Chapter 15 Is she going to die?
"thump!"
A unified voice rang out, and Li Chen looked closely and saw that those she hadn't had time to deal with had already thrown down their weapons and knelt down in her direction, frantically kowtowing and swearing, with snot and tears streaming down their faces, that they would definitely be good people in the future. The whole set of actions was done in one go, and the speed was admirable.
Li Chenjin: "..."
She sighed, turned around and went back to Shen Zhengyuan's side. Just as she was about to pull him away, she heard a series of hurried footsteps. When she turned around, she saw three or five young cultivators carrying swords rushing towards them.
"How can the disciples of the sword cultivation world be so spineless..." Li Chen murmured.
Just as those people rushed over and she was about to make a move, she heard them shout, "Who?! Who dares to rob a disciple of the Dharma Cultivation Realm in broad daylight? Who dares to bully someone from our Sword Cultivation Realm? Who?!"
Li Chen raised an eyebrow, clearly not expecting that it would be people from their side who came.
Amidst the angry shouts of those men, some who had originally come to watch the spectacle but could find nowhere to hide and could only stand cautiously against the wall silently raised their hands, pointing at those who were either lying on the ground or kowtowing repeatedly, and said, "It's them! It's them!!"
A sword cultivator disciple immediately stepped forward angrily, grabbed one of them by the collar, and said, "Speak! Why did you steal other people's belongings?!"
The man was kowtowing when he was suddenly lifted up. He was momentarily stunned, his eyes glazed over, and he trembled as he stammered, "I...we...we heard...we heard that we obtained a treasure from the cultivation world, that it can...can grant us immortality..."
"Pah!" The sword cultivator disciple released the man's collar, drew his longsword, and without a word, pierced the man's chest. "What does it matter to you whether other people's things can lead to instant success or immortality? You deserve to die!"
After asking one person a question, he would move on to the next, asking the same question each time.
The next person he grabbed by the collar, remembering the fate of the previous person, was terrified and burst into tears, crying out, "I...I know I was wrong! I really won't do it again! I was just trying to support my family, I..."
Before the man could finish speaking, a flash of cold light appeared, and his voice abruptly stopped. "You think you're the only one with a home? Don't others have homes? You deserve to die!"
Seeing that he was about to move on to the next one, Li Chen couldn't stand it anymore and quickly stepped forward, saying, "Young hero, young hero! They all know they were wrong and will probably not dare to do it again. Please forgive them."
Upon hearing Li Chenjin's words, those people scrambled to hide behind him, kowtowing and saying, "We truly know we were wrong, we know we were wrong!"
"Yes, yes! We won't do it again, we won't do it next time!"
"Please spare me, I swear I'll only be a good person from now on!"
………………
Hearing the cacophony of pleas for mercy, Li Chen smiled at the people opposite him and said, "They all know they were wrong, so let them off this time."
The monk frowned as he looked at her and asked, "Who are you?"
“Ah… I am the friend of the person they tried to rob in broad daylight,” Li Chen said. “I am also the one who seriously injured those people, the sword cultivator disciple you mentioned who was bullied.”
The monk seemed hesitant to speak, but ultimately had to give up because she, as a half-victim, offered to let those people go.
Just as she was about to leave, Li Chen stopped her and said, "Fellow cultivators, my friend and I have some matters we would like to ask for your assistance with. Would you be willing to come with us outside the city to discuss them?"
The group exchanged glances, then nodded without refusing, saying, "It's indeed not safe for you to stay in the city. Let's leave now and we'll take you out of the city."
Li Chen nodded. "However, this matter needs to be put on hold for now. There is still one thing in the city that I haven't resolved properly."
The cultivator asked curiously, "What is it?"
Li Chenjin pointed to the table where portraits were sold earlier. The person who had been hiding under the table was still there, peeking out from under the tablecloth and looking in their direction. He was startled when Li Chenjin pointed at him and immediately pulled back.
“That man broke his promise to me,” Li Chen said gently. “There is only one chance. He deserves to die for breaking his promise. Please help me, cultivator.”
Hearing Li Chen's gentle voice, the person under the table suddenly jumped out, knelt on the ground, and frantically kowtowed to them, saying, "Senior, senior! I'm just trying to make a living! I'm just trying to make a living! I have a two-year-old daughter at home, I..."
"Forget it." Li Chen suddenly said as the cultivator walked towards the man, "After all, we're not seriously injured, let's forgive him this time."
"cough……"
Shen Zhengyuan coughed up another mouthful of blood. Seeing that Li Chenjin looked like he wanted to speak but couldn't, the disciples of the sword cultivator world finally decided not to continue the stalemate and released the man according to Li Chenjin's wishes. They then immediately led them out of the city.
After leaving the city, Shen Zhengyuan had just taken out the small building when Li Chenjin immediately dragged him inside. Ignoring the astonishment of the five sword cultivators outside, he pressed Shen Zhengyuan down and tore open his clothes.
The five people outside had just entered when they saw this scene. They were so frightened that they took a big step back, thinking that they were about to see something they shouldn't have seen in broad daylight.
Fortunately, after Li Chen undressed him, he took out silver needles from the storage bag at his waist and inserted them into acupoints such as Neiguan, Ximen, and Tanzhong.
After his injuries stabilized and he stopped coughing up blood, he took out several prescriptions from his storage bag, picked out one of them, and handed it to a disciple of the sword cultivator world, saying, "Please trouble you to go to the city and get some medicine for him according to this prescription. We will pay for the medicine and the errand fee."
The disciple had just taken the prescription when he looked up and saw that the person in front of him was pale, sweating profusely, and speaking with a weak voice. He immediately said, "You were injured in the city too? You don't look any better than him. Why don't you write down your own prescription?"
Li Chen smiled and then took out a prescription, handing it over and saying, "Then please get me some medicine according to this prescription. Thank you for your help."
After discussing it, the five decided that two of them would go into the city to buy medicine, while the remaining three would stay outside to keep watch. They planned to take the two of them away from the city as soon as they got the medicine, so that no one in the city would chase after them and try to hurt them or steal their treasure.
Li Chen sat down at the table, took a few breaths, picked up the kettle on the table, and poured herself a glass of water. Because her hands were shaking, most of the tea spilled out.
After she finally managed to fill a glass with water and brought it to her lips, before she could even take a sip, the glass slipped from her hand and smashed on the ground, spilling most of the tea onto her skirt.
The people outside heard the noise and came in. They saw the person who had been treating the patient earlier leaning against the table, vomiting a large mouthful of blood. He then coughed and vomited a lot more blood. It was unclear where he was injured, but he looked like he was seriously injured.
When he rushed in, Shen Zhengyuan was holding her wrist. He immediately said, "She looks badly injured. How much blood can a person have? If she keeps vomiting like this, she'll die. You need to stop the bleeding first!"
Li Chen's vision was blurry, and she couldn't see anything clearly, but she could still hear clearly. When she heard what the person said, she even had the leisure to smile, as if she wasn't worried about dying here at all. The person thought she had some backup plan, but the next second, she fainted.
Seeing this, the person immediately urged Shen Zhengyuan to treat her quickly. Shen Zhengyuan held her wrist, feeling only agitated, and said in a deep voice, "I don't know how to treat illnesses!"
Sword cultivator disciple: "..."
Shen Zhengyuan: "..."
"Then isn't she going to die?" the sword cultivator disciple asked.
Upon hearing this, Shen Zhengyuan coughed, almost coughing up blood again. He regretted that he couldn't force his spiritual power to circulate, otherwise he would have summoned several bolts of heavenly lightning to strike this person to death.
As the two remained silent, unsure of what to do, the sword cultivator suddenly took out a white jade medicine bottle from his robes. "I have some healing medicine here, just one pill left. I don't know if it will be effective for her injuries..."
Before he could finish speaking, Shen Zhengyuan snatched the medicine bottle from his hand, stuffed the pills inside into Li Chenjin's mouth, and then put the empty white jade bottle back into the man's hand.
Sword cultivator disciples: "..."
The sword cultivator had never seen such a bandit-like figure before. He glared at them, about to explode in anger, when he felt a weight in his hand. Upon closer inspection, he discovered it was a small piece of spirit stone condensed with pure spiritual energy.
Although the spirit stone looked small, it was a good thing to help improve one's cultivation. If it were auctioned, such a small piece could be worth a hundred gold. Seeing this, he immediately lost all his anger and no longer felt that the person in front of him was a bandit. After putting away the spirit stone, he even thanked him very politely.
The other two, worried that someone might come out of the city to cause trouble, immediately left the city after buying the medicine. When they arrived, they didn't even have time to ask how the person who had vomited blood earlier had come back to life, while the person who had been treated had collapsed. They took the other two and immediately flew away on their swords.
After flying for about two days and two nights, they finally landed the person in a remote and deserted place.
At this moment, Li Chen was still lying on Shen Zhengyuan's back, showing no sign of waking up. One of them couldn't help but ask, "Why hasn't she woken up yet? The medicine hasn't worked. Is she going to die?"
Shen Zhengyuan: "..."
Shen Zhengyuan, who was about to throw the small building to the ground, paused, slowly raised his head, and looked at the person who had spoken.
Although his face was expressionless at the moment, it inexplicably sent chills down one's spine.
Seeing this, the leader of the five immediately tried to smooth things over, saying, "Please forgive him. He is still very young. When the sword cultivator world was in trouble before, he accidentally injured his brain while saving people. He only has the mental capacity of an eight or nine-year-old, so he speaks without restraint..."
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