Chapter 116: I’m Very Angry
Yun Qiao figured that if Wen Qing couldn’t find Han Shu in the underworld, he would at least come back first to let her know. So, she and the others waited patiently.
But after waiting for half a month, there was still no sign of Wen Qing—not a single message, not even a trace of his aura. Yun Qiao began to feel an uneasy chill in her chest, a creeping sense that something had gone terribly wrong.
To make matters worse, because Wen Qing had originally come as an “auditing disciple,” neither she nor the old man had thought to give him a transmission talisman or add him to the message array group. Only now did they realize… they had no way to contact him at all.
She had been planning to wait a few more days when, instead of news from Wen Qing, a transmission came from the Tianshi Hall.
“What? He hasn’t woken up?!” Yun Qiao froze mid-bite, her chopsticks hovering in the air. “That’s impossible! It’s already been half a month!”
“Yes, Daoist Yun,” Xu Hall Master’s voice came through the talisman, full of anxiety. “The Yu family just sent word—they don’t understand either. The family head’s complexion looks better and better, but he still hasn’t woken up. Several spiritual healers examined him; all said his life force is missing, unable to regenerate—so he remains unconscious.”
“His life force hasn’t recovered?” Yun Qiao frowned in disbelief. Impossible. His body had long healed—how could his vitality alone still not return? “What about the others from West City? Are they all the same?”
“No,” Xu Hall Master replied gravely. “Of the survivors you treated that day, those less severely cursed have mostly awakened—about half of them. They’re weak, but awake. Only seventeen or eighteen remain like the Yu family head—still in deep sleep.”
“That many?” Yun Qiao murmured, stunned. She couldn’t shake the feeling that this was still linked to that underworld artifact. After a moment’s thought, she said solemnly, “All right. I’ll come to the Tianshi Hall in a few days to take a look myself.”