Chapter 1118: Prudent, a reason is required (2/2)

“This one is only in charge of delivering messages, so I’m not sure either,” the shadow guard looked awkward before he slipped away.

Gu Qishao glanced over and said, “Stupid! You don’t even need to think, he’s probably asking after Poison lass’s whereabouts.”

Gu Qishao didn’t lower his voice, so his “Poison lass” instantly caught Long Feiye’s attention. As soon as he looked over, he saw the letter in Tang Li’s hand. Tang Li was stuck. On one side was his big brother, on the other his brother-in-law. He couldn’t offend either side! Although he knew about the incident with the violet gauze robes, he had no idea about Ning Cheng’s true feelings for his sister-in-law. In his eyes, Ning Cheng was simply worrying about the princess as a subordinate, which was perfectly justifiable!

While he was debating over what to do, Long Feiye had already retracted his gaze. He summoned another shadow guard with one had and gave him orders in a low breath. “Go ask after Ning Cheng’s battle records. If there’s any losses among them, have Baili Yuanlong transfer troops to assist him right away.”

As soon as Ning Cheng suffered a loss on the battlefield, their deal was thorough. He wouldn’t need Ning Cheng to take all the glory for subjugating Northern Li either.

This ended up being their third sleepless night in Medical City, though it wasn’t clear how many such nights they’d already experienced in the past three months. Humans had physiological limits, so Tang Li and Gu Qishao were soon nodding off. In the end, Gu Qishao even ended up sprawled across the table fast asleep. That was no mean feat for a man who suffered from chronic insomnia. How tired must he be?

Meanwhile, Long Feiye kept downing cup after cup of tea as he stared at a map of the Poison Sect while writing down markers. For the entire night, his face was completely stiff aside from the times he yawned. Like an unsmiling, taciturn god, he sat in his seat with an air that kept everyone at arm’s pace.

When dawn broke, Gu Beiyue finally returned. Seeing Tang Li and Gu Qishao sleeping, he didn’t disturb them but quietly went to Long Feiye’s side. “Your Highness, your health is important,” he murmured softly.

“How is it?” Long Feiye asked coldly. At his words, Tang Li and Gu Qishao startled awake.

“Beiyue’s back?”

“Any news? How did it go?”

Both men’s faces looked sleepy up to the moment they spotted Gu Beiyue.

“I’ve searched them all, there’s no one there!” Gu Beiyue replied.

“Then it has to be Clearbreeze Peak!” Long Feiye said immediately.

“Clearbreeze Peak? I’ve gone there twice, but there’s no place to hide anyone there! As I see it, Skypit is more likely! Who knows if there’s more unknown levels underneath?” Gu Qishao retorted.

Without a word, Long Feiye brought out the list of names and showed them Drilling Earth Breeze, nightdew, skyleaf, atractylode rhizome, and black spirit skin. Of the thirteen characters, four had been circled: night, sky, white, and black.[1]

“White day, black night?” Gu Beiyue blurted out.

Long Feiye nodded. “Sun (日) and moon (月). Together they form ‘clear!’(明)”

The sun could be seen in the daytime, the moon at night. The characters for “sun” and “moon” together formed “clear.”

Now everyone fell silent and traded looks. Soon enough, Tang Li was slapping his thigh. “So it’s like that! With “wind” and “clear,” you get Clearbreeze Peak!”

Long Feiye took out his map full of scrawls before summoning Xu Donglin. Coldly he ordered, “You have five days to transfer all possible men here and arrange them according to this map.”

Gu Qishao glanced at the map and saw that Long Feiye had set up a triple guard. The first surrounded Medical City, the second all of Poison Sect, and the third was hidden all over Phoenix Song Peak. He narrowed his eyes as they filled with killing intent! If we don’t have a big showdown this time, then my name’s not Gu Qishao!

“Big bro, give an extra day. I’ll have the Tang Clan send over their latest weapons for the shadow guards to use!” Tang Li said urgently. Although he’d just woken up, he was already raring to go when it meant seeing Ning Jing and taking revenge.

“Permitted,” Long Feiye said icily.

Even the gentle Gu Beiyue had a terrifying, murderous look in his eyes. Long Feiye clenched his fists as his irises blackened into bottomless pits…

1. The “white” comes from atractylode rhizhome in Chinese, by the way.