Starry Sky Railway: Starting with a furious outburst at Aha

"To do such a thing in public..." Fu Xuan's face turned red.

"Since they pose no threat to the immortal ship, let them be," Jing Yuan said with a helpless smile. "Does Fu Qing not trust the calculations of the Qiong Guan Formation?"

"The general is absolutely right." Fu Xuan took a few deep breaths, nodded, and focused his gaze on the Jianmu tree growing in the distance.

"Then this is..."

"The changes in Jianmu are due to the influence of the star core. Someone has placed the star core into Jianmu, causing it to regrow," Jing Yuan explained. "The fact that the star core could infiltrate the immortal ship protected by the Emperor's Bow means that there must be an external enemy at the level of an envoy. The fact that it could bypass the two key locations, the Divine Strategy Palace and the Prison of Imprisonment, indicates that the immortal ship also has internal troubles."

"Now that Jianmu has been revived, the internal troubles are roughly clear. It is a secret organization that considers itself a prosperous people - the Secret Transmission of the Medicine King, but the external enemy has not yet shown up."

“General, the most urgent task at present is to seal the Jianmu tree and extinguish its life force,” Fu Xuan said.

"I will immediately dispatch cloud cavalry to the sealed Jianmu site to suppress it."

"Don't be hasty, Fu Qing." Jing Yuan shook his head and said, "Why don't you guess why I didn't send Cloud Cavalry to suppress the star core since I already knew its location?"

“General…” Fu Xuan pondered for a moment, finally figuring out the reason, “You scoundrel!”

“Heh,” Jing Yuan laughed freely, relaxed and carefree, “Since the Medicine King’s Secret Technique has chosen to make its move at this time, it means that the Cloud Cavalry has taken control of the overall situation. They can’t hold back any longer. We just need to wait for the situation to change and wait for them to be captured. Then we can eliminate them completely.”

"General, if anything goes wrong while we're waiting, how can you bear the responsibility?"

“What Fu Qing said is absolutely right, so it’s time to launch a surprise attack.” Jing Yuan smiled and looked back as the pioneering team members walked slowly towards them.

......

Having witnessed the iconic scene from the main storyline and patted Kafka's shapely buttocks, Zhou Yuan had no further desires and pondered the next steps for the expedition team.

Entrusted by Jing Yuan, he went to the Bureau of Works to eliminate the Abundant Black Deer.

After pondering for a moment, Zhou Yuan sent a message to Xing, then went into Huanlong's room and began to carefully study his acting skills.

This mere Abundant Black Deer isn't worth my time at all...

Around 7 PM on the Immortal Ship, Xing and the others successfully killed the Abundant Black Deer. She immediately sent a message to Zhou Yuan:

"Godfather, we got the peaches."

"That's right, you can keep it for me for now." He was too immersed in the role.

"Yes, sir." Hoshino was happy to comply.

Since the Abundant Black Deer was born from the branches of the Jianmu tree, the fruit on its head should also possess the power of abundance. Eating it would bring the blessing of abundance, but the effect was unknown. Zhou Yuan could only keep it as a backup plan and have Xing help him keep it.

Looking up at the sky, Zhou Yuan realized it was getting late. The sun, which was part of the artificial landscape, was dim and about to disappear below the horizon. He put on his top hat and quickly went out the door.

With the help of the map navigation, Zhou Yuan made his way into the Dan Ding Division, and with Bai Lu's approval, he met her outside a window.

At this moment, Bai Lu sat calmly by the window, rolling the medicine grinder in her hand to grind the medicinal herbs on the table into powder.

Her expression was serene, and when she got tired, she would shake her hands, rest her chin on her hand, and stare blankly for a while, just like a primary school student who didn't want to do her homework.

"Damn, if I had an older brother who would secretly take me out to play when I was a kid, I don't know how happy I would be."

Zhou Yuan felt sorry for her, and also for himself.

He peeked out the window, bursting into a scene of plum blossoms, and said with a smile, "Lady Bailu, I've arrived."

"Ah!" Bai Lu was startled and instinctively reached for the medicine grinder with both hands. She breathed a sigh of relief when she realized that the person who came was Zhou Yuan. "So it's Brother Zhou."

"Yes." Zhou Yuan nodded with a smile.

"So, have you prepared the medicine?"

"Of course!" Bai Lu understood. She nodded and ran back to her room to get the wrapped medicine.

As he reached out to take the medicine, Zhou Yuan handed over the mask, which now bore the face of a Danzi (alchemist) from the Dan Ding Si (Alchemy Division).

"Put it on," Zhou Yuan said softly, making the motion of putting on a mask.

Bai Lu glanced at the mask's design and frowned.

Will this really work...? I thought he would hide me in his bag and take me out!

Hurry up... Zhou Yuan glared at the mask again, gesturing for Bai Lu to put it on quickly.

This wasn't just a simple outing with the neighbor's kid. In the eyes of the Dan Ding Si, it was child abduction. In the eyes of the Chi Ming Clan, it was using the emperor to command the princes. If discovered, it wouldn't be easy to escape.

Bai Lu nodded and slowly placed the mask over her face.

Meanwhile, in the distance, the alchemists who hadn't seen Zhou Yuan for a long time began to get alert and approached him.

Fortunately, he hadn't gone far when Zhou Yuan returned with one person.

When Dan saw the other person, he was puzzled but did not stop them, letting the two leave.

The two of them escaped Dan Ding Si without any major incidents. At that moment, Bai Lu was so happy that she almost jumped for joy!

"Yay, I escaped! This time no one will follow me!"

Zhou Yuan took her to a secluded corner and changed her into the appearance of a fox-woman girl.

"Where would you like to go next, Lady Bailu? I'll take you there."

Bai Lu didn't refuse, and started listing the places on her fingers: "Hehe, there are so many! There are so many places I want to go... First, let's buy a cup of Fairy Happy Tea! I also want to stroll through the Chang Le Tian snack street!"

"I'm going to eat tons of junk food!"

Zhou Yuan's ample financial resources gave him enough confidence. He smiled faintly, not in a hurry to go back and mess around with Huanlong, and boldly agreed.

However, just as the two of them were holding cups of milk tea and waiting for the fried skewers, Bai Lu's phone rang at an inopportune moment.

She picked up her phone and frowned.

"I probably won't have time to continue playing."

"What's wrong?" Zhou Yuan asked.

“One of my patients messaged me saying that her mother was having a convulsive episode and needed me to take a look at her.”

"Let's go then, I'll go with you," Zhou Yuan said, worried about Bai Lu wandering around outside alone.

"Thank you very much."

As they ran, Bai Lu began to explain the patient's condition.

"This patient's mother was nearly 600 years old when she gave birth to her, which resulted in her being born with a congenital defect, missing a leg."

"I'm sure Brother Zhou knows about the problem with the immortal species. What happens when they are born is what happens in the future. This patient's mother almost spent all her family's wealth, but she still couldn't cure her leg."

Bai Lu sighed.

"Later they gave up treatment, but they didn't expect that her mother was old and overworked, and had been suffering from demonic possession. Now it was the young girl who was supporting the family and was looking for medicine to treat her mother."

“I’ll cover the cost of the medicine this time,” Zhou Yuan said, as he couldn’t bear to see such suffering.

"What about the cost of the medicine?" Bai Lu asked back. "I'm not practicing medicine now, this is just a friendly consultation."

As she spoke, she patted the gourd that always hung from her waist.

"This time I didn't bring the wrong medicine!"