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It was the first time that Ye Qing heard Luo Yao call him doctor instead of Dr. Ye. He raised his eyebrows and said in a gentle voice, "It's okay, you're awake."

It was like hypnosis, and Luo Yao felt relieved after hearing what he said. For a moment he didn't realize that he was in ancient times.

The headache disappeared. Luo Yao looked around, his eyes moving indifferently from everyone's faces, as if he didn't recognize the people around him. His gaze fell on Bei Zhenting's anxious face. Luo Yao hugged his head as if he was irritated.

Ye Qing followed Luo Yao's gaze and looked at Bei Zhenting, frowning, "Your Highness, please go out for a moment."

Bei Zhenting looked at Ye Qing with murderous eyes. Ye Qing expressed his innocence. Seeing Luo Yao holding his head in pain, Bei Zhenting had to walk out of the cave.

Yuan Zhaoling looked at Luo Yao's condition with a puzzled look on his face. For once, he didn't talk nonsense or call Li Er, so he turned around and followed Bei Zhenting out of the short cave.

Bei Zhenting and Yuan Zhaoling were standing outside the cave feeling the cold wind. There were many fireflies flying around in the camp, but Bei Zhenting no longer felt anything for the scenery.

The two of them stared at the dying campfire in a trance. After a while, Yuan Zhaoling spoke softly, "Your Highness... I have something to ask you, but I'm not sure if it's appropriate."

"Speak!" Bei Zhenting was already in a bad mood.

"Is the princess always like this?"

Bei Zhenting looked at Yuan Zhaoling with cold eyes, but Yuan Zhaoling was not frightened by his eyes. He looked into Bei Zhenting's eyes seriously.

The two of them, like wild beasts, tried to guess each other's thoughts. After a long moment, Bei Zhenting still didn't speak. Yuan Zhaoling, defeated, was helpless. "Your Highness, there's no need to be so nervous. I'm just asking about the princess's condition. I mean no offense. The princess's symptoms are similar to... epilepsy..."

Feeling the gaze of an icy knife falling on his face, Yuan Zhaoling laughed, "It's just like... there's a difference... I once saw an ancient book in Xindian that recorded similar symptoms..."

Bei Zhenting looked at Yuan Zhaoling, "What is it?"

Yuan Zhaoling scratched his head. "I can't remember exactly what it was. The ancient book was all about souls... The princess's symptoms also resemble the sorcery recorded in the Fanxi Chronicles."

Bei Zhenting didn't believe in ghosts and gods, and scoffed at the art of witchcraft. Yuan Zhaoling also didn't believe in it, and for a moment, the two of them kept their mouths shut at the same time.

After a while, everyone in the cave came out.

Ye Qing bowed towards Bei Zhenting and said, "Your Highness, the princess has calmed down. I have lit some calming incense. You may go in."

Li Er took Yuan Zhaoling away, and Ye Qing also left.

A faint sweet fragrance of tranquilizing grass wafted from the short cave. Bei Zhenting hesitated for a long time in the cold wind before entering the short cave.

Luo Yao was lying with a plush blanket covering him, his head tilted. When he saw him come in, he sat up with a happy look on his face.

Bei Zhenting breathed a sigh of relief and sat down next to him. "Are you feeling unwell?"

Luo Yao shook his head. "I'm fine, Your Highness. I just had a headache, but I'm fine now."

Headache? Bei Zhenting didn't believe that Luo Yao had a simple headache. "You can tell me anything. Didn't you just say you had a nightmare? What kind of nightmare?" Bei Zhenting thought of Luo Yao's irritated look when he saw him just now. He held Luo Yao's hand and asked the question in his heart with some difficulty.

"Nightmare... is it related to this king?"

Luo Yao was stunned, shook his head and turned away from Bei Zhenting. His eyes were evasive under his bangs, and Bei Zhenting noticed his strangeness.

"Don't you want to talk?"

Luo Yao bit his lip and began to feel cold all over.

The two men held hands together, and Luo Yao's body reaction was clearly conveyed to Bei Zhenting through their tightly clasped hands. Bei Zhenting pursed his lips.

Are you afraid of me? A bitter question stuck in his throat. Bei Zhenting let go of Luo Yao's hand and sat to the side, keeping a distance from Luo Yao. Luo Yao stared at him blankly, not knowing what he was going to do.

Bei Zhenting's face was half hidden in the shadows. "It's okay. Tell me when you want to."

"Your Highness..." Luo Yao murmured softly, vaguely feeling that something was moving away from him. In a panic, Luo Yao instinctively moved towards Bei Zhenting.

"Go to sleep, I'll watch you sleep." Bei Zhenting's words stopped Luo Yao's actions. Luo Yao looked at him with some confusion.

Isn't the prince going to sleep?

Bei Zhenting straightened the blanket for him and said, "Go to sleep."

Luo Yao lay back and looked at him with his head tilted. Bei Zhenting just watched Luo Yao sleep like that.

After watching for a while, the calming incense took effect and Luo Yao closed his eyes.

Luo Yao woke up just before his consciousness fell asleep.

Bei Zhenting likes the ancient Luo Yao, not him, so he shouldn't sleep with him... Don't feel bad...

Sleeping without dreaming is just losing consciousness, which is no different from death.

Luo Yao lost consciousness for several hours. In the second half of the night, cold wind blew in from the cave entrance. When he regained consciousness, Luo Yao felt cold and pulled the plush blanket covering him.

At the entrance of the short cave, Bei Zhenting, Li Er and Li Qingyun were talking in the cold wind.

"The people who infiltrated the Moon Tower have made some noise, and the people in the Moon Tower have already started to check inside."

A cold wind blew past. Li Er caught a leaf blown by the wind and twisted it in his hand. "Not only inside, but also in the forest, they are taking action. The twenty or so people who were killed in the forest here will sooner or later be discovered and replaced."

Li Qingyun hadn't noticed the people in the forest starting to move. Seeing Li Er's expression, which didn't seem to be groundless, his face became even more serious. "Your Highness, what should we do now?"

Bei Zhenting frowned in thought. Li Er flipped his hand and held Mu Ye in his palm. He arched his hand in Bei Zhenting's direction and said, "Young Master."

Li Qingyun also cupped his hands, "Princess."

Bei Zhenting turned his head and saw Luo Yao standing in the shadows looking at the three of them.

"Are you woken up, Yaoyao?"

Luo Yao shook his head and walked out of the short cave. "We can't stay here anymore. Where should we go now?"

Seeing Luo Yao dressed neatly and ready to go at any time, Bei Zhenting's words of wanting him to sleep a little longer got stuck in his throat.

"The most important thing for us now is to guard the gunpowder pit..." Yuan Zhaoling stretched and walked towards them yawning.

Luo Yao shook his head. "Retreating to guard the gunpowder would only disrupt our formation and make us more vulnerable to being discovered. It's not feasible."

Li Er and Li Qingyun nodded in agreement with Luo Yao's statement. Bei Zhenting glanced at Luo Yao and agreed, "Indeed, the gunpowder does not need to be guarded openly, just watch it secretly."

Everyone was silent, not knowing what to do next.

Bei Zhenting frowned and thought for a while, then a fierce look suddenly appeared on his face, "This is an opportunity."

Now everyone inside and outside the Moon Tower is looking for intruders. This is a rare opportunity to sneak into the Moon Tower.

He cut off the connection between Yuelou and the private soldiers, tied down the people in the woods, secretly changed into the black clothes of Yuelou people, and sneaked into Yuelou during the chaos.

Bei Zhenting's plan was implemented, and the three assassins, Zhang Huao and Ye Qing, took the "medicine" to the private soldier camp and met up with their own people who had infiltrated there, allowing those soldiers to sleep a little longer.

The twenty or so assassin guards who replaced the men in black in this area stayed behind to provide support and hold back the men in black who came to investigate.

Bei Zhenting, Luo Yao and his party sneaked into the Moon Tower.

The number of people brought was still too small, and there was too little information coming from the Moon Tower. The internal situation was still unclear. Everyone knew that this trip would be like going through the gates of hell, and everyone was determined to die.

They split up and infiltrated the Moon Tower, with Luo Yao following Bei Zhenting. Many men in black were searching the forest for intruders, and the two men blended in with each other in tacit understanding.

Two men were looking for someone with torches in their hands and yawning.

"As for who's coming, brothers, we didn't see anyone at all. The Hundred Insect Forest is a disgusting place that no one can come to. We ourselves can't even get out... How could an outsider get in?"

"It's the middle of the night, don't let any insects from the Hundred Insect Forest fly over here..."

Luo Yao hid in the tree above the two moon creatures' heads. Two leaves fluttered down, and the two moon creatures under the tree looked up at the treetop vigilantly.

"Hey! What are you doing? You're looking for a snake up there in the dark? We're working hard to find someone, but you're slacking off?!" Moon Man Jia kicked the tree hard.

Seeing Luo Yao trapped, Bei Zhenting, who was on a tree not far away, was about to fly down to chop off the two men's heads. Luo Yao jumped down from the tree, turned around with a fake move, and went behind the shouting moon man, pulled out a dagger and pointed it at the man's neck.

"What are you yelling about? You're holding a torch and looking for someone. You're making so much noise. Forget about looking for someone. They'd have already run away if they saw you. If you keep pushing me, I'll stab you!"

Moon Man A was startled by him, "Where are you from? You have such a strong accent! Let me go!"

Yue Ren Yi: "Stop arguing, the most urgent thing is to find someone."

Luo Yao let go of the man, spat, flew up to the treetop, and flew far away in a few steps.

"This buddy is pretty good at light work, what he said does make sense...why don't we put out this torch?" Yue Renyi said, looking in the direction where Luo Yao left.

"What are you trying to kill, you idiot? If I kill someone, who are you looking for in the dark?!" Moon Man A slapped Moon Man B on the forehead.

The two men continued to look for people with torches in hand.

Bei Zhenting landed beside Luo Yao silently, "Very clever."