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"Let's go!"

Song Qingqian explained, "The person has been dead for so many years, how could he possibly be resurrected? He must have been used. He was just too stupid!"

Lu Jingchuan nodded and pointed at Lin Zhang. Song Qingqian walked over and ripped off the human skin mask from his face. It turned out that this was the same face she had seen at the government office that day.

Song Qingqian took a close look and confirmed that this was his true face.

"People say a cunning rabbit has three burrows, but I never imagined he could live with so many faces all by himself. How dark must his heart be?"

Lu Jingchuan remained silent for a long while before explaining in a low voice, "He was the Crown Prince's confidant. The Crown Prince will not let this go easily if he dies!"

Song Qingqian chuckled and said, "The way you're saying that makes it sound like the Crown Prince would have let you go if he were alive, and that if he were dead, the Crown Prince would just find someone else to deal with you. It wouldn't make much difference!"

"Wasn't Bei Ying following you the whole time? Why haven't I seen him?"

Lu Jingchuan shook his head: "I didn't see him. To be precise, I don't even know when I got here. It's my fault for being careless and not recognizing people properly."

Song Qingqian sighed and comforted her, "It's not your fault. After all, he was too sincere at the beginning. People's hearts are hard to fathom!"

Then Song Qingqian reminded her, "It's too high to get over. Bend over a bit and turn to the side!"

A burning heat came from her palm. Song Qingqian tried to pull away, but Lu Jingchuan held her tightly.

After the two of them crawled out of the gap, Song Qingqian stood on tiptoe and touched Lu Jingchuan's forehead. It wasn't hot, so why was her palm burning hot?

"Wait here for a moment, I'll go and greet Bei Chu!"

After Song Qingqian finished speaking, Lu Jingchuan reluctantly released her, reminding her, "Be careful!"

"Don't worry, I'm fine!"

Song Qingqian walked out of the tunnel and shouted twice into the dark woods. She heard Bei Chu calling her from afar and hurried over.

"Young Madam, please save Bei Ying! He is badly injured and his breathing is very weak."

"Young Madam, has Master... has Master been found?"

Song Qingqian nodded: "Found it. It was injured, but it doesn't seem serious at the moment."

"You hold the tinderbox while I bandage his wound!"

Bei Chu nodded hurriedly and brought the tinderbox close to Song Qingqian. She saw that Bei Ying's chest was wet and sticky with blood.

"Fortunately, the knife was only slightly off target, otherwise he would have had a hard time holding on."

As Song Qingqian spoke, she wiped the bloodstains off Bei Ying's chest and took a small bottle of Rejuvenating Dew from her spatial storage, pouring it onto his wound.

In a short while, the wound healed and scabbed over quickly, and Song Qing gave it a light, casual bandage.

In an instant, Bei Ying opened his eyes from his unconsciousness, staring intently at Song Qingqian. In the blink of an eye, his consciousness began to gradually return.

"Young...Young Madam!"

Song Qingqian nodded, helped him up, and instructed, "It's not a big problem. Don't follow me around for now. Go back and take good care of your injuries. We'll see what your master's instructions are once you're completely healed."

"Bei Chu, take him away. I'll take care of your master here for now, so don't worry. Come back and report after you've settled Bei Ying in."

"Young Madam, are you sure you can manage on your own?"

Bei Chu pressed for an answer.

"Sure, Bei Mu is still guarding the post station. I'll contact him if anything happens."

After speaking, Song Qingqian hurriedly turned and left. She had to go back; she was really worried about leaving Lu Jingchuan there alone.

In her panic, she saw Lu Jingchuan still sitting quietly on the rock, and only then did she feel relieved.

Seeing her travel-worn appearance, Lu Jingchuan smiled gently and asked, "Have you found Bei Chu?"

"Well, let's go!"

Song Qingqian didn't explain much, but helped him up and walked towards the entrance of the tunnel.

The burning heat from her fingertips made her turn to look at Lu Jingchuan. Seeing that he looked normal, her unease grew stronger.

Back at the inn, for better treatment, she helped Lu Jingchuan back to her room and settled him in bed.

"Take off your outer robe first. I need to draw some blood from you to test what this corpse worm gu is before we can think of a countermeasure."

"Besides the itch, where else do you feel uncomfortable? I touch your body and it's very hot, but you don't show any signs on your face."

Seeing Lu Jingchuan silently taking off his clothes without saying a word, her brows furrowed involuntarily.

"Why won't you say? Is there some unspeakable reason?"

"I feel fine!"

Lu Jingchuan vehemently denied it, but his gaze toward Song Qingqian held a hint of longing. He turned his head away and unconsciously pursed his lips.

He worried... what if he couldn't control himself and took her? Would Song Qingqian hate him? She might never forgive him for the rest of her life.

"I can see right through you, you're just being stubborn!"

Song Qingqian sighed helplessly, took out a syringe, drew a vial of blood from his arm, and instructed him:

"If you're not feeling well, lie down and rest for a while. I'll go and look into it."

After saying that, she took the medicine box, turned around, and went to the soft couch behind the screen.

As Lu Jingchuan watched Song Qingqian fiddling with instruments he had never seen before, his sense of unease intensified.

There was nothing abnormal in the blood; this poison is very strange!

Song Qingqian opened the Pixie Bean System and began frantically searching for an antidote to the Corpse Worm Gu, but each time it showed that the system was busy!

After thinking for a moment, she began searching for books that recorded the Corpse Worm Gu, and she actually found two.

Song Qingqian read quickly, and when she saw the complication and aphrodisiac, she glanced at Lu Jingchuan lying motionless on the bed through the screen. So his high body temperature was because of the Gu worms in his body.

In the initial stage of being poisoned by Gu, it will take effect once a week. As time goes by, the Gu worms will attack more and more frequently, until the internal organs are emptied out and death occurs, which can be described as a terrible sight.

Solution: Either find the mother Gu and lure the Gu worm out of Lu Jingchuan's body, or collect the Thousand-Year Ice Mountain Snow and the Lava Earth Core Fruit and consume them at the same time to detoxify!

Moreover, the Millennium Iceberg Snow and the Lava Earth Core Fruit must be possessed simultaneously; if there is an interval of more than three hours, half of their effects will be lost.

Song Qingqian sighed helplessly. It seemed that she was being forced to find the mother Gu first. This Gu worm had a controlling effect when it was activated, so the only ones who wanted to control Lu Jingchuan were the Crown Prince and that dog emperor. This move was extremely insidious!

Song Qingqian quickly searched for the two antidotes on the Pindou system, but both showed as sold out.

The thousand-year-old ice mountain snow is alright, costing ten thousand taels of silver, but this Earth Core Fruit costs as much as ten thousand taels of gold.

This is a world of difference, but Song Qingqian felt that the high price must be because it was extremely difficult to harvest, so it was worth it.

So Song Qingqian quickly added both items to her shopping cart, so she could place the order as soon as the Pinduoduo system restocked.

I checked the last auction date, and it was three years ago! Okay, the price displayed on the system isn't the final price, but the starting price; the highest bidder wins! It seems my chances are extremely slim.