Chapter 296: Escape From Chang’an City
A wounded wolf generally does not return to the wolf den where the mother wolf raises the cubs, but instead finds a hidden place to silently lick its wounds. If it can endure, it will return to the wolf den later; if it cannot endure, it will just die outside.
Yun Ce was now like a wounded wolf.
He had actually been very careful, but He Junnian’s palm strike before leaving had made him disregard his injuries and mobilize all his strength to counterattack, only to be backlash by his own power, worsening his already severe injuries.
Internal breath slowly circulated in his body. Places that were once smooth were now narrow and difficult to pass, and with every bit of movement of the internal breath, the pain increased by a bit.
If Doggy were here, he would perform surgery to make his internal breath circulate more smoothly in his body. Now, with Doggy gone, Yun Ce could only rely on himself.
Huo Wudi squatted in front of Yun Ce, watching blood flow from his mouth and nostrils. She wanted very much to help, but did not know how to help him.
Later, Yun Ce’s mouth and nose stopped bleeding, but his breathing became weak, and later it seemed like he had no breathing at all.
She plucked a tuft of fur from the bear skin cloak and placed it at Yun Ce’s mouth and nose. Seeing the bear fur trembling slightly, Huo Wudi finally relaxed a little.
What she did not know was that Yun Ce was in so much pain he could not bear it, so he had actively entered meditation mode, separating his spirit from his body.
Many people say that the human body is a treasure trove, and it is because we ourselves are not up to par, with insufficient development of this body, that it shows this weakling appearance.
1 Speaking of which, this has a great deal to do with the development of science. The more advanced science becomes, the weaker the human body becomes.
1 In the bow and arrow era, when wild beasts roamed, ever since firearms appeared, even the fiercest wild beasts became meals on human plates.
1 This made people think that as long as the body is healthy, there is no need for further exploration.
1 Just as Yun Ce severed the connection between his spirit and body, E Ji was quietly sitting in the Changsha King’s Mansion holding Yun Shuo, with Zhang Min sitting opposite her, also holding Yun Tui.
1 Zhang Min placed Yun Tui in E Ji’s arms and said, “Black Feathered Eagle hasn’t found him. I need to go look for him.”
1 E Ji shook her head and said, “If you don’t come back, I can’t handle the huge affairs of Yun Clan Villa alone.”
1 Zhang Min said with tears, “He is injured, very seriously injured.”
1 E Ji said expressionlessly, “Then wait for him to come back. Husband said he won’t die.”
1 Zhang Min said angrily, “What if he doesn’t come back?”
1 E Ji said angrily as well, “Then keep waiting.”
2 “Wait until when?”
2 “Until death. Zhang Min, Husband was so close just now but refused to come in, so there must be his reasons. All we can do now is wait for him and raise the child well, without causing him trouble.”
2 The High Priest was already injured, and just now he forcibly fought again. Now he sits motionless beside the ancestral fire. You saw Wu Tong’s injuries too—whether he lives depends on heaven.
2 Since Husband was able to escape, it means his injuries are not that serious.
2 Now, Chang’an City is in chaos, with killing fields everywhere. Just look at those twelve experts lying outside to know that with your skills, if you go out, you won’t even know how you die.
2 Outside is men’s fighting arena. All we can do is wait.
2 As the two wives spoke in the courtyard, Lei Ming packed a bundle for himself, slung it on his back, and said to An Ji, who had been following him, “I’m going to find Lord.”
2 An Ji nodded and said, “Be careful.”
2 Lei Ming jumped onto the high wall, came to the steps outside Dragon God Hall, glanced at the corpses lying scattered about, carefully went around over them, and quickly descended the long steps.
2 Yun Ce’s consciousness kept sinking downward. Only at this moment did he realize that blackness also had levels. The black he knew before was not true black, and the light he knew before was not true light. Even standing in the light, he still felt this world was black.
3 This sinking was deeper than the last time. Although this depth was Yun Ce’s own assessment, he felt he had sunk long enough and deep enough.
3 When he looked up, there was only a point of light in the sky. He wanted to rise, and his body began to rise, light as a feather.
3 The light spot gradually grew larger, finally becoming a round wellhead. A young girl with a filthy face was lying at the wellhead looking down.
3 Yun Ce casually pushed away that filthy face, then opened his eyes.
3 Huo Wudi was pushed staggering by Yun Ce. Just now she had pried open Yun Ce’s eyelids to see if his eyes would move, and as a result, Yun Ce had pushed her down.
3 “How long has it been?”
3 Hearing his own dry, hoarse voice, Yun Ce was stunned. He felt his earlier sinking had been just an instant.
3 “Five days!”
3 Huo Wudi stood steady again, picked up a broken bowl to feed Yun Ce water, but was blocked by him.
3 “Clean water, rainwater, specially collected for you.”
4 Seeing the little girl anxious, Yun Ce drank all the water from the broken bowl. Chang’an rainwater had no taste; besides being ice-cold and thirst-quenching, it had no other benefits.
4 After drinking some water, Yun Ce inwardly examined his body again. After seeing it, he could not help sighing. It was still so terrible, but fortunately, his internal breath had forged a path through his body on its own and was now freely shuttling through the channel.
4 He reached out and grabbed a half-burned piece of firewood, exerted force with his hand, and the firewood collapsed inward in his hand. With a little more force, the firewood in his hand turned into fragments.
4 Luckily, this body still had at least a thousand jin of strength, though his five viscera and six bowels were not in their original positions. There was still some residual blood in his lungs, making him always want to cough, and a piece was clearly missing from his liver, with fragments still in his stomach—a harm that had to be removed.
4 Huo Wudi watched as Yun Ce pulled out a snow-bright knife for self-harm. She did not dare ask, just sat obediently to the side, continuing to watch Yun Ce cut open his own flesh, remove quite a bit of black dregs from inside, then sew it up himself with a needle.
4 “I just saw a pink thing in the wound. What was that?”
4 “My liver.”
4 “Why did you cut open your own belly just to look at your liver?”
4 “No, my liver was shattered by someone’s palm strike. Some fragments fell into my stomach and had to be removed.”
4 “You, someone so powerful, can have your liver shattered by a single palm strike?”
5 “I think I’m pretty powerful too, but there are always some people in this world more powerful than me.”
5 “Can my dad beat you?”
5 Yun Ce thought for a moment and said, “Your dad should be one of the most powerful people in the world.”
5 “So, you can’t beat my dad, right?”
5 “Probably can’t.”
5 “You’re more powerful than my mom, right?”
5 “Absolutely. Someone like your mom, I could kill with one palm strike.”
5 “How about we go find my dad? Once we see him, have him go slap to death the one who injured you, so you don’t keep getting beaten.”
5 Yun Ce shook his head. “I’m badly injured. Not suitable to run around right now.”
5 Huo Wudi said, “The place we’re staying now is not safe. People have already searched here these past few days. If not for your horse leading them away, they would have found this cave. Even so, it won’t be safe here much longer.”
6 Yun Ce looked at Huo Wudi’s now filthy clothes and little face again. The little girl must have had a very hard time these past few days.
6 “Alright, we’ll rest one more day, then leave here.”
6 With that, while the little girl went to the iron gate to check the outside movement, Yun Ce took some dry rations from the Dragon Pearl, quickly ate some, drank quite a bit of water, then supported himself with his hands on the ground and stood on his head upside down. No matter what, he had to get his five viscera and six bowels back to their original positions within one day.
6 When the little girl told him one day had passed, Yun Ce regretfully put down his feet and stood up straight and steady. He thought since he had experienced displaced viscera before, this time it would be very easy, but without Doggy’s help, this was extremely difficult. One day only recovered a little.
6 Standing under the sky again, Yun Ce’s bones crackled all over. His energy recovered somewhat. He gave a silent whistle, and in a moment, the red date horse jumped over from the other side of the broken wall. Seeing Yun Ce, it lowered its body. Once Yun Ce and Huo Wudi mounted, it jumped over the wall again and fled in panic.
6 Behind the wall, hoofbeats rumbled. Clearly, quite a few were chasing the red date horse.
6 “Gua—”
6 A strange bird cry came from the sky. Yun Ce looked up and saw Black Feathered Eagle diving down from the sky. He shifted his body forward a bit to leave enough space for it to land.
6 The red date horse galloped wildly through Chang’an City. Soon, a large group of cavalrymen followed behind. Yun Ce stuffed a written note into the metal tube under Black Feathered Eagle’s neck, stroked its head, and Black Feathered Eagle flew off again flapping its wings.
6 After the red date horse shook off the pursuers again, Yun Ce found they had actually arrived back at that two-story small building.
7 This place had seen fierce battle. The already not very sturdy small building had now completely collapsed, and the small courtyard was covered in bloodstains everywhere.
7 Looking at the knife marks on the walls, a few should have been made by Zheng Tianshou, cutting three inches into the walls.
7 “Lord!”
7 A young man’s figure jumped out from the ruins. In the next moment, he stepped on a broken pillar and arrived in front of Yun Ce.
7 Seeing Lei Ming, Yun Ce was still very happy, but he said to him, “Quickly return to Dragon God Hall. I’ve already sent word to the wife. After you go back, if there’s an opportunity to leave, do so quickly.”
7 “Now, this cleanup in Chang’an should be nearing its end. We need to quickly return to Yun Clan Villa. Gui Fang people’s great army should be coming down soon.”
7 Lei Ming grabbed the reins of the red date horse and said, “Lord, the wife ordered me to follow you.”
7 Yun Ce patted Lei Ming’s head and said, “The wife wouldn’t say that.”
7 Lei Ming shook his head and said, “I know the wife desperately wants to come find you, but with the young master in her arms, she can’t go anywhere, so I came to find Lord. This must be what the wife wants most to see.”
