Zixiu endured the sharp pain in his arm and waited patiently in his cell for help, hoping that Jintong had really gone to look for medicine for him.
Zixiu was no longer the man he used to be; he had grown out his hair and altered his appearance, making him difficult for most people to recognize. Such protection was naturally a good thing under normal circumstances, but right now Zixiu desperately wished that Jintong would recognize him and pledge loyalty to him as he had in the past.
Exhausted, Zixiu lay waiting on the cell bed for a long time. Eventually, unable to fight off the fatigue, he slumped against the wall and fell asleep in a haze. He had a dream, once again dreaming of the way Abbot Faxin looked before he died. Ever since Faxin's death, he had been plagued by this same recurring dream.
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