The Ghost Shadow Pavilion base was handed over to Lu Ye and Feng Pingyuan for construction. Bai Sheng remembered an important matter and planned to return home immediately to resolve it.
The assassins captured by the Red Tree Village guard team were all people sent by the Empress and the Crown Prince, likely members of the secret guard. Although their martial arts were crippled, their memories remained intact.
Moreover, the people from Ghost Shadow Pavilion would also help with desert control and tree planting in the future. If the two groups encountered each other, the assassins would surely recognize familiar faces, putting her and Lu Ye's "conspiracy" at risk of exposure.
Additionally, the assassin laborers and the bandit laborers had become acquainted. For safety reasons, the bandit laborers also needed to forget their past.
Therefore, Bai Sheng planned to give all the captive laborers a memory-erasing pill to make their memories completely disappear and allow them to start anew.
However, Bai Sheng did not find them at home. According to Zhao Dazhuang, Gaimèi's father and the others had taken the captives to the sandy land two miles away to plant trees.
So, she would have to wait until evening.
There was another matter Bai Sheng needed to consult with her master, Awu.
Awu was grinding herbs in the medical hall. Seeing Bai Sheng arrive, she beckoned her over and excitedly called out, "Sheng'er, come quickly and see the new medicine Master has developed!"
"What medicine?" Bai Sheng excitedly ran over.
Awu leaned close to Bai Sheng's ear and whispered mysteriously, "An aphr- uh... an aphrodisiac."
Bai Sheng's eyes lit up. "Master, is this medicine an aphrodisiac?"
Awu shook her head disdainfully, swaying it back and forth. "Your master is a tasteful old rogue. I don't deal with harmful things like aphrodisiacs. This is purely for bedroom fun. How about I give some to you and Xiao Ye to try?"
"No, no, no... no need," Bai Sheng immediately shook her head and waved her hands, her face blushing. "We don't need it."
Awu chuckled. "That's true. You two already have excessive interest. If you add an aphrodisiac, it might cause a fatality!"
"It's good that you know," Bai Sheng chided her. "But, Master, you should make more of these aphrodisiacs. I'll take them to the capital to sell, and we'll split it three-seven, with me getting three and you getting seven."
"Deal!" Awu nodded happily.
Bai Sheng added, "And those *enhancement* and *tightening* medicines, you also need to hurry up and make more. They will definitely sell well in the capital!"
Awu expressed doubt. "Ordinary women would be too embarrassed to even mention these medicines. How will you sell them?"
"Master, do I look like an ordinary woman?" Bai Sheng leaned on Awu's shoulder, tilting her head and asking with her bright, clear black eyes.
Awu glanced at her. "Very unusual. Thick-skinned and shameless!"
"Exactly. Master, just produce the medicine in large quantities. With my thick skin, I'll find a way to sell it!" Bai Sheng said confidently.
"Alright, then I'll listen to my disciple's arrangements and make the men and women in the capital 'agitated'," Awu smiled slyly.
Bai Sheng suddenly had a thought and leaned closer to Awu. "Master, you are so skilled in the art of the bedroom. Could it be that in your youth... hmm?" Bai Sheng raised her eyebrows ambiguously.
Awu stopped what she was doing and raised a hand to touch her wrinkled cheek. "Naturally. When Master was young, I was a great beauty who could make fish sink and birds fall from the sky, and the moon hide its face. I naturally had no shortage of suitors."
"Then, did Master have anyone you truly liked?" Bai Sheng sat beside her, propping her chin with her hand, ready to feast on her master's juicy gossip.
A flicker of loneliness flashed in Awu's eyes, and her voice deepened. "Yes, there was, but the result—"
"What was the result?" Bai Sheng's eyes sparkled with excited curiosity, about to get the juicy gossip.
Awu suddenly raised her hand and patted her head, chiding, "You girl, why are you asking Master about these ancient matters? Master is old, practically on her deathbed, and doesn't remember much of the past."
"I just want to understand Master better," Bai Sheng giggled.
Alas, it was a shame. Master was too good at teasing people. At the crucial moment, she suddenly hit the brakes.
Awu glanced at her. "Is there anything else? If not, hurry and leave. Don't disturb Master's medicine-making." This girl was already gossiping about her. All her old secrets couldn't withstand such digging.
Bai Sheng then restrained her smile and said seriously, "Master, I do have something to ask you. If one uses Gu arts and suffers a backlash, disfiguring their appearance, is there still a possibility of healing?" httpδ:/m.kuAisugg.nět
Awu clearly hadn't expected her beloved disciple to ask this question. She laughed, "What, are you afraid of suffering a backlash if you're not careful in the future? Don't worry, as long as you remember Master's words, there will never be a backlash. Moreover, the Gu King will slow down aging and keep you young."
"Really?" Bai Sheng was surprised. She wanted to stay young, preferably still passionate with Lu Ye in her seventies or eighties and enjoy conjugal bliss.
"Of course, it's true. Which of Master's words have been false?" Awu glared at her.
Bai Sheng shifted her body to the side, preparing to be hit, then playfully said, "Then why haven't you stayed young, Master?"
Master was only in her early fifties and hadn't suffered a backlash from Gu arts, yet her face was full of wrinkles, resembling a sixty or seventy-year-old woman. There must be a story behind this.
A strange glint flashed in Awu's eyes, then quickly returned to normal. She said, "Master was a bell physician for over ten years, constantly exposed to wind, sun, rain, hunger, and cold. How could I not age?"
"Alas, that's true," thinking of how much hardship Master had endured, Bai Sheng couldn't bear to tease her any further.
"Even if you use the Gu King to maintain your youthful appearance, you can't casually spoil your looks, remember?" Awu instructed.
"I remember, I remember," Bai Sheng nodded vigorously. "Master, it's not that I'm afraid of backlash. It's just that I met a woman who, to save her husband, used Gu arts and suffered a backlash, disfiguring her. Because she helped me a lot, I wanted to repay her. It's all about reciprocity in human interactions."
Awu frowned and pondered for a moment. "Not many people in Great Xia understand witchcraft and Gu arts. Who do you know?"
Bai Sheng hesitated a little because she had long noticed that Master and Sister Du inexplicably disliked Prince Yu.
Although Prince Yu wasn't a particularly likable person himself, after Tian Guihua, Liu Shi, and Yang Shi got to know him, their impression of Prince Yu was quite good.
Only Master, Sister Du, and Brother Feng remained very cold towards Prince Yu, a coldness that went deep into their bones.
Bai Sheng didn't know the reason. Perhaps some people just naturally didn't get along.
Master didn't like Prince Yu, so naturally, she wouldn't like his mother. Therefore, Bai Sheng was reluctant to mention it. However, since Master had asked up to this point, she could only tell the truth. "That person is Prince Yu's concubine, Consort Mei in the palace."
As expected, Awu's expression instantly darkened, and she said coldly, "Sheng'er, don't bother Master with royal matters in the future. Master doesn't like them!"