Waiting until Hua Wushang had left far away, Feng Bailing then pretended to be completely unaware and asked.

"What exactly happened?"

Dongfang Yong disdainfully glanced at Feng Bailing.

"Scared to death if told."

Feng Bailing chuckled dryly twice.

"You better ensure that you won't get injured during the Competition Among Ten Countries."

Saying this, she skillfully found some medicinal herbs for stopping bleeding that she had picked along the way and applied them to the White Wolf.

Dongfang Yong opened his mouth, and although he didn't think much of Feng Bailing's strength, her medical skill was genuinely good.

He smirked and then began to talk about what happened under the cliff.

He and the White Wolf encountered a Horned Snake under the cliff, and a struggle ensued between the man, wolf, and snake.

The Horned Snake was injured, but its strength was still formidable, barely reaching a stalemate with both him and the wolf.

Fortunately, the White Wolf suddenly grew more powerful and, in a close-quarters attack, bit into the Horned Snake's vital spot.

The Horned Snake bled like a fountain, and with its dying breath, it desperately coiled around the White Wolf and fiercely bit it.

After the Horned Snake died, an inner core rolled out from its vital spot wound.

The White Wolf was also seriously injured at the time, bleeding profusely and could not stand in the snow, fainting away.

Dongfang Yong was in a slightly better condition, having only sustained some minor injuries, so he carried the White Wolf up the cliff.

"And the inner core?"

Feng Bailing understood that the White Wolf killed the Horned Snake for that inner core.

For beasts and human alchemists who cultivate, there's a difference; beasts can cultivate much faster by swallowing inner cores.

In Feng Bailing's eyes, this White Wolf had a very robust physique, and though it had been bitten by the Horned Snake, it smartly avoided the vital areas. Looking at the wound, the flesh and blood had already healed.

This constitution was truly monstrous.

Feng Bailing was even more satisfied with the White Wolf, believing that having it help them in the Competition Among Ten Countries would be like adding wings to a tiger.

According to Dongfang Yong, the Horned Snake had been meticulously raised by someone; it had been feeding on the flesh and blood of the mighty, and its inner core was no ordinary thing – it was called the Treasure of Dacang Mountain.

"What are you looking at me for? Do I look like the kind of person who would take advantage of the situation and keep the treasure for myself? I fed the inner core to it."

Dongfang Yong said, pointing to the White Wolf with a pained expression on his face.

The Horned Snake had grown horns, its inner core didn't need to be mentioned, extraordinarily exceptional.

Dongfang Yong hesitated when he picked up the inner core, but seeing that the White Wolf was severely injured, he wondered if the beast could survive the rugged wilderness.

Dongfang Yong then gritted his teeth and stuffed the inner core into the White Wolf's mouth, and after eating the inner core, the wolf's breathing indeed became much more profound.

Only after that did Dongfang Yong carry it up the cliff.

"You actually do have a bit of courage."

Feng Bailing nodded, seeing Dongfang Yong in a new light.

Dongfang Yong snorted coldly.

There was also Dugu Xiaojin who was looking at Dongfang Yong.

The situation at that time was more dangerous than what Dongfang Yong had described.

He was bitten by the Horned Snake and was at death's door.

Luckily, that inner core saved both him and Baishan.

But all this, Dugu Xiaojin could not say.

Looking at Dongfang Yong, his feelings became a bit more complex. This trip to Dacang Mountain, Dugu Xiaojin gained a lot - for the first time, he had companions.

That Third Uncle, who usually seemed annoying, unexpectedly had a different side.

During the conversation, the White Wolf awoke. It staggered to its feet, still looking a bit dazed, glancing at Dugu Xiaojing, then at Feng Bailing.

Without waiting for Feng Bailing to speak, the White Wolf spit out a token from its mouth and hurriedly ran into the mountain.

"Hey, White Wolf, you're still injured. Come back with us."

Dongfang Yong said anxiously.

Feng Bailing waved her hand dismissively.

"This wolf is proud and spiritual. Ordinary people can't control it. It would be inconvenient for us to live with it. I think it will come to us when the Competition Among Ten Countries begins."

Feng Bailing picked up the Token that White Wolf had dropped. Her gaze turned solemn in an instant.

That was a token from the Grandmaster Mansion.

After escaping with Dongfang Yong and Xiaojin, Feng Bailing and the others descended the mountain together.

On the way, they encountered Baishan, who had lost his way.

Xiaojin clung to Baishan tightly, not saying a word all the way.

Upon arriving at Prince Shun's Mansion, Dongfang Yong and Dugu Xiaojin were hurriedly sent to Lu Yin for healing by the anxious Hong Xuan.

Feng Bailing went to find Dugu Wu.

She had also heard that the representatives of several countries and Xiao Junci had entered the city together.

On the way, Dugu Wu felt unwell and returned to Prince Shun's Mansion earlier, for which Xiao Junci ridiculed him.

How could it be that Dugu Wu fell ill again?

Feng Bailing had been treating Dugu Wu all this while.

The poison in his leg had been almost entirely cleaned out, but to stand up, he still needed to replace it with an artificial joint.

Currently, Feng Bailing's seventh sense, after several attempts, could not get the first-aid kit to provide an artificial joint.

Outside the study, Feng Bailing could hear the Dean's anxious voice.

"Dugu, you can't keep pushing yourself. You should just give up on the Competition Among Ten Countries this time. I'll go and speak to the Emperor for you."

"Dean, I must participate in this Competition Among Ten Countries."

Dugu Wu's voice was cold and clear.

"You're too stubborn."

The Dean couldn't persuade Dugu Wu, and when he looked up, he saw Feng Bailing walking in.

"Bailing, please persuade Dugu properly. His body simply can't withstand such a massive use of Wen Energy at once."

The Dean shook his head, signaling Feng Bailing to persuade Dugu Wu, then walked out himself.

"Are you feeling unwell?"

Feng Bailing casually placed the token on the desk, intending to feel Dugu Wu's pulse.

As soon as she touched Dugu Wu's hand, her face changed.

"Where is your Gang Qi?"

What surprised Feng Bailing was that there was not a hint of Gang Qi left in Dugu Wu's body, as if it had been sucked out all at once.

Dugu Wu's body harbored several kinds of poison, and the Gang Qi, together with Feng Bailing's treatment, had suppressed the toxins.

However, this Gang Qi also couldn't be misused; once it was, it would activate the poison, which would then spread throughout Dugu Wu's body.

Feng Bailing had known Dugu Wu for so long and had yet to see him so "depleted."

"It's just a scare; I'll recover in a few days."

Dugu Wu picked up the token. Seeing Feng Bailing and Xiaojin return safely, Dugu Wu felt that everything he had done was worth it.

Feng Bailing wanted to ask about the Wen Energy, but seeing Dugu Wu's appearance, he seemed to have no intention of discussing it.

She was somewhat frustrated. She and Dugu Wu weren't at the stage where they shared everything; after all, they were only in a sham marriage.

"This is Grandmaster Nalan's token, where did you get it from?"

"It's actually the Old Grand Preceptor's token..."

The token was found in the Snake Cave, and according to Dongfang Yong, it was turned over by the White Wolf from one of the corpses at the time.

After she relayed the information, Dugu Wu understood the whole story.

"To think they wouldn't even spare the Old Grand Preceptor's corpse, have the people from Crown Prince Mansion gone mad."

Feng Bailing couldn't help but sigh.

"With this, I have even more reason not to drop out of the Competition Among Ten Countries."

Dugu Wu said in a heavy voice.

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