Bai Feng saw that all the Blood Wolves were down and posed no threat to his Master, so he ran toward Ye Qingcheng.
"Young lady, do you need any help?"
"You arrived at the perfect time. I want to eat this Wolf Meat, but I don't know how to prepare it after killing them!" Ye Qingcheng returned Bai Feng's sword.
"Young lady, when will these Blood Wolves recover? Shall we return to the Cave above first before preparing them!" What Bai Feng didn't say was that he still needed the hearts of these Blood Wolves! He needed to dig out the wolf hearts first.
But he cleverly avoided his true objective, only mentioning his fear that the Blood Wolves might attack.
Since he didn't know who this young lady was, he couldn't casually reveal his Master's secrets.
Up to this point, besides Divine Doctor Xue in the manor, and a few of their trusted confidants, no one knew that the Blood Wolf Hearts could suppress the Master's illness.
Ye Qingcheng glanced at Bai Feng as if he were an idiot and said casually,
"They can never attack anyone again! In less than another... quarter of an hour, they will die from the poison! I was just worried that the taste would be affected after the poison takes effect, so I wanted to dig out their internal organs and throw them away first!"
Bai Feng trembled all over upon hearing this, turned around, and made several hand signals toward Jun Mochen behind him.
He was afraid that the poison causing the Blood Wolves to die would affect the medicinal efficacy of the Blood Wolf Hearts when used as medicine.
The few Elite Guards who had been sitting weakly nearby suddenly rushed over as if crazed, brandishing their swords.
"Hey! Are you going to help me prepare them or not? If not, lend me your sword!" Ye Qingcheng didn't understand the situation, but she showed no fear of this posture.
If the other party attacked her, she could just waste some more Special Toxin and poison them all.
Although she didn't have much of the Special Toxin developed in her Medicine Garden Space, she wouldn't hesitate to waste a bit more if it came down to life and death.
Her Special Toxin was difficult to create, but she particularly liked its effect.
It gave the target a few minutes to react; the poison wouldn't spread throughout the body immediately, but they would be left staring helplessly, unable to do anything. Just like the Blood Wolf Pack now—other than their mobility, everything else was normal, yet they could only watch helplessly as her sword rose and fell, taking their heads. Only after a few minutes would the toxin spread throughout the body and destroy the internal organs.
However, Ye Qingcheng was overthinking things. Bai Feng and the Elite Guards completely ignored her and instead began raising and lowering their swords, actively digging out the hearts.
"Sigh... I wonder if the taste of the Wolf Meat will be affected. Oh well, there's no time!" Ye Qingcheng turned around, muttering to herself, circling the headless Blood Wolves, feeling regretful.
But just as she turned to find something to drag the wolf away with, Bai Feng returned.
Before she could react, his sword rose and fell, slicing open the wolf's belly and pulling out all the internal organs. He carefully extracted only the heart from within, tossed the rest away in a pile, and turned to perform the same action on the next wolf nearby.
Sword up, sword down, belly sliced open, heart dug out.
Ye Qingcheng was startled and looked at the other three Elite Guards; their movements seemed uniformly trained.
Swiftly, sword up, sword down, belly sliced open, heart dug out.
Only when extracting the heart did they handle it with extreme care.
But this brutal action didn't last long; the wolf pack closed their glowing green eyes in terror and passed away completely.
Ye Qingcheng shook her hands and went to look for a stick.
She needed to drag her wolf back to the Cave to roast and eat it; she couldn't be bothered with those men.
"Sir, the Blood Wolves are completely dead!" An Elite Guard stepped forward, holding two hearts he had dug out. "This Subordinate only managed to dig out two!"
"Sir! This Subordinate dug out three!" Another Elite Guard also stepped forward, holding a Blood Wolf Heart in his hand.
"This Subordinate dug out two!" Except for the Elite Guard whose arm had been bitten off, the other three came over. Together, the three of them dug out seven hearts, and Bai Feng also held three.
"Keep them safe, let's go back!" Bai Feng carefully held the Blood Wolf Hearts in both hands, letting the rain fall on them, and walked toward his Master.
Meanwhile, Ye Qingcheng had just found a thick stick. She threaded one end through the wolf's neck, out through the opened belly, and began dragging it laboriously up the slope.
The muddy ground in the rain was slippery, making it difficult to drag.
However, being extremely hungry, her strength was unprecedentedly great, and she dragged the over two-hundred-pound wolf along quickly.
Just as she was dragging the wolf past Jun Mochen and his group without greeting them, Bai Feng called out to stop her.
"Young lady, let us help you!" Bai Feng spoke, and a pale-faced Elite Guard stepped forward, taking the Blood Wolf from Ye Qingcheng's hands.
Because the rain kept falling, the blood on their bodies had long been washed away, leaving only pale faces from excessive blood loss and gruesome wounds soaking in the rainwater.
She didn't know who they were; their willpower was so firm that they could still move freely despite such deep and numerous wounds. However, as a Physician, she couldn't stand by and watch the injured without offering aid.
"Fine! You all come with me to the Cave! I'll bandage your wounds!" Ye Qingcheng turned, but in that moment of turning, she saw Jun Mochen, his brow tightly furrowed and his face pale from wounds all over his body, being supported by Bai Feng, moving forward with difficulty.
And Bai Feng himself was covered in wounds, not much better off than the other four, likely relying solely on willpower to hold on.
"I'll support him!" Ye Qingcheng stepped forward and took Jun Mochen.
"Absolutely not..." Bai Feng was about to object!
Jun Mochen opened his eyes and shook his head at Bai Feng.
He had no choice but to support her on the other side, reducing some of her burden.
Though his face showed nothing, his heart was churning with immense shock.
When had his Master ever allowed a woman to get close? But just now, what was that look in his Master's eyes? Was he blaming him for speaking too much?
His Master willingly allowed that young lady to support him?
That was somewhat terrifying!
Because on the rare occasions when his Master had been approached by women, the fate of those women had always been utter destruction!
Although Ye Qingcheng was supporting Jun Mochen, her eyes never left her Wolf Meat.
"You up front! Be careful dragging it! Don't get my Wolf Meat covered in mud!" she shouted loudly.
Jun Mochen, whom she was supporting, though still in pain with a furrowed brow, had a barely perceptible upward curve at the corner of his mouth.
Meanwhile, in the Capital City, at the Ye Manor study.
"Master! The carrier pigeon has returned!" The old steward of the Ye Manor bowed respectfully to report.
"Bring it here!" Prime Minister Ye, not yet forty, exuded the scholarly fragrance unique to men of letters, his every gesture displaying the bearing of a scholar.
His features were exceptionally handsome, the kind that instantly captivated women upon sight.
Possessing both looks and talent, profound knowledge, and elegant temperament, one would surely be drawn to him just by his appearance.
The old steward, upon hearing Prime Minister Ye's command, respectfully untied the message cylinder bound to the carrier pigeon's leg and presented it with a bow.
Prime Minister Ye opened the scroll with complicated feelings; it contained only seven characters.
"The matter is done, the thousand-gold daughter has passed away!"
Prime Minister Ye stared at the seven characters on the letter, unable to regain his composure for a long, long time.
Many memories resurfaced.
Once upon a time, she was the treasure in his palm.
Once upon a time, he had truly cherished that Daughter.
But now, this was all arranged by his own hands, solely for his selfish desires.
He could not bear to see the daughter he once treasured like a jewel.
Only because she was born to that woman.
And he could never forgive that woman for the shame and insult she brought him in his lifetime.
He did not hesitate to sacrifice his own flesh and blood.