The chief checked everyone’s situation and found that Xiu Shao and Jiao Ling were the most seriously injured. Xiu Shao still couldn’t stand on his own, while Jiao Ling’s internal injury wasn’t severe, but she looked terrible.
Even though Bai Ruozhu had a particularly frightening wound on her neck, it was actually just a surface injury.
"The Quanrong Clan’s trick techniques are truly unpredictable," Bai Ruozhu couldn’t help but say. She clearly rembered that montary feeling; had she not hid in the Space, she feared she would have stopped breathing by now.
The chief and the third elder, who had the most encounters with the Quanrong Clan, led the group back while talking.
"The trick technique is changeable, making it hard to defend against. But we discovered that their attacks have intervals, and the thod and intensity of the attack aren’t entirely fixed. In other words, if luck is good, it’s just one inner strength strike; if unlucky, it might be an extrely intense killing intent piercing your throat, just like what happened to Ruozhu just now," the chief said.
Bai Ruozhu bitterly laughed, "Turns out I’m the unlucky one."
The third elder spoke, "The more people using trick techniques simultaneously, the stronger the effect, so it’s right for you to attack the technique users."
"Everyone shouldn’t lose heart. Although the Greedy Wolf Technique is extrely terrifying, those who use it need to rest for at least three months, even six months. Those with weak cultivation bases might beco disabled and never use trick techniques again, so in the Quanrong Clan, it’s rarely used because they have few people, even fewer who practice trick techniques," the chief continued. "Only You ng went crazy because of his son’s death. If it were another Quanrong elder present, they certainly would have stopped him."
Fen Jiu lazily said, "He only knows how to play dirty tricks, actually he doesn’t have much brains, just thinking of waiting near the Barrier, not realizing this place is an absolute advantage for us."
Everyone was amused by his words, and the atmosphere relaxed quite a bit.
As they spoke, they saw from afar that Jiao Yunyun and the others, looking worried, were running this way, apparently having heard the commotion.
"Ruozhu, how did you get hurt?" Jiao Yunyun exclaid, while Lin Pinger also looked worriedly at her daughter’s neck. Bai Ruozhu thought it was fortunate she had bandaged it; otherwise, they would be even more startled.
"Sis, it’s all my fault for not going with you," Xiaosi said sullenly. If he had gone, he could have helped a bit.
These days Xiaosi felt uneasy, so when Bai Ruozhu and the others went shopping, he didn’t go along. On the one hand, he had just arrived at the Jiuli Clan, and didn’t crave going out as much as the others. On the other hand, he kept feeling uneasy for killing Sun Xu, but he didn’t ntion this to anyone, fearing it would worry his master and parents.
He intended to kill the monster, but didn’t expect the monster was attached to a living person, who hadn’t died yet.
Although Sister Ruozhu said the person’s organs had been devoured by the monster, making survival impossible, he still felt uneasy inside.
Moreover, perhaps he also felt a bit concerned about the little girl nad Feng Wuchen.
Bai Ruozhu patted Xiaosi’s shoulder and said, "Then you should follow master’s teachings on martial arts, so you can protect us in the future."
Xiaosi nodded earnestly, "I will try my best."
Later, Bai Ruozhu went ho and treated her wound again. She had exhausted much of her energy fighting You ng, and now she was truly fatigued, so she fell asleep.
The chief and the elders understood the situation clearly, and knew that the child Du Fei had given birth to was actually the son of the Quanrong Clan’s chief You ng. Everyone was furious, wishing to sentence Du Fei to death.
"We’ve always been defending, waiting for them to attack before responding, this won’t do. We need to find opportunities to strike back and teach them a lesson," the more temperantal Seventh Elder said.
"They’ve killed many of our clan mbers who were training outside over the years; it’s ti to teach them a lesson. But the Quanrong trick technique changes unpredictably, how should we break through?" the Su Clan chief said.
Everyone fell silent briefly, but quickly resud discussing strategies. They were no longer just defending, only trying to preserve strength as Jiuli people had once done.
Bai Ruozhu slept until noon the next day before waking. During this ti, Dengdeng and Xiaosi checked on her several tis, worrying a lot. Jiao Ling even asked the clan doctor to co have a look, only to learn Bai Ruozhu was just too tired and needed a good sleep.
Actually, her exhaustion wasn’t just from the battle, but also the previous distress over Jiang Yichun leaving, the accumulated fatigue of sleepless nights.
Fortunately, after a deep sleep, she felt significantly better, both physically and ntally.
After experiencing life and death, her outlook had changed a lot; though she couldn’t forget him, she wouldn’t imrse herself in pain anymore.
She still had family by her side, children to care for, many things unfinished; she must gather her spirit, couldn’t be downcast anymore!
At this mont, Bai Ruozhu’s eyes regained their brilliance, restoring the vitality they should have had.
She got up, reapplied dicine to her neck, wrapped it in gauze, and went downstairs to talk with her family.
The three children were delighted seeing her, Little Dengdeng sweetly said he missed mom, while the two smaller ones, who couldn’t speak yet, just called out and reached for hugs.
Bai Ruozhu held one on each side, the two little chubby boys growing heavier; if not for her martial arts training, her forr build likely couldn’t hold two at once.
She played with the children for a while, ate sothing, only then noticing the odd atmosphere at ho. But her parents seed fine, so she cast her gaze at Jiao Ling.
"Aunt, how’s your internal injury? Is there sothing wrong at ho?" she quietly asked.
Jiao Ling winked at her, excusing herself to go to Bai Ruozhu’s room to check her internal injuries, then quickly pulled Bai Ruozhu and said, "Ruozhu, your grandmother’s been very upset since yesterday. This morning she said she didn’t want to marry the third elder anymore, and claid she was a jinx, saying if it weren’t for her wedding, we wouldn’t have gone shopping and gotten into danger."
"I didn’t ntion it to your parents, as they seem worried enough about you. Plus, your grandmother thinks she hard your father," Jiao Ling’s eyes reddened. "I tried persuading her not to overthink, we’re all fine, aren’t we? She left early this morning, and I fear she went to tell the third elder she wouldn’t marry him."
Bai Ruozhu felt uneasy, standing up and saying to Jiao Ling, "I’ll go check the Peach Forest and try to persuade grandma."
"She absolutely can’t reject the third elder again, he’s suffered enough," Jiao Ling knew this feeling well, Fen Jiu had waited for her for over a decade, but the third elder had waited for Jiao Yunyun for decades.
Bai Ruozhu nodded, "I’ll try my best."
She approached the Peach Forest and from afar saw grandma sitting beneath a peach tree, just like at their first eting. Still in that place, under that peach tree, as lonely as ever.
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