"Bu Er, quick, go and help him!"
At Jiang Zhizhou's words, Bu Er focused at once and hurried forward, raising a hand to support Yang Qing, only to see him wave him off gently.
"It's all right. I can still bear it."
Yang Qing's voice was as faint as a thread. Though his face was pale, his eyes remained bright and alert, without the slightest sign of anything amiss, and Bu Er felt an inexplicable easing in his heart.
It seemed there was some truth to what Pei Buji had said.
Yang Qing took a moment to recover, then stood again and said to Bu Er, "It's not as painful as before, but I feel terribly lightheaded."
After swallowing all those Sky Mushrooms, Yang Qing felt as though he had just taken a turn through the court of the King of Hell.
But he had come back.
"Young master, has it...?"
Bu Er looked anxiously at Yang Qing, hoping to glean something from his words.
After all, the Sky Mushroom was something he had never heard of, let alone seen.
"A little better than before. As for anything else, we'll have to give it time," Yang Qing said.
Even if the Sky Mushroom truly possessed the miraculous powers Pei Buji had described, there was no way to tell just yet.
Bu Er nodded at that and said no more.
Yang Qing moved, about to lean on Bu Er's arm to climb into the carriage, when his gaze fell on Jiangli, lying nestled in the crook of his arm.
"This little thing..."
Before Yang Qing could finish, Pei Buji picked up his words. "Since this little thing has already attached itself to you, naturally you must take it along. Otherwise, there's no telling what trouble it might cause."
Pei Buji had