Tang Dynasty: Starting at Xuanwu Gate, this prince is better off not being one.

Li Yu had no idea how much pain Li Er and the others were in. At that moment, he was staring at a guy hiding in the bushes.

After walking for a while, the torches had almost burned out.

Just now, he was still excited about finding wild Coptis chinensis and then discovering a lake.

The next moment, he discovered that in the jungle behind him, a pair of eyes gleaming with an eerie green light were staring at him...

The wind stopped, and it was extremely quiet all around. Li Yu's body trembled involuntarily.

He tried to listen to the sounds coming from the other side, but he couldn't hear his own heart pounding.

Damn it!

In these deep mountains and forests, anything with eyes that glow green can only be either an evil spirit or a ferocious beast!

Li Yu tried to calm himself down. He had just been reborn and absolutely could not afford to fail in this godforsaken, deserted place.

He regretted it so much he wanted to jump into the lake. Damn it! He must be calcium deficient to have acted so impulsively and gone into the mountains alone to collect herbs.

Looking back at the rippling, bottomless lake, Li Yu abandoned the idea of ​​jumping into it.

It was a dark and windy night; who knows what might be in the lake!

"There's no other way!"

Slowly crouching down, Li Yu picked up a stone the size of an egg from the ground and threw it into the bushes to his right.

In the quiet night, the sound of stones hitting bushes was extremely clear.

The instant the sound reached his ears, Li Yu ran to his left without hesitation...

.........

The whistling of the wind gradually stopped. Li Yu didn't know how long he had been running, stumbling along. He leaned against a tree and started panting heavily.

After a long pause, seeing that the guy behind him wasn't chasing after him, Li Yu, who had almost resigned himself to his fate, looked back.

"This damn body!"

Not far from his current location, Li Yu could still vaguely see the torch he had left behind still glowing.

"Waaah~"

Several shrill screams came from the torchlight, leaving Li Yu somewhat bewildered.

"What's that? Are you injured?"

The first thing that came to Li Yu's mind was an injured wolf.

After calming down, he didn't care whether there were other wild beasts around, and bravely went back.

Anyway, with my current messed-up body, I can't escape even if I encounter danger, so I might as well kill this thing quickly and take it back for a few people to have a feast.

Thinking of those tasteless grilled fish, Li Yu's steps became even more determined.

"Awoo~ Awoo~"

Several more howls followed, high-pitched and pitiful, like dogs whose paws had been stepped on.

This put Li Yu at ease. The fact that the thing was badly injured saved him a lot of trouble.

However, when he got closer and saw what it was, he was completely dumbfounded.

There, nestled in the bushes, lay a small creature with snow-white fur interspersed with black stripes, its eyes reflecting a ghostly green light.

That's clearly a tiger!

However, this tiger was clearly only a few days old, its fur barely fully grown. Seeing someone staring at it, it was understandably frightened, and its cries became even more pitiful.

Are there tigers in the Qinling Mountains?

Li Yu then remembered that it was still the Wude era, and the South China tiger was not yet extinct. But what on earth was this white tiger? Albinism?

There was no time to think about that. Since there were cubs of ferocious beasts here, adult beasts must also exist. Besides, he had already gathered what he needed, so Li Yu felt it was best to leave as soon as possible.

As for this little guy, he didn't have much meat on his body, so he felt it was best for him to do less bad things.

Just as I was about to turn and leave, several more howls came from behind me...

Damn it!

.........

In the woods, Li Yu cautiously retraced his steps, following the markings he had made on the way there. The little one in his arms wisely kept quiet.

In the end, I am still a good person. Even the fiercest white tiger would have a hard time surviving in this jungle.

Li Yu guessed that this was precisely why the little guy had been abandoned here by his tiger mother...

Just like on the way there, there was no danger on the way back, except that Li Yu always felt that something was watching him, which gave him the creeps...

When they returned to the stream, Li Chengqian and the other two were sitting around the campfire in a daze. The seriously injured Cheng Chumo was still lying there without any sign of waking up.

Seeing Li Yu return looking disheveled, the three of them stood up.

"How did you become like this? Is there any hope for Cheng Chumo?" Although he didn't know what Li Yu had done, Li Chengqian could guess what had happened from the handful of unknown grass in Li Yu's hand.

Ignoring Li Chengqian's hopeful gaze, Li Yu placed the little tiger in his arms and began processing the wild coptis he had gathered...

After washing it clean with water, Li Yu tore the Coptis chinensis into several pieces, boiled them in water on a stone slab, and then mashed them into a paste. With limited materials, Li Yu's method was very simple.

At this point, there was no other way. The person was about to die, so why would they care about the details?

They applied the paste to Cheng Chumo's wounds and then asked the three men to move Cheng Chumo closer to the campfire.

"Whether it will work or not, I don't know. It all depends on what fate has in store." Li Yu took the water handed to him by the woman in green and drank it all in one gulp, letting out a comfortable groan.

"However, he didn't lose much blood. Looking at his physique, hehe, it might be a bit difficult for him to die."

Li Chengqian was now completely convinced by Li Yu's words. But there was one thing he was very curious about: "You also know medicine?"

"No, I only recognize a few medicinal herbs." Li Yu lay down wearily and said, "So don't get your hopes up too high..."

.........

Li Yu's treatment really worked. In less than an hour, Cheng Chumo's body temperature dropped significantly, and even his originally pale complexion began to regain some color.

The campfire, which had been burning for several hours, still blazed brightly under the care of the green-clad man. Li Chengqian and Li Tai were also busy; somehow they managed to make an ugly bow and even used a stone to grind the arrowhead into shape.

He was, after all, a prince or grandson of the emperor who had studied the Six Arts of a Gentleman since childhood.

With the fish he had caught earlier to fill his stomach, Li Chengqian laboriously dragged the antelope he had hunted from who-knows-where over, followed by Li Qingque, who was helping him and flattering him at the same time.

What puzzled Li Yu was that there wasn't a single drop of blood on the sheep's body.

Li Chengqian carried the medium-sized antelope to the campfire and stood in front of Li Yu, waiting to see the look of amazement on his face.

Li Yu had previously stolen the limelight, but now that it was finally his turn to steal the spotlight, he was naturally extremely pleased with himself.

Li Yu played along, giving a thumbs-up in admiration and feigning praise, "Brother, you are truly skilled! I never imagined your archery was so exquisite!"

Li Chengqian was still just a child of about ten years old. Hearing Li Yu's praise, he became even more smug: "What's so special about that? My horsemanship is not much inferior to my archery skills. When we return to Chang'an, I will definitely have my elder brother test me."

"Forehead……"

Li Yu was at a loss for words. He stared at Li Chengqian's legs in silence for a long time before finally saying, "You'd better ride horses less often..."