Not long after the four girls from the mysterious hidden clans of the far north parted ways with Jiang Yan and his companions, they hurried back to their respective families from Treasure Island in Bear Country. They had simultaneously received urgent thousand-mile sound transmissions from home, stating that their fathers had suffered a major crisis and urgently needed them to return immediately to deal with it together.
When Murong Aoxue, Situ Yufeng, Zhongli Yuting, and Shangguan Ling'er rushed back to their respective clans, everyone was completely panicked and at their wits' end. The entire household was shrouded in grief. Upon seeing the return of their patriarchs' daughters, the stewards and all the clansmen crowded around, crying out to their respective young ladies: "Yuting, Aoxue, Yufeng, Ling'er, hurry and go see your fathers! If you delay any longer, you won't even get to see them!" With that, they all broke down, weeping bitterly and wailing aloud.
"What has happened to our fathers?" the four girls gasped in unison, immediately running into their respective homes. At that moment, Murong Shichui, Murong Shiguang, and Murong Shibo were kneeling beside Murong Shixiong's bed, wailing, "Big brother! Big brother! Big brother, you cannot die! You cannot die! What will become of us if you die?" Lying on the bed at his last gasp, Murong Shixiong managed to open his eyes slightly. Unable to move his limbs, he looked at his daughter Murong Aoxue and spoke with great diffic…
Chapter 38