Wei Liuying closed her eyes and pushed the thoughts to the back of her mind. More than anything, it was more important for her to arrange the way out from this disaster. They had to find a way out.

"So, what should we do?"

Several of Shan Yi's men who were still alive gathered there. Shan Yi was looking at them with pained expression. He brought over around 10 men with him, but there were only 6 of them left. Not to mention, three of them hurt because of the battle and fire just now. Only three were able to fight.

Some of them were new recruits and based on their performance so far, Shan Yi was quite satisfied with them. He felt that it would be hard for Shan Xi group in the future if he were to lose everyone.

"We'll wait for the fire to die down."

"When?"

"When there's nothing else it can burn; we should be able to leave."

Shan Yi's lips twitched when he heard what Wei Liuying said. Looking at the forest beyond the temple, he could only pray that it would be able to burn faster so that they could leave this accursed place.

However, Wei Liuying instead hoped that the fire would keep burning forever. With the fire around them, they would be safe in this place. The wind allowed them to be able to breath and those people from the tribes couldn't come closer.

They were safe for the time being.

Wei Liuying tugged Shi Lu Wen and pointed to her back. "Can you treat my back? The battle is not over."

"I can."

Shi Lu Wen was still wearing her small bag. She quickly used her small knife to create a hole on Wei Liuying's back so that she would be able to pull the rest of the arrow. Looking at the blood that continued to ooze out, Shi Lu Wen resisted the urge to cry.

She couldn't bear to see this.

With such a wound on her back, how did Wei Liuying capable to move around? Just a slight movement would change the position of the head arrow and could possibly harm Wei Liuying even more.

"I'm fine, Lu Wen." Wei Liuying laughed lightly and hissed lightly when she felt Shi Lu Wen pressed the wound. Even though she also knew that they were in dire situation, she had no other choice but to continue smiling and reassure everyone around her.

'Maybe, this is why Strategist Yang is such a joker most of the time.'

Wei Liuying felt that she had just realized that it was much better to continue put on positive attitude. Even though she herself understood that hope was slim, they have to try their best so that they could survive.

"You should stop saying that. We all know that it's nothing but a lie," Shi Lu Wen sniffled and finished making temporary cover for Wei Liuying's back. "I need to tie this, but it means you'll need to open your robe."

"I'll open my outer robe."

Gao Ling swiftly moved and blocked the other's vision from them. After all, Wei Liuying is still a young girl, so it would be impossible for her to let these rowdy men to look at her when she was being treated.

Shan Yi understood and coughed, "Men, turn around."

"Eh?"

"NOW!"

The men swiftly turned around and looked at the fire burning around them. The sight of the burning was not that bad at all. They could just spend their time enjoying the view before them like this.

That would be for the best.

For some reasons, they had the feeling that once they turned around, they would regret it for the rest of their lives.

"You have swords' wound too," Shi Lu Wen said with surprise.

"I'm not careful enough," Wei Liuying replied calmly.

Shi Lu Wen pursed her lips. This was not a matter whether she was careful or not. It was simply because Wei Liuying was on the verge of death that she had no other choice but to fight with her life on the line.

"It'll be painful, so please hold on."

"I'm fine."

Wei Liuying stayed silent as Shi Lu Wen continued to treat her. She could feel the wound hurt because Shi Lu Wen had to press it, but she said nothing to it. This was nothing much. She didn't mind that much.

"Where are the soldiers?" Wei Liuying asked. Even though she was currently being treated, she didn't let her mind rest at all.

Gao Ling's mind blanked a bit when she heard Wei Liuying's question. Now that they thought about it, there were no soldiers and only the bandits were around. Could it be that they had died?

Shan Yi frowned. "I'll check."

"Don't take too long and don't get too close to the fire," Wei Liuying gave her instruction.

"I know."

Rushing to the back, Shan Yi scanned the place. It was not burning that badly because part of the wall was formed by rocks. He could see several soldiers there, but he couldn't find Du Min anywhere.

'He's Prince Ji Sheng's elite guard, so he should have been fine, right?' Shan Yi doubted that Du Min would die so easily. However, he couldn't find their traces anywhere.

"Come with me to the middle."

"Eh?"

"If you don't wish to die, you should follow…"

"I'm sorry, I can't move." A soldier raised his hand. His legs were trapped by some rocks while his comrade had passed out by his side. From their wounds, it was clear that they wouldn't be able to leave here.

Shan Yi frowned. "Wait here."

He rushed back and told the others about the soldiers he found. Afterwards, he took some medicine from Shi Lu Wen so that the men could treat themselves. Shi Lu Wen would have to prioritize Wei Liuying more than the soldiers, so he didn't bring them here.

*cough* *cough*

"Try not to inhale the smoke," Wei Liuying reminded.

Gao Ling nodded. Her brows creased due to the smoke just now, but she felt that it was nothing much. Compared to the wound that Wei Liuying had to sustain in order to keep them alive, her misery right now was not much.

"Are you really fine?" Shi Lu Wen asked with worried tone.

Wei Liuying raised her head and smiled. "I'm fine, Lu Wen. Are you done?"

"I need to check your legs and hand."

"Oh."

Rolling her pants, Shi Lu Wen could see that the cloth was sticking on Wei Liuying's skin due to the burn. Carefully, she pulled it apart and started to examine Wei Liuying's leg in slow motion. Her eyes were paying close attention to the burned and wounded flesh.

It was damaged so badly, but Wei Liuying said nothing.

She simply endured it.

"I can't understand how you can withstand the pain like this," Shi Lu Wen muttered as she pulled the cloth away, revealing the burned flesh. She used the herbs and bandage and began to close the wound on Wei Liuying's leg.

Wei Liuying simply smiled. After Shi Lu Wen was done with her leg, she moved to her arm and began to bandage everything. She tried to make it as thin as possible because Wei Liuying still have to use her sword.

"I want to recommend you to not use your hand to fight again."

"But you know that it's impossible, right?"

Shi Lu Wen sighed and nodded. She moved to Gao Ling and checked the latter, but Gao Ling was not wounded at all aside from some light bruises. Afterwards, she treated Shan Yi and his men before treating the trapped soldiers as they waited for the fire around them to die down.

The surroundings forest only made things worse because it made the fire last longer. In the end, they had to wait for a long time.

"It's so hot."

"But this is better than having to fight all night long." Wei Liuying looked into a distance. The other quarter should have been burned at this time just like theirs. For some reasons, she wondered about the Wei Family's situation there.

But even if something happened to them, she doubted that she would care.

Shi Lu Wen nodded. She wiped her sweat and sat down beside Wei Liuying. Her eyes expressed worry. "I wish this is already over with this."

"It's not over yet," Wei Liuying replied and patted Shi Lu Wen's head. She wanted Shi Lu Wen to be able to smile like usual. Seeing the bright and cheerful girl on the brink of despair like this hurt her heart. "We'll be fine. Shan Yi will protect all of us."

"Of course!" Shan Yi patted his chest proudly. "I'm the only one who didn't get hurt at all, so I'll be able to protect you securely!"

"Boss, you're just bragging."

"He'll probably crash onto the tree later."

"Hey! Help me boost my image, you idiots!"

The men laughed as Shan Yi berated his uncooperative men.