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Since they were leaving, before they left, Qu Ci brought Ah Xin back to the house to pack up.

Qu Ci bragged that she was a vulgar old woman. Forget about other things, she definitely had to bring along gold, silver, jewelry and other valuable things.

After entering the house, the first thing she did was to pack up the things left behind by her husband, her daughter and her son-in-law. She then led Ah Xin to pack up the room that was filled with gold and silver.

Qu Ling did not help, but went back to his room with a bucket of clear water, planning to wipe the dust off his body.

Putting the basin away, she was about to close the door when she turned around and found that not only was the door closed, but there was also another person in the bedroom.

Qu Ling's face sank, "What are you doing here?"

"This general can't come in?" Xiao Jingyue also found a clean set of clothes, walked to the side of the bed, and began to remove the clothes on his body.

Qu Ling covered his eyes, and turned his back in silence, cursing: "Shameless!"

It was true that she liked looking at pretty men, but that was only because she liked looking at their faces.

For the time being, she had not cultivated to such an extent in order to enjoy the beauty of a male fruit.

The man's calm voice came from behind her, "This general's body has already been seen by the madam. So what if I look at it again?"

Qu Ling's small face flushed, and subconsciously retorted: "Who's seen you before!"

Xiao Jingyue lowered his eyes, looking at his chest, which was filled with new injuries. He was silent for a long time, then suddenly let out a light laugh.

Qu Ling's face became even redder, and firmly answered as she said, "I didn't see anything!"

At that time, he was so angry that his brain went blank. Where would he have the interest to appreciate his body? At that time, he didn't even think about how to hack him into a thousand pieces.

Seeing that her ears were so red that blood was about to come out, Xiao Jingyue smiled a little in a good mood. He did not tease her anymore, and said softly: "This general is ready to change.

Saying that, he left without looking back.

Qu Ling could not believe that this perverted guy could leave so easily.

However, this was good as well, as she didn't want to waste her words to chase people away.

Qu Ling changed into a set of clothes and left the room while holding a bowl of glutinous rice wine, and squatting on a bench in the corridor without a care for his image, happily watching Xiao Yi and Xiao Er being ordered by her grandmother to move things.

She was extremely happy when she thought about how her grandmother and Ah Xin would leave the village to go with her and how she would see them everyday.

When Xiao Jingyue returned, he saw his own wife squatting on the bench with a bowl in her hands, smiling like a fool. He couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, "Are you happy, Madam?"

Qu Ling rolled his eyes, and stuffed the two sips of glutinous rice wine into his hands, and laughed obsequiously: "General, have a drink at the bar."

General Xiao looked down at the bowl of wine in her hands, she knew that she had something to ask of him.

"Can you move my bed back with the dressing table?"

"..." "No."

Qu Ling glared at him for a good while, then took something out from his bosom and threw it into his arms.

It wasn't heavy, but it was very thick.

Xiao Jingyue looked down and saw that it was the envelope Qu Ci had given him yesterday in the Chi You Temple.

He did not open it immediately, but kept it in his bosom.

Only four of the Dark Guard s were left after being taken out of the Serpent God Hall. Other than Xiao Yi, who left early, who was almost unscathed, the Xiao Er and the other two remaining Dark Guard s were both injured.

Therefore, on that night, the group did not leave immediately and instead stayed in the village for an extra night.

In the evening, Qu Ling, Xiao Jingyue, and Ah Xin sat facing each other at the fire pit's edge. They started the fire and discussed the matter of leaving.

Qu Ling said excitedly: "Grandma, come with us to Qi Jing. I will buy a big house for you guys to live in with Jiang Huo."

Ah Xin gave him face as he agreed, "Sure, sure."

"And I'll have to ask the tailor to come and make you many beautiful clothes."

"Sure, sure."

"Jiang Huo and I know where there's delicious food in Qi Jing, I want to treat you guys to a meal!"

"Sure, sure."

Xiao Jingyue and Qu Ci, who were sitting beside them, looked at them expressionlessly, but they turned their gazes away at the same time.

No one bothered with the two fools. Qu Ci suddenly asked Xiao Jingyue, "Do you still want to continue investigating the fake Soul-Sealing Parasite?"

Xiao Jingyue did not answer and instead asked: "Does Grandma have any clues?"

Qu Ci shook his head, "No."

Other than taking care of Ah Xin, she had also been studying Gu She all these years. The farthest she had been to was the Chi You Divine Palace.

She knew nothing of what was happening in other places, or what had changed, and she had never asked.

Xiao Jingyue tilted his head and looked at Qu Ling, who was happily chatting with Ah Xin, and said softly: "It is not convenient for Ah Ling and I to stay at the Miao Boundary, after we leave Miao Village, I will order some people from the Southern Guarding Prince Palace to gather at the Miao Boundary to investigate."

He would also arrange for people to pay extra attention to the surroundings of the Southern Guarding Prince Palace so that the parasite would not harm the commoners there.

As for the territory of the Qi Empire, it was outside his jurisdiction.

Qu Ci gently nodded and did not say anything else.

In these past few days, her attitude towards Xiao Jingyue had been neither cold nor hot. Besides the necessary conversations, she would not waste any more words.

In Xiao Jingyue's eyes, his heart was clear as a mirror, but he did not say anything, nor did he take it to heart.

In this world, there were very few people that he could take to heart.

The next morning, a group of soldiers and a few Dark Guard s escorted the three carriages and left the village in a grandiose manner under the watchful eyes of the Miao Family.

The curtain of the first carriage was lifted by a hand, and the old woman stuck her head out of the window and looked back fondly.

This was not her first time going to the Central Plains. She had grown up in the Central Plains.

However, after leaving the Miao Boundary this time, it was unknown when he would be able to return. It was unknown when he would be able to see the bustling bonfire again and hear the wonderful song.

"Grandma." Ah Xin suddenly extended his hand out and grabbed onto the corner of Qu Ci's clothes.

Qu Ci retracted his gaze, did not say anything, and gently held Ah Xin's hand.

Inside the second carriage, Qu Ling was playing with the Jade Scorpion and the Blood Spider in the corner, not even glancing at the man sitting opposite to him.

Xiao Jingyue knew that she was still sulking about the bed and the dressing table. She did not care about it and looked down to read the letter that Qu Ci had given her.

Although the letter was written in Miao language, the handwriting was simple and recognizable. A few unfamiliar characters could be read as if they were in a remote place, so it wasn't hard to read them.

Inside, other than specifying the necessary items to eradicate the Gu Worm, it also detailed how the Gu Worm would be able to awaken with less pain and time spent on the parasite.

The methods that Godly Doctor Gu had spent dozens of years trying to find but had not been able to find were now all recorded on these few ordinary pieces of paper.

Xiao Jingyue hid the emotions that were churning in his eyes and kept the letter.

He had been searching for something for more than ten years. Now that it was finally right in front of him, even if he wasn't excited, it would be a lie.

However, despite his excitement, the helplessness and despair in his heart deepened.

Just as Qu Ci had said, there were some medicinal ingredients that were extremely rare, and might not be able to find any of them in their entire lives.

Xiao Jingyue pressed on his forehead, he raised his eyes to look at the sulking girl, and in his mind, he thought back to the words she had said before when she was drunk, and it felt like she was choking him.

After a long while, he suddenly said in a hoarse voice, "You …"

Qu Ling's brows twitched.

After waiting for a while, seeing that he still did not say a word, Qu Ling turned and looked at him, pretending to ask casually: "What did I say?"