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“Save me...”
“Thank you, Immortal...”
“Immortal, please… just one sip.”
“Immortal, we’ve just come from the Western Regions. We’re dying of thirst. The guards at the Medicinal Spring post station refuses to give us water. We won’t make it to Shazhou alive. Please, let us drink.”
“Please, just one sip for my son...”
“Just a sip...”
“My brother is near death...”
“Just one more sip...”
Their voices rose and fell across the desert, carried by the wind.
Sand swirled in the air.
“Sigh...”
The Daoist studied their faces in silence.
After a long pause, he finally let out a sigh, lifting the now-empty water pouch.
“Each person may drink no more than ten sips.”
“Thank you, Immortal!”
“Immortal, you’re so merciful...”
The crowd immediately surged forward, voices filled with gratitude.
And when the Daoist tilted the water pouch once more, water poured out again. Each person was allowed ten sips—no more, no less.
Some drank normally, while others gulped greedily.
Soon, someone noticed something strange.
The water pouch was only so large. Even if it had been filled to the brim, it shouldn’t have lasted beyond a few people. Yet, this Daoist had already given water to the unconscious, and now he was distributing it again.
Each person was drinking ten full sips—more than enough to quench their thirst. More and more people...
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