Transmigration: I, the Dragon Overlord, start by protecting my beautiful bride!

Yao Yun'er raised her head, her eyes filled with disbelief, but then quickly dimmed again.

"So, Lord Bai, you knew everything..." she said, her head lowered. "Then why did you agree to my conditions?"

Long Aotian shrugged and replied, "Because I feel I'm more confident having you perform this surgery than I am."

"Surgery?" Yao Yun'er asked, puzzled. "I've never heard of this word before. What does it mean?"

Explaining the surgery in a few words was too troublesome, so Long Aotian simply told her to do it his way.

Yao Yun'er nodded to indicate that there was no problem, but before that, Long Aotian needed to know the true extent of her medical skills.

Yao Yun'er didn't hide anything any longer, saying that she was originally just an apprentice doing odd jobs at this pharmacy, and was far from being qualified to practice medicine and save lives. But she had actually learned most of the basic theoretical knowledge.

“Alright, this level is sufficient.” Long Aotian nodded and continued, “Next, I need your help to perform surgery on Zhaoyi as I instructed…”

As Long Aotian spoke, Yao Yun'er was somewhat confused about what "surgery" was, but since Long Aotian had spoken, she had no reason to refuse.

"Of course I'm willing. But Lord Bai, you didn't have to agree to my conditions, yet you didn't..."

Long Aotian remained relaxed and said, "I did this to help you, and at the same time, I helped myself. Those children are citizens of the Celestial Empire; they are the hope for the future..."

Yao Yun'er said with great emotion, "It is truly astonishing that such an important person as Lord Bai could think of this."

"Hahahaha." Long Aotian smiled slightly and said, "There's a saying that goes like this: This world belongs to you. Even if it's mine today, it will belong to you in the future. Only by protecting the young people can the future of the Celestial Empire have hope."

Yao Yun'er nodded, "That's very well said."

Then Long Aotian gave Yao Yun'er some instructions, including sterilizing surgical instruments and preparing gauze and hemostatic drugs, etc.

Then they came to a separate stone chamber, where Consort Zhao was lying, the arrows still in her body.

However, because Long Aotian had locked her acupoints in advance and she had taken the medicine prepared by Yao Yun'er, her current condition is relatively stable.

"If you're ready, let's begin." Long Aotian stood at a distance, watching Yao Yun'er. "Do as I say..."

Yao Yun'er was holding a sharp dagger, which Long Aotian had casually brought back from outside.

After cleaning the dagger, she heated it over a candle flame to sterilize it, and then slowly extended it toward Zhao Zhaoyi, who was lying on the stone bed.

Actually, the process of removing the arrow is not too troublesome, but when the arrowhead is pulled out, it is very likely to cause secondary injury.

To avoid such injury, the method and process of removing the arrow should be handled with utmost care.

However, after observing the situation, Long Aotian found that the arrows on Zhao Zhaoyi's body were very fortunate, as they did not damage any organs or blood vessels.

The process of removing the arrow took a full hour. When Yao Yun'er finished stitching up the last wound, she finally breathed a sigh of relief...

She wiped the large beads of sweat from her forehead, turned to look at Long Aotian beside her, and said, "Lord Bai, is this alright?"

Long Aotian stepped forward, glanced at the stitched wound, and said, "Hmm, it's stitched quite well. With a little more herbal medicine, it will heal quickly."

Yao Yun'er nodded and immediately began preparing the herbs. Long Aotian sat beside Zhao Zhaoyi to take her pulse. Only after confirming that her pulse was stable did he finally breathe a sigh of relief.

After finishing these tasks, Long Aotian quickly arrived at the stone chamber where Bai Ling was imprisoned.

After being locked in this dark place for several hours, when the door was opened, Bai Ling was found curled up in a corner, hugging her knees with both arms.

In the pitch-black environment, Long Aotian heard her soft sobs. He stuck a torch into a groove in the stone wall, and the surrounding environment suddenly became bright.

"What's wrong? Did you wait a little longer? I had something to do, didn't I tell you?" Long Aotian leaned forward and gently comforted him, "It's alright, it's alright. I won't let you stay in places like this again."

As Long Aotian spoke, Bai Ling suddenly raised her head, her eyes red-rimmed, and looked at him with great grievance, saying, "I know what they're worried about, but I didn't have a choice before. If I didn't kill people, they would beat me. I wanted to live..."

Upon hearing this, Long Aotian nodded, pulled her into his arms, and said, "I know you just want to live. It's only natural that they're afraid of you now. Don't take it too hard. As long as you continue to do good from now on, I think everyone will accept you."

"I know." Bai Ling opened her arms and hugged Long Aotian tightly, saying, "You saved me, so I'll listen to you. From now on, I won't hurt anyone anymore."

Long Aotian didn't say anything, he just gently hugged her so she could feel his body temperature.

Even with Long Aotian vouching for her, she still couldn't share a room with those children.

So she and Long Aotian spent the night together outside the stone room.

They would wait until dawn the next day, then leave together and return to Jingcheng...

……

Iron City.

The city gate.

A vanguard of Shang Dynasty beast cavalry had arrived here and was searching the city for the remaining survivors, but after searching around, they still found nothing until they arrived at the entrance of the official treasury.

"Roar……"

The war beasts beneath the Shang Dynasty soldiers let out low growls, seemingly foreshadowing something unusual ahead.

Why does this place smell so strongly of blood?

"Who knows? Maybe those guys just started having a blast here after they entered the city."

The vanguard leader glared at them and said, "You lot, stop talking nonsense. The war beasts have never been like this before; they must have discovered something."

The vanguard leader rode forward on his war beast, peering through the half-open door. The scene inside was nothing short of horrific. Limbs and mangled bodies were everywhere, a sight that resembled a catastrophe…

The war beast beneath him suddenly let out a series of low growls, its whole body trembling due to an inexplicable sense of oppression. Just as the vanguard leader was puzzled,

A huge, pitch-black figure flew out from inside, easily tearing apart the Shang Dynasty soldiers behind him and the war beasts they rode.

The wild beast in the official silver vault slowly approached; perhaps because it had tasted blood, it was even larger than before…

"This, this is..."

The vanguard leader trembled as he looked at the beast before him, and could barely speak.

He tried to rouse the beast beneath him, but it had already prostrated itself, displaying a submissive posture.

The beast roared, and the vanguard leader saw a gaping maw approaching, then everything went black...

……

On a secluded path, Bai Qing and her assassins had been waiting for some time.

"Lord Shen, you've finally arrived." Bai Qing was very happy to see Long Aotian. "I received your message by carrier pigeon and have been waiting for you here since early this morning."

Long Aotian nodded and asked with a smile, "How is everyone? Have I completed my plan?"

Bai Qing gave a confident smile, puffed out her chest, and said, "Of course! We will do our best to fulfill your orders, Lord Shen! We not only completed the original plan, but we even exceeded it!"

Upon hearing this, Long Aotian was pleasantly surprised. "Really? Thank you all for your hard work."

"Wait, Lord Shen?" Yao Yun'er asked, somewhat puzzled. "Aren't you Bai Yuhua? Why is she calling you Lord Shen?"

Long Aotian smiled slightly and said, "How could someone as important as Lord Bai come to a place like this? The Celestial Empire still needs him, so I'm using his name to come here and do things for him."

Upon hearing this, Yao Yun'er was greatly shocked. "So, you're not Lord Bai? You're Lord Shen..."

Long Aotian smiled and clasped his hands in greeting, “I am Shen Congxin, the Thousand-Patrol Officer of the Town Night Guard in Qianzhou!”

Yao Yun'er was a little overwhelmed, so Bai Qing spoke up, "Lord Shen used my senior brother's name for convenience. Actually, my senior brother was going to come, but Lord Shen felt that if something happened to him here, it would shake the morale of the Heavenly Dynasty's army, so he didn't let him come."

After hearing her words, Yao Yun'er turned to look at Long Aotian beside her again and said, "I really didn't expect you to have such a broad perspective."

Long Aotian shrugged and remained silent.

"But, isn't it a bit... a bit... "

"A nobody?" Upon hearing Yao Yun'er's words, Bai Qing immediately replied, "He's not a nobody, he's a big shot in Jingcheng..."

Upon hearing this, Long Aotian quickly waved his hand to signal her to be modest. Yao Yun'er looked at him and curiously continued to inquire about Long Aotian from Bai Qing beside her.

Bai Qing also recounted all of Long Aotian's "glorious" deeds without reservation, which made Yao Yun'er exclaim in admiration.

But despite his playful antics, Long Aotian still instructed Bai Qing, "Please take good care of these people and make sure they are safely transported back to Jingcheng."

Bai Qing nodded and agreed, "Don't worry, Lord Shen, I will definitely make sure nothing happens to them!" After handing over Yao Yun'er and her group, as well as Zhao Zhaoyi, to Bai Qing, Long Aotian rested at the temporary base she had set up.

After leading them on a night of escape, Long Aotian was exhausted. Now that they had finally arrived at a slightly safer place, it was time for him to rest for a while.

As soon as he lay down, Long Aotian felt a warm embrace in his arms. He thought it was his imagination, but when he opened his eyes a while later, he realized that Bai Ling was lying in his arms.