"She is..."
"The Kin-Seeking Talisman's power landed on her." Bian Chunchou lowered the Kin-Seeking Talisman in his hand. Sure enough, the instant it touched the woman, it vanished into thin air without a breath of wind. "But her age is wrong. She is at most in her thirties."
She was absolutely not Bian Xiaoyi.
Though she was dressed as a married woman, it seemed deliberate. The coarse linen clothes on her body and her hands, utterly devoid of any trace of labor, were the clearest proof.
"I just tested it with my blood and found that it reacted too." Bian Chunchou had wanted to try it back in Bian Family Village, but for all sorts of reasons, he had never done so. After all... even if their blood relation had been confirmed, he would not have remained in Bian Family Village. In his heart, like Wen Xu-Xu, he had long regarded Yonglu Mountain as his only home.
Wen Xu had more or less guessed it as well. "It's fine. We arrived in time." At least she was still alive.
But after rescuing so many people, settling them became a problem. The soil in the city had gone wrong, and the dead could not be buried, so they could only be burned where they lay. The twenty-three survivors were temporarily housed in the only building. None of the four knew Mysterious Physician arts, so they could only save people with the most basic pills. Fortunately, most had merely suffered from evil energy entering their bodies and excessive blood loss. With some time to recuperate, they would be fine.
"If I'd known this would happen, I would have bought more low-grade pills." Or captured an alchemist and brought one along.
Zheng Jin, however, shook his head. "Mingxuan City definitely does not lack