Chapter 26 (2/2)

The sound of hooves grew closer, and Feng Ning didn’t have enough time take a closer look at Long San’s situation. She turned around and jumped onto the horse’s back, using strength to kick the horse’s stomach and once again fled. The group of people behind continued chasing Feng Ning, and kicked up dirt as they pa.s.sed by the side of the slope. Feng Ning again ran for a long while, and towards the horse said, “Brother Horse, I’m really sorry.” She stretched her hand and on the horse’s rump, sliced it once with the sword. The horse suffered pain, and used even more strength to run. Feng Ning seized this opportunity, and quickly leapt towards the dense tree branches.

She waited for a while, and watched as the group of people chasing them run after the escaping horse’s hoof prints and the sound of its hooves. After confirming there was no one tailing her, she leapt through the treetops for a while, then jumped down afterwards, and quickly ran towards the base of that one slope.

Long San was laying on the middle of the slope. His ears could hear the sound of horses rus.h.i.+ng by above, and understood what Feng Ning’s intention was, but he currently no longer had any strength to help. The poison in his body was worse than he expected, and at this moment, half of his body was already numb. He was completely out of strength, and his ears were buzzing. He laid there, his mind empty, and only thought of what Feng Ning said to him: “Wait for me.”

He felt like he waited for a long time, but also felt like he didn’t. But his entire body felt really cold, so cold that he started to s.h.i.+ver. Suddenly he heard Feng Ning’s call, and he couldn’t resist smiling. It was really strange. Every time she was near, he always wanted to smile.

“Why didn’t you slide all the way down? I thought you were gone.” Feng Ning was so anxious that her entire head and face was covered in sweat. She circled around many times below and couldn’t find him, and nearly cried in anxiety. But as she lifted her head she discovered this person was “leisurely” lying across the middle of the slope.

“If it’s possible, I would like to walk down.” Long San still had the leisure to speak such relaxed words, but him being like this was actually to pacify Feng Ning’s mood. Feng Ning’s frantic heart all at once calmed down.

Feng Ning half supported and half propped up Long San to the bottom of the slope. With the moonlight she looked at his injury. The tail of the arrow already broke off, but the arrow was still inside his flesh. Long San consolingly said, “It didn’t injure the bone, so it doesn’t hurt too much. You’ll take it out for me. Near my chest area there’s a bottle of medicine[2].”

Feng Ning chewed her lip, and from Long San’s chest area pulled out medicine. She took a deep breath and used her hand to push apart the wound, carefully looking. This place didn’t have any kind of instrument for healing, only a very ruthless heart. She felt around, and found the place the arrow head had hooked onto. In the direction of the hiding hook she quickly used forced to pull, and “pu” all at once a lot of blood gushed out. Long San moaned once, and Feng Ning was already quickly spilling medical powder for him.

Long San closed his eyes, regulating his breathing and yunqi[3]. Feng Ning was on one side slightly idle. She used the sword to dig up a hole, and buried the b.l.o.o.d.y mud and arrow head together. They also shouldn’t stay at this place for long. If the other party discovered there was no one on the horse, they would turn around to search. Long San used his eyes to signal for them to continue moving. Feng Ning supported him one step at a time, and traveled very slowly.

Long San’s legs felt weak, and really couldn’t walk faster. Feng Ning gritted her teeth. She placed the sword from her back onto his, grabbed his pair of arms and wrapped them over her own shoulders. Then she bent her back and, with with him on her back, exerted strength in her chest and stomach, and carried him.

Long San was nearly a head taller than Feng Ning, so Feng Ning’s hands holding onto his legs while walking was extremely tiring. Long San quietly said, “I’m really heavy.”

Feng Ning panted, and quickly strode over to the dense woods while replying, “Don’t worry, I have a lot of strength.” She thought again and said, “I normally eat a lot, but when these situations arise it’s put to good use. That’s why from now on you must promise not to laugh at my food portions.” She was still brooding over being ridiculed before.

Long San was amused by her and wanted to laugh, but he really didn’t have enough strength to laugh, and could only let out a gasp. But Feng Ning could still hear it, and was annoyed. “Laugh, laughing at what. You’re like this and you’re still laughing.”

“Wherever you’re at, you’re always able to make people laugh.”

“So are you laughing at me?” Feng Ning was not satisfied. She pushed him up, so as to not let him slip down.

“I’m praising you.” The poison in Long San’s body started to act up, and his vision blacked out; he felt like he was going to faint soon. But he knew if he were to lose consciousness, Feng Ning would be afraid and panic. He bit his own tongue, felt pain, and tried his best to remain awake.

“I don’t hear you praising me.” Feng Ning bickered. Suddenly she tripped, almost causing Long San to fall but she quickly stabilized. Borrowing the moonlight, she discovered that the place she stepped into on the sloped cliff seemed to have a hidden cave. Feng Ning put Long San down, and brushed aside the nearby tall gra.s.s and creeping vines. There really was a large cave. She dragged Long San in, and adding herself, this cave was able to accommodate them both.

She then hastily moved the tall gra.s.s and branches over, and stopped at the entrance to look. It was covered well. If not examined carefully, it was hard to see if there was anything peculiar. Feng Ning was extremely pleased. After covering the cave entrance, she leaned forward to go in, and felt that they were safe. Even if those people were to turn around, it wouldn’t be easy to find the two of them.

The cave was oddly dark. The cover of the cave entrance was blocking the moonlight. Feng Ning felt around, and touched Long San’s hand. His hand was ice-cold, and his body was also extremely cold. Feng Ning was worried. “How is the poison?”

This entire time Long San was probing his yunqi, and finally replied, “It’s not a life-threatening poison. It only makes a person paralyzed and lose consciousness, so it won’t be a problem. If there are no more movements from me, you can’t panic. Looking at the situation, they want to capture us alive, so they really wouldn’t use poison to kill. I now know that these people came to clash with me, and got you dragged into this.”

Feng Ning hugged him. “I’m not afraid.”

“En, you have the most courage, and also have strength, you are a top-grade good lady from a wealthy family[4].” Long San comforted her, and felt his consciousness slowly drifting far away.

“At this time you still have the mood to make jokes!” Feng Ning felt him grow extremely cold, and was slightly scared in her heart. The poison might not be fatal, but he was injured, and they were in this cold, damp cave freezing.

She hugged him, eagerly wanting to give all of her body’s warmth to him. “Long San, Long San, you can’t leave me!”

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