Xiao Yi Xian

After Lin Yuan left, Mr. Yao took several heavy breaths, then roared at the Myriad Medicine Pavilion workers, "What are you still standing there for? Close the doors. We're not doing business today."

Hearing this, the workers also came back to their senses and hurriedly shut the doors of the Myriad Medicine Pavilion.

Mr. Yao paced back and forth inside the shop, thinking over the situation and what he had to do next, countless thoughts flashing through his mind.

"He wants to find a cave beneath a cliff. Could there be some secret in that cave? Can I get there first? Pah, pah, pah. What the hell am I thinking, you idiot? Greed really has blinded me. Leaving aside whether I can even find it, even if I do, can I keep it?"

"Such a young expert must be a genius from some great faction. I definitely can't afford to offend him. I have to complete what he ordered as quickly as possible, or I'm finished this time. If I do it well, maybe I can even get some rewards."

"A detailed map, a map. What should I do... Got it."

"Everyone, look over here." Mr. Yao patted his palm, drawing everyone's gaze to himself, then said in a deep voice, "You all know what happened. This time, we must properly complete that lord's instructions. This concerns our lives. That lord's strength far surpasses the strongest person in Qingshan Town. If we don't handle this properly, we will all die. I hope everyone can work together to get through this crisis. For the next few days, your pay will be five times the usual."

When the Myriad Medicine Pavilion workers heard this, they were both surprised and delighted, and they all echoed Mr. Yao's words.

"Yes, we'll listen to Steward Yao."

"Steward Yao, hurry and tell us what to do."

Mr. Yao pressed his hands down and said in a deep voice, "I've already thought of a method. Zhang He, Zhang Hai, you two go and find every cartographer in Qingshan Town. Wang Xiang, Zhao Ping, go to several map shops and buy a few copies of every kind of map of the nearby Magical Beast Mountain Range. Xiao Yi Xian, you and I will invite some old mercenaries who often explore the Magical Beast Mountain Range. Everyone else, stay in the shop and prepare the venue and everything else. Time is urgent this time. If you run into problems, don't worry about the price. Add money to solve them. Everyone, move out. In addition, remember to keep this matter secret."

"Yes."

"Yes."

After that, everyone set off to handle the tasks they had been given.

Mr. Yao looked at Xiao Yi Xian, but suddenly recalled Lin Yuan praising her beauty, and another thought could not help forming in his mind. "If this mission isn't completed, perhaps I can offer Xiao Yi Xian to that lord as compensation. That lord doesn't look very old either, just at the age when a youth begins to yearn for women. Perhaps..."

As the thought flashed through his mind, Mr. Yao's tone toward Xiao Yi Xian also became gentler. "Xiao Yi Xian, many mercenaries in Qingshan Town owe you favors. I'll have to trouble you when we ask some of them for help this time."

"Mr. Yao, you are too polite. I'm also a member of the Myriad Medicine Pavilion. It's only right that I contribute effort," Xiao Yi Xian nodded and said.

"Then there's no time to lose. Let's set off at once!"

Immediately, the two quickly walked toward a mercenary company's base. After they left the Myriad Medicine Pavilion, the corners of Lin Yuan's mouth, who was lying on the rooftop of a shop, curved upward. He had been using Soul Perception from nearby to monitor the Myriad Medicine Pavilion the entire time.

"Xiao Yi Xian really didn't reveal any information. Looks like she wants to find time to explore that cave. This is excellent. My little performance wasn't wasted."

"That hint of mine, the Myriad Medicine Pavilion steward should have understood it. My regard is both protection for Xiao Yi Xian, and also..."

Very quickly, the Myriad Medicine Pavilion completed its preparations for drawing the map. The best cartographers in Qingshan Town and many mercenaries who had explored the Magical Beast Mountain Range for years also came to the Myriad Medicine Pavilion under the assault of added payment, and began the tense work of mapmaking, preparing to create the most detailed map of the surrounding Magical Beast Mountain Range.

At sunset, everyone had already completed part of the map. At this moment, Xiao Yi Xian walked to Mr. Yao's side.

"Mr. Yao, I can't help much here anymore, so I'll head back first."

"Mm, Xiao Yi Xian, you've worked quite hard during this period of time. I'll handle the rest. The shop won't open for the next few days either, so go back and rest properly." Because he intended to use Xiao Yi Xian as a bargaining chip to curry favor with Lin Yuan, Mr. Yao's attitude toward Xiao Yi Xian had become much more polite.

Xiao Yi Xian nodded, then turned and walked outside.

"With that tone and attitude, it seems Mr. Yao needs something from me. The change started after that person came by. Is it because that person praised me?" Xiao Yi Xian looked gentle and innocent on the outside, but as someone with the potential to rise from an ordinary physician to the master of a sect within a few years, she was extremely intelligent, and soon guessed a few things.

Mr. Yao looked at Xiao Yi Xian's departing figure, his gaze lingering on the willow waist bound by a green ribbon. As he looked at that slender waist that seemed barely large enough to fill one hand, his heart grew somewhat heated. Suddenly, the cold face of a young man flashed through his mind, and a chill could not help rising in his heart. He shook his head. Compared to a beauty, he cherished his life more. A beauty like this was destined to have nothing to do with him.

After Xiao Yi Xian left the Myriad Medicine Pavilion, her face was as usual as she walked toward her home, continuing to analyze the situation in her heart.

"A cave that even an expert like that values must contain many treasures. Since I was fated to discover it first, I definitely can't miss it."

"That person will come back in three days, so I have to explore that cave beneath the cliff within three days. Otherwise, once that person returns and gets the map, I might run into him if I go looking again. That's too dangerous."

"If I take it in advance, no one should suspect me. After all, my strength isn't enough to reach that place alone. They definitely won't imagine I have a flying magical beast companion like Xiao Lan."

"There's no time to lose. I'll make preparations tonight and tomorrow during the day, then have Xiao Lan take me there tomorrow night."

Having made her decision, Xiao Yi Xian quickened her pace and headed toward some shops. She needed to prepare some self-defense items in advance.

"Looks like Xiao Yi Xian has already begun preparing to explore the cave. She's quite meticulous in how she does things too, even buying items from several different shops."

In the distance, the corners of Lin Yuan's mouth, who had been paying attention to Xiao Yi Xian all along, also gained a hint of a smile. He greatly admired a woman who possessed potential, beauty, and intelligence alike.

"Occasionally making a guest appearance as a flower guardian in the dark is rather interesting."

The next evening.

Xiao Yi Xian smoothly arrived at a small hillside outside Qingshan Town. She patted her chest, feeling a burst of relief in her heart. After leaving the town, she had actually not run into a single person. She was simply too lucky. It seemed even the heavens felt that she ought to obtain the treasure inside the cave.

Xiao Yi Xian took a bamboo flute from her bosom, placed it by her lips, and blew gently. A strange flute sound came from within the flute, echoing through the quiet night sky.

"Cry!"

Not long after the flute sound spread, a sharp eagle cry rang out in the night sky.

Under the moonlight, an enormous blue eagle flew swiftly from the depths of the mountains. In moments, it had reached the air above Xiao Yi Xian and began circling.

Xiao Yi Xian waved her hand. The blue eagle bent down, and when it neared the ground, its wings shook, and it skillfully stopped beside Xiao Yi Xian. Xiao Yi Xian's dress also fluttered with the wind in the air current. Her beautiful and gentle face, her slender waist, and her fluttering dress formed an intoxicatingly beautiful scene beneath the night sky.

Xiao Yi Xian brushed the hair by her ear that had been messed up by the air current, then nimbly turned over and climbed onto the blue eagle's back. She touched the blue eagle's head, and a gentle voice mixed with a little excitement rang out in the night sky.

"Let's go, Xiao Lan!"

The blue eagle shook its wings and carried Xiao Yi Xian toward the Magical Beast Mountain Range.

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