Chapter 27 (1/2)

CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN

Seems Like An Old Friend has Arrived

Two days have pa.s.sed within a blink of an eye; Xu Rong sent back a message on a dove: Tang Fei Feng is far in Shu Zhong; it will take her seven days and seven nights on fast horses to get to the capital.

Ding Huai Li rushed to the Medicine King Valley on the best horse, yet not even half a word has been sent back.

Pang Wan has used all the methods she knows to control the poison in Bai Xiao Sheng, but she sadly found none of them works —— Bai Xiao Sheng’s poison is extremely complex, plus its power is stunningly strong. If he did not have the Powerful Overlord Pill and Gu Xi Ju’s overwhelming inner energy to support him, he probably would have dropped dead by now.

“Sorry.” Pang Wan sighs once again, she has already not closed her eyes for two nights; her dark circles can be compared to a panda’s.

Gu Xi Ju emotionlessly stares at the person on bed who has already entered the state of fake death; Gu Xi Ju’s eyes are filled with dismal gloominess. He also has not slept or rested for two days and two nights; some short bristles have grown out from his chin, even though he still appears handsome and charming, he seems to have aged countless years within one night.

Pang Wan really cannot bear to see Gu Xi Ju being like this—— In her heart, he has always been the excellent master who commands wind and clouds and looks at all things in Jiang Hu with a smile; how can he have this kind of helpless days?

“Supreme Chief, go have rest, I’ll figure something out!” She gently convinces, reaching out her hands to push his iron-firm body.

Gu Xi Ju turns to look at her, eyes like ice-cold stars, “Shall I give some more inner energy to him?”

“It won’t help no matter how much you supply him!” Pang Wan speaks depressingly, “Right now, we can only help him maintain one breath that can keep him alive, no matter how much inner energy you give to him, it will all be devoured by the poison, this is throwing meat buns to dogs——once gone no returns!”

Upon hearing this, Gu Xi Ju frowns; seeing him struggling, Pang Wan unconsciously lifts her hand to smooth the place between his eyebrows, attempting to gently unfold that furrow.

As the touch of a soft and smooth hand caresses his face, Gu Xi Ju irresistibly turns stunned.

“Hurry up and sleep! Be careful, if you become old and ugly, Fairy Sang Chan will not want you anymore!”

Pang Wan only smoothed his brows twice, then dejectedly pulls back her hands and yawns, “I……ahhhhwuuuu…will figure something out”, tears flowing out of her red eyes.

Looking at her striving to persist while she is clearly exhausted, GU Xi Ju reveals a trace of unnoticeable gentleness in his eyes.

“Okay, have a rest.” He nods; big hand quietly moves behind her back and lightly presses a certain spot(an acupuncture point for sleep).

Pang Wan immediately falls into his arms without making a sound, just like a drunken porcelain doll.

“You really should take a nap.” He sighs with pity and tenderness, then holds her up and carefully walks out of the room.

Outside, Maid A and Maid B both saw this scene; one dropped her chin and the other lost her pupils(an expression of being overly shocked).

There was also a Maid C, who really could not believe her eyes. She even unconsciously ripped the handkerchief in her hands into noodle strips.

When Pang Wan woke up, it was already the noon of the next day. She slept extra well this time, not even had a single dream. It was not until she slowly stretched her arms did she suddenly remember the poisoned Bai Xiao Sheng. She runs out so hurriedly that she almost threw herself on the ground.

“Lady Wan Wan has awaken?” A round face maid encounters her at the door, appearing extremely happy.

Did not think her position would suddenly be promoted once she woke up, Pang Wan sticks out her tongue, “Is Adviser better now? Where is Supreme Chief right now?”

The round face maid is overflowing with joy, “Mr. Ding brought back the divine physician last night, Adviser’s sickness has already been controlled by him, Supreme Chief is very happy, right now, he is currently with the physician!”

Pang Wan suddenly feels like an enormous stone on her chest has fallen to the ground.

“I’m going to see the Adviser.” She vibrantly runs toward Bai Xiao Sheng’s room.

There are two more people in Bai Xiao Sheng’s room now: Ding Huai Li and a youth in cyan clothing. Ding Huai Li has met Pang Wan before; now seeing her running in excitedly, he nods at her, “Lady Wan Wan.”

The youth in cyan is sitting at Bai Xiao Sheng’s bedside, treating him with acupuncture. His position just happens to have his back facing toward Pang Wan, upon hearing Ding Huai Li’s greeting to her, his shoulders shake for once, then no more moves are made.

“Is Adviser better now?” Pang Wan hopefully stares at Gu Xi Ju, desiring to get some good news from his mouth.

“The poison has already been stopped.” Gu Xi Ju gazes at her blossom-like dimples for a second, then lifts the corners of his lips, “Divine physician said it was your Powerful Overlord Pill that gave him three more days of life.”

Pang Wan smiles and rubs her hair, “No need to thank me for such trivial help.”

The shoulders of the youth in cyan shake slightly again, but his move was too small to be noticed by anyone.

“Does Mister know what kind of poison Adviser has been attacked with? Do you think you can remove the poison completely?” Pang Wan is curious of the appearance of this divine physician of the Medicine King Valley; she could not resist leaning forward to see how he looks.

“He has three kinds of poison in him, each is “ice soul”, “polygonum”, and “black orchid”; I already stopped the poison’s power, completely removing them will take three months.” The youth in cyan coldly answers, turning his head to look straightly at Pang Wan.

Seeing him suddenly turning, Pang Wan is a little startled. Looking at his delicate yet unfamiliar face, she unconsciously smiles shyly, “Mister sure has excellent skills.”

The youth in cyan does not reply. He turns back and continues to apply acupuncture for Bai Xiao Sheng.

Pang Wan gazes at his every move, dubiously winks her eyes. When her eyesight slips pa.s.s the ear of the youth, Pang Wan is shocked.

An hour quickly pa.s.sed, the blueness on Bai Xiao Sheng’s face has gradually faded. The youth finishes the acupuncture, stands up and takes his leave.

Gu Xi Ju politely thanks him in every verbal way possible, also ordering maids to lead this precious guest to the best guest room. The youth in cyan reacts with no sense of superiority or inferiority, also with no signs of flattering or indifference.

Pang Wan stands behind him, quietly pressing her lips together.

After settling the divine physician of Medicine King Valley, Gu Xi Ju and Ding Huai Li both show tiredness, each returning back to their respective room to rest.

Pang Wan sits and stares blankly in Bai Xiao Sheng’s room for a long while; finally, she quietly sneaks out.

She goes toward the room of that precious guest.

The time is already the evening; blood-red sun hangs right by the mountainside; that youth in cyan stands in the courtyard, gazing into the far distance in a trance for some unknown reason; the luminous afterglow brews his shadow into a rich trace of ink.

Pang Wan comes close to him. As if she is afraid to startle him, she gently calls out.

“Brother Nan Yi?’

The youth in cyan turns back toward her after hearing this call.

Four eyes meet; his unreachable, proud, black eyes reveal a freezing chill.

“Brother Nan Yi, how come you are here?”

Pang Wan carefully walks two more steps toward him, then stops.

Due to a kind of emotion called “fear”, she unconsciously keeps a safe distance from Nan Yi —— after being hunted by someone for five entire years, her body naturally produces a rejecting reaction.

“How come I can’t be here?” Nan Yi glances at her, slowly lifting the corners of his lips.

“I, I mean, how come Brother Nan Yi has become a member of the Medicine King Valley?” Pang Wan is somewhat panicking, “You’re also disguising your face.”

Because she has been bullied by him ever since a young age, even though right now Nan Yi has a fake face on, under his overbearing presence, Pang Wan’s nervousness is almost a conditioned reflex without any hesitation.

“You gave Bai Xiao Sheng the antidote?” Nan Yi ignores her question; his eyes sharp, almost stabbing into her heart.

“This……” Pang Wan’s eyebrows furrow, “the situation was so urgent at that time……”