Chapter 803

Seeing Little Gray safe and sound, Hu Xiaotian was truly both surprised and delighted, not only pleased that Little Gray was safe, but Little Gray also carried a lot of luggage on his person, among which were many important items, including the Blood Cleansing Pill given by Liu Yucheng, and also the Hundred Herbs Return-to-Spring Pill given by Prince Yan.

Little Gray had always been alert; just now, upon sensing danger, it had already fled into the ravine first, but Little Black was not so fortunate, meeting a miserable death in the hands of Tuying Zhou Juetian.

Hu Xiaotian took the saddle off Little Gray's back, took out the medicine bottle hidden inside, first fed a Hundred Herbs Return-to-Spring Pill to Huo Shengnan, then gave her a Blood Cleansing Pill. After a while, Huo Shengnan indeed woke up leisurely, realizing she was lying in Hu Xiaotian's embrace, feeling a bit embarrassed, she softly said: 'We've escaped?'

Hu Xiaotian nodded. At this moment, Little Gray swam to the shore, drooping its ears, touching Little Black's corpse with its mouth; Little Black obviously would not wake again, Little Gray kept pacing around Little Black's corpse, heartbroken.

Huo Shengnan gazed into the distance, a feeling spontaneously arising in her heart: if it were she who died, she wondered whether Hu Xiaotian would be grieved; thinking of this, she then recalled the scene from earlier today of Little Gray lying on Little Black's body, her cheeks flushing, wondering what was wrong with her, to actually indulge in random thoughts. She wanted to sit up, but her chest suddenly felt a sharp pain; when shooting down the flying camel Feiluotuo Yang Jueti, he had used the black water and poison needles hidden in the camel's hump to scheme against her; although she luckily escaped the splashing of the black water, many poison needles still struck her chest.

Hu Xiaotian asked concernedly: 'What's wrong? Where does it hurt?'

Huo Shengnan shook her head and said: 'I'm fine, how about you?' Recalling how Hu Xiaotian had been stabbed in the shoulder by that dwarf with a dagger, and remembering that the Blackhearted Urchin Heixin Tongzi Xie Jue had claimed Hu Xiaotian had been poisoned with his Seven Steps Soul-Severing Poison, she couldn't help but worry.

Hu Xiaotian said: 'We must find a place to rest properly and meanwhile treat our wounds.' He looked around and said: 'Although this place is open, we cannot be sure it is not under those people's surveillance.'

Huo Shengnan said: 'Higher ground is safer.' She pointed to a huge rock in the center of the ravine.

Hu Xiaotian nodded; for now this is all we can do. The huge rock in the ravine is the highest point of this wide area; from atop the rock one can take in the whole surroundings: 'Can you walk?'

Huo Shengnan nodded; both of them were actually quite badly injured. Hu Xiaotian returned to Little Black's side, retrieved the pack from its body, patted Little Gray's head and whispered: 'Sorry, when we get back to Dakang I'll find you a better girl.'

Huo Shengnan felt her ears grow warm upon hearing this; why did Hu Xiaotian say such a thing? Did he know about the relationship between Little Gray and Little Black? She found herself increasingly fond of indulging in random thoughts.

The two mounted their horse and waded through the water to the huge rock at the center of the ravine; around the rock there was also a small patch of sand and stone, just enough to accommodate Little Gray's rest; the rock is about five zhang high, and Little Gray could not possibly climb up.

Hu Xiaotian stroked Little Gray's ears: 'Be good, rest here properly; if any bad people come, call me right away.' Little Gray seemed to understand his words, nodding repeatedly.

The night rain had ceased, but the moisture in the valley remained heavy. Hu Xiaotian looked up at the top of the huge stone: 'Can you climb up?'

Huo Shengnan spat: 'Looking down on people?' She had already climbed up; Huo Shengnan, being naturally strong-willed, certainly would not yield to Hu Xiaotian; in the past a height of five zhang would have been nothing to her, but her chest had been pierced by multiple poison needles from the Flying Camel Yang Jueti, and just moving a couple of steps tugged at the wound, causing her pain so severe that her hands slipped and her delicate body slid down.

Hu Xiaotian had long noticed Huo Shengnan's physical ailment. He grabbed her slender waist with one hand and two feet, using the Golden Spider Eight Steps to climb the near-vertical huge rock; after a short while he reached the top, first lifting Huo Shengnan up, then climbing up himself; sitting on the rock he saw the rushing waters of the ravine on both sides, and Little Gray curled up on the sand-and-stone beach that could just fit its body, not knowing whether it was asleep or pining for Little Black.

Hu Xiaotian looked around, confident that there was nothing abnormal within his sight, then let out a long breath; his clothes were already soaked from water, so he conveniently took off his upper garment. Seeing him start to take off his clothes again, Huo Shengnan panicked: 'What are you doing?'

Hu Xiaotian laughed: 'You think I'm an exhibitionist? I just want to treat my wound.' He had Huo Shengnan help clean his shoulder wound with liquor, then, using the moonlight that had just appeared, applied Mo Jade Regenerating Ointment to bind the wound; this Mo Jade Regenerating Ointment had been left to him by Sumitian, and thinking of Sumitian, Hu Xiaotian felt his heart warm—if this world's number one poison master were by his side, these assassins would naturally need no concern, I wonder where she went.

Huo Shengnan's chest pain was severe; after helping Hu Xiaotian treat his wound, her face was already pale from pain, her smooth forehead also covered with fine beads of sweat. She picked up the wine jug and gulped down several large mouthfuls of liquor, hoping to numb herself with alcohol to ease her chest pain.

Hu Xiaotian's gaze fell on her chest, and Huo Shengnan snapped: 'What are you looking at?'

Hu Xiaotian pointed at his own chest and asked: 'Are you injured here?'

Huo Shengnan was shy to speak, but she could not deny that the pain had become more intense than before; drinking alcohol seemed to bring no relief. After hesitating a moment, she finally said with difficulty: "The hunchbacked person shot black water and Poison Needles from his hump; the human-skin mask you gave me was destroyed, and a Poison Needle has entered my body."

Hu Xiaotian said: "Chest?"

Huo Shengnan said, unable to contain her shame: "You're asking on purpose!"

Hu Xiaotian said: "If you don't deal with the needle, it will travel along your qi and blood; if it enters your meridians, there will be no cure." Actually he was just talking nonsense, trying to scare her, but Hu Xiaotian meant no harm; he just wanted to help Huo Shengnan relieve her pain quickly. Although Huo Shengnan is a female general, she is still a traditional woman who values chastity greatly, especially a place as ** as her chest, which a man cannot casually see, especially now that she knows Hu Xiaotian is a fake eunuch.

Hu Xiaotian said: "I'll help you take it out."

Huo Shengnan said: "No!" She cried out, but this pulled her chest and caused pain; she bit her cherry lips, her beautiful brows knotted in agony.

Hu Xiaotian said: "Why not? I used to serve the princesses in the palace often; I've seen every part of them."

Huo Shengnan's pretty face flushed; she spat: "You're lewd!"

Hu Xiaotian said: "I'm a eunuch; doing this is only natural."

Huo Shengnan said: "You're not..." She blurted it out and immediately regretted it.

Hu Xiaotian said: "How do you know?"

Huo Shengnan was at a loss for words; she couldn't say she had personally touched and seen it, so she stammered: "You're definitely not a eunuch... a eunuch... how could a eunuch be as lecherous as you?"

Hu Xiaotian said: "I'm just a little lustful with my mouth; I'm actually quite a gentleman."

Huo Shengnan was made to laugh by his boasting, and she said softly: "You're nothing but a hypocrite!"

Hu Xiaotian said: "You have two choices before you: either you wait and miss the best time for treatment, letting the Poison Needle flow along your blood vessels into your meridians, into your lungs, then to your heart—you should know what it means to pierce the heart."

Huo Shengnan bit her lip and said: "You're deliberately scaring me."

Hu Xiaotian said: "It might not go in, but the needle is lodged this deep; if not removed, it will surely fester and rot, leaving hole after hole on your... that area—wouldn't that be horrible?"

Huo Shengnan covered her ears and said: "Don't say that; even hearing it makes me nauseous."

Hu Xiaotian said: "It's up to you to decide what to do; don't think I haven't seen the world—what background could the Zajia have? I've seen empresses, consorts, princesses." This guy's cheek is thick to the extreme, letting Huo Shengnan truly learn what it means to be unashamed and even proud.

Huo Shengnan said: "You're the most shameless eunuch I've ever seen."

Hu Xiaotian chuckled and said: "Selfless, that's right—if it weren't to save you, would I waste all this talk?" Suddenly he coughed twice and actually spat out a mouthful of fresh blood.

Seeing him spit blood, Huo Shengnan couldn't help but worry: "Don't talk; you must have internal injuries."

Hu Xiaotian said: "That big oaf really does have some strength."

Huo Shengnan suddenly grabbed the wine jug, tipped her head back and gulped down the whole jug with glug-glug sounds, then closed her eyes: "Come on!"

Hu Xiaotian was instead confused by her—how could she say "let's start" and start right away? She decided so quickly; truly a female general, decisive and swift. Hu Xiaotian reached his hand forward.

Huo Shengnan suddenly opened her eyes again: "Remember this, you must not tell a third person about tonight's events; if it gets out, I'll be the first to kill you." Having said that, she closed her eyes again.

Hu Xiaotian looked around, then hesitated for a long time before making a move.

Huo Shengnan felt both shy and tense; after waiting a while and noticing Hu Xiaotian still hadn't moved, she was about to ask when she heard him say: "Do you want me to help you take off your clothes too?"

Huo Shengnan opened her beautiful eyes and gave him a fierce glare. Hu Xiaotian said: "Then I'll do it myself! I've observed carefully, and within my line of sight there should be no enemies hiding." As he spoke, his hands fell on Huo Shengnan's waistband, and she said: "What are you doing?"

Take off your clothes!

Huo Shengnan said: "I'm not wounded down there..." Possibly because the wine had gone to her head, the more she spoke, the more embarrassed she became.

Hu Xiaotian said: "It's the style of your clothing that determines this; I have no other intentions."

Huo Shengnan snorted, then took off her outer garment herself, revealing her snow-white, delicate beautiful shoulders before Hu Xiaotian's eyes; his gaze fell on her ** shoulder, and he stared dumbfounded.

Huo Shengnan had already tightly closed her eyes, presenting a look of resignation to being slaughtered.

Hu Xiaotian went behind her to undo the three inner and three outer layers of her chest binding; once undone, Huo Shengnan's crystal-clear, jade-like chest sprang forth. Hu Xiaotian's eyes widened, he coughed once, and spat out a mouthful of old blood.

Morning shift: first send the First Update as a baseline, then ask for Monthly Tickets! Afternoon, back home I'll try to write a few extra chapters to repay the debt! I know I owe six updates! Once again I urge: Monthly Tickets can't stop! Lao Zhangyu's power relies entirely on it! (To be continued... If you like this work, welcome to come)

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