Chapter 1119: There are different levels of intelligence (2/2)

“Excellent!” Long Feiye stood up, his lips curving into a cold smile.

Following him, Gu Beiyue, Gu Qishao, and Tang Li all rose to their feet. It was time for them to catch the rabbit! The quartet immediately headed for Clearbreeze Peak, leaving Chu Xifeng to wait in the medical academy for news. They didn’t travel together, but separated to the four directions atop the mountain. However, they waited all day with no sign of anyone coming by. Neither did Chu Xifeng receive any news from the pharmacies.

If that black-robed man was out to fill a prescription beyond the city walls, then it was likely he wouldn’t return the same day. Thus, they kept guard, but there was still no sign the next day or night. Still, everyone held firm and kept waiting. But the third day passed with no news as well.

Now Gu Qishao and Tang Li grew restless. Gu Qishao found Gu Beiyue and said, “That person might not be out to fill a prescription! Rather than sitting around, we’d be better off searching the mountain instead!”

Gu Beiyue had never seen Gu Qishao look so serious. Coldly he replied, “Qishao, you can’t be rash! Hurry back to your post and keep watch! If you lose him, shoulder the consequences!”

As Gu Qishao tried to argue, Gu Beiyue simply furrowed his brows and barked, “Go back!”

Without a choice, Gu Qishao could only retrace his steps. Meanwhile, Tang Li had ran to Long Feiye but didn’t get a single word out before the man told him to scram. Afraid to explain himself, he also returned to his post. Once again, the four men and accompanying shadow guards waited through another night.

However, Gu Beiyue spotted a dark shadow in the early morning of the fourth day. It was still dim, so the lighting was bad. Moreover, the man was far away so Gu Beiyue couldn’t see him clearly. But he was certain the figure was heading deeper into the woods!

“Tell His Highness and the rest there’s movement. I’ll chase after him, so everyone keep calm and don’t get excited,” Gu Beiyue instructed in low tones before silently tailing the man. He was the safest choice to follow the suspect, being both fast and imperceptible. Even Bai Yanqing himself would be hard pressed to notice.

When news reached Long Feiye’s ears, his stiff face finally relaxed slightly. The shadow guards by his side also collectively exhaled. Over the past three days, they felt like they were living in a freezer locker just by being next to His Highness! All of them hoped for the day the princess and the baby in her womb could return to melt this giant iceberg.

Long Feiye was always at ease when Gu Beiyue was in charge of a task. As expected, the man came back to report four hours later.

“Let’s talk when we get back,” he said in a low voice.

Long Feiye left without a word. After getting the updates, Tang Li and Gu Qishao also packed up to head for the medical academy.

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“There was a tree with a hole in it on the mountain and the man escaped down there,” Gu Beiyue began.

“An underground palace!” Long Feiye blurted.

There were only two mountain ranges in the Poison Sect, Clearbreeze Peak and Monarch Peak. Between them stood the sacrificial altar in a deep ravine filled with dense forest. They had already destroyed the underground palace in Monarch Peak, which they entered from a hole in the tree as well. Now it seemed that Clearbreeze Peak had a palace of its own.

At this moment, a shadow guard arrived with a prescription. “Sir Beiyue, this is from a defensive garrison’s pharmacy 50 li away from the city.”

Gu Beiyue glanced at the contents and picked out the wrong medicine at a glance: cassia seed (决明子). Without their previous certainty, they might have spent more time and efforts delaying the search process, but their accurate guess had led to today’s discovery. Now they were certain that the “明” in 决明子, or cassia seed, was a code for Clearbreeze Peak. Although the rest saw no other meaning in this prescription, Gu Beiyue noted, “Although the three prescriptions all carried different medicines, they were treating the same condition. The princess isn’t in any serious danger and doesn’t need to take the medicine at all. Otherwise, Fourth Young Miss Ren’s skills wouldn’t need her to write out three whole prescriptions.”

That was the best bit of news yet. Long Feiye’s heart finally settled in his chest.

“Big bro, let’s kill our way in now!” Tang Li was extremely excited.

Gu Qishao stood up. “Transfer all your men here and we’ll surround the entire mountain!”

“Yes! Or we could wait a few more days for me to transfer the entire Tang Clan’s forces here!” Tang Li added.

When it came to exciement, Long Feiye’s heart probably held the greatest waves, but he could still remain calm. Ignoring the two men, he said, “If it’s an underground palace, I believe there should be other entrances as well.”