Applying Medicine

Xiao Yu only now took the time to examine Yun Zhi's appearance.

Her graceful, noble features made one involuntarily lose themselves in them. Her pale face, drained of color by her injuries, inspired an added measure of pity. In pain, she unconsciously bit her lips, revealing the edge of pearly white teeth.

Xiao Yu stared at her in a daze, momentarily forgetting that Yun Zhi was still gravely injured.

Only when Yun Zhi's unconscious soft moan sounded again did Xiao Yu come back to his senses. Looking at her pale face, he inwardly sighed. What a sin! Sect Leader Yun, should I eat you or not?

Xiao Yu had intended to treat Yun Zhi's injuries, but then he suddenly remembered—what if she chopped him in half with a single sword strike?

It was not impossible. Xiao Yan had only been a little lucky back then, but this concerned Xiao Yu's own life. He did not dare take the risk.

"Yun Zhi? Yun Zhi?"

Xiao Yu cautiously nudged Yun Zhi and softly called her name.

Seeing that Yun Zhi did not react, Xiao Yu hesitated. Looking at her pale face, he still decided to help, though he needed to leave himself a safeguard.

After thinking briefly, Xiao Yu took a stone from the ring Medicine Elder had given him. It was called a Recording Stone and could simply record some images.

Circulating his battle qi, Xiao Yu said to the Recording Stone, "Yun Zhi, I don't mean you any harm. I'm only treating your injuries. If you don't believe me, watch this."

As he spoke, he held the Recording Stone and swept it over Yun Zhi's body. The claw marks left on her chest by the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King came clearly into view.

Only after securing proof did Xiao Yu begin treating Yun Yun's injuries.

Yet the very first step stumped him. Yun Yun's injury was the blow to her chest, so...

Xiao Yu carefully cut open Yun Zhi's clothes.

It was impossible to say he had no improper thoughts. Undressing an unconscious, peerlessly beautiful woman in order to treat her injuries—at any rate, Xiao Yu could not keep his heart as still as water.

Just as Xiao Yu finished clearing away the torn cloth around Yun Zhi's chest and was considering how to remove the soft armor there, he suddenly felt a chill rise up his back.

When he looked up, he met Yun Zhi's furious glare.

Xiao Yu: "..."

"Uh... I was treating your injuries..."

Seeing Yun Zhi's unpleasant expression, Xiao Yu raised the bottle in his hand and forced a smile.

Yun Zhi looked into Xiao Yu's eyes. Thinking that he had not actually done anything to her and truly had intended to treat her injuries—and that she herself had come to someone else's hiding place—she had nothing to say.

Yun Zhi had no grounds to stand on, but she could not simply let Xiao Yu fuss around with her body. She could only say coldly, "I'll do it myself."

Xiao Yu looked at the stubborn Yun Zhi, curled his lips, and took a step back. Folding his arms, he watched her struggle on the bed.

But as soon as Yun Zhi tried to move, intense pain shot through her chest. Moreover, her battle qi had been sealed by the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King, rendering it completely useless.

The pain only made her already pale cheeks turn even whiter.

Shaking his head, Xiao Yu stepped forward and gently pressed Yun Zhi down. "Your body comes first. Don't force yourself. Let me apply the medicine first."

After saying that, he stared into Yun Zhi's eyes.

Feeling Xiao Yu's firm attitude, Yun Zhi understood that treating her injuries was more important right now. She could only grit her teeth, lower her head, and remain silent.

Seeing that Yun Zhi had tacitly agreed, Xiao Yu prepared to apply the medicine. Only then did he realize that the soft armor on her chest had not yet been removed, and it did not seem to have suffered much damage.

It seemed this was the Sea Heart Soft Armor that had saved Yun Zhi's life.

After looking at it for a while, Xiao Yu hesitated before saying to Yun Zhi, "Um... your soft armor..."

Hearing Xiao Yu's words, Yun Zhi, who had kept her head lowered in silence, slowly raised it. She glared at him and snapped in a low voice, "You! Turn around!"

Xiao Yu smiled helplessly and could only turn his back.

A rustling sound came from behind him, followed by a long stretch of silence. Xiao Yu could only ask softly, "Are you not done yet?"

But Yun Zhi behind him remained silent. Thinking of her injuries, Xiao Yu inwardly cried, This is bad, then hurried toward the bed.

Sure enough, Yun Zhi on the stone bed had fallen unconscious again. Xiao Yu carefully looked her over and prepared to lift the blanket to apply the medicine.

When he lifted the blanket, Yun Zhi's chest armor had already been removed.

Only a single undergarment covered her chest, and Xiao Yu's face visibly reddened.

He coughed awkwardly, glanced at Yun Zhi's cheeks again, then closed his eyes and took a deep breath before focusing his attention on the vicious wound on her chest.

Although the Sea Heart Soft Armor had protected her and the Lion King's claw had not torn through Yun Zhi's body, the enormous force had still left bruises behind.

At that moment, Yun Zhi was like flawless white jade stained by a blotch of dark purple filth. The sight of those bruises stirred a trace of pity in anyone who saw them.

Xiao Yu gently sprinkled some medicinal powder around the wound. Though he did his utmost to restrain himself throughout the process, once he finally finished applying the medicine, he pulled the blanket over Yun Zhi and immediately left the cave. Only after leaping into the lake within the valley did the heat in his heart finally cool.

Xiao Yu did not notice that when he rushed out of the cave, Yun Zhi on the stone bed quietly opened her eyes. Looking in the direction Xiao Yu had left, a complicated emotion flashed through her eyes...

It was not as though Xiao Yu had never considered, in this world of Battle Through the Heavens, doing as he had fantasized in his previous life—building a harem or snatching these heroines to his side whenever he saw them. Unfortunately, nine years of compulsory education and his values from his previous life made him abandon such thoughts when he truly encountered them.

The arrival of night did not quiet the clamor within the Magic Beast Mountain Range.

As the Lion King's order spread, the magical beasts throughout the mountain range searched everywhere for Yun Zhi's trail.

Xiao Yu took the opportunity to scout around again. Several groups of magical beasts nearly headed toward the valley, but Xiao Yu led them away each time.

Holding some food in his hands, Xiao Yu returned to the cave where he was hiding and found that Yun Zhi had awakened as well.

She was still lying on the stone bed, watching him.

Seeing that she had no intention of pursuing what had happened, Xiao Yu tacitly did not mention applying the medicine either. He lightly waved the magical beast meat in his hand and said, "Your body is still weak, so you can't eat this. I'll make you some millet porridge. I can add a little shredded meat to it."

Without waiting for Yun Zhi's response, he began working.

Because of the injury to her chest, Yun Zhi could only turn her head slightly as she lay on the stone bed. Earlier, ashamed and unwilling to let Xiao Yu help, she had forcibly removed the Sea Heart Soft Armor herself, causing her blood to stop circulating properly and making her fall unconscious.

With her battle qi sealed by the Lion King, its current flow through her body was as slow as a snail's. The only thing she could do was roll her large eyes around and watch Xiao Yu make millet porridge for her.

Thinking that she, a dignified Dou Huang-level expert, was lying here watching a Dou Zhe make millet porridge for her, she found it almost laughable.