Tiered heights and secluded streams, misty willows encircling a pond-
Looking out from the waterside pavilion, past the bamboo grove and reclining rocks, one could see several thousand pear trees of varying heights stretching away to the very edge of the blue heavens. Lotus flowers filled the pond in full bloom, and breezes laden with their fragrance blew in from every direction, refreshing one to the very bones.
At these words, Gu Yi merely gave a soft, cold snort and said nothing.
Seeing her like this, Yin Ruohua, who had deliberately spoken up to provoke her, could not help laughing.
She blinked teasingly, stepped forward, took Gu Yi's fair hand, and gave it a little shake.
"Wretch... who might that be?"
Yin Ruohua drew out the last syllable, watching Gu Yi with a half-smile.
"Asking when you already know." Gu Yi glanced at her coldly.
"Chen Heng has come to Western Su Province? That's hardly surprising. There are only a few months left before the Sweet Glaze Medicine Garden opens.
"If he wants to gather those two External Medicines, Heavenly Wander Mud and Seven-Brilliance Nine-Radiance Zhi, there's a forty or fifty percent chance he won't let this opportunity pass..."
Yin Ruohua paid no mind to Gu Yi's lack of response. After muttering a few words to herself, she asked in puzzlement:
"But how did you know he'd come to Western Su Province? You've clearly been in Qiwu all this time and haven't gone anywhere. Did that Yaksha Attendant of yours see Chen Heng's face herself? They didn't fight, did they? No, even you couldn't beat Chen Heng, much less your attendant.
"Don't tell me she encountered Chen Heng on the road and he casually killed her with a single stroke, and she sent you a message as she was dying?