Yu Guiwan rode his horse at full speed until he finally arrived at the location mentioned in his master's letter at sunset. This was a small town on the outskirts of the Zhao capital, called Luoye Town.

Yu Guiwan did not go to find an inn to rest immediately, but led the horse to the specific location mentioned by his master.

In front of her was a courtyard, with two words written elegantly on a plaque above the courtyard.

"Falling leaves."

Yu Guiwan was about to move forward when he heard his master's voice the next second.

"Don't touch me! I can walk on my own!"

The sound stopped abruptly here, and the next second a figure was suddenly thrown out. Before Yu Guiwan could react, Chu Yue had been thrown out.

"Master!"

Yu Guiwan quickly ran forward to help Chu Yue up, "Master, are you okay?"

"it's okay no problem."

Chu Yue rubbed his waist as he spoke, "I've come here every day these past two days but I can't get into this yard. If there wasn't a master that I couldn't beat, I would have gone in long ago."

"I've tried everything these past two days, both soft and hard, even climbing over the wall, but I still can't get in."

Chu Yue's words made Yu Guiwan frown, feeling very guilty. "Master, let me help you go back first. I will come alone for the next few days. You should have a good rest in the inn."

The master has helped them enough, and now the master has to be bullied because of her. Yu Guiwan feels very sorry.

Chu Yue knew what Yu Guiwan was thinking, "I'm fine, and don't look at me with that expression, as if your master is about to die." Chu Yue joked.

"Master, please stop saying things like that."

Yu Guiwan frowned slightly and helped Chu Yue to leave here temporarily. Because Chu Yue's waist was injured, Yu Guiwan gave up riding. Fortunately, this place was not far from the nearest inn.

So Yu Guiwan supported Chu Yue and slowly walked towards the inn. "By the way, although I couldn't go in, I did see many herbs planted in the courtyard from the top of the wall, most of which are rare species."

"Even I can't cultivate those varieties. It seems that this should be what we want."

"You must be careful when you go there tomorrow. That person's martial arts skills are better than ours."

Chu Yue told Yu Guiwan about the situation of the past two days and the clues he had collected.

"Okay, I remember."

Yu Guiwan wrote down what Chu Yue said and became determined to get the herbs to save Xie Sui. This way, Xie Sui would not need to rely on medicine to prolong his life and could live like a healthy person.

……

The next day.

Yu Guiwan left the inn early in the morning and came to the courtyard where he had been yesterday.

As soon as she approached the courtyard, a hand appeared in front of her, blocking her way. "Anyone who trespasses will be killed." The person who spoke was a man, looking at Yu Guiwan with murderous eyes.

"I'm here to ask for medicine to save someone. Please be flexible."

Yu Guiwan looked at the man in front of him sincerely, but the man remained unmoved and repeated coldly, "Anyone who trespasses will be killed."

"I really just came here to ask for medicine."

Yu Guiwan looked at his expression and saw that he was still unmoved. Just when she couldn't help but take action.

Sudden.

An old voice came from the courtyard, "Let her in."

As the voice rang out, Yu Guiwan saw the man in front of her look startled, as if he didn't expect the person inside to let her in. Yu Guiwan herself didn't expect it either.

"Come in with me."

The man's expression was no longer as cold as before, and he spoke to Yu Guiwan.

"Thank you."

Only then did Yu Guiwan follow the man and finally walked into the courtyard.

As soon as she entered the courtyard, she was greeted by vast expanses of herbs in a variety of vibrant colors. The man, perhaps noticing her gaze, warned her, "I advise you not to get too hung up on these. They're all highly poisonous."

Yu Guiwan knew that his reminder was well-intentioned, so she said, "Thank you for the reminder." As expected, seemingly beautiful things are highly poisonous. She continued to walk inside and found that various herbs were planted on the roadside of the courtyard.

The man took Yu Guiwan around in circles, and it took a while before they arrived at a simple wooden house. The house seemed a bit out of place in the courtyard.

"go in."

The man said something, then immediately turned and left.

Yu Gui knocked on the door before nightfall until a voice came from inside the house, "Come in." The voice was the same as the one he had just heard at the door, and it was an old man.

She opened the door and saw the old man sitting in front of the stove. The stove was gurgling and a medicinal aroma wafted out.

"Are you here for medicine? To save yourself or others?"

The old man didn't seem to expect it was a young girl. He looked at Yu Guiwan and quickly, before Yu Guiwan could answer him, he continued, "You are in good health, but you have lost too much blood recently."

"Are you here to ask for medicine for someone else?"

The old man asked again.

As Yu Guiwan spoke, a hint of surprise flashed in her eyes. She didn't expect that the person in front of her could tell her physical condition without taking her pulse, and could even tell that she had been injured recently.

"Yes, I'm here to ask for medicine for my husband. His illness is now only missing one herbal ingredient. I heard that you know the whereabouts of this herbal ingredient, so I came here specially."

As she spoke, Yu Guiwan took out the drawing of the herbs that Chu Yue had given her and handed it over.

The old man took the drawing and nodded.

"I do have this medicinal herb here. It is very difficult to cultivate. So far, I have only cultivated one." His voice paused when he said this.

"However, I have a request for saving people here."

Yu Guiwan didn't even think about it and blurted out, "Please speak." Now that she had come to this place, she couldn't back down. She had to do it no matter how difficult the request was.

The old man looked at Yu Guiwan's determined eyes, then took out two bottles from the drawer and explained, "One is poisonous, and the other is non-toxic. You choose one. If you don't die, I can consider your request."

Yu Guiwan looked at the two bottles on the table. From the appearance, the two bottles looked the same.

Yu Guiwan reached out and took one of the bottles without hesitation. At this time, the old man reminded him, "Think carefully. If it is poison, you will definitely die." While saying this, the old man kept looking at Yu Guiwan's expression.

“I trust my instincts.”

Yu Guiwan picked up the bottle she had chosen at the beginning, poured a pill out of it, and swallowed it immediately without thinking.

As soon as he swallowed the pill, Yu Guiwan felt dizzy.

Did I really make a wrong bet?

Then, her vision went dark and she fell heavily to the ground.

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