Chapter 18

Translator: Tuiwen  Editor: Tuiwen

When Shen Ling heard the little child’s words, he hesitated.

At that moment, Yang Jian turned to look at him and asked, “Young Master Shen, please how far is this place from Qi Hua City?”

Shen Ling answered quickly, “Well, more than three kilometers…”

“Three kilometers?”

A trace of disappointment flashed across Mr. Yang’s face as he lowered his head. “I’m afraid Yun’er won’t be able to make it by the time we get there.”

Shen Ling thought for a moment and asked, “Mr. Yang, can I take a look at her injury?”

Mr. Yang looked at him and nodded in agreement. “Of course. Please come on in.”

Shen Ling climbed into the carriage.

By the time he got in, he saw her lying on the bed with a long arrow on her back.

Her clothes had been dyed red by the excess blood oozing out of her body and there were even some on the floor of the carriage.

Since she had already lost this much blood, it would be very difficult for her to last till she reached the city.

Damn!

A younger girl looked at her father and asked in a daze, “Father, is my sister going to die?”

Mr. Yang put his hand on her head in a bid to pet her. He didn’t say a word in reply.

A little child did not know what death meant…

Children would always fearlessly voice their thoughts and emotions.

Since Mr. Yang didn’t say anything, the little girl seemed to have understood.

Tears began to stream down her cheeks. With her little mouth pouted, she said, “I don’t want my sister to die. Father, please save her.”

Mr. Yang bent down slowly and hugged his little daughter and spoke in a deep voice, “Don’t cry. Father would have loved to save your sister, but this is something I can’t do.”

Although he spoke calmly, there was a hint of sadness in his eyes.

As a man who had gone through a lot in his lifetime, he initially thought that there was nothing in this world that could weaken him.

But right now, he realized that he was not as strong as he had imagined, neither was he less caring.

He went back in time and started remembering every detail of his eldest daughter’s growth.

His face showed that he was in deep pain.

As Shen Ling watched both of them grieve, he didn’t want to disturb the atmosphere they were in.

But the Yun’er didn’t seem like someone who would be able to hold on for long. Her life was already in grave danger.

Immediately, Shen Ling asked, “Mr. Yang, do you mind taking a risk?”

“Taking a risk?”

Unknowingly, Mr. Yang’s eyes turned red as he looked at Shen Ling. He was somewhat at a loss as he didn’t understand Shen Ling’s question.

Shen Ling nodded calmly. “Well, I want to pull out the arrow on her back in exchange for a slim chance of survival.”

“Are you confident this will work?”

Mr. Yang looked at him and asked. However, before Shen Ling could reply, Mr. Yang spoke again, “Then, I’ll have to trouble Young Master Shen. I will forever be indebted to you.”

As he spoke, Mr. Yang knelt and bowed to Shen Ling.

This shocked Shen Ling.

However, when he saw Mr. Yang bringing his other children out of the carriage, his expression became serious.

To be honest, he didn’t have much confidence in himself.

With this, he took a deep breath.

Shen Ling looked at the girl whose facial expression was unusually calm, but as white as a sheet. He said to her softly, “Please excuse me, Miss.”

“Hmm…” The girl replied softly. Her lips were also pale.

Looking at her, he took off the clothes on her back which revealed her smooth shoulders.

Removing Yun’er’s clothes that were in the way, Shen Ling pressed one hand on her body and grabbed the arrow on her back with the other hand.

“This is gonna hurt. Bear with it.”

Shen Ling hesitated for a moment and suddenly pulled the arrow out of her body.

“Ah!”

The girl let out a piercing scream.

At this time, Shen Ling’s expression was still solemn as he threw the bloody arrow out of the window. Immediately, he placed both of his palms on her back.

Two balls of light flickered in his hands and an endless stream of immortal power was injected into the girl’s body.

Repair!

The immortal power that had already entered the fourth level had the characteristics of life and his proposal was based on this.

But then, this was the first time he had injected the inner strength of the Longevity Skill into a person’s body.

In all honesty, he also didn’t know how efficient it was.

“It’s very effective,” he said softly.

A minute passed.

He couldn’t help smiling when he saw that the blood had gradually stopped spurting out.

However, he couldn’t stop at this moment. He had to wait for the injury to heal completely.

The inner strength of the Longevity Skill was still being injected into her body and Shen Ling became a little nervous.

After a while, her wound healed up completely.

He looked at her once again and saw that her back was as smooth as jade. He removed his hand slowly and quickly turned his head away.

“Thank you.”

She thanked Shen Ling as she put on her clothes. Her face was redder than an apple.

She didn’t expect that he would successfully pull her back from the gates of Hell.

What worried her right now was that he had seen her naked.

Her mood became disoriented. At the same time, Shen Ling was also feeling extremely awkward.

He didn’t have any intention of taking advantage of her, but her dress was causing a hindrance when he tried to save her.

“It’s quite fair.”

As he looked at her, Shen Ling, who originally had the intention to apologize, felt his mind go blank all of a sudden.

“No no no…”

He explained quickly, “I meant the dress.”

Immediately he said that, Shen Ling looked at the pale yellow dress she had on and wished he could give himself a resounding slap.

“I’ll go down first then.”

He knew that he could no longer make things right, so he had to jump off the carriage, leaving her alone.

“Young Master Shen, how is Yun’er?”

Mr. Yang asked when he saw Shen Ling getting off the carriage. He looked excited.

He heard his daughter’s piercing scream, and at that moment, he could not hide how he felt.

Shen Ling looked at him and said calmly, “She’s fine now. She’ll feel better after eating some nourishing food.”

“Really?”

Mr. Yang was stunned. “Doesn’t she need to see a doctor?”

When Shen Ling heard this, he smiled and said, “When we return to the city, it will be good to see a doctor to know if there are any other complications.”

Mr. Yang looked at him in surprise. Before he could say anything else, he saw his daughter walk out of the carriage.

“Yun’er, are you alright?”

Mr. Yang asked his daughter excitedly as he held her by the side.

His other children also surrounded her asking a series of questions.

“I’m alright, Father.”

Yun’er touched her back. The whole scenario felt so unreal when she thought about it.

Obviously, she had been hit by an arrow and she had also lost so much blood.

But right now, she couldn’t feel the wound, not even a scar and it didn’t hurt at all.

“Thank you so much, Young Master Shen.”

Yun’er said slowly. She was no longer as nervous as she had been when she was in the carriage.

Shen Ling looked at her with a smile and said, “There’s no need to thank me. I’m just glad to see that you’re okay.”

After he spoke, Shen Ling asked again, “By the way, I haven’t asked Mr. Yang whether we should go to Qi Hua City to rest for a while or just go straight to the village.”

“Let’s head straight to the village,” Mr. Yang said as he lowered his head. “I don’t know anyone here.”

“Alright then, I’ll lead the way,” Shen Ling said as he jumped on his horse.

They didn’t bother going through Qi Hua City. Instead, they followed Shen Ling as he maneuvered the road before they arrived at the sharecropping village.

“It’s very quiet here and there are no outsiders. Also, no one will disturb you.” When they arrived, Shen Ling said slowly, “If there’s anything you need, you can ask the village chief to inform me.”

Mr. Yang nodded. “Alright, thank you, Young Master Shen. Also, thank Miss Qin on my behalf.”

Shen Ling smiled.. “You’re welcome.”