In the following days, Dong Huiying would wake up from bed daily, and the first thing she did was to check on Zhi Chen’s condition in the neighboring room. After being poisoned, Liang Zhichen’s skin was a purplish blue, but thanks to the Greedy Gu that kept consuming the toxins in his body, the cyanosis of his skin had been fading. It was evident that in a day or two, all the remaining toxins in his body would be cleared. Dong Huiying also discovered something else. Lao Si, who used to sneak around fighting in the black market, couldn’t lie. The silver he won was always claimed as "earned from helping with house building." She then remembered her family saying that Lao Si was a carpenter, that being a carpenter was a good job, and that in Pingchang Prefecture’s black market, there were two main features: one was the black iron mask, crafted by Shen Qiuyang, and the other was the Identity Token, which was carved from wood by Lao Si himself. Furthermore, during the New Year, she had once drawn a picture and asked Lao Si to make a wooden wheelchair for Shu Yu. That time she had already witnessed just how skilled Lao Si was with woodwork. This man was truly gifted with his hands. Even when he picked up a needle and thread, he would appear clumsy, and he was also not adept at cooking. Although he tried hard to learn, his cooking skills were still mediocre at best to this day. But when it came to woodwork, he was effortless, as if he were born with a natural talent for it. "What are you carving?" She approached Lao Si with curiosity as she saw him holding a piece of wood and meticulously carving it with a carving knife. Suddenly hearing her voice, his back stiffened, as if he had been startled by her presence. "Nothing!" He quickly tucked the unfinished carving into his chest, putting on a mysterious air as if he didn’t want her to see his unpolished creation. She covered her face and snickered. Fine, she would pretend not to have seen it. He was clearly carving a figurine, and even though it was not yet complete, she could tell that he seemed to be carving her likeness, right? "Come on, accompany me for a walk. I want to buy some things!" Afterward, she dragged Lao Si out for shopping and bought loads of various, assorted items. Among these were water skins, felt tents, as well as dried, cured meat and other provisions that were easy to carry and could last a long time. She even bought several cloaks. She also purchased a map, planning the route for the desert journey. After leaving the Golden Triangle and turning right, there was the border between Zhongtu and The Outside, and after coming back from the Desert, they could take a shortcut back to Qingfeng Prefecture’s Purple Garden. Just like that, everything was ready. The next day, she found herself waiting in Liang Zhichen’s room. It wasn’t only her, but also Lao Si, Tie Yi, and others, including Zhan Hanyun, all were present. They watched the man on the bed, with his snowy white hair spreading over the pillow. He looked thinner than before, but Dong Huiying had diligently fed him plenty of nourishing soups to replenish his energy and blood. His body was still quite well, it was just that due to being comatose for some days, his skin had become much paler than before. Breath held tightly in concentration. When the Greedy Gu swallowed the last bit of the greenish-purple toxins, it paused on the man’s ankle. Dong Huiying clenched a small knife, sliced open the skin at the man’s ankle, removed the Greedy Gu and stuffed it into a small bottle. After that, she applied some homemade medicated ointment to the bleeding wound of the man. They waited and waited some more. Roughly after the time it takes an incense stick to burn.