When I woke up i was in a room that i had never seen before, my body covered in bandages around the areas i suffered some injuries and found Sister Xia sleeping with her head on my bed.
I smiled and thought that she must have had a lot of difficulty getting me here all by herself and slept here after tending to me.
I was fully healed with all my energy restored which made me wonder if she fed me some really good medicine or have I slept for more than a day?
I wanted to ask right away but looking how peacefully she was sleeping i just left her that way.
Sitting up i was about to leave the bed to drink some water when Xia Ning Chang woke up.
"Junior Brother, You are awake. H-How are you feeling?" She asked with deep concern for me apparent in her voice and face.
"I am totally fine thanks to you treating me. I don't know what you did but i am feeling better than ever." I replied with a smile.
She suddenly got a deep blush on her face for some reason and said "I-I j-just treated you-your wounds with some me-medicine and put some band aid on you. N-Nothing Else!" averting her face from me.
Flashback
Right after Liu Zheng lost consciousness, Xia Ning Chang reached him and quickly checked for his pulse and Qi to know about his condition.
Everything was normal except for dangerously low levels of Qi and a few injuries on his chest and arms. She quickly took out a few pills for Qi exhaustion, took her mask off and fed those pills to him mouth to mouth.
After that she took off his clothes, made him sit up and sat behind me to put her hands on his back to slowly guide the Qi throughout his meridians and transferred her own Qi as well.
Half an hour later, his situation became normal so she decided to take out band aids and treat my wounds properly.
Since he was unconscious she had to make him behind her and hold his hands so that he doesn't fall off the horse and quickly went to the nearest inn she could find.
Flashback End
I didn't understand why she was acting like that but she did save me so I didn't bother asking too much.
"I am sorry, Senior Sister because of me you had to go through all that trouble. If it weren't for me you wouldn't have been involved in that fight," I apologised to her for putting her in danger.
"N-no junior brother. This isn't your fault. Even if they were here for you, i was the one who took you out of the sect where they could you and because of you i came out of it unscathed so you don't need to feel guilty or anything" she replied as to not make me feel responsible for the whole situation.
I smiled and said "I understand what you mean senior sister and thank you. By the way how long was i asleep for? Are we too far behind in our schedule? We need hurry or we are going to miss the opportunity you have waited so long for."
"It isn't as important as your well being junior brother. we will stay here for a few more days to allow you to heal properly then we will see if we can catch up."
"But I really am fine and all my injuries have been healed. See." I tore all the bandages of in one go with my hands and showed her that there isn't a even a sign of any kind of wound.
"Ju-junior brother, quickly put you sh-shirt on. I c-can see you injuries are gone now just put a shirt on" She blushed hard and covered her face with her hands.
I realised my mistake and quickly got out of her field of view and put the shirt on after taking out of my bag.
She turned around with her fingers on her eyes to see if i was done but i was right before her coming back to my bed so she turned her head back again.
I asked her to sit with me on the bed which she initially refused but in the end agreed and checked my condition through my hand in some way i didn't understand.
She was surprised to see that i was really fully recovered after just one night of rest so she agreed to leave after a few hours of rest.
I went in my mind escape and thanked those two for helping me out in the fight and recover too as i knew i wouldn't be able to recover so quickly without their help.
Zangetsu tried to be nonchalant about the whole situation but being a part of me i could feel his emotions to so i just teased him a beat which lead to us fighting again for some time and Old man asked me to stay out of trouble when my cultivation and i promised to keep it in mind though i know i don't find trouble but trouble always somehow finds me.
After a few hours we were ready to go again, but my horse was already gone so i suggested why doesn't she leave her horse here to and we could fly to our destination.
She initially didn't believe me that i could fly being a Qi transformation stage because she probably hadn't seen my fight. I showed her by forming a platform on air using the qi around me.
"Junior brother, do you have any artifact which allows you to fly? If so won't it consume too much of your qi, you just recovered from Qi Exhaustion a while ago"
I assured her that won't be the case because i can use the Qi around me to do that and in this we will be safe from any other threats her in the mountain.
She was going to refute again but before she could say anything else, i appeared behind her, carried her in my arms and used hirenkyaku to ride to the sky.
"Ju-junior brother w-what are you doing? P-put me down." She was embarrassed by the position we were in and closed her eyes due to how close my face was to hers but i said "I can't put you down now senior sister we are already high up in the sky and look the view from here is really good."
She looked around and as this was her first time flying at such a height, she really liked the view and i continued to ride on the Qi under my feet using minimal of my own.
The journey which was supposed to take around 7 days by land ended in 2 days even with plenty of rest and she especially liked flying in the night sky and now she was even more excited for true element realm.
Since we had so much more time, we spent much more time together and became more open towards each other.
She asked me why i agreed to help her since i didn't even know her and her master told him i wanted to take advantage her.
'F*ck you Meng Wu Ya'
I told her that i knew she was the one who asked her master to help me so i just wanted to show my gratitude.
We even shared the same tent because i didn't bring any and was fine sleeping outside but she insisted as to not attract any monsters which could be prevented from the special array imprinted on her tent.
We also found a lot of earth grade herbs since we had a lot of time and searched a very large area together. She made pills out of those herbs and gave me most of it stating she already has everything she needs for her breakthrough already and they will not be much useful for her after reaching True Element.
I consumed most of it because they were beneficial for me and reached Qi transformation 6th stage.
The week passed away, it was night and all the preparations were done for the Nine yin dew crystals.
The dense yin energy started flowing around us. I was tempted to absorb it but didn't to let it form as my drops of the dew as possible since in the manhua the yin qi affected too many people probably reducing its effects.
She suddenly pulled me closer to her and activated her artifact saying this would protect us from the yin qi.
I stared at her for a while to check if she is really aware of our situation and after she blushed really hard after we were a bit too close.
"I should go out, the yin qi doesn't really effect me." I said as i was ready to move out.
But she pulled me in saying in a loud and nervous voice "No. its okay if you stand beside me.... just don't go out."
"Why not?" i asked.
"Y-y-y-your yuan qi is precious, we can't waste it." what she said was reasonable so i stayed inside.
We were even closer than when i was carrying her in her in the air and sleeping in the tent together on two different sides.
The barrier was so small that i could feel her heartbeat and it was really fast. To adjust properly i asked her if i put my hand around her waist because the barrier wasn't large enough for us to be stand there comfortably.
She looked at ground and slowly nodded and i put my arm around her waist and pulled her just a little closer and we stayed there until the waiting for the flower to bloom.
After about an hour the flower bloomed and she used the array to lock the moments of the newly formed dew.
I made a fine net out of my qi and used its yang nature to supress it and took it in my mouth.
Instantly about 1/3rd of it was absorbed by my golden skeleton but that was expected so i didn't panic.
"Brother... bear with it." She said and i knew what was about to happen so concentrated the the blood on the tip of the tongue with yang qi and she finally took her mask off.
Seeing her face i was mesmerised as her beauty was truly otherworldly, the kind which would make you(a woman) feel inferior if you compare yourself to it but i didn't even have time to think about anything else as she put her lips on mine and sucked a little bit of the dew.
I cursed the dew a thousand times in that moment as i couldn't even feel anything because my whole mouth was numb due to how cold it was but it was still my first kiss in both lives so i pulled her reciprocated the kiss properly.
She was startled at first but then slowly gave in and we kissed each other for more than a minute.
Eventually she let my tongue inside her mouth but suddenly realised what we were doing so she immediately bit it and sucked a drop of blood and some of my yang qi after which she pushed me away with a face which was totally red.
"Why did you bite me?" i asked as i covered my mouth.
"I am sorry. I need your natural yang qi as well as a part of your blood to properly absorb the dew."
"Oh" I said and moved away from there as i had gotten a bit hard from the kiss but thanks to these sect clothes she didn't notice.
I left her alone to absorb the dew and filled the rest of the dew in a bottle. I absorbed two drops for myself and it helped me reach Qi transformation 8th stage stage in one go.
She was done in a few hours and was suprised to see me break through 2 layers in a matter of hours and i told her that it was because the special physique absorbed some of the dew which led to this. She asked me what kind of special physique I told her that it lets me cultivate much faster as well as allow me to control the Qi around me as well which is how i was able to fly at my stage.
She understood and was happy for me to have such a special physique,
She went outside the barrier but i choose to stay inside because there was still some residual yin qi around and absorbed it all which didn't let me break through but was still beneficial to me.
Finally it was dawn and Meng Wu Ya finally came to check the condition of her disciple. He said that he tried to find us on the way which caused him to be late and reached just the last night after the barrier was enacted but we just laughed it of, choosing not to disclose how we got here which greatly annoyed him and he didn't continuously interrupted whenever i tried to talk to her disciple on our way back.
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Cultivation - Qi transformation 8th stage
Body Cultivation - Half- Separation and Reunion
Combat Power - Separation and Reunion 5th Stage (Shikai)
Sharingan - One Tomoe