Chapter 5 – Waking Up (1/2)
Chapter 5 – Waking Up
“What you said does indeed makes sense. Well, we will do as you say. After we have dealt with the present disaster, I will leave the Bai Clan with you.” With a flash of his eyes, Gu Lao San firmed his resolve.
“Haha, that’s the spirit. You and I have known each other for many years, if I had no confidence, how am I supposed to complete the task? You go ahead and deal with the body of the ‘young master’, but remember to leave behind his clothes and equipment. I will go ahead and save this kid. By the looks of things, if I don’t hurry up he really will kick the bucket. This is going to cost me a lot of Yuan Qi.” Guan Lao Da patted Gu Lao San on his shoulder with a smile.
Gu Lao San nodded, and strode toward the pit.
Guan Lao Da dealt with the kid’s clothes with a few swift motions, immediately exposing the vicious wounds all over his body, along with numerous other scars.
Even for someone who had seen as many things as Guan Lao Da, he couldn’t help but gasp in shock. However, his hands unhesitatingly flew toward the youth’s wounds and started to pat the areas around them. At first sporadically, then he furiously increased his intensity until the beatings sounded like the firing of firecrackers.
The youth’s body turned bright red and his body, which had swelled up because of water, reverted back to normal.
All of a sudden Guan Lao Da stopped his actions midway. He reached into his robes and pulled out a yellow wooden case.
After gently patting the box with a few fingers, the lid automatically popped open with a “pong”. Once it opened it revealed several extremely fine-tipped, silver needles of varying sizes.
With just two fingers, he reached into the case, and with a mere touch, he pulled out a single silver needle with a well practiced motion.
Carrying an intense expression, Guan Lao Da moved his arm. It instantly became a blur as he swiftly jabbed several points on the youth’s body.
Liu Ming had no idea when he came out of the river, but he now found that his head felt unbearably painful. It was like it was being split open while every inch of his body felt unnaturally burning hot. However, a cool sensation swept across his entire body while he wasn’t paying attention, bringing him such relief that he nearly cried out loud. At the same time, he felt an immense wave of sleepiness descend upon him and, unknowingly, fell into a deep sleep.
As he slept like a baby, numerous scenes flashed through his consciousness one after another. One of which depicted the shadows of a middle-aged couple whose faces were unclear, yet there were a bunch of weird demonic faces as well. They surrounded him and incessantly spoke to him in a language he couldn’t understand.
The couple gave him a sense of familiarity.
The youth tried his best to listen to what was being said, but it was clearly an impossible task given the other disturbances around him. In his desperation he tried to push the demons away, but found himself without an ounce of strength. His heart became heavy as his emotions boiled.
He had no idea how long he remained in this state, but after a while, Liu Ming gradually woke up. He could feel a ball of warmth flowing through and around his body.
The moment he opened his eyes, he found himself face to face with a square-faced, middle-aged man.
The man, upon seeing Liu Ming awaken, immediately barked at him.
“Don’t think of anything, hurry up and train. If you don’t, all the effort from earlier will be wasted.”
As Liu Ming heard this, he felt a chill run through his body, and without thinking too much, mentally brought out a familiar breathing technique. He then began to direct this warm flow to different parts of his body.
It was at this moment that Guan Lao Da released the breath he was holding and withdrew the hand he had placed on the kid’s chest. He then stood up and observed Liu Ming’s actions with a detached gaze.
After a while, the youth’s pale pallor finally started to gain some color, opening his eyes he looked at Guan Lao Da.
“Many thanks to elder for your merciful rescue. If not, this kid would have been dead by now.” Liu Ming stood up and respectfully bowed while he spoke.
He had no idea who this person standing in front of him was, but he had rescued him. And, it was natural that he would feel extremely grateful toward his benefactor.
At this point he looked around, trying to get a better idea of his surroundings, and found himself in a pit not too far from the river. He had also been dressed in brand new clothes and his wounds had all been bandaged. The slightly cool sensations coming from the wounds told him that they had evidently used extremely high quality medicine on him.
As for the side effects from the skills that he had used a while back, the thing that he was most worried about was the internal injuries. They should have burst open long ago but instead they had all been well suppressed with help from the other party.
However, no matter how skilled this stranger was, the disastrous condition of his body was simply too devastating. It was only a matter of time before his injuries would begin to act up again.
While he was on Savage Island, he had learned some forbidden techniques from the prisoners there. Those techniques were extremely effective against enemies, but the price paid for using them was extremely high as well. It was basically a double-edged sword.
If it wasn’t for the teachings of ‘Uncle Qian’—who taught him a set of Breathing Techniques that allowed his recovery to far surpass that of an ordinary human being—he would never even have considered using these Secret Techniques so casually.
The fact that he did not die from his injuries when he fell into the river was largely due to the effectiveness of this nameless Breathing Technique.
Seeing the composure of this youth, Guan Lao Da was slightly taken aback but still presented a smile as he replied.