Chapter 113: Chapter 113: Forming a Group or Alliance Chapter 113: Chapter 113: Forming a Group or Alliance But the leader had said that it was all the same road, whether they scattered or stayed together made no difference; they should not meddle in others’ choices and should just let them be.

Thus, Xiao Chan restrained himself from persuading everyone to leave together.

The Seven-Person Team gave them the freedom to choose, and once again, everyone fell into a frenzy of discussion.

To go or not to go, that indeed was a question.

The reason they all stuck together was that on this journey, the big fish ate the small fish and the small fish ate the shrimp too many times; they had barely managed to find peace under the protection of the Seven-Person Team, but now they had offended those who should not have been offended, and bloodshed and violence were sure to follow.

This was truly a case of wolves ahead and tigers behind, a dilemma whether to advance or retreat.

“We don’t have much time, I can only give everyone the time it takes for an incense stick to burn to decide,” Xiao Chan said indifferently.

A day had twelve Shichen Chinese Time, each Shichen had four quarters, each quarter had three teacups’ worth, each teacup had two incense sticks, and one incense stick was about five minutes.

Yet in these short five minutes, they had to make significant life decisions, which was indeed troubling.

Not to mention others, even Old Uncle Qiu silently looked at his own “little disciple” Bai Junjun, wondering how they would decide.

Truthfully, Old Uncle Qiu considered himself to have experienced a lot in his lifetime, yet what he had gone through in just this past half-month was far more than he had in his entire life.

Not to speak of the journey to Cold City, but even just these ten days of fleeing toward Biluo had been tumultuous with constant upheavals.

Just the other day, they were hesitant about whether to leave the group due to a sudden outbreak of malaria, and now, once again, they faced a decision.

Last time, Bai Junjun had asked them to stay, but this time, before Bai Junjun could speak, Qiu Er and Qiu San strongly expressed their desire to stick with the Seven-Person Team.

Apart from a few, most people also expressed their desire to stick together.

Xiao Chan nodded, “Whether to go or stay, we will neither influence nor interfere. But from the moment we set out, I hope everyone forgets everything that happened here.”

Everyone nodded earnestly.

The group then buried the weapons, the pushcarts, and the corpses of the bandits all together.

During this process, Old Uncle Qiu went to check the pulses of the patients with malaria and unexpectedly discovered that almost all of them had recovered.

Who would have thought that this prescription would turn out to be so effective!

The group then couldn’t help but feel deeply moved.

To solidify the recovery, Old Uncle Qiu had more medicine boiled for everyone to drink before setting out.

As for Old Uncle Qiu’s nominal apprentice, apart from coming over to deal with arsenic once, she spent the rest of her time lazing by the river.

It couldn’t exactly be called lazing, though, as she had drunk an entire flask of Divine Tree Water the previous night and then slept heavily.

One couldn’t deny that the Divine Tree Water was indeed exceptionally powerful; her depleted Qi Sea was quickly replenished, and now the green little sprout showed signs of budding again.

So, taking advantage of the fact that the group hadn’t broken camp yet, Bai Junjun once again went to the river to check on the little sprout.

This meter-high little tree wasn’t conspicuous among the bushes, yet Bai Junjun could easily find it.

Bai Junjun was pondering the possibility of taking it with her.

After all, who knew whether they would find such nourishing items in the future!

At that moment, the coveted Xiao Miao unconsciously shivered.

Just then, Rabbit came up beside her.

“Are you collecting dew?”

“Eh?” Bai Junjun was slightly startled, unconsciously glancing at Rabbit’s feet—how silently the child moved.

Rabbit, not understanding, just looked at Bai Junjun’s water bladder with a complex expression.

“I mean, kid, even if you want water, shouldn’t you first return my water bladder? Including the two from Old Uncle Qiu, you’ve taken three of my water bladders.”