The next second, he swiftly turned his face away.
"Fuck! I caused trouble. What do I do?! From the looks of it, she'd just cleaned her wounds, gotten out of the water, and climbed onto the reef."
"And then... I electrocuted her."
"Sinful... sinful... It was all the moonlight's fault. Why did it happen to shine on Waterfall Pool?" Yang Yunhai cursed himself a hundred times inwardly as his thoughts raced.
"That bloody hole in her shoulder—those injuries aren't light. There are plenty of bloodstains on her waist and thighs too. She must've been chased by a soul beast and scraped against bushes while fleeing."
"The key is that this sudden fall into the water reopened her wounds. If I leave her alone, excessive blood loss could become a problem. Or if the blood flows downstream and gets smelled by soul beasts, that could be troublesome too. Besides, it's the middle of the night, and the water is pretty cold. Soaking in it too long won't do her any good. But can she wake up anytime soon?"
"When I checked earlier, there didn't seem to be anyone within several hundred meters. That means she doesn't have any companions nearby."
"Should I wait and see if she wakes up first?" In the end, Yang Yunhai decided to observe for a little while.
"This is really ridiculous. She's pretty too..."
Unable to resist, he stole another glance.
Her figure was voluptuous, her long hair flowed behind her, and she had fair skin, a lovely face, a slender waist, and long legs. Every single point perfectly matched his tastes.
For three whole years, he had been force-fed Tang San and Xiao Wu's lovey-dovey antics at Notting Academy. It was impossible to say he felt no envy or jealousy at all.
And in his previous life, he had been single too.
"This is absolutely intolerable!"
So after learning that he had been reborn in Douluo Continent, he had diligently cultivated with the intention of settling one of life's great matters. Elsewhere aside, plenty of beauties would appear at the next All-Continent Soul Master Competition.
As a handsome guy who had already joined Spirit Hall, he figured he had little chance with Ning Rongrong or Zhu Zhuqing. But Qian Renxue, Hu Liena, the girls from Skywater Academy...
He felt he still had hope of courting one of them.
As for strength, he felt he was not lacking at the moment. It was enough for him to shine brilliantly at the Soul Master Competition and draw the attention of countless girls. As for looks, he lacked even less in that department.
He was just too much of a pretty boy right now!
That was easy to fix. Once he found a suitable academy, he would build himself a more masculine physique again.
With those thoughts in mind, more than ten seconds quickly passed.
There was still no movement from beneath the Waterfall.
"Something's wrong!" Yang Yunhai frowned slightly and finally could not resist turning back to look. She was floating beside the reef with her head resting back, bobbing with the ripples instead of sinking.
"My electricity was still quite far away from her! It shouldn't have been this powerful, right?! Quite a few fish have already recovered."
"Could she have already had internal injuries? Did that jolt make them worse by suddenly stimulating her body?"
Thinking of that possibility, his expression immediately changed. "Fuck!" He hurriedly leaped into the pool.
Soul Masters ordinarily did not get sick easily because the Soul Power in their bodies offered a certain degree of protection to their flesh. But once they suffered internal injuries and their Soul Power could not circulate smoothly on its own, that protective mechanism would weaken.
If it dragged on too long, it could really become a serious problem!
"She's been soaking in cold water for so long. Nothing happened to her, right?" As the thought crossed his mind, he splashed into the water.
He had no time to worry about anything else. He quickly carried her ashore, then dashed over to an open reef nearby. Towels and a change of clothes had been placed there; he had noticed them earlier.
Unfortunately, they had not been left on the grass beside it. Otherwise, he would have found them while exploring with Blue Silver Grass earlier.
"She even has a Soul Tool. Is she some little rich girl? Could she be from a major clan?" Lowering his head to look at her earlobes, he could clearly sense Soul Power fluctuations from the pair of earrings hanging there.
Rustle, rustle. Relying on his formidable willpower, Yang Yunhai quickly helped her into the clothes laid out on the reef.
At the same time, he figured out the situation. She was merely severely exhausted. Her body had already been weak and fatigued, and with her injuries, once she collapsed, she had fallen into a deep sleep.
It was just like him in his previous life after playing basketball under the sun for two hours—he would be so tired that he would fall asleep the moment he lay on the bed after showering.
As he thought, he hopped up the Waterfall with several quick steps, then hurried to where his bundle was and laid her down. He then rapidly gathered dry twigs from the surrounding area to make a fire.
Since he had already decided to save her, he no longer cared whether lighting a fire would attract soul beasts. This was only a hundred-year soul beast activity area. Let them come. Whoever was afraid was a grandson.
Soon, the fire was lit. Yang Yunhai swiftly ran back beneath the Waterfall and picked up the fish that had not yet been washed away.
Saving someone was one thing; he still had to eat.
After returning, he tossed the fish aside and hurried over to the girl. He propped her upright before the campfire, letting the largest possible area of her body receive the firelight and warm up.
The next moment, he mobilized his Soul Power and sent it into her body.
His right leg Soul Bone skill, Wildfire Burns Incessantly, Spring Breeze Brings New Life, could not yet be controlled precisely enough with his current Spiritual Power to be used on others. However, after absorbing the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone—especially after his bloodline evolution and Martial Soul Evolution—his Soul Power had gained a fairly good healing effect.
After all, his Martial Soul carried the Life Attribute.
Moreover, he could already restrain the Thunder Attribute of his Martial Soul, preventing the energy from entering the girl's body and harming her.
"I hope you don't have some young lady's temper, and that you won't start acting like you want to die after waking up." As he treated her, Yang Yunhai examined her lovely face and sighed inwardly.
Knocking her out had been unintentional, but he had still done it. And not to mention what came afterward—Douluo Continent was a feudal society. Things had already come to this, so if he truly had to take responsibility, he could only accept it.
Of course, the main reason was that she was not bad-looking. If she had been an ugly monster, he would absolutely have healed her and run. He had to admit that he judged people by appearance and was easily swayed by beauty.
Women liked tall, powerful, rich, and handsome men; men liked fair-skinned beauties with long legs. Who wasn't ordinary in that regard?
As for her family, he believed his strength would be enough to overcome every obstacle. The only two problems were whether she would accept it and what her personality and temper were like.
If the first point became a problem, they would each go their separate ways and pretend nothing had happened. No matter what, there was absolutely no way he would die to atone for it.
The second issue going wrong wasn't too bad either.
With five thousand years of wisdom in his chest and the culture of countless keyboard warriors in his mind, he refused to believe he couldn't handle this.
Especially girls in the Douluo world.
Love Continent hadn't earned its name for nothing.
"So what if this girl already has someone? Uh, that probably isn't very likely, right?"
"She doesn't look that old either..." His gaze drifted downward. "It's just that certain parts are developed a little too unfairly."
He couldn't help thinking of Zhu Zhuqing, one of the original Shrek Seven Devils. She wasn't very old either, yet she was unfairly well-developed.
"Hm?" His expression suddenly froze. Looking down at her, he muttered, "It can't be such a coincidence, can it? The original story never mentioned Zhu Zhuqing wearing a Soul Tool, did it?"
"Still, even Gengxin City in the Star Luo Empire sells Storage Soul Tools wholesale. Given Zhu Zhuqing's status, it's unlikely she wouldn't have a Soul Tool. Besides, without one, she couldn't carry much with her. How could she dare travel so far alone? As for earrings, her long hair could be covering them. That's not impossible either."
"Ah, whatever. I'll wait until she wakes up and see what happens." He shook his head and stopped dwelling on it.
Nor did he inspect the things inside the girl's Soul Tool. Rashly snooping through a lady's belongings would be far too impolite.
There was no need for it, either.
After all, it wouldn't change anything.
Before long, his Soul Power sensed that the girl's injuries had completely healed. Since he had already done what needed to be done, he didn't mind doing a little more. Reaching out, he cleaned away the fallen scabs, making sure not even the faintest scar remained.
Afterward, he laid her flat and began grilling fish.
Once he was full and had packed everything away, he saw that the girl still hadn't awakened. He quietly sat where he was, closed his eyes, and meditated to regulate his breathing.
PS: Don't keep thinking about Zhu Zhuyun. They'd already reached the ordinary hundred-year soul beast territory—she had gone back.
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