Wolf-zard
Jiushu immediately checked on aunt Fa's body.
She dared not retrieve it from the storage, for the fear she will bleed out. She checked and double checked storage conditions.
'Time is stopped.' One can not believe her relief at seeing those words in detailed info about storage.
So, she can stay there like that while they search for a doctor.
She consoled Xiao Xing, who was crying like there's no tomorrow.
The child cried himself to sleep. Jiushu set him up on the bed, made lunch for both of them.
She could do a little better than before. However, it is far too shoddy compared to aunt Fa.
Tears spilled in Jiushu's eyes, as she finally let herself come out of the crisis response state. The shock slowly left her system, her control on her emotions slipped. Her legs gave out underneath her, as she wondered what she was supposed to tell MoQiu.
There will be no one to tell him what happened.
In one day, they would have lost the pillar of their family.
Jiushu emptied her head. For now, she needs to take care of Xiao Xing. she can think of a solution at another time.
Xiao Xing calmed down a little by the night. At least, he is hopeful they can find a doctor and cure aunt Fa. Jiushu did not hold out any hopes. She felt bad about deceiving little guys like this, but one must do what is needed. Moreover, this is a world of superpowers. Could it be that there won't be a super healer? They just need to find him, wherever he is on the continent.
She looked at the starry sky, assessing the situation calmly. MoQiu will return and find out the situation by the end of the day. They may return from the hunt tonight to find aunt Fa missing. She is sure MoQiu will search for her all over. She herself has no way of contacting him. She could probably stay at watch, and keep trying to call out for MoQiu.
What if the assassin came down the cliff to verify aunt Fa's body? Then MoQiu will have the same chances of finding her as the assassin. Moreover, it felt like aunt Fa sacrificed her life, and exposing themselves rashly will be a worse insult to her sacrifice. When ever she watched movies, her most hated character is neither the villain, nor the traitor, but the little brother who cries 'Murder' and attracts attention of the killer to rest of his siblings.
She did not want to be the broom star little brother .
She remembered thinking aunt and uncle were readying themselves for death at some point in the journey. What if they indeed came for aunt and uncle ? Aunt protected Xiao Xing, Jiushu assumed uncle will protect MoQiu. She could not join the fray here. She will keep watch by the window, if MoQiu appears then all is good. If he doesn't, she will not go searching for him. She will go her own route, and make sure Xiao Xing and herself survive to adulthood.
Thus decided, Jiushu dug her feet in where she was.
She kept watch, day after day, night after night.
The view outside the ring is spectacular.
When the ring lays on the ground, the view is like a distorted concave lens.
It will be like there is a square window set of the exact size set at the location the ring is at, opening towards the direction the jade gourd's opening is pointing at. Jiushu can turn and reposition her bangle to change and see the view three hundred and sixty degrees, but she can not do the same with Xiao Xing's ring.
He probably needs to level up as a Taoist.
She provided vegetables to William in the morning… accepted her payment.
She made congee for herself and her brother, and bought a vegetable dish from the restaurant.
The miners are literally in love with the food, the mining speed picked up hundred fold.
They only gave the worst of the lot to the guards, and sequestered the valuable ores in their own little caverns. In the afternoon, they all accepted food from the guards, then bought another meal from the restaurant. In the night, they all came down to the restaurant to eat and chat. Troubles broke out because of that, but between William and sir Bian, nothing untoward happened.
On the Third day, something happened. A wolf howl woke up Jiushu. The howls neared her in a moment, but the way they sounded is really weird. It's halfway between a wolf's howl and a lizard's echolocation. The odd sounds continued, only for the earth to quake.
The creature could have come right out of night mares. It is the size of a medium dog, had scales like a crocodile, it's tongue is a glowing orange, it's legs long, it's paw a mix between bird claw and a paw. Jiushu reeled back, only to realize they could not come into her space.
She stood back and watched. It seems someone is chasing them. She scrunched her eyes and concentrated, as if doing that could give her an advantage. It is only as the person came very near her that she realized. It's MoQiu. He is killing off the wolf-zards one after another, like a being from hell came to reap their death.
Jiushu was about to call him before thinking better of it. It seems he is in battle, and these wolfzards did not look like they are easy to hunt. If he reacts at the wrong time, he might lose his life.