Chapter 78: I made a mistake. Guo Luo wiped Yao Jun's entire face three times before she noticed that he had finally stopped sweating. She threw the strip of cloth into the bucket of water and put the bucket to the side. She placed her head on Yao Jun's chest, making sure that he was breathing properly. His breathing was a bit shallow, but she assumed that it was acceptable. She had no experience with things like this, so she could only do what she assumed was correct. Just as Guo Luo was wondering about what she had to do next, there was a knock at the door. Guo Luo's head was currently occupied with thoughts about what she could do for Yao Jun, so she did not think too much about it, walking up to the door and opening it. Outside the door stood two burly men clad in thick leather armor that showed off their muscular and hairy chests, they both carried a sword and a bow on their back. One of the men was completely bald, three large scars going from one side of his face to the other., looking like a Demonic beast had scratched across his face. The scars went over his right eye, so there was a large gash where his right eye should be. The other man had black hair that reached down to his shoulders. The hair was unkempt and unruly, hanging down over his face and covering most of his eyes, but one could still see that he had very powerful features, like they were carved by a knife. Guo Luo could sense that the two of them were not yet at the 1st Mortal Earth. “We are sorry to disturb you miss, I am Zhou San, this is my brother Zhou She. We know that this might sound very rude, but we would like to take a look at the young man you brought with you.” Contrary to their looks, they spoke very politely. The bald man with the three scars was the one who talked, giving Guo Luo a short bow as he introduced himself. The other man looked over Guo Luo and into the room, trying to get a good look at Yao Jun. They came from a sect that was located a few days travel away from this town, but since they had been out traveling when the commotion with the massive Demonic beast occurred, they just so happened to be nearby. They had some suspicions about Yao Jun's identity, but they could not be sure, so they wanted to get a close look first. The were being polite just in case it turned out that they had been wrong. They also slightly pitied Guo Luo. They had seen how she looked when she carried Yao Jun into town, covered in small wounds and dirt. “Look at him? I'm sorry, but he is very ill right now and I don't want anyone to get close to him.” Guo Luo hurriedly shook her head as she spoke, her heart quickly sinking in her chest as she spoke. She made a mistake. In her panic, she had completely forgotten how Yao Jun had told her to find a safe place to hide and to trust no one. Yet despite that, she had brought his unconscious body into a crowded city. She had forgotten that there might be people looking for them after what they did in Ash Barrens City, people that were looking to hurt Yao Jun. She could not help but curse herself. She had brought him into this city. If anything happened to him, it would be her fault, she would have been the one to hurt him. “Please miss, we must look at him, I hope you understand.” The bald man shook his head as he spoke. After he finished his words, he grabbed Guo Luo by the shoulders and pushed her aside, allowing him and his brother to enter the room. Seeing the two men enter the room, Guo Luo almost panicked again. Forcing herself to calm down, she quickly acted. Before the two men managed to get close enough to the bed to see Yao Jun, she covered his body in one of her illusions, altering his appearance. She did not alter his appearance too much, only enough to make him look like a different person that shared some similarities with Yao Jun. “Seems like it is not him. I am very sorry for the disturbance miss, I hope you can forgive us.” The two men walked up to the bed and closely examined Yao Jun, especially his face. After a short moment, they both sighed and shook their heads, seemed like they had been wrong. The bald man turned to Guo Luo and gave her a bow as he apologized, before the two brothers left the room. “Im sorry Jun'er, I almost hurt you. I promise I won't let it happen again.” Seeing the two men leave, Guo Luo heaved a sigh of relief, quickly running up and closing the door. After she closed the door, she returned to Yao Jun's side and gently stroked his face as she spoke. How could she forgive herself if she allowed Yao Jun to get hurt? She quickly made up her mind. This town was not a good place to bring Yao Jun, it had been a mistake to even think about bringing him here in the first place. She picked up Yao Jun and placed him on her back once more, before she headed to the only window in the room. She opened the window, and making sure that there was no one nearby, she jumped down. She was already at the 1st Mortal Earth, coupled with the fact that it was only the second floor, she could easily jump down without hurting herself, even with Yao Jun on her back. After she jumped down from the window, she quickly moved towards the exit of the town. Since the town was not a safe place, she would have to find a cave or a tall enough tree where she could securely keep Yao Jun. But Guo Luo still made one mistake in her haste, she left the inn too quickly. When she jumped down from the window, the two brothers who had just talked to her were just leaving the inn, allowing them to see her heading towards the exit of the town at a quick pace. “Miss?” The bald man shouted after her when he saw her leave, but Guo Luo only sped up when she heard his voice, almost breaking into a full sprint. Seeing this, the two brothers would obviously get suspicious, so they threw away the caution they had at the start and chased after her. “Miss, please wait! That man is not a good person, you should hand him to us, it is not safe to be with him!” When Guo Luo started sprinting, she could no longer keep up the illusion covering Yao Jun's body, allowing the two men to get a better look at him. They could only see him from the side, but they were sure that the person they were seeing now was the same person that had killed their sect teacher. The bald man shouted out as they started running after her, trying to warn her about the person she was traveling with. “No! I won't let you have him!” How could Guo Luo not know what kind of person Yao Jun was? The whole world could tell her that it was not safe to be with him, but she would still choose to stay with him.

She did not want to just stay with him, following behind him and comforting him when he made mistakes. She wanted to be next to him, to carry the same burdens that he bore, to fight the enemies that he fought. If he were to almost make a mistake, she wanted to be there next to him, preventing him from making the mistake. Seeing that she was not going to listen to them, the bald man shook his head and signaled his brother. The other man pulled drew the bow he had on his back and nocked an arrow. He quickly and naturally took aim as he ran, showing that he had done this many times before, and let loose and arrow. Guo Luo could hear the sound of the arrow approaching from behind. She did not hesitate, quickly moving Yao Jun's unconscious body from her back and to her front, carrying him in a princess carry as she moved her body sideways to dodge the arrow. She did not manage to completely dodge the arrow, so it sank into her right shoulder, the pain almost causing her to drop Yao Jun. She bit down on her lips to prevent herself from dropping Yao Jun, biting down hard enough to draw blood. “Don't worry Jun'er, you brought me away from the Guo clan and protected me, even helping me train my body and mind to allow me to be more assertive and eventually stand on my own two feet. Just sleep peacefully and let me protect you, I will not let anyone hurt you.” Guo Luo whispered to Yao Jun as she ran into the forest, warm blood dripping down her back from her shoulder.