Chapter 123: What's Inside the Gourd May Not Be Medicine_2

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He only took a gold watch for emergencies and the two most important cats.

Then, after calming down, he realized...

he couldn't run away at all!

In those days, natural disasters ravaged the wilderness, with relentless storms and earthquakes; the transportation routes between cities could only be traversed by flying airships or by off-road convoys braving the tough haul.

Without connections, he couldn't even leave Cliff City in secret.

Chen Xingzhou had smuggled before and knew all the routes, but now, with his brother's life hanging in the balance, he didn't dare trust any of those people.

Trust the wrong person, and you lose your life.

When he took stock of his life and tried to find a trustworthy friend, he sadly found he had almost none.

The only person who hadn't kicked him to the curb to save their own skin when his life was on the line was the unfortunate kid sitting right across from him.

Ji Jue.

That was the root of it all.