24. Murong Yun’s Visit
For the next two days, as she had heard, the pharmaceutical companies didn’t cause them any more trouble.
As for materials, Gong Yiling had asked a few shops, and the reply was always the same—they had no extra herbs to supply them.
Of course, was this a problem? Not really.
The herb garden in the Divine Physician’s space was about ten times the size of all the herb suppliers in the city combined.
This number was just a concept. In other words, if Miss Gong wanted to start a raw material trade war, these pharmaceutical companies wouldn’t be able to handle the sheer volume of materials.
But since wealth shouldn’t be flaunted, and the two of them were new here, Yan Chuyue’s casual remark about not having enough materials had actually misled those who wanted to target them.
Of course, these were all afterthoughts.
Now, what she had to do first was, of course—”Hmph—mmm—mmm—ha!”
“Uh—hey—mmm—ha!”
The sounds of exertion echoed through the room. Anyone who didn’t know better would wonder what the two women were doing.
—Actually, they were just moving things. Because the cabinet was too big and heavy, they made these strange sounds.
“But that’s not right.” Yan Chuyue put down the cabinet and asked, puzzled, “We’re both cultivators. Is moving this thing really that tiring?”
“Doesn’t making some noise make it more… atmospheric?” Miss Gong’s figure was completely dwarfed by the cabinet in her hands, but her body wasn’t even a little sweaty.
Moving these things was as easy as drinking water for them.
“And why didn’t you hire a couple of assistants? I’m the only one in this pharmacy, and I have to manage the accounts?”
She clearly had the idea of quitting.
“If I hire assistants, you’ll be the one paying. The finances are in your hands. If you think you can’t handle it, then just hire someone.”
“But I think Qiu Shui and Chun Lian can do it, and you don’t have to pay them.”
Hearing this, Miss Gong immediately retorted with a straight face, “No, absolutely not.”
“What? Are you afraid they’ll find it awkward to see you like this?”
“It’s not awkward… it’s just…”
It just felt that she was at least a young lady who could hold her own before. With this reversal, something just didn’t feel right.
From now on, whenever she went out with someone, it would be like a big sister taking her little sister out… ahem.
Although she did miss Qiu Shui and the others…
As she was thinking about how to explain all this, she heard a knock on their door.
“We’re not open yet. If you have any business, please go to the other pharmacies.”
“Is that so?” After Gong Yiling finished speaking, the person at the door still said, “But my symptoms, it seems only the Divine Physician Yan can treat them.”
This voice… seemed to be?
Yan Chuyue and Gong Yiling, hearing this voice, couldn’t help but look at each other.
Murong Yun?
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In front of these two guests, Miss Gong naturally played the role of a medicine boy, serving tea and water. After she was done, she couldn’t even sit down and rest.
So why did she become a medicine boy in the first place? Wouldn’t it be better to be a junior sister?
As for the conversation between Yan Chuyue and Murong Yun, it naturally revolved around Murong Yun’s physical condition.
“If Your Highness wants to know the progress, just have Lord Yuan send a message to me, and I will pay a visit. Why come out in person?”
Murong Yun took off her disguise and chuckled. “I’m not the kind of patient who can’t even leave the house. Why should I trouble the Divine Physician Yan?”
“I don’t dare to be called a divine physician. Just call me Miss Yan.” Yan Chuyue said, “A true divine physician should have cured the strange Gu and chronic illness that have troubled you for so long on that day. How could there be no significant progress after so many days?”
Murong Yun shook her head. “I know my own problem, and I think Miss Yan is not really making no progress, but because you’re not a hundred percent sure, you haven’t said it, right?”
She was right.
The specific method was indeed described in the Divine Physician’s space.
But the problem was, she first had to understand how this Murong Yun had survived.
She had originally planned to find this method in the Divine Physician’s space. After all, it involved a royal secret. Rashly asking might not yield any results.
However, since Murong Yun had come to her in person, it meant she valued her. In that case, she should be honest about some of the strange things in her body.
“I previously observed Your Highness’s body. Since the scapegoat effect of the Twin Gu has already been activated, I wonder what method you used to save your own life?”
“This…”
Just as Yan Chuyue had thought, both Murong Yun and Yuan Qin showed a hint of difficulty.
This royal secret, unless someone else pointed it out, it probably wouldn’t be easy for them to say it.
“If it involves a royal secret and it’s inconvenient to say more, then I won’t ask.” Yan Chuyue said, “Actually, I can remove the Gu for Your Highness now, but if I don’t know what techniques have been used on you, rashly removing the Gu might be counterproductive.”
Even after saying this, Murong Yun still didn’t reveal the matter clearly.
She just coughed lightly and changed the subject without any concealment.
“I can’t make the decision on this matter. If Miss Yan wants to know, you can ask my royal brother. If he thinks he can tell you, he will be direct.”
“As for why I came to see you today, besides my physical problems, there’s one more thing I want to discuss with you.”
A matter?
Gong Yiling, on the side, couldn’t help but raise an eyebrow.
It seemed that not only did she want to cooperate with this princess, but this princess also had a similar idea.
This had to be mentioned in that quest.
Actually, after she chose her faction, the rest of the quest was quite simple.
Whether it was the quest objective or the quest description, in the end, it was just one sentence.
—Please help her win in the various upcoming struggles.
The system didn’t specify what kind of struggles, just used this very general term.
However, this specific statement actually didn’t have much of a problem. After all, she had seen stranger quests. At most, it just didn’t even bother to give a riddle. And the problem was the reward for this quest.
It not only returned to the system’s original strange style, but it also came with an extra thing. It was this thing that made Miss Gong’s interest suddenly surge.
—A map of the underground divine palace [City of the Desolate God].
