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Ji Yunkai remembered that she had once heard of a theory saying that when a person encounters a good thing, other good things would come one after another. On the other hand, if a person were to encounter misfortune, other misfortune would befall them one after another.

After tying the last piece of cloth to a tree, Ji Yunkai walked through the two-thousand meters limit that she had set up, and at last she had found water. If what she found could be called water!

"God, are you messing with me!?" Ji Yunkai wanted to cry, but no tears came out. She finally understood why, after walking for so long, she had not seen any animals at all. Due to no good source of water, no animal would be able to survive, so they would naturally stay clear from this place.

She really did not want to stay in this crappy place for a second longer. It was like her heart was stuck!

*Plop! Plop!* After the bamboo tube fell into the water, it quickly floated up and stayed atop the water like a fallen leaf.

By using the pieces of cloth that she tied up along her journey, Ji Yunkai was not worried about getting lost. She went back the way she came, through the bamboo forest, and stopped again. Not for cutting bamboo, but to dig.

Ji Yunkai used her dagger to dig a few pits near the bamboo forest. Then, she went to pick some big leaves and spread them at the bottom of the pit.

She remembered hearing her comrade mention before that if the special forces could not find a water source in the wilderness, they could use plastic to seal a pit and use the humidity to get water for themselves. She had never tried this method before, so she did not know if she could get water. Since she did not have any other options, she could only try it.

Using the same method, Ji Yunkai covered and sealed the other holes before going to pick the bamboo leaves. It was very humid at the bottom of the mountain, and although it was early in the summer, the temperature was somewhat cool. There was still dew on the bamboo leaves, and Ji Yunkai carefully poured the dew on the bamboo leaves into the bamboo tube. After she finished checking almost all the bamboo leaves in the forest, she had about collected about a fingernail-depth of water.

Ji Yunkai could drink this little water in one gulp, but she was unwilling to drink it right now, because Xiao Jiu'an needed water more than she did.

Licking her dry lips, Ji Yunkai started digging for bamboo shoots. She did not know why the weather at the bottom of the mountain was cool, but there were a lot of bamboo shoots in this bamboo forest. However, most of them were very old. Ji Yunkai dug up the tender bamboo shoots, peeled off the skin and cut into pieces so that they were easier to eat.

Of course, she took them!

She wondered when the Yanbei Army will be able to find them. If the Yanbei Army only found them two or three days later, will they not eat anything during these two or three days?

One must know that she had not even seen a single fruit on her journey here. Other than these bamboo shoots, she would likely not be able to find anything else to eat.

After she finished gathering all the bamboo shoots she could, she stored them in the bamboo tube. Ji Yunkai estimated that it was about time, and she went to check the small pit and found that the leaves were indeed filled with little droplets of water.

"Great, I don't have to worry about not having enough water to drink." Although this method did not make a lot of water, it was enough for her and Xiao Jiu'an to at least drink.

Ji Yunkai did not pour the water into the bamboo tube, but carefully held the water droplets and poured it into her mouth.

Her mouth was bitter and astringent. Although she did not need water as much as she did before, she still wanted to drink a mouthful of water to moisten her lips and get rid of the astringent taste in her mouth.

But, Ji Yunkai was also unwilling to drink too much. She only drank the water from one of the leaves and poured all the other droplets into the bamboo tube.

Thinking about how there did not seem to be any big leaves on the way here, Ji Yunkai picked a few dozen of them. She then carried the bamboo shoots she just dug and the water she collected back to where Xiao Jiu'an was.

Ji Yunkai took about an hour and a half to travel back. When she returned, the sun was already high in the sky, and the sunlight shone through the leaves, breaking them into countless pieces and sprinkling them on Xiao Jiu'an's body. The light and shadow mixed together, had softened Xiao Jiu'an's expression.

Seeing it from afar, Ji Yunkai could not help but smile.

This man was really good-looking and could charm any girl in the capital. However, this man only felt harmless when he was unconscious.

Ji Yunkai's technique in feeding medicine was not bad, so it could be considered that Xiao Jiu'an had coordinated with her, and not a single drop of water was spilled. All of the water was poured into Xiao Jiu'an's mouth, but Xiao Jiu'an's injuries were serious, so drinking a little bit of water was not enough.

After she finished feeding him the water, Ji Yunkai continued to dig pits to store more water to wipe off Xiao Jiu'an's body. If his body continued to burn up like this, even if he did not die, his brain would still burn out.

Although she would not worry about accompanying Xiao Jiu'an in death as long as did not die, he did not have an heir, and Prince Yanbei's Mansion also did not have any other men in the family. Once Xiao Jiu'an became a fool, as his wife, she would be in a very dangerous situation.

She did not believe that she had the ability to defend the Yanbei Army.

After feeding him the water and digging the pit, Ji Yunkai opened her eyes and her sight fell upon the pile of bamboo shoots that she had collected. This was the only thing that she could eat at the bottom of the mountain, and the raw bamboo shoots were both bitter and astringent. Ji Yunkai did not think that Xiao Jiu'an, who was still unconscious, could eat them, but it was also impossible for Xiao Jiu'an to not eat anything like this.

"Could it be that I have cook the bamboo shoots and feed it to him? But how can I get fire!" After she had become an ancient person, she did not have the habit of carrying a fire piston at all.

Can you count on Prince Yanbei, who holds great authority, to bring a fire piston wherever he goes?

Rather than counting on the Yanbei Army to bring a fire piston at random, she might as well hope that she could drill wood for fire.

However, Ji Yunkai was not stupid enough to find a piece of wood and drill into it for fire. Not to mention how long it would take to produce sparks, she would not be able to find the right pieces of wood in such a short period of time.

One had to know that there were special ways to drill wood for one's fire. It was not something that one could drill wood and make fire right after chopping down a tree. Without a proper drill, she would not be able to make a fire.

"How do I start a fire?" It was impossible for her to drill wood by hand to make a fire. She had to think of something else to use, but....

Before she could think of another way to light a fire, she saw Xiao Jiu'an's face suddenly turn from red to green to grey, with black blood flowing out from the corner of his mouth.