"Nowhere to go is fine," Qinglong said enthusiastically. "Why don't we rest in the cave where we're staying for a while, and then make some plans?"
"It's quite secluded over there; no one should find it anytime soon."
Chief Wei glanced at the exhausted crowd and Wei Qing, who remained unconscious, and nodded: "Thank you, Protector Qing."
Sitting in the corner, Jiuxian only glanced at Qinglong leading people in before continuing to meditate.
Aunt Wei and the others were already used to this kind of nine-stringed instrument playing, so they found a place to rest.
Chief Wei and Wei Qing's fellow disciples felt very uncomfortable. They had come to someone else's territory, but the host ignored them. Shouldn't they go and greet him?
However, after taking only two steps, Qinglong stopped them: "The master is meditating, you should not disturb him."
"Just find a place to rest. That's just how the host is. You don't need to be so formal."
"Yes, yes, yes." The group then cautiously found a place far away from Jiuxian and sat down.
They simply sat down, because they had either run out of water, food, or medicine long ago, or they had lost them somewhere while they were escaping.
They didn't realize it when their lives were hanging by a thread, but now that they were temporarily safe, a wave of hunger suddenly surged up. The adults were fine and could hold back, but the Wei family's children couldn't.
"Mommy, I'm hungry." A little girl raised her dirty little face and looked longingly at her mother.
The woman was momentarily embarrassed, then smiled wryly and patted her little head: "Xiuxiu, be good, just bear with it a little longer, okay!"
The girl looked like she was about to cry, so pitiful, but she still obediently nodded: "Okay!"
But after a while, the sound of rumbling stomachs echoed from inside the cave; it wasn't just the little girl who was hungry.
At this moment, another problem arose on Wei Qing's side: "Clan leader, what should we do? Sanlang has vomited blood again."
Aunt Wei panicked and quickly put down Wei Zhou in her arms and rushed over. Sure enough, dark red blood was flowing from the corner of Wei Qing's mouth again, staining his entire chin. Aunt Wei couldn't hold back any longer.
She cried, "My son, you must hold on! Your father and your brother are all gone. If something happens to you, what will your mother do? What will your sister-in-law, your nephews and nieces do?"
Sister-in-law Wei and Sister-in-law Wei, holding their children, also started to cry.
Her cries were filled with despair and helplessness about the future, as well as the grief of suddenly losing her husband.
The others also lowered their heads in sorrow.
Nine Strings, his head throbbing from the noise, suddenly opened his eyes and said, "Shut up, all of you."
Those three words were cold and low, carrying a hint of impatience.
All sounds in the cave vanished instantly, and everyone cautiously glanced at Jiu Xian. He stood up, walked towards Wei Qing, and without saying a word, grabbed Wei Qing's wrist.
His cold demeanor made everyone think that Jiu Xian wanted to kill Wei Qing if he hadn't just saved them. But a moment later, he released Wei Qing's wrist.
"I'm filled with resentment, consumed by anger, and have no will to live. I'm hopeless," he said.
If a person doesn't want to live, even a god can't save them.
Aunt Wei: "..."
It felt like the whole world had collapsed.
"This is impossible, this is impossible, Sanlang—my son."
Within a few days, she lost her husband and her son, and now even her last son is about to leave her?
Why? Why?
Did they really do something wrong?
They shouldn't have meddled in other people's business. Whether it's a disaster or the prefect hiding it, what does it have to do with the Wei family?
Now that the Wei family is in trouble, who will come to their rescue?
As if venting all her pent-up pain, Aunt Wei's tears fell one after another, soon soaking a large patch of soil on the ground.
Jiuxian frowned more and more as she cried, her sharp eyebrows furrowing. Finally, unable to bear it any longer, he took out the spiritual spring water he had been reluctant to drink and handed it to her.
"Give it to him, and perhaps there's still a glimmer of hope."
“Ninth Floor Master…” Aunt Wei stared blankly at the exquisite little bottle handed to her, not reacting for a moment.
"Oh dear!" Wei Gang panicked when he saw this, grabbed the bag, and poured it all into Wei Qing's mouth in one gulp.
Never mind, let's try anything, maybe it'll actually work.
Jiuxian: "..." What a waste!
Will this really work? Everyone looked at Wei Qing expectantly, waiting for a miracle to happen, not even caring about their rumbling stomachs.
Qinglong sighed, went to the innermost part of the cave to retrieve the grain, and prepared to cook.
He and the landlord lived here, and naturally, people from the Red Mansion would send things over from time to time, so there was no shortage of food.
When the steward Wei Cheng saw that he had cooked a large pot, he knew that Qinglong had cooked theirs as well, so he quickly led people to help.
"Thank you, Protector Qing," he said gratefully.
Qinglong just smiled.
Before long, the group, who had been starving for several days, finally got a hot meal. Although it was just white rice with some diced meat and dried vegetables, they ate it with great relish.
It even tasted better than any meal I'd ever had before.
It's so good to be alive!
However, there was still no movement from Wei Qing's side, and everyone's hearts were in their throats once again.
Aunt Wei hesitated for a long time, but finally walked over to Jiu Xian: "Ninth, Ninth Master, could you please take another look at Wei Qing?"
Jiuxian opened her eyes, glanced at her, and then stood up and walked towards Wei Qing.
"His body is fine now. Whether he wants to wake up or not is up to him," he said after taking his pulse.
In fact, Jiu Xian didn't understand why Wei Qing was putting himself through this. Shouldn't he have just charged in and killed one or two enemies? That would have been a win.
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