The old woman didn't mind her husband's condition. She lay down on the ground with him, cradling him in her arms, heedless of the onlookers' stares. All she cared about was her husband.
But the old man's body convulsed even more violently. He was in agony. "I can't take it anymore! I can't take it! This torment is unbearable. You... you have to kill me."
Hearing this, the old woman's eyes went wide. She shook her head resolutely. "Just one more day. Can you please endure for one more day? If we can't find someone to cure you by then, I'll kill you, and then I'll kill myself to join you."
The eight guards grew unsettled at her words. "Sect Leader, you can't!" they cried out in panic.
