At the sight of this, Zhang Qizheng immediately crouched down and picked up the end of the red cord. Judging by the break, it had clearly been torn apart with force. What was strange, though, was that no one had seen First Lady do anything.
"Could Li Bai have torn it herself?" Zhu Jie's voice sounded distorted in the night wind. "Yao Shunyu said Li Bai told her she'd heard First Lady calling her. Could she have fallen into an illusion and deliberately torn the red cord while inside it? Is that why...?"
At first, Zhu Jie's theory sounded plausible, but Jiang Cheng didn't think that was what had happened. Li Bai wasn't that easy to fool.
As Jiang Cheng helped straighten Li Bai's collar and put the broken red cord back in place, his fingers instinctively rested against the side of her neck. The next moment, his expression changed. "She's not dead! She still has a pulse!"
At this, Yao Shunyu immediately grabbed Li Bai's wrist. After checking her pulse, his expression brightened, and he nodded firmly at the stunned Fatty. "That's right. She's alive. Her pulse is still strong."
"Wait, do you remember? Shecainv said the copper coin could be lost, but it mustn't be damaged." Zhu Jie's face also lit up. It wasn't so much that Li Bai's life or death mattered to her; she was mainly relieved to learn that even if someone fell victim to the curse, they wouldn't die right away.
They tried to wake Li Bai, but it was completely futile. She lay on the ground as if she were asleep.
Jiang Cheng let go of Li Bai's hand and turned to reassure Fatty. "Don't worry. She's fine for now. As long as we can complete the task before dawn, Li Bai will