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Before they arrived at Crouching Tiger Hill, they had already removed all items on their person that might reveal their identities.
Gu Qingyi wrapped them in oiled paper, planning to bury them in the ground. However, before she began, she saw the plastic bag in Ma Lu's hand and pointed, "You're not getting rid of this?"
"No, no, I still need this."
Ma Lu said. He hadn't forgotten the main task at hand; he still hadn't collected the ingredients for the trip.
The reason he suggested Crouching Tiger Hill, aside from investigating the death of Liu Huozui, was to acquire more goods from the robbers there.
He had no choice; the secret medicine was prohibitively expensive. Relying solely on purchasing from the Hundred Herbs Sect's pharmacy using Silver Coin would put too much financial strain, and both the Beggars' Sect and the Heavenly Dragon Sect had already been exploited once by him. It wasn't feasible to skim off them a second time so soon.
