Chapter 10
The dark passage was very narrow and could only accommodate one person. Liu Huaizhao walked in front, and Qin Zunyue was at the end of the team.
The passage was not too long, and they saw a faint light not long after walking.
Liu Huaizhao stopped and said to the others, "Don't move here. I'll go take a look."
Zheng Shu, who was following behind him, asked worriedly, "Is there any danger?"
Liu Huaizhao said, "Now that we've come this far, we need to go check if there's any danger. If things don't go right, run away immediately. I can fly, and my escape speed is definitely not slower than yours. Don't come to help me, or I'll have to distract myself from protecting you."
They all understood this logic, so they agreed obediently.
Liu Huaizhao took a deep breath and walked towards the light source.
Several people in the corridor were nervously waiting for his news.
After a long time, Liu Huaizhao's voice clearly appeared in the ears of several people, "Come here."
Qiao Lang was startled and said, "Is his voice so loud?"
Tong Le rolled his eyes and said, "Are you brainless? This must be some kind of magic."
It became brighter as they moved forward. When they were almost at the exit, the flashlight was no longer needed. Qin Zunyue, who was walking at the end, turned off the flashlight and looked ahead.
When he looked up, he happened to see the bright light shining on Liu Huaizhao who was dressed in white. He was a little stunned, but the next second, the figure was hit by the head of Qiao Lang who was walking unsteadily, which made him come to his senses immediately.
"What's this?"
As soon as Tong Le came out of the passage, he saw Liu Huaizhao holding a book in his hand.
Liu Huaizhao handed the book to Tong Le. Tong Le carefully opened it and saw that she couldn't understand any of the words on it. However, besides the words, there were also some pictures. She could guess what they were. "Is this a formation diagram?"
Liu Huaizhao nodded and said, "I haven't looked closely yet, but I think it's related to the turbid monster."
Qin Zunyue also came over, deliberately ignoring the momentary shock, and asked: "Did you get it from here?"
Liu Huaizhao looked at him doubtfully and said, "Of course."
Qin Zunyue shut up after realizing that he had asked a stupid question.
Fortunately, no one else noticed him, and their attention was all focused on the book in Tong Le's hand.
The book was already a little yellowed, but it was incredible that a book that was thousands of years old was only yellowed. So Tong Le marveled at it while turning the pages very carefully. The other people around him did the same. They didn't dare to breathe too heavily, for fear that the thousand-year-old book would break into pieces.
"..." Liu Huaizhao wanted to laugh when he saw them like this, "Don't be so careful, this book is protected by spiritual power, it's not that fragile."
While others were flipping through the book, he told them that as soon as he arrived, he saw the book wrapped in spiritual power and suspended in the air.
Qin Zunyue had returned to normal. After listening to his words, he asked, "This book was left here on purpose by someone else, right?"
Liu Huaizhao said: "I think so too, and the spiritual power emitted by this book makes me feel familiar. It is very likely related to my lost memory." As he said that, he reached out to Tong Le, wanting to take the book back.
"Ah!" Tong Le's hand holding the book suddenly felt a pain, and she screamed. The next second, blood flowed from her wrist. Her hand loosened unconsciously due to the severe pain, and a black shadow flashed by and snatched the ancient book away.
Liu Huaizhao tiptoed and quickly flew towards the black shadow.
Everything happened in an instant. Qin Zunyue reacted the fastest, but it was simply a dream for him to catch up with Liu Huaizhao at such a speed. He also realized this and subconsciously stopped chasing him and returned to Tong Le.
Wei Zhirong quickly took out the quick-stop hemostatic medicine invented by the research institute and sprinkled it on Tong Le's wound, then took out a bandage and wrapped it around Tong Le.
Tong Le was in so much pain that she didn't care about his rough method. The wound wasn't big, but for some reason, it felt like something was holding it up and drilling into it. The piercing pain almost made her faint.
"Why can't the bleeding be stopped!" The medicine of the research institute has always been effective. The fast-stopping hemostatic medicine has saved countless people who almost died from excessive blood loss. It is abnormal that the bleeding has not been stopped for so long when the wound is not big. Several people thought of the blood-soaked land at the same time.
Qin Zunyue's expression changed and he said, "You guys go back now. I'll stay and look for Liu Huaizhao."
"Brother Qin!" Qiao Lang shouted, "It's too dangerous for you to go alone. I'll stay with you."
Qin Zunyue shook his head: "It's too dangerous here. We can't all die here. All of you go back. Don't dawdle. Take Lele directly to the research institute."
There was no time to delay any longer. Zheng Shu glanced at Qin Zunyue, asked Qiao Lang to carry the unconscious Tong Le on his back, and said to them, "You go first."
Then she unloaded the bullets from her gun, and following Wei Zhirong's instructions, she took out the emergency kit from the medicine box and handed it to Qin Zunyue along with the bullets, "Be careful."
Qin Zunyue nodded, took the bullet, turned and walked in the direction where Liu Huaizhao disappeared.
The inside of the cave was larger than imagined. Qin Zunyue held the pistol in his hand and moved forward cautiously.
If he knew what danger he was facing, he would definitely leave people to help him, but now the degree of danger is unknown, and there is a huge gap in strength between him and the monster, so it makes no difference whether he has more or fewer people, so it is better for him to act alone.
The cave was eerily quiet, but thankfully there was only one passage.
Suddenly, there was a sound in front of him. Qin Zunyue's heart trembled and he ran over quickly.
Liu Huaizhao chased the man in black to the end of the cave.
The man seemed to want to tear up the ancient book, but the ancient book flashed with golden light, and then the man screamed, his hand loosened, and the ancient book fell to the ground.
When Liu Huaizhao was about to catch the man and take the book back, he saw that the man had no intention of destroying the ancient book. He turned into a ball of black mist and scattered again. Then, bursts of black air floated under Liu Huaizhao's feet - it was a formation.
He knew he had fallen into a trap, but he could only fly over and pick up the fallen ancient book in his arms.
With the appearance of the Fiery Sun Blade, Liu Huaizhao cut a gap in the black fog that was about to completely cover him and left the formation. However, he knew that the man would not let him go so easily, so he did not want to fight at all and wanted to leave here quickly.
But it was not as easy as he thought. As soon as he left the formation, he felt a pain in his right wrist. Then, he felt a turbid air drilling into his wound.
Liu Huaizhao groaned, used the clean energy in his body to neutralize the foul energy, and raised his sword to chop at the man who had transformed into a human form and was attacking him.
But for some reason, the turbid air was able to disperse the pure air in his body. He felt something was wrong and immediately switched the long sword to his left hand.
The man's kung fu was not very good, and Liu Huaizhao killed him without any effort. He breathed a sigh of relief, but was not completely relieved.
He easily took the ancient book back, and the subsequent formation was not difficult to crack, so this person posed no threat to him.
Only this wound.
Liu Huaizhao looked at the wound on his wrist, which was still bleeding. He tried to mobilize the fresh energy in his body, but found that his spiritual power, which had been mostly recovered, was rapidly decreasing.
He was startled, but he didn't know why, but he intuitively felt that it was related to the foul air.
The pure energy could not overcome the turbid energy that was wreaking havoc in his body, so he made a desperate move. After putting away the Lieyang Blade, he concentrated all his spiritual power on his wrist and pushed the turbid energy out in one go.
The process was extremely painful. He gritted his teeth and leaned against the stone wall. Beads of sweat the size of beans slid down his forehead, and blood gushed out along with the foul air.
The wound on his wrist was getting bigger and bigger, but he knew that the pure air could not overcome the turbid air. If he did not use his spiritual power to push the turbid air out and let it enter his body, he would surely die.
As for his spiritual power, although he didn't understand why there was no pure yang energy between heaven and earth, but he could still recover his spiritual power, he decided to take a gamble, betting that the man in black didn't know that he could still practice, and that his purpose this time was to make him either exhaust his spiritual power or die here.
By the time Liu Huaizhao had completely forced the foul air out of his body and used the last bit of his spiritual power to dissipate it, his wrist was almost broken and he was about to fall into a coma due to excessive blood loss.
"Liu Huaizhao!"
When Qin Zunyue arrived, he saw Liu Huaizhao sitting in a pool of blood. The large amount of blood almost caused his heart to stop.
When Qin Zunyue saw his wound, he quickly took out the emergency kit left by Wei Zhirong, took out the hemostatic medicine and bandage, and frowned as he sprinkled the hemostatic medicine on Liu Huaizhao's wound.
Fortunately, the hemostatic medicine worked this time, and the bleeding stopped in a short while. Qin Zunyue breathed a sigh of relief, gently patted Liu Huaizhao's face, looked at Liu Huaizhao's slightly open eyes, and said to him: "Don't sleep, I'll take you back."
He threw down his marching bag, leaving only his weapons and emergency medical kit on his body, and then carried Liu Huaizhao on his back.
Liu Huaizhao was not much shorter than him, but he was very light, so Qin Zunyue had no difficulty carrying him.
Qin Zunyue carried the person on his back while talking softly to Liu Huaizhao: "Don't fall asleep, tell me about your sect."
"What's there to talk about? I'm so tired." Liu Huaizhao muttered, his breath falling on Qin Zunyue's neck as he spoke.
"Tell me about your eldest brother. Didn't you say he was hiding in the house crying? Why?"
He didn't know if it was his illusion, but after he said this, he felt a little hot on his back.
"It's so hot."
It wasn't his illusion.
"Where is it hot? Are you injured anywhere else?" Qin Zunyue asked anxiously.
Liu Huaizhao shook his head, his face buried in Qin Zunyue's shoulder. His voice was a little muffled when it reached Qin Zunyue's ears, "It's the book. The book is in my arms."
Qin Zunyue paused. He was so focused on Liu Huaizhao's injury that he had completely forgotten about the book.
But he didn't want to ask Liu Huaizhao about what happened just now. After confirming that he was not injured anywhere else, he changed the subject and said, "Tell me about your senior brother."
Liu Huaizhao's voice was not loud, but they were too close, Qin Zunyue could clearly hear his voice and feel his breathing.
"My senior brother is more than ten years older than me. I was six when I became his disciple, and he had already come of age. He's very good, although a bit strict. But when I'm not fasting, he'll cook for me." At this point, Liu Huaizhao complained again, "Master always forgets that I need to eat, because all the other senior brothers and sisters are fasting."
Qin Zunyue chuckled and listened to him continue.
"Senior brother cried because we secretly went down the mountain to watch a play, and the play had a bad ending." Liu Huaizhao muttered about his senior brother. Qin Zunyue felt that the book on his back seemed to be getting hotter and hotter. He was about to put Liu Huaizhao down temporarily to see what was going on with the book, when he heard Liu Huaizhao groan. He was startled and hurriedly asked what was wrong.
"I can't remember. I can't remember where Senior Brother went. He didn't seem to go to Changhuai Mountain with us." Liu Huaizhao had a splitting headache and his voice trembled slightly.
Hearing that his mood was not right, Qin Zunyue immediately started talking about other things and began to ask him about the incident in which he and his junior sister secretly looked at the picture book.
Because of excessive blood loss, Liu Huaizhao was a little confused. Qin Zunyue easily changed the subject. The two chatted in low voices while Qin Zunyue carried him down the mountain.
When they drove back to the safe city, it was already dawn, and Qin Zunyue quickly sent people to the research institute.
There is an independent hospital in the institute, which is not large in scale. The patients there all have special circumstances, such as Liu Huaizhao and Tong Le.
After Liu Huaizhao was taken over by the doctor of the research institute, Qin Zunyue asked the staff member about Tong Le's location and rushed over immediately.
Qin Zunyue hasn't closed his eyes since he discovered the forest of corpses. He hasn't slept for almost two nights. After carrying someone down from the top of the mountain, Qin Zunyue felt that he was about to be exhausted.
The others were not much better off than him. Tong Le had already woken up and was looking at them through the window. Her wound was not serious, and the bleeding slowed down after she took the golden elixir, but it still could not stop completely. They were so worried that they could not rest.
Fortunately, thanks to Liu Huaizhao, they still had a few golden elixirs that had not been sent to the recycling site, and they could all be given to Tong Le.
After telling others about Liu Huaizhao's situation, everyone felt very heavy.
"When I took Liu Huaizhao away, I took a quick look at the person who stole the ancient books. He was not the same man in black who entered the safe city that day." Qin Zunyue said hoarsely: "That man in black... he had helpers."
Yan Ming was too busy to handle everything, so he could only send guards to find out the situation. After Qin Zunyue told him everything, he handed back the weapons he had not returned when entering the city, and then said to the others, "I'll go guard Liu Huaizhao. If there's anything wrong with Tong Le, come to me."
Liu Huaizhao has completed his physical examination. The doctor said that his bleeding has stopped and he only needs a blood transfusion. However, Liu Huaizhao's condition is special and the doctor is afraid that the blood transfusion may cause an immune rejection reaction, so he needs to be observed for a while.
Qin Zunyue looked at Liu Huaizhao lying on the hospital bed through the window. He had been changed into a hospital gown. He was used to seeing him look so ethereal in the long robe, but now seeing him lying alone on the hospital bed with a pale face, Qin Zunyue felt a little blocked in his heart.
After a while, Yan Liao came over and asked, "Is he still not awake?"
"No, why are you here? Is there something wrong with Lele?" Qin Zunyue asked worriedly.
Yan Liao shook his head, indicating that Tong Le was fine. "I just wanted to wait for him to wake up and ask him why he was able to stop bleeding."
According to Qin Zunyue, Liu Huaizhao's injury is much more serious than Tong Le's. If Liu Huaizhao can stop the bleeding, Tong Le can definitely do it too.
Neither of them was in the mood to talk, they just stared silently at Liu Huaizhao on the other side of the glass.
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