The Prime Minister's Darling
Chapter 1201 - 1201 584 Success (First Update)

Chapter 1201: 584 Success (First Update) Chapter 1201: 584 Success (First Update) “They’re not dead!”

They were still breathing.

Gu Jiao didn’t know what to say anymore.

It must have been tough for Princess Xinyang, dealing with a Dragon Shadow Guard like Long Yi—she must have had many breakdowns on normal days.

The little poisonous insects had no effect on Long Yi, and he simply crushed them all to death.

However, the little poisonous insects on the other four Dragon Shadow Guards were still lively, biting on their exposed skin.

Gu Jiao squatted down and pinched a little insect off the neck of one of the guards.

Yet when she removed the black insect, its stinger broke off and remained embedded in the flesh.

It seemed that the insects had to remove the stingers by themselves.

Alright, she had the universal remedy—essential balm.

Gu Jiao took out a bottle of essential balm from her bosom and dripped it on the rest of the little insects, and sure enough, they were instantly disoriented, tumbling off the bodies of the Dragon Shadow Guards.

She had to deal with the wound on the first guard’s neck right away. Without tweezers, Gu Jiao had to use her hidden weapon—a silver needle—to pry open the wound and pick out the stinger.

Finally, she applied some healing ointment on him.

Throughout the process, Gu Jiao didn’t take any protective measures for herself, yet the insects just wouldn’t bite her. Considering that Qin Fengyang had once carried poisonous insects on her, it could be they only bite dedicated warriors.

But Long Yi was a dedicated warrior too, so why didn’t they bite him?

Now that he knew his brothers were alright, Long Yi stopped playing dead. Perhaps adhering to the principle of sharing both blessings and hardships together, including insect bites, he sat cross-legged on the ground and threw a little insect onto the back of his hand.

He kept throwing it again and again.

It felt like the insect was getting dizzy from the tossing.

Gu Jiao found an empty porcelain bottle, caught a few of the little insects, and put them into it to take back and study.

The four Dragon Shadow Guards sat against the wall; the poison from the insects was too powerful for them, and they needed some time to recover their vitality.

Gu Jiao went to look for medicine, leaving Long Yi to watch over the place.

The courtyard wasn’t large, with only four rooms. Gu Jiao searched them one by one and found a row of medicine shelves in the second to last room.

There were many topical medicinal materials on the shelves—wound-healing ointments, Hemostatic Pills, invigorating pills, and more, but these weren’t the ones Gu Jiao was looking for.

At last, Gu Jiao saw a dozen inconspicuous bottles and jars at the very bottom shelf, containing medicines she didn’t recognize.

“Which one is the antidote? Never mind, just take them all back and see.”

She took out a sack, excluded the external medicines she was certain about, and packed all the unrecognizable ones into the sack.

Qin Chuyu was waiting for the antidote, so Gu Jiao didn’t bother looting anything else, otherwise she would have emptied the manor given her nature.

To be on the safe side, Gu Jiao checked the last room as well, ensuring she hadn’t missed any bottles of medicine before returning to the corridor.

The Dragon Shadow Guards hadn’t been poisoned for long, and their lives weren’t in danger. By this time, they were already able to stand and exert some of their powers.

“Let’s go!” Gu Jiao told them.

Long Yi grabbed Gu Jiao and used his light-body skill to leap out of the courtyard.

The other four, still affected by the residual poison, could only exert three or four-tenths of their usual agility, but it was enough to clear the small courtyard.

Now they had to leave this place and hurry back to the Capital City.

The sky was dark and starless, moonless.

The cold wind of a February night wasn’t as biting as midwinter, but it still cut to the bone.

The night patrols were clearly much stricter than at dusk—groups of ten, one guard and nine Dragon Shadow Guards, patrolled back and forth along the manor’s major thoroughfares.

The hundred Dragon Shadow Guards mentioned by Princess Xinyang did not mean there were only a hundred people in the manor. Counting the normal guards and leaders, there were probably a full two hundred.

Gu Jiao and the five members of Long Yi carefully avoided the patrolling Yan Country men, inching closer to the southern wall of the manor, the place they had entered from earlier.

This was the closest point to the Official Road and the easiest for retreat.

Everything was going smoothly, but unexpectedly, a wild cat suddenly appeared on their path.

This was an unforeseen circumstance; no one expected to encounter a wild cat.

Xiao Hen was afraid of cats.

Therefore, by instinct, Long Yi disliked cats.

When he released his aura, the wild cat got scared and meowed, tumbling down from the wall and hitting a dry branch.

The dry branch made a very slight crackling noise.

To the Dragon Shadow Guards, whose hearing was exceptional, this was a significant sound.

“Someone’s over there!”

A harsh voice from a stranger rang out.

Immediately after, a whole row of cold arrows mixed with hidden weapons came cascading down like a dense net, enveloping the space with an air of chilling murder intent, leaving no room for escape as they aimed to kill the group!

This was the first time Gu Jiao experienced an attack from the people of Shang Country.

It must be said, their methods of attack and strategy were different from ordinary military forces.

Gu Jiao pulled out her Red-Tasseled Spear, braced it against the ground, and with a leap, she rose above the arrow net, avoiding the barrage of attacks.

Meanwhile, Long Yi shook his arms and released two waves of internal energy, pushing aside the four Dragon Shadow Guards by his side, and he himself leapt up, stepping on the arrows flying mid-air and dashing straight toward the patrol team that had fired them.

With a snap, he twisted the neck of the leading guard!

Gu Jiao, getting the hint, said to the four Dragon Shadow Guards, still afflicted by residual poison, “Let’s go!”

The four were reluctant to leave their boss behind.

Gu Jiao tossed them over one by one.

Because the four were poisoned and not in good condition, she actually managed to throw them over.

Gu Jiao: Throwing Dragon Shadow Guards shouldn’t feel this good!

The commotion here alerted the guards within the manor; more and more Dragon Shadow Guards came pouring in. After Gu Jiao threw the last of Princess Xinyang’s Dragon Shadow Guards, she quickly leaped onto the wall herself.

But just as she was about to jump down, a thin rope suddenly reached out from behind, wrapping around her waist.

With a whoosh, she was pulled back into the manor, crashing to the ground with a thud.

Gu Jiao needed to protect the medicine on her, so she couldn’t fully protect herself, taking quite a fall.

Gu Jiao let out a muffled grunt.

The owner of the rope had not yet let go, and with a sharp tug, he pulled Gu Jiao back even more. Gu Jiao picked up the Red-Tasseled Spear from the ground and with a flick of the hand, she plucked off the white cloth wrapped around the spear.

Turning over, she knelt on one knee on the ground, gripping the Red-Tasseled Spear and chopped down fiercely!

With a snap, the thin rope was mercilessly severed by the Red-Tasseled Spear!

The guard who was pulling the rope suddenly lost his lever, stumbling backward and falling to the ground.

The youth knelt on the ground on one knee, donning an ostentatious peacock mask, yet the eyes that were revealed were as ferociously stern as a death god’s.

A Yan Country man who rushed over and saw this scene was momentarily stunned.

His gaze fell on the wolf-like youth, and he was startled by the youth’s prowess and murderous aura.

Agility was one thing; many youths with such talent were common in Yan Country, but his eyes and aura were different from anyone he had encountered.

And there was his Red-Tasseled Spear.

That was—

The Red-Tasseled Spear had big red safflowers affixed to it and small braids tied around it; honestly, it wasn’t recognizable at first glance.

He wanted to take a second look, but the youth was already taken away by that formidable retainer.

…Or perhaps it would be proper to say he was carried away.

“General!” a guard saluted and said, “This subordinate is incompetent, allowing someone to break into the manor!”

The Yan Country man said, “Send someone after them, also, check if anything in the manor is missing.”

“Yes!”

The guard dispatched two groups of troops to act separately.

The Yan Country man looked in the direction where the youth had left, struggling to regain his composure for a long time.

A strategist approached and asked, “General, what are you looking at?”

The Yan Country man gestured with his eyes towards the direction of the courtyard wall: “Did you see that youth just now? Doesn’t he seem familiar?”

“Familiar?” the strategist said, “No, he was wearing a mask, and I couldn’t really see his face.”

The Yan Country man pondered, “Not his face, it’s… it’s that murderous aura.”

The youth hadn’t used many moves nor had there been a bloody scene, but some people naturally have an aura that sets them apart at first glance.

The strategist chuckled and said, “That youth was just so-so, not very formidable. There are many with such skills in Yan Country.”

The Yan Country man frowned deeply, “I just feel he looks familiar… Is it the look in his eyes? Or… is it something to do with his weapon?”

The strategist asked, “Is the general referring to that long spear?”

The Yan Country man muttered, “It’s not an ordinary spear, it’s a Red-Tasseled Spear, which somewhat resembles Xuanyuan Li’s divine weapon… Xuanyuan Li.”

The strategist laughed, “Xuanyuan Li’s Red-Tasseled Spear did indeed end up in Zhan Country, so it wouldn’t be strange if the general saw it. You’re not suggesting, General, that you think you’ve seen a descendant of Xuanyuan Li, are you?”

The Yan Country man sighed, “I’m overthinking it; the men of the Xuanyuan Family have all been executed, not even sparing the infants, there couldn’t possibly be a descendant left in the world.”

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