Chapter 377: Chapter 377 Seeking Revenge

Qi Yue wordlessly spread her hands.

“There’s none left, and at the earliest, it will take a day to make more.”

Huang Zai’an immediately lost his temper upon hearing this.

“Ah, how can you, child, not make more?”

Qi Yue was also at her wit’s end.

“How was I to know it would work? I had to make a trial batch first to test it out!”

Huang Zai’an was still pouting with his mustache sticking out.

“My dear student, are you perhaps misunderstanding your own abilities? If you’re unclear, let your master enlighten you!”

Qi Yue stiffened.

Alright, seeing as how her master was going out of his way to praise her, she would spare the bond between master and disciple for the time being!

This time, she had actually bet correctly!

Qi Yue asked Huang Zai’an to stay and closely monitor the subsequent reactions of the three patients who had taken the medicine, while she went home to mass-produce the pills.

Once the formula was ready, making the pills was as simple as cooking a meal.

Nevertheless, given the large number required, even with the help of medicine-making machines, Qi Yue and her assistant spent an entire afternoon and half the night on the task.

Early the next day, a long queue formed at the Qi Mansion, with each person receiving one pill.

Since the medicine needed to be kept at a constant temperature and couldn’t all be taken out at once, it had to be consumed on the spot under supervision.

The white, cotton-like substance some people vomited after taking the pills had to be promptly burned and disposed of.

Thus, the distribution had to be managed systematically like this.

After spending an entire day, they finally managed to administer the first round of pills.

But immediately after, they had to start making the second batch.

This was Qi Yue’s latest discovery: although the pill’s effects were quite good, asymptomatic individuals needed to take two pills, while those with blisters needed to take four pills to completely address the issue.

For the frozen patients, further observation was necessary.

So far, the frozen patients who had taken one pill did not show continuous improvement, indicating that other measures might be needed.

After busying herself methodically for two or three days, aside from almost a hundred frozen patients concentrated in the Hu Residence, people with swollen blisters were no longer seen on the streets, shops reopened as usual, and the lives of the people once again returned to normal.

That afternoon, after distributing the last pill, Qi Yue finally collapsed.

She had not slept for more than an hour continuously in four or five days, running on sheer willpower. Once the work was done, she couldn’t hold up anymore.

Once she fell asleep, she did not wake up until noon on the third day.

There was no one in the room, but there were signs that someone had slept beside the bed, and Qi Yue knew it had been Zhao Xiyan keeping her company.

After calling the maid to inquire, she learned that Zhao Xiyan had gone out on business.

After getting ready, she called Hei Lie, who had been guarding the door, to catch up on the events of the past few days.

First, the Feidao Camp of the villains came twice in succession, each time repelled by the Black Feather Guard.

Then Feng Liang led more than a hundred thousand new troops to occupy several strategic towns to the southeast of Longnan County Government, such as Panjia Town and Li Family Gathering.

At the same time, the 150,000-strong Longnan Army at Nanling showed signs of unrest.

Hu Chengfeng, upon learning that Zhao Xiyan had taken control of Longnan County Government, directly gathered 50,000 troops intending to lay siege, only to be controlled by Song Gensheng.

A few hard-core supporters of Hu Chengfeng attempted to start a mutiny, but more than half of the huge army of 150,000 were already swayed by Guan Yidao and Zhang Fang, the two brothers.

As a result, Hu Chengyi was killed, and all his diehard followers were wiped out.

The massive 150,000-strong Longnan Army didn’t cause the slightest ripple; they were all on their side now.

Qi Yue listened with great joy, clapping her hands involuntarily.

“It’s truly impressive, I really didn’t expect my brother Gensheng to actually pull this off!”

“It’s thanks to the master’s well-orchestrated plans that we’ve seen such results…” said Hei Lie as he placed all the recent correspondences in front of Qi Yue, requesting her to review them.

Qi Yue briefly flipped through them and then pushed them aside directly.

“In the future, don’t bring these documents to me; let your Marquis deal with them.”

Hei Lie hesitated for a moment.

“But the Marquis said that you are the master of the Black Feather Order, and you must review and decide on these matters!”

Qi Yue’s head ached upon hearing this.

“Never mind him, just say I ordered him to take care of it and that’ll be the end of it!”

Hei Lie reluctantly agreed and quietly withdrew.

With Zhao Xiyan gone, Qi Yue found it dull to be alone, so she decided to visit Huang Zai’an and check on the Frozen Men.

To her surprise, when she ordered Hei Lie to prepare the carriage, she was sternly refused!

“My lady, the Marquis has ordered that you must not go out before everything is settled, as it is very chaotic outside these days!”

Seeing Hei Lie puffing up his tiger-like eyes, standing firm, Qi Yue laughed in spite of her irritation.

“Tell me, Hei Lie, whose person are you? Whose orders do you follow?”

Hei Lie snapped to attention and declared loudly, “Hei Lie is your servant, my lady, and follows your orders.”

“Well answered; now go prepare the carriage!”

“No, the Marquis said it’s too chaotic outside…”

“If you don’t go, then from now on you can go back to your Marquis…”

As Qi Yue spoke, she directly called the butler to bring the horses.

Upon hearing this, Hei Lie immediately went to prepare the carriage obediently.

However, at the door, he was still muttering.

“My lady, please be careful. Lin An and his Feidao Camp could arrive at any time, and the Marquis is not here…”

Qi Yue knew he was worried, and didn’t say much.

Not to boast, but she was, after all, someone equipped with comprehensive protection tools.

Besides, she hadn’t had a real fight in some days and was actually itching for one.

Lin Changye had been badly injured back then, but he was still alive, which was a regret to her.

Now that his son, Lin Dong, was coming to seek vengeance, it was a good opportunity to settle the score.

The carriage rolled leisurely down East Main Street, heading towards the Hu Residence.

Looking at the contented citizens on the street, Qi Yue’s heart was filled with joy.

Now that Longnan County Government and Longnan Army were under control, once she rescued all these Frozen Men, everything would finally be resolved.

After this, she should focus on advancing her medical knowledge even more.

Mainly, the recent issue with the Immortal Bug’s active nerves had deeply shaken her.

She thought her medical skills were sufficient, but she hadn’t anticipated encountering such a tough problem.

Although she had found a way to contain the Immortal Bug’s active nerves, there were still many unsolved mysteries waiting for her to research.

Lost in thought, the carriage had reached the gate of the Hu Residence.

Qi Yue swiftly hopped off the carriage, glanced around, and teased Hei Lie, “Where’s the danger you spoke of? I don’t see any.”

Hei Lie still looked around vigilantly with wide-open eyes.

“My lady, Lin An is even more fierce and cunning than his father. He hasn’t shown up the last two times, which means he must be plotting something bad; please stay alert!”

Qi Yue curved her lips in a half-smile.

“Alright, then you’ll just have to protect me well. I’m curious to see if Lin An dares to come seek vengeance.”

“Yes, my lady!”

As they spoke, the two had already entered the Hu Residence.

The Hu Residence had completely fallen into decline.

Where there once was a floral wall upon entering, it was now mysteriously withered.

Moreover, since it had housed Frozen Men due to the recent outbreak, even the locals avoided walking down this street, considering it bad luck!

Qi Yue pitied the sight for a moment and continued on.

Huang Zai’an and his group were in the third courtyard, which was spacious enough to accommodate over a hundred Frozen Men.

“Hei Lie, you’re certain my master is here, right?”

“Yes, Doctor Huang specifically mentioned to inform him when you awake.”

“Oh, something doesn’t feel right. There’s not even a sound…”

Before Qi Yue could finish, a “clang” rang out, and a gleaming knife flew straight towards her.

“My lady, be careful!”

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