Chapter 82 He's been found! A reunion on a desolate reef!
"Splash—"
With a loud bang, the life raft finally broke free of the seawater and returned to the surface!
The long-awaited, salty, and fishy air rushed wildly into Qin Lie's lungs.
He breathed deeply, yet dared not relax for a moment.
Because the scene on the surface of the sea is even more terrifying than the scene at the bottom!
Although the strongest eye of the typhoon has passed, the lingering power of the storm still makes this sea area feel like boiling water.
Giant waves, three to four meters high, continued to surge.
The sky was leaden gray, and the torrential rain stung people's faces.
They are like rootless duckweed on this raging sea, at any moment they could be overturned by the next wave.
"Wife! Wife!"
Qin Lie didn't care about any of that; all his attention was on Jiang Wu in his arms.
After returning to the surface of the sea, the magical conch shell gradually dimmed, eventually reverting to its ancient appearance.
Without that protective shield, the icy rain and sea breeze swept in instantly.
Jiang Wu's body trembled even more violently.
Qin Lie quickly took off his soaking wet and tattered military uniform and wrapped it tightly around her body, trying to warm her with his burning body temperature.
He kept clumsily trying to breathe into her.
He didn't know if it would work, but it was the only thing he could do.
"Hold on...you must hold on..."
He held her in his arms, drifting aimlessly in this boundless, despairing gray ocean.
He didn't know which way to go, where he was, or whether they would survive until the storm subsided.
All he could do was use his own body to shield the woman in his arms from all the storms.
A huge wave crashed in, tossing the life raft high into the air.
Qin Lie shielded Jiang Wu with his body, using his back to absorb all the impact.
"puff--"
His already severely injured body could no longer withstand the strain, and he spat out a mouthful of blood.
But he didn't even bother to wipe it; he just held the treasure in his arms even tighter.
He didn't know how long he had been drifting.
One day? Or two days?
His consciousness began to fade.
Hunger, cold, and excessive blood loss had pushed his physical strength to its limit.
Several times he wanted to just fall asleep like that.
But as soon as he felt the faint but persistent breath in his arms, he bit his tongue hard, forcing himself to wake up.
He can't sleep!
If he falls asleep, his wife is truly beyond saving!
Just when he was about to give up, his gaze suddenly caught a black dot between the gray sea and sky!
That's not an illusion!
It is a real, black, huge reef!
After countless moments of despair, this suddenly appearing reef was like a last hope bestowed by the gods!
"There's hope! Honey! We're saved!"
Qin Lie mustered his last bit of strength and desperately paddled towards the rocks with his hands.
The reef looked very close, but in the wind and waves, it seemed as far away as the horizon.
Qin Lie used all his strength, struggling against the waves, to slowly and painstakingly approach his goal.
Finally, just as the life raft was slammed against the rocks by a huge wave and almost fell apart, he grabbed onto a protruding rock on the reef!
He tied the safety rope tightly to the rock. Then, holding Jiang Wu, he used his last bit of strength to climb onto the only piece of land he could stand on in the storm.
This is a huge black reef formed from volcanic rock, about the size of a basketball court.
It was bare, covered with sharp edges and pits eroded by seawater.
But at this moment, in this raging sea, it is the safest paradise.
Qin Lie carried Jiang Wu and hid in a slightly sheltered rocky hollow.
He checked her breathing; it was still faint but steady.
He touched her belly again, and the faint fetal movement was still there.
Qin Lie finally felt a little relieved.
He was extremely exhausted, his eyelids felt as heavy as lead.
He knew he had to rest, or he really would die.
"Honey, I'm going to sleep for a little while... just a little while..."
He murmured to himself, holding Jiang Wu tightly in his arms, then his head lolled to the side and he completely lost consciousness.
...
Jiang Wu woke up amidst a violent jolt.
She slowly opened her eyes, and the first thing she saw was Qin Lie's magnified face, covered in stubble and looking tired.
His chin rested gently on her forehead, his breathing even and heavy.
He is still alive.
This realization instantly filled Jiang Wu's heart with immense joy and warmth.
She shifted slightly and realized that he was holding her tightly and possessively in his arms, like a rare treasure. He was only wearing a tattered vest, while she was wrapped in his thick military jacket, still warm from his body heat.
Her hand unconsciously went to her lower abdomen.
It was peaceful and quiet there.
The intense, tearing pain she had felt earlier had disappeared.
She could feel that although the little one in her belly was breathing a little weaker, it was very healthy.
She knew that it was Qin Lie who, while she was unconscious, used his yang energy and life force to nourish her and the child.
That fool.
Jiang Wu's eyes felt a little hot.
She looked up and around.
This is an unfamiliar black reef.
The waves in the distance were still surging, but the storm had clearly subsided considerably.
In the sky, the thick dark clouds tore open a gap, revealing the azure sky behind them.
They survived.
Jiang Wu gently broke free from Qin Lie's embrace.
She saw the deep, bone-revealing wounds on Qin Lie's back, carved by the rocks, and the dried, dark red bloodstains.
Her heart ached as if it were being pricked by needles.
She then saw two more soldiers wearing life jackets who had been washed ashore on the rocks not far away.
They lay there motionless, their fate unknown.
Jiang Wu did not go over immediately.
She knew that the most important thing now was to save Qin Lie.
His injuries were too severe.
Excessive blood loss, coupled with internal organ damage, will leave extremely serious sequelae even if the patient survives without timely treatment.
She had to get all of this sorted out before he woke up.
She turned her back, pretending to be looking for something on the rocks.
With a thought, her consciousness once again entered that misty space.
She came to the spring.
She obtained this spiritual spring by chance in an ancient secret realm. The spring water contains pure life energy, which can not only revive the dead and heal the wounded, but is also the foundation for her to maintain her appearance and cultivation.
She took a water pouch from the bamboo house in the space and filled it with spiritual spring water.
Then, she went into the bamboo house and came to a shelf filled with all kinds of bottles and jars.
She took down an inconspicuous small porcelain bottle containing red pills from above.
"Nine-Turn Life-Extending Pill".
This is one of her most treasured possessions.
Back then, she almost exhausted half of the sect's resources in order to refine this batch of pills.
This kind of pill can restore someone to full health within a day, even if they are on their last breath.
If Qin Lie hadn't been so badly injured this time, she wouldn't have been willing to take it out.
She returned to Qin Lie's side with the water bag and medicine bottle.
She looked around and confirmed that the two soldiers were still some distance away and were both unconscious.
She carefully helped Qin Lie up and let him lean against her chest.
Then, she poured out a red pill that emitted a strong medicinal fragrance from the porcelain bottle.
She put the pill into her mouth and dissolved it with the spiritual spring water.
Then, she lowered her head and, just as Qin Lie had done to her before, slowly fed him the spiritual spring water mixed with pills.
After doing all this, she unscrewed the water pouch and carefully washed the hideous wounds on his back with the spiritual spring water.
A miraculous scene unfolded.
Those deep wounds that exposed bone began to heal at a speed visible to the naked eye the moment they came into contact with the spiritual spring water!
In just a few minutes, those hideous wounds were reduced to only faint pink marks.
Jiang Wu breathed a sigh of relief.
She took care of everything and put the water pouch and medicine bottle back into her spatial storage.
Then she got up and walked toward the two unconscious soldiers.
She checked their breathing.
Fortunately, they were still breathing, albeit very weakly.
She did the same to them, feeding them some of the remaining spiritual spring water as well.
Although not as miraculous as the Nine-Turn Life-Extending Pill, this spiritual spring water was enough to keep them alive and pull them back from the brink of death.
Just as she finished doing all this and was about to return to Qin Lie's side.
A nasal, incredulous, dreamlike murmur came from behind her.
"daughter in law?"
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