At the foot of Lutai Mountain lay a vast lake, where it was said that Gu Diao once hid to drag people under; hence, no one dared linger around it even now.
Xuanji and another carried the merman to the lake shore and gently placed him on the rocks. Zhong Minyan had sprinted all the way and had forgotten to regulate his breathing, now so exhausted that he couldn't speak, only squatting on the ground to catch his breath while sporadically saying, "Xuanji...you, you first...take care of him..."
Xuanji squatted next to the merman, seeing his body covered in wounds, with not a single area left intact, and couldn't help but sigh, "Does it hurt? I have medicine here that I can give you."
The merman just quietly watched her, seemingly unable to understand her words, without even blinking.
Xuanji tugged on Zhong Minyan's sleeve, "What should we do, he seems not to understand me?"
