The two black-armored knights moved with incredible agility. One lifted Li Yunjing by the shoulder, the other by the arm, and his weight of a hundred and fifty pounds barely seemed to strain them.
Their figures swayed as they swiftly tossed Li Yunjing into the carriage of the last wagon.
Yu San and Yu Si were also dressed in straw raincoats, but they were already soaked through.
Clearly, compared with Steward Li's cultivation, these guards were nothing worth mentioning.
The carriage was spacious enough to hold three to five people without any trouble.
Inside the last wagon's carriage were piles of dried provisions, sundries, iron pots, buckets...
These were supplies prepared for the long journey.
At that moment, less than half the supplies remained in the carriage, so there was room to settle Li Yunjing.
The caravan continued on at an unhurried pace. Li Yunjing's appearance had not affected it in the slightest.
After exchanging a few words with the eldest young lady, Steward Li came to the last wagon's carriage. Looking at Li Yunjing's sorry state, he couldn't help clicking his tongue in amazement.
"Boy, you're one lucky devil! You got struck by lightning and still didn't die!"
As the old man examined Li Yunjing's injuries, he muttered to himself, "You're lucky, too! You ran into our eldest young lady! Who in Yueming City doesn't know that the Yu Family's eldest young lady has the kindest heart?"
"Pitter-patter!"
The heavy rain continued outside. The old man found a rag and wiped Li Yunjing's body clean.
Then he checked Li Yunjing's pulse and felt his bones.
After confirming Li Yunjing's condition, Steward Li carefully took out a set of silver needles.
The needles were as fine as ox hairs. Steward Li's wrist flickered rapidly, and one by one, the needles silently pierced the acupoints all over Li Yunjing's body.
After treating Li Yunjing with acupuncture, Steward Li hesitated. In the end, however, he still took out a jade bottle, his face aching with reluctance.
"To waste a healing treasure like this on you is a sin!"
Steward Li muttered, then pulled out the stopper.
At once, a refreshing fragrance spread through the carriage.
He carefully poured a green pill from the jade bottle.
Steward Li held it in his hand and pondered for a moment, but finally let out a sigh.
"Ah! I'll just consider it a lost precious pill!"
Steward Li's gaunt cheeks twitched. He quickly put the stopper back in, then tucked the jade bottle into his robes.
Only then did he grit his teeth, pry open Li Yunjing's mouth, and put the thumb-sized pill inside.
"Boy! You've taken my Yu Family's Heart-Protecting Pill. Even if the King of Hell himself came, he wouldn't be able to take your life!"
Looking at Li Yunjing's faintly rising and falling breath, Steward Li murmured to himself.
After confirming that Li Yunjing's condition was stable, Steward Li removed the silver needles and left him a set of servant's clothes. Only then did he leave with peace of mind.
This road was the only route to the Divine Firmament Dao Sect.
The Divine Firmament Dao Sect was a place spoken of only in rumors among the common folk, like a land of immortals whose whereabouts were never seen.
Apart from clans with ancient inheritances, powerful houses, and the imperial family, ordinary people knew little of the Divine Firmament Dao Sect's true circumstances. Naturally, they could not find this ancient road, which had existed for tens of thousands of years.
But anyone who knew the Divine Firmament Dao Sect's exact location was certainly no ordinary person!
How could anyone join an immortal sect without some ability?
Those who became disciples of an immortal sect were geniuses found only once in ten thousand, blessed with the finest talent.
Just like their Yu Family's eldest young lady!
"What kind of person is this boy?"
The thought flashed through Steward Li's mind and disappeared.
If he hadn't examined Li Yunjing from head to toe and found that he was merely a fairly sturdy martial artist, he might have thought the man came from a cultivation lineage like the Yu Family!
A little nobody like him was not even the equal of a Yu Family knight.
Naturally, he had no ability to cause trouble.
Steward Li had no interest in keeping an eye on Li Yunjing.
He left the carriage and reported to the eldest young lady that the boy wouldn't die.
Then Steward Li guarded the carriage.
He had to stay by her side at all times to protect the eldest young lady.
After all, this was deep in the mountains, not Yueming City.
Nor was it the Yu Family's stronghold. How could he dare be careless?
If anything happened, how could he answer to the family head?
Yueming City was three thousand li from here, and the road had tested them with wind and frost.
Even for a top family like the Yu Family, the journey had been anything but peaceful.
Now that they were about to reach their destination, if anything went wrong, Steward Li's worthless life would never be enough to make amends!
The long night dragged on. Rain fell all night, from a torrential downpour at first to a light drizzle later.
The caravan never stopped to rest. Clearly, the Yu Family members were in a hurry and couldn't afford to waste any time.
At dawn the next day, the rain finally stopped, and Li Yunjing woke up.
"Where is this?"
"Was I saved?!"
Feeling his strength return to his body, Li Yunjing looked around the carriage.
Then he sensed that he was moving. Only then did he realize he was inside a moving wagon.
"Boy! What's your name?"
Steward Li came straight to Li Yunjing and began questioning him.
Nothing within three li could escape Steward Li's divine sense, not even the slightest stir.
The moment Li Yunjing woke up, the steward had known.
"My surname is Li, and my name is Li Yunjing. Was it you who saved my life, senior? This junior greets you!"
He had a hazy memory of the previous night.
Considering how he felt now, how could he not know that the man before him had saved him?
What else could he do in front of his life-saving benefactor?
Li Yunjing propped himself up and bowed deeply.
"Mm! So you're one of our own!"
Seeing that Li Yunjing knew how to behave, Steward Li nodded and recounted how he had been rescued.
"Thank you, eldest young lady, for saving my life! Thank you, Steward Li, for saving my life!"
Li Yunjing thought to himself, What a relief!
He was sincerely, wholeheartedly grateful to the Yu Family.
"Change your clothes and come with me to pay your respects to the eldest young lady!"
Looking at Li Yunjing's sorry state, Steward Li gave a derisive chuckle and gestured for him to put on the guard's clothes lying nearby.
"Thank you, Steward Li!"
Although the old man was brusque and had mocked him, Li Yunjing still felt grateful.
Without this man's help, he would probably have died on that muddy road.
His life-saving benefactor could tease him all he liked. Li Yunjing simply smiled it off.
As for being stark naked and without clothes, Li Yunjing didn't care in the slightest.
In his previous life, he'd frequented bathhouses. When he let loose, he was practically shameless.
He didn't care one bit that someone was watching. Li Yunjing openly changed into the clothes, from the inside out.
They fit pretty well, too. Not bad!
Li Yunjing was very satisfied. Even a guard's clothes from a lineage like the Yu Family, a powerful house, were far more refined than the attire of ordinary merchants and landlords.
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