He cut off a piece of cloth from his old robe, while Yu Wan stared at him in a questioning gaze.
"I'm helping you to cover up your wound." Long Chen slowly said.
His hands touched the sides of her stomach, and lifted away the bits of cloth that was stained with blood and stuck to her wounds.
Feeling the sudden skin contact, Yu Wan instinctively struggled out of his grip, but he held down forcefully with his arms.
"Don't move." Long Chen said in a lecturing tone, making an intense glance at her.
When she had finally decided to stop moving about, Long Chen then began his first-aid work.
He wrapped the cloth tightly around the wound, and tied a knot at the end. During this entire process, Yu Wan was clenching her teeth, forcefully enduring the pain, not making a single noise, her large eyes staring at Long Chen resentfully.
After it was all done, Long Chen stood up and turned back, ready to leave.
At this moment, Yu You who still lied on the ground, shouted at him.
Long Chen turned his back and looked at her, his eyebrows raised in questioning.
"Could you…carry me?" she murmured softly.
The swift wind whistled in his ears, and her soft voice was drowned out by the howl of the wind.
"What did you say?" He asked.
"Carry me! Can you carry me back? I'm injured right now!" Yu Wan angrily shouted.
This stupid brat! She had already let down her dignity to ask him for help, and had even needed to repeat her words three times!
If not for the fact that I'm currently drugged and injured, I will....
Long Chen stared at her speechlessly. Was she the one asking for help, or was it him?
He stared at her for a while, and carefully examined her injuries, while clucking his tongue in the process.
If not for her sheer willpower, she would have long been screaming out in agony from all that serious wounds.
Leaving her here could result in two possible scenarios, one being that monsters came over to kill her while taking advantage of her weakness, and the other being occasional hunters that passed by who coveted her beauty and took action.
He deeply sighed after a while, and decided to be big-hearted for once. Agreeing to carry her wouldn't kill him, and it was not really that great of an issue to him.
In retrospect, if she dies because of his nonchalance, he might feel that tiny bit of guilt which may haunt him.
He slowly strode over to Yu Wan, while he bend down with his back facing her, his hands gesturing for her to get up.
Yu Wan did not hesitate, and instantly jumped on Long Chen's back, while giving out a slight cry of pain, as she realized that she was being too enthusiastic, and her wound had impacted his back.
"There is no need to be so passionate about being on my back. Keep your cool." Long Chen turned his head back to Yu Wan and commented.
Hearing his words, Yu Wan clenched her jaw, but did not say anything in reply.
While he was carrying her, and Yu Wan felt her body pressing against Long Chen's sturdy and strong back, her face involuntarily turned a shade of red while she was placing her arms around his neck for balance, recounting the brief moment of skin contact when he was dressing up her wound.
As a genius youth respected by many, people had always looked up to her, and viewed her as a Goddess.
When had she ever been touched before?
Not even her hand was touched by anybody other than her parents before.
Thinking of this, she cursed at Long Chen inwardly.
You actually dare to take away my purity from me.
Long Chen, who held Yu Wan on his back, could sense this change of emotions.
From the slight irritation he had felt from her previously, it had somehow changed to one of fury.
He had absolutely no idea what was going on in her mind.
I had just saved your life, helped you to dress your wounds, and even kind-heartedly agreed to carry you back.
Such people of his character was a rarity within the cultivation world.
Yet she actually possessed negative feelings towards him, as if he was the one who was chasing after her life.
Long Chen, like before, could only speechlessly shake his head at this.
While returning to the Moonlight Sect, they both remained silent. The atmosphere between them was becoming increasingly awkward and uncomfortable
Yu Wan peeked at the sweat that was dripping off Long Chen's forehead from the corner of her eyes, and from the looks of it, seemed like he was putting in a lot of effort just to carry her.
This made her feel a sense of remorse and guilt. Maybe she shouldn't have shouted at him just now? Thinking about it, her attitude was rather violent and unreasonable considering the situation they were in.
After all, he had save her life, and was now even silently carrying her without any complains, not even while he was exhausted.
After a long while of struggling within her head, in the end, she eventually decided to apologize to Long Chen.
However, just as she was about to apologize to Long Chen for her awful and explosive attitude, Long Chen opened his mouth first.
"Lady, what exactly do you eat every day? Why is your delicate body actually so heavy?" Long Chen bitterly complained, his voice not cutting down on any slack. As he was saying that, he visibly rubbed the beads of sweat that had accumulated on his forehead.
She looked quite small, and he had initially thought that she was of a lightweight material. Who knew that she was so dense and heavy?
It expended a lot of his energy to carry her, and he had even started sweating uncontrollably from this intense exercise.
Not even killing monsters was as exhausting as carrying her behind his back.
Long Chen shook his head when he saw that his head was wet with sweat after rubbing over his forehead, while he was really regretting his decision to carry her.
If he had known, he should have just left her in the forest to rot!
Yu Wan's snow-white face turned stiff, her eyebrows twitching uncontrollably.
Her small rosy mouth opened and closed in speechlessness, as her words of apology that was on the tip of her tongue was rapidly swallowed back to her stomach.
"You…you are the fat one!" In the end, she exploded out in fury, unable to control her emotions.
The stupid brat actually dares to call me fat?
She felt a sudden impulse to slap him to death.
If not for her serious injuries, she would have truly tried that.
Long Chen was about to speak up in indignation, when suddenly, he felt a chilling gaze down his back.
He felt a tremble down his spine, and he cleverly kept his mouth shut, while inwardly cursing out, 'Woman are so dangerous!'
When they had finally reached the entrance of the Sect, Long Chen let her down, breathing a heavy sigh of relief, as if a huge burden had been lifted from his shoulders.
"You better not speak of this matter to anyone else!" Yun Wan coldly glared at Long Chen menacingly, her big eyes widening.
"Of course." Long Chen gave a cursory reply, not bothering about her as he turned his back to leave.
Seeing that he was not being serious, Yun Wan continued.
"If you dare to say anything about this, I will break all 3 legs of yours!" Yun Wan threatened as she waved her small fist in the air, with a menacing smile on her face.
Long Chen involuntarily shivered, as he quickly replied while patting his chest, "You can count on me! I always keep my own word!"
It was only then that Yun Wan lips curled up into a satisfied smile.
Seeing that there is nothing else left, Long Chen swiftly left the scene, not wanting to stay a single moment with her anymore.
"Wait! I haven't known your name yet!" Yun Wan realized that she did not even ask for his name throughout the journey, and she hadn't told him hers either.
But Long Chen was already long gone, and wasn't able to hear her words.
She harrumphed in irritation.
"This stupid brat! Never mind. The Sect isn't that big. If I know who he is, I will definitely find and torture him to death. You better watch out." Yun Wan softly mumbled to herself.
With that, she looked down at the dressing on the stomach, and the corner of her lips rose into a beautiful smile, before she walked away.
From a distance away, a youth observed this entire scene, and his face darkened. He stared intensely at the fading shadow of Yun Wan's back, then placed his sights upon the direction Long Chen had walked in, his eyes turning a dangerous shade of black.
After a moment, he turned his back and left.
Long Chen naturally did not know of this, as he sat peacefully on the red mat.
He had forgotten to sell of the countless monster corpses he had gathered because he was carrying Yu Wan and neglected it.
He frowned, and decided to visit the Monster Hunting Association soon to sell them off and acquire additional cultivation resources.
Now that he had reached the 7th Qi Refining Realm, it was time for him to take his place on the Heaven's Pride Ranking.
A gleam shone within his eyes.
The time, had finally come.