Just as the spearhead was inches away from Chu Jian's heart, a booming voice suddenly echoed through Heaven and Earth, the voice was like the roar of the dragon and even though the person who was talking hadn't still made an appearance .
His voice which was endowed with powerful energy, directly pushed Gu Yi away and sent him flying into the distance, I wasn't able to see when he landed, but I was able to hear the sound he made after he seemed to have finally crashed into something solid .
The voice carried a force that seemed to be Irresistible, it seem to carry enough strength to shake the whole world, but to me, it felt nothing like that, all I felt was warmness and a great sense of belonging, this was the voice of my Master .
As I heard this voice, I finally got to rest my tensed body and soul, a lot of things happened to me in these past few days, my craving for food and rest was still there before and now after all this battle and what happened in that weird space, I directly let my guard finally down and seemed to be succumbing to sleep and rest .
As I was about to fall, a familiar arm held me from failing, that arm that had given me the great opportunity of learning Martial Arts before and granted me access to everything that I wanted, it also the same hand that gave me a beating when I did something wrong, it was my Master's hand that held me .
In his arms, I felt safer than ever, I struggled to open my eyes, but even though I was trying to, it was in the end pointless, all the troubles that I have been through these days came crashing down on me, I was unable to do anything to push the tiredness I was feeling away, I sensed a hand that seemed to understand my troubles and sensed Master patting me on the shoulder and saying in a solemn voice :
You should get some rest, Master will take care of everything here .
As I heard this, I finally let my mind wander into the land of dreams, completely unaware of the storm that I was about to cause, before sinking into a deep sleep, I still asked Master to help Chu Jian as well, before hearing his response, I was already sleeping like a dead man .
After unknown amount of time seemed to pass, I woke up and finally opened my eyes, the first thing that came to my vision, was the scene of the familiar ceilings in my room at the Accomodation Hall, I found that this was the only thing that I was a bit familiar with in this room .
I hadn't gotten used to anything else in this room, I didn't even recall sleeping in it that much or using anything other than the cupboard and the bathroom, speaking of time, I wonder how much did I slept this time, my whole body feel as if it was an old computer that needed to be restarted .
Moving came with the cost of feeling a bit strain, there seemed to be something incredibly wrong going on with me this morning, or is it evening, I really can't help but wonder, I managed to pull myself together and through gritted teeth, I finally reached the small window in my room .
Seeing the bright full moon outside, I couldn't help but gasp at this scene, the last thing I remembered was that the moon was merely starting to form before I slept, but now it was like this, the moon in this world form at the end and the beginning of a new month, 1 time a month .
Doing simple math, I was shocked at the probability of having slept for 10 or 20 days, no 15 days should be the sum of it, I hope, at this discovery, I looking like a crazy person stepped out of the room, only to see Mu Lu standing right in front of my door, yawning and seem to have been standing here like this for quite some time now .
Seeing the door being opened, his dizziness disappeared and he turned his head and once he recognized me, he directly wrapped me in his arms and said with teary and swollen eyes :
Young Master had finally wake up, how are you feeling, are you okay, should I call Master, are you hurt anywhere, please tell me if you need anything, ... !!! .
As if I had stumbled upon a nonstop chattering box, one question after the other and there seem to be no stopping it, I fought the urge to slap him out of his worried state, due to feeling that I owed him at least this .
Luckily after checking that everything was fine with me, he sighed in relief and finally gave me a chance to ask him about what I wanted to ask, my worries were confirmed, I really had slept for half a month, I had already expected this but for it to be actually the case filled me with quite the mix of emotions .
After that I asked if he knew something about Chu Jian and Chu Ji Xi, he said that they were currently guests at the Lu Family, I was surprised and asked for the reason they weren't here, Mu Lu shook his head and said that he too had no clue about why things were arranged in such a fashion .
But he heard rumors that due to the fallout between the Green Sword Villa and the City's Lord Mansion, all the other families had refused to take them in, only the Lu Family seemed to be willing to accept the two, young master Lu Chiang had tried to ask about the reason to why they weren't kept here, but Dojo's Master didn't give him an answer openly .
Mu Lu at least wasn't able to witness whether was his inquiries answered later on or not, this was something that I never would have expected to happen, it seem that Master had other responsibilities to bear with, it might have a connection with that Branch leader title mentioned by the doctor .
My last question to Mu Lu was regarding the situation in the city, he told me that people from all directions came flooding the city, all for the sake of seeing the place where the Phoenix And Dragon Danced, at least he heard that painters and those who cared about artistic concepts called that place now .
But this wasn't the only piece of news he had for me, it seem that the Green Sword Villa had heard about what took place here from somewhere and was sending troops here to the city, Chu Cheng was missing, together with the deputy commander and the leader of the City's Lord guards Gu Yi, from what Mu Lu had heard the two took advantage of the situation back then to escape .
As for the situation he mentioned, well, even though he was hesitant to talk about this to me first, I urged him to tell me everything he know and he finally understood that I might know about this sooner or later, so in the end he told me what happened .
The City's Lord had interfered when Master wanted to kill Gu Yi, then the two of them had fought among themselves and their fight ended in a stalemate, Master still threatened the City's Lord that if he were to interfere in his business again, he will kill him .
That made the City's Lord angry and he started to tighten his grasp over our Dojo and disciples, a lot of disciples had already withdraw from the Dojo and more seem to be about to do so in the future .
As for Gu Yi and Chu Cheng, there's no news about their whereabouts, Master also stopped searching for their whereabouts and decided to make a plead for the City's Guards, the only faction that doesn't have any problem going against the City's Lord Mansion, but due to the latest news about the City's Lord having a breakthrough .
Commander of the city guard, General Zhou had mediated between the two and even though the two sides stopped fighting openly, things were no longer safe between the two faction in the dark, there had been troubling incidents happening lately to the disciples who went outside the city .
Young Master wanted posters had also spread across the city, City's Lord simply said that Master had stolen something from him and that he would like to get it back, Master in a fit of rage once again stormed the City's Lord Mansion and got injured and was now recuperating in the Main Hall .
As I heard this, all the dizziness I was feeling disappeared instantly and I bid Mu Lu goodbye, then I directly set off to the Main Hall, ignoring the shouts of Mu Lu, I had finally arrived at the Main Hall and saw that in front of the door there seemed to be a lot of people already gathered there .
7 People was standing in front of the door, 5 was already familiar with me as I was familiar with them, Lu Chiang was the first to notice me, then Senior Brother Bai Ming, Fu Liu, Ba Zi, Gu Chu, recalling the events from half a month ago, I couldn't help but tie the two guys with Ba and Gu Family, but now wasn't the time to dwell on this .
To those 5 people my appearance hadn't caused much of an issue and even though this was quite the dire situation, some of them still greeted me warmly, some simply nodded and others were nonchalant about me, the two girls on the other side, one glared at me and I was able to recognize her instantly, this should be Chen Boa'er who I had encountered before and stumbled upon .
The girl glaring currently at me seem to be trying to pick a fight but in her blue stubborn eyes, I was able to see sadness mixed with a huge amount of concern, the girl had her hair done in a twin tails style, her expression currently cold, but it seem that her face wasn't accustomed to her making such an expression .
Her facial features most likely came from her mother, the girl could be called a beauty in the making, black hair, round blue eyes like the see, elegant nose, small mouth, white like jade skin, she might surpass Ji Xi in the future .
The other girl who seem to be curious about who I was and the reason to why Boa'er in her hands was glaring at me like this, was weird to describe, the girl had fierce look on her face and her face seemed to scream about her heroic character, it was quite the weird thing to see in a girl, the girl was as beautiful as Ji Xi and her gray eyes made her look even more charming than her .
She seemed to be using a sword, at least that what she currently was pointing at me, seeing me appearing here all of a sudden seemed to alarm her and the shaken girl in her embrace made her certain of that I was a bad guy, so she said :
Who are you and what are you here for ? .
Fu Liu then proceeded to introduce us to each other seeing that the situation seemed to be getting out of hand, I finally understood who was this girl with fiery red hair and gray eyes was, she was my Senior Sister Liu Ru Yu .
I greeted her and she simply nodded at me, but I felt that she was still feeling the need to be guarded against me, but I didn't see that much of an issue with her doing that, so I left the matter be, it was the girl in her hands that seemed to be erupting in anger for some reason and she said :
My father hadn't told me that he was accepting another disciple, that guy might be a vile thief, I happened to run into him while he was escaping the Accomodation Hall as if he killed someone, hold him down .
Fu Liu gave me an awkward smile and turned towards the girl and started to explain that Master hadn't got a chance to held a ceremony for me just yet, since things happened, but he assured her that I'm indeed Master's disciple .
The girl not only looked unconvinced, but she even tried to attack me directly, her attack was with the final move in the Solid Rock Fist Technique, she really was ruthless with her actions for some reason, disregarding of all the warnings from the people around here she still continued with her attack .
Just as her punch was about to reach me, I had already moved behind here and had made a chop gesture with my hand and put it on the back of her head, since I woke up, I seemed to have struggling once again with my anger issues, learning about what happened to Master and now being accused like this for being a vile person, I used everything in my power to held back the hand that would have killed her just now .
But people here were no ordinary people, they were able to perceive my initial intention just now, but they were still one second late, if I had really wanted to kill her, she would now be dead, but again, she too seemed to be aware of this, she fell down or maybe her knees gave up .
I didn't know nor cared, I looked at the ugly faces of those who were present and said :
" So I hope that no one will bother us, thanks for your understanding .
Just as I flashed and appeared on the doorstep leading inside the Main Hall, I got called by an angry Lu Chiang, but before he can say or do anything, the one who surprisingly helped me out was none other than the first senior brother Gu Chu, Bai Ming also stooped Lu Chiang in tracks with his sword still in its sheath .
Ba Zi and Fu Liu just gave me apologetic smiles for her actions, Liu Ru Yu seemed to unable to comprehend what was going on, but I had no time to spare here, so I directly went inside, the first thing that met me with darkness, not a single window or door seem to be opened .
But in the center of the Main Hall, I saw the light of a candle and understood that Master was most likely to be there, as I gotten closer, the second thing that came to my attention was the fact that Master seemed to be asleep next to the light of the candle but there was a poisonous air circling around him, the Panel helped me in recognizing that .
Even staying here made me subjected to some damage from the poison, so Master wasn't injured he was poisoned, he was recuperating, he was fighting for his life, Master wasn't sleeping, he was sitting in a meditative posture .
I got closer and I heard his tired voice sound in the room saying :
You finally woke up, it's good you are still alive, now get out of here before you get more contaminated by the Dragon Slaying Poison .
Him making sure that I'm okay even when he was in such a state, made me determined on saving him no matter the cost, as I took another step forward, Master suddenly used his strength to push me backwards, then after that he coughed blood, seeing him like this, I understood a few points from what seem to be happening, so I said :
" Master should not use his strength to push me away, Master also shouldn't worry about this disciple's life, Master should have already realized how tough this disciple's life is, so allow me to try and help you as you helped me back then, okay ? .
At my words, Master had opened his eyes and I was able to see that his veins and Blood vessels were shining with green like emerald glow, his eyes was the same too, the blood vessels were all shimmering with the same glow .
As you can see, I'm beyond saving, this poison is prepared for those who had already started to cultivate their Internal Energy and Refine The Viscera, any use of Internal Energy would make the poison spread even faster, even the air around the injured would be harmful and even deadly to those who had reached Viscera Refinement, not to mention you at Organs Quenching Realm .
Hearing what Master was saying and how weak his voice was, I still couldn't help but grit my teeth and say :
" Master should have already known that this disciple physique is a bit weird, so even though the poison is indeed dangerous, I have enough confidence to heal Master before it do me any substantial damage, I hope Master to give me the chance .
After I said said, the whole place fell into silent, deathly and awkward silent, then I saw what seemed to be wisp of gray energy appear on top of my head and it then suddenly expanded and was converted to a barrier, that covered me from head to toe within it .
This cough, cough, is all I can do for you, whether we both fell here is up to fate .
Master said this while coughing Blood and his body fell on the floor, it was an unnecessary for him to do this, but he still did it anyway for my sake, so I couldn't help but directly transport to him and help him before he fall, his body was quite heavy, but after a bit of struggle, I finally managed to hold him back and let him lay on the floor .
The first thing I did was to check his pulse, but that was the thing that had me terrified, HE HAD NO PULSE .