"He has revived." Xio Lee exclaimed in excitement. Every body arround breathed a sigh of relief, hearing the baby"s cry.
"Yes. But he is weak! Let the poison come out completely." The old teacher placed the baby in Xio Lee"s arms.
As soon as Xio Lee carried him, in his arms, the baby opened his green eyes and vomitted on him.
"Ohhhhhhh." Xio Lee cried in disgust as the baby"s vomit fell on his arms.
The old teacher smiled and patted Xio Lee. "Give him few drops of this now and then after every two hours." He handed over a bottle of a red colored liquid herb.
After the baby vomited again, twice, Xio Lee cleaned himself and the baby. He feeded him a few drops of the herb and the baby slept peacefully. His body color was now less pale. He then wrapped him in a red cloth and quickly took him out of the monastery.
He stepped outside in the dense forest and plucked a large leaf from the nearby banana tree. He placed the leaf on the gra.s.s and then carefully placed the peacefully sleeping baby on top of it.
"You all have saved him. He is fine now. You can have a look."
Various animals had already surrounded the monastery when Xio Lee carried the baby inside.
Suddenly, a pair of two gigantic imperial gaurdian* lions appeared out of the dense forest. All the other animals made the way for the two. Xio Lee glanced at the two royal guardians of the monastery and bowed in respect.
The female lion, stopped mid-way, while the male lion continued walking towards Xio Lee.
Xio Lee was still bending down and then he took a few steps back in reverence.
The lion roared loudly in response, its echo travelling to far ends of the woods. It walked further ahead and halted close to Rhehan. He sniffed the little baby for a few seconds and then looked at Xio Lee, roaring loudly again.
Suddenly, the lion turned away and left with the female lion, back into the deep woods.
Xio Lee heaved a sigh of relief and smiled looking at Rhehan who wa.s.sleeping peacefully. "Welcome to the magical world you lucky boy. You have been approved!"
All other animals slowly hovered over the little baby, sniffing him carefully, taking their turns.
Xio Lee looked at the scene in happiness, remembering the first time he had entered this jungle. He was just six years old, when his old teacher rescued him. He was badly bruised from being beaten by a shopkeeper for stealing bread from his bakery! He ran and ran, untill he got lost in the jungle. The old teacher saw him and gave him shelter in the monastery.
He was his old master"s only student, trained by him, in kung-fu. He was introduced to a magical world of medicine, using natural herbs. Now after nine years, he was competent enough to take down hundered people all alone. The herbs taken by him from past nine years, in his body, had almost made him immortal. He could not be easily wounded or injured. His body was now as hard as iron!
But, he was happy living in the monastery and hated going back to the city. He would often go back to the main city, but would return in a few days. The jungle was a peaceful and mystical world in itself. He had grown up playing with the wild animals, who always guarded the jungle, monastery and it"s people. The animals themselves chose who could be a part of this mystical world and only a few selected people were not chasen away!
He smiled and looked again at Rhehan. He was the choosen one!
Imperial guardian lions- The ancient, royal chinese lions, known for protecting their area and it"s people from all sorts of threat or negative energy. Their statues can commonly be seen in China. Also known as "Fu Dogs" or "Fu Lion".
Heyy guys! Just wanted to know if anybody remembers Xio Lee from previous chapters? ??
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