The Year of Lihua: She Was Reborn

Xuzhi raised his sleeve, put one hand behind his back, and walked into the cave.

"Follow me!"

Hua Ye followed him in obediently...

"I will give you three talismans. One can teleport, one can repel insects, and one can fly. If you encounter a danger that you cannot solve, you can ignite it."

Xuzhi took out three runes of different colors from the ring in his hand, arranged them in front of him one by one, and flew them in front of Hua Ye, one each of red, yellow and green.

Hua Ye's impatient little hands pulled off the runes one by one and put them into his sleeves.

"Thank you, Master!"

"With these talismans, wouldn't it be easy to fight against the Tibetan army..."

"How many people can the teleportation spell carry at a time?" Hua Ye looked at his master expectantly with his eager eyes.

Master Xuzhi raised his index and middle fingers behind him, moving them silently as if he was casting some magic.

"Just put it on you. I've expanded its range a bit."

"Thank you so much, Master! You are so kind to your disciple. After this tough battle is over, I will officially become your disciple and learn magic from you."

Hua Ye clutched the rune in his sleeve even tighter, and continued, "Master, please rest assured to practice in seclusion. I will cherish my life and leave you no worries."

"It can take as long as a year and a half, or as short as a few months."

As Master Xuzhi spoke, he bent down and entered the secret door, closing the secret door and the wooden cabinet out of thin air.

"We'll arrange for someone to bring food and drinks to you. Come out and get them when you're free."

As Hua Ye spoke, he lay on the kang in the inner room, wrapped in a mattress and clothes, and fell asleep.

Hua Ye slept until dawn, and in a daze she heard a familiar voice calling her name from outside the barrier.

Zuo Nian stood outside the barrier in armor, holding the red horse in one hand and patting the transparent and colorless barrier with the other.

She turned over and got out of bed, quickly took out a crimson-lined riding suit from the wooden cabinet and put it on, and also stuffed the rune into her purse and put it in her pocket.

She casually twisted her long hair into a ball with her hands and fixed it with a wooden hairpin. She took out the sword bag from the bathroom and buckled it around her waist. She also tied the black leather wrist guard and sleeve arrows on her wrists in one go.

After washing up casually, Hua Hua was about to step out of the barrier, but he retracted his leg.

She was now in front of the wooden cabinet, shouting, "Master, if the apprentice comes back early, how can I get in?"

Xu Zhi frowned, thinking: Why is this disciple so troublesome? So noisy...

But the words he said were filled with infinite doting for Hua Ye.

"You can come and go as you please!"

Hearing this, Hua Ye's mouth corners unconsciously raised...

"The apprentice is gone, take care, Master!"

Hua Ye took the books she had taken from the secret room out with her. She just stretched out her hand and walked out of the barrier.

Zuo Nian grabbed her hand and brought her into his arms, the scent of sandalwood lingering around her nose.

His big hands held the back of her head and stroked it gently, his chin resting on her forehead affectionately.

"Your master didn't give you any trouble, did he?"

"No, he just looked a little cold, but he's still a nice guy. Brother Zuo Nian, you're hugging me so hard it hurts!"

Hua Ye laughed and almost hugged his arms together.

"Is everything arranged?"

"We need to prepare more tents and cotton clothes. The temperature drops at night, and I'm afraid we won't be able to withstand the cold without shelter!"

Zuo Nian realized his own loss of composure, so he quickly let go of her, picked her up and helped her onto the saddle of the red horse. He then flew over and sat on her, holding her in his arms.

"That should take several days to prepare?"

"Seven days or so!"

The two men riding on the horses were not in a hurry. They just stepped on the horse's belly slowly a few times to make it walk slowly.

"And His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has woken up!"

Hua Ye listened to his worried tone and said uneasily, "Isn't it a good thing that His Royal Highness has woken up? Why do you look so sad?"

"His Highness will be looking for you as soon as he wakes up. He won't take his medicine until you see him. General Hua is searching the whole city for you, and he's frantic!"

"He's quite good at using cruel tactics to take advantage of my loyal father."

"Just say you can't find me!"

Hua Ye said it indifferently, his face calm and without any emotion.

"If the prince dies on this frontier, not only the Hua family, but also the Hua family army and the Mu family army will be implicated." Zuo Nian said solemnly, word by word.

"As expected, for officials, generals, and soldiers, life and death depend solely on the imperial family's whim..."

Hua Ye said reluctantly with a stern face: "Are you in a hurry to find me to go back to see the prince?"

"The prince hasn't taken any medicine since he woke up. He's completely dependent on Doctor Luo Shen to keep him alive."

Seeing his awkward look, Hua Ye answered frankly, "It's just a meeting, I can go, don't look so gloomy."

Hua Ye snatched the whip from his hand, swung it hard, and the red horse galloped forward...