The constable had already fainted to the ground, so he naturally couldn't hear the last half of the sentence.
Qi Yu opened the prison door, but trapped by the illusion, she couldn't use her spiritual energy. She could only hide and dodge all the way, and finally left the yamen.
Before leaving, she didn't forget to steal a copy of the case file for the Nine Revolutions Immortal Grass, thus finding out the name of the Nine Revolutions Immortal Grass when it was alive.
Sun Manor, Miss Sun.
Sun Manor…
Qi Yu carefully put away the case file, then found the tallest city wall in the area. She climbed the rock face with her hands, reaching the top in a few moves. Standing there, she looked down and indeed, at a glance, she saw the most exquisite large courtyard of the separate residence. Inside, there was a rock garden and a stream. Flowers and plants were planted around the courtyard, and outside, there was a high plaque with the words "Sun Manor" written on it.
Qi Yu easily jumped down from the high wall, followed the least crowded path, and ran with all her might.
After finally reaching Sun Manor and circling around it, she discovered that she couldn't get in at all.
"Don't all storybooks say these manors have dog holes?" Qi Yu squatted on the ground and looked for a long time. Finally, she stood up, patted the dirt, and complained, "Those storybooks are all lies. Forget dog holes, there isn't even an ant hole."
After speaking, Qi Yu sat on the steps and sighed. As she was contemplating what to do, a flash of inspiration struck her. She turned and ran to the vicinity of Sun Manor's small gate, squatting there to wait.
As expected, after less than half an hour, she saw a man dressed as a servant carrying a slop bucket and walking out.
Qi Yu waited where she was. After seeing the man finish emptying the bucket and return with it, she dropped a sentence of "Offense taken," then used her usual method of knocking him out, putting on his outer robe and round hat, and using the key ring to open the small door and slip inside.
Qi Yu didn't know where Miss Sun's boudoir was, so the only thing she could do was to climb through windows everywhere.
After finally spotting a woman with a slender figure in a garret on the top floor, Qi Yu felt she looked familiar. After flipping through the window, she directly knocked her out with a palm strike.
Originally, Qi Yu thought that by doing this, she could directly break the illusion.
But after knocking her out, the illusion did disappear. However, the Nine Revolutions Immortal Grass suddenly grew wildly, like the previous vines, using its vines as whips and chasing Qi Yu, Ming Lou, and Yue Zhiyin, whipping them fiercely!
"Qi Yu! What did you do? Didn't I tell you to just stop her from taking her own life?" Ming Lou asked Qi Yu while drawing his silver sword from his waist and cutting off the vines.
Qi Yu didn't have time to answer. She drew a circle in front of the Nine Revolutions Immortal Grass, which had suddenly entered a frenzied state, and trapped it within the Mirror Realm.
After confirming that everything was fine, Qi Yu replied to her fingers, "I didn't do anything wrong. I just did as you said and stopped Miss Sun from committing suicide."
"...How did you stop her? What did you say that provoked her emotions?" Yue Zhiyin guessed.
"I knocked her out," Qi Yu answered righteously. "Didn't you say as long as she's stopped from committing suicide, that's enough? After I knocked her out, she wouldn't be able to commit suicide within that timeframe."
"Pfft," Ming Lou covered his face and laughed, collapsing on the ground. "Genius! This method is logical and well-reasoned. When we get back to the sect, just say that. I want to see what Master will say."
"Hmph... Can't I do that? I'll remember next time," Qi Yu said, hands on her hips. "But don't underestimate me. After this incident, I suddenly had a very good idea that might greatly shorten our time collecting immortal grass."
Yue Zhiyin was very interested in this. "How do you plan to do it?"
"You guys fly your swords into the sky, and then watch me," Qi Yu said, rolling up her sleeves. She pushed off the ground with her toes and leaped into the air, activating the Mirror Realm again and spreading her arms.
Immediately, something like a vortex appeared in front of Qi Yu. Wherever the vortex passed, the immortal grasses were all uprooted.
After collecting the left side, Qi Yu changed her angle to collect the right side. After collecting everything around her, she stopped exerting her power and returned to the ground, then clapped her hands. "Isn't it just about picking immortal grass? If you pick it by hand, there will always be all sorts of accidents, which is too troublesome. Just suck it in!"
"It's a good method, but doesn't it still need to be sorted? After we go out, we'll have to release all these immortal grasses and classify them one by one. That's even more troublesome," Ming Lou waved his hand.
"No need. Doesn't Beiyuan Sect have new disciples this year? This is a great opportunity for a lesson!"
Qi Yu, having lived for so long, was a master at being lazy and sly:
"Besides the basic martial arts and cultivation methods, the most important thing for those new disciples to learn is to identify immortal grasses. See, here's the solution! Throw all these collected immortal grasses to them and let them classify them. This can also be considered a practical exercise."
Ming Lou worried, "What if poisonous grass is mixed in?"
"Leave it to me," Qi Yu said dismissively. "The mirror is immune to all poisons."
"Actually, I don't think we need to test for poison. After all, you haven't fully recovered yet. If the cracks get contaminated, there will be traces even after they heal, which wouldn't look good," Ming Lou offered a bad idea with a serious face. "This kind of thing can be directly handed over to Master. He's not afraid of poison."
Qi Yu and Ming Lou high-fived.
Yue Zhiyin also sincerely thought it was a good idea and quickly put it into practice.
Where the three of them passed, not a blade of grass was left.
Within three days, they had gathered all the immortal grasses they needed to collect.
About half a month later.
Yue Zhiyin counted the number of Beiyuan Sect disciples and led them out of the secret realm, returning to Beiyuan Sect.
Li Yu's head was about to explode when he saw the pile of immortal grasses, weeds, and poisonous grasses that Qi Yu had poured out of the Mirror Realm:
"Yue Zhiyin! Ming Lou! Qi Yu! The three of you, come here and tell me what's going on! Why are immortal grasses, poisonous grasses, and weeds all piled together?!"
"Master, it's like this," Qi Yu said with a solemn expression. "Senior Brother and Sixth Senior Brother said that the elders of Beiyuan Sect work hard every day to teach the disciples below how to identify herbs. We felt that the elders were working very hard, so we specifically helped to think of a good way to teach them how to identify immortal grasses, which is to do it themselves."
"That's why we went through all sorts of hardships to mix all the weeds, immortal grasses, and poisonous grasses together," Qi Yu looked at Li Yu with very sincere eyes. "You can give this pile of weeds to the Elder of Medical Cultivation or the Elder of Pill Cultivation, and let them use it as a topic to teach the junior brothers and sisters below how to personally distinguish herbs."
"..." Li Yu looked at Yue Zhiyin with mixed feelings. "You also agree with him?"
Yue Zhiyin nodded.
Ming Lou also nodded.
Qi Yu looked obedient.
Li Yu pounded his chest. "To describe laziness so earnestly, do you think I'm stupid? The three of you, go sweep the mountain steps. Don't come back until you're done!"
Ming Lou shrugged.
Yue Zhiyin helplessly spread his hands.
Qi Yu sighed.
The three unfortunate brothers left like that.
"The mountain is so big in Beiyuan Sect," Yue Zhiyin sighed, hands on his hips, looking up at the mountain peak. "When will we finish sweeping it?"
Ming Lou also spread his hands. Just as he was about to call Qi Yu to get a broom, he was shocked to find Qi Yu looking in a mirror.
She formed a hand seal in front of the mirror, and the mirror suddenly disappeared.
The next moment, in front of Qi Yu, hundreds of identical fake Qi Yus, fake Ming Lous, and fake Yue Zhiyins suddenly appeared.
"Twenty of you, go sweep the foot of the mountain. You go sweep the middle. You go sweep the top of the mountain. The rest of you, clean up the fallen leaves," Qi Yu commanded efficiently, then took out a fan from her embrace and leaned to the side to cool off.
Yue Zhiyin: "..."
Ming Lou: "Can it be played like this?"
"Yes, I can transform into a thousand faces, and become whoever I want," Qi Yu said with a mischievous look. "Is it fun?"
"Become whoever you want? What a great idea," Ming Lou hooked Qi Yu's shoulder and walked to the side. "I have a business deal here. Let's cooperate, you take sixty percent and I'll take forty, how about it?"
Qi Yu immediately leaned in.
Yue Zhiyin watched them collude in their misery from the side, thinking to himself.
It was fortunate that he had previously thought Qi Yu would be led astray by them.
Now it seemed they were birds of a feather, and there was no need to lead them.