"Th-thank you, big brother!"
Upon hearing this, Huo Qing was instantly overwhelmed with joy. Given the customs of the Fuchen Plain, for a scout like him who had been captured and interrogated, escaping without being silenced afterward was already something to thank the heavens for.
His shoulder injury was neither light nor severe. For a cultivator, it would typically heal enough to function normally in a few days. However, in his current state, it made movement difficult. Without help, he truly had no way to return to town before dawn. If he were to encounter "jackal rogue cultivators" or other gang squads scavenging for bodies along the way, they certainly wouldn't mind turning him into a real corpse.
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