Hearing Leng Yu’s voice of doubt, Lin Yi was momentarily stunned. This was indeed something he hadn’t thought about or considered.

It was precisely because of this that such a revelation appeared.

After all, no matter how you look at it, Leng Yu was the General’s daughter and had been to the Capital City before.

It was this reason that made things from the Palace familiar to Leng Yu; not just because she had been to the Capital City, even before she went there, there were already several items from the Palace in her home.

These were gifts bestowed upon her father by King You.

And because of this, Leng Yu recognized at first glance that these items looked somewhat familiar, noticing their bends and shapes resembling those used in the Palace.

However, she was extremely curious now, wondering why these items would appear here, or whether her speculations were correct.

After all, Lin Yi’s identity was rather unique, he was an Immortal, and it might be that the things used by Immortals were identical to those used in the Imperial Palace, or perhaps the items from the Royal Palace had reached the level of Immortal用品.

In any case, no matter how Leng Yu speculated or imagined, she never pondered over what Lin Yi’s identity truly was, nor did she suspect Lin Yi to be King You.

But evidently, Lin Yi presently had no intention of revealing the truth to Leng Yu; after all, Lin Yi was waiting to witness an interesting scenario.

Thinking about it brought a playful smile to Lin Yi’s face.

This playful smile was not malicious, but rather kind-hearted.

He wanted to tease the girl a bit, eager to see her reaction upon learning his true identity.

For this reason, even if Leng Yu asked him directly, he didn’t respond; instead, he just chuckled and shifted the topic.

Not telling her now doesn’t mean Leng Yu won’t find out.

Keep in mind, the little Eunuch with the Xuan paper is rushing towards this place, it won’t be long before he arrives.

Of course, "won’t be long" doesn’t refer to a few hours, but rather a few days.

After all, as mentioned before, while the actual distance from the Capital City may not be far, for ancient people with only horses as their mode of transportation, it would still take several days to traverse.

Even with an expedited 800-li hurried dispatch, using the fastest horse, it would take about two days.

Since the time they issued the imperial edict and dispatched the Eunuch has barely been a few hours.

He can probably only run about 30 li out of the Capital City at this point.

Not to mention the late hour, they must have likely found lodging.

At this very moment, Leng Yu turned her head only to see Lin Yi’s peculiar smile, which made her even more curious, not knowing what he was laughing at and why he had such an expression.

"What’s the matter, Brother Lin, why are you smiling like this? Did I say something wrong? But I really do think this item looks like those from the Palace."

Lin Yi didn’t expect her to bring the topic back here, leaving him a bit helpless.

He shook his head, saying:

"No, the matter I’m smiling at has nothing to do with this.

This item could exist anywhere; it shouldn’t just be exclusive to the Palace.

Let’s go, let’s look over there, see how they are living now, how their rooms have been reconstructed."

The two ambled on, chatting as they walked, unknowingly reaching the group’s doorstep.

Previously, due to the destruction by those Yan Soldiers, these houses were left in ruins.

Over the past two days, the hard work of the soldiers and everyone involved had brought the place back to almost its former state.

Especially after their last battle, Lin Yi captured many spoils.

For this reason, every household was not the same as before; at least now, they live without material worries.

Upon hearing Lin Yi’s words, Leng Yu dropped the previous topic; perhaps this item was common like Lin Yi said.

Maybe now this kind of object isn’t exclusive to the Palace; it’s been several years since she last crossed the border.

It’s normal to be disconnected from the outside world.

Perhaps in the Capital City, such bent and shaped items are quite common now.

With these thoughts, Leng Yu proceeded to walk with Lin Yi towards the rows of houses.

Leng Yu also wanted to see if this group’s life had improved compared to before?

Or whether there was something they needed her help with?

As they entered the rows of houses, Lin Yi furrowed his brow.

Compared to future villages, at this moment here, only the term poverty-stricken could describe it.

The houses they live in are still thatched huts, and cement houses found in future generations cannot be found.

Presently, neither Dayou country nor society has the technology for cement.

Because of this, Lin Yi devised a plan to create cement.

His newest city must become a city of steel.

This approach has considerable advantages; first, these rooms are far superior to wooden ones even without warfare.

Once a fire occurs, the level of firefighting would only allow them to watch it burn.

Not to mention, it could ignite the entire area.

If replaced with cement, it would differ greatly, as only one room would burn; after all, cement is non-combustible.

Yet Lin Yi understood clearly that it’s impossible to make cement within a short period.

Given the current level of craftsmanship, it still falls short.

Not only craftsmanship, but even the minerals needed for cement are unattainable at present.

As he thought about all this, Lin Yi suddenly realized that he has numerous tasks ahead.

[To be continued...]