Today was the second night watch, there was one more night watch in the afternoon!
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In the next few days, when he was hungry, he ate the birds that were sucked into the cave. Most of the day, he carefully observed the stone bead, every time he would wipe his arm with the dew that appeared on it. Gradually, his arm completely recovered. He was very concerned about the dew, so he used the skull of a bird to accumulate a lot of it.
On this day, he evenly sprinkled the accumulated dew on a piece of clothing, carefully wrapped the stone bead in it, hung it around his neck and pulled it a few times to make sure it would not fall off. Taking advantage of the gap in the suction force, he came to the entrance of the cave. Clenching his teeth, he tore off most of his clothes, tied them together, fastened them to a nearby rock, tied them to his waist and carefully climbed down.
After descending for about five or six feet, his hand suddenly slipped and his body fell rapidly. Fortunately, his clothes were slightly strained. His body swayed and he quickly grabbed onto a branch that grew horizontally. At this moment, his clothes were torn from the middle, and the part that was tied to his waist swayed in the air.
Cold sweat emerged on Wang Lin's forehead. Looking down, there was still about twenty feet. He grabbed the branch with one hand and quickly grabbed the strip of clothing with the other, struggling to tie it to the branch. Only then did he heave a sigh of relief.
Carefully moving his body, after a long time, he finally approached the cliff and continued to climb down.
When he was a few feet from the bottom of the cliff, the strip of clothing had been used to its limit. Without hesitation, Wang Lin quickly jumped down.
The strip of clothing could not bear the weight and burst open again, but it also slightly slowed down the speed of Wang Lin's fall. The strong wind blew in his face and a series of branches snapped. At the moment of landing, he struggled to control his body. His toes touched the ground first, and his body rolled on the ground with the huge thrust.
The stones on the ground were like sharp knives, stabbing into his body, leaving a glistening bloody wound.
In particular, his right leg was pierced by a sharp stone, the white bone was visible from the wound.
Wang Lin's breathing was rapid and his eyes were unfocused. He struggled to put the strip of clothing wrapped around the stone bead in his mouth. His tongue sucked on the wet dew. After a while, he struggled to sit up. His hands trembled as he untied the cloth and twisted the wound on his right leg, causing a few drops of liquid to fall.
A burst of coolness came from the wound. After doing all this, he weakly fell to the ground, secretly praying that no wild beast would come over before he recovered.
At this moment, a shout suddenly came from the distance.
"Tie Zhu, where are you?"
Wang Lin was startled. After carefully listening, it was his father's voice. Without thinking, he immediately shouted with all his strength: "Dad, I'm here!"
A long rainbow quickly came from the distance. It circled around the cliff above Wang Lin and quickly descended. After the sword light dissipated, the Heng Yue Sect disciple named Zhang held Tie Zhu's father under his arm and frowned at Wang Lin.
Tie Zhu's father saw his son and immediately burst into tears. He ran to Wang Lin and hugged him, crying: "Tie Zhu, why are you doing this? Why can't you think about it? Have you ever thought about how your parents would live if you died?"
Wang Lin was startled. After pondering for a bit, he understood that his father misunderstood that he wanted to commit suicide. Looking at the wounds on his body and his sorry appearance, he couldn't help but bitterly smile.
Disciple Zhang's eyes swept over Wang Lin and looked up. He found the cloth and jumped up. After a few jumps, he reached the cave. At this moment, a suction force suddenly appeared. His face was shocked, but he immediately recovered. He didn't care about the suction force. After looking inside, he gently landed and said in a low voice: "Your child wanted to commit suicide, but he was sucked in by this naturally formed wind eye. That's why he didn't fall to his death. Now that Wang Lin has been found, when we return to the sect, this matter will be decided by the elders."
After he finished speaking, he rolled up his sleeves and grabbed Wang Lin and his father. He quickly left the place and arrived at the foot of the Heng Yue Sect's mountain peak. Following the stone steps, he easily climbed to the top.
Returning to the old place, Wang Lin's mood was complicated. There were several people standing at the top of the mountain, and they all had a look of disgust. Disciple Zhang quickly went up and whispered a few words in the ear of one of the people. That person frowned and coldly said: "Since the person has been found, send him to the guest room to meet his mother."
In the guest room, Wang Lin's mother saw her son and immediately burst into tears. She hugged him and whimpered. After listening to his parents, Wang Lin finally understood the whole story.
After he ran away from home, his parents immediately returned to the Wang clan to find his Fourth Uncle. The three of them were worried about his safety, so they went to find Wang Zhuo's father. Due to his Fourth Uncle's stubbornness, Wang Zhuo's father reluctantly contacted all of his relatives and petitioned the Heng Yue Sect to help find Wang Zhuo.
This was the first time the Heng Yue Sect had encountered this kind of thing. They didn't want to get involved, but Wang Lin had left home because he wasn't accepted. If something really happened to him, although they didn't care about the life or death of a mortal, if this matter were to spread out and the surrounding villagers talked about it, there wouldn't be many parents who would let their children take the test. After thinking about it again and again, they sent a few people to search the area. Wang Lin's father was worried, so he followed them.
That's why the scene from before happened.
Not long after, someone brought over a medicinal soup. Tie Zhu's mother quickly thanked them and carefully fed it to Wang Lin. This medicine was worthy of being made by an immortal sect. The effect was excellent. After drinking it, Wang Lin felt his body recover a lot and the pain from his wounds lessened.
His parents' words of concern entered Wang Lin's ears. He originally wanted to explain, but after thinking about it, his parents might not believe him.
At this moment, in the Heng Yue Sect's main hall, a few sect elders were sitting to the side, listening to the man surnamed Zhang describe the process of finding Wang Lin. After a long time, a red-faced old man slammed the table and said with dissatisfaction, "What does the life or death of a mortal have to do with us cultivators?
Look at the cultivation sects in the State of Zhao. Which one of them is as disgraceful as us? For a child who wasn't selected, they actually sent people to search for him.
How shameful! "
To the side, a middle-aged man with a cold expression sighed and said in a deep voice, "Elder Ma is right. Looking at all the sects in the State of Zhao, our Heng Yue Sect is the most disgraceful. But if that child really died near our Heng Yue Sect, this matter will definitely affect the future disciple recruitment. At that time, when the parents think about the fact that their child wasn't selected, they might have suicidal thoughts. Who would dare to send their child here?"
A brocade-robed old man took a sip of tea and slowly said, "To put it bluntly, isn't it because our Heng Yue Sect has declined and we need to select a large number of disciples suitable for cultivation? Hehe, if this was 500 years ago, who cares if he lives or dies, we don't need to care about what mortals think."
The last old man with a face full of wrinkles sighed and slowly said, "If this youth can commit suicide once, it is very likely that he will commit suicide a second time. Forget it, in order to avoid future trouble, we will make an exception and accept him as an honorary disciple." With that, he glanced at the middle-aged man, closed his eyes, and no longer said anything.