Gui Yunxi turned shakily, looking towards the person sitting cross-legged on top of the carriage.
He could hear their conversation inside clearly, and he thought the person above must have also heard everything clearly.
Their words frightened him half to death—firstly, he genuinely feared being killed to silence witnesses, and secondly, he was afraid that their unrestrained talk would anger the King of Hell on top of the carriage, who might just squash them dead.
Regardless, he really felt like slapping the two women inside the carriage to death.
Yu Jizi opened his eyes and nodded at Gui Yunxi.
Gui Yunxi pulled on the reins, bringing the carriage to a stop at the side of the road, his hand holding a black blindfold.
When he looked up again, he noted that there was no one on the roof of the carriage; Yu Jizi, elusive as a ghost, had disappeared without a trace.
Searcy was let out of the carriage, and Gui Yunxi hastily handed her the black cloth.
Searcy rolled her eyes at him and cursed, "Lackey!"
With that said, she grabbed the black cloth and tied it around her head to cover her eyes.
Gui Yunxi guided her behind some bushes and stepped aside, saying, "Make it quick; I’ll watch out for you."
Searcy said, "Move farther away, and don’t you dare peek."
The corner of Gui Yunxi’s mouth twitched as he retorted indignantly, "Who would peek and risk getting styes? Do I look like that kind of person?"
After Searcy had taken care of her needs, Gui Yunxi helped her back onto the carriage.
On the road, not seeing Yu Jizi anywhere around, Gui Yunxi whispered near Searcy’s ear, "Stop talking nonsense in the carriage; everything’s audible from outside, that old pervert has been sitting on top of the carriage all this time."
Searcy stumbled, and if not for Gui Yunxi’s support, she would have fallen.
When she returned, she told Gu Youyou about this, and Gu Youyou, fuming, banged hard on the roof of the carriage and cursed at the old pervert several times before she calmed down.
Thus, there was no peace throughout the journey; the two women kept jeering and taunting each other inside the carriage.
Gui Yunxi glanced at the person on the roof of the carriage, who remained calm, seemingly oblivious to everything.
If it weren’t for him always opening his eyes immediately upon being called, Gui Yunxi would have thought the old man had entered the legend of a meditative trance and wasn’t listening to anything at all.
Gui Yunxi felt he was wrong to have warned them.
Jin Zijin hadn’t immediately gone to Qi Mountain; his master was getting old and couldn’t rely on him for everything.
Besides, he first needed to go to Sanqing Temple to find Yue Rujing—Gu Youyou had been taken; what about the other medicine people?
Coincidentally, on that day, Yue Rujing received a message; just when he was anxious about how to convey this news to his senior brother, the senior brother returned.
Yet today’s senior brother looked different from usual.
His face was pale, and after being poisoned, it was rare for him to look this white.
His appearance was weak, his eyes pitch black—a senior brother was the most terrifying.
"What happened?" Yue Rujing couldn’t wait to tell him the important news and hurriedly asked Jin Zijin.
To him, no matter how big the problem was, his senior brother’s well-being was more important.
Jin Zijin had been injured and was exhausted from traveling, his body severely depleted.
He sat down on a low stool and said weakly, "Youyou has been taken away by Yu Jizi. Are the medicine people in Lingnan still safe?"
A tremor went through Yue Rujing’s heart, as that was exactly what he was going to discuss.
What should they do now?
Yue Rujing gripped the letter his father had sent and hid it behind his back.
Jin Zijin glanced at him weakly and said, "Bring it here."
"Senior brother," Yue Rujing moved his hand back further and took a step back.
Jin Zijin sighed, "Were they also taken away?"