Recent days in Xiang Kingdom had been full of ups and downs. The royal scandal was the biggest talk in the kingdom. However, aside from this, there was another significant piece of news.
It seemed that the Doctor who healed the Crown Prince was real. Some people had sighted three masked men going in and out of the Imperial Palace. Families with connections to the palace reported that the three didn't even bow to the Emperor!
Everyone knew what that meant. Even high-ranked officials were flabbergasted. When they asked the Emperor about this, his response scared them witless.
The Emperor mentioned not to ever provoke the three masked men, as they were too powerful. He admitted that even he could not save them from the consequences. This made the ministers fear for their lives, and they quickly spread the warning to their families.
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Yi Ling didn't know whether to laugh or cry when she heard this. She didn't expect the Emperor to think so highly of her. She smiled.
She was still staying at the inn, currently in her room with Linyu and the Viridis. She waved her sleeve, and Tefei appeared. She always felt bad for keeping Tefei inside the Ring. After all, she loved animals and beasts and disliked the thought of imprisoning them. She sighed.
She had just returned from the Imperial Treasury Pavilion with quite a bounty. She finally had enough herbs to plant and experiment with. She loved making potions and concoctions and wanted to learn pill-making, but unfortunately, her teacher was still in deep slumber.
Once in a while, she would visit Mu Xin but didn't dare enter his courtyard. She just stayed in front of his gates, staring at them. It had been two months since he went to sleep. She had already broken through to the 2nd rank of Dawning Stage and got Linyu to the 3rd rank of Nascent Stage, as well as Tefei to the 3rd rank of Dawning Stage.
Now that she had enough herbs, she was confident in mixing new concoctions again. She was determined to get stronger fast.
She asked Linyu to plant the herbs in her medical garden. The Viridis wanted to go too but didn't want to be her contracted herb, so instead, he went to his room. She made Tefei stay to guard her body while she went inside the ring.
She wanted to do more concoctions so she could move on to her next location. Since the Crown Prince's issue was already solved, it was time to go.
She needed to talk to him before leaving to leave some instructions.
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Meanwhile, a young man in purple robes was walking toward the gates of Xiang Kingdom. Jin Minzhe had left Jun Kingdom, fearing he might accidentally bump into King Jin again. There was still a chance his father was staying in a mid-ranked kingdom, considering his mother's cultivation shouldn't be that high yet. He had thought this through. He gathered news from all the mid-rank Kingdoms and found the most interesting news from Xiang Kingdom: a Doctor from a high-ranked kingdom healed a crippled Crown Prince.
This caught his attention. Why would a high-status Doctor visit a mid-rank kingdom? Though he heard there were three masked men, it was still worth a shot.
It had been a week since he saw King Jin. If King Jin had noticed him, he would have caught him by now. Seeing no signs of him was a relief. He hated the man who made his father suffer. Tsk...
When he arrived, he wanted to wash and rest before scouting the area. He checked into Lu Inn, the same inn as Yi Ling.
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Tefei, lying on the floor next to Yi Ling's bed, opened his eyes. He smelled a familiar aura but couldn't remember who it was.
He looked at his master, who was peacefully lying on the bed. One would think she was just sleeping, though her soul wasn't there.
He was indeed bored inside the ring, with no one to talk to. But he had to endure. The Blue Rose Pavilion wasn't a bad place. It had the densest spiritual energy compared to all places in Huaxia.