Chapter 446 A Filial Daughter
Lu Qingqing took a step back, standing parallel to Ji Ruyan, and reached out to grasp his hand.
Good heavens, don't they know this is the Crown Prince? He's about to ascend the throne, and they dare to let him follow behind them.
To avoid his wrath, she had no choice but to sacrifice herself to protect her family.
Prince, please don't blame me.
She ran her fingers along the back of the man's hand, as if to comfort him.
But to my surprise, the back of his hand was also pitted and uneven.
He gripped her hand tightly, trying to pull it away, but Lu Qingqing held it firmly.
Then I felt his pulse.
The body is weak, the lungs and internal organs are congested, the vital energy is damaged, and both qi and blood are deficient.
Fortunately, with intensive nourishment and conditioning, they can all recover!
Lu Qingqing pursed her lips and exhaled.
After so many days of tension, I can finally relax.
Shan Yueming glanced at their clasped hands out of the corner of his eye and chuckled.
In the end, that girl got her way.
When she was a child, she boasted that she wanted the young prince to be her husband. But when she heard that once she entered the palace, she couldn't leave, she quit. She then asked if she could marry into the prince's family. When she found out that it was impossible, she sighed and gave up completely.
At that time, she thought that her family and the Crown Prince would never have any contact again, but she never expected that their fate was so deep.
If what the Crown Prince said is true, and the two of them have discussed becoming a secret couple, then it's entirely up to Qingqing.
When Lu Qingqing noticed that everyone was silent and kept glancing behind them, she quickly continued to ask:
"That's not right, Mother. We even considered going down to Tianyuan to find Father, but even on windless days, the winds raged at the bottom of Tianyuan. Living people could crash into the cliff and be crushed to death. How could we have landed safely there?"
“Yes, yes, that’s right,” Lu Yun agreed.
Shan Yueming looked at Old Man Lu with a surprised expression.
Old Man Lu recalled, "If there was no wind, where would the wind come from? I was thrown down at night, so the wind might have stopped."
Shan Yueming also remembered that she had been abandoned at night as well.
Not only her, but everyone here was thrown down at night!
"So that's how it is!" she exclaimed in sudden realization.
"Those corpses that fell elsewhere were all dumped during the day. No wonder none of them survived. It seems the wind on the cliff only stops at night."
So, how incredibly lucky were those who survived!
That's incredibly lucky.
It took several trials to escape from the clutches of the King of Hell.
Lu Qingqing and Lu Yun looked at each other. Why didn't they think of trying it at night?
But it's too dangerous to see clearly at night!
Now, by a twist of fate, it has turned out to be a blessing in disguise, and the whole family is reunited.
"The wind is strong during the day but not at night, which must be related to the terrain and air pressure here."
“It should be,” Shan Yueming said. “There has been an earthquake here. The terrain is very complex. Strange winds often occur when the weather is good. There are also underground cavities and perhaps swamps. I have seen swamp mud often on the eagle’s claws.”
As they talked, they arrived at their place of residence.
They were small caves dug out, and small thatched huts built from felled trees.
They were all cramped and rudimentary, but fortunately, this place was like the bottom of a cup, the air was stuffy, but it wasn't cold.
Over the years, the Holy Physician Sect has abandoned thousands of people. Some were experimental subjects who were disemboweled and naked, some were drug addicts, some were murdered doctors, and some were guards in uniform.
Three years ago, a group of guards, about a hundred people, were thrown down after being drugged.
They knew about the evil deeds committed by the Holy Healer's Sect, and out of fear, they tried to escape together, but were thrown down.
It was only thanks to their clothes, the silver needles, daggers, and other odds and ends they carried that Shan Yueming and her apprentice were able to live like human beings until now.
Just think about it and you'll know how difficult it is.
As for food, they eat the wild grass, various tree bark, and a lot of fungi, and also hunt some birds, catch some snakes and insects, basically eat anything edible.
Several medicinal herb seeds were also found on a doctor's corpse, and they have now grown into a patch, serving as both food and medicine.
They found a bag of dates on a guard and also got a few date trees.
In short, do everything you can to survive.
The only connection this place has with the outside world is that vulture.
Vultures love to eat corpses. Sometimes, when Shan Yueming and the others find that someone has thrown down the mountain again, the vultures have already eaten it all down to the skeleton.
However, vultures are selective about what they eat; they won't touch anything that is poisonous or carries medicine.
Over time, the vultures became unafraid of the living people.
On one particular occasion, it returned with an arrow wound to its wing. After Shan Yueming treated it, it even took the initiative to be affectionate towards him.
So Shan Yueming also tried to tie strips of cloth to the vulture for help, but unfortunately, no one has ever seen it done so many years ago.
We've dug into the mountainside and climbed the cliffs; without tools and physical strength, it's impossible to get out.
Having lived here for ten years, Shan Yueming thought he would die here.
Unexpectedly, Old Man Lu fell down.
Things took a turn for the better.
He said his daughter was very capable and would definitely be able to find it.
Later, the prince was carried away by a vulture, and he also said that Qingqing would come looking for him.
"Actually, although my mother had some hope, she also told herself not to have too high hopes. After all, finding someone in such a hidden corner is like looking for a needle in a haystack."
Even if you're incredibly capable, able to search for a month, two months, or even a year, can you really keep searching relentlessly for years on end?
That's right.
Mother is very rational.
She genuinely didn't intend to continue searching like that.
Lu Qingqing suddenly felt a little guilty.
He tilted his head and glanced at Ji Ruyan.
Just then, I caught his gaze as he looked away.
Hehe, let's see how ugly he becomes in a moment, daring to avoid her!
"I didn't expect you to actually come looking for me!" Shan Yueming smiled happily.
"The Crown Prince is truly blessed with good fortune and a long life. If you were relying on your father, you certainly wouldn't live to see him!"
That's what I meant.
Old Man Lu was quite dissatisfied.
My daughter is the most filial.
Even if we know he's dead, we still have to retrieve his remains.
But when Old Man Lu looked at Lu Qingqing, he only saw the back of her head.
Where is Lu Yun? His guilty eyes darted left and right.
These two... are they really not planning to look for him anymore?
Waaaaah—
Old Man Lu looked at Ji Ruyan with a mournful expression.
In her daughter's heart, this boy's status ultimately surpassed his!
He's unhappy when his daughter is a "bad girl," and he's jealous when she's preoccupied with someone else.
Sigh, being a dad is really not easy.
"Oh my god, Mom, how did you save him? Little Zhang said he was almost bleeding from all seven orifices!"
Lu Qingqing quickly asked for advice.
Shan Yueming laughed: "You've already destroyed the Holy Physician Sect, and you haven't even had a chance to properly study those thousands of medical books you collected, have you?"
"Uh, I'm watching it now, not much yet."
"Those books contain records of why the Feathered Beast Spirit Clan has a short lifespan."
Their ancestors had sought help from the Holy Healer Sect.
At that time, their chieftain was dying after riding a beast, bleeding from all seven orifices. He found the Holy Healer Sect with only his last breath.
Knowing he was beyond saving, the clan chief, for the sake of his people, voluntarily offered his body for the sect leader to dissect so that the cause of death could be found.
After performing an autopsy according to his last wishes, the sect leader found that his chest cavity was full of blood, with several ruptured blood vessels, and the back of his head was also full of blood.
It looks like it was caused by using too much force.
At that time, there was no precedent for open-chest surgery in the sect. The sect leader recorded the damaged parts and then began to experiment on death row prisoners.
Later, it was gradually learned that the blood vessels in the lungs were damaged, there was a ruptured arc-shaped septum between the chest and abdomen, and the blood vessels in the brain were severed.
Lu Qingqing summarized: pulmonary artery injury, diaphragmatic tear, and cerebral blood vessel rupture!
My God, such a serious injury was saved under these conditions.
Was Ji Ruyan just incredibly lucky, or was her mother's medical skill just too high?
No, that's not right.
Lu Qingqing patted Ji Ruyan's head.
At least he didn't have a brain hemorrhage.
----------------------------------------
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com