The Blind Youth

It was precisely by virtue of this geography that made men and dogs alike detest it that the Qiu Kingdom had managed to muddle along and survive to this day.

This time, Xue Fuyao did not let the Shadow Guards go ahead to scout the path; instead, she had them disguise themselves as guards of an Escort Agency to escort her all the way.

And although Xue Fuyao's appearance had changed compared to two years ago and she had blossomed considerably, between her brows and eyes there still remained the shadow of the former Xue Imperial Clan, so in order to avoid trouble, she changed her appearance once more, even swapping her gender.

A thoroughly ordinary set of facial features coupled with a somewhat plump physique could not be said to be worlds apart from her true looks-it bore no relation to them whatsoever.

To put it without exaggeration, even her own biological father might not necessarily be able to recognize her.

Because the location where they currently found themselves was right on the border, they were very close to the Qiu Kingdom, but even so, pressing forward at full speed would still require ten days' time.

Shadow One estimated that they might need half a month because their numbers were relatively large, and along this road they also needed to purchase the medicinal herbs they required.

In addition, Xue Fuyao also wanted to deal with some things she had previously brought out from the imperial palace, such as those tables, chairs, and benches.

Though they were all ordinary furniture, they were crafted from superior timber.

In the Cultivation Realm, these items were worthless, so she prepared to take advantage of the present to quickly convert them into cash.

Although Spirit Stones were also used as currency in the Cultivation Realm, most of the time people still settled accounts with gold and silver; Spirit Stones were used more as cultivation resources.

Because she worried that handling these matters on the border of the Xue Kingdom would expose her whereabouts, Xue Fuyao decided to go to other countries.

One had to know that goods from the Xue Kingdom were extremely popular in other countries, particularly out on the grasslands.

Thus, their journey increased once more.

As Shadow Five flicked his horse whip, the wheels of the carriage rolled along with a clatter, and Xue Fuyao could not help using her hand to gently lift a corner of the carriage window curtain, turning her head to gaze at the country she left behind.

Once she walked away like this, she truly had no idea when the next time would be that she returned; perhaps she would never come back at all.

She looked again toward the direction of Lingjiu Mountain, and after a long while, just as she prepared to put down the curtain and withdraw her gaze, she suddenly saw not far away a blind, emaciated youth being driven away by someone.

The blind youth was holding things in his hands, his complexion pale, walking step by step, and looking at the direction he walked, it seemed to be the direction of Lingjiu Mountain.

Could this person be...

"Shadow One." Xue Fuyao called out.

The next second, Shadow One's voice sounded, "Young Master, what are your instructions?"

"Go and handle a matter for me."

That very night, just as Lu Huo was following the memories in his mind, walking step by step toward Lingjiu Mountain and preparing to end this remnant of a life, he suddenly collided with a solid torso.

Knocked to the ground, Lu Huo scrambled up with difficulty and apologized hastily, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I didn't do it on purpose."

Shadow One looked at the blind youth, not understanding why Her Highness had sent him on this trip; however, Her Highness must have her reasons for doing this, so he should hurry and finish the mission-otherwise, if he went back, he would miss dinner.

The blind youth's eyes were not congenital, but caused by falling ill with a fever in his childhood, and when he went to the Cultivation Realm they were actually already cured, but for some unknown reason, he had gone blind again.

Xue Fuyao had let Shadow One find the blind youth not because she wanted to root out the weed, but to let Shadow One cure the blind youth's eyes and incidentally give him a sum of money.

Xue Fuyao never regretted snatching away the blind youth's fortuitous encounter, nor would she hypocritically think that she was doing this to save the blind youth either.

If they did not meet, then so be it; since she had let herself encounter him, then she would help where she could, although she was also not certain whether that blind youth was the blind youth she thought he was.

Yet even if it was not, it did not matter; she would just consider it doing a good deed.

Shadow One forcefully fed Lu Huo a Pill; this Pill was found from inside the cave, and it was rumored that a single pill would cure a hundred ailments, so it ought to be able to treat eye afflictions as well.

Apart from this, Shadow One also shoved a bundle of silver into Lu Huo's hands, which was enough for him to live on henceforth.

After finishing all this, he departed.

Meanwhile, while in a daze, Lu Huo suddenly felt his eyes itching, and right on the heels of that they began to shed tears uncontrollably.

As he cried on and on, he suddenly sensed that before his eyes was no longer nothingness, but rather a little bright light appeared.

As the bright light grew larger and larger, Lu Huo discovered in pleasant surprise that he was actually able to see.

He surveyed his surroundings in joyous astonishment; the last time he had been able to see things was a very, very long time ago.

Lowering his head to look at the things in his embrace, his eyes widened abruptly.

So much, so much silver.

Thinking of the event that had just occurred, all of this was just like being in a dream.

Lu Huo turned around, knelt toward the direction Shadow One had just left, and kowtowed several heavy thuds.

With this money, he would not need to die.

Clutching the silver, Lu Huo ran off in the opposite direction of Lingjiu Mountain without looking back.

On the other side, after listening to Shadow One's report, Xue Fuyao did not take this matter too much to heart.

They had already left the territory of the Xue Kingdom, and just now Xue Fuyao had sorted out the items that needed to be traded tomorrow.

Aside from various precious pieces of furniture, there were also all kinds of cloth fabrics.

Xue Fuyao herself had no use for these fabrics, and Shadow One and the others needed them even less, but to the grassland people these fabrics were fine goods that could be exchanged for quite a few animal pelts.

After taking the items out, Xue Fuyao handed all the remaining matters over to Shadow One and the others. Of course, she was not idle either, as she stayed inside the carriage making the medicinal water capable of isolating toxic miasmas.

These medicinal waters were not for drinking, but rather for soaking garments in them and wearing them upon the body; besides this, the cloth material covering the mouth and nose also needed to be soaked, and the longer the soaking time, the better.

Moreover, the clothes could not be used continuously-a single set of clothing could only be worn for one day at most, after which the medicinal efficacy would expire, so they needed to be constantly replaced, creating a relatively large demand and consuming even more medicinal herbs.

Fortunately Xue Fuyao possessed a Storage Bag; as soon as she finished making a barrel, she immediately tossed the garments in to soak, and then stored the barrel away inside the Storage Bag.

Because the scent of the medicinal herbs was rather pungent, almost no one dared to approach the vicinity of the carriage Xue Fuyao rode in; it was only because Shadow One and the others were accustomed to it that they could remain around the carriage without changing their expressions.

Yet it was precisely because of this foul odor that no one dared to draw near, saving them a lot of trouble.

A few days later, Shadow One and the others successfully exchanged all the useless things in Xue Fuyao's hands-such as various furniture pieces, fabrics, vases, and flowers-for pelts, meat, and various dairy products.

Turning back to buy some wheat-flour foods, vegetables, fruits, and firewood, they would not need to worry about their meals along this road.

Leaving the grasslands behind, the pace of Xue Fuyao and her party visibly accelerated quite a bit.