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Chapter 438 Blood Food

“Even one dose of medicine wouldn’t be enough to keep an ordinary person going,” Yan Daoxin replied, only realizing afterward what Zhu Yu’s intention was in asking him that question.

Even if both of them choose to stay, the danger for Zhu Yu is not reduced in the slightest.

"How many doses of medicine did you take?" Zhu Yu didn't want Yan Daoxin to feel guilty for no reason, so he changed the subject and asked about something else.

No one in this world can predict what will happen in the future. Fighting against evil inevitably involves facing danger, and often, due to circumstances, no one can really come up with a so-called "perfect solution" to deal with the problem.

This is a truth she understood in her past life.

"Four doses of medicine a day. From the time you were taken away until Lu Qing and Lu Chao led their men to capture the old witch and her gang, about three days passed. They sent me less than fifteen bowls of medicine in total," Yan Daoxin replied.

Zhu Yu was taken aback and quickly examined Yan Daoxin again. However, the man already had fair skin and was handsome enough that it was impossible to tell whether it was because he had taken medicine.

Yan Daoxin could guess what Zhu Yu was thinking. He waved his hand at her and patted his sleeve, saying, "Even Lu Qing knows to hide a water pouch in her sleeve, so how could I not know?"

I did try it out to see what it was all about, but that was just a taste; I managed to get most of it back.

But come to think of it, those two brothers arrived at just the right time. If they had delayed any longer, my water pouch would have been full, and I wouldn't have been able to hold all that water. I wouldn't have been able to drink it then!

After chatting for a while, Zhu Yu was a little tired, so Lu Qing took her back to her room to rest. After getting up, she remembered the spider she had specially brought back for Yan Daoxin, and hurriedly asked Lu Qing to go to the room to get it.

Yan Daoxin found the dead spiders quite rare, as they were a species he had never seen before. Although they were dead, they still allowed him to study them carefully.

The part of the secret passage that was teeming with spiders had already been burned to ashes by Lu Qing's men, who had poured strong liquor on it and set it on fire. The spiders inside were all burned to black ash, making it very difficult to find another one.

"Alright, alright, I must take this back and study it carefully!" Yan Daoxin carefully tucked the porcelain bottle containing the dead spider into his pocket and happily went back to his room.

Lu Qing escorted Zhu Yu back to her room so she could rest, and then returned to Lu Chao's side.

"When do you plan to set off?" Lu Qing asked.

Lu Chao used the lid of the teacup to scrape the tea in the cup intermittently: "Zhu Yu seems to have recovered quite well. There's nothing here that we need, so I'd better return the manpower to Lu Jun as soon as possible."

And you? Which way are you going?

Lu Qing smiled and said, "From the Lizhou camp to Shuodi, and then to the Immortal Fortress and Xiaoshanlou here, I have encountered so many assassins and all kinds of bewitching incense and poison. The other party has shown such sincerity. If I don't make a trip to the Brahma Kingdom, wouldn't I be letting them down after all the effort they have put in?"

"Are you the kind of person who would do everything to please others?" Lu Chao smiled, clearly not believing that Lu Qing had such "kindness." "I heard that things haven't been peaceful in the capital lately. Lu Zhang rushed back in a hurry, and he's probably in a terrible state right now. As for these things outside, it seems that they were all planned in advance, not specifically arranged for me. So I'm just following the clues and going with the flow. It's not even like I'm walking into a trap. What's there to worry about?"

The reappearance of the Jade Snowbird's poison is definitely not a coincidence. The person behind it wants to use this to attract my attention so that I will know something they want me to know.

Since that's the case, I naturally want to understand it better. As the saying goes, "Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will win every battle." We were forced into a passive position due to the situation, which I really dislike. We need to find an opportunity to turn the tide.

Lu Chao had already learned about the Jade Snowbird from their letters, but his expression still grew increasingly serious. After a moment's thought, he nodded and said, "Alright, I'll do as you say, but you must be careful and not take any risks."

I also have other plans for going back this time.

Constantly borrowing manpower from Lu Yan and Lu Jun is not a long-term solution.

“This is not difficult. Since the world has quietly fallen into chaos, it makes sense for ordinary people to have a martial arts group or something similar in the countryside to help each other,” Lu Qing said. “It is said that the Jie people are brave and fierce, which makes the Emperor wary.”

In reality, the Jie Kingdom's military strength was not superior to that of the Jin Kingdom. The reason for this situation was simply that the Jie people were all soldiers. They rode horses and herded livestock in peacetime, and could switch their whips for bows and arrows or scimitars at any time when necessary.

This is precisely the quality that the people of Jin Kingdom lack.

“What you say makes sense. It’s not difficult to get the villagers to watch over each other, but the real challenge is who will teach them how to do it?” Lu Chao asked.

"After you return these hundred soldiers to Lu Jun, head west along his fiefdom to Qinzhou. Situ Jing has been demoted here; you can have a drink with him there," Lu Qing said meaningfully.

Lu Chao understood immediately. He and Lu Qing had already discussed Situ Jing's whereabouts beforehand, and Lu Qing's sudden mention of it now made his intentions clear.

Lu Qing knew from Lu Chao's expression that he understood, so he smiled slightly, picked up the teacup in front of him, and gestured to Lu Chao. Lu Chao did the same. The two of them did not need to say much, and they understood each other's plans for the future in tacit understanding.

The next morning, while Zhu Yu was still asleep, Lu Chao set off with his men. He had already planned to leave as soon as possible, and after communicating with Lu Qing, he felt even more that there was no time to lose.

He also tied up the gang of thieves from Xiaoshanlou, put them in two carriages, and took them on the road.

By the time Zhu Yu woke up, Lu Chao and his group had already left the city.

Yan Daoxin told Zhu Yu that when he went to see Lu Chao off, he saw that old witch, Granny Shi. This old witch must have been eating the blood of those girls to nourish herself, so although she looked old, she had a spirit that was completely inconsistent with her appearance.

After being captured, all the girls in the building were brought out and settled here. Naturally, there was no fresh blood food for her to eat. As a result, in just ten days or so, the old man visibly weakened. When Lu Chao's men loaded him onto the carriage, his legs were so weak that he could not walk. It was as if a human skeleton was covered with a human skin.