He rode at a very fast speed with the fourth prince seating in front of him, his body wobbled on the horse as he rode faster, and he had already vomited blood once while they were on the escape, he was terrified at this point that the fourth prince might not be able to survive the ordeal.

He had already given up the thought of going to the blossom pavilion since that is much farther compared to Ruyi pavilion, he kicked the horse by the side to urge it to ride faster but he turned back when he heard the sound of another horse riding towards them, he was relieved and surprised to see that it was Xiaodi.

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"How is he?" she asked as she caught up with him but he nodded his head in response, she glanced at him for a moment then she urged her horse to go faster understanding that the fourth prince condition has gotten worse.

They had now arrived at Ruyi Pavillon but considering the fact that they had just messed with Wei Xianlu whose ability they underestimated, he decided that it is best they enter the pavilion using the secret entrance his master informed him of.

"Where are you going?" Xiaodi asked, seeing him take another way instead of the front door.

"We can't enter through the front door, if anyone sees the fourth prince in this state, it might cause unnecessary problems for us," Xi Feng replied, he and Xiaodi assisted the fourth prince to descend the horse..

They looked around them and when they had confirmed that there is no one seeing them, they removed the iron plate covering the hole in the ground, Xi Feng went down first then Xiaodi assisted the fourth prince down while she followed, they walked through the tunnels underground until they got to a door made of very strong metal with four bars around it, Xiaodi tried to turn the bars with all her strength but she couldn't open it, she turned to Xi Feng with a helpless look on her face.

He handed the fourth prince to her but she almost fell with the fourth prince, bearing his weight on her tiny body.

"Be careful," she answered with a nod.

He tried to turn the bars around, gritting his teeth but it also didn't work, the fourth prince only told him of the passageway but he didn't tell him how to get through it, he rubbed his forehead in an attempt to think of a solution.

"What is wrong?" Xiaodi asked seeing the look on his face, he removed the hat and dropped it to the ground in frustration, the fourth prince consciousness is slowly slipping away but he found himself unable to do anything about it.

"I can't open it," he replied

"What!"

She helped him sit on the ground then she walked over to the door and combined her strength with Xi Feng to open the door but to no avail, they only stopped when they heard the fourth prince mumble, they turned back in surprise seeing that he was still conscious enough to speak.

"Master!"

"th..the door can only be opened wi..." he paused to cough, while Xiaodi patted his back, Xi Feng leaned towards him to hear what he is saying clearly.

"take my blood and drop it in the hole in the middle of the bars to open the door," he mumbled with much effort, Xiaodi who couldn't hear what he was saying was frowning while she waited for Xi Feng to tell her what he has heard.

Seeing him raise his head with an alarming look, she was quite confused, looking at him with a quizzical look.

"We have to use his blood,"

"He has already lost much blood, we can't use his blood,"

"We have to, he is running out of time and his consciousness is slowly fading," With that, he used the tip of his sword to cut his finger then he opened his other hand to collect the blood, he walked over to the door and poured the blood into the hole, the bars started spinning then the door opened.

They heaved a sigh of replied then they assisted him into the pavilion.

Madam Ju was lying on her bed in her undergarment while the girls were massaging her legs, she smiled in pleasure but the maids were alarmed when her body jerked and she opened her eyes, she raised her hand to signal them to stop, then she changed to a sitting position, she adjusts her expression to prevent them from suspecting anything.

"You girls may leave," she ordered

"But we are not d...."

"I said leave!" she insisted with her voice raised, the girls quickly stood up from the ground, they adjusted their dress then they bowed their heads and left the room in a single file, seeing that they had left, she stood up from the bed then she walked to the door and locked it.

She returned to her bed, she pulled the covers and inserted the jade stone on her necklace into the small insignificant hole in her bed, the bed immediately divided into two, she looked down to see if the fourth prince is really the one coming from the secret passage since he doesn't have any reason to use the secret passage.

"Xi Feng!" she called out in a whisper, seeing him emerge out of the passageway as he climbed the stairs to come out of the passageway, he nodded his head at her then he moved away from her view, showing Xiaodi and the fourth prince who was covered in cold sweat resting on her shoulders.

Her eyes widened at the sight, she quickly helped Xiaodi out then she removed the jade stone from the hole, making the bed revert to its original form, she laid him down on the bed and rushed over to her drawer to get a towel.

"What happened to him?" she asked with concern written on her face as she dabbed the sweat on his face and proceeded to disrobe him.

"He had his monthly attack because of his shadow today but it so happens that his saint transformation coincided with the attack," Xiaodi explained then she paused for a moment in hesitation.

"When did this happen?"

"It happened this morning," Xi Feng answered

"Then why are you just bringing him now?"

"The fourth prince said he needed to get the fire element grass from the spirit forest so we offered to go there on his behalf but he insisted that he follows us because the fire element grass cannot be uprooted without using his ice power," Xiaodi sobbed in the middle of her explanation so Xi Feng continued on her behalf.

"We had already gotten the fire element grass when the fourth prince detected other presence in the forest, we got there only to see the prime minister's son and the governor's daughter under attack by the statues in the forest, we insisted that we leave them be but the fourth prince insisted that he has to save them, after we saved them we got into a fight with them which prolonged our return to the pavilion, the fourth prince started vomiting blood," Xi Feng concluded with a note of regret, they both regretted not stopping the fourth prince and saving such ungrateful people.

"The fourth prince is not one to meddle in other's business, why exactly must he save them at the expense of his own life," she pondered, she turned to them.

"Did you say you got the fire element grass?" they nodded in answer to her question, Xi Feng inserted his hand into his robe then he brought out a small box, Madam Ju was quite confused seeing the small box since she is very well aware that there is no way the grass would be able to fit into a box that small, but her confusion was dispelled when the box expanded.

She moved closer to examine the fiery red grass but she couldn't touch it knowing that the grass is still hot.

"I know how to use it on him but since his highness is weak and he can't use his ice power to cool the grass then there is only one way to but it is too dangerous for his present condition," She covered the box and dropped it on the table with a concerned look on her face which made them more anxious.

"What way, I am sure the fourth prince can withstand anything," Xi Feng assured

"We have to use Gu ants," she disclosed with her hands folded on her navel then she walked over to a drawer, she removed a box from the drawer and returned to them then opened it.

"Gu ants!" they chorused and glanced at each other.

"These ants are resistant to hotness and coldness that is why they can resist the hotness of the fire element grass but they are very poisonous and even I haven't found a cure for their poison even though I have been raising them ever since I was a teenager, if I make the ants feed on the fire element grass then I lay them on his chest, they will find their way into his heart and enter into his blood to feed on him, the fire element grass will enter into his highness's blood,"

"But if they have no cure then his highness is going to die if they feed on him," Xiaodi stated in helplessness knowing that is the only way they can save his life but the risk is too much for them to bear.