Chapter 68 - 68 - Cold

Yukiya and Long started their vigorous search for Raijin. Meanwhile, a day far from them, Xia Che was going through a major crisis.

He sat still on a log and admired the embers of the campfire. The spring wind blew softly over him, sweeping the dry leaves nearby in the flame.

The wood crackled.

But none of these registered in Xia Che's brain, as his ears were currently plugged with a piece of cloth. His poor ears were on the verge of bleeding.

"Achoo," Xia sneezed.

Wiping his nose, he glanced up at the two people who were currently making a huge racket in the middle of the night.

It was the two troublemakers, Long Aotian and Princess Felia.

They both were fighting for who made the biggest fire.

"No, I started the fire first. Xia come sit here, mine is warmer," Felia said.

"NO! Look at mine, it is bigger than yours. Xia, come here, I'll keep you warm," Long Aotian said.

Sniffing, Xia watched them both fight. He didn't want to go to either of them. Both of them were acting like immature children. Since the moment Princess Felia joined their travel, even Little Long's IQ had degraded.

"No 'Sniff' I'm good here," Xia said, hugging his knees closer.

His aching head could not handle their screams. 'Dear god, please end this misery,' he thought with a sigh.

The cold breeze made his body shiver. He really missed his old clothes his mother had prepared. He hugged his shivering legs and closed his eyes.

Suddenly, his entire body was enveloped in warmth.

He slowly opened his eyes to find a warm coat was draped over him.

"You should really come close to the fire. You can't handle the cold well, yeah?" Little Long whispered. The little snake hugged him closer.

"Hmm, I'm fine now," Xia whispered with a smile.

Long lifted him in his arms and took him to the campfire.

"Xia.. Are you okay?" Felia whispered with some hesitation.

"Hmm, I'm fine, 'Achoo'" Xia sniffed and wiped his nose with his sleeve.

The little snake placed his warm palm on his forehead and frowned. "Xia, you're burning up," he said.

"I'm fine, I get sick during seasonal change, don't worry ill get better with just a night's sleep," Xia whispered in a hoarse voice.

Long Aotian held his lover. 'We didn't buy cold medicine,' he thought with a frown. He didn't anticipate this event. Cultivators usually never get sick, so he was very confused as to why his lover gets sick.

Felia frowned as well. She usually carried all the medicines needed, but after months of travel she forgot to restock them.

She shuffled through her things in her space ring, but she couldn't find anything useful.

Her maid walked up to her and whispered, "Princess, you can give the minx coat to young master. It works as a great insulator,"

"Yes!! Why didn't I think of that!" she slapped her forehead. Taking the coat out of the ring she ran over to Xia.

"Xia, I know you hate this, but this will really help keep you warm," she whispered and draped it over his shivering shoulders.

Long gazed at her, but he didn't stop her. 'I need to get him more warm,' he thought, hugging his shivering lover.

The spiritual energy in his body surged and flowed out as a warm red light. Long made it flow through his lover's body as well.

Meanwhile, Princess Felia searched her ring again. She pulled out another fur coat and wrapped him in it.

"Princess, you also have pine silk, even that can help regulate body temperature," the maid whispered.

"Yeah!!" Felia exclaimed and brought out the pine silk coat. She wrapped that also around Xia che.

In the end, Xia Che looked like an over-sized fur ball dressed in silk.

"Achoo." He sniffed and tucked his head inside the warm cocoon.

Peeping out, he gazed at the three worried look aimed at him. His lips perked up a little. 'It feels good to be cared for.' He thought.

The ten years and six months without Yukiya was the loneliest he had felt in his two thousand years of his life. But... But Little Long came to him like a gift.

After that they travelled to wonderful places, met wonderful people.

He gazed at the worried-looking princess and thought. 'And I even made friends,'

'Mommy Yukiya, I feel.... very happy after a long time. I wish you were here,' he thought and went to a deep slumber.

The fire flickered and swayed. "I'll get some fire wood," Felia said.

"Princess, wait I can do that," her maid shouted, but the princesses figure long vanished into the darkness.

"Don't! Wait for her to return. She is stronger than you think,' Long said to the anxious maid.

He gazed at his lover sleeping adorably in his arms. He softly caressed his face and kissed his little forehead. "Get well soon, Xia," he whispered.

The maid saw this and softly gasped. 'They are in a.... in a relationship!!!'