Chapter 218: Looking at her the way you do, it

Three hours passed, and even Jun Tianling's Spirit Power was more than half drained; Jiang Xun watched with his own eyes as the flesh and blood on Tu Nan's thigh grew back bit by bit, almost recovering to its original state.

But those few spiderweb-like cracks remained, and no matter how much effort was put in, they could not be repaired.

It was just like the lines left behind when a steamed bun is wrapped around a meat filling.

The wounds on her wrists and ankles were the same; she could move freely and there were almost no hidden injuries, but the scars still remained.

After also treating Tu Mo and Tu Qingtian, Jiang Xun knelt beside Tu Nan, placed her upper body on his knees, and tried his best to let her lie on a softer spot.

He then reached out to tidy her messy hair, and looking at such a miserable Tu Nan, Jiang Xun felt a pang of heartache and placed his hand on her face; it was ice-cold.

"Princess, do you know her?"

Seeing this, Shenmu Ling spoke from the side.

"We are both women, and both are subjects of Junlin; I am frustrated that I didn't come to save her sooner." Jiang Xun realized he had lost his composure and simply found a random excuse.

"No one could have foreseen such a thing, just like you, Princess... I thought you had already..." Shenmu Ling stopped mid-sentence.

"I escaped by sheer luck." Jiang Xun shook his head and chuckled: "What about you? What about the Shenmu Clan?"

"The Shenmu Clan, I am the only one left." Shenmu Ling sighed: "Over these years, I have been hiding everywhere using the aura of the Demon Race, but my strength is low, and I encounter Demonic Beasts everywhere; unable to find a way out, I have been trapped in the Northern Wasteland all this time."

"What are your plans for later?" Jiang Xun nodded and asked.

"Of course, I will follow you, Princess!" Shenmu Ling said immediately.

"You cannot bring her; I don't want any more women around me..." Jun Tianling said immediately; this is gynophobia, isn't it...

"I still have many things to do, and it is inconvenient to have you by my side." Hearing this, Jiang Xun also shook his head immediately: "How about this, after we get out, why don't you stay with them?"

Thinking of how Tu Qingtian had told him earlier that he could swap Spirit Roots, it must surely be because of Shenmu Ling; since that was the case, the Tianwu Sect would also be a good place for Shenmu Ling to go.

"I... will follow the Princess's arrangements." Shenmu Ling hesitated for a moment, then nodded.

"Are you unwilling?" Jiang Xun asked upon seeing this.

"I, the cultivation art I gave him, although powerful, requires the use of Dead Spirit Qi or the absorption of various negative emotions if one wishes to continuously improve their strength. This art might be very useful in the Northern Wasteland, but if taken out of the Northern Wasteland, he can only improve his strength by killing people. One can imagine that after they get out, they might, should, probably... not be very good people."

Shenmu Ling lowered her head and said.

"What they do is their choice; you just need to do your own part." Jiang Xun nodded and smiled.

"Yes." Hearing this, Shenmu Ling also nodded.

After a long silence, Jiang Xun reached out to gently stroke the scar on Tu Nan's thigh and sighed: "You have suffered..."

"You are..."

Tu Nan seemed to have recovered quite a bit; feeling the touch on her body, Tu Nan slowly opened her eyes and spoke while looking at Jiang Xun.

Before he fainted, he had seen Jiang Xun save them and knew that Jiang Xun had no hostility.

Because the cave was dim at this moment and Jiang Xun was wearing a black robe with a hood, Tu Nan did not know if this person was a man or a woman.

"You are awake." Hearing Tu Nan's voice, Jiang Xun lowered his head to meet Tu Nan's gaze, his tone involuntarily softening: "Do you want to drink some water?"

"Mm." Hearing that it was a woman's voice, Tu Nan felt much more at ease and nodded gently while lying securely on Jiang Xun's lap.

Jiang Xun then took out a water flask, helped Tu Nan straighten her body, and held the flask in front of her: "Your hands and feet can move now; would you like to try?"

Hearing this, Tu Nan tried it, and her hands could indeed move; she picked up the flask herself and drank a few mouthfuls of water, and after catching her breath, she looked down at her thigh.

Seeing that the flesh and blood had grown back, Tu Nan's eyes were full of shock, and she couldn't help but reach out to touch it lightly.

Only then did she feel the scar on it.

"The scar cannot be healed for the time being; I will find a way to make it recover to its original state in the future."

Jiang Xun said softly while looking at Tu Nan, who was stunned with her hand on her thigh.

"Being able to survive is already good enough." Tu Nan shook her head and smiled bitterly, then looked up at Tu Mo and Tu Qingtian: "My brother and younger brother, they..."

"Rest assured, their wounds have already been treated, and they will wake up soon." Jiang Xun said.

"I must thank you, Senior, for your help! Tu Nan..." Tu Nan said and was about to get up, but the pain in her body made her stagger and nearly fall; fortunately, Jiang Xun caught her.

"No need for more words; what you need now is to rest well. When you have fully recovered, I will take you out of the Northern Wasteland." Jiang Xun said while looking at Tu Nan.

"Tu Nan will never forget your great kindness, Senior! As long as there is something Tu Nan can do, Senior, please just give the order; Tu Nan will never refuse... although I... although with my strength, I might not be able to help you with anything, Senior, this life of mine will always be yours!"

Tu Nan felt very guilty when she said these words; yes, she was only at Foundation Establishment, what help could she be to a Saint?

But what else could she do? Besides this life, she had nothing else.

"Don't say so much; you must be hungry, right? I'll go find you something to eat." Jiang Xun shook his head and smiled, remembering that Tu Nan, being at Foundation Establishment, still needed to eat.

"Ugh..."

Unexpectedly, just as Jiang Xun finished speaking, Tu Nan began to retch.

Realizing she had lost her composure, Tu Nan hurriedly covered her mouth and walked to the side, limping; leaning against the wall, she retched again.

"Sorry, sorry Senior... I, now when I think of eating... ugh..."

Tu Nan couldn't control her retching; she vomited a drop of bile, her eyes red and watery from the discomfort.

"Sorry, it was my lack of consideration." Thinking of Tu Nan's ordeal, Jiang Xun also felt some regret for suggesting she eat.

With that kind of psychological trauma, Tu Nan would likely be unable to eat properly for a long time.

"Ugh..." Tu Nan just wanted to speak, but retched again.

"Looking truly miserable; will you two know each other in the future?" Jun Tianling couldn't help but sigh.

"To some extent, she can be considered my savior." Jiang Xun nodded helplessly and said.

"Savior? Then, if she hadn't saved you, you wouldn't be here today to save her, right? And vice versa; you two are quite interesting." Jun Tianling smiled.

"Fate is quite an interesting thing." Jiang Xun nodded in agreement.

"You like her." Jun Tianling continued.

"Ah?" Jiang Xun was stunned, then said: "What makes you say that?"

"The way you look at her, it's just that you like her; that's the same look Si Yuyan has when she looks at me."

"I, I'm not quite sure." Jiang Xun shook his head, thinking of the message Tu Nan had sent him; this silly woman, she must have experienced a lot after leaving the Northern Wasteland; she is almost completely different from the way she is now.