Ye Chu’s injuries were severe. Because he had continued fighting even after reaching complete exhaustion, his muscles and tendons were all taut and rigid. After returning to Wuxin Peak, he did not hold on for long. Once his mind fully relaxed, his entire body fainted dead away.
This time he remained unconscious for a full three days. During that period, Xi Xi came once. When she saw the countless bloody marks covering Ye Chu’s body, she burst into tears.
But with the medicines personally prepared by the old madman, plus Xi Xi’s tearful pleas for the old madman to personally treat him, Ye Chu’s injuries healed remarkably fast. Roughly one week later, although his qi and blood were still unstable and excessive movement would still pull at his wounds, he could finally get out of bed and walk!
To be able to get out of bed after just one week left even Uncle Wang astonished. He felt that Ye Chu’s constitution was truly outstanding and his recovery speed was astonishingly quick. Otherwise, with the injuries Ye Chu had when he first returned, how could he possibly have left the bed in less than ten days or half a month?
Compared to Ye Chu’s extremely rapid recovery, Bai Xuan’s was much slower. Although she had only taken one blow from a stick, the time it took for her to be able to get out of bed and walk was roughly the same as Ye Chu’s.
Of course, Ye Chu could completely understand this. Bai Xuan had almost no foundation in cultivation. Naturally her recovery would be extremely slow.
“Bai Xuan jie!”
Ye Chu had changed into fresh clothes to make himself look a bit more spirited. Just then he saw Bai Xuan walk in. He smiled at her.
Bai Xuan walked to Ye Chu’s side. She gently lifted the edge of his clothing. When she saw the countless scars covering his body, her eyes could not help turning red. Mist gathered in those beautiful eyes, as though tears were about to form.
“How could you be so foolish!” Bai Xuan looked at Ye Chu and felt her heart ache.
Ye Chu smiled and said, “It’s nothing! Just some scars. With Wuxin Peak’s medicines, they will fade slowly if I keep applying them!”
Bai Xuan looked at Ye Chu, who still wore that lazy smile. She tried hard not to cry. She reached out and touched his cheek. His face felt somewhat cold. “Don’t do anything so foolish again!”
Ye Chu reached out and gently pulled Bai Xuan into his arms. “Before coming here, I told you, Bai Xuan jie, that I wanted to give you a place you could like. I never expected it would lead to you suffering such an injury. I always feel I have let you down…”
Bai Xuan placed her hand over Ye Chu’s lips and shook her head. “No! Truly no! You have already done far too much for me. That little injury really does not matter!”
Looking at the peerlessly beautiful woman before him, Ye Chu felt the pain in his body lighten considerably. Everything had been worth it. “I think that from now on, no one will dare touch Bai Xuan jie again!”
When Ye Chu had insisted on storming Yongfeng, a large part of the reason was precisely this. If he did not establish absolute fear in the peaks of Qingmi Mountain, who could guarantee that what happened to Bai Xuan would not happen again? Only by making them all terrified could he ensure no one would dare bully Bai Xuan anymore.
Bai Xuan nodded vigorously. The tears that had been held back in her eyes finally fell.
She did not know the details of that day. She had only heard a little from Xi Xi. But seeing the injuries on Ye Chu’s body, she knew just how brutal that day had been. Most importantly, Bai Xuan could no longer see the majestic and imposing gate of Yongfeng. Xi Xi had told her that Ye Chu had toppled it.
For such a gate to be toppled by Ye Chu, how could Yongfeng not go berserk? Having entered Qingmi Mountain, Bai Xuan naturally understood how powerful each peak was. She could not even imagine what kind of ferocious onslaught Ye Chu had faced that day.
Ye Chu reached out and wiped the tears from Bai Xuan’s face. He gently kissed her forehead and said, “Although I am not some peerless powerhouse, I still want to protect the people around me. I do not wish for the people I care about to be hurt. In this life, even if ten thousand people point fingers at me, I cannot stand by and watch those close to me suffer without doing anything.”
Bai Xuan hugged Ye Chu tightly. She felt her entire being moved by his words. She almost wished she could melt into his body.
“Bai Xuan jie…”
Xi Xi burst in and saw Bai Xuan and Ye Chu embracing. A look of surprise flashed across her eyes, but she quickly blushed and retreated.
Being interrupted by Xi Xi made Bai Xuan’s face flush with a charming drunken beauty that stirred the heart. Ye Chu had thought Bai Xuan would shyly run away, but instead he saw her take the initiative to hold his hand and walk outside.
Ye Chu felt surprised. He thought Bai Xuan would be shy about such things. It was rare for her to take the initiative to be close to him.
Walking side by side with Bai Xuan, he saw Xi Xi waiting outside. Xi Xi’s face was slightly flushed, carrying the delicate charm of a young girl.
Ye Chu looked at Xi Xi and could not help sighing. If not for Xi Xi’s thinness and the sickly pallor from insufficient qi and blood, she would also be a beauty. Unfortunately, her illness…
The golden child and the others had tried many methods for Xi Xi’s illness, but all were useless. No one could find the root cause. Back then, Ye Chu and the others had also begged the old madman to act, but the old madman simply said the time was not right and refused to get involved.
Ye Chu and the others had no choice. Usually they could only use some good medicines to help Xi Xi replenish her qi and blood…
Seeing that the slap mark on Xi Xi’s face had completely disappeared, Ye Chu patted her head and smiled. “What do you want with me?”
Xi Xi glanced at Bai Xuan, then at Ye Chu, and smiled. “Bai Xuan jie, do you think fourth senior brother can be said to have flown into a rage for a beauty this time?”
Bai Xuan’s face turned red from Xi Xi’s teasing. She bit her lip. Her beautiful eyes looked at Ye Chu with a charming glance. That single look carried such allure that it dazed Ye Chu’s mind. Ye Chu felt that the most beautiful moment for a woman was precisely that fleeting charm, and Bai Xuan displayed it to the extreme.
“When Bai Xuan jie first arrived, I already felt that she and fourth senior brother were a perfect match,” Xi Xi said with a sweet smile, looking at Bai Xuan.
Ye Chu knocked lightly on Xi Xi’s head. “Little girl, what do you know about being a perfect match? How old are you, and you’re already learning about romance and love?”
“I’m almost fourteen!” Xi Xi was clearly unhappy about being called a little girl. “I heard from third senior brother that fourth senior brother started charming women when he was just a few years old.”
“…” Ye Chu had the urge to strangle the golden child.
Seeing Ye Chu suffer a setback, Bai Xuan could not help covering her mouth and laughing.
“What did you come to find me for?” Ye Chu quickly changed the subject. His previous senior brother was too much of a rascal. Ye Chu was afraid his handsome and dashing image in Xi Xi’s heart would be ruined.
“Eldest senior brother has come out of seclusion!” Xi Xi answered.
Those words made Ye Chu’s eyelid twitch. But immediately afterwards, a faint bitter smile appeared on his face. He knew some things could not be avoided forever.
“Has the golden child returned?” Ye Chu asked.
“Second senior brother went to fetch him. He should be back soon!” Xi Xi also looked at Ye Chu with some worry. As someone from Wuxin Peak, she naturally knew the chill of that sword. Clearly, the old madman had summoned everyone back because of Ye Chu pulling out the sword.
Ye Chu let out a light breath. He thought that what had to be faced would eventually be faced. He just did not know exactly what he was about to face. Ye Chu only knew that the sword could not be touched. Even the old madman did not dare touch it. But he did not know why it could not be touched, or why even someone as powerful as the old madman feared it.