CHAPTER 732: CHAPTER 318: HEALING (THREE UPDATES)

"So you were injured, and that’s why you kept waiting for me to come back and treat your wound," Ye Qichi said.

She thought to herself, when did the Prince become so kind-hearted all of a sudden?

In the darkness.

Xiao Jinxing kept his eyes on Ye Qichi.

Even though she couldn’t clearly see his expression.

Ye Qichi still felt a shiver down her spine.

Did she say something wrong?!

"Where is the wound? Let me check it," Ye Qichi quickly changed the subject.

She thought.

It’s better not to overthink.

"On the thigh," Xiao Jinxing said coldly.

Clearly, his emotions were unstable.

Ye Qichi decided it was best not to provoke him further.

She groped around and touched Xiao Jinxing’s thigh.

Then, she touched blood stains.

And then, she felt the extent of the injury.

It seemed to be a sword wound.

She leaned closer to smell it.

Fortunately, the sword was not poisoned.

Otherwise, he would probably have kicked the bucket already.

But even though it was not poisoned.

Such a large wound.

How was he walking so briskly just now?!

Is it because of the cold?!

"I’ll clean the wound for you, but since I can’t see, I might accidentally hurt you; please bear with it," she said.

"So, you think I wasn’t bearing it?" Xiao Jinxing gritted his teeth.

His voice was trembling.

It seemed that she pressed too hard when inspecting just now, directly touching his wound.

Ye Qichi was speechless.

She had to check properly in this darkness where you can’t see your hand in front of you.

What could she do?!

Ye Qichi tried to picture the location and severity of the wound in her mind, and then she took out a box of ointment from inside her clothes.

Fortunately, she always had medicine on hand, or else she wouldn’t have been able to do anything about Xiao Jinxing’s injury.

First, she applied antiseptic ointment to Xiao Jinxing’s wound.

Because it contained alcohol.

Xiao Jinxing’s whole body trembled with pain.

"Bear with it a bit," Ye Qichi said softly.

"Hurry up!" Xiao Jinxing urged.

"Once it’s disinfected, I’ll apply anesthesia, and it won’t hurt as much," Ye Qichi soothed.

After finishing, she took out another box of ointment and applied anesthetic.

After applying it for a while.

Xiao Jinxing clearly felt much better.

Only then did Ye Qichi take out the wound healing ointment, applying it bit by bit to Xiao Jinxing.

The inside of the cave was very quiet.

Ye Qichi felt that this place was eerily cold, and so was Xiao Jinxing.

She took the initiative to break the silence, asking, "How did you manage to evade those people and come back?"

She was still curious.

After all, it wasn’t easy to escape from the eyes of people hunting him and to elude them again on his way back.

It just seemed very difficult.

"Otherwise, what do you think caused my injury?" Xiao Jinxing said irritably.

Probably because he was in pain just now.

So his temper was bad.

"You wouldn’t have gotten injured on purpose, would you?" Ye Qichi exclaimed in surprise.

"Mhm."

"Why?" Ye Qichi was surprised again.

"I didn’t intentionally get hurt to make the assassins think I couldn’t run far, yet how could I avoid them coming back." Xiao Jinxing said.

So, he really came back because of her?

Because he promised, he wouldn’t leave her again?!

She couldn’t describe how she felt inside.

Ye Qichi suddenly didn’t know how to continue the conversation.

Xiao Jinxing didn’t say anything either.

The two of them were quiet again.

Ye Qichi even felt it was a bit awkward.

Xiao Jinxing is sometimes... too good, she always felt not used to it.

Afraid that he, if not treacherous, then a thief.

"Gently..." Xiao Jinxing suddenly spoke.

His voice was hoarse and seemed to carry a hint of breathlessness.

Ye Qichi stopped her hand.

Next second.

Her face turned red.

Unavoidably, she touched...

Ye Qichi quickly withdrew her hand, minimizing the area of treatment for the wound.

"Are those people chasing us still in the valley?" Ye Qichi asked.

Also wanting to make each other so uncomfortable.

"Without killing me, how can they let it go?" Xiao Jinxing said coldly.

"How can Xiao Jinsen have such loyal men!" Ye Qichi couldn’t help but exclaim.

Xiao Jinsen, who always only thinks about himself, how can he have such loyal people?

Really couldn’t understand.

"These are not loyal men; they are death soldiers." Xiao Jinxing explained.

"What?"

"Many sects in the martial arts world keep death soldiers, partly to protect their own sect from outsiders, partly to perform many tasks, and also to please the imperial court." Xiao Jinxing explained, "Xiao Jinsen has always had deep dealings with the various sects in the martial arts world. He uses his authority to protect the sects’ status in the martial arts world, and the sects provide him with the talents Xiao Jinsen needed, so Xiao Jinsen can have so many subordinates, and he can arrange these people in various places."

Ye Qichi silently listened.

"The previously mentioned Ten Extremes Sect was like this. The Assassin was also controlled by Xiao Jinsen’s hands, if we had not killed him at the cliff, today Xie Ruotong wouldn’t have been one of us." Xiao Jinxing added, "The reason I couldn’t win over Liu Wenming, is because, Liu Wenming’s life is indeed not in his own hands. The death soldiers have severe poison in their bodies, once they do not execute their mission, whether they return or not they die. Of course, it’s not just because of the poison within their bodies, but also because death soldiers are different from assassins in that, death soldiers do not have their own thoughts; their thoughts are executing orders, it’s impossible to persuade such people."

This is just extreme brainwashing, isn’t it?!

Sometimes mental control is indeed more terrifying than physical control.

"Do you have such death soldiers?" Ye Qichi couldn’t help asking.

"If I did, we wouldn’t have been chased down to this state."

"You also think that people without humanity is a kind of cruelty, right?"

"I just disdain to exploit human lives like this." Xiao Jinxing haughtily spoke, "Only the weak would do so."

"..."

Look at how smug you are.

Ye Qichi struck, "So now we are in such a miserable state!"

Xiao Jinxing’s expression seemed to turn colder.

He said, "Someone will come to rescue us."

"But they might not be able to find us." Ye Qichi said discontentedly.

"They can." Xiao Jinxing said, "Before falling off the cliff, I left the sachet given to me by Bai Mowan, the one I always carry on me and never leave behind, hanging on a tree branch at the edge of the cliff. Once someone sees it, they will know we are in the valley."

"You dropped the sachet that Bai Mowan gave you, the one you always had on you?"

"Wan’er will understand." Xiao Jinxing said softly.

Ye Qichi thought about it and agreed.

And also somewhat admired Xiao Jinxing’s cleverness.

At any time, always leaving himself a chance to survive.

She felt, she should not think about running off alone anymore.

Walking alone, what are the odds of surviving compared to following the male lead.

"Alright." Ye Qichi tore her own clothes to complete wrapping Xiao Jinxing’s thigh wound.

"Mhm." Xiao Jinxing responded.

Slowly, he said again, "How’s the wound on your arm?"

Ye Qichi moved her arm.

"Aside from losing blood making me feel a bit unwell, the poison should have been completely absorbed and neutralized, it’s not a big problem."