The Beirong Leader naturally couldn't be released, so the group took him as a hostage and safely exited Yanhui.
Of course, the Beirong Leader, who had been thoroughly humiliated, was tossed by the group onto a steep hillside halfway through their journey. He tumbled down the slope, hitting rocks all the way, and coincidentally fell into a mire full of mud.
By the time the Beirong people caught up to find their leader, he was nowhere to be seen. He had long since sunk in and perished.
The group found a safe place to settle temporarily. Zhen Xiuming hurriedly administered the antidote pill to Ran Qing and also distributed the antidote for miasma and snake venom that he had brought to the generals of the Xia Family Army, urging them to quickly give it to the soldiers.
