"Junior brother, are we just going to keep searching aimlessly like this?" Ouyang Wan was a little dejected and also a little resentful of Ouyang Zhen, who completely disregarded their thoughts for his own selfish desires.
Yin Shihuai comforted her, saying, "We're not searching for the hiding places of the Spirit Serpent Sect and the heretical cult for his sake, but for our master's wife, so that we won't be caught off guard when the conflict breaks out in the future."
"But we've been out here for so long, and apart from encountering a few cult members brainwashing people, we haven't gained anything else."
Yin Shihuai's expression was solemn: "That's precisely why we need to work even harder, but this also confirms something."
"What does this confirm?"
"This proves that cults are not as powerful as we imagined. If they had enough members, why would they need to hide like this?"
"Oh right!" Ouyang Wan suddenly realized, "But what if the ordinary people they incited stand up to stop the uprising when the master's wife rises up in the future?"
"That's why we need to expose their so-called magic."
Over the past three months, the two of them, along with the disciples of Linghe Valley who followed them, have killed many people who spread the evil cult and reasoned with the fooled people. The hardships they endured almost drove Yin Shihuai to a madness. If it weren't for Ouyang Wan's kind nature and her tireless persuasion, Yin Shihuai might have given up long ago.
The two, one strong and one gentle, complemented each other perfectly, producing surprisingly good results.
"Junior Sister, watch out!" Suddenly, Yin Shihuai caught a glimpse of a cold light out of the corner of his eye, and then hurriedly shielded Ouyang Wan behind him.
"Junior brother!" Ouyang Wan was horrified when she saw the arrow in Yin Shihuai's left arm, her eyes red as she stared at the direction the arrow had been shot.
"Everyone be careful, the Timely Cult has its eyes on us. Don't worry about us, protecting your own lives is the most important thing." Yin Shihuai pulled Ouyang Wan to hide under the eaves. After a burst of sword rain, dozens of men in black flew down from the roof.
"What Master's wife said was indeed true. These despicable people like to wear black, whether it's day or night. Could it be because black cloth is cheaper?"
Ouyang Wan retaliated with her sword: "Junior brother, what time is it, and you still have the mood to joke!"
"Let's go, they outnumber us, there's no need for us to fight them head-on."
Yin Shihuai quickly gave a coded signal, and instantly, the disciples of Linghe Valley disappeared.
Putting everything else aside, Linghe Lightness Skill is definitely one of the top lightness skills in the martial arts world. When their master's wife was in charge of Linghe Valley, she said that everything else could be left unlearned, but the life-saving lightness skill must not be neglected. As long as you are alive, you can always fight again. When the situation is not as good as others, there is no need to be foolish and fight head-on.
"Junior brother, how are you now?" The two hid in a stable, where only the filthy smell could mask the bloody stench on Yin Shihuai's body.
"It's nothing." Yin Shihuai forced a smile. "Junior Sister, don't cry."
"How could nothing be wrong?" Ouyang Wan lowered her voice. "Your wound has turned black; they've applied poison!"
"As long as you're alright." After saying this, Yin Shihuai fainted. Ouyang Wan held him and then bent down to suck out the poisoned blood for him.
As night fell and a light rain began to fall, Ouyang Wan carried Yin Shihuai out. However, she dared not go to the clinic in the city, because there were bound to be cult members guarding it. These people were after them and would not leave easily.
Perhaps because he had been caught in the rain, Yin Shihuai developed a high fever in the middle of the night. At this time, Ouyang Wan had already carried him to the outskirts of the city. With no other choice, she could only temporarily place him in the dense grass, sprinkle anti-venomous snake powder around him, and then get up to go back to the city to get medicine.
"Junior brother, you must wait for me to come back."
Fortunately, the rain had gradually stopped by then. Ouyang Wan changed her clothes and then sneaked into the mansion of a wealthy family in the city.
In this day and age, apart from clinics, only wealthy families keep some medicinal herbs at home. Now she is very glad that she did not slack off when her master's wife made her memorize pharmacology.
Sure enough, when she passed by the clinic, she keenly noticed that there were people lying in wait outside the clinic, but not inside the mansion of the wealthy family.
After leaving some money behind, Ouyang Wan quickly returned, taking extra precautions and making several detours on her way back.
When she found Yin Shihuai again, he still had a high fever, but fortunately the black marks on his arm had faded a bit. She scooped some river water into a pottery jar, not daring to light a fire, and used her internal energy to boil the medicine. After a while, her face turned pale, but she still did not stop.
She fainted from exhaustion after feeding Yin Shihuai the medicine. However, perhaps out of fear that the cult members would come looking for her, she only fainted for half an hour before waking up with a splitting headache.
"Junior Sister..." Yin Shihuai vaguely reacted, and Ouyang Wan finally burst into tears of joy.
"Junior brother, let's go."
The two walked with difficulty, trying to conceal their tracks. When they finally saw a cliff, Ouyang Wan seemed to see hope. She first hid Yin Shihuai in a recess in the cliff, using branches and rocks to cover him, then came up to clean up the traces before hiding herself.
Fortunately, thanks to her attentiveness, two men in black arrived shortly afterward, carefully scanned the area, and left after finding nothing amiss.
But Ouyang Wan still didn't move. She waited a while longer until the two men in black returned before helping Yin Shihuai sit up and then brewing him a second dose of medicine.
As evening fell, Yin Shihuai finally woke up. Looking at Ouyang Wan's weak face, he felt extremely guilty: "Junior Sister, I'm sorry to have frightened you. Don't be afraid anymore."
Ouyang Wan, who had been holding back her tears, finally broke down in tears. No matter how Yin Shihuai tried to comfort her, he couldn't soothe her until she was exhausted and fell into a deep sleep.
Yin Shihuai carefully held her in his arms, trying his best to keep the rocks from hurting her, and then slowly circulated his internal energy to expel the poison.
The cult members were indeed insidious. They probably knew their identities all along, which is why they planned this operation. They probably didn't expect them to flee without a fight. Otherwise, given their thorough preparations, they might have been wiped out long ago if they had engaged in battle.
Meanwhile, at a cult stronghold, the old woman in charge was furious: "You're all useless! You sent fifty people, carrying poison from the Spirit Serpent Sect, and you still couldn't capture them? What kind of work are you doing?"
“Grandma, those disciples from Linghe Valley are indeed cunning. We didn’t expect them to run away without even facing us head-on. We’ve never seen such cowardly members of a prestigious sect.”
"These are all excuses. It's one thing if they didn't catch any alive, but how come not a single one is dead? Do those ordinary disciples have extraordinary abilities?"
"Mother-in-law, please give us another chance."
"No need. The first sneak attack failed. Do you think they'll give us a second chance? Go to the Hall of Punishments and receive your punishment."
Upon hearing this, the cult members dressed in black all changed their expressions, their eyes filled with terror.
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