The roar of the waterfall served as our best cover. Carrying Yang Yan on my back, I struggled forward along the slippery rock face until I finally discovered a hidden cave behind the water curtain. The entrance was concealed by vines, but the interior was dry and spacious, evidently an abandoned lair of some wild beast.
"Is this... safe?" Yang Yan asked weakly. Her breath against the back of my neck was frighteningly hot.
"Safe for now." I gently set her down and immediately checked her wounds. The arrow wound had begun to fester, and the foul water of the dungeon had exacerbated the infection; she was running a high fever.
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