Murong Yunshu was also surprised. She did not expect that the Soul s.n.a.t.c.her which didn't have any obvious signs, would actually have an antidote.

Without waiting for Chu Changge to answer, Murong Yunshu jumped in and said, "Nope."

"It is not cost-effective to exchange the position of Great Leader for the antidote."

Murong Yunshu remarked with a smile, "A business is still a business."

Chu Changge laughed. He leisurely stood up, pulled at his slightly wrinkled clothes, and said in a loud voice, "I'll await respectfully for you all on the Black Wind Mountain." Then, his head tilted to the side, making a gesture of invitation to Murong Yunshu. "Madam, I've seen enough excitement. Let's go down the mountain with this husband of yours."

"What I want most in my life is the antidote for the Soul s.n.a.t.c.her. As for the Great Leader position, to be honest, I don't want to surrender my status and a.s.sociate myself with these 'gentlemen'." Chu Changge's tone was very arrogant, causing the crowd to be livid.

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Huo Tuo

A Chinese Physician during the late Eastern Han Dynasty. He was the first clinician who used anesthetic in surgery. He was also famous for his abilities in acupuncture, moxibustion, herbal medicine, and medical DaoYin exercises. He is said to have developed the Wu Qin Xi which is the Exercise of the Five Animals, or five animals playing. -

The Li People, a mysterious group that had only appeared in mythology, now lived in the pristine forest outside the northern part of the Daye Dynasty. However, to enter the territory of the Li People, one must pa.s.s through a gate - the Gate of Illusion. The Gate of Illusion was supposed to be true, even if it was hard to tell if the gate really existed, going through the cliffs between the two peaks of the mountain, none could retreat. However, if one went through, one would only fall into ten thousand fathomsfig. extremely deep² abyss. What made the matter worse, the two peak rock walls that formed the Gate of Illusion were bare and unclimbable. None of the people in the group, who had reached perfectionChinese idiom : a superb artistic achievement³ in qinggong"the art of lightness". The body is trained to be "light as feather", so that a person can run at great speed, leap high and drop down softly on the tip of the toe.⁴ except for Chu Changge, thus none could volunteer to climb up the cliff.

"It's too dangerous to let the Leader get up there alone. We've got to figure out how to climb up the cliff." East Guardian said with a gloomy face. The remaining three nodded heavily, then they looked at Murong Yunshu, who had been quite calm since the beginning. "Madam, you're really brilliant, so you should come up with an idea."

"...try to think of climbing mountains as a way to make money." East Guardian suggested as he resisted the urge to vomit blood.

"Why?"

"..." The Four Guardians suddenly appeared dishevelled in the wind. Could it be that she never made any loss in business?

At the foot of the mountain, the crowd waited until the sun was going down, and yet, they still did not see Chu Changge coming down. Murong Yunshu finally lost her cool and looked up at the top of the mountain several times. Her beautiful face showed how anxious and worried she was. While the Four Guardians were like a cat on a hot tin roofChinese idiom : anxious / agitated⁷, continuously whirled around. Only Lu'er alone who blindly wors.h.i.+pped and blindly had optimism on Chu Changge.

No one answered.

Still no one answered.

The more Lu'er thought about it, the hungrier she became. The more she looked at Murong Yunshu, the more sorrowful she became. Her heart muttered, go back to the inn, go back to the inn.....

This realization made Murong Yunshu feel anxious. She raised her hand, somewhat sheepishly, to pin a few strands of messy hair that had been blown against her cheek by the wind, behind her ear, "Let's go back to the inn."

"Then, you guys can keep waiting." Once the words came out of Murong Yunshu's mouth, she turned to leave.

After a long time, East Guardian finally said, "Looking at Madam's cool and calm appearance, I think she must have come up with a good plan."

West Guardian nodded his head in agreement, "Furthermore, the Leader has made his word clear beforehandChinese idiom : forewarn¹² that it is of utmost importance to protect Madam."

"Crow's beakfig. person who has made an inauspicious remark¹³!" The other three guardians South, East and West spoke in unison.

Noob Translator's MusingWhat I found funny was Yunshu thought that Chu Changge wants the antidote not because of her, when it actually is. He doesn't want Yunshu to die because of what had happened to one of his family members, and these two somehow don't know that they actually have feelings for each other. Because of a misunderstanding, Yunshu doesn't want to fall for Chu Changge, while Chu Changge is currently diving into his heart, trying to find why Yunshu is important to him. We will dive together with him in the next chapter.

After reading chapters ahead, I now know why everyone is very fearful of Chu Changge and why the strong Four Guardians can be his guardians. He's strong.

That's the clue.....

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