Just as the two were puzzled, they felt as if the entire Wu Gorge was slowly moving. There were far more gu worms in the gorge than they had expected. It was almost as if the gorge was made up of these insects.
Only then did Yi Qing understand why the people in Wu Gorge lived here without a care. In principle, the karst landform was very fragile, and these cracks in the ground were prone to collapse. However, since this place was almost filled with worms and they could control these insects, they could naturally control this place.
Realizing this, Yi Qing couldn't help but feel more emotional. Fortunately, she had been cautious enough before. Otherwise, Wu Min would really have left her with nothing but bones here.
Lu Tianxun's previous guess was correct. There was indeed a formation outside the Wu Gorge. Coupled with the gu worms in the gorge, once someone entered the gorge without following the fixed route, they would fall into the gorge's trap.
Su Ge led his men to retreat rapidly, but they felt that the number of worms was increasing. The Jedi of the Witch's Eye was truly a place not to be approached.
"How's the situation?" King Zhen saw Su Ge retreating.
"My lord, let's go quickly. This place is full of worms." Su Ge protected King Zhen.
"Do you think you can still leave?" Wu Min swung over directly using the vines on the trees.
Wu Peng followed closely behind, surrounded by many witch slaves.
Su Ge and King Zhen held their swords and stood back to back warily.
"Su Ge? King Zhen?" Wu Peng looked at them in surprise. "Why are you here?"
"We discovered the hiding place of the traitor Xiang Beizheng and accidentally stumbled into this place." Su Ge said hurriedly.
"Nonsense. Kill them all." Wu Min ordered.
"We can't kill them." Wu Peng quickly stopped her. "They are from the royal family."
"As long as they don't have royal blood, there's no reason not to kill them." Wu Min said fiercely.
"They have a good relationship with Lu Tianxun." Wu Peng said directly. He now realized that Lu Tianxun was quite useful to Wu Min.
"Take them back." Wu Min motioned to the witch slaves.
Su Ge was about to resist when Wu Peng signaled him not to. Su Ge looked at King Zhen hesitantly.
"Can you defeat these worms?" King Zhen wasn't afraid of those witch slaves, but the dense mass of worms made his scalp tingle.
Su Ge shook his head.
King Zhen directly put away his sword. "It's a misunderstanding. It's really a misunderstanding..."
King Zhen and Su Ge were taken back to the Wu Gorge. The rest of the people were guarded outside by the witch slaves. They went straight to find Yi Qing and the others.
"Why are you here?" Yi Qing looked at King Zhen and Su Ge.
She and Lu Tianxun had guessed that it might be Zi Su's people, but they didn't expect it to be King Zhen and the others.
"Greetings to Your Highness, King Zhen." Lu Tianxun saluted.
"You've been here all this time?" King Zhen was also quite surprised. His eyes swept over and saw Xiao Jinghan sitting on the bamboo chair. "Xiao Jinghan?"
His shout stunned everyone. Yi Qing looked at King Zhen like he was an idiot. Lu Tianxun unconsciously took a step towards Wu Min. If Wu Min got angry, he could still stop her. Wu Peng wanted to run away. He felt that they were doomed.
Wu Min stared at Yi Qing. She was a bit slow to react.
King Zhen knew he had caused trouble. "I meant that Xiao Jinghan really trusts you..." He tried to cover up.
"No wonder you've been so dedicated. It's because he's Xiao Jinghan." Wu Min finally understood.
Before, she had been a bit puzzled by Yi Qing's actions. As time passed, she thought Yi Qing was really a doctor with a parental heart. She never expected it to be like this.
Yi Qing took a deep breath. "Yes."
She had never figured out how and when to tell Wu Min. Now that King Zhen had exposed it, she felt more at ease.
"You've been lying to me." Wu Min was angry.
"I couldn't let anything happen to him." Yi Qing didn't avoid her gaze. "If you had known from the beginning, would you have let me save him like this?"
Everyone looked at Wu Min.
Wu Min had no reason to lie. "No."
Not to mention back then, even now, she would never have used the ice bed in the forbidden area and wasted so many resources to save another woman's man.
"Then I'm sorry." Yi Qing wasn't angry either. Wu Min wasn't obligated to save Xiao Jinghan. Even so, she remembered this favor.
Lu Tianxun took a step towards Wu Min. "Maybe they were the bridge that brought us together."
Wu Min looked at Lu Tianxun, thought for a while, and suddenly laughed. "Right!"
The tense atmosphere just now instantly relaxed because of Wu Min's laugh. Everyone heaved a sigh of relief.
"Then he's useless now." Wu Min said as she took out the life - prolonging gu. "I heard that the God of War of the Great Jin is extremely skilled in martial arts. From now on, let him be our guard."
"No!" Lu Tianxun became nervous.
Wu Min dripped blood into the gu to activate the life - prolonging gu, but Xiao Jinghan showed no reaction at all.
"How could this be?" Wu Min was surprised. Suddenly, she realized something and stared at Yi Qing coldly. "You stole the art of gu worms from me and removed his life - prolonging gu?"
"Yes." Yi Qing nodded. "However, his gu worm never entered his heart veins from the very beginning. You could never control him."
"Impossible." Wu Min didn't believe it. "Then why can't he wake up?"
This was also what Yi Qing was very curious about. She now knew Xiao Jinghan's physical condition very well, but this was the only question she couldn't figure out.
"Enough." Lu Tianxun looked at Wu Min. "You should go back to the capital with me to meet my parents. Xiao Jinghan is the God of War of our Great Jin. You saved his life, so no one in the Great Jin would dare to touch you. If you must do something to Xiao Jinghan, I'm willing to stay with you and never return to the Great Jin."
Hearing what Lu Tianxun said, Wu Min's expression gradually faded. Then she turned around arrogantly. "Since he's your man, take him out earlier. Don't eat my food and drink my water here. I should even be grateful to you."
Only then did Yi Qing feel relieved. "I will always remember your kindness in saving my husband's life."
"Hypocrite." Wu Min said and left. "Senior brother, send them all out. We don't want to waste the food in our Wu Gorge."
"Sure thing." Wu Peng knew they were safe. This matter was over.
Even Gan Ermei was sent out by Wu Peng. He was worried that if his junior sister had any more suicidal thoughts, she would blame others.
Wu Min returned to her residence. She hadn't lived here for a long time and actually felt a bit unaccustomed to the dampness. But only this kind of dampness wouldn't lie to her.
Lu Tianxun stood at the entrance of the cave.
"They've all left. Why don't you go?" Wu Min sneered.
"I'll stay with you as long as you don't leave."
"You knew from the beginning that he was Xiao Jinghan. For Yi Qing's sake, you've been lying to me."
"Regarding Xiao Jinghan, from either my or Yi Qing's perspective, we had no choice but to hide it from you." Lu Tianxun said sincerely. "Even if you saved Xiao Jinghan, if he died here in your place, not only the Wu Gorge but also the entire Southern Border might be in great danger."
"That has to do with me..." Wu Min didn't finish her sentence.
She rarely left the Wu Gorge and lived freely within it. But she wasn't completely without concerns.
"This was originally a great kindness. Why turn it into hatred?" Lu Tianxun said seriously.
"Why didn't you tell me this after we got together? It's for Yi Qing's sake, isn't it?" Wu Min cared more about this.