Rebirth: My Healer Wife Owns Superpowers

Chapter 238: Chapter 238 Someone is Making Trouble

“…Yueyue, did you hear that?” Qu Wei stood up excitedly and perked up her ears to listen.

“They said they caught the person, huh, does that mean the city gate will open, and we can leave?!”

Qi Yue listened for a while, her eyes gradually narrowing and a hint of a smile forming on her lips.

“It sounds like that. I’ll go out and have a look.”

Soon, she was properly disguised and out the door.

Once on the main street, she could feel the atmosphere was starkly different from before.

The notices and wanted posters that had previously littered the streets had vanished without a trace, and even the patrolling soldiers were nowhere to be seen.

Just then, a soldier, heralding announcements, passed by her.

Holding a bronze gong, he would strike it and then shout a message.

“By His Majesty’s decree, the evil-doers who caused disturbance in Yanjing have been apprehended. Please do not worry, go about your business peacefully!”

Qi Yue felt suspicious inside, sensing that something was off. Pretending to be concerned, she approached to strike up a conversation.

“Young man, did you just say that the person who caused havoc in the Underground Beast-fighting Arena a while back has been caught?”

The heralding soldier stuck his gong in his belt and accepted a silver ingot from Qi Yue, his demeanor immediately becoming more attentive.

“That’s not all. I heard from our boss that this Beiyuan person was really something. Not only did he cause trouble in the Underground Beast-fighting Arena, but he also passed through the Imperial City. Even the incident of shooting Qing Nanzun in the street—it was his doing. What audacity, though it’s a bit of a pity…”

“A pity what?” Qi Yue was on alert.

“It’s a pity he’s from Beiyuan. He had no idea that Qing Nanzun can’t be killed.”

Upon hearing this, Qi Yue’s interest was immediately piqued.

This soldier clearly knew some insider information on why Qing Nanzun couldn’t be killed!

Seeing a meat restaurant not far away, she quickly said with a smile, “Young man, I always enjoy listening to these exciting stories, but sadly, I have been sick at home lately and totally clueless about these events. I don’t have anyone articulate enough to make these tales as engaging as you do. As it’s getting late, why don’t you take a break and chat with me about these things over a meal? Afterwards, you can resume your duties with more energy.”

Saying this, she pointed to the Fulai Restaurant across the street.

Although these soldiers lived slightly better lives than the ordinary people, a grand restaurant like this was still a rare treat.

When someone offered a free meal, there was no reason to decline, and he readily agreed.

From the soldier’s mouth, Qi Yue confirmed that Qing Nanzun was still alive and heard some strange stories.

Apparently, the reason Qing Nanzun couldn’t be killed wasn’t that he was powerful but because he was disgustingly resilient.

“I heard this from our boss himself. He once saw Qing Nanzun eat an Immortal Bug alive.”

“Immortal Bug?” Qi Yue was astonished.

“Right, the bugs from the marshlands that can’t be killed no matter how you cut them. Didn’t people use them in medicine before? Everyone in Donggao knows this. How have you not heard about it?”

In the soldier’s doubtful gaze, Qi Yue abruptly recalled.

The ancient tome “Xuanmen Mystical Art” that Huang Zai’an gave her seemed to have records about this kind of insect.

However, in that tome, it’s not called Immortal Bug, but Nine Deaths Resurrection Black Scale Worm.

At the time, she was somewhat astonished.

In modern society, there is indeed a herb called Nine Lives Resurrection Grass, but no one can prove whether it can actually resurrect.

And the “Xuanmen Mystical Art” stated that the Nine Deaths Resurrection Black Scale Worm was extremely rare, found only in Donggao’s Black Marsh, and it was rumored that after dying and coming back to life nine times, it could grant the consumer an Undying Body. However, the specific method was not disclosed.

Could it be that Qing Nanzun was actually consuming them?

“Of course, I’ve heard about it. They are only found in the Black Marsh to the south, but such a thing is too repulsive for people to want to recall.”

Qi Yue deflected with a comment.

The soldier nodded in agreement upon hearing this.

“Exactly, only someone like Qing Nanzun could do such a thing.”@@novelbin@@

As he spoke, a look of disgust appeared on his face.

“But on the other hand, even if he can’t die, what of it? Neither human nor ghost, who in Yanjing City doesn’t despise him.”

Qi Yue also deeply agreed.

For the sake of power and status, Qing Nanzun was an anomaly.

But that’s how the world is, anomalies are always attacked by others.

The conversation with the soldier had been extremely fruitful.

Knowing that Qing Nanzun was immortal because of the Immortal Bug, she instantly had several ways to kill Qing Nanzun.

She didn’t believe that Qing Nanzun really couldn’t be killed!

Unfortunately, this soldier was just a low-ranking Soldier, ignorant of the affairs of the Donggao Army’s upper echelon.

For instance, he knew nothing about who was captured, where they were detained, or how they were caught, let alone the true situation hidden behind these events.

The two parted, and Qi Yue decided to personally take a look at the city gate.

Her intuition told her this matter wasn’t as simple as it seemed.

As expected, the soldiers clad in armor were densely posted on all sides of the city wall; the guard was extremely strict. Not to mention a person, even a bird would probably not be able to fly over.

After some analysis, Qi Yue immediately drew a conclusion—someone was planning to stir trouble.

She quickly found the 200-some Beiyuan civilians she had arranged previously, only to discover that dozens of them had mysteriously disappeared without a trace.

Zhong Dahe speculated that these people hadn’t hidden well or had been exposed and captured.

Later, Qi Yue also found Zhong Qian, Hui Niang, and Old Master Zhong, and learned from them that the Donggao Army indeed had intensified their search and management of the Eastern District’s caravans.

At the same time, soldiers were still beating gongs on the streets, proclaiming that the culprits had been found.

Qi Yue paid them no mind.

With the situation unclear, it wasn’t wise to act further; she needed to observe more.

If her guess was correct, the Donggao side was fishing.

All they were doing had the purpose of making her let her guard down, which would allow them to easily capture her if she revealed herself or panicked and fled the city.

She wouldn’t be so foolish.

Though she was anxious to return to Longnan and was also worried about the civilians who had been caught again, she would never act recklessly.

On the third day, the soldiers beating gongs on the streets suddenly changed their proclamations.

They announced that the captured Beiyuan bandits would be beheaded on South Market Street in three days as a public demonstration, and asked the citizens to rest assured.

They kept shouting this all day long, to the point where even Qu Wei and Zhong Dahe began to worry.

“Yueyue, do you think they captured Beiyuan civilians and plan to execute them publicly?”

“Miss, it must be those civilians who were captured! What should we do now?”

Qi Yue really couldn’t stand these two panicking men.

But their concerns were exactly her concerns.

The current situation had become clear.

The Donggao side’s defense was tight outside but lax inside. They intentionally spread false news aiming to capture her.

The Donggao side planned to use the public execution of those dozens of Beiyuan people to lure her into action again.

If her prediction was accurate, the execution site would be heavily trapped.

These people would use every method they could think of to deal with her.

Of course, she could choose not to go, but the consequence of not going was that those dozens of people would certainly die.

All along, she thought she could be cold and detached, uncaring and unbothered about others.

But when she truly thought about those people being beheaded because of her, she couldn’t accept it.

Yet if she did go, without using the power of space or weapons far beyond this era’s capabilities, rescuing the people would be simply impossible.

Was she, Qi Yue, supposed to let herself be neatly captured by the Donggao Army and then sneak back to Beiyuan?

How could she do something so humiliating?!