Wei Lingnan said to Xia Yingluo slowly, "The wind in the Wilderness was very cold and I got weaker and weaker. At some point, she'd stopped crying and reached her little hand out to touch my damaged flesh, using the little energy she had to heal me. This little energy saved my life—a guardian's life was the least valuable, but also the most tenacious; we live on any energy we find. Fortunately, I survived.
"But she was extremely weak from expending all her energy.
"There were already wild creatures coming closer as they sensed the change in her energy levels.
"I had thought of leaving her behind, as that was the best choice. Having just made a trip to the gates of Hell, I was still recovering, and not strong enough to defend her from those ferocious creatures. If I stayed with her, it was certain death for us both.
"The growls from those creatures could be heard.
