Path Of The Lilies

A blade suddenly appeared in front of her eyes, flying to her direction at inconceivable speed.

Swis.h.!.+

Tilting her head to the side, Ye Jiao narrowly avoided the blade. Her eyes turned sharp as she jumped inside. The moment she touched the ground, she twisted her body as several other blades were flying to her direction.

In front of her, Ye Jiao could see the young man glaring at her. His breathing has turned uneven as the cloth covering his face has fallen to the ground. Beads of sweat filled his youthful face.

"You-!"

"So you"re really wounded," Ye Jiao remarked when she saw the wound on the man"s stomach. It was unclear from the distance, but now that she was standing close to him, she could see that there was blood stain on his stomach.

The young man"s brow furrowed. "What do you want?"

"I"m going to heal you," Ye Jiao grinned.

The young man narrowed his eyes as his hand moved at lightning speed.

Swish, swish, swis.h.!.+

"Is throwing weapons at other people your way of greeting?" Ye Jiao narrowly avoided the next group of blades as she moved to the man"s back. Her arm was stretched out as she touched the man"s wound.

Clang!

"Whoa, there," Ye Jiao summoned her dagger in time to block the man"s sword attack as she moved back. Her finger was now stained with the man"s blood.

The man"s face was red with anger. He couldn"t believe that he had allowed this woman to get close to him albeit only for a split second. In addition, she managed to touch his wound.

Lick.

Ye Jiao put her finger that was stained with the thief"s blood to her mouth as she a.s.sessed the taste. "It"s bitter and leaves a scorching feeling."

The young man"s eyes widened. "What are you-?"

"I have the antidote," Ye Jiao cut off the young man"s words before he could finish his words. She was familiar with this poison because Lu Wan had given it to her a long time ago. Just in case, he had made several bottles of antidotes for them, so she would be able to save this young man if he wanted it.

The young man narrowed his eyes. "I don"t need yours. Just leave me alone."

"Don"t want to."

"What?" at her retort, the young man glared at her dangerously. His chilling aura filled the cave as he glared at the young woman. Right now, he was already feeling extremely annoyed because of how things going on so far.

Ye Jiao sat down. "I often play here in the past, so I"m going to stay here. You can"t kick me out with your condition."

The young man looked back at Ye Jiao with hatred and annoyance in his eyes. He didn"t really want to move around too much because it would increase the speed at which the poison entered his body. It was dangerous because if they entered too deep into his organ, he would never be able to stay alive.

As the young man focused his attention to his own body, Ye Jiao sat down and examined the young man. She didn"t realize it before, but this young man looked extremely young. His small build was apparent, but his childish face was covered in his dangerous aura that he emitted over and over.

It made one unable to look at him properly.

"It"s too late to force the poison out," Ye Jiao told the young man.

The young man glanced back at Ye Jiao. "It"s none of your business. Just ignore me if you don"t want to get involved in my matter."

"Oh, I want to get involved."

Ding!

He threw another hidden weapon to Ye Jiao. His eyes glinted with fury. "Stop meddling, brat!"

"Brat? I bet you"re younger than me!"

"Younger? as if I"ll be younger than an insolent girl like you!"

"At least this insolent girl is not a thief that will steal from other people."

The young man threw another blade to Ye Jiao, but she evaded it with ease. His control and aim has weakened considerably because of poison inside his body. Looking at how the young man struggled to keep his consciousness, Ye Jiao felt slightly bad.

"Shut up!"

His commanding tone was filled with ruthlessness. His body shuddered as a course of pain entered his body. Gritting his teeth, he forced his Eon Energy to move towards the particular point of poison in his body to force them out. It was painful, and he knew that forcing himself to fight in this condition was too reckless.

Internally, he was cursing himself for his stupidity. He should have known that the Eon Energy Master rank 4 has their own means of keeping their lives. Just because of a moment of carelessness, he was poisoned. With his movements so far, he had worsened his condition.

Ye Jiao stood up from her position as she took out a bottle from her storage bracelet. It was the antidote that Lu Wan made for her as precaution in case her body was unable to handle the poison when making antibodies.

"Here, drink this."

"I don"t want yours," the young man replied stubbornly. His eyes were glaring at Ye Jiao as if he was telling her that it would be better to die than receiving her help.

Ye Jiao didn"t really understand what made this young boy hate her so much. Well, it was indeed a bit hard to trust someone he had just met, though. She swiftly moved from her position to the man"s side in a split second. Her left arm held the young man"s arm as it was going to throw another weapon while her right arm shoved the bottle into the man"s mouth.

"MMPH!"

"Come on, you"re going to die if you don"t drink," Ye Jiao pushed him slightly. As the man tumbled to the back, he inevitably drank the antidote that Ye Jiao shoved to his mouth. His eyes widened when the liquid entered his mouth into his stomach.

Ye Jiao"s eyes narrowed as she saw the young man tried to push the liquid out. She put her right hand on the young man"s abdomen and used her own Eon Energy to circulate the antidote in his body. The young man"s right arm was holding her wrist tightly, trying to pry her away.

"One circulation."

Lu Wan taught her this when she was staying in his residence. This was one of the ways to help others dispel poison from their body or deliver antidotes. With this way, they could help and force-fed someone when they were unconscious. Of course, this method only worked on low level poison because the higher one required greater control.

As soon as she finished, Ye Jiao yanked her arm and jumped to the back. The young man threw the hidden weapon as Ye Jiao parried it with her dagger.

Clang!

"Your accuracy increased. Have you felt better?"

The young man frowned. He inspected his body as he could feel the poison weakened considerably. His eyes shone in realization. This girl wasn"t trying to harm him, but instead truly helping him.