"Goddess, have you also undergone a soul transfer? Let us absorb some of your noble aura."

"By the way, I added sugar to the medicine I brewed. Goddess, have you had it?"

Although these girls were only thirteen or fourteen years old, they were all beauties in the making. They chattered excitedly around Chu Mingyao and Su Wan, like a flock of sparrows.

Su Wan smiled and nodded to each of the girls, then said to Chu Mingyao, "Sister Chu, why do they all say I'm a goddess?"

Chu Mingyao said, "I was talking about you with Mr. Jiang."

Su Wan's heart skipped a beat. She recalled what Chu Mingyao had said before: goddesses all needed to have their souls transferred. Were these young girls the ones waiting for this soul transfer?

She asked one of the girls, "What's your name?"

The girl smiled and bowed, saying, "Your Majesty, my name is Jiang Liuyi."

Su Wan turned to another somewhat shy girl and asked, "And you?"

The girl who was asked replied shyly, "Yes...yes, my name is also Jiang Liuyi."

Su Wan was taken aback for a moment, then said, "You don't all have the same name, do you?"

The girls all laughed and said, "Your Majesty, our names are indeed the same."

"Then how do you distinguish each other?" Su Wan asked curiously.

“We have characters to distinguish them,” a girl said. “My character is Lotus, and her name is Cherry Blossom… Only those who have undergone soul transfer will receive a formal name from the head of the family.”

Before she could finish speaking, another girl interrupted, "Only those with names can marry the King of Southern Chu and become his empress."

Su Wan understood, and looked at the doors in the corridor, some open and some closed. Through the open doors, she could see the facilities inside, which were almost identical to the room where she had just woken up.

Her mother must have been one of those girls; she also lived here.

"Isn't there only one goddess?" she asked. "Don't you have anyone who can transfer souls?"

One of the girls said, "The soul transfer only happens when you turn sixteen. We are the chosen ones, and we can only stay here for seven years. When we turn seventeen, we can't stay here anymore. We can only marry into an ordinary family."

Su Wan said, "So you're not descendants of a family of divine healers. I thought you were. You're going to live here for the next seven years and can't leave, right?"

The girls nodded in agreement, and one of them said, "We cannot leave the holy land."

Su Wan felt a bit stifled and said, "What's the difference between that and going to jail?"

The girls all laughed and giggled. One of them said, "For the past seven years, we haven't had to think about anything or do any work. We've been very happy. Once someone is chosen to become a goddess, she'll rise to the top in one step."

Chu Mingyao persuaded the girls to disperse and said to Su Wan, "Let's go, there are still people you need to see ahead."

Su Wan suddenly remembered Chu Yi and said to Chu Mingyao, "Is that Brother Chu? Oh right, I remember he was also here receiving treatment."

She had deep feelings for Chu Yi and knew his feelings for her, but she always treated him like a younger sister to her older brother.

The two walked a little further, exited the long corridor, passed through the moon gate, and entered a side courtyard.

The courtyard was very spacious, seemingly a medicinal herb garden. On both sides of the path were tilled fields planted with rows of unknown herbs. Some were green, some were yellow, some were red... glistening water droplets rolled on the leaves of the herbs, creating a colorful and fragrant display.

A man was stretching his body in an open space with his back to the two of them. Hearing Su Wan and the other woman's movements, he turned around.

Su Wanxi said, "Guard Lin."

That man was none other than the missing Lin Qingfeng; I never expected him to be here.

Lin Qingfeng was overjoyed to see Su Wan and stepped forward to greet her, bowing and saying, "I learned that the princess and her mother had come here and had long wanted to meet them. However, there are many rules here, and I cannot wander around at will."

Su Wan said, "I've been worried about you. How did you get here?"

Lin Qingfeng said, "It's a long story. I fought with those two tigers and killed one of them. I feel very guilty."

Su Wan asked curiously, "Why do you feel guilty?"

"Because those two tigers didn't want to harm me, but I didn't realize it and fought them with all my might. Later, I collapsed from exhaustion, and Mr. Jiang brought me here. Officially, it's called imprisonment, but it doesn't prevent me from moving around in the courtyard. I'm just not allowed to leave the sacred place."

Su Wan then understood, and her feelings of goodwill towards Jiang Wenpei grew even stronger.

In any case, Jiang Wenpei was not like Bai Zhiyi, who treated human life as worthless. When Lin Qingfeng killed a tiger, Jiang Wenpei did not make things difficult for him.

After meeting Lin Qingfeng, she was even more eager to see Wei Jingzhuo and Chu Yi. She said to Chu Mingyao, "Sister Chu, I want to see A-Jin and Brother Chu as soon as possible. Have you seen them yet?"

Chu Mingyao said, "I don't have any either. Further on is the forbidden area. Neither Guard Lin nor I can go there; you'll have to go by yourself, sister."

After saying that, Chu Mingyao took something out of her bosom and handed it to her: "Mr. Jiang, give this to me before I deliver the medicine to you, so that I can return it to its rightful owner. Take it with you; you can only open the door to the consultation room if you have it."

Su Wan looked at the Resurrection Pendant in Chu Mingyao's hand, her mind filled with countless thoughts.

It was because she lost this jade pendant, which Bai Zhiyi obtained, that she gained the trust of the Southern Chu rulers and the family of renowned physicians. War between the two countries brought immense suffering. Now that the pendant has been returned to its rightful owner, she is determined to keep it safe.

Su Wan took the life-saving pendant and held it in her hand, saying to Chu Mingyao and Lin Qingfeng, "Sister Chu, Guard Lin, I'm off then."

Chu Mingyao said, "Go ahead, this road leads directly to the consultation room, Mr. Jiang is waiting for you up ahead. If you see Seventh Brother, please give him my regards."

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