160 The Rescue

Everyone was shocked at what he did.

They knew how precious the Emerald Sky Pill was. One Spirit Blessing Pill was equivalent to a life. If he had swallowed five pills at the same time, how potent would the effect of the pills be?

Guo Mulin shook the jade bottle and scraped out the jade-green color ointment within. He applied a thick layer to Chu Li's wound.

The thick layer of ointment sealed the wound, and the bleeding stopped very quickly.

"Elder Guo, has the bleeding stopped?" Sun Jun asked carefully.

"Has it stopped?" snapped Guo Mulin. "Like hell, I stopped it! This'll be a big problem! …..Alright, for now, you guys can go do whatever you want to do. Don't stay here and cause trouble. It irritates me to no end!"

"We can help," said Sun Jun.

"You want to help? What can you guys even do?" Guo Mulin replied coldly. "Can you die for him?"

Wang Xuanyi was shocked. "Brother Chu's injury…? Is there no way to save him?"

"He's hanging between life and death!" Guo Mulin scoffed. "Anyone else would have been dead for sure, but he's tough! If it's him, there's a chance of survival!"

Guo Mulin himself witnessed how vigorous Chu Li's vitality was. Chu Li did not die even after suffering fatal wounds and he even recovered very quickly, for that matter. Guo Mulin believed that Chu Li could survive this.

He turned around and said, "Xiao Zheng, go to the Jade Guardian Island and inform the Third Lady about this!"

"Yes, sir!" Xiao Zheng replied and went away.

Xiao Qi and Su Ru were cultivating at the Tower of Stargazing when they were informed of the news. 

Upon hearing the news, their faces took on a ghastly expression. Xiao Qi stood at the window, her brows knitted as she looked in the direction of the Martial Arts Hall.

Su Ru hurriedly suggested, "Lady Xiao, I'll go over and have a look!"

"Bring him back to the Glory's Will Courtyard!" Xiao Qi ordered Su Ru.

"Understood." Su Ru affirmed the order and called for two maids to follow. The boat sailed so fast that they arrived at the Martial Arts Hall in no time.

There was a crowd outside the Martial Arts Hall, none of them had the mood to cultivate and they were all discussing at once about Chu Li's injuries.

They stopped talking and the Hall went silent when they saw Su Ru and the two maids arrive. They gave a fist salute as they walked through the crowd.

Su Ru waved her hand to acknowledge the salutes and rushed into the Martial Arts Hall. Seeing Chu Li's body covered in blood, her expression turned grim, and asked, "Elder Guo, what happened?"

Guo Mulin scoffed as he explained. "He was ambushed by the bald donkeys (monks) from the Tempest Temple! They are a calamity, I tell you!"

Su Ru continued to inquire, "Are his injuries serious?"

"…It's indiscernible at the moment." Guo Mulin's face was glum. He shook his head and continued.

"It's all on him now. He consumed the Spirit Blessing Pill already. The Tempest Temple's Perishable Touch is very powerful, so much so that they rarely resort to using it. They must have thought very highly of our Young Chu here."

"I'll bring him back." Su Ru clenched her jaws and said coldly. "Let Lady Xiao find the way to deal with this."

"Sigh…go ahead." Guo Mulin waved his hand.

There's nothing he could do now, the rest now depended on Chu Li's own abilities.

Su Ru did not care about her dress being stained with blood as she helped Chu Li on board the boat and returned to the Jade Guardian Island.

Everyone watched as the boat slowly left their view, and began to discuss immediately after. The Third Lady surely regarded Chu Li very highly.

Stepping ashore on the Jade Guardian Island, Su Ru waved her hands signaling the maids to leave. She continued to help Chu Li back to the Glory's Will Courtyard. Xue Ling had already opened the door without Su Ru even having to knock on it.

Xiao Qi was in a white gown, standing at the door. She frowned as she looked at Chu Li.

"Lady Xiao, his injuries are serious!" Su Ru looked worried. "There's nothing that Elder Guo can do anymore. Chu Li will have to survive this on his own."

Xue Ling was startled, not moving and her face went pale.

Xiao Qi left the courtyard as she held onto Chu Li. They entered the Glory's Will Courtyard and she sent him into his room to rest on the couch.

Xiao Qi held his wrist. She knitted her brows as she gazed at Chu Li's face. "What a bizarre inner energy!"

"It's the Tempest Temple's Perishable Touch!" Su Ru explained.

Xiao Qi's delicate face turned grim.

She had heard of the Perishable Touch. The Tempest Temple needed to cultivate their dharmic base first to rid themselves of temptation because all of their martial arts were vicious. Perishable Touch was one of them.

Su Ru quickly asked, "Do you know what to do, Lady Xiao?"

Xiao Qi bit her lower lips and shook her head slowly. "He has cultivated the Sentient Menace. He should be able to survive this."

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Chu Li felt like he was in a trance, submerging in a hot spring and his purest spiritual force was weaving around his inner body. Feeling very comfortable and relieved, he woke up leisurely.

He heaved a long sigh of relief and opened his eyes slowly.

"Chief," he greeted Su Ru. She was sitting on the side of his couch, staring at him.

Su Ru widened her eyes and shouted out in surprise. "You're awake?!"

"Has Master woken up?" Xue Ling rushed in from outside.

Chu Li tried to get up, Su Ru and Xue Ling hurriedly assisted him, their body fragrance filling his nostrils.

"How long have I slept?" Chu Li looked out of the bright window. With the shadow cast by the couch from the window, he knew that it was noon.

Su Ru rolled her eyes at him and scoffed. "You've slept for a whole day!"

Chu Li was shocked. "Just a day?"

"Is one day too short for you?" Su Ru scoffed again. "The monk from the Tempest Temple attacked you, is that right?"

Chu Li sighed. "The Tempest Temple really deserved its name!"

The Tempest Temple had inherited skilled arts for thousands of years. They had accumulated an obscene amount of experience. They were indeed not your ordinary temple.

He was injured so badly because he purposely walked into a trap that took advantage of the situation; he just did not expect the extent of the power of the Perishable Touch.

It seemed like the Tempest Temple wants to kill him badly, and they are definitely not showing any signs of mercy for that.

Fa Yuan and the three other monks were extremely skilled with their unique martial arts. It was much more terrifying than the Perishable Touch. His intuition told him that he would not be able to face it head-on. His only choice was to withdraw.

"You almost died this time!" Su Ru exclaimed.

"The monks from the Tempest Temple are really powerful!"

"Your wound needs time to recover. Elder Guo has examined you. There's no way to cure it! You can only depend on your stupid martial arts to heal and recuperate slowly!"

Xue Ling entered the room holding a bowl of porridge and asked. "Master, do you need me to feed you?"

Chu Li smiled and replied, "There's no need to. I'm not that fragile."

"Can you even move your arm?" Su Ru sneered.

Chu Li raised his arm and sighed. His wound was on his shoulders, and he was unable to exert strength and force.

Xue Ling chuckled and said, "Let me do it!"

Seating herself in front of Chu Li, she held up a spoonful of porridge and blew it cooler before placing the spoon near Chu Li's mouth.

The smell of food invaded his nose. His stomach rumbled and the long overdue sensation of hunger suddenly hit him.

He opened his mouth and obediently ate the porridge. Xue Ling fed him slowly, spoonful by spoonful.

"You have a good, long rest. Don't bother with anything else. I'll be on my way now," Su Ru said as she walked out of the room.

"I'll report to Lady Xiao on how you're doing. She is still worried."

"Tell Lady Xiao not to worry. I won't die that easily!" Chu Li smiled as he said.

"You…" Su Ru shook her head and left.

Silence befell the room after Su Ru's departure.

Xue Ling's feeding motions began to stiffen and she seemed to be embarrassed by the moment, with her face blushing redder and redder.

Chu Li took a look at her and smiled. "Who else knows that I'm injured?"

"Everyone," Xue Ling said as she blew the spoonful of porridge cooler. "You looked quite a sight, albeit a scary one."

Chu Li asked, "Who saved me?"

"Two rank seven Protectors, Sun Jun, and Wang Xuanyi," Xue Ling explained. "They saw your waist tag and carried you all the way to The Martial Arts Hall. Elder Guo came over immediately to treat you."

"I really need to thank them." Chu Li sighed. "I almost failed miserably at something supposedly easy!"

Xue Ling stopped feeding him and glared at him. When she first saw him being hurt so badly, her body shook in fear.

"Don't worry, I won't die!" Chu Li smiled.

Xue Ling was not happy and warned, "Don't say such things!"

Chu Li smiled again and shook his head.

Meanwhile, the sound of Xiao Qi's footsteps approached from the outside.