Chapter 482: [ Encounter in the Woods (3) ]

Si Mulan sighed and muttered helplessly, a bashful expression appeared on her face. “I need to do this to bandage his wounds."

"Although he's eaten that medicine, his wounds still need to be cleaned."

“… …”

In order to avoid causing the man on the bed to wake up from the pain, she intentionally made her actions slightly more gentle.

The man on the bed briefly woke up when she had bent over to peel the parts of his clothes that she had torn apart. He opened his pair of hazy eyes and saw her sparkling and clear eyes single-mindedly examine his wounds.

Where… is this…

I’m… not dead yet?

It was difficult enough for the youth to barely open his eyes.

No, I’m… alive…?

His whole body was heavy and painful, especially his back. The pain on his back was excruciating.

Under such pain, his half-conscious self-felt a surprising sense of happiness. This was because he could still feel pain, which meant that at the very least, he was not disabled.

It appeared that he had been saved?

But where is this…?

Si Mulan didn’t notice the youth’s awakening and retrieved over ten jade bottles from her storage pouch. She hesitated briefly before reaching out both of his hands to pull open the youth’s clothes.

However, when her hand was about to make contact with his body, she finally noticed that the youth had apparently woken up. Those beautiful red slitted eyes carried a confusion and doubt as they stared intently at Si Mulan.

Beautiful like jewels...

“Uh… are you awake?” The youth’s sudden act of opening his eyes caused a startled Si Mulan to jump. Her face was extremely red from embarrassment and shame.

Fearing that he would be misunderstood and think of her as a shameless rogue, she quickly took a few steps back and lifted the small jade bottle in her hand as she explained, “I was only intending to treat your wounds. I mean no harm. This, this magic beasts, led me to find you—I, I didn’t…”

Si Mulan didn’t know what to say. “…A, anyway, s, since you were unconscious, I was planning to apply the medicine for you but now that you are awake, you can do it yourself.”

As Si Mulan desperately explained, she carefully placed the jade bottle beside him and once again took a few steps back.

The youth didn’t say anything and remained while staring at her.

Thus, Si Mulan found herself having a direct staring competition with him.

Si Mulan stared blankly for a while, wanting to find a hole to jump into.

What? Why do I feel as if I had done something wrong even though I just wanted to help out…!!?

What the heck is this…?

She didn’t know why, but she seemed to saw a faint sliver of amusement in the youth’s clear bright eyes.

This expression flashed for an instant but still did not escape from Si Mulan’s eyes.

Was—— Was this an expression that a dying man should have?

The youth’s lips turned into a beautiful gratified smile that even Si Mulan who already has some immunity was almost blinded by it. She hurriedly averted her gaze. What’s with the backlighting…? Does he have a halo…?

However, when he was about to apply for the medicine himself, he realized that his entire body was in a numb state. For some reason, whenever he wanted to move, he found himself unable to.

After a brief struggle, the youth slowly closed his eyes. He inwardly examined the situation of his body and ascertained that he had been saved. However, the only problem was—there was not even the slightest magic power in his body…

The youth’s eyebrows furrowed. His initial injury was no doubt extremely serious. Even with heaven-defying physiques and the [ Flawless Restoration ], he was merely one step away from death.

For a normal person, several days of unconsciousness would speed up the worsening of the injury.

A normal person might not even last a few hours.

It was probably because of drafting strength—Allen’s body actually entered a state of suspended animation to avert killing him.

Aside from his heart which was barely beating, all of his organs had already stopped working. He only managed to wake up now because of his [Lifeless Physique], giving him life even though his every organ stopped working. Even his [ Flawless Restoration ] was inactive due to the lack of mana—what’s the meaning of this?

After a careful examination of his body, he finally noticed the bit of mana flowing through him. However, this bit of mana was passing extremely slow that he had only managed to barely recover 2% of his magic power.

And this magic power wasn’t from the outside since his organ that was in charge of absorbing the magic power outside wasn’t working—it probably received a huge damage due to a massive inflow of magic power he had utilized at that moment—he was unable to replenish his magic power by his strength alone.

This is what would happen when two of ‘him’ would merge into one—his body was not capable of holding such power yet…

Qi…?

Isn’t this a Qi similar to those cultivators back in the mortal world cultivated…?

Ah! Now that I think about it, Qi, Chakra, and Mana are all a part of the same kind of energy with just a bit different. The magic power that was within the Qi separated the moment it entered his body and replenish a bit of his mana… so that’s how it was…!

Without sufficient magic power, his [ Flawless Restoration ] wouldn’t work, that means his body would also retain its suspended animation… this is bad…!

I can’t do much until I recover my magic power…!

If I can’t utilize magic power from outside—Chakra and Qi should do instead—!

But before that…

Si Mulan stood in a corner of the cave and watched that paralyzed mysterious youth with an innocent face. However, she did not show any intentions of stepping forward to help him. She just watched as he struggled to move his body—even still, although she was calm outside, she was actually startled inwardly. The youth’s body was already in a near fatal state.

With that kind of body, how is he able to remain conscious…?

This is definitely impossible! If she was in his shoes, she would have fainted, worst died long ago...!

But this unbelievable scene was playing before her.

He really did wake up.

I can’t believe this, although I had given him a Sixth Grade Medicine Pill but how can it works this fast—it would be possible if his wounds were just a stepped before near death condition but at this moment, his body should be just barely living…!

How is this possible for him to wake up as if it was nothing…?

After struggling for a little longer, the mysterious youth could only helplessly cease his futile struggle. He tilted his head and his alluring red slitted eyes glanced at Si Mulan who was standing in a corner. He stared at her with faint warmth.

She was incredibly beautiful. Her eyebrows are bent but unyielding.

Her eyes are full of innocence and have no trace of evil in them.

Graceful and slender, her appearance underneath the moonlight was like that of a celestial being.

Her face is like a beautiful flower with a sharp nose… She seems to be stubborn and proud, yet educated and well-balanced at the same time.

She looks soft from the outside but strong from the inside.

She looked cool, calm and very refined.

Her appearance was beyond ordinary in every aspect. She shouldn't be from a humble birth...

Her looks brought about a refined heroic elegance to her. She was observing him with a lowered gaze and the youth did the same thing by looking up to her.

Finally, he whispered, “Can you help me for a while?”

“Me?” Si Mulan lifted her head and stared at the mysterious youth.

She blinked her eyes, hesitating for a while before muttering softly, “I can help you… In any case, your beast had saved me from death so I owe it my life—and as its master, I owe you my life…” Her voice was sweet and pleasant to the ear but within it had a nobleness that could not be hidden, a possible result of her status.

“Is that so… Xinghong did?” The youth smiled as he glanced at the monster beast lying not far away from him, staring at him with worried eyes.

That’s right… you should have already guessed it correctly by now—this youth was none other than, Allen Bando!

And the monster beast was Xinghong, [ Fiendish Hell Beast ].

After explaining herself, Si Mulan finally walked towards him slowly. Her eyes once again swept across that handsome face. Letting out a dry cough, she extended his hand and gently pulled the chest portion of his clothes slightly apart.

Although she had already made her resolve when she finally reached this very moment, Si Mulan began to feel a little uneasy.

She had never done something like this before and she was certain that she would never do it again in the future! She shook her head helplessly as she lifted Allen from the bed and helped him sit up with his back facing her.

Watching the broad back from behind as well as the masculine smell coming from him, Si Mulan’s hand quivered slightly as she slowly stripped him of his upper garment. As she was removing his clothes, Si Mulan’s finger would occasionally touch the skin of the youth, causing her body to suddenly tighten.

She might be a princess from a large powerful family but when it came to man and woman matters, it looked like she was not as indifferent to it as she had claimed.

After peeling the last piece of his clothes, Si Mulan can finally see his naked body. Of course, this was only his back. As for the front… Si Mulan has yet to muster enough courage to look.

Although this time, despite her carefulness, however, she still took in a couple of cold breaths when she touched Allen’s skin directly. This was the very first time she had been so intimate with a man.

Looking at a naked upper body of a man she did not know caused the snow-white skinned female princess who has always treated as a sheltered princess from every people, to be gradually flooded by a pink layer. Her lovely body repeatedly shivered gently.

“I am going to wash the wound.” Taking a deep breath, she took out water and a towel from her pouch. She then took out some jade bottle she had took out previously and poured some pale green liquid on the water. After which, she slowly wiped away the bloodstains on his body.

She carefully washed his wounds. She squats down to rinse the towel and then started wiping the bloodstain with a slightly reddened face.