The Bodyguard King’s CEO Wife Chapter 1776: Predicament

Hearing this, Ye Shikai finally breathed a sigh of relief. Upon thinking it over, it was indeed true. The extreme cold outside would be life-threatening for those with lower cultivation if they attempted to climb the mountain. Even the family heads, no matter how anxious, wouldn’t rashly come up here. With this in mind, he felt reassured.

Whew, whew.

The cold wind blew outside, and Ye Shikai could only take warmth inside the tent. At this critical moment, he suddenly thought of the Fire Element, a great treasure that contains the energy of flames, naturally capable of resisting the cold. Ye Shikai gently infused a little Inner Strength into it, and a small fireball floated up, like a "miniature sun" hanging inside the tent, making it not cold at all.

Ye Shikai lay in the tent, surrounded by silence, and his heart also calmed down. As his heart calmed, his mind began to "wander". He thought of He Linghan, Ji Qian, and also... Chen Yuxin. It had been two months since he returned from the Qin Dynasty to the modern world. The time wasn’t long or short, but before he left, Chen Yuxin was already pregnant, so she should be nearly three months along by now.

"I wonder where she is now." Ye Shikai didn’t see the Chen family’s team all the way, which puzzled him.

"Soul Destroyer, can you use your Divine Sense to help me find her?" Ye Shikai asked.

"If it were outside, maybe. But this is Kunlun Mountain; the energy here would interfere with the Divine Sense. I can’t help you." Soul Destroyer expressed his inability, and Ye Shikai didn’t insist. Perhaps, it’s just that the two of them are not fated.

Meanwhile, the various family clans also found a flat place to camp. The temperature dropped suddenly, and many people were shivering from the cold. Previously, their tents were enough, but due to an avalanche, they lost some supplies. Moreover, as they leaped from the other side of Heavenly Chasm, they couldn’t bring heavy items, leaving only portable tents, so there weren’t enough. Many people could only warm themselves by the fire outside.

"Qian’er, why aren’t you in the tent?" Ji Tao noticed Ji Qian sitting by the fire during his patrol of the family camp.

"During the monster attack earlier, many were injured, and some with weak Inner Strength found it hard to resist the cold, so I gave my tent to them," Ji Qian said lightly.

"Alright, later, you can come to my tent. The cold here isn’t something that ordinary cultivators can endure." Ji Tao sighed. Nearly half of the Ji family had no tents to stay in, and each tent was crowded with many people. This trip to Kunlun Mountain was far more challenging than they had imagined.

"I heard just now that several families have already experienced cases of frostbite and death. And if this trend continues, the higher we climb, the colder it will become."

"You’re right. However, since we’ve made it this far, we can only advance, not retreat."

"Father, I think we should let some of our clan members return first," Ji Qian suddenly suggested.

"What do you mean by that?"

"We’ve come this far, and naturally, there’s no reason to retreat. But if we climb higher now, the situation will only get more perilous. Cultivators below Out-of-Body Stage will freeze to death without even needing to fight. Also, our supplies are running out. Letting some people return, leaving the elites, can allow us to go further." Ji Qian advised, suggesting that, if necessary, reducing the numbers would improve the quality and make resources adequate.

"What you said isn’t a bad strategy. I think it’s worth a try," Ji Tao nodded in agreement. "I’ll gather the family elders to discuss this. I estimate they would agree too."

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"Soul Destroyer, hang in there; we’re almost there." Wang Kai carried the severely injured Soul Destroyer to a mountain cave. Ghost, Nightmare, Demoness, Illusion Fox, and the remaining dozen members of the Three Temples found a mountain cave.

After a life-and-death battle with the Shadow Organization, both sides suffered heavy casualties. Everyone was injured; Soul Destroyer was the most seriously wounded, stabbed in the chest with a sharp blade, and pierced in the abdomen by a Longsword, continuously vomiting blood. Nightmare’s wrist was also slashed, bleeding nonstop. Although the remaining were not fatally injured, they had many wounds, leaving a trail of blood.

"Quick, bring the pills." Demoness took out the pills to help Soul Destroyer take them. His injuries were too severe; he had lost consciousness. They channeled their Inner Strength into his body and wrapped the wounds with bandages to stop the bleeding.

"His pulse is very weak; he must be treated immediately." Nightmare checked Soul Destroyer’s pulse but barely felt it, as weak as his life, ready for unexpected turns at any moment.

"But how can we treat him in this environment?" Demoness was very anxious, as it was just a cave, and they didn’t know how to perform surgery.

"Inner Strength can only temporarily save his life. To really save him, we must take him down the mountain for surgery in the city," Ghost asserted firmly. "We can’t hesitate any longer; we must send him down asap."

"Here’s what we’ll do: Demoness, you escort Soul Destroyer down the mountain for treatment with the remaining members. Lord War God, Nightmare, Illusion Fox, and I will continue up the mountain to find people," Ghost suggested. Few were left, but Soul Destroyer was at a life-and-death juncture and had to be saved.

"Kunlun Mountain is treacherous; Soul Destroyer can’t go up anymore. It’s decided."

"Alright, I’ll take her down right now," Demoness nodded in agreement, and a few of the Three Temples members carried Soul Destroyer down.

Ten minutes later.

"How’s the injury? Is it serious?" Illusion Fox thoughtfully bandaged Nightmare’s wrist wound. Although it was only a wrist injury, it would definitely affect the next battle. This fierce fight left the Three Temples with significant losses, but the Shadow Organization also suffered. Xue Ming was heavily injured by Wang Kai, and Feng Ling and Limei were also wounded. Their subordinates suffered heavy losses, ending in a draw with both sides battered and exhausted.

"Don’t worry, it’s nothing serious. With the medicine, it should be mostly healed by tomorrow," Nightmare shook his head gently.

"Now, only the four of us are left. Let’s talk about what we plan to do next," Ghost sighed, looking at the three before him. He was once the Brain of the Netherworld Palace, but as things developed to this point, he had no plan.

"We must hurry up the mountain to find the Moon God. Without them, just the four of us, a confrontation with the Chen family would be really dangerous," Illusion Fox stated calmly.

"That’s true; we should hurry to find them."