Chapter 167 Where is Brother Xiong Xiong? I miss him!
Ajiu's long eyelashes trembled and he opened his eyes with difficulty.
What caught the eye was a light green gauze curtain, and above the head was an exquisitely carved crabapple wood bedtop.
Her vision was blurry, and she blinked hard to focus.
A cool and otherworldly figure sat beside her bed, looking at her quietly.
A moon-white robe, long hair like black jade, and a pair of bottomless eyes that seem to be able to see through people's hearts.
"……grown ups?"
Ajiu's throat was dry and hoarse, and his voice was so soft that it was almost inaudible.
"Awake." Chu Xuanyi's surprised voice came, "How do you feel?"
"Thirsty..." Jiu licked his cracked lips and said only one word before he felt a burning sensation in his throat.
Chu Xuanyi glanced to the side.
Qingyun, who had been waiting, immediately understood. He poured a cup of warm water, carefully helped Ajiu up, and fed her little by little with a small silver spoon.
The warm water moistened his dry throat, and Jiu felt like he was alive again.
She leaned back on the soft pillow and took a long time to relax before her confused mind began to work slowly.
"How long... have I slept?" Ajiu looked at Chu Xuanyi and asked in a low voice.
"One day and two nights."
"So long?" Jiu was a little surprised, and she moved her fingers subconsciously.
Although the body was still a little weak, the excruciating pain of being torn apart had completely disappeared.
She turned her head and saw the jade box on the bedside table and the small black grass in the box that exuded a cool and refreshing aura.
That's it!
It was it that was calling me, it was it that pulled my soul back from the endless darkness!
"Thank you." Ajiu said sincerely to the Nether Grass.
Qingyun's eye twitched as he watched from the side.
This little fortune teller, is his brain muddled from sleep? Is he thanking a blade of grass?
However, Chu Xuanyi was not surprised. "Can you sense it?"
"Yes!" Ah Jiu nodded vigorously, his eyes sparkling. "It can speak. It told me that its name is Nether Grass, and it saved me."
She looked so serious and determined.
Qingyun was completely speechless.
Talking to the grass... Where did the master find this little monster?
Chu Xuanyi's eyes darkened.
This wasn't just a verbal "speech," but a spiritual communication. This little girl's talent was even more astonishing than he had imagined.
"Then..." Ah Jiu's eyes searched the room, but she didn't see the person she was looking for. She couldn't help but feel a little confused. She raised her little face to look at Chu Xuanyi and asked, "That... where is Brother Xiong Xiong?"
"He's very good-looking, but he has a stinky face. He always has a stern face and is super fierce!"
"puff--"
Qingyun, who was standing aside, couldn't help but almost laughed out loud.
Under the cold gaze of Chu Xuanyi, she forced herself to suppress her laughter.
His face flushed red and his shoulders shook.
A handsome, stinky-faced, and super fierce prince...
In the entire Dayan, who else could there be except the powerful and decisive Regent Xiao Yu?
This little fortune teller is probably the first person in history who dares to use the name "Brother Xiongxiong" to describe His Royal Highness the Regent.
Chu Xuanyi was silent for a moment before he said, "He... returned to the city."
"Oh." Jiu responded, feeling a little disappointed.
Although the prince was very fierce, he was not a bad person.
Capital city, headquarters of the city defense camp.
Inside the main tent, in front of the huge sand table of the capital's defense, Xiao Yu was wearing a dark tight-sleeved suit, standing tall and slender with a stern expression.
He had just emerged from a brief fight, and there was still a faint smell of blood on his body, but his deep phoenix eyes were as clear as a mirror, without the slightest sign of fatigue.
"Your Highness," Xuan Yi walked in quickly and knelt on one knee, "The situation in the East Market has been brought under control. As per your orders, all the bandit leaders who took advantage of the situation to cause chaos and incite public opinion, a total of 37 people, have been executed on the spot, and their heads are hung high!"
"Yeah." Xiao Yu didn't even raise his eyelids, his eyes still fixed on the sand table, "How do the people react?"
"At first, there was some panic, but after the Black Armor Army announced it was the Wugu Tribe and Prince Yu's traitors who were responsible, the people were furious. Now, most of them have stayed indoors, and the chaos in the city has mostly subsided."
"Most, not all." Xiao Yu snorted coldly, "Those rats hiding in the shadows are best at taking advantage of any opportunity. As long as the 'evil blood' in West Mountain is not eliminated, they will jump out and bite people at any time."
"Your Majesty is right."
"Your Highness, the people from the observatory are waiting outside the tent."
"Let them in."
Soon, a dozen disciples from the Observatory, led by Yun Shen, walked into the main tent.
They all wore the unique blue-white Taoist robes of the observatory. Their temperament was out of tune with this solemn military camp, but the solemnity between their brows blended in with the surrounding environment.
"Greetings, Your Highness." Yun Shen bowed.
"No thanks." Xiao Yu waved his hand and got straight to the point. "This king doesn't need nonsense, he only needs results."
His eyes swept over the crowd.
"Cloud Deep."
"The students are here."
"Your mission is divination." Xiao Yu extended his finger and tapped the west mountain on the sand table. "This king wants to know what the enemy will do next, where their core deployment is, and where else there are anomalies inside and outside the capital. This king wants a precise location, not an ambiguous hexagram."
Yun Shen's face turned slightly pale.
Divining the secrets of heaven is inherently against the will of Heaven. Every attempt at such a profound cause and effect, entangled with the fate of the nation and the evil spirits, comes at a huge price.
But when he met Xiao Yu's eyes that were as sharp as a knife, he knew that he had no room for refusal.
"Student... obey your command." He took a deep breath and responded in a deep voice.
Xiao Yu turned his gaze to another disciple who looked quite young but whose eyes were extremely focused.
The disciple had various array plates and carving knives hanging around his waist, and his hands were covered with calluses from years of drawing runes.
"Are you Mo Li?"
"Student Mo Li, I pay my respects to the prince." The disciple named Mo Li bowed.
"I don't care what method you use," Xiao Yu pointed at the colored dots scattered across the capital on the sand table. "These are the nodes of the earth veins that form the capital's national defense formation. Seven of them have been damaged, allowing evil spirits to invade. I want you and your men to repair them all and reinforce the entire formation as quickly as possible. Can you do it?"
Mo Li's eyes lit up.
He took a step forward, carefully observing the distribution of nodes on the sand table, and calculating rapidly in his mind.
"Your Highness, repairs are not difficult. However, to reinforce it, I need the cooperation of the city defense battalion to block off several main streets so that we can recalibrate the core of the formation."
"Okay." Xiao Yu agreed without hesitation. "Xuan Yi, fully cooperate with them. Give them whatever they need. Manpower, supplies, whatever they need."
"Yes!" Xuan Yi accepted the order.
"As for you," Xiao Yu's gaze swept across the other disciples, "refine elixirs that can resist the Netherworld Aura and distribute them to the people in the city and the soldiers defending the city. Also, assist Qiqi Li in exploring all the damaged nodes. Don't miss any clues."
"Students obey orders!" everyone responded in unison.
"Go ahead." Xiao Yu waved his hand. "I want to see the results within an hour."
No one dared to delay and immediately took the order and left.
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