Chapter 8

Qin Lily leisurely arrived by the pond to drink water. Once her brother's leg was healed, she wouldn't need to come out and pretend to gather herbs anymore!

After drinking the water, Qin Lily habitually glanced across to the other side and, sure enough, saw another tray. On top of the tray was still a piece of clothing with a blue sapphire embedded in it.

Qin Lily scratched her head, puzzled. It was strange—every time she came here, she managed to find a gemstone.

Could it be that someone knew she would pass by here every time and specifically placed the gemstone here for her to find?

With a curious expression, Qin Lily walked over and picked up the clothing with the sapphire.

She looked around, and her previous experiences told her that even if she waited here, no one would come. This time, she decided not to wait, stuffing the item into her sleeve and leisurely walking down the mountain.

"A gift from nature!" What a delightful surprise!

Finding a gemstone every time meant she didn't have to worry about money anymore.

Feeling pleased, Qin Lily planned to take the two gemstones she had found previously to the bottom of the mountain to sell them at a shop.

Qin Lily moved slowly, and so did her pace as she walked down the mountain.

After she left, the scene fell into silence.

Sixteen and the others were dumbfounded.

They had just watched a girl who seemed like a "female pervert" steal their master's underwear!

Staring in shock for a while, they only snapped back to reality when they saw that the woman had taken the master's underwear away. They quickly said, "Master, we will chase after her immediately!"

Jun Mo's forehead twitched, his handsome face hidden beneath the silver mask exuding a chilling coldness.

He slightly raised his hand, coldly watching the direction Qin Lily had gone, and said in a low voice, "Follow her and see what she wants to do."

Sixteen and the others silently followed.

In their eyes, Qin Lily had become a woman who specialized in stealing men's underwear!

As Qin Lily strolled leisurely through the forest, she suddenly stopped, her beautiful eyes narrowing as she seemed to sense something, and she looked in their direction.

"Who's there?"

The forest was lush and quiet, with no response from the surroundings.

It was as if there wasn't even a breeze, and the dappled shadows of the trees didn't even stir.

It was very quiet. Had she been mistaken? Why did she have the feeling that someone was watching her, following her?

Qin Lily's sharp eyes scanned the surroundings. After waiting for a while and confirming that there were no sounds or appearances of anyone, she finally turned her head in confusion, "Could it be my imagination?"

In the shadows, Sixteen and the others breathed a sigh of relief.

This woman was more perceptive than they had expected. Their hiding techniques were rarely ineffective, but they had almost been exposed just now.

Qin Lily returned to the temple and began to reflect on the events in the forest, feeling that something was not quite right.

It was the silence that was unsettling. It was so quiet that there were no sounds of the wind, birds, or even the smallest movements—nothing like a forest at all.

Unable to figure out what was strange, she didn't dwell on it. Instead, she took out the two blue sapphires she had brought back earlier, put them in her bag, smeared some dirt on her face to cover her appearance, and quietly descended the mountain.

At the city gate, there were guards stationed. It was difficult to enter and exit the city.

Qin Lily lined up and casually asked the scarred man in front of her, "Brother, this city gate used to be freely accessible. Why is there a guard now?"

The scarred man had a fearsome scar on his face, but he was kind-hearted. "Little girl... Hm? You're a boy?"

Qin Lily wiped her face and calmly replied, "Yes, I'm just very small and skinny, so many people think I'm a girl at first glance."

The scarred man was a bit embarrassed. At first glance, he had thought the voice sounded like a girl's. Looking at her appearance, with her coarse hemp clothes, hair loosely tied up, and her face smeared with dirt, she looked like she had just come from the fields.

Which girl would get her face so dirty? She must be a young man.

The scarred man patted Qin Lily on the shoulder and said, "Little brother, you may not know, but it is said that the Qin Medicine Hall in the city has lost a precious medicinal herb. This herb was left behind by the former Qin Divine Doctor and is said to be a legendary elixir with the power to revive the dead and heal severed limbs! But now it has been stolen, and the young master of the Ni family has just gotten engaged to the former Qin Divine Doctor's beloved daughter, Qin Lily. To win her favor, the Ni family and the Qin Medicine Hall have joined forces to seal off the city, determined to recover the stolen divine medicine."