If she escaped from prison, the people of Thousand Miles would inevitably initiate a carpet search, and that would only hinder her own progress in finding the Space.
Therefore, Bai Junjun, no matter how much she wanted to go out, could only grit her teeth and wait for them to release her, then learn from Lady Lin and strike a retaliatory blow.
The Caped Old Man watched at the doorway for a while, until Bai Junjun began to suspect that the man had fallen asleep standing up; then, at last, the old man made a move.
He slightly moved his feet and asked, "Do you know where this is?"
Bai Junjun and Li Wenli timely shook their heads, indicating they did not know.
The old man curled his lips, "Not knowing is more fortunate than knowing. After you leave, don’t even think about coming back here to snoop around, or you won’t be so lucky next time."
After the old man finished speaking, he raised his hand, and two people emerged from behind him, each holding a tray with a medicinal bottle on it.
The two bearers walked up stiffly to Bai Junjun and Li Wenli, holding the medicine, and then the old man spoke again.
"There are two medicinal pills here, just eat them and you can leave."
Bai Junjun looked at the medicinal pill and curled her lips with a smile, "What is this?"
"It’s naturally something to seal your lips. As long as you don’t mention this to outsiders, this medicinal pill will merely be a decoration."
Bai Junjun raised an eyebrow. Were there really poisons in the world that functioned similarly to her Special Ability seeds? But... could it truly discern what others had said?
The old man curled his lips with a smile, "If you don’t believe it, you are welcome to try."
"What if we don’t eat it?"
"Then I’m sorry, but you can leave only when you eat it."
After the old man finished speaking, the two bearers with the trays squatted slightly, placing the trays in front of Bai Junjun and Li Wenli.
The pills in the bottle were about the size of a fingernail, pitch black and indiscernible, yet a faint scent of medicine wafted over.
At this moment, everyone in the room was watching the two prisoners, waiting for their decision.
After quite a while, the people in the cell finally moved.
Bai Junjun silently reached out, took the medicinal pill from the bottle, and tossed it into her mouth.
Li Wenli followed suit and ate as well.
Seeing the two swallow the pills, the old man finally curled his lips in satisfaction, "Since both of you are willing to take the medicinal pills, you must abide by the agreement, otherwise breaking the agreement is a serious matter."
Having said that, he led the way out of the cell, while the two bearers continued to stand still, waiting for a moment until it seemed they had digested the pills sufficiently.
Then they unlocked the door: "You can go now."
Li Wenli and Bai Junjun silently got up and walked outside.
The two bearers put the black hoods back on their heads and then led them through a serpentine route outwards.
The journey to lead them in was tinged with apprehension, but the journey out had their footsteps brisk with impatience as if they wished they could fly away on wheel-like winds.
Not knowing how long they walked, Bai Junjun only felt that this journey seemed much longer than the last before they finally came to a stop.
Their guides instructed them to stay put, count to one thousand, and then they could remove their blindfolds.
The two nodded, standing in place for a long while, and only after the footsteps around them disappeared did they take off their hoods.
Looking carefully, wasn’t this the path at the foot of the mountain?
The two bearers had actually led them to the foot of the mountain.
Without further delay, they pretended to walk towards the town.
Only when they were sure that no one was trailing them did Bai Junjun and Li Wenli join hands and vanish into the woods together.
At this time, the Space was still clear and sunny, filled with birdsong and the fragrance of flowers.
Bai Junjun used her Special Ability to force the poison out of her body.
She had wrapped the medicinal pill with her Special Ability, preventing it from dissolving.
Turning around, Li Wenli was also using the same method to force the medicinal pill out of his body.