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Chapter 639: Shape and bones stand upright
Using the light, Zhu Yu carefully examined the unconscious person on the ground.

The man looked to be in his fifties or sixties, of medium height, and extremely thin. His eye sockets and cheeks were sunken due to his extreme thinness, making his cheekbones appear particularly prominent.

His skin was the kind of deathly pale that comes from being deprived of sunlight for a long time, almost bloodless. Coupled with his skeletal frame, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that he was "emaciated."

With such a frail body, how did this person manage to push the top of the stone coffin on a daily basis?
Zhu Yu found it increasingly unbelievable as he looked at it. Thinking back to how fast that person had escaped from in front of them, he found it even more astonishing.

"Fu Lu, go to town." Zhu Yu glanced at the red-eyed Fu Wen beside him and instructed Fu Lu, "This person is tied up tightly and you knocked him unconscious. He probably won't wake up for a while, so don't worry about him for now."

Go back to the inn and bring back some of the flatbreads the landlady made, along with the ice cream I put in them, some bath powder, and a spare coat for your brother. Go quickly and come back soon.”

Although Fu Lu did not know Zhu Yu's intentions, the lady's order was the same as the master's order, so he responded without saying a word and quickly left the small wooden building.

Fu Wen's eyes were red and swollen. Although he had rinsed them with water, the burning sensation had not disappeared, causing his eyes to water and making him look very sad.

He could roughly guess what he looked like now. He was both annoyed and angry, and felt even more embarrassed being looked at by Zhu Yu. So he raised his arm to wipe himself with his sleeve, but Zhu Yu hurriedly stopped him.

"I'm out of water right now!" she quickly warned Rune. "Your sleeves might still have some of that guy's powder on them."

If you rub your eyes, it will worsen the burning pain, making it impossible for you to open your eyes or see. Then we'll really lose a good helper!

Upon hearing her reminder, Fu Wen hurriedly lowered his sleeves and secretly brushed them a few times.

As for the tears that kept being squeezed out of my eyes, I could only let them be.

Fu Lu returned after a little over an hour. He must have become quite familiar with the area after traveling through it several times, and he must have been thinking about this place, so he must have run all the way back, and his breathing was still very rapid.

"Second Master, I've brought everything you asked for!" He panted heavily as he glanced at the thin man still unconscious on the ground. "This fellow really hasn't woken up yet!"

"Hmm, don't worry about him for now." Zhu Yu nodded, gesturing for him to put the things down. "Help your brother change his coat gently. Don't shake the one from before. Take it outside and hang it on a tree branch so the wind can blow it away."

Remember not to stand downwind.

Because of his physique, Fu Lu couldn't enter the passageway earlier and didn't know what had happened inside the underground tomb. Therefore, he didn't know how potent the powder that person had scattered was. Now, seeing Zhu Yu's detailed instructions, he didn't dare to be careless at all. He carefully helped his brother change his clothes and then carefully took the original clothes outside.

When he returned, Zhu Yu had already used the little water left to have Fu Wen thoroughly wash his face and hands with bath soap, and then applied a thin layer of cooling cream around his eyes. That stuff was something Lu Qing had gotten for her during the hot weather; when the heat was really intense, it could be applied to the temples and sides of the neck to feel cooler.

There hadn't been many opportunities to use it before, but Zhu Yu had always kept it with him. Unexpectedly, it came in handy this time.

To be honest, this stuff couldn't be more suitable for this situation. Originally, the rune was tearing up because of the stinging around her eyes, but after applying a thin layer of ice cream, the burning stinging was relieved. Although her skin was still noticeably red and swollen, at least she could open her eyes and wasn't in so much pain.

"Second Master, thank goodness you were here today, otherwise I might have gone blind..." Fu Wen was a little scared, a little relieved, and a little annoyed. "It's also my fault. The moment I jumped up, I thought the other party might launch a sneak attack, but I didn't expect him to use such a despicable method!"

"It won't make you blind, but you'll suffer a bit and have to endure some hardship." Zhu Yu waved her hand, but Fu Wen's words reminded her of something else.

She called Fu Lu over and whispered a few words of advice in his ear, to which Fu Lu nodded repeatedly.

After all that, the person still showed no signs of waking up. Zhu Yu and the others were exhausted, so they simply sat down on the ground a short distance away. Fu Lu took out some flatbread that he had brought back from the town, and the four of them started eating the flatbread.

Perhaps it was because Lu Qing was so generous that, despite the scarcity of supplies in the town and the need for them to travel far and wide to buy necessities, the proprietress was not stingy at all when making the pancakes. They were very oily, and even if you ate them plain, they wouldn't feel dry or bland. When you chewed them carefully, you could even find the natural aroma of the pancakes quite delicious.

Several people were eating half of their flatbreads when suddenly a loud growl of hunger rang out.

The four of them simultaneously turned their gaze to the man whose hands were tied behind his back not far away—they were eating right now, and had already eaten more than half full, so there was no way their stomachs would be rumbling. Therefore, the only possibility was that the man was about to wake up. Because he was so hungry, his body had already smelled the aroma and reacted before he was fully awake.

Sure enough, a muffled groan came from the man's throat, his eyelids twitched, and he slowly opened them.

He guessed that they hadn't seen light for too long. Although the brightness inside the small building was far from enough for the four of them, and was quite dim, only slightly brighter than at night, it was enough to make the man try to open his eyes several times but failed to lift his eyelids.

Lu Qing walked over and stood in front of him, still holding a small piece of unfinished flatbread in her hand.

The man couldn't open his eyes, but his nose kept sniffing, and his throat moved with difficulty. He seemed to be very tempted by the smell of the flatbread.

He finally adjusted to the light in the small wooden building, opened his eyes a crack, squinted, and looked at Lu Qing with a nervous expression.

"Who are you? Why are you hiding here?" Lu Qing asked.

The man struggled on the ground for a moment, only to find that his arms were tightly bound and he couldn't pull them out at all. His expression looked tense and frightened, and when he opened his mouth, only strange whimpers came out of his throat.