In any case, there was no difference if one more person required medicinal herbs. They would let her have a taste of suffering first.
Their master had said it was okay to contract the epidemic disease a few times.
…
A day later, Xue Ling successfully contracted the disease. She let out a miserable scream in the infected area.
Meanwhile, An Jiuyue and Deputy General Sun returned.
They should have returned earlier, but they were delayed because they picked a lot of medicinal herbs on their journey back.
"We're back, General."
Deputy General Sun came to Qian Jiyun's tent alone to report their return.
"We gathered—"
"Where's Jiuyue?"
Qian Jiyun did not want to hear how many herbs they had picked. He only wanted to hear of An Jiuyue's return.
"Uh…" Deputy General Sun was rendered speechless for a moment.
