The difficult journey continued.

This difficulty didn’t only originate from their bodies weakening by the day, it was also because they had no idea when this type of journey would end, if this type of journey’s end would even bring them what they hoped to see.

When it was near the end of the night’s darkness, Qin Xiyue gave the meditating Lin Xi and deeply asleep Nangong Weiyang a deep look, as if she wanted to etch the faces of these two deeply into her very soul. Then, she carefully added a speck of fuel to the fire pan. With the newly produced warmth, she walked out of the tent.

“Goodbye.”

She gave the small tent behind her a smile while saying this quietly inside. Then, she tightened the clothes around herself, suppressing her coughing sounds as she left as quietly as she could.

…

Lin Xi woke up during the first glimmers of dawn.

When he woke up, he first noticed Nangong Weiyang’s eyes, and then saw that there were only the two of them here. He remained stunned for a moment, and only then did he realize what happened. Then, his body quickly became cold and...