Cai Wei was anxious, urging her horse to gallop swiftly. As the sky hadn’t completely darkened, she dared not let the white tiger out prematurely, she could only depend on the horse beneath her to advance!
By the time she reached the city gate of Yushu County, the sky had finally darkened completely. The city gate was long locked up. Cai Wei pulled her horse into Space, and after glancing around for a moment, she called out to the white tiger.
"White tiger, can you carry me over this city wall?"
"..." The white tiger did not answer, instead, it raised its head to look at her, indicating with the gaze of the king of beasts that looks down upon the world —— was that even a question?
In fact, for a Divine Beast like the white tiger, leaping over a city wall was indeed a trivial matter. It was as simple as lifting its paw. It lightly leaped over the several zhang high city wall in just one leap!
After landing, Cai Wei jumped off its back, letting it return to Space, and then released the horse again.
There were many people and mixed views in the city, and the sky had just darkened recently, she had to act cautiously.
Cai Wei rode on her horse, following Brother Parrot’s guidance, taking several turns, she finally found the Feather Shop where her father was lodged in the remote West Suburb of the county town.
Feather Shop, a type of cheap inn often stayed by the poor when they were outside. Staying for one night only required two copper coins. The inn didn’t have any beds, quilts, not even to mention things like tea and a charcoal basin. All it had was a room full of chicken feathers. After guests check in, they have to sleep in a pile of chicken feathers. Although they wouldn’t freeze to death, the hard ground and the bad smell of chicken feathers was definitely a torment for the lodgers!
Seeing that her dad had to stay in such a place, Cai Wei’s heart ached and she hated Lady Mu Bai even more for being so merciless.
At this moment, Mu Zhongqing was curled up in a mess of chicken feathers, shaking slightly, seemingly having a fever.
Ignoring the foul smell of the chicken feathers, Cai Wei walked over to Mu Zhongqing and squatted down next to him, calling softly.
The faint moonlight passed through the ragged window paper, seeping into the room. Under the mottled moonlight, Mu Zhongqing, lay unconscious in the pile of smelly chicken feathers, completely unresponsive.
Cai Wei panicked. She reached out, touched Mu Zhongqing’s forehead, and was immediately shocked. Her father was having a fever, fever as hot as charcoal, had been burning for who knows how long and he had already fainted!
"Master Tortoise, Master Tortoise, come out quickly and see what’s wrong with my dad!" In an emergency, Cai Wei called Master Tortoise from Space regardless of everything.
This was the first time she had called Master Tortoise out since she had obtained the Space. After coming out, Master Tortoise drew his neck in uneasily, seemingly afraid of the cold.
Unlike Brother Parrot, Chang Mei, and the white tiger, he didn’t have a coat of fur to fend off the cold. For him, who could only hibernate in winter, facing this extremely cold temperature was undoubtedly cruel!
Master Tortoise shrunk his neck and moved to Mu Zhongqing’s side, examined his pulse for a while, then said gravely:" Oh, Master, Old Master must have experienced many hardships recently, he probably hasn’t had enough food for several months, overworked and stressed, several kinds of metaphorical fires have accumulated and turned into this illness. This illness, it’s rushing ferociously!"
Upon hearing these words, Cai Wei was heartbroken, and asked with a trembling voice: "Master Tortoise, don’t just scare me, quickly tell me how do we treat my father’s illness?"
The old turtle replied patiently: "Why the rush? As the saying goes, ’illness comes like a mountain crash, and leaves like spinning silk.’ Old Master’s illness is attacking ferociously, how can it be cured instantly? Let me go back and prepare some medication for Old Master. You stay here and care for him, I assure you, within three days, I will present you with a healthy father!"