Lin Luoyu deliberately slowed her steps, only picking up speed once she drew near. An overwhelming force had flattened the surrounding woods, turning the area into a clearing.
The fighting still raged a little farther away. Rather than head toward it, Lin Luoyu stopped and looked at Cui Hao, who lay motionless on the ground, his clothes unusually clean.
Glancing toward the dust billowing in the distance, Lin Luoyu walked over to Cui Hao and placed her hand on his wrist. The instant she touched him, she understood the situation.
Lin Luoyu decisively slapped Cui Hao on the chest. "If you have anything to tell me, make it quick."
"Cough..." Cui Hao's tightly shut eyes flew open, then turned toward Lin Luoyu with a faintly aggrieved look. "Go easy. You really will beat me into a serious injury at this rate."
Lin Luoyu lowered her eyes to him. "You were lying there with your eyes closed, without a scratch on you. Who knows what game you're playing?"
Cui Hao closed his eyes and settled down quietly:
"I took a pill."
Lin Luoyu sounded astonished. "Master's medicine?!"
Cui Hao actually had Second Senior Brother's mettle? Had I really underestimated him?
"You think far too highly of me, Senior Sister. It was more like a little candy bean. Apparently Sandong made it from flower nectar."
"So what exactly is your condition now?"
"Whatever you like. Say I'm poisoned, or say the Spiritual Power in my body is flowing backward. In any case, I can't move and have to lie here. If you can't express any emotion, just copy Second Senior Brother and talk with a straight face."
Lin Luoyu stood up at that. "You seem to be underestimating me a little. Worry about yourself first."
Cui Hao said nothing and simply kept