C13 (1/2)
Zhang Zhou led the wounded and unconscious man to ride in the snow. The snowfall was more intense and dense, causing Zhang Zhou to be unable to open his eyes. Although the road was slippery, he was somewhat relieved because the speed of the snowfall would quickly conceal his tracks. He did not dare to return to the city. Instead, he went around to the other side of the city wall and barged into an inconspicuous little courtyard. He dismounted from his horse and carried the man on his back.
The two of them had their clothes soaked by the snow. Zhang Zhou was still fine, but the man was still unconscious and his body had started to feel hot. It seemed that not only had he received internal injuries, he also had a fever.
In this era, basic medical care was naturally bad in Zhang Zhou's eyes. A minor illness could cost one's life. This was one of the reasons why Zhang Zhou was diligently practicing martial arts and strengthening his body. This courtyard was secretly purchased by him, not for the sake of appreciation, but purely because he was afraid of risking his life. This kind of house could only be bought a few more times, and it wouldn't cost him much money. There were all kinds of necessities and herbs to prevent injuries hidden in the house, but they were used so quickly.
The upper half of his body was riddled with fist marks, especially the wound on his chest, which was the clearest. Even after such a long time, the wound still managed to penetrate through to the third part of his body, showing the power of that fist! Zhang Zhou was unable to judge how destructive this punch was. If his internal organs were truly damaged, then he had no other choice. Whether or not this fellow could survive would depend on whether or not his life was tough enough. If Zhang Zhou had seen the fights in the yard and understood the power of those tyrannical punches, he would probably choose to give up!
After covering that person with the blanket, he started to boil the fire and boil the medicine. Although it had been almost a year since he had arrived in this world, Zhang Zhou still complained inwardly every time he encountered this kind of ”exhausting time and exhausting effort”. He had thought about how he could make some medicine pills that would be easy to consume. However, making the pills wasn't as easy as he thought. He could only put that thought aside for now.
Zhang Zhou had been doing a lot of boiling water and cooking medicine in the Heroic Horse Guild. Back then, when Seventh Elder was sick, he was the one who had been controlling the situation, so he was quite nimble. He didn't have Zhang Xing's miraculous prescriptions; he only had the simplest herbs to help with the treatment of Qi and Blood, as well as the treatment of a cold. He couldn't be picky about this at the moment, so he made the soup and fed it with a spoon, bit by bit, before he found a cloth to wet it and placed it on his forehead to help cool it down.
The snow outside was still falling and the world was a complete mess. Even if Old Qi wanted to find someone, he would not be able to find this place in a short period of time.
Zhang Zhou was very surprised by the man's strong physique. Originally, he didn't have much hope, but in the end, he managed to forcibly endure it. Not only did he recover from his fever, but he also recovered quickly. When the man woke up with a groan, it was already evening of the second day. Zhang Zhou had just finished preparing dinner, and seeing him wake up, he scooped a bowl of hot porridge and went to the bedside. Zhang Zhou had just finished cooking dinner, and watched him wake up, and scooped up a bowl of hot porridge and walked over to the bedside.
”You saved me?”
”That's right!” Flower God dropped once, last night once, and saved you twice in a row! ”
The man could not remember the details of Flower God's descent, but he was still aware of the fact that he had been placed in a temple. It seemed like it was also the work of the opposite party, which made him very grateful.
”Thank you!”
”I saved you twice. One word of thanks, isn't that a bit too much?”
Zhang Zhou jokingly said. That man was a bit embarrassed, so he asked, ”You must be from the martial arts world, right?”
”Something like that!”
”I feel like Big Brother is someone with a story.”
That person sighed and didn't say anything. Zhang Zhou seemed to be unwilling to accept this.
”Big brother, how about listening to what I have to say? Truth be told, Old Qi is also my enemy!”
”Old Qi?”
”The one who injured you!”
”That's right, we haven't been able to find him for so many years. He must have changed his name!” Then you must be careful! ”
”Why? Because he's cruel and merciless? ”
”He's an animal!”
”Then you should have told me about you and him and given me time to prepare!”
The man sighed again, as if he was a bit tired. He closed his eyes and did not speak, and Zhang Zhou was not in a hurry either. After a long while, the man finally opened his eyes and stopped talking.
”Little brother, I can only tell you to stay away from Old Qi! I am extremely grateful that you saved my life, but I have hatred in my heart, and I don't have anything good in me, so I am afraid that I cannot repay you … ”
Zhang Zhou knew that he did not want to talk about the past, so he stopped him from talking, and laughed: ”Can you repay me in the future? You just need to take care of yourself and recuperate! You can rest assured, I won't force you to do anything in the face of danger. ”
The man nodded his head and said, ”Then I won't say thank you for your great kindness!”
If he were to miss out on such a talent, Zhang Zhou might be unwilling, but there was no need to be hasty about it. However, he still found it difficult to dispel his curiosity regarding the matter between the man and Old Qi.
The man seemed to be tired. Zhang Zhou fed him a bowl of porridge and asked him to rest. When the man woke up again, it was already midnight. Zhang Zhou was asleep on a pile of hay in the corner. The man watched in silence for a long time, feeling touched. Finally, he called out softly, ”I'm thirsty!”
Zhang Zhou was still asleep, so he could hear him speaking. He quickly got up, and after he understood, he went to get him some water. He looked tired, but he did not seem to be annoyed at all. If Zhang Zhou was a fake, then it was really an injustice. Many people liked to say that they treated each other with sincerity, and they wanted to compare their hearts to their own, but they all needed to pay the price first. If they didn't pay the price, what was there to be sincere about, and what was there to say about it?
… …. ”Thank you!”
”You've already said it!”
”You've said it yourself. You only said that you didn't thank me enough. In that case, thank you a few times so that you can feel at ease!”
Zhang Zhou smiled and asked again, ”If you wish for peace of mind, why not be honest with me? I really want to know why I want to kill you!”
Speaking of Old Qi, the man took another deep breath, as if suppressing his hatred. Zhang Zhou said apologetically, ”If you don't want to bring it up, let's change the subject.”
Seeing Zhang Zhou nod his head, the man continued, ”Although the top of the Kunlun Sect is a martial arts sect, but because their martial arts path is quite extreme, and because the requirements to enter the sect are extremely strict, unless one has talent, it is difficult to achieve anything, so the number of disciples are limited. However, once you have entered the sect and trained diligently, you will be able to achieve something, that old weirdo you mean is a disciple of the top of the Kunlun Sect, and he is still my senior brother …”
”If I didn't see you fight with him, I would never have imagined that he would be so fat and so powerful!”
”All of the top disciples of Karakorum are people who are surprised by their bones. When their martial arts are trained to the highest level, they can reach the level of bone, muscle, and illusion. Of course, he has not reached that level yet.” Besides, true experts have nothing to do with fat and thin. You should have never seen one of the Four Great Grandmasters, Tathagata. That's what you call fat. If we were to fight, how many of us are his match? ”
”This little brother is ill-informed, big brother, please don't take offense.”
”Martial artists, there are countless different types of martial arts, but overall, they are nothing more than external martial arts and internal martial arts. The scariest thing about internal martial artists is that their appearance is extremely deceptive. You can't tell if they are real or not from their appearance.”
He paused for a while, then changed the topic and continued, ”In the past, he was highly valued by Master, but because of his sinister nature, Master had always been unwilling to pass on higher level mental cultivation methods to him. He was resentful, and planned to steal it himself, but Master found out, severely punished him, and banned him from entering the sect. Once, a rich man went up the mountain to ask for the Sect Leader's help. When the Sect Leader mentioned that he had shown great kindness to the sect, he told his Master to go down the mountain and help … ”
The man seemed to be reminiscing about something very painful. As he spoke, Zhang Zhou also understood what happened. He was deceived by his senior brother, Old Qi, and thought that Old Qi had already changed his mind, so he begged his master to take him down with him. His master was helpless, so he agreed to give Old Qi a chance to bring him along. Who would have thought that Old Qi, who had been crying bitterly and swearing to change the course of events, would actually set up a sneak attack on his Master and him. As a result, his Master died and he was seriously injured. Meanwhile, that rich family was also in trouble. The young master and servant were all killed, and Old Qi took the money and ran away. Although the man was saved, his master was dead, and the rich man's family was ruined. This made him feel regret and resentment, and he no longer had the face to return to the mountain. He began to search everywhere for the old geezer just for revenge. He had been blaming himself in his heart all these years. Only when he was drunk could he numb himself, resulting in his current slovenly appearance.
He didn't expect to find no sign of Old Qi in Hezhou, but Old Qi unexpectedly found him first. After wandering in the martial arts world for a long time, he had met many vicious and evil people. He had also taken care of quite a few of them, so he naturally incurred many grudges in the martial arts world. At the beginning of that night, he had thought that he had only met people who had ordinary grudges, but he had never imagined that the mastermind was actually an old geezer who had been searching for him for so many years. However, it also consumed a lot of Qi and was unable to be used for a long time. From the very beginning, Old Qi had been using his subordinates to exhaust his Qi and had also provoked his anger to chase after him, not giving him the chance to adjust. In the end, Old Qi had personally made a move and injured him when his Qi became weaker. If it wasn't for Zhang Zhou stopping Old Qi, he wouldn't have survived. Zhang Zhou was secretly afraid. If he knew that Old Qi was such an expert, he probably wouldn't care about his wealth. Of course, if it wasn't for the crossbow that night, Zhang Zhou might not have dared to step forward. But old man Qi's punch was full of energy, yet it did not break the man's chest! The man saw through his doubts and said, ”In fact, Master has already passed the highest level of cultivation technique to me, it's an extremely powerful defense skill, similar to the unbreakable diamond of the Buddhist sect. It's just that I haven't been able to cultivate to the highest level for the past few years, otherwise, that bastard's punch might not be able to injure me, and this cultivation technique also has the effect of accelerating the recovery, so don't be too surprised!”
How could Zhang Zhou not be surprised? He never thought that he would have such a profound and mystical martial art. It seemed that he knew too little about this world's martial arts.