Chapter 2244 — Fleeing to Heal
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Sure enough, in the direction the Heaven-Rank Madman had pointed, Wei Zhao found a cave. Inside were some simple household vessels and the traces of a burnt-out fire—evidently this was where the Heaven-Rank Madman made his home!
Most likely, the Heaven-Rank Madman had come here after that parting to wait for his "disciple"—namely, "himself"—and today he must have sensed the true-qi fluctuations from the Grand Protector's lashes, and so come hurrying over.
"Are you all right?" Wei Zhao asked once he had set Sun Jingyan down.
"I'm fine. I only scraped my arm—a flesh wound, nothing more," Sun Jingyan said, shaking her head. "What about you? Are you badly hurt? If you can't manage, I... I can heal you!"
Sun Jingyan had struggled inwardly before speaking those words. She had so far cultivated only the first layer of the Sun family's heart art—which meant that if she went no further, she could heal only one person in her whole life. If she healed Wei Zhao, then it would be impossible for her ever to heal anyone else...
And what her relationship with Wei Zhao would be hereafter went without saying.
But Sun Jingyan saw how grievously Wei Zhao was hurt—far worse than the day before; his chest had been beaten concave by the Grand Protector. In her eyes, even if Wei Zhao could heal himself, with injuries this severe, could he truly pull through alone?
That was why Sun Jingyan made the offer.
"Ha... if you heal me, what happens after that?" Wei Zhao was taken aback for a moment at her words, then asked with a smile.
"I... I can't worry about afterward. I only don't want anything to happen to you!" Sun Jingyan said solemnly.
"Don't worry, it isn't that bad. I can handle it myself." Wei Zhao smiled. He had not expected Sun Jingyan to resolve to take such a step, and it comforted him greatly. It seemed this girl was loyal and true—his trip out with her had not been wasted.
"Mm... if you can't manage, you must tell me..." Sun Jingyan said, still rather uneasy as she looked at his injuries.
Wei Zhao nodded and said nothing more. He closed his eyes and set the second layer of the Xuanyuan Dragon-Taming Art in motion, swiftly repairing his injuries. He had to recover as quickly as he could; though he had a master of late-stage Heaven-Rank peak strength out there fighting on his behalf, Wei Zhao could never quite set his mind at ease.
This master of his was a little unreliable. If the old man fought halfway and then, for no reason at all, simply ran off, and the Grand Protector came looking, then he and Sun Jingyan would be in trouble again!
So the pressing matter was to heal his wounds first, then go and see whether his master had finished off that Grand Protector. If he had, then he could rest easy.
Sun Jingyan knew Wei Zhao was healing himself and dared not disturb him. She simply sat quietly to one side, carefully watching for any sign of movement from him.
When she saw Wei Zhao's face gradually take on a healthy flush, and the sunken ribs in his chest slowly visibly knitting back together, Sun Jingyan marveled at how wondrous he was—and at last breathed a sigh of relief!
Wei Zhao was actually more formidable than the Sun family's heart art? An injury this severe, recovered so easily? Did that not mean that so long as Wei Zhao had a breath left in him, he simply could not die? At the thought, Sun Jingyan was startled herself!
This was simply too powerful, wasn't it? She had known, more or less, of some of Wei Zhao's wondrous qualities before, but seeing them with her own eyes now, Sun Jingyan was still taken aback.
Half an hour later, Wei Zhao opened his eyes. The injuries on his body had healed completely...