Who understands? He traveled through time with a high-spec spatial ability.

Xuan Yi stared at the round object in his palm, seemingly puzzled. "What is this?"

"A compass, oh, also called a maze."

"This is a compass?" Xuan Yi's eyes widened. He had worked in the palace and had seen compasses before, but they were all quite large. This thing, smaller than an egg, was actually called a compass!

He turned around and found that no matter how he moved, the red arrow was pointing in the same direction. However, it had the words "North and South" on it, along with several other symbols whose meaning he couldn't decipher, all crookedly written and illegible.

Qiao Jingjing pouted, "No way you can understand English letters."

Xuan Yi happily returned to the valley, looking at the compass as he walked. He followed the route and then matched it with the direction the compass pointed, so that he could give directions to the other members of the team in the future.

Tantai Zhou had just finished drinking the medicine that Doctor Feng had brought him, and the bitterness in his mouth caused his previously icy expression to soften slightly. He was about to go to the makeshift tent to read for a while when he saw Xuan Yi carrying two bundles, looking quite cheerful.

"Master, you haven't eaten yet, have you? Let me heat up some food for you."

He initially thought he had taken some of their cooking from the past two days, and was about to say he wasn't hungry when he smelled a delicious aroma. He had never been particularly concerned with his appetite; in the palace, he was the noble and favored seventh prince, and what delicacies hadn't he tasted?

Later, when he went to the army camp, he often didn't have enough to eat while performing military duties. He would eat dry cornbread in the snow and grab a handful of snow to stuff in his mouth when he was thirsty. The scene of corpses lying everywhere and mutilated bodies was no longer just a sentence in a book, but a real visual shock that existed before his eyes.

He has eaten the most delicious and rarest food, as well as the driest and hardest to swallow. He is not too picky about food.

If he were still in the army camp, he certainly wouldn't be picky about food, since the rations were always the same. But now, because he was sick, his mouth tasted bitter, and the food made by Xuan Yi and the other grown men was utterly unpalatable—even the army's cornbread tasted better. He was lucky to have survived. Now, smelling the long-lost aroma of food, for the first time, he actually salivated at the sight of it.

Suppressing the thought of saying "I'm not hungry," she reservedly replied, "Mmm."

Actually, Xuan Yi didn't know about Qiao Jingjing's cooking skills. Before he was injured, he only ate porridge. Qiao Jingjing would work all day, and to make things easier to store, she mostly gave him steamed buns, flatbreads, and meat porridge. Sometimes she would even forget to bring him food.

He swallowed hard as he opened the food box.

So delicious!

Qiao Jingjing prepared a bowl of braised chicken drumstick rice with chestnuts and mushrooms, a plate of braised pork, a plate of stir-fried bean sprouts, a plate of stir-fried yam and wood ear mushrooms, 10 steamed buns, and 10 mutton fat flatbreads. To prevent the soup from spilling, she used a plain wooden-grain sealed food container, but it was made of stainless steel. She wrapped everything in insulating cotton and then covered it with a cloth.

Xuan Yi used a small bowl to portion out a bowl of mixed rice, and then used a plate to portion out some of the vegetables, placing them in front of Tantai Zhou. He wanted to try the rest, but he didn't dare, so he covered it and saved it for His Highness to eat later that evening.

Tantai Zhou was completely amazed by the first bite of the bibimbap. Then came the second bite, the third bite, and then that was it! He pushed the empty bowl away expressionlessly. Xuan Yi hadn't expected his master to still want more! He usually only ate a bite or two, but today he wanted a second bowl!

Quickly, more food was served, and this time Tantai Zhou began to eat. He ate slowly and deliberately, his face expressionless, only the occasional clinking of his chopsticks against the plate betraying his inner joy.

Finally, I don't have to suffer anymore!

Xuan Yi took out the packaged medicinal food ingredients and said to Tantai Zhou, "Master, Miss Qiao has also prepared a medicinal meal. I'll go and hunt a pheasant, and you can have some stewed when it's ready."

Tantai Zhou pursed his lips, looking at the six gauze bags in Xuan Yi's hand. "Aren't there six? Make a few more, so you can all try them." Once you've tasted them, you'll know what kind of rubbish you've been burning!

Xuan Yi, unaware of his master's "good intentions," picked up the gauze bag and prepared to leave.

Tantai Zhou took the gauze bag and carefully examined the medicinal herbs inside. He recognized several common herbs, but there were others he was not familiar with.

"What is this?" he asked, pointing to one of the oddly shaped roots.

Xuan Yi leaned over to take a look, then shook his head: "I don't recognize it either, but Miss Qiao knows medicine, so it can't be wrong."

Tantai Zhou nodded, a thin, dark face appearing in his mind. He handed the medicinal ingredients to Xuan Yi and instructed, "Cook it well, don't waste it."

Xuan Yi responded and took the ingredients to prepare them. Tantai Zhou returned to his tent and continued reading.

Before long, the camp was filled with the rich aroma of chicken soup. Tantai Zhou put down his book and stepped out of his tent.

"It smells so good..." Eleven couldn't help but exclaim.

Xuan Yi smiled and brought over a bowl of steaming chicken soup, handing it to Tantai Zhou: "Master, please have a taste."

Tantai Zhou blew on the soup and took a sip. The chicken soup was delicious and rich, with a faint medicinal aroma, which whetted his appetite. After finishing lunch, he noticed his palms were slightly warm; he couldn't quite put his finger on it, but it just felt better. He also managed to have a good afternoon nap, which was rare for him.

"It tastes good." He nodded in satisfaction.

Xuan Yi and the others also tasted it, and everyone praised it highly.

"I never expected that Miss Qiao is not only a skilled cook, but also so proficient in medicinal cuisine," Xuan Yi remarked.

Tantai Zhou's lips curled up slightly. Thinking of the small porcelain bottle he had seen when he woke up that afternoon, which seemed to be the same one Yu Deyou had given him, he asked, "You said last time that the medicine that girl gave you was very effective?"

Xuan Yi quickly swallowed the soup in his mouth and nodded: "Yes, at that time, I had nearly twenty sword wounds all over my body. Although the wounds were not fatal, they bled quite a lot. Some of the wounds were quite deep. I don't know what method Miss Qiao used, but the wounds healed faster than usual, and apart from the pain in the wounds, I didn't feel any other discomfort during the recovery. When I woke up, I saw that the girl had sprinkled medicine powder on the wounds, but I don't know anything else."

Tantai Zhou tapped his well-defined fingers on the table. Everyone lowered their voices and sipped their soup. Those who had been around His Highness for a long time knew that he was thinking and should not be disturbed.

After a moment, he instructed, "Tell Yu Deyou to double the order. Send some to the headquarters and some to Yu Deshun, Zhang Kui, and Zhao Guangkun. Be careful to keep it hidden and not let anyone find out."

“Yes, Xuan Yi obeys!” Xuan Yi immediately knelt down and said.

"Leave a reliable person in the military camp. Bring him here as soon as Xuanwu returns. Do it immediately."

Back in the tent, I caught a glimpse of a small, reflective object. Upon closer inspection, it was the compass Xuan Yi had mentioned. It was a round, transparent thing that felt a bit like glass when poked with my finger, and the red pointer kept wobbling.

For some inexplicable reason, he recalled that slightly thin, not-so-fair face and suddenly smiled: "There are quite a few good things here."