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Qian Xinya did not participate in the discussion about the little black snake.

While everyone was marveling at the little black snake, it had already turned and run into the cave.

Her high heels clicked rapidly on the wet, slippery stone slabs, each step conveying an barely suppressed urgency.

The miraculous medicine was right in front of them. If they could get their hands on it, their father would wake up, and those uncles and elders in the family who had been eyeing their branch of the family would no longer have an excuse to seize power.

The cave is not large, with bare stone walls on all sides. Several stalactites on the cave ceiling drip water, and the water droplets make a hollow echo when they fall on the stone slabs.

There were no plants or soil inside the cave, only rocks and that cold pool.

Qian Xinya ran her hand along the stone wall, then squatted down to check every crack in the stone, and even flipped over a few loose stone slabs to look underneath... There was nothing there.

"How is that possible?"

Qian Xinya's voice echoed in the empty cave, growing increasingly agitated, "It's clearly right here! Master Jiang said the spiritual herb was near the cold pool, how could it not be here?"

She walked around the cave again, her fingers tracing the stone walls.

After searching for a long time, Qian Xinya finally stopped and stood in the center of the cave, her shoulders trembling slightly.

Then she suddenly turned around and shouted in the direction of the cave entrance.

The voice was shrill and hoarse, filled with anger, resentment, and despair.

"There's nothing here! There's absolutely nothing here! You've all been playing me! What miracle drug! What elixir! You've all been fooling me!"

The group followed the sound and entered the cave.

The young palace master was being helped by the old fisherman to walk at the very back. His steps were still unsteady, and his body, weakened by the backlash of the secret technique, was as thin as a sheet of paper, but a smile was on his lips.

"How could a divine medicine grow where mortals can easily reach it? If that were the case, any wild monkey in the mountains could pick it, and you wouldn't even have a chance to stand here."

His tone was calm, but every word he spoke seemed to add fuel to the fire of Qian Xinya's anger.

Qian Xinya suddenly turned around and stared at the young palace master.

Back in Hainei County, the young master could have made Old Fisherman kill her with just a word, and she was afraid of him then.

But now the young palace master can't even stand steadily, and there's only an old fisherman with a missing arm by her side. She no longer needs to be afraid of him.

"You make it sound so good, then tell me, where exactly is this miracle drug? Aren't you supposed to be amazing?"

The young palace master remained silent.

It's not that he didn't want to refute it, it's that he didn't know either.

His gaze slowly swept across the cave, past the stone walls and stalactites, before finally settling on the pool itself.

The old fisherman and Lu Pingchuan's gazes also fell on the cold pool in silence.

The pool water remained a deep, dark green, and most of the mist on the surface had dissipated, but the biting chill had not diminished.

Everyone realized the same thing—if the elixir wasn't anywhere in the cave, it could only be underwater.

Qian Xinya followed their gazes and looked toward the cold pool.

She gritted her teeth, walked to the edge of the pool, squatted down, and reached out to touch the water.

The moment my fingertips touched the water, a chilling cold shot up my fingers, and my entire hand went numb in an instant.

She abruptly pulled her hand back; her fingertips had turned bright red, as if they had been frostbitten.

Wenbo came over and helped Qian Xinya up from the pool.

He walked to the edge of the pool, took a deep breath, and let his true energy flow slowly through his meridians, condensing into a protective aura on his body before leaping into the pool.

The icy pool water burst open with a splash the moment Wenbo entered, then returned to calm.

Ripples spread out in circles on the water's surface, then disappeared one by one.

No one spoke inside the cave; everyone was waiting.

Qian Xinya stood by the pool, her hands clenched into fists.

Old Fisherman and Lu Pingchuan stared intently at the water, while the young palace master leaned against the stone wall, his gaze also fixed on the water.

"Splash!"

The water surface suddenly exploded.

Wenbo leaped out of the pool and landed on its edge, his whole body soaked in the water.

He wiped the water from his face and shook his head at Qian Xinya. "Miss, I have searched every inch of the bottom of the pool, but there is no miraculous medicine."

"impossible!"

Old Fisherman's voice suddenly rose as he took a step forward, pointing at Wenbo with his remaining left hand, "This news can't be false! The divine medicine must be here! You...you want to keep the divine medicine for yourselves!"

The young palace master suddenly spoke, his voice not loud, but every word clearly reached the ears of everyone present: "Elder Yu, he did not lie, there is no trace of divine medicine on him."

He paused, his dark eyes, like deep-sea reefs, slowly sweeping across the cave. "It's not just him; the entire cave is devoid of any trace of the divine medicine. Not even underwater."

Lu Pingchuan and the old fisherman spoke almost simultaneously, "Where did that miraculous medicine go?"

No one can answer this question.

The miracle drug simply vanished into thin air.

They all came for this miraculous herb.

Old Fisherman followed the young master across two cities, Lu Pingchuan and the fat sorcerer rushed over from Jade Toad Temple, and Qian Xinya led Wenbo to all the medicinal villages of Great Xia. Finally, they all gathered by this cold pool.

As a result... the miracle drug was gone.

Qian Xinya suddenly let out a cold laugh.

She looked at the young palace master, her eyes filled with undisguised suspicion. "You say the divine medicine isn't underwater, so it isn't? Who knows if you're just trying to trick us into leaving so you can come back for it?"

"You know more about this cave than any of us. You even calculated when that black snake shed its skin. Maybe there's some secret chamber or hidden compartment at the bottom of this cave that only you know about!"

The young palace master's gaze toward Qian Xinya was filled with condescending indifference, "Ignorance."

Qian Xinya was completely enraged by that look. "You say I'm ignorant? Then tell me, where is the miracle drug?!"

Wenbo stepped in front of Qian Xinya and lowered his voice, saying, "Miss, I personally went down to investigate the situation in the Cold Pool, and there was indeed no trace of the divine medicine underwater."

"Although this young man has a different stance from us, given his status and insight, he has no reason to lie about this matter."

I don't believe it.

Qian Xinya bit her lip, turned around and walked to the edge of the cold pool. "I don't believe anything you say. I want to see it with my own eyes."

She squatted down and reached out to test the water temperature again.

But the cold air was even more biting than when she had explored before; just touching the water surface made her fingers go numb.

She glanced back at Wenbo, then at the pool, and suddenly gritted her teeth—and jumped in.

The icy water instantly submerged her head.

The cold air felt like countless fine needles piercing her skin at the same time. She felt her limbs rapidly losing sensation, and even her heartbeat slowed down.

But she kept her eyes open, searching underwater by the faint light filtering in from the cave entrance.

However, the bottom of the pool only contained pebbles and aquatic plants, with no trace of any miraculous medicine.

She surfaced, panting heavily, her lips already frozen purple.

Wenbo quickly pulled her up and wrapped her in his outer robe.

But Qian Xinya pushed Wenbo away and jumped down.

The second time...

the third time……

Each time she dived deeper and searched more thoroughly, but each time she surfaced, her hands were empty.

"Miss, we can't go any further!"

Wenbo stopped Qian Xinya, who was about to jump again, saying, "Your body won't be able to take it!"