Chapter 138 An Attempt

Wen Yu couldn't help but feel a little amused when he heard Shen Yu's words. He didn't delve into it, but just said casually: "Just don't cure me to death."

Shen Yu said, "My lady, don't worry, I am sure of this."

Wen Yu snorted and said nothing more.

In a short while, he listed the names and locations of the herbs grown in Kunning Palace, filling up about two pages, and handed them all to Shen Yu.

Shen Yu didn't expect that Wen Yu had done so many little things in secret. He memorized all the contents above, and then burned the white paper to ashes with a candle in front of Wen Yu.

"Your Majesty, when will Eunuch Li come here?" Shen Yu saw Wen Yu pick up the ancient book again and asked about what happened before.

Wen Yu's expression remained the same. He said, "It's the end of this month, about a week away. What's wrong?"

"Nothing." Shen Yu looked away.

Wen Yu seemed to realize something. He raised his eyelids and glanced at Shen Yu: "If you are afraid, just hide away. The old eunuch won't dare to act rashly in front of me."

Shen Yu smiled and said, "What about you?"

"I?"

"Your Majesty, aren't you afraid?" Shen Yu continued to ask.

"I'm not afraid of them." Wen Yu continued to lean on the edge of the bed and flip through the book. His tone remained unchanged, and his face habitually revealed a bit of coldness that was not sure whether it was mockery or anger.

Shen Yu stood up and looked up and said, "My Lady, I won't leave."

Wen Yu tilted his head slightly, his dark pupils turned to the side, and he opened his lips as if he wanted to say something.

Shen Yu waited for a few seconds but didn't hear Wen Yu's voice, so he continued, "I'm timid and I don't dare to sleep alone in the outer hall, so I stayed here that day."

Wen Yu secretly clenched the ancient book in his hand. His fingertips turned white from exerting so much force, and the layers of scars on his wrists slowly became more painful as he increased his strength.

"Whatever you want." Wen Yu turned her head and made no more movements.

Shen Yu covered the cup with hot water that was soaking the flower buds, and kept the rest of the flowers and plants. Shen Yu found another empty wooden box to temporarily store these things, and then he found a corner to put everything neatly.

Wen Yu listed a lot of information on the white paper. Shen Yu automatically filtered out the useless herbs and identified the useful ones.

Most of the palace maids would take turns changing shifts in the afternoon. Shen Yu took advantage of the break between their shifts to go outside to look for medicinal herbs.

It was unknown what Meiqiu and Gouqiu Tousheng were doing these days, and Shen Yu rarely saw them. He only saw them quarreling during a few breaks, and then they quickly disappeared.

This time, Shen Yu was looking for medicinal herbs along the edge of the stone wall of Kunning Palace, and Coal Ball followed him without him noticing.

[To the southeast, there is a medicinal herb.]

Shen Yu looked up at the coal ball, and followed the direction it pointed to find the red-core grass.

Wen Yu planted these herbs among the weeds, and now the weeds are growing luxuriantly, covering up the herbs in large areas. Shen Yu dug through the grass bit by bit in these places to search, but it was still a bit time-consuming and laborious.

Coal Ball fully demonstrated the value of its existence, and then pointed out seven or eight locations of medicinal herbs to Shen Yu, which more than halved the time Shen Yu spent looking for them.

Shen Yu felt a little strange. He looked up at Meiqiu and said, "Didn't you say before that giving me extra help was a foul?"

The coal ball turned around, and the numbers on its body jumped, as if it was familiar with the process.

[The garbage is cleaned up once a day, and the database is updated once a day. I am no longer the person I used to be, and those words are useless.]

Shen Yu: “…”

Shen Yu had packed all the herbs and put them into his clothes. He saw the coal balls jumping up and down in the air, and after a moment of silence, he said, "Do you have something to say to me?"

The briquette paused, and the red exclamation mark in the center of its data card stood up, somewhat hesitantly.

[…It is like this. I have detected that the world you live in is unstable and has a high risk factor, so I have decided…]

Shen Yu paused, he looked up and asked, "Are you going to send me back to the end of the world?"

[What are you thinking? Do you know how much energy it takes to send you back? This is all a mistake of trying to survive! If you want to go back, you have to let him send you back.]

"..." Shen Yu had anticipated this situation, and he asked, "So what do you want to do?"

The data on Coal Ball fluctuated, but it finally stopped exclamating and continued speaking.

[Because the danger level of the world you are in is too high, in order to ensure my safety, I have to leave this world first to carry out the next mission. I will come back to see you after the mission is completed.]

Shen Yu: “…”

[Otherwise I won’t get this quarter’s bonus. Without a bonus I won’t have energy, and without energy I won’t be able to eliminate the instability in this world, and if we can’t eliminate the instability in this world we won’t be successful…]

"When will you come back?" Shen Yu interrupted it.

Coal Ball estimated the time and then raised the black card.

[At the fastest it will take a month, at the slowest it will take a year.]

Shen Yu: "Then what should I do?"

[Well... I gave Gouqie Tousheng one million Yang points, and it promised me that it would take care of you.]

Shen Yu: “…”

"Come down." Shen Yu waved at Meiqiu.

The coal ball fell from the sky and spun around by itself.

[Actually, I think you can do it on your own...]

Shen Yu grabbed the coal ball, punched it three times, and then threw the almost dead coal ball to the ground.

"A farewell gift for you." Shen Yu packed up the herbs he had dug out. He walked past Meiqiu with an expressionless face and continued to walk towards the inner hall.

It was hiding in the bushes nearby, and when it saw the situation, it silently covered its head with the data card.

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After Shen Yu returned, he classified all the medicinal herbs he found.

Other palace maids and eunuchs were not allowed to enter the inner hall. Shen Yu placed all the medicinal herbs in the compartment of the inner hall and covered them with a thin cloth for concealment.

Wen Yu smelled the fragrance of herbs in the air. He walked into the room and helped Shen Yu pick out some herbs to be used tonight.

Shen Yu didn't plan to use too much. This was just his first try, so he only mixed a few herbs in it. Wen Yu wanted to peek at some tricks from the side, but Shen Yu saw that he was reluctant to leave, so he simply turned his back to block his view.

Wen Yu sneered, closed the door of the compartment, picked up the ancient book on the table and lay back on the bed.

Shen Yu stayed in the compartment for nearly four or five hours. Wen Yu occasionally heard the sound of herbs being fiddled with in the room, but Shen Yu quickly cut off the source of the sound.

Wen Yu felt a little drowsy. He was especially sleepy at night. He just vaguely saw a figure swaying in front of him.

"My lady?"