Hongling, then looked at Luo Yong who was smiling at the side, and suddenly an idea flashed in his mind.

After all, the principle of "a friend's death is better than my own" is very simple. He suddenly said:

"Everyone is bored. I saw a small river around Zhenxie County. The scenery is nice and suitable for camping. How about going out and playing together?"

What Gu Shijiu said made Zhao Hongling's eyes light up, and Zhao Hongling quickly said:

"Okay, okay, let's go to the river, fish, do some hunting, set up a tent, and live together. Perfect."

Master Luo and I shared a tent, and the others shared a tent. At night, Master Luo and I...

Zhao Hongling was thinking happily when she was suddenly interrupted by Xiao Changtian.

"Brother Nineteen, how are we going to rest at night? Sister Hongling is the only girl here, so it seems like it won't be appropriate for us to rest at all."

Xiao Changtian's words made Gu Shijiu react. Gu Shijiu scratched his head and said:

"How about we just go for one day?"

"Amitabha, Mr. Gu, my wounds have not healed yet, so I am not fit to travel. I can only stay in the yard. I'm sorry."

Luo Yong bowed and spoke softly to Gu Shijiu.

"No, no, there's nothing interesting. Let's just chat in the yard. I also want to practice well for a few days. Who knows, I might be able to make a breakthrough in these days."

Zhao Hongling quickly took over the conversation and Gu Shijiu was unable to get a word in.

Gu Shijiu had no choice but to nod and say:

"Okay, okay. It just so happens that I'm about to break through. Let's practice together. Who knows, maybe we'll break through. To be honest, I miss Luochuan a little bit."

"Eh? Who is Luo Chuan? Nineteenth brother, you are not being honest!"

Zhao Hongling's gossip heart instantly rose, the fire of gossip burned fiercely, and she asked hurriedly.

"Luochuan, Luochuan is one of my junior brothers. His cultivation is not high, but he has outstanding talent as a spiritual chef and can cook very good dishes. When you go to Hengdao County in the future, you can find me at the Hengdao Escort Agency. I will treat you to spiritual food."

Gu Shijiu said slowly.

"Okay, then it's settled. I'll eat you out of money, haha."

Zhao Hongling said with a smile.

"Hahaha, even though I'm not as wealthy as Sister Hongling, I won't go bankrupt by eating you out. I'll make sure you're full, haha."

Gu Shijiu also spoke generously, and couldn't help but think of his master Jiang Heng and his junior brother Luo Chuan.

Just as Gu Shijiu was thinking about something, a man ran in from outside and said to Xiao Yao:

"Great Elder, the dynasty has sent someone over. Do you want to bring them in?"

Xiao Yao was stunned, thinking that it happened so fast, and quickly ordered:

"No need, let's go out and greet them. By the way, call all the people in the escort agency and we'll go to the front hall."

Xiao Yao called on everyone to go to the front hall to welcome the imperial envoy, and Gu Shijiu and others followed closely.

The area occupied by the Hengdao Escort Agency branch in Zhenxie County was far smaller than that of the headquarters in Hengdao County. After a moment, everyone arrived at the front hall.

There was already a man sitting in the front hall. He was of stocky build, with a resolute face, and looked like a soldier.

He was wearing a purple short-sleeved shirt with a dragon tattoo on the cuffs.

There was a token hanging around his waist with the word "one" engraved on it.

There were two people following behind him, dressed the same as the person sitting, the difference was that the tokens on their waists had the words "eight" and "nine" written on them.

As soon as Xiao Yao entered the hall, he saw the imperial envoy standing up, bowing to Xiao Yao and saying:

"Great Elder Xiao, long time no see."

Seeing that it was an acquaintance, Xiao Yao quickly returned the greeting and said:

"It turns out to be Brother Long Yi. It's been a long time since we last met."

"Elder Xiao, please take a seat."

"Brother Long Yi, please sit down."

Xiao Yao and Long Yi both sat down, and Long Yi spoke first:

"With Great Elder Xiao here, things are much simpler. We shouldn't have come in the first place. When Zhenxie County was in danger, the dynasty sent the Dragon Guards as reinforcements. Unexpectedly, they were intercepted and killed halfway, and the dynasty started to take it seriously."

"The dynasty asked the three of us to come to support them, but we didn't expect that halfway through, they told us that the governor of Zhenxie County had died, and the crisis in Zhenxie County had been resolved. They changed our mission and asked us to come and see what was going on."

"Great Elder Xiao, I have a million questions right now. I know you would not kill the county governor out of idleness, so can you tell me what is going on?"

Long Yi said a lot, and then instantly looked at Xiao Yao with a puzzled look, as if he was expecting something.