Eleven took the words to heart, and he felt a little guilty.

The next morning, Xiao Ruyu was still asleep, and Eleven had already left the house.

He carried a bow and arrow and ran straight to the mountain outside the city.

The top of the hill was not big, but it was overgrown with weeds. It took Eleven a lot of effort to climb up the hill.

Everywhere you look is surrounded by fog, and your vision is extremely limited.

He listened carefully to the movements around him, wanting to hunt some game for Xiao Ruyu's snack.

“Rustle, rustle.”

There was a slight noise in the bushes, and Eleven immediately drew his bow and arrow.

As far as the eye can see, there is a fat hare eating grass with its head down.

In a flash, the arrow flew towards the hare like lightning.

A scream was heard, and the hare's left leg was pierced by an arrow, and it ran away.

Eleven was chasing closely behind, but the injured hare couldn't run very fast.

Just when it was about to catch up, the hare suddenly bumped into something and died.

"This is?"

Eleven gasped, his eyes furrowed as he watched the scene in front of him.

His heart trembled, and he immediately went back to report to Xiao Ruyu.

…

Xiao Ruyu woke up slowly and subconsciously looked for Eleven.

【Eleven, I’m thirsty.】

After shouting twice, she realized that Eleven was not there. She rubbed her sleepy eyes and was confused.

Eleven rushed in, holding a hare in his hand.

"Little Princess, Eleven has something important to report."

Xiao Ruyu's eyes fell on the hare, thinking that he was just telling her that he had caught a rabbit, and she didn't take it seriously.

【Why did Eleven go out so early? 】

He put down the rabbit in his hand, picked up Xiao Ruyu, and told her what he saw on the mountain.

Xiao Ruyu's face changed drastically and he asked in disbelief.

[Is this true? Are you seeing this correctly?]

Eleven nodded and carried her to Doctor Yang's room.

"Eleven felt that this matter was of great importance, so he came back and immediately found the little princess. We will report this to Imperial Doctor Yang now."

He had just stood up after pushing open the door of Doctor Yang's room.

"You came to see Master so early in the morning?"

He was just about to hug Xiao Ruyu, but he noticed that both of them looked unhappy.

"What's going on?"

Xiao Ruyu's eyes tightened as he spoke word by word, "Eleven went hunting in the mountains this morning and found the altar on the mountain."

"What?" Doctor Yang exclaimed.

"What kind of altar is it?"

He confirmed with Eleven again and again.

Eleven told the two of them everything he had seen.

Xiao Ruyu's face looked extremely bad, her intuition told her that this altar was not simple!

"How could anyone build an altar in such a desolate mountain?"

Doctor Yang also noticed something was wrong and immediately packed up his things.

"Master will take you up the mountain now!"

When the three of them climbed up the mountain, the fog had dissipated and the entire mountain was in sight.

Eleven led the way, and after walking around for a while, a huge stone tablet came into view.

It is unknown what material the stone tablet is made of, and there are some strange patterns engraved on it.

When Xiao Ruyu touched it, a cold feeling came over him.

[It is the symbol of a cult.]

Her eyes tightened as she stared at the altar in front of her.

Doctor Yang walked around the altar several times. When he saw the words on the altar clearly, a hint of frost appeared in his eyes.

"This locust swarm is not a natural disaster, but someone deliberately caused it."

He pointed at the talisman engraved on the altar, his hands trembling slightly.

"This locust technique has been lost for a long time, but Master can still recognize it."

"No wonder these locusts are so huge and so hard to kill. It turns out someone is performing a ritual here!"

[These evil cults are so vicious that they can come up with such a dirty trick. ]

Xiao Ruyu clenched her fists angrily.

Doctor Yang's face turned pale, and he clenched his fists under his sleeves when he thought of the tragic conditions in the farmland over the past few days.

"In that case, Master will destroy the source of all evil today."

He picked up the stones on the ground and smashed everything in front of the altar to pieces.

It was the first time that Xiao Ruyu saw Imperial Doctor Yang so angry, and he also used his spiritual power to destroy the altar.

Half an incense stick later, the stone tablet was smashed and the altar was completely destroyed.

Doctor Yang collapsed to the ground with exhaustion, his eyes filled with helplessness.

“Although this altar is broken, the locusts have already been scattered and still need to be controlled.”

Xiao Ruyu looked at him, who was sweating profusely, and walked forward to wipe his sweat with her sleeve.

[Since the altar has been broken, it will be easier to fix it in the future. Master, please don't worry too much.]

After they went back, Doctor Yang went straight into the study.

He immediately looked through ancient books and wrote down the methods of controlling locusts from memory.

Then he wrote letters to each county governor one by one to tell them about these measures.

After finishing everything, the night still enveloped the entire yard.

Doctor Yang rubbed his sore eyes, moved his wrists, and before he knew it, he leaned aside and fell asleep.

…

[Eleven, Master has been staying in the study room since he came down the mountain.]

【It is almost midnight. 】

Xiao Ruyu sat on the edge of the bed, flapping her legs and becoming worried.

[No, I have to go see Master.]

Eleven carried her to Doctor Yang's room.

The candles in the room were burning out and the light was getting dim.

Xiao Ruyu tiptoed and knocked twice on the door. When no one answered, she pushed the door open and came in.

Seeing that the room was dark, Eleven went to trim the candle wick first.

The cool night breeze blew in, and Xiao Ruyu saw Doctor Yang pull up his sleeves, and only then did she realize that he was wearing thin clothes.

She took small steps to ** and pulled the small blanket, wanting to cover him.

But her arms and legs were short, and after struggling twice, Doctor Yang slowly woke up.

【Master, why are you awake? 】

Xiao Ruyu asked the question even though he knew the answer, and scratched his head embarrassedly.

Doctor Yang looked at the blanket on her body, his heart warmed, and he held her in his arms.

"You are still so clumsy."

【Master, you are talking nonsense.】

Xiao Ruyu puffed her cheeks and retorted angrily.

【When did I become clumsy again? 】

Doctor Yang raised his eyes, seemingly lost in memories.

"Master still remembers when we were in Medicine King Valley. You were quite young then."

"I learned the art of alchemy very early, but I can't control the temperature well."

Xiao Ruyu suddenly realized what he was going to say and wanted to cover his master's mouth, but he was not tall enough.

【Master, please stop talking! 】

She covered her little ears, trying to stop it.

When Doctor Yang saw her like this, he became even more eager to tease her.

"Master vaguely remembers that one time, you blew up the alchemy furnace, but you ran away very fast."

"Your junior brother is in trouble——"

"Hahaha--"

[Master, this happened so long ago, and you're still making fun of me.]

Xiao Ruyu's face flushed red. Thinking of how her junior brother's face was smoked black and red that day, she couldn't help but laugh out loud.

[It's rare that Junior Brother didn't blame me. If it were me, I would definitely catch up with him and fight him for three days.]

When the topic was brought to this point, Xiao Ruyu's smile faded and she thought of her junior brother's face.

[It’s been so long, I don’t know how my junior brother is doing. 】