"Hmph!"
After hearing the foxian woman's words, our General Huaiyan slammed one hand heavily on the table, directly startling the foxian secretary so much that her body trembled.
"Hmph! Speaking of this makes me angry. That guy Jing Yuan—I only asked him to help me find my granddaughter, yet he made me stay here handling Luofu affairs for him, and he's been gone for three whole system hours!"
"Two system hours ago, Yunli already sent me a message through her Jade Abacus saying she was safe. What does this mean? It means he finished the task I gave him two hours ago! So where has he run off to now? Huh?!"
Huaiyan's face was filled with rage; he was so angry that his beard bristled and his eyes widened. Jing Yuan wasn't helping him find his granddaughter at all—this was clearly him sneaking off to play!
"Uh… General Huaiyan, I think General Jing Yuan probably isn't…"
Before she could finish saying "that kind of person," the little secretary was silenced by a glare from Huaiyan. Instantly, she felt extremely embarrassed.
"General Huaiyan, since General Jing Yuan isn't here, I'll trouble you to review this document. It's an urgent file."
"Urgent file? Give it to me."
Upon hearing the word "urgent," Huaiyan's eyes changed slightly, but he showed no major emotional fluctuation.
After taking the document, Huaiyan casually tore off the fire seal stamped with "urgent," then took out the main document from the bag and read it carefully.
"Steppe People?"
After seeing the events involving the Steppe People described in Tingyun's document, Huaiyan's brows furrowed deeply, his two huge grizzled eyebrows forming a "V" shape.
"Jarilo-VI… Isn't that the planet acknowledged by the Aeon of Causality, Lord of Samsara? Company personnel departed from Jarilo-VI heading to the Luofu and were ambushed by Steppe People en route. Moreover, the vast majority of those Steppe People were disguised as Xianzhou people. This…"
Huaiyan quickly realized the seriousness of the situation. These Steppe People disguised as Xianzhou citizens all had legal identities without exception. This meant there was a high possibility that the Xianzhou had already been infiltrated by the Steppe People—a very bad piece of news for the Xianzhou Alliance.
After pondering for a moment, Huaiyan stroked his grizzled beard and then dialed Jing Yuan's phone.
At the same time, in the Alchemy Commission, one of the Six Commissions of the Luofu…
"Alright, the basic treatment is complete. I'll write a prescription for young brother Yanqing. General, you can take the medicine back later and decoct it according to the instructions."
On a tall chair, our Dragon Lady of Medicine Bailu was gently swinging her cute little feet—well, more accurately, her short little legs.
At the same time, the girl held a slightly large brush in her hand, writing and drawing on a sheet of Xuan paper.
"Heave-ho!"
After about a minute, Bailu finally finished writing the prescription. Then, supporting herself on both sides of the chair, she jumped down with effort.
After jumping down from the chair, Bailu did not immediately hand the prescription to Jing Yuan. Instead, she turned around resentfully and glanced at the chair behind her that was tall enough to reach her dragon horns.
'Tch! Who the hell invented such a tall chair? Don't let this lady find out who it was!'
"Here, General Jing Yuan. Just gather the herbs according to the dosage on the prescription. The method for decocting the medicine is also very simple—simmer over low heat until three bowls of water are reduced to one bowl. Of course, you can also ask the Alchemy Commission to help decoct it."
"Hahaha, then thank you, Dr. Bailu. We'll trouble the Alchemy Commission with today's medicinal decoction. For the remaining days, let this child Yanqing handle it himself."
Hearing Bailu's words, our General Jing Yuan laughed heartily. After thinking for a moment, he decided to let the Alchemy Commission decoct today's dose, with Yanqing handling the rest himself later.
"No problem, it's my duty."
Toward Jing Yuan's thanks, our Miss Bailu simply shook her head in a cute, dazed manner, indicating that he didn't need to mind it.
"However, General Jing Yuan, although this is your family matter, I still have to remind you."
"Please don't be too eager in pushing Yanqing. Look at how badly this child is injured. Next time, don't hit him so hard."
"The internal injuries young brother Yanqing suffered—even though he is a Pathstrider—will probably take ten days to half a month to recover."
Bailu patted Jing Yuan's arm, looking like a little adult as she earnestly advised him.
Jing Yuan: '???'
He was more wronged than Dou E! Did this General look like a very brutal person? Why did Bailu associate Yanqing's injuries with him?
"Ahem, Bailu, actually Yanqing's injuries were not caused by me."
For the sake of his reputation and his lifetime of glory, our General Jing Yuan coughed lightly twice and explained somewhat awkwardly.
"Hmm? Is that so?"
Bailu was slightly stunned, then looked again at Yanqing, who was wrapped in several bow-tied bandages.
She remembered that when she treated him earlier, she had used the power of Abundance to dispel the Path power from Yanqing's wounds. That domineering and destructive Path power seemed to be… Destruction?
"Hey hey hey, General Jing Yuan, who injured young brother Yanqing? Was it the former Dragon Lord Dan Feng? I remember hearing from my godfather that young brother Yanqing has been challenging the former Cloud Knights' Five Heroes everywhere…"
"Ah? Cough cough, Miss Bailu, I suddenly remembered that I seem to have left the gas on at the Seat of Divine Foresight. We'll decoct the medicine ourselves when we get back. We won't disturb you any longer, hahaha…"
Seeing Bailu acting like a curious baby and asking about Yanqing's matters, Jing Yuan's heart was so embarrassed he could almost dig out a three-bedroom apartment with his toes.
Of course, not just him—as the person involved, Mr. Yanqing felt the same. Challenging the former Cloud Knights' Five Heroes everywhere? Who the hell was spreading such rumors?!