115: Chapter 115 Liu Xuan

As the saying goes, good medicine tastes bitter. While I don't know if the old doctor's prescription was truly effective, its pungent, bitter odor was nauseating. Borrowing the inn's kitchen to brew the medicine certainly earned the chef's disdain.

Pinching his nose while carrying the medicine back to the room, Zhao Feng thought for a moment, then went to buy a piece of brown sugar and dissolved some in water.

The woman remained unconscious, her small mouth tightly shut, so she naturally couldn't drink the medicine. Zhao Feng certainly didn't need to do as they did in TV dramas and feed it to her mouth-to-mouth; she was an innocent woman, and doing that would be truly disrespectful.

He placed his fingers on the woman's neck, and his Spiritual Qi began to stimulate the Acupoints on her neck with a specific rhythm.

Stimulated by the Spiritual Qi, the woman actually began to chew unconsciously. Zhao Feng sat behind her, supporting her with one hand while holding the medicine with the other, and began to feed her.

As the bitter medicinal soup entered her mouth, the woman actually woke up in a daze. Zhao Feng activated his Spiritual Qi once more, and the soup was forced down into her stomach.

By this time, the woman was fully awake, but the bitterness in her mouth left her unable to think of anything else. She just called out weakly, "Water! Water!"

Zhao Feng brought over the sugar water he had set aside and fed it to her. Seeing her look comfortable, he finally asked, "How are you feeling?"

"Ah!" Feeling the firm, masculine body behind her, the woman gasped and tried to get up. But her body had no strength left, and she slumped back down weakly. "Let me go!"

Zhao Feng shook his head helplessly. He helped her sit up, propped up her pillow, and laid her back down before standing up to say, "You were severely injured yesterday and had a persistent high fever. I had no other choice. Please forgive any offense I may have caused."

The woman checked herself over and, seeing no signs of having been violated, finally sighed with relief and said, "Thank you."

"It was nothing," Zhao Feng waved his hand and said. "Anyone who encountered your situation would have helped. You should rest well; I'll go prepare some porridge for you."

Having said that, Zhao Feng nodded to her, picked up two bowls, and walked out.

Seeing that he had walked away, the woman drifted back into a hazy sleep.

When Zhao Feng returned with the porridge, the woman had fallen asleep again. He had no choice but to place the porridge on the table, use his water and fire Spiritual Qi to keep it warm, and then sit to the side to silently practice his arts.

I don't know how much time had passed when Zhao Feng was awakened by the woman's voice.

The flush had faded from the woman's fair face, and she seemed much better. Seeing that although she was weak, her spirit was not bad, Zhao Feng stood up and asked, "Are you hungry?"

The woman shook her head, but her stomach let out a grumbling sound. She pressed a hand against her belly and smiled awkwardly.

Zhao Feng smiled slightly, picked up the porridge, and said, "The porridge is still warm; drink it while it's hot."

The woman just stared at him with wide eyes and did not reach out to take it. Zhao Feng walked over helplessly, scooped up a spoonful with a ladle, blew on it, and held it out to her.

Not daring to meet Zhao Feng's playful gaze, the woman lowered her head and drank the porridge.

After a bowl of porridge, the woman felt much more energetic. After composing herself for a moment, she asked, "My name is Liu Xuan. May I ask for the name of my benefactor?"

"No need to be so formal. My name is Zhao Feng," Zhao Feng said with a casual wave of his hand.

"In any case, this young woman has no way to repay the life-saving grace you have shown me. Benefactor, may I ask where this place is?" Liu Xuan shook her head; a life-saving grace was like a rebirth.

"This should be the territory of Yunbei County. I saw you passed out in the mountains yesterday and brought you here," Zhao Feng replied.

"Judging by your accent, Benefactor, you aren't from Yunbei County, are you? May I ask where you are from?" Liu Xuan shifted under the covers and continued.

Zhao Feng's gaze dimmed. After a short while, he said, "I am a homeless person, just wandering from place to place." He wasn't lying; Earth had been destroyed, and the house he had just built in Li Family Village had been burned down. He was indeed a homeless wanderer.

Seeing a trace of sadness on his ordinary face, Liu Xuan felt an inexplicable heartache and hurriedly said, "I'm truly sorry, Benefactor."

"You must be in Yunbei County for some important business, right, Benefactor?" She hurriedly changed the subject.

"Yes, I was originally looking for someone, but I haven't been able to find them," Zhao Feng nodded and said.

Liu Xuan felt inexplicably annoyed, so she turned over and smiled, "It must be a woman, right?"

"Yes." Zhao Feng nodded and glanced at Liu Xuan. "She is about your age, though not as beautiful as you. I don't know how she is doing now."

Liu Xuan was silent for a moment, then beamed. "Don't worry, Benefactor. When I recover, I will help you find her. You see, I, Liu Xuan, am the famous 'Land-Striding Feather.' Not only is my lightness skill excellent, but my connections in the Jianghu are also quite good."

"Oh? That's great." Zhao Feng smiled and said, "Your high fever is almost gone, but the strange internal energy in your body is quite troublesome. Do you have any good solutions?"

Hearing this, Liu Xuan hurriedly circulated her internal energy, then suddenly cried out, "Oh no, oh no! It's the Chai family's Blazing Divine Palm. It seems I must trouble you with one more thing." Looking at her, she clearly didn't take the Blazing Divine Palm seriously, which Zhao Feng found quite strange.

"Go ahead, what is it?"

Liu Xuan lowered her voice and said pitifully, "Benefactor, those struck by the Chai family's Blazing Divine Palm energy are bound to die. However, if you head south from Yunbei County, there is a Green Bamboo Villa, and the mistress there, Lv Zhu, is a good friend of mine. She is particularly skilled at treating palm energy and other internal energy ailments. I must trouble you to take me there."

After speaking, she pouted and looked at Zhao Feng pitifully, even gently tugging at the corner of his clothes.

Zhao Feng fell into deep thought. "Luo Ying's whereabouts are unknown, and waiting here isn't a solution. It would be better to wander around, and while I'm at it, look for the Longshan Sect's mountain gate to inquire about the situation. Taking Liu Xuan there is just a small favor, so I might as well agree."

So he said, "Alright."

Liu Xuan beamed and whispered, "I knew you were the best, Benefactor."

Zhao Feng shook his head helplessly and suddenly asked, "Since Miss Liu has quite a reputation in the Jianghu, have you ever heard of the Longshan Sect?"

"The Longshan Sect? That is a famous Cultivation sect in the entire Shanan Prefecture. Benefactor, don't tell me the person you are looking for is at the Longshan Sect?" Liu Xuan rolled her eyes playfully.

"It's possible," Zhao Feng nodded.

Liu Xuan looked at Zhao Feng and said, "Benefactor, I can see that you have some martial arts skills, but you must know that we people of the Jianghu and those Cultivation experts are on completely different levels."

Zhao Feng was noncommittal.

Liu Xuan propped herself up with effort and leaned against the headboard, saying seriously, "Benefactor, if it really was the Longshan Sect that took her, I advise you to give it up. We really cannot afford to provoke Cultivators. Although the Longshan Sect is not one of the legendary Ten Great Sects of the Nine Provinces, it still has countless transcendent experts. Even we martial arts Innate experts dare not speak loudly in front of those Cultivators."

Zhao Feng was curious; what kind of existence were Cultivators in the eyes of the Jianghu people?