"Dark Five, follow them, but don't let them spot you."
"Yes!" Anwu quickly walked in the direction the two had left.
Su Ruojin could tell something was wrong, and Xiao Yanchu could naturally tell as well. The two didn't need to communicate; they both knew what the other wanted to do.
Although Fu Linglong was wearing a veil, the marks of her disfigurement were still visible. An ordinary person would be initially terrified upon seeing her like that.
But the two of them were surprised to see Fu Linglong, and their eyes even showed an uncontrollable joy, without the slightest fear.
This can only mean that they came for Fu Linglong!
"Let's go take a look."
Upon arriving at the place mentioned by An Yi, the group concealed themselves and saw four guards standing at the entrance of a cave not far away.
After watching for a while, they still didn't know what the cave was for. Just as Su Ruojin and the others were about to leave, they suddenly heard a noise coming from the mountainside, and they could vaguely hear a child crying.
Before long, several guards escorted nearly twenty boys up the mountain. The children were all quite young, the youngest being only four or five years old and the oldest around twelve or thirteen.
The children were unaware of what was happening; the older ones were filled with terror, and the younger ones were crying.
The guards impatiently urged them to hurry up and leave.
Su Ruojin and Xiao Yanchu exchanged a glance; this scene seemed so familiar.
The guards arrived at the cave entrance, took out a waist token, and the guards at the entrance immediately let them through.
After a short while, the guards came out, but none of the children came out with them; they must have all stayed in the cave.
Xiao Yanchu glanced at An Yi, who immediately understood and left.
"Ah Jin, let's go back first," Xiao Yanchu said softly.
“Okay.” Su Ruojin understood that she couldn’t force her way in. Even if she could knock out the guards at the door, she had no idea what was going on inside. If they panicked, they might end up harming the children instead.
Back at Jinghuanglu, Anwu and Anyi had not yet returned, so Su Ruojin went to Fu Linglong's room.
"Master."
"Xiao Jin, you just got back, why don't you rest for a bit? Did you read the book? Is there anything you don't understand?" Fu Linglong asked.
"Master, I want to heal your face and help you recuperate." Su Ruojin didn't beat around the bush and stated her purpose directly.
Fu Linglong was slightly taken aback; she had completely forgotten about it.
Fu Linglong smiled slightly and beckoned to Su Ruojin, "Xiao Jin, come and sit down."
Su Ruojin did not refuse and sat down next to Fu Linglong.
"Xiao Jin, I know my own health. I'm already this old, so it doesn't matter whether I treat my face or not. As for conditioning my body, didn't you give me some pills before? I've been taking them, and I feel much better lately, so there's no need to trouble yourself."
"Master, you don't believe in your disciple's medical skills?" Su Ruojin's words carried a hint of coquetry.
"You know, Ye Xunzhi told me that you are a medical genius who appears only once in a thousand years, and that his medical skills are no match for yours. How could your master not believe in your medical skills?" Fu Linglong said with a smile.
“Since Master believes, then let me give it a try. I want Master to become more beautiful.” Su Ruojin took Fu Linglong’s hand.
“Xiao Jin, it’s not that your master doesn’t believe you, but your master’s face is different from ordinary disfigurement. The wounds from being bitten by the young Gu of the Demon Gu King cannot be healed, so there’s no need to waste those efforts and medicines.”
Fu Linglong could guess that to treat her face, some rare and precious medicinal herbs would definitely be needed.
"Master, how will we know if we don't try?"
Although Su Ruojin possessed Dragon Scale Grass, she genuinely didn't know whether it was more powerful than the Demon Gu King's larva.
But she had to try anyway.
She could also see that although Fifth Master still loved First Master, he still couldn't overcome the hurdle of disfigurement.
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