Xuanxia

Chapter 277 Living towards death
"Don't worry, hero."

The tea shop owner, who had just woken up from a coma, said in a trembling voice: "I, I will report it to the police."

As he said this, he looked towards the big bandits standing in a row next to the tea shop, each of them looking like a big ball. He was so frightened after just one look that he dared not look again and withdrew his gaze.

"Well, let the government handle it. Just tell them the truth. These people are probably bandits." Hua Wuying held his still dizzy head, exhaled lightly, and stuffed a silver ingot into the hands of the tea shop owner: "They broke a lot of tables and chairs. Is this enough?"

The boss was shocked and quickly refused: "How dare I let you spend money?"

"You are innocent. You just run a small business. You shouldn't suffer such a disaster." Hua Wuying's voice was very soft and gentle, but it was firm and unquestionable: "Take it."

After saying that, he left without looking back, leaving the tea shop owner holding the silver ingot, feeling a little helpless and a little touched.

Hua Wuying walked slowly to the side of the horse and looked at Hua Xiaolan who was leaning against the wall and unconscious, feeling helpless.

He had just briefly examined her injuries.

Here's the weird part...there aren't any wounds on her body!

Although he did not check what was under Hua Xiaolan's clothes, just from what was visible to the naked eye, the blood seemed to be oozing directly from the pores of her skin!
The neck, waist, arms, legs and feet... every exposed piece of skin was bleeding.

After she fell unconscious, the bleeding stopped little by little, and apart from some bloodstains on her skin, there was no visible wound at all.

But even a god could not bear such a huge blood loss.

At this time, Hua Xiaolan's breathing was extremely weak, and she was almost dying. Her skin was so pale that no blood could be seen, and even her pulse was so weak that it was almost undetectable.

Hua Wuying sighed helplessly: "We can only find a town first and let the doctor take a look."

He squatted down and said softly, "I'm sorry."

After saying that, he carefully stretched out his hands, reached behind Hua Xiaolan's back and knees, gently lifted her up horizontally, then tiptoed and lightly jumped onto the horse beside him.

He placed Hua Xiaolan's petite body sideways in front of him, so that when he held the reins with both hands, she could lean tightly against his arms and chest to avoid falling off due to the bumps on the horse's back.

This was probably the first time he had such close contact with a woman, and Hua Wuying's face turned red quickly.

But he was a gentleman of the utmost uprightness after all, and he quickly suppressed all distracting thoughts in his mind, focused his eyes on his nose, his nose on his heart, squeezed his legs against the horse's belly, and rode away.

Hua Wuying left the Wulin Alliance this time and ventured into the world alone without any purpose.

He simply wanted to figure out some things and wanted to temporarily break away from the title of "Young Leader" that had accompanied him throughout his life and travel around as an ordinary cultivator.

Therefore, he didn't know where he was going or what he was going to do. He just did his best to help those who needed help.

Now that he was bringing Hua Xiaolan with him, the place he had to go was naturally the nearest town to find a doctor for her.

But according to his memory, it would take more than half a day to walk to the nearest town...but there might not be anyone in the small town who could cure Hua Xiaolan, so he might have to go to a big city to try.

After much deliberation, Hua Wuying finally decided to go to a nearby town to at least get some qi and blood tonic medicine to help Hua Xiaolan recover a little.

But as they walked, Hua Xiaolan in his arms slowly opened her eyes.

At this time, Hua Wuying was still looking straight ahead and did not notice that she had woken up.

Hua Xiaolan was startled at first, but then she quickly understood the situation and couldn't help but sneer: "Young Alliance Leader, are you trying to forcibly seize my daughter?"

Hua Wuying had a woman in his arms, and he was extremely nervous. Her shout really scared him, and he subconsciously pulled the reins to stop the horse, shouting "Whoa!"

The horse was startled by his pull, and it straightened its body with its front legs raised high, and stood up with a grunt!

Hua Wuying has mastered martial arts and can sit steadily on the horse, but Hua Xiaolan cannot.

She was weak to begin with, and she never expected that her casual joke would frighten both the person and the horse. As soon as the horse stood up, she heard a scream, and immediately lost her balance and rolled off the horse's back.

Hua Wuying finally reacted, horrified, and reached out to stop the hug.

But... there was no clichéd plot like in idol dramas where the hero and heroine hug each other and roll more than ten meters away.

Hua Wuying used extremely fast skills and easily caught Hua Xiaolan before she fell to the ground. He put her down very neatly and quickly against a big tree beside the road. Then he quickly moved three steps away and went to calm the frightened horse.

"laugh."

Hua Xiaolan's shock gradually faded, and she smiled and said, "Young Alliance Leader, I scared you like this with just one sentence. Are you really going to forcefully seize my daughter and you feel guilty because I said so?"

"That's not the case, Junior Sister Hua." Hua Wuying pulled the reins and soothed the horse, and said with his back to her, "I saw that you had lost too much blood and were seriously injured and unconscious, so I wanted to take you to a nearby town to find a doctor for treatment."

"Oh? Doctor?" Hua Xiaolan sneered, "How can a doctor cure me?"

Hua Wuying turned around after hearing this and frowned slightly.

"What?" Hua Xiaolan smiled when she saw his eyes: "Want to help me?"

"Wan Du Shan is also a fellow righteous sect." Hua Wuying said softly: "If I can help, I will help."

Hua Xiaolan sneered: "But I am a demon girl. I have killed countless people all the way from Southern Xinjiang. If you associate with me, I am afraid that it will damage the reputation of the young leader!"

“…I don’t have any reputation.”

Hua Wuying smiled and said, "You are injured and sick, and I believe that if others had not tried to bully you, you would never risk your life and kill people for no reason."

"Besides, now that I'm here, maybe you don't have to kill anyone to find what you want."

Hua Xiaolan listened with a strange look on her face: "Do you know I'm looking for something?"

"I thought you were going to Luoyi to attend the Hidden Dragon Hundred Heroes Meeting."

Hua Wuying said softly: "But judging from the path you took, that's not the case... Besides, when you were unconscious, I packed your belongings for you and found a lot of fresh herbs among them."

"I think you are looking for some rare herbs to heal your illness."

Hearing this, Hua Xiaolan curled the corners of her mouth.

“Although my guess is not entirely correct, it’s still smart.”

As she spoke, she suddenly started coughing violently. With this cough, blood oozed out of her skin, which was very shocking.

Hua Wuying was startled. He wanted to do something but was at a loss. He could only squat beside her nervously: "How can I help you?"

"Don't worry, you won't die."

After coughing for a while, Hua Xiaolan wiped the blood from her face, took out a pill from her bosom and threw it into her mouth, then said nonchalantly: "Young Alliance Leader, do you really want to help me?"

Hua Wuying nodded slightly: "Since we have met and you need help, I will not sit idly by."

"Okay, if someone wants to help, I won't say no."

Hua Xiaolan smiled and said, "But you have to think carefully. What I'm looking for is very hard to find, and... I'm afraid I'll offend a lot of people."

Hua Wuying smiled and said, "It's okay. I will do my best to help you find what you want without offending anyone."

"Ah……"

Hua Xiaolan sneered: "Don't brag, Young Alliance Leader."

"You can't figure out where I'm going next... I'm going to go east, to Jiangnan Mirror Lake and Black Mountain Islands, and get the only thousand-year-old nine-section bell grass from the Lingjing Sect."

Hua Wuying was shocked when he heard this: "Lingjing Sect? The mysterious sect that rarely appears in the martial arts world and only practices magic? What is Nine-section Bell Grass?"

“That’s the foundation of their sect.”

Hua Xiaolan smiled and said, "It is precisely because of this magical herb that they can obtain infinite spiritual power for their cultivation!"

Hua Wuying's eyebrows twitched, and he clearly had a headache.

Seeing his look, Hua Xiaolan sneered again.

But this time she didn't say anything. She silently stood up by herself with the help of the tree, staggered to the side of the horse, and briefly checked the bag on horseback to make sure that her things were there.

After doing all this, she climbed onto the horse with great effort, untied Hua Wuying's bag, threw it at his feet, kicked the horse's belly lightly, and set off.

Hua Wuying looked at Hua Xiaolan's back, suddenly gritted his teeth, picked up the bag, and jumped away!

A light breeze blew by, and he quickly caught up with Hua Xiaolan with his lightness skills. He landed lightly and sat on the back of the horse. He put his hands around Hua Xiaolan and grabbed the reins.

Hua Xiaolan was startled and turned her head to look at him.

"It is precisely because it is so difficult that I want to help you."

Hua Wuying said sternly: "Otherwise, if it causes a fight between Lingjing Sect and Wandu Mountain, wouldn't the martial arts world be in chaos again?"

Hua Xiaolan looked at the man clinging to her from behind and smiled slightly: "That sounds nice, but you'd better go buy another horse and stop trying to take advantage of me."

Hua Wuying's face immediately turned red...

The horses moved forward slowly, the setting sun gradually fell behind the two of them, and the road ahead was also very colorful, but it would not be long before night fell.

(End of this chapter)