With a "bang", Zhao Yunxiang drove Dr. Yu out of the ward, quickly closed the door, locked Dr. Yu and Xiaoqing outside, and tightened the safety bolt behind the door.
Zhao Yunxiang slid down to the floor with her back against the door, tears blurring her eyes. Her Yuanyuan, her daughter, would be fine.
Zhao Yunxiang thought of this and quickly stood up and ran to the bedside to check on Zhou Yuanyuan. Despite the noise in the ward just now, Zhou Yuanyuan was still sleeping soundly with her eyes closed as usual, and her face was as rosy as ever.
Zhao Yunxiang wiped the tears from her face and reached out to hold the quilt for Zhou Yuanyuan.
In just three months, Zhao Yunxiang lost over 20 pounds, and her once well-proportioned figure suddenly looked bony. Every night before going to bed, Zhao Yunxiang firmly believed that her child would wake up the next day. Every morning after waking up, Zhao Yunxiang would experience the disappointment of Zhou Yuanyuan not waking up.
My child, please wake up quickly! Mommy misses you, and everyone in the family misses you too!
Zhao Yunxiang burst into tears.
Ten days ago, Zhou Xi came to Changle Town.
Changle Town is a small town in the south of the Yangtze River and is also the hometown of General Zhou and Zhou Xi.
Zhou Xi came to Changle Town in search of his master, Taoist Baopu. Zhou Yuanyuan remained unconscious, and Zhou Xi sought the help of Taoist Baopu. He knew that Taoist Baopu was a member of the Xuanmen sect, possessing unfathomable abilities. Given Zhou Yuanyuan's current condition, no one but Taoist Baopu could save her. If Taoist Baopu couldn't help, Zhou Xi would simply accept his fate.
Zhou Yuanyuan had set up a barrier for Zhou Xi and his friends in Cuiyuan Village, allowing Zhou Xi to see the shadow of the Xuanmen sect. Zhou Xi guessed that Zhou Yuanyuan must have been accepted as a disciple by a Xuanmen master, just like when he met the Taoist Baopu.
Zhou Xi never married in his life. He was loyal to General Zhou, and he also treated the descendants of generals like Zhou Yuanyuan as his own descendants.
This mission in Cuiyuan Village was the only one in all his years where Zhou Xi had come so close to death. Just hearing the black bear demon's roar was enough to terrify Zhou Xi and the other members of the special operations team. Furthermore, Zhou Xi had discovered not one, but two, powerful demons in Cuiyuan Village: a bear demon and a fox demon.
Zhou Yuanyuan's secrets included Hu Sanniang's affairs, and her cultivation of immortality. She didn't want anyone else to know either. When Zhou Xi mentioned the two powerful demons, she neither denied nor explained. She felt she had already dealt with the black bear demon, and Hu Sanniang's affairs were nothing to worry about. If she told Zhou Xi that the fox demon was her pet, she wouldn't be able to explain it even after three days and three nights.
And so, Zhou Xi misunderstood. Zhou Xi assumed that after Zhou Yuanyuan had driven them out of Cuiyuan Village, she must have gone off to hunt the demon alone. At the time, they had only heard the roar of a wounded demon; the other demon must have escaped. Because they were weak, Zhou Yuanyuan had lied to them, saying they were going into the mountains for fun. The Ten Thousand Mountains were incredibly dangerous, and with demons lurking everywhere, what was there to enjoy? Zhou Yuanyuan said this simply to save their faces.
Zhou Xi was unwilling to abandon Zhou Yuanyuan, so he asked several team members to return to Kyoto to report, and he stayed in Kanshan Town to wait for Zhou Yuanyuan to come out. As a result, a few days later, Zhou Yuanyuan appeared, but fell into a coma.
Zhou Xi assumed Zhou Yuanyuan had fainted from exhaustion from battling the monsters. Two monsters! Zhou Xi himself would have been forced to flee. Even if Zhou Yuanyuan was formidable, her age was still a factor. Zhou Xi didn't believe Zhou Yuanyuan could defeat two monsters on her own; a mutual loss was the best outcome.
After returning to Kyoto, Zhou Yuanyuan remained in a coma, which made Zhou Xi's guilt reach its peak.
Zhou Xi believed that Zhou Yuanyuan was acting this way because of him. If it weren't for helping their special operations team, Zhou Yuanyuan wouldn't have followed him to Cuiyuan Village. If Zhou Yuanyuan hadn't gone to Cuiyuan Village, their team might have been wiped out, but Zhou Yuanyuan definitely wouldn't have encountered those two powerful monsters, and the following events wouldn't have happened.
The appearance of monsters has caused instability in the surrounding environment. If they leave the Ten Thousand Mountains, the consequences will be disastrous.
Zhou Yuanyuan is in a coma, so we need to find a powerful person to treat her. And this person must be the Taoist Baopu. (Ahem... Actually, Zhou Xi only knows the Taoist Baopu, a powerful person, and he has no other choice.)
Zhou Xi once heard Taoist Baopu say that those who practiced Taoism belonged to the Xuanmen sect.
A Xuanmen cultivator, upon reaching a certain level of cultivation, possesses the power to overturn rivers and seas. Catching demons and ghosts is their forte.
Taoist Baopu had given Zhou Xi a jade pendant before he left. He had said that if Zhou Xi changed his mind and agreed to follow him to cultivate Taoism, he would take the jade pendant and send it to the Sanqing Temple, a hundred miles south of Changle Town.
Zhou Xi is waiting in Changle Town, and Taoist Baopu will contact him.
Zhou Xi didn't want to leave General Zhou, and had never thought of using the jade pendant over the years. Zhou Xi didn't want to join the Yushan Sect anymore, so he just wanted to ask for help from Taoist Baopu for Zhou Yuanyuan and the people of the world.
It has been ten days since Zhou Xi arrived in Changle Town, and there has been no news from Taoist Baopu.
Zhou Xi felt a little melancholy. He had thought that he would be able to see Taoist Baopu the day after the jade pendant was delivered to Sanqing Temple.
Today is Zhou Xi’s eleventh day in Changle Town.
Zhou Xi decided to wait three more days. If there was still no news from Baopu Taoist, he would not wait any longer. It was no wonder, after more than fifty years, Baopu Taoist might have forgotten about this matter. Before Zhou Xi arrived, he had come with the idea of trying his luck. Since Baopu Taoist didn't show up, Zhou Xi didn't plan to waste time in Changle Town. Kyoto was full of things to do, and without him, General Zhou often worked late into the night, which worried Zhou Xi.
General Zhou's old house in Changle Town was donated to the state years ago. Zhou Xi now lives in a small house he rebuilt two years ago. The house is small, a three-story red brick building with only three rooms on each floor. However, the small courtyard is very exquisite, with a well. Zhou Xi also planted a grape vine next to the well.
Most of the houses in Changle Town are one- or two-story mud houses. General Zhou planned to live in the small house after his retirement, so Zhou Xi put a lot of thought into its construction. It stands out from the crowd in Changle Town, especially the main door, which is made of thick steel.
Early in the morning, Zhou Xi walked out of the house and prepared to go for a walk on the street.
Changle Town has changed a lot over the years. More people are doing business on the streets, and the town's farmers' market is bustling with people every morning.
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