[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-watching-the-immortals-fall":3,"chapter-watching-the-immortals-fall-watching-the-immortals-fall-chapter-282":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Watching the Immortals Fall",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2260155,4410,"Chapter 282: Proceeding to the Northern Frontier to Seek It Themselves","watching-the-immortals-fall-chapter-282",282,"\u003Cp>Beneath the blizzard, relief efforts continued.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Led by inspectors from the Imperial Spirit Surveillance, local militia and government office runners swiftly joined, first relocating all civilians near the town into the city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After completing this, they began searching for those trapped in the mountains and wilds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These civilians usually lived in remote areas, clustered in villages—some dozens strong, others just a few households—unable to reach the city and unlikely to survive long in the snow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At first, these searches were extremely difficult.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The snow-covered land was a blinding white expanse; the naked eye could not locate targets accurately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Imperial Spirit Surveillance’s body cultivators fared better, but many of their inspectors had low cultivation bases, and numerous suffered from snow blindness after prolonged searches.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some local officials with no cultivation at all were themselves trapped during the searches.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Local clans and immortal villas watched indifferently, offering no aid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To them, such efforts wasted their cultivation time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet on a certain day afterward, this situation abruptly changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rescue teams’ efficiency soared; countless refugees were saved and flooded into the city, causing deep frowns among the clans and immortal villas.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though each city had its own magistrate, most were dominated by powerful families; such a surge of refugees naturally disrupted their quiet cultivation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many clans and immortal villas wondered why these rescue teams suddenly seemed to possess divine sight, always locating large groups of refugees.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Until one day, someone retrieved a letter from the government office.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The letters contained simple drawings: forests, hills, villages as reference points, with arrows pointing to locations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What is this?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sent by the Imperial Spirit Surveillance. Rescue teams followed these maps and found refugees trapped at every marked spot.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Who found these locations?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“According to them, an immortal used spiritual sense to locate them.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Spiritual sense scanning mountains? What nonsense…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing this, all cultivators paled, lips twisting in disbelief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For while commoners might not know, they understood: using spiritual sense to scan entire mountains required immense cultivation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, Ji You sat pale-lipped atop a collapsed wall crushed by snow, golden hues still staining his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had slept, yet still felt hollowed out, drained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He thought if the junior overseer of Lingjian Mountain saw him now, he’d dare crawl naked into his lap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before him, not far off, Kuangcheng led Imperial Spirit Surveillance members and a contingent of Liushou  government office runners, arranging the newly rescued refugees.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many children, their limbs blue from cold, huddled before charcoal fires, clutching millet porridge and shivering, their faces long unchanged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some severe cases bore frostbite; physicians with medicine chests applied ointments as they were carried.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji You watched this scene in the snowstorm silently, then suddenly felt a gaze upon him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He turned; Kuangcheng, arranging new arrivals nearby, straightened and waved at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since encountering the frozen girl on the road two days prior, Master Kuang had noticed Ji’s pallor, a faint black mist lingering between his brows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But after entering the city and seeing so many saved, he noticed Ji’s expression gradually soften.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji had saved many—but Master Kuang also felt Ji was saving himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, Peng Dongyang arrived holding a letter: “Master Kuang, the first batch of relief grain from Fengzhou has arrived. Send someone to distribute it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Should we ask Ji first?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Peng Dongyang paused: “The grain is from Fengzhou—yes, that makes sense.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three walked toward the collapsed wall, facing the weary Ji You: “Young Master Ji collapsed suddenly in the mountains—old man was terrified. How are you now?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji You opened his dry lips: “Spiritual sense overexerted. But my body is strong; after sleeping, I’ve recovered much.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The first batch of Fengzhou relief grain has arrived. We came to ask whether to distribute it now.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How do you plan to distribute it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Peng Dongyang glanced back: “Most refugees in the city are grouped by village. I propose distributing by village, according to headcount.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji You scanned the refugee clusters: “Distribute by village. Only women, elders, and children may collect. Two rations per person. Men get none. If any collector bears signs of abuse, the entire village’s ration is halved.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Peng Dongyang pondered long, then turned to issue orders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ji You called him back: “Remember—my grain isn’t free. Those who eat it today must work off the debt in Fengzhou after winter.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Understood.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Thank you, Master Peng.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Peng Dongyang bowed deeply, then rose and departed to relay the orders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first grain shipments were unloaded, pre-sorted by headcount, and distributed according to Ji You’s plan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For several days, only the elderly, women, and children came to collect, carrying grain back to their village’s refuge sites.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the first day, many women bore injuries; over time, these faded, and no new ones appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some children rescued early, even after Youlü Trading House exhausted its reserves, had been pale with hunger—but now their condition improved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet after the first grain delivery briefly eased the shortage, another urgent problem loomed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With refugee numbers rising, every space beneath the walls and in the granary yards was filled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Remember, it was still freezing; the wind alone could kill. Leaving refugees exposed outdoors was no long-term solution.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Winter would last months; no one could endure it that long.\u003C\u002Fp>",869,"2026-06-19T15:28:41.422Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","e536d94086fc7e3637ae5fdf97787edd8c6e939da5f76b35d9c45752eef5a656","watching-the-immortals-fall-chapter-283","watching-the-immortals-fall-chapter-281",430,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwatching-the-immortals-fall-cover.jpg"]