By the stream, Lu Jing stopped what he was doing and listened carefully to the sound of the flute, trying to discern the direction from which it came.

The last time I persuaded the mandrill to leave, it played this very tune.

Could it be that the other party is trying to show through the music that he has no ill intentions?

"You stay here."

Lu Jing instructed the female prisoners: "Call me immediately if there is any danger."

"Sir, please don't go." Qi Xiaomei wrung her hands anxiously.

Qin Liniang and the others also gathered around.

"I have a bad feeling about this, Lord Lu, you shouldn't go."

"Yes, sir, we don't know if the person playing the flute is friend or foe."

"Stop talking," Lu Jing raised his hand, "It's precisely because we don't know if they're friend or foe that we're going over there."

After speaking, Lu Jing walked towards the direction of the sound, while the women behind him twisted their clothes and bit their lips tightly.

The sound of the flute grew closer and louder.

Just as Lu Jing parted the weeds and was about to meet him, the flute music abruptly stopped.

When Lu Jing emerged from the bushes, there was nothing in front of him; there was no one there.

Ran?

Lu Jing was unwilling to give up and chased after it for a while. Suddenly, he noticed a red object on the gray-brown muddy ground, which looked particularly eye-catching.

It's a sachet.

Lu Jing picked it up.

what?

On people's sachets, they embroider flowers, clouds, or at the very least, a surname like Zhang or Li.

However, the front of this sachet is embroidered with a pig's head.

Lu Jing frowned.

The embroidery is of a wild boar, with those two big, long tusks.

No, what decent family would embroider a wild boar on a sachet...

What do you mean? Is that piper a wild boar that has become a spirit?

Lu Jing became increasingly curious about the other person's identity.

But the other party was clearly prepared, as they didn't leave any footprints on the ground when they fled, perhaps cleaning up as they ran, showing their meticulousness.

But if you don't intend to meet, why play the flute? Is it just a joke?

call--

Exhaling a breath of stale air, Lu Jing turned and walked back.

At five o'clock, on a lush locust tree, a pair of blue and yellow heterochromatic eyes were staring at Lu Jing's back, fingers pinching the broken sachet rope, and a soft sigh was heard.

"Lord Lu!"

"He's back! Lord Lu is back!"

The women immediately surrounded him, asking with concern if Lu Jing was alright and what he had discovered.

"It's nothing, they ran away by the time I got there. Oh, by the way..."

Lu Jing took out the sachet he had found and handed it over.

"Does anyone know anything about this pattern? Is there any significance to it?"

Wen Lanxiang accepted the sachet.

"Wild boar?"

She turned it over twice, saw nothing unusual, and then handed the sachet to the next person.

"What an ugly wild boar."

Qin Liniang clicked her tongue and handed it to Ye Qingqing next to her.

"I never wear sachets, so I can't tell anything about them."

She handed it to Qi Xiaomei, who smelled it and said, "It has no fragrance anymore. We'll have to open it to find out what's inside."

The sachet spun around and returned to Lu Jing's hand.

"never mind."

Lu Jing tucked the sachet into his pocket and continued arranging the herbs: "Haste makes waste. If you don't understand something, just wait a little longer, and maybe the answer will come."

The next few days.

While leading the female prisoners in training, Lu Jing also helped Qi Xiaomei refine medicine.

Running between two places.

However, a homemade alchemy furnace is not as good as one made by a craftsman, and uneven heating may occur during use.

Both batches of medicine were charred, turning completely black like charcoal.

"It's okay, let's continue."

Lu Jing patted the dejected Qi Xiaomei, then helped her empty the medicine stove.

Qi Xiaomei also rallied and resumed distributing and washing the medicine...

Before we knew it, it was noon.

After a morning of medicine making and training, he was a little tired and was taking a nap on a bamboo chair under the shade of a tree.

In the front yard, the female prisoners couldn't enjoy themselves like that. They were subjected to disciplinary training by Lu Jing, with each of them standing in the sun with a stone on their head, unable to move an inch.

Under the scorching sun, the women sweated profusely, raining down from their heads, down their necks, and into the cleavage of their bodies, the sweat eventually outlining beautiful shapes.

"Haha, it worked! It worked!"

"Lord Lu, I've succeeded!"

Suddenly, a shout broke out outside the mountain gate, followed by Qi Xiaomei rushing in, her face covered in soot.

"It's done, Lord Lu, I've succeeded!"

Qiao Xiaomei ran happily towards the backyard.

"What's done?"

The female prisoners, unaware of what was happening, hurried over, only to have stones fall from above, making a series of crackling sounds.

backyard.

Lu Jing heard the noise and sat up from the bamboo chair.

"My lord, my lord, it's done, it's done."

Qi Xiaomei rushed to Lu Jing, her shoulders heaving, and held a medicine gourd in her hands, trembling as she held it up to him.

"It's done!?"

Lu Jing took the medicine gourd and poured out one pill into his palm.

"This is the Vitality Pill?"

Under the sunlight, a pill the size of a soybean is reddish-brown all over, and its coating glows red when exposed to sunlight.

Lu Jing watched quietly, while the curious female prisoners around her also gathered around and stared at her.

Not bad!

Staring at the pill, Lu Jing's heart was filled with excitement.

With it, the physical fitness of the female prisoners can be greatly improved, making them stronger and more powerful.

Combined with training, the time it takes for them to become "official" special forces soldiers can be greatly shortened.

Once the women had formed a fighting force, Lu Jing had a bold plan.

Return to Anping County.

Firstly, supplies were extremely scarce on the mountain. The women's clothes were already tattered from the intense training, and they couldn't train naked.

Secondly, there is a shortage of medicinal herbs. Although Baixi Mountain is vast and has no shortage of medicinal herbs, there is a lack of tools for processing them, and many herbs require processing to maximize their efficacy.

Thirdly, the heirloom of Liu Zhezhi is said to be so valuable that he wouldn't trade it for even the throne, which is very tempting.

The last point is that Lu Jing had the idea of ​​learning through combat; no amount of training could compare to the rapid growth from participating in a real battle.

but……

Lu Jing pinched the Vitality Pill in his palm with two fingers.

The medicine has been prepared, but whether it will be effective is hard to say.

We need to give it a try.

"This is called a Vitality Pill."

Lu Jing held the pill in his hand, looking at the women and showing it to them: "Eating this will strengthen your bones and muscles, and improve your stamina and strength. This is a good thing, who wants to take it?"

The female prisoners stared at the life-giving pill, and no one spoke.

A moment later, Nerumedo raised her hand.

"Lord Lu."

"Do you want to eat?"

Lu Jing handed it over, but Nilumedo waved it away.

"I want to say, since it's a good thing..."

"so?"

"Then why aren't you eating?"

"Hmm, good question."

Lu Jing frowned slightly, then looked at Qi Xiaomei with his eyes, as if to say: Are you confident in refining it?

Without saying a word, Qi Xiaomei reached out and took the pill from Lu Jing's hand, then put it directly into her mouth.

He swallowed it with a gulp.

Ah!

The women gasped in surprise.

Qi Xiaomei moved too fast; Lu Jing had no time to react.

"How is it?"

Everyone crowded around, staring at Qi Xiaomei, and asked her worriedly.

"It's okay."

Qi Xiaomei twirled around, smiling broadly, "I'm doing fine here..."

next second.

Her expression changed drastically; her brows furrowed, her lips twitched, and her body began to tremble.

"not good!"

Lu Jing was shocked, and the other female prisoners also gasped.

"Oh no, this medicine is killing people!"

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