Chapter 5: Meeting a Powerful Cultivator! (2/2)
Du Chan opened his eyes. He saw that he was sleeping in a room that was not his, once his vision was not blurred anymore.
It was invaded by a medicinal smell that numbed the senses and looked to be old-fashioned due to its decor.
”Huh?” Du Chan shot straight up, uneasy about his wake. ”What is this place? This... this is not my room!”
Someone was sitting beside his bed. He had never seen him before.
”Who are you?” Du Chan asked. He could tell that he was a doctor, but he asked him nonetheless.
”Hoo, you woke up!” That guy said
”Don't avoid my question, I asked who you are?” Du Chan repeated, rather defensive in the way he spoke.
”Well, I'm a student who studies in this sect. My master ordered me to feed you medicine, and here I am” the student answered quite innocently
Du Chan was confused and thought,
'How did I get to town?'
”Worry not. Take a rest and I will go call your aunt back. She's been quite worried”
The student left after his current words and not soon he did, that Gu Auntie came rushing into the room, worry riddled all over her tired visage.
She sat beside him and fondled his hair, the tears not yet dry from the countless hours she spent weeping.
”Xiao Chan! Thank god! You were unconscious for 2 days….I thought you will die...”
Gu Auntie cried with a mix of sadness and relief.
Hearing his auntie's words rendered Du Chan emotional too.
”I-I'm sorry auntie” he said, his voice squeaking in the process.
”Why are you apologizing? It is not your fault…” her pats intensifying on Du Chan's head.
He closed his eyes and enjoyed the rubs for a moment.
”Okay” she wiped her tears and stood up. ”Rest. The sect master said that he will check on you in three hours…I don't know why the master wishes to meet you but he is a very powerful and important person in this kingdom. You should be very polite and mannered when you talk to him”
'Sect master…Why does he want to meet me?'
Du Chan thought and nodded in agreement.
”Then I will go out. Don't strain yourself, Xiao Chan”
After saying that, Gu auntie left the room, leaving Du Chan alone with his thoughts.
Staring at the roof for three hours straight, Du Chan remembered the suffering he had undergone and clenched his teeth and fists angrily. Even with his promise to cure himself of this illness, he found himself yet again useless. He didn't want to suffer anymore. He just wanted to live a normal life. But that life only came about when he got strong.
”I don't know what kind of disease I have but I'm sure I will cure it….and I don't want to see auntie sad again...I will get stronger and protect her!” Du Chan promised himself yet again, his conviction fortified.
Three hours passed…
Du Chan didn't sleep. In fact, he couldn't sleep. He was thinking about how he could get stronger. He didn't know anything about this world and anything about how to cultivate the so-called martial arts he had witnessed before in his dream.
It was not long before a group of five people entered the room. The middlemost one looked like a doctor, but some strange energy was floating around him. It was transparent but Du Chan was able to see traces of it.
”The Sect Master ordered us to bring you. Pardon the intrusion!” that same guy said and gave a signal to the other four in his company. They appeared to be staff that worked here.
”Wait. I'm injured right now how can I come…” he wished to say but before Du Chan could finish his words, those men lifted the bed and took him along.
”It's okay. They will carry you to the sect master” the middle guy said with a smile.
After that, they left the room while carrying the bed.
Du Chan looked around and saw so many people outside. They were strangely looking at him. He laughed and shamelessly gave a look as a king would express on a throne.
”Tch!” those four guys who were carrying him complained. And another guy smiled at him in response.
After some time, they entered a big room at the end of a long hallway. Stationed in the middle, they dropped the bed gently. Du Chan looked around the room. It was huge.
After they were done, the staff knelt downed on their twos while the doctor knelt on one leg. They bent their heads and shouted simultaneously as though rehearsed.
”GREETINGS TO THE SECT MASTER!”
Du Chan was shocked. He didn't see anyone nearby.
But when he glanced to where they knelt and then carefully inspected the place, he saw that there was a person seated over there. His eyes were shut.
Du Chan observed the sect master but the man suddenly opened his left eye and looked back at him. Du Chan dropped his head down in a reflex when he noticed the golden eye the sect master had.
”You may be excused,” the sect master said to the five members.
”Very well, Sect Master. Then please excuse us” the doctor said and they all left the room.
Leaving Du Chan and the master to speak alone. When Du Chan looked again at the great person before him, he felt that he was caught in a tiger's den….