Chapter 2 Chapter 2 "A Gentle and Strange Touch"
Seeing the figure at the entrance of the cave, Ye Yunxi stopped eating fish.
He knew that Xiaoning Shuangchen was not so kind. She had deliberately left the grilled fish for him and left the cave just to wait for this moment to see his good show.
Just when he thought Ning Shuangchen was going to tease him, he saw Ning Shuangchen loosen his arm and asked, "How is it? Does it taste good?"
Ye Yunxi turned away, spat out the fish bone in his mouth, frowned and spat on the ground, "It tastes bad."
It’s not really that bad. Although the grilled fish has no taste at all, the meat is very delicious. It can be said to be the best fish he has ever eaten.
But when I think about this fish that Ning Shuangchen grilled...
Anyway, he couldn't say that it tasted good.
If I really tell it to you, I don’t know how proud Ning Shuangchen will be.
He would never let Ning Shuangchen be proud.
In his opinion, he ate the grilled fish just to give face to Ning Shuangchen.
As Ye Yunxi thought about this, the awkward atmosphere of being caught in the act immediately disappeared.
He moved to the side, away from the leftover fish bones, as if nothing had happened.
Ning Shuangchen almost got laughed at for being so angry.
You ate it all and still say it tastes bad?
I don't know who was eating so deliciously just now...
This is the first time I've seen someone so stubborn.
"This fish is originally a silver barracuda that lives in the Abyss of the Extreme Realm. Eating it is good for restoring your cultivation. I just don't know why it appeared here." Ning Shuangchen took two steps from outside the cave and handed over the herbs he had just picked. "And this fairy grass, if applied to the wound, it can not only relax the muscles and tendons, but also reduce swelling and blood stasis. It can be used to heal leg injuries."
Ye Yunxi raised his eyes doubtfully and cautiously.
Grilling fish and picking herbs? Is there such a good thing in the world?
You have to know that he and Ning Shuangchen are mortal enemies.
Sure enough, Ning Shuangchen continued, "I don't want to stay with a cripple forever."
Ye Yunxi's eyes darkened after hearing this.
He knew that Ning Shuangchen couldn't say anything good!
Seeing Ye Yunxi's angry face, when he was about to get angry, Ning Shuangchen handed him the fairy grass again and asked, "Can you apply the medicine?"
Ye Yunxi was about to get angry, but then he remembered what Ning Shuangchen had just said. He glanced at the fairy grass and snatched it in his hand, saying unhappily, "Nonsense! Who doesn't know how to apply medicine?"
At the same time, he was mumbling to himself.
Don't be angry, don't be angry, don't be angry...
Once his leg injury heals, he will definitely take revenge!
Hearing him say that, Ning Shuangchen glanced at him with suspicion, and saw Ye Yunxi turned his back with the fairy grass in his hand, and just turned around and walked out of the cave.
As one of the most powerful sects in the world of immortal cultivation, the Yunlan Sect has no shortage of various elixirs and miraculous medicines.
When he was in the sect, whenever he was injured, the Medicine Cultivation Pavilion would directly send him pills or ointments. Ye Yunxi had never even touched any medicinal herbs.
This was the first time he had seen fairy grass.
After Ye Yunxi applied the herbs and put on his shoes and socks, he turned around and looked again. Ning Shuangchen was no longer in the cave, but he could vaguely hear the sound of logging coming from outside the cave entrance.
The waning sun broke through the clouds on the top of the peak, and rays of sunlight poured down in strands, brightening the cramped and cold cave.
After entering the Qingxu Secret Realm, I haven’t seen such good weather for several days.
Ye Yunxi, leaning on his sword, walked out of the cave following the sunlight and the sound of logging.
The deep cliff stretches from east to west like a long and narrow corridor, about ten feet wide. Opposite the cave is a steep cliff with no end in sight. The wall is intertwined with dangerous rocks, twisted branches, and covered with moist moss and green vines.
In the open space in front of the cave, there were several sturdy tree trunks, and next to them were branches and leaves that had not yet been cleared.
When Ye Yunxi walked out, Ning Shuangchen was trimming the extra branches on the tree trunks with the long sword in his hand. Looking at the marks at the end of the trunks, it seemed that these trees were cut down with the sword.
What is this person doing?
Ye Yunxi couldn't understand.
He sat on a rock next to the cave, where the sunlight could reach, basking in the sun while watching Ning Shuangchen busying about.
Even though I had just eaten a few grilled fish, I hadn't eaten for two days after all. The fish were small and there wasn't much meat. It wasn't even enough to fill my teeth and it didn't fill my stomach at all.
Recalling the taste of the grilled fish just now, Ye Yunxi swallowed his saliva unconsciously, and then asked Ning Shuangchen unceremoniously: "Hey, do you have any more grilled fish?"
Live fish is also fine, he can grill it himself.
Ning Shuangchen didn't even raise his head when he heard this, and replied calmly: "If you want to eat it, go catch it yourself."
He didn't say he wanted to eat!
Can’t even ask?
He shouldn't have talked to Ning Shuangchen.
Haha, isn’t it just catching fish?
Knowing clearly that he couldn't catch it, he still asked him to catch it himself.
Ye Yunxi gritted his teeth secretly and tightened his grip on the sword handle.
If he hadn't been injured, why would Ning Shuangchen be so arrogant?
Considering that Ning Shuangchen grilled fish and collected herbs for him, Ye Yunxi forced himself to suppress his anger, closed his mouth and said no more.
Ning Shuangchen lowered her head to prune the branches. After a while, she didn't hear Ye Yunxi talking, so she couldn't help but raise her eyelids and take a quick glance.
Ye Yunxi was seen sitting with a long sword in his arms, leaning against the stone wall, his whole body enveloped in a pale golden light.
It was the thin light that trickled down from the clouds, falling on those long and distinct eyelashes, making that delicate face look even more radiant and fair, like a piece of fine mutton-fat jade.
"What are you looking at?" Ye Yunxi caught his gaze and immediately frowned. After saying that, his eyes passed over the tree trunks. He was a little curious and couldn't help but ask, "Why are you cutting down these trees?"
This person looks quite nice when he doesn't talk.
But as soon as you open your mouth...
Ning Shuangchen withdrew his gaze calmly, paused for a moment, and uttered three words: "Build a raft."
Ye Yunxi looked puzzled: "Raft?"
Ning Shuangchen explained slowly, "I went to the east again yesterday and found a hidden river under a cliff somewhere. It's hard to detect because it's covered by vines. I thought I'd go in and take a look after the raft is ready. Maybe it'll be a way out."
On the first day after falling off the cliff, they explored the bottom of the cliff, but found that there were cliffs all around them that were towering into the sky. The bottom of the cliff was like a prison without a cover, and there was no way out at all.
If the dark river is a way out, then they can leave here.
Ye Yunxi understood immediately after hearing this.
No wonder he was nowhere to be seen early in the morning, it turns out he went out secretly to explore the way.
If he hadn't encountered a hidden river and needed a raft to cross the water, this person might not have come back.
He carefully observed Ning Shuangchen's expression and then asked, "Did you catch those fish in the underground river?"
Ning Shuangchen nodded: "Yes."
Ye Yunxi asked again: "Is the underground river you mentioned far from here?"
Ning Shuangchen said: "It's not far, but it's more hidden."
Ye Yunxi said "oh" and didn't ask any more questions.
Not far from the cave, covered by vines...
He had a rough idea of where it was.
But now he has difficulty moving and he doesn't know how to make a raft. If Ning Shuangchen succeeds in exploring the way out, he will definitely not come back to find him after he goes out.
He must let Ning Shuangchen take him with her.
Ning Shuangchen had no idea what Ye Yunxi was thinking.
The wood for the raft has been prepared, and the front end of the wood needs to be rounded to facilitate moving in the water. In addition, all the wood needs to be tied into a raft using soft vines.
But it’s getting late today, so we can only wait until tomorrow.
The deep cliff is different from the outside world. When the sun sets, the temperature at the bottom of the cliff will drop sharply. The only way to survive the long night is to hide in the cave.
When Ning Shuangchen finished clearing the branches and leaves, Ye Yunxi was just getting up and returning to the cave, leaning on his sword. Due to his leg injury, he walked with a limp, which was very inconvenient.
His sight consciously swept towards Ye Yunxi's right leg, and then he saw the fairy grass sticking out from the edge of the other's shoe.
It still looks like a leaf.
Um?
Who doesn’t know how to apply medicine?
Thinking of what Ye Yunxi said, Ning Shuangchen couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth slightly.
So, just as Ye Yunxi returned to the cave and sat down, he heard Ning Shuangchen coming in from behind and suddenly asked him, "Is the medicine ready?"
Ye Yunxi didn't understand why and replied, "Yes."
It's just applying some medicine, it's not that difficult.
As soon as he finished speaking, Ning Shuangchen suddenly squatted down in front of him and reached out to grab his right leg.
Ye Yunxi immediately stepped back reflexively like a frightened deer, avoiding Ning Shuangchen while frowning and asking warily, "What are you doing!"
Ning Shuangchen said calmly: "If you continue to apply the medicine like this, after a while, you won't need this leg anymore."
Ye Yunxi's face darkened: "What do you mean?"
Ning Shuangchen raised her eyes to look at him, and said with a hint of warning: "If you don't want to really become a cripple, you'd better not move around later."
Ye Yunxi moved his lower lip and wanted to open his mouth to refute him, but he paused and swallowed the words back into his stomach.
He didn't want to really become a cripple.
He couldn't bear it even after just these two days.
Ye Yunxi asked anxiously: "Then what do you say we should do?"
Ning Shuangchen said slowly: "Take off your shoes and socks, and stretch your legs over here."
Ye Yunxi hesitated for a moment, but still took off her socks as he asked, and obediently moved her injured right leg over.
In the narrow cave, one person was sitting and the other was squatting, the two figures were very close to each other.
To use the herb as a compress, you need to first crush the leaves of the herb into a paste, then apply it evenly to the wound, and finally wrap it with a cloth strip.
But it was obvious that Young Master Ye, who lived a life of luxury, didn't know this.
Hearing a hissing sound from the person in front of her, Ning Shuangchen slowly slowed down the movement of the hand that was applying the medicine. After applying the medicine, she casually tore off a piece of the other person's clothes.
Ye Yunxi was shocked when he saw this: "What do you want to do!"
He was wearing the Yunlan Sect's uniform. His snow-white lining covered a gauze-like outer robe. The outer robe was a light green, like the surface of a spring lake after rain. The embellished ribbon and silk sash around his waist were a gorgeous red.
Ning Shuangchen placed the corner of her clothes over her right leg, wrapped it around and tied a knot. "What do you think I want to do?"
Only then did Ye Yunxi realize that Ning Shuangchen had torn the corner of his clothes in order to bandage him.
But he muttered: "Who knows what you want to do..."
If his storage bag hadn't been lost, there wouldn't have been any need for all this trouble.
He had everything in his storage bag, not to mention some herbs.
Her calf was still held in the other person's hand, and her exposed skin felt slightly cold. Ye Yunxi suddenly felt uncomfortable.
He shrank back. "Are you ready?"
His smooth white calves and ankles were hidden under the light green robe as he moved.
Ning Shuangchen glanced at the whiteness and immediately let go of her hand: "Okay."
The residual warmth in the calves has not yet dissipated, and still brings a hint of soft and strange touch, tingling and numb, which is hard to describe.
Ye Yunxi quickly retracted her legs, looked away, and said softly, somewhat awkwardly, "Thank you."
The young master of the Yunlan Sect actually said thank you to him? It was like the sun rising from the west.
Ning Shuangchen put the shoes and socks she had taken off to the side in front of him and tilted her head slightly: "What did you just say? Your voice was too soft, I didn't hear it clearly."
Knowing that Ning Shuangchen was teasing him on purpose, Ye Yunxi immediately became impatient and coldly spat out one word: "Get lost."
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