The vapor from the hot spring rose in a dense haze, blurring my vision. Xiang Xuehai's body was enveloped in a golden glow, slowly sinking beneath the water's surface. I knelt on the bank, my nails digging deep into my palms.
"Three days..." I muttered, repeating Master Yao's words. "Just three days..."
Outside the cave, the wind and snow raged on, but inside, it was so quiet that I could hear the sound of bursting water bubbles. I guarded the hot spring without moving an inch, gnawing on a few frozen mushrooms when I was hungry, and pinching my thighs whenever drowsiness threatened to take over.
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