Chapter 24 (1/2)
Yaara Ming helplessly sighed, slowly following him out.
“Even when you walk you’re unsteady, where exactly do you want to go?”
Donford Wu didn’t say anything. Enduring to this point was already his limit. His knees weak, arms heavy (TL NOTE: mom spaghetti). The originally flat road was curved in t.i.tled in his eyes, shaking from side to side.
Seeing this, Yaara Ming once again sighed out, following behind Donford Wu, she would pick up the arrows and beast bones that he would occasionally drop. At the same time, she prepared to help support him when he couldn’t take it anymore.
Ten steps, hundred steps, a thousand steps. Yaara Ming was more and more surprised in fright. She didn’t think with his heavy injuries that Donford Wu could forcefully endure the night and still continue walking. What more was that she didn’t think that after he shakenly walked so far, at last dropping all the things he carried, he still continued to stagger forward. At the same time of being boggled by Donford Wu’s endurance, a deep feeling of regret came out from within her heart. Donford Wu’s oil has been used, his light extinguished, but still continued walking. What supported him was his frightening endurance, and where that endurance came from was how he thought that he wanted to leave far, far away from her.
A thousand steps later, Donford Wu still continued on. While they were walking, they slowly deviated from the main road, walking towards the southern mountains. The mountain roads were hard to walk on, walking becoming even more difficult for him. At last, he still fell down, where he fell was inside a banyan forest.
A few steps south, there was a small creek. With his mind lost, already unable to work properly, he just followed his instinct to find water to drink.
Yaara Ming covered her face, crying in pain. She always thought after a long period of time secretly observing this man that she understood him like the back of her hand. Only know did she discover how seriously she underestimated his courage and endurance. Not only that, what pumped courage into him was love, and being refused, he turned and left. This wasn’t because of some kind of emotional experience, but because his self-esteem was too strong. A man who has been with too many woman would just thicken his skin and cling on, never would such person be so stubborn and leave.
Good, this is still good, he hadn’t gone too far. If he really did go too far, he absolutely wouldn’t be able to make it back.
Yaara Ming carried Donford Wu to the creek. Bowling her hands to fed him water. Because she was in too much of a hurry to feed him, his breathing became uneven. Donford Wu started to cough, the water fed to him and his blood all came spitting out.
Yaara Ming was anxious and her heart in pain. Without thinking about it too much, she sucked in water into her mouth. Putting her lips on his, she fed him. After more than a dozen times, making sure that Donford Wu wasn’t dehydrated, started to examine his injuries. Donford Wu’s injuries were far worse to what she thought. The arrow wound on his chest, you could clearly see the white sternum. Two of his ribs were broken, the ulna also broken on his right arm.
Determining Donfor Wu’s wounds. Yaara Ming picked him up again. As quickly as possible went towards the city. Arriving at the city gates, the soldiers taking guard there came to welcome her.
“Respected shaman, do you require any of our a.s.sistance?”
With the help of the soldiers, Donford Wu was sent back to Yaara Ming’s room. At this time, the Gold clansmen already knew about the accident that happened yesterday night, all of them rus.h.i.+ng over there. What they were there for was not to just watch, but to await a.s.signments, to give help.
Setting broken bones, wrapping up wounds, boiling medicine and feeding it, this was all done while Donford Wu was unconscious.
As long as they were a shaman, no matter a low ranked shaman or a high ranked Celestial Master, they all were n.o.bility. Donford Wu’s situation didn’t allow careless moving. Thus, Yaara Ming sent soldiers to surround the courtyard, to prevent Earth clan Celestial Masters from coming over again.
The three shamans inside the tribe have all died yesterday night. Yaara Ming let loose a swift. The swifts of each tribe had different markings, only used when they were under a.s.sault and needed a.s.sistance. Once the capital saw the swift, they would immediately send people over to provide it.
After finis.h.i.+ng up, Yaara Ming sat beside Donford Wu who was on top of the bed. The biggest problem she was facing right now was how to keep Donford Wu here. If she couldn’t think of a good plan before he awoke, then he would surely leave.
What she should have said, what she could say, almost everything was spoken out yesterday, but Donford Wu still didn’t have a change of heart. Saying it again wouldn’t have any use. Looking at the unmoving Donford Wu on top of the bed, Yaara Ming was stuck without plan, a hundred feelings of sadness.
In the evening, a purple robed Celestial Master quietly arrived.
Seeing him, Yaara Ming started to cry while welcoming him.
The painful cries of Yaara Ming awoke Donford Wu. He faintly saw the Celestial Master that left yesterday, which was also Yaara Ming’s father, who came walking towards him. Even though he was angry at Yaara Ming, but he still had respect for this elder. Seeing him come over, he hurriedly tried to stand up.
“Youngster, don’t move.”
The Celestial Master sat down on the side of the bed, helping Donford Wu lay down. Afterwards, he took up his wrist.
The feeling of sour, numb, pain and itch once again came out. Without asking the Celestial Master was using his Gold Qi to examine his injuries.
After dozens of seconds, the Celestial Master retracted his hand, opening up his robe, he unloosed a small yellow gourd. From inside, he took out a white pill and pa.s.sed it next to Donford Wu’s lips.
“Swallow it, three days later you’ll be able to move as you wish.”
“Thank you.”
Donford Wu said his thanks but didn’t swallow the pill.
Noticing something wrong with the atmosphere, a cloud of suspicious crossed through the Celestial Master’s eyes. t.i.tling his head to take a glance at Yaara Ming, then tilting his head back and stuffed the pill down Donford Wu’s mouth. Yaara Ming hurriedly brought over a bowl filled with water to give to Donford Wu.
The Celestial Master sat down on the wooden chair next to the table.
“How many Celestial Masters came from their side?”
“I only saw two, one male, one female.”
Yaara Ming responded.
“Details?”
The Celestial Master inquired.
“I’m not too sure, he knows more than me.”
Yaara Ming put down the bowl and stood beside the Celestial Master.
“Youngster, how did you save her?”
The Celestial Master turned his gaze towards Donford Wu.
Donford Wu shook his head, not saying anything.
“What did you do to him after I left?”
The Celestial Master looked at Yaara Ming with a solemn expression.
“Nothing, nothing. You’re just misunderstanding,”
Donford Wu said in embarra.s.sment, continuing.
“Yesterday night, I was staying the night in this house and was the first to discover the invaders. They first killed the old man by the guardhouse, thhen searched through the rooms. Yaara Ming borrowed the room to the north west, which has the pile of bamboo in front of it. Discovering that there was an intruder going into Yaara Ming’s room, I quickly went to help. They probably came to for the Celestial Master of the White Tiger you sent out during the day. After seeing that the Celestial Master of the White Tiger wasn’t here, they were in a hurry to leave, so after they knocked us down, they quickly left.”
“I’ll go take a look around.”
The Celestial Master stood up and walked towards the outside.
“Dad, I’ll take you around.”
Yaara Ming stood up, following behind him.
“No need, stay here and take care of your husband.”
The Celestial walked out the door with his hands behind his back.
Yaara Ming was shocked, Donford Wu too. The words of the Celestial Master was like a chisel in a rock, making sure of the two’s not yet open relations.h.i.+p. Yaara Ming didn’t understand why the always careful father would be so decisive of her relations.h.i.+p with Donford Wu. Donford Wu was also suspicious of this, he didn’t understand why the Celestial Master would put so much trust and think so highly of him.
“What did your father give me to eat just then?”
Donford Wu asked. After swallowing the pill, he felt his whole body cleansed, his head clear, and the symptoms of his fever also suddenly vanis.h.i.+ng.
“The Earth clan’s healing pill.”
Yaara Ming stated.
“The Earth clan’s?”
Donford Wu was greatly surprised.
“Yes, it’s the Earth clan’s. Dad found it from the corpse of an Earth clan shaman.”
Yaara Ming poured more water into the bowl, placing it in front of Donford Wu.
“Why doesn’t the Gold clan refine their own pills?”
Donford Wu supported himself with his forearms, leaning on the head of the bed.
“We don’t know how to, only the Earth clan knows how to refine them.”
Yaara Ming seeing Donford Wu not drinking the water she brought for him helplessly sighed out.
Nodding his head, Donford Wu didn’t ask anything else.
“What can I do so you will stay here?”
Yaara Ming painfully thought for the whole day but still didn’t think of anything to make Donford Wu have a change of heart.
“I don’t blame you for the things that happened yesterday. I was just reckless, but I can’t just stay here forever. I would need to go out and see the world.”
Donford Wu stated.
Hearing this, Yaara Ming’s head darkened again. Saying this meant Donford Wu clearly wanted to separate from her.
Silence, silence which lasted longer than an hour came to pa.s.s before the Celestial stepped in.