The third watch.
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Linglong had returned. Alongside her, barely clinging to life, was Du Minxing, as well as Duanping and Duanzheng, two disciples from the Shaoyang Sect.
Everyone gathered in the main hall, the expression on each face exceedingly grave. Duanzheng stood in the center of the hall, recounting the events encountered along the way.
"The sect leader's wife, worried after the sect leader didn't return from Fuyu Island after a long time, and having heard that something had happened on the island, dispatched us two disciples to help. On Gao Mountain, we ran into Minxing and Sister Linglong. Minxing had been gravely injured by someone unknown, and Sister Linglong was also... not quite right. After searching around Gao Mountain without finding anyone else, we dared not delay our travel and thus hurried over here."