Could a dead person, who had already died a hundred years ago, be rescued at this moment?
However, Ye Tiancheng quickly walked to the bedside.
He looked at Lin Yanqin's injuries.
The small knife was likely an ordinary fruit knife, with limited lethality, but if it hit the right spot, it could still be fatal.
The stab wound on Lin Yanqin's chest was indeed very precise.
Someone like Ye Tiancheng could tell at a glance that the knife had very likely pierced Lin Yanqin's heart.
At this moment, he could no longer afford to be concerned about the distinction between men and women.
Ye Tiancheng carefully examined Lin Yanqin's injuries, his brows furrowed tightly. He said, "If this were outside, even a hundred years ago, such an injury could have been treated. However, if the rescue was not timely, or if something went wrong during the process, a swift death was also very possible."
"Now, we don't have the conditions to send her elsewhere for treatment, and even if we did..."
It would be useless, after all, Lin Yanqin had already died a hundred years ago.
But the question of whether to save her or not, since Ye Tiancheng and the little fox had arrived, it was no longer a question that needed to be considered. The option of not saving her was something Ye Tiancheng had never even thought of.
Having come this far, even with high risks, were they going to stop now?
After thinking for a moment, Ye Tiancheng immediately said to the little fox, "Find our medical kit, and prepare the supplies: bandages, and some medicine for stopping bleeding. Take out everything you can use."
"I'll try."
As soon as Ye Tiancheng finished speaking, the little fox did not dare to delay. He immediately rummaged through his storage space and laid out everything usable.
Then, Ye Tiancheng said to the little fox again, "Go get a basin of water, a lot of it. We'll probably need it later."
The little fox nodded and hurried off to get the water.
Ye Tiancheng looked at Lin Yanqin's injuries, contemplating how to proceed with the least harm to her.
For an injury like this, if the hand pulling out the knife was incorrect, or if luck was not on their side, it could lead to immediate heavy bleeding, and Lin Yanqin would die instantly. While this might not be the most appropriate way to put it, it was essentially the case for a normal person.
Seeing Lin Yanqin's current state, how she had died a hundred years ago was now quite clear.
Either Lin Yanqin was stabbed and left alone here, without timely medical attention, and eventually died from blood loss. If, at that time, someone kind had saved Lin Yanqin, it might have been due to bad luck, where a massive hemorrhage occurred when the doctor removed the knife, leading to her death.
However, Ye Tiancheng felt that the greater probability was that no one had come to save Lin Yanqin at all.
It might sound desperate, but the reality was likely this.
The little fox quickly returned with the basin of water. Ye Tiancheng asked the little fox to hold the bandages and be ready. Then, he grasped the handle of the small knife, swiftly pulled it out, grabbed the bandages from the little fox's hand, and together they frantically handled the subsequent treatment.
The two of them were busy for a long time.
The time passed so long that Ye Tiancheng and the little fox couldn't tell how much time had passed. Lin Yanqin's condition finally stabilized.
Lin Yanqin's bleeding stopped. If this were in reality, she would have been saved.
The two of them breathed a sigh of relief.
The little fox asked Ye Tiancheng, "Is she saved now?"
Ye Tiancheng thought for a moment and nodded slightly.
"Under normal circumstances, it should be like this. If she hadn't been saved, something unusual would have happened by now. But nothing has happened yet."
The little fox couldn't help but feel fortunate.
For them, and for Lin Yanqin, it was a good outcome.
The rescue of Lin Yanqin had clearly taken a toll on both Ye Tiancheng and the little fox, leaving them somewhat exhausted.
Seeing Lin Yanqin's stable condition, they couldn't help but slump down to rest.
However, the situation was not as optimistic as they had imagined.
After resting for a short while, the little fox suddenly twitched his nose, then abruptly stood up, looking at Ye Tiancheng with a hint of uncertainty.
The little fox said to Ye Tiancheng, "Brother, do you smell something?"
Ye Tiancheng's reaction was also quick. Almost at the very moment the little fox asked, Ye Tiancheng scooped up the Lin Yanqin they had just rescued, holding her horizontally, and said to the little fox anxiously, "Let's run, it seems like something is on fire!"
"Let's go get Nie Chongyang and Liang Ping, and we'll leave together!"
The little fox quickly nodded and anxiously followed Ye Tiancheng's footsteps.
As the two of them rushed forward with Lin Yanqin, Ye Tiancheng and the little fox were both stunned.
The outside was a completely unfamiliar scene.
The little fox murmured, "What... what's going on?"
Ye Tiancheng cautiously looked around, a sense of foreboding filling his heart.
"Although I can't be completely sure, judging by the decor here, this is very likely the scene of the inn where Lin Yanqin met her demise a hundred years ago."
The little fox immediately became anxious.
He said, "Then can we still find Nie Chongyang and Liang Ping?"
Ye Tiancheng's thoughts raced. He gritted his teeth and said, "Let's try to find them in our original location. If we can't, we might not be in the same space, so they might be fine, and we'll just try to escape."
There was no other way at this moment, so the little fox nodded.
A considerable fire had already spread through the corridor. The two of them rushed downstairs and tried to check all the rooms on the lower floors.
The inn where Lin Yanqin had resided a hundred years ago was far larger than the black inn they had stayed in, with many more rooms.
After a round of searching, Ye Tiancheng and the little fox did not see Nie Chongyang and Liang Ping. Instead, they saw many inn guests who had likely also encountered the fire a hundred years ago within the memory loop.
Many people were wailing and screaming, running around chaotically, even creating considerable confusion, which added to the difficulty of Ye Tiancheng and the little fox's escape.
People in a panic easily lose their reason.
These people escaping the fire were no different.
The evil of human nature was fully displayed before Ye Tiancheng and the little fox at this moment. The inn was crowded with people, and in their escape, they were merely running forward, which was a normal escape behavior.
But when there were too many people, running crowded together easily led to stampedes.
Ye Tiancheng and the little fox witnessed firsthand many people who reacted too slowly being trampled underfoot. At this moment, no one bothered to yield, and some even stepped over them.
Some people were literally trampled to death.
Not only that, but some people, when facing danger, deliberately pushed those around them to block the danger, thus creating an opportunity for their own escape.
Ye Tiancheng and the little fox also saw some people who were already doomed, unable to escape, who maliciously grabbed the limbs and clothes of those who could run, causing them to be caught off guard and meet the same fate.
Witnessing this scene was truly a living hell.
Ye Tiancheng tightly pursed his lips. At this moment, they could do nothing but protect their own lives and could not do anything extra.
He said to the little fox, "Little fox, stay close to me, hold my hand tightly, and don't let go, so we don't get separated!"
The little fox also knew how dangerous the situation was.
He gripped Ye Tiancheng's arm and stayed close to Ye Tiancheng. Ye Tiancheng tried his best to choose a route, avoiding other people, and leading the little fox to escape. However, the corridor was too crowded, and simply running like this would not get them out.
Ye Tiancheng was very clear about this.
Under such chaos, apart from those at the very front who might have already escaped the inn, most of those behind them would likely not make it out. Only a few scattered individuals escaping would be considered lucky.
And they were unlucky, as Lin Yanqin's floor was not low, and they were forced to be among the latter group.
Ye Tiancheng looked around and felt that he couldn't be too rigid.
After all, they were not ordinary people, and there were always other ways to survive.
Ye Tiancheng found a room with less intense fire and entered it with the little fox.
The little fox didn't understand what Ye Tiancheng was doing but still followed him closely. He asked, "Brother, why are we coming here?"
Ye Tiancheng explained to the little fox, "Given how things are outside, I'm afraid it will be difficult for us to squeeze through. It's better to find another way. After all, your brother is a cultivator. If the inn's doors and windows can be used, there's no need to insist on using the main entrance."
The little fox then realized.
Fortunately, they were lucky. Perhaps because they were in a memory scene at this time, or perhaps because they had entered another space, the inn's doors and windows were not sealed here, and they seemed to be able to leave the inn.
So, even though they were on a high floor, Ye Tiancheng, holding Lin Yanqin, said to the little fox, "Little fox, get behind me, hold my waist, and hold on tight, don't let go. I'll take you both to jump out."
The little fox reacted quickly, immediately getting behind Ye Tiancheng and tightly hugging his waist.
However, Ye Tiancheng felt it and thought it wasn't secure enough.
He said to the little fox, "Hold on tighter."
The little fox did as he was told.
Only when Ye Tiancheng felt that it was safe did he open the window wide, glance outside, then channeled his spiritual energy and leaped out with the little fox and Lin Yanqin, landing steadily.
This happened in the blink of an eye.
Perhaps it was too chaotic here, or perhaps this was just a memory scene. The people here were merely reenacting the escape from a hundred years ago, and they couldn't see those who were outside the bounds of fate.
Therefore, it seemed that no one noticed them.
After landing, the little fox looked back at the inn engulfed in flames with lingering fear and said, "We've escaped."
Ye Tiancheng nodded and said, "We should have. We've come this far, nothing else should happen, right?"
The little fox breathed a sigh of relief and then, realizing, quickly asked Ye Tiancheng, "By the way, after all that commotion, how is Lin Yanqin? Is she alright?"
Hearing the little fox's question, Ye Tiancheng glanced at the person he was holding. Seeing that Lin Yanqin's condition was stable, he finally replied to the little fox, "She should be fine. We also avoided the crowd and weren't crushed."
The little fox felt relieved.
At this moment, he had the leisure to look around and became a little lost, not knowing what to do in this place.