Zhao Jinzhong learned from the Dowager Consort that she had a special affection for Tonggu County.

Therefore, orphanages were established in several places in Tonggu County.

To give more children who are homeless due to plague and famine a home.

The reason why the Empress Dowager had feelings for Tonggu County was because she passed through Tonggu County when she accompanied the Emperor Taizu on his tour.

He fell into trouble in Tonggu County and received help from the local people.

"Speaking of Tonggu County, the connection is truly special. The current emperor once traveled there and passed through Tonggu County, bringing back Consort Ling."

The Dowager Princess told the children about this.

"Does the Dowager mean that Consort Ling is from Tonggu County?" Zhao Jinzhong asked.

The Dowager Princess replied, "Indeed, her family is from Tonggu County."

Consort Ling's brother, Duke Ling, was from Tonggu County.

Zhao Jinzhong suddenly had a peculiar premonition.

Later, Zhao Jinzhong and An Chang learned about the situation of several orphanages where children had gone missing from the Dowager Consort and the steward.

The Empress Dowager invited Zhao Jinzhong and Zhou Ruo to have lunch together.

Before the children left, the Dowager Princess gave Zhao Jinzhong a jade pendant and said to him,

"Be careful on your way to Tonggu County. Take this jade token to the orphanage there, and the head of the orphanage will help you."

After bidding farewell to the Dowager Consort, Zhou Ruo went to the garden to look for Wulong, and Zhao Jinzhong, An Chang, and An Nan followed her to the garden.

In the garden, Wulong and Biluo were having a great time, chasing and rolling around on the grass.

Since Zhou couldn't call Wulong back, he decided to let them play a little longer.

She then led Zhao Jinzhong and the others for a stroll in the Prince's Garden.

The group arrived at a relatively dry place, and Zhou Ruo noticed that the earth's energy here was somewhat different.

Zhao Jinzhong noticed it too, and asked An Chang, "Why does this area feel hotter than the others?"

An Chang, looking quite proud of her own precious land, said, "You wouldn't know this, would you?"

"A long, long time ago, there was lava right here, right beneath this very spot where we're standing."

Although there is no longer lava, the earth's energy remains.

In winter, the concubines loved to play mahjong here; it was so warm!

While Zhao Jinzhong and An Chang were talking, Zhou Ruo walked alone into a patch of lush grass and made a significant discovery.

"Ah! This...this..." Zhou Ruo stammered excitedly.

Zhao Jinzhong thought she had been bitten by a snake, so he rushed over and pulled Zhou Ruo over, anxiously asking, "Where were you bitten?"

Zhou Ruo ignored Zhao Jinzhong's question, pointing with her little finger at the few unusual-looking plants in front of her, overjoyed.

"Brother, Pure Yang Grass! Those, those, and those too, they're all there!"

"Pure Yang Grass?" Zhao Jinzhong felt the name sounded familiar.

"That's right! With the Pure Yang Grass, I won't have to buy those ridiculously expensive Pure Yang Pills anymore! Those children can be saved!"

Although the Pure Yang Pill is extremely effective, Zhou Ruo can also restore the children's yang energy by boiling Pure Yang Grass and adding spiritual power.

It's just a bit more tiring and takes a bit longer.

Compared to the thousand spirit stones needed to exchange for a Pure Yang Pill, Zhou Ruoning would rather work harder himself.

I don't want to feel so stifled doing this business at the Immortal Treasure Pavilion!

After discovering the Pure Yang Grass, all the talk about helping fellow disciples boost their performance and being a spirit stone transporter was a lie!

Zhou Ruo finally stood up straight and stopped letting the Immortal Treasure Pavilion slaughter her.

Zhou Ruo harvested half of the Pure Yang Grass in Prince An's mansion, for free.

Zhou Ruo and Zhao Jinzhong took the Pure Yang Grass to Ji'an Hall for Jia Yuntian and the others to brew.

As long as Jia Yuntian didn't go out, he would stay in Ji'an Hall.

Small businesses could all do business with customers through Ji'an Hall, which became his foothold for making a comeback.

That evening, Zhou Ruo received the pure yang water that Jia Yuntian and Fu Da had prepared.

She infused it with spiritual power, added talismans to harmonize it, and finally put it all into the regeneration bottle.

Zhao Jinzhong and An Chang decided to set off for Yunxu Temple the next day to deliver the Pure Yang Water there.

Let's see if there are any newly abandoned children.

Jiang Zhou had been following Zhao Jinzhong's itinerary, and when he learned that Zhao Jinzhong was setting off for Yunxu Temple again the next day, he offered to go with him.

The next day, Zhao Jinzhong set off with Zhou Ruo and An Chang, while Wu Jia and Wu Bing accompanied them in a car.

The group met up with Jiang Zhou at the west gate of the city.

This time, Zhao Jinzhong and his two companions rode in the same carriage, drawn by two fine horses, making it much faster than last time.

They arrived at Yunxu Temple in an hour.

Just as Zhao Jinzhong expected, within two days, three abandoned children arrived outside Yunxu Temple!

The symptoms were the same as those of the child who looked like a "mummy" that day.

Zhao Jinzhong and Jiang Zhou had both seen what the mummified child looked like, so they were already mentally prepared.

An Chang had never seen anything like it before. He was so frightened that his face turned pale, his legs went weak, and he sat there stunned for a long time, unable to recover.

Zhao Jinzhong and Jiang Zhou helped the Taoist priest feed the children the Pure Yang Water one by one, and each child drank a bowl.

The children who drank the pure yang water showed varying degrees of recovery of their yang energy.

Some can recover 20%, while others can only recover half a percent.

However, most can recover to about 10%.

Zhou Ruo was fairly satisfied with the effect, but it would be even better if she could have the Pure Yang Pill.

Just then, a commotion came from inside the Immortal Treasure Pavilion.

When Zhou Ruo went inside, he saw that there were one hundred more Pure Yang Pills, but the required spirit stones for exchanging them were still one thousand.

Zhou Ruo was furious and unleashed a torrent of abuse at the Immortal Treasure Pavilion: "Hey! Are you bullying a child? Are you trying to rob me?"

Luckily, she knew how to do the math, otherwise she would have been a fool to be slaughtered by the Immortal Treasure Pavilion.

I won't exchange it, so what? I'll just use pure yang water to heal, so what?

The pure yang water in the regeneration bottle was enough for the children to drink four times, so Zhou Ruo left the regeneration bottle to the Taoist priest.

They set off for Tonggu County together with Zhao Jinzhong and An Chang.

Jiang Zhou was unaware of the affairs of Tonggu County and was not in a position to participate.

He stayed at Yunxu Temple to help the Taoist priest take care of the children.

Before noon, Zhao Jinzhong and his group set off for Tonggu County.

A day was almost over, and the alchemy sect's accounting office in the cultivation world had not received any more spirit stones from the Immortal Treasure Pavilion.

The entire sect went all out and refined one hundred Pure Yang Pills within two days, which were then sent to the Immortal Treasure Pavilion.

Everyone was very concerned about what was happening from Xianbao Pavilion, especially the accountant.

The accountant reported the financial situation to the chief, who began to suspect that the price of one thousand spirit stones was too high.

The accounting manager said, "Why don't we wait and see? Maybe we'll receive some spirit stones tomorrow."

The chief agreed to wait and see, since the Immortal Treasure Pavilion had placed the order so urgently, there must be a great need for it.

It was already dark when Zhao Jinzhong and his group arrived in Tonggu County.

The group stayed at an inn near one of the most frequently lost orphanages.

That night, after Zhou Ruo fell asleep, Zhao Jinzhong and An Chang changed into their night clothes and left the inn.

The two decided to take advantage of the darkness and wander around the orphanage to see if they could find anything.

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