The apprentice took a long time before finally coming back.
However, with him came several new faces. Aside from the two personal soldiers that Qin Yi had left for Su Pan'er, all bloodied and injured, there was also a boy of about ten years old.
The boy's eyes were vacant, his face smeared with snot and tears. When he entered, he was dragged in forcibly under the arm of one of the personal soldiers!
"Let me go, let me go! Let me go—I need to find my parents, let go! Let go..."
He cried and screamed, struggling desperately.
Yet the personal soldier discarded him in front of the group, and on lifting his head and seeing Old Xue, he flung himself at him.
Wailing, he cried out, "Patriarch! Please save my dad and mom, please save them, save them, Oh Patriarch..."
Old Xue's hands trembled as he tried to steady the boy, "Don't cry, don't cry! Mu Li, stop crying, tell Patriarch what happened?"
"It's him!"