Long Live the Empress

There are many advantages to being a nine thousand year old secret guard. For example, now, the secret guards are holding fist-sized luminous pearls in their hands and searching around carefully.

He Bai felt unbalanced again. Yan Liyuan's secret guards were all using night-shining pearls, but he was still using fire sticks. The difference was too big. "Nine thousand years old, I helped you with the autopsy and risked my life to check for the poisonous miasma. Shouldn't you thank me for something?"

Yan Liyuan narrowed his eyes, looked at He Bai sideways, and said nothing.

The smirk on He Bai's face became increasingly fainter, "I suddenly remembered that I still have things to do. I'll go back to the carriage first!" After saying that, he ran away.

Yan Liyuan's ears were finally quiet, and he closed his eyes waiting for news.

A cup of tea later, the secret guards came to report that they had found the mechanism.

Everyone held night-shining pearls in their hands to light the way for Yan Liyuan.

The mechanism was set up very cleverly. Among a pile of rocks, there was a stone with a chain connected to the bottom. The secret guard pulled it hard and a tunnel appeared on the ground.

"Master, let me go and explore the way first!" Wang Yi clasped his fist and asked for permission.

"No need, hurry up and act!" Yan Liyuan was the first to walk into the tunnel.

It was the hour of the Ox, when people were most tired and defense was the weakest, so they had to move quickly. Yan Liyuan brought 20 secret guards this time, 10 of them guarded the entrance mechanism, and the remaining 10 followed him into the tunnel. Two secret guards led the way with night-shining pearls in hand, and Yan Liyuan followed closely behind.

There was a narrow staircase at the entrance of the tunnel, which could only accommodate one person. After going down the staircase, there was an empty passage. Although the wall was smooth, the secret guards were still carefully checking whether there were any hidden mechanisms or weapons on the wall.

Suddenly, one of the secret guards felt his feet go soft, and dense arrows appeared on the originally smooth wall. "Everyone be careful!" As Wang Yi exclaimed, the arrows shot out from the wall.

The secret guards protected Yan Liyuan behind them, and swung their swords to knock the arrows down. Yan Liyuan looked around and found that each hole closed automatically after an arrow was shot out, so he was not worried. Sure enough, the wall returned to its original flat state after a short while.

Yan Liyuan's secret guards are not just for nothing! No one was injured in the battle just now.

The secret guards were now more cautious. About half an incense stick of time passed before they saw the exit.

Wang Yi poked his head out and took a look outside, and saw two guards dozing off by a tree. Wang Yi found two stones and threw them at their sleeping holes, and the two men fell to the ground and passed out.

Wang jumped out of the cave, dealt with the two men, then flew up the tree and looked around. Seeing nothing unusual, he made a katydid sound from his mouth.

The secret guards in the tunnel heard the noise, put away their night pearls and jumped out one after another.

Yan Liyuan made a gesture, and the two secret guards disappeared. The remaining secret guards also scattered and hid in the dark, leaving only Wang Yi standing behind Yan Liyuan.

Suddenly, another person emerged from the tunnel behind him. Wang Yi only needed to look at the person's clumsy appearance to know that He Bai was chasing him.

"Yan Liyuan, I want to go too!" He Bai studied medicine, so he was naturally curious about the Valley of the Medical Saint. Now that the Valley of the Medical Saint was right in front of him, wouldn't he be losing out if he didn't go?

Without waiting for Yan Liyuan to answer, He Bai looked into the distance in the moonlight, "This is the medicinal garden. Look, that's the Resurrection Grass!"

He Bai didn't care about anything and tore off a large piece of his robe, spread it on the ground and went to pick the resurrection grass.

He had only seen this resurrection grass once, at Yan Liyuan's place. Now he had come across such a large patch of it. He would be letting himself down if he didn't pick some.

Before he had picked a few, he heard He Bai shout, "Oh my god! There's star-eyed ginseng here... and blood grass over there..."

In this silent night, the only sound that could be heard was He Bai's excited laughter.

Wang Yi twitched his lips. They seemed to be here to look for the murderer! Why did it feel like He Bai was just here for fun?

Two secret guards descended from the sky and knelt on one knee. "Master, we have found the imprisoned pregnant woman."

Yan Liyuan flew away with the secret guards, and Wang Yi followed closely behind, leaving He Bai alone jumping and dancing in the medicine garden.

One of the secret guards couldn't stand it anymore, so he grabbed He Bai's collar and chased after Yan Liyuan, ignoring He Bai's resistance.

“My herbs…”