CH 55.1

“Sss….. can you be gentler? Hurts like hell.” Jiang Chao Ge’s face twisted in pain.

Yun Xi’s movements paused: “I’m not the one that hit you.”

“You’re creating a second wound by wrapping like this do you know that?”

Yun Xi stared at him for a while with a tilted head: “You use so many strange words like Teacher. Are you also a transmigrator?”

“You know Chen Xiang Yu is transmigrator?”

“I know, although he doesn’t admit.” Yun Xi said: “I consumed a lot of spiritual power summoning the Zhen. I only healed your bleeding spleen today. We’ll deal with the other wounds tomorrow.”

“Thanks.” Jiang Chao Ge said resentfully: “That little girl’s whip is really quite ferocious.” In order to figure out the movements of Xiao Xue Whip, he forcibly took four hits. If it were not for the maiden being too young and still lacking in strength, his internal organs would’ve long since burst out.

After helping him wrap his wounds, Yun Xi shrunk to the corner of the room and looked at him quietly.

Jiang Chao Ge was truly nervous of his gaze: “Why are you looking at me like that?”

“Then who do I look at?”

“Why are you so far from me?”

“I don’t want to be too close to you.”

“I haven’t even thought of you as dirty yet.”

“I’m not dirty.” Yun Xi said: “The clothes are only old.”

Jiang Chao Ge’s head hurt: “You have so much money. Why don’t you buy a set of good clothes?”

“Afraid of getting robbed.”

Jiang Chao Ge nodded. It was very logical. With that weak and autistic like appearance, what robber would rob him: “I have clothes here. Do you want to wear?”

“I don’t wear other people’s clothes.”

“That’s not it. Then what do you leave so much money for?”

“To buy herbs and beast materials. Being a spirit weapon master and a spirit priest both needs a lot of money. In contrast, spirit weapon users only needs one good weapon and everything else is fine.”

“You’re really both a spirit weapon master and a spirit priest?”

Yun Xi nodded.

“How old are you? So amazing.”

“23.”

“Oh about the same as Shu.” Tian Ling people really mature quickly. However it also has something to do with them starting to cultivate at two three years old, “Then is Chen Xiang Yu also a spirit weapon master?”

Yun Xi shook his head: “I have many teachers.”

“You’re a noble?” Someone like Yun Xi who’s so young yet so powerful had to have been trained from childhood. Spirit weapon master and spirit priest. Other than cultivating spiritual power, they also needed to learn how to make spirit weapons and medical knowledge. Without extraordinarily smart masters, it would be impossible to achieve. Yun Xi’s identity definitely wasn’t normal.

Yun Xi nodded, then shook his head: “Forgot.”

Jiang Chao Ge didn’t ask further. Nowadays it would be embarrassing to greet someone without some special background: “That’s right, your teacher gave me a box of medicine. Can you help me check what it is?” Jiang Chao Ge gave the box Chen Xiang Yu gave to Ruan Qian Xiu to Yun Xi.

Yun Xi opened the wooden box and looked. His gloomy eyes and face suddenly lit up and was actually rather good looking. He said in a trembling voice: “This…. This is…”

Jiang Chao Ge said excitedly: “What kind of good thing is it?”

“This is a top notch spirit pill my Teacher spent six years refining. It’s for enhancing a spirit weapon users’ cultivation.” Yun Xi glanced at Jiang Chao Ge, suspicion and disbelief written all over his face, “This pill is an accumulation of everything my Teacher has learnt. It can’t be bought for even a thousand gold. Only he and I know of it otherwise it couldn’t have been kept. Why would he give it to you?”

Jiang Chao Ge said: “Your teacher is a transmigrator. So am I. He placed his hope of returning home on me because I have a Divine grade spirit weapon.” He looked at that pill, his heart simply bursting wiht joy. Chen Xiang Yu was really too generous. He gave him what he most needed right now.

Yun Xi was silent for a moment: “Don’t waste my Teacher’s hard work.”

“I will eat it till not even dregs remain.”

“No….. nevermind. Tell me when you’re going to eat it. I can guide your spiritual power and help the spirit pill be more effective.”

“No problem.” Jiang Chao Ge stretched out a hand to stroke Zhi Xuan’s head and asked somewhat worried: “Its been more than half a day. How come he still hasn’t awoken?”

“Don’t know.”

Normally when Zhi Xuan slept, he would wake at the slightest movement. It seemed as if he’d never properly slept before and was just as alert as when he was awake. This time he slept so deeply. It obviously had something to do with consuming his cultivation. Jiang Chao Ge was very worried. “I’m rested, let’s go.”

“Go where?”

“Kun Lun City.”

Yun Xi pursed his lips: “Do you know where Kun Lun City is? How far it is? How much you’d have to walk? What the road is like? Have you calculated that?”

“No. I only know you can reach it if you keep going west.”

Yun Xi took out a Si’nan and a map from the Na Wu Pouch and began to calculate the journey and path while crouched. Jiang Chao Ge crouched at one side, senselessly fiddling with the magnetic rock on the Si’nan.

“Don’t touch. I need to check directions.” Yun Xi said.

“This thing is both big and stupid. I’ll teach you how to make a compass.”

“What’s that?”

“You learnt medicine from Chen Xiang Yu. He didn’t teach you anything about the world?”

Yun Xi said disappointedly: “I really wanted to learn but he wouldn’t teach me. He wouldn’t admit that he’s a transmigrator. But he has some strange medical opinions and definitely isn’t from Tian Ling.”

Jiang Chao Ge thought, this Chen Xiang Yu was most likely originally a doctor in their world: “Of course he wouldn’t teach you. What if you learnt some strange thing and showed off about it? Wouldn’t he be exposed? Although I don’t have medical knowledge, I know other things. For example I could teach you how to make a more accurate Si’nan about the size of your palm. That is the compass. I can also teach you many things regarding the world, like the weapons of the world.” Although Jiang Chao Ge didn’t even enter senior high school, the knowledge he absorbed till now were many and strange. He wasn’t a master of anything but he knew a bit of everything. As long as he had enough materials and tools, things like compasses and crude guns he could easily make. He could even make crude artillery and explosives.

Yun Xi’s eyes were bright as he listened: “You will really teach me about the world?”

“Of course.”

“Then talk about how to make a…..compass.”

“I’ll teach you when we arrive at Kun Lun City. Where will we find the materials in this wilderness?”

“Then don’t bother me.” Yun Xi continued to bury his head in planning the route.

Jiang Chao Ge was somewhat speechless watching Yun Xi even using a ruler to draw out the route in straight lines. He stroked Zhi Xuan’s hair beside him and waited for Yun Xi to finish planning the route. Before long the sky turned dark.

Jiang Chao Ge’s stomach growled. After gnawing on a steamed bun and seeing Yun Xi’s confused face, he couldn’t hold back any longer: “Are you done?”

Yun Xi bit the pen and muttered softly: “The Zhong Mountain route is the closest, but we’ll need to climb over several mountains. The Tian Mountain route is a bit of a detour, but the journey is more smooth sailing. Which route….”

“Aren’t we going on your bird?”

“Your wounds are quite heavy. I need to conserve spiritual power to help heal you. Do you want to fly to Kun Lun City while coughing blood or do you want to get there faster?”

Jiang Chao Ge felt his words produced quite the image and didn’t allow him to think too deeply about it: “Then I’d rather get there faster.”

Yun Xi scratched his head: “Should we go Zhong Mountqin or Tian Mountain? Zhong Mountain or Tian Mountain… Zhong Mountain or….”

“Zhong Mountain!” Jiang Chao Ge yelled impatiently.

Yun Xi froze: “Why?”

“No reason. The jade pendant is in my hands, I have the final say.”

Yun Xi stared at Jiang Chao Ge fixedly. After a while, his gloomy gaze suddenly changed into one of admiration: “Big Brother* I like your way of speaking.”

Jiang Chao Ge narrowed his eyes: “I know you like it.” He felt that he’d figured out how to interact with this boy.

Yun Xi summoned the Zhen: “Lets fly to Yin Shan City first. I need to replenish some herbs for your wounds.”

The two sat atop the Zhen and flew high into the sky.

This was actually the first time Jiang Chao Ge sat on a bird’s back. The Zhen’s speed and gracefulness couldn’t be compared to Zheng Cheng. This made Jiang Chao Ge feel somewhat excited. He said out of habit: “Zhi Xuan look. The sunset is so wide and beautiful.”

There was no answer….

Jiang Chao Ge felt pain in his heart. He lowered his head to look at the deeply asleep Zhi Xuan. His fingers gently traced from his eyelids, delicate eyelashes, the bridge of his nose before finally resting at his soft lips. When will he awaken? Jiang Chao Ge thought gloomily. From when they’d met till now, there had never been such a long time where he couldn’t hear Zhi Xuan’s voice or see Zhi Xuan’s eyes. He was long since used to Zhi Xuan always being by his side. Now it was especially lonely to not hear a reply to his words. Unconsciously, Zhi Xuan had already become an indispensable little thing by his side.

They arrived at Yin Shan City at midnight. Yin Shan City was luckily holding a celebration. It was still ablaze with lights when they arrived.

After they found an inn, Jiang Chao Ge immediately laid motionlessly on the bed upon entering the room. He’d received several whips. Now his entire body hurt especially his internal wounds. With every breath, it felt like there was a blunt object twisting in his stomach. This pain wasn’t unbearable. It was just too prolonged. He could bear it for a moment but after a day it was insanely tormenting.

Taking advantage of the still open shops, Yun Xi went out to buy some herbs the same night. He decocted it as soon as he got back and gave it to Jiang Chao Ge to drink while it was still warm.

Jiang Chao Ge drank the entire bowl of the bitter decoction with a twisted face.

“This medicine has pain relieving and sleep inducing properties. You should be able to sleep tonight.”

Jiang Chao Ge felt it really was convenient to have a doctor nearby. He said sincerely: “Thank you. It’s so good to have you here.”

Yun Xi nodded and made as if to speak several times but hesitated. Finally he couldn’t resist and said: “That sleeve. You aren’t going to fix it?”

Jiang Chao Ge put down the medicine bowl and stuffed the revealed part of the inner sleeve back in right in front of him: “How is it? Satisfied now?”

Yun Xi let out a heavy breath and seemed to be comfortable at last.

As expected after drinking the medicine, Jiang Chao Ge began to feel sleepy. He hugged Zhi Xuan’s warm body. Even if it was a little too warm to hug him in this season, he was unwillingly to let go. Just like that he slept till the morning.