Sun Shijie pointed to Ninth Master and Lin Zhiyan: "The ones you should be most grateful for are these two. If it weren't for them, you would have probably lost that leg."

After a pause, he added: "Of course, there's also Xiao Feng, who made the crucial decision for you, and everyone else who was willing to take great risks."

Zhao Guo'an, naturally, felt confused by this explanation. He wanted to know what happened while he was unconscious.

As for who he should be most grateful to, he would have his own judgment once he understood the situation.

At this moment, Xiao Feng said with a smile: "Let me tell you."

"Are you sure you won't exaggerate or embellish the truth?" Zhao Guo'an asked cautiously.

"I'm sure." Xiao Feng nodded seriously.

"Alright then, you can tell me." Zhao Guo'an said skeptically.

"Okay, since you said you don't remember what happened after you fell, let's start from when you fell.

Right after you fell, we were all startled. Then, we saw you foaming at the mouth, your body convulsing, and your leg swelling badly. You can ask Sun the Miracle Doctor; he was the one who cut your trouser leg."

Zhao Guo'an looked at Sun Shijie, who nodded slowly, confirming the truth of Xiao Feng's account.

"We fed you antidote pills and gave you acupuncture to control the poison after working tirelessly for half a day. But just controlling it, according to Sun the Miracle Doctor, if the poison wasn't removed within half a day, you would lose your right leg.

In this situation, Ninth Master proposed a method, I won't go into the specifics, just the operation: using scorpion dung and bat urine, the poison was countered with poison, and that's why you should be grateful to Ninth Master."

"Pfft!"

The little girl burst into laughter, she knew Xiao Feng would never tell the whole truth to Zhao Guo'an.

Now he was already starting to "artistically embellish" the story.

At this moment, Zhao Guo'an's face turned pale, and he subconsciously touched his lips, not daring to try and detect any strange taste in his mouth.

Xiao Feng seemingly did not notice Zhao Guo'an's reaction, and said to himself: "Just think about it, scorpion dung and bat urine, those are such hard things to get. The scorpion that stung you was caught by us very fortunately.

But where to get a bat was not that easy..."

Then he recounted how Lin Zhiyan got the bat down.

At this point, Zhao Guo'an understood the order of gratitude among them, but the problem was...

Scorpion dung?

Bat urine?

"Ugh!" Zhao Guo'an gagged and then began to cough violently.

Xiao Feng asked puzzled: "Why are you reacting so strongly?"

"Nonsense! It's both dung and urine, isn't it nauseating?"

"Nauseating?" Xiao Feng appeared astonished and said: "It's not like it's poured into your mouth, what's nauseating? Or, do you have something like a purity compulsion where even hearing about dung and urine bothers you?"

"Wait a minute!" Zhao Guo'an's eyes widened: "Why didn't you say it earlier that it wasn't ingested orally?"

"You didn't ask." Xiao Feng looked innocent and suddenly realized: "Oh, I get it. Actually, deep down, you're secretly wishing you could eat scorpion dung and drink bat urine, right?"

Zhao Guo'an, emotionally stirred, said: "Nonsense! You're the one who wants to eat that stuff!"

After some commotion, Xiao Feng decided to rest on the spot for twenty minutes to eat something and drink some water, replenishing their energy.

In fact, Xiao Feng's distorted account was not entirely meant to tease Zhao Guo'an.

Firstly, people who wake up from comas are psychologically similar to sick people, so one must ensure their spirits do not drop.

And Xiao Feng's talk of scorpion dung and bat urine cleverly made Zhao Guo'an believe he ingested them orally, only to later reveal they weren't ingested, keeping his emotions unstable through highs and lows.

Moreover, Xiao Feng had anticipated that if Zhao Guo'an knew the whole truth, he might not necessarily appreciate him.

There's a decent chance he'd backstab him, accusing him of trying to kill him opportunistically.

Given Xiao Feng's character, naturally, he would choose to act first.

...

The rest was brief. Although Xiao Feng mentioned twenty minutes, they actually only rested for about ten minutes.

After all, there were bats above, scorpions on the ground, and a corpse not far away. If you could rest and eat well under such conditions, how strong would your spirit be?

"Now do you see my foresight?"

Xiao Feng looked at Zhao Guo'an, who had changed into jump pants and one shoe, proudly saying: "If I hadn't told you to bring spare shoes, you'd be walking barefoot now."

After that, he glanced at the little girl and others, with eyes seeming to ask: In such a situation, what could the things in your bags be useful for?

At this moment, Su Yuzhuo said: "Let's keep moving forward, we've delayed long enough. Who knows how far we have to go?

Besides, the way back will also require time. If what we brought isn't enough, we'll have nowhere to cry."

Xiao Feng nodded in agreement, then reminded everyone again to watch their step and surroundings. The group started heading into the third passage they had encountered since entering the cavern.

But realistically, even if Xiao Feng hadn't reminded them, having seen Zhao Guo'an trip and fall earlier, everyone was already extra cautious, to avoid following in his footsteps.

This passage was particularly long and not straight like the previous two, having a certain curvature, though why it bent was unknown.

After a short while, Xiao Feng stopped, noticing an inconspicuous seam on the ground, marking what Sun Shijie had said was a place to avoid stepping on.

Looking up, the bats were not as dense anymore, and it was hard to tell where the mechanism for falling rocks might be set up.

"Is this the area to avoid stepping on?" The little girl realized what was happening the moment Xiao Feng stopped.

Xiao Feng turned back and said in a deep voice: "This stone area is about two meters, if you think you can't jump that far, hand your backpack to someone in front of or behind you."

Then, he leapt and easily landed across the trap.

The little girl seemed confident and, after taking a couple of steps back to gain some momentum, jumped over as well, but unlike Xiao Feng, she didn't manage to stabilize her momentum and crashed into his arms.

"Are you okay, Brother Xiao Feng?" The little girl asked with concern.

Xiao Feng casually replied: "I'm fine."

Even though he strongly suspected the little girl had deliberately not stopped in time.

When it was Zhao Guo'an's turn, he unconsciously swallowed, showing a lack of confidence.

He wasn't very athletic, lacking in stamina compared to the others. If he wasn't carrying a heavy load, it might be okay, but carrying several dozen pounds and jumping forward was another matter.

Behind him, Fujiwara Keiaki seemed to spot Zhao Guo'an's apprehension and suggested: "Hand your backpack to me."

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