Beep, beep, beep!
The whistle sounded for a long time.
It was a quite sharp sound, but it was a sound that would not be heard if you crossed two mountain ridges. Nevertheless, there was a person who heard it even from beyond three or four mountain ridges.
Half a moment after the whistle was blown, that person came running like a storm. With a thudding roar.
"What's going on?"
Cho Myung asked urgently.
"Myung, you have to go to the Tang family."
Hua Sochen said.
She told him that Yang Guan of the Divine Martial Stage, from Zhongnan, had visited.
"Did big brother Yunhui go first?"
"Yes. You know the way to Chengdu that I went with you last time, right?"
"Yes."
"If you run along that road, you'll be able to catch up. If you happen to miss him, go straight to Chengdu. If you go and ask for the Tang family, people will tell you."
"I understand. Is there anything else to deliver or any message to convey?"
"Don't worry about here, just take good care of Miss Tang."
"I understand."
Cho Myung, who had answered, put the basket he was carrying on a chair, ran to one side, kicked the ground, jumped over the wall, and disappeared in an instant.
Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud!
It was the sound of Cho Myung moving away.
Meanwhile, Yang Guan was riding a horse.
Two horses were running side by side, and on the horse next to him was Hua Yunhui.
But Hua Yunhui's appearance on the horse was a sight to behold.
Since he had never ridden a horse in his life, he was lying on the horse's back as if he were just placed there.
'He won't be able to last long like that.'
Since he was receiving the shock of the running horse as it was, it was certain that he would have to vomit everything he had inside him before long.
'What should I do?'
Should he slow down?
The contemplating Yang Guan.
But suddenly, a strange sound began to be heard in his ear. At first, he thought he had misheard. But he soon realized that he had not.
'What is that sound?'
It sounded like a heavy stone falling to the ground.
Although it was a strange thing, the sound was not a problem. The real problem was that the sound was getting closer and closer. Yang Guan, whose wariness was triggered, turned around in a hurry.
At this time, a person who had jumped from the ground behind him jumped over the head of the horse and Yang Guan, who were running fast, and fell down in front of them.
Thud!
The startled Yang Guan quickly grabbed the reins and stopped the horse.
He also grabbed the reins of the horse that Hua Yunhui was riding and stopped the two horses at the same time. And then he jumped down from the horse's back as if flying forward and drew his sword.
"Who are you!"
Yang Guan, who was relieved that the opponent was a teenage boy, unlike his surprise.
"I'm from the Hua Family Clinic."
"What?"
"Myung... Aigoo, I'm dying."
Yang Guan, who relaxed his wariness when he heard Hua Yunhui's voice from behind.
"Big brother Yunhui, are you okay?"
Cho Myung ran.
Yang Guan let Cho Myung pass by him and put away his sword.
'He's learned a peculiar lightness skill. It's amazing... it is.'
It was an amazing speed.
So he stared at Cho Myung with a strange gaze.
Neigh! Neigh!
When Cho Myung approached, the horses were wary.
They had felt the Immortal Demonic Aura.
But they did not show a reaction of lying down like the beasts.
It was the same as how horses would not be surprised and run away even if it was a person with a strong prayer. Because they knew that people would not harm them.
Cho Myung bent his waist and went straight to Hua Yunhui, who was acting as if he were about to vomit.
"Can you even go like this?"
"I'm fine. I have to go."
"Shall I carry you?"
"Yes."
Yang Guan, who was listening to the two's conversation, was dumbfounded.
But it was adding insult to injury.
"We just have to go to the Tang family, right?"
Cho Myung turned his head and asked.
Yang Guan answered with a dumbfounded face.
"That's right, but..."
"I'll go first."
"What on earth are you talking about...!"
Yang Guan, who was showing a bewildered expression, widened his eyes.
It was because Cho Myung had picked up Hua Yunhui and was running fast along the main road.
Thud! Thud! Thud!
It was the sound of Cho Myung moving away.
After one big shock, he was hit by a cool wind. And then another big shock.
When Cho Myung, who had jumped high and far, landed on the ground, a considerable shock was also transmitted to Hua Yunhui, who was on his back.
But it was better than the continuous small shocks on the horse's back.
Hua Yunhui, with a much more comfortable face, told him the way to the Tang family, and Cho Myung ran straight in that direction. As he ran like that without a break, he saw the Tang family.
Thud!
When Cho Myung, who had come running with a thudding sound, fell down in front of the main gate of the Tang family, there were martial artists who were very wary.
Those wearing green martial arts uniforms.
They were the martial artists of the Tang family.
"This is the Sichuan Tang family. Reveal your identity!"
"M-me! I'm Hua Yunhui of the Hua Family Clinic!"
Hua Yunhui said, getting down from Cho Myung's back.
The martial artists of the Tang family just looked at him with suspicious eyes as he staggered and spoke.
"It's Doctor Hua!"
Fortunately, one person recognized him.
When Hua Yunhui and Tang Xiulian were close enough to be engaged, he had come a few times, and it seemed he had seen his face then.
"Doctor Hua, please save our young lady."
"Yes, yes. Please guide me."
"She's in the inner court. Let's go quickly."
The martial artist who had recognized Hua Yunhui guided him into the Tang family.
Hua Yunhui and Cho Myung followed him.
There were no tall buildings in the Tang family.
There were no buildings higher than two stories. But the buildings were located like a giant formation, creating a maze.
On the way, being guided by the martial artist of the Tang family, he saw six young martial artists with blood on their martial arts uniforms here and there.
They were the members of the Divine Martial Stage.
The Great Poison Sword, who had been leading them, had already returned to Tianlian to report on the mission.
Hua Yunhui, who was so worried about Tang Xiulian that he was out of his mind, passed by without even looking at them, but Cho Myung, as if drawn by something, looked at them for a long time as he passed.
"It seems a doctor has come."
"Is it the doctor that member Tang Xiulian was looking for?"
"I guess so."
"Then what was that thudding sound?"
"I don't know..."
"By the way, why is that kid staring at us?"
"He must be a kid who admires martial artists."
"What's the difference if he looks? The old saying goes that you shouldn't even look at a tree you can't climb. The reason member Tang was injured was because she was running wild without knowing her place. If it was an opponent she couldn't handle, she should have known to retreat."
"That's true, but I wish he had recognized that this is the Tang family."
"Hmph!"
Even the snort, the sound of them whispering among themselves, was all heard by Cho Myung.
A martial artist he had vaguely thought of.
Was that appearance a real martial artist?
Cho Myung, who had been thinking that at the sight of the blood on the martial arts uniform, erased it from his mind as soon as he heard their conversation.
Old Man Ban's teaching was like that.
That the fight of martial artists must be fierce.
He had said that no matter how weak the opponent was, you should not ignore them and treat them seriously. But he had also said that there was no need to do so for those who carelessly ignored the weak. He had said to just trample on such people.
Those who carelessly ignore the weak.
That's how it felt to Cho Myung.
After Cho Myung and the others had disappeared into the inner court of the Tang family, the martial artist who had guided the two was returning to his post.
"Hey!"
One of the young martial artists called.
"Yes. Did you call?"
"Let me ask you something."
"Yes. Please speak."
"Were those two from before doctors?"
"Yes, that's right. They are from the Hua Family Clinic."
"As expected. Then what was that thudding sound from before?"
"Ah, that was the sound of them coming."
"Huh?"
"You may find it hard to believe, but it was the sound of the young hero in the blue clothes running with Doctor Hua on his back."
"Running?"
"That is to say..."
The martial artist of the Tang family, as if it were hard to explain with words, imitated jumping far and running.
Then he added an explanation.
"That young hero seemed to have jumped dozens of zhang at a time. Every time he landed on the ground, that thudding sound was made."
At the explanation of the martial artist of the Tang family, the young martial artist made a face as if he had lost his words.
"Then I'll be going."
When the martial artist of the Tang family retreated, he looked back at his colleagues with a bewildered face. But his colleagues were also bewildered.
"Does that make sense?"
"I know, right?"
They all whispered that they could not believe it.
"That's a fact."
Yang Guan had returned.
Yang Guan told them the sight he had seen.
"I couldn't believe it even after seeing it with my own eyes."
There are numerous lightness skills in the world.
Among them, there are also lightness skills that are much more surprising and peculiar than what Cho Myung had performed. So the reason everyone was surprised was not because of the lightness skill. They were surprised because of Cho Myung, who had performed a lightness skill so great as to jump dozens of zhang at a time.
Because no matter how you looked at it, he looked younger than them.
"Is it a sect that has mastered lightness skills?"
Someone muttered.
It was a plausible statement. Because among the groups that made a living by stealing in the world, there were also those whose lightness skills were particularly great.
"Someone who specializes in lightness skills..."
The moment someone muttered.
"Maybe he's the disciple of the Fighting Demon."
At the unexpected appearance, everyone turned around with a surprised face.
The one who had mentioned the Fighting Demon was none other than Xue Gongdao of the Qingcheng Sect.
"Did you see him at the Hua Family Clinic?"
"I met him on the way. He followed me and said he was from the Hua Family Clinic. And he called that doctor 'big brother'."
At Yang Guan's answer, Xue Gongdao nodded.
"Then, it must be him. The disciple of the Fighting Demon."
At Xue Gongdao's answer, the ones who had been trying to belittle Cho Myung made a hardened face.
The fame of the Fighting Demon was that great.
But there was also someone who did not think so.
"If he is the disciple of the Fighting Demon, then the limit he can reach is clear."
A young man who was standing alone as if he were there and not there.
He was Shen Wuren, who was known as the genius of the land of Sichuan.
***
Cho Myung waited outside, and only Hua Yunhui went in.
Although it had now become a patient room, it was Tang Xiulian's room, which he had never entered before.
"You've come?"
The middle-aged man with a deep voice was Tang Xiulian's father and the head of the Tang family, Tang Huazong.
Tang Xiulian's mother was also there, and her uncle, Tang Huaping, was also there.
Although they were adults he had not seen in a long time, Hua Yunhui just nodded and approached the bed.
On the bed, he could see Tang Xiulian with a pale face.
She looked up at Hua Yunhui with eyes that were barely half-open, as if it were even difficult to open her eyes.
"You've come?"
"Yes."
"Thank you."
"Let's say our greetings later. I'll treat you."
Just by looking at Tang Xiulian's face, who was speaking weakly, he could tell.
That it was a serious condition.
Hua Yunhui reached out his hand.
He was about to lift the blanket that was covering her body.
"Don't."
"......?"
"The reason I looked for you, big brother, was not to ask you to treat me."
At Tang Xiulian's words, Hua Yunhui made a flustered face, and her mother said in a voice full of anxiety.
"What are you talking about! You're not going to get treated? The reason you said you didn't want another doctor was not because you wanted to be treated by Yunhui?"
Tang Xiulian did not look at her mother.
She just looked up at Hua Yunhui's face and said, "I have a deep wound in my chest. It will be difficult to treat even with your medical skills, big brother."
"To say that without even trying is to give up on life."
"Even if you can treat it, I don't want to."
"Why?"
"No matter how much of a doctor you are, I can't show my naked body to a man who is not my husband."
"......!"
Tang Xiulian's words brought a considerable shock to the room.
Regardless, Tang Xiulian made a very sorry face.
"I wanted to say I'm sorry. Because I couldn't keep my promise. Three years ago, you said so. That although our connection has ended like this, we should show a smiling face whenever and wherever we meet. That since the feelings we had were real, we should meet a good spouse, have pretty children, and congratulate each other."
Nod, nod.
When Hua Yunhui nodded, Tang Xiulian made an even more sorry face.
"I'm sorry. I'm really sorry. I don't think I can keep that promise. But it's a relief. That I can leave before these feelings of affection fade."
Tears flowed from the corners of Tang Xiulian's eyes.
Hua Yunhui reached out, grabbed Tang Xiulian's wrist, and checked her pulse.
A pulse that was so weak that it seemed it would break at any moment.
It was worse than he had thought. At this rate, her breath could stop at any moment.
Hua Yunhui hurriedly looked back at Tang Huazong.
"I know."
It meant that he knew it was a serious condition.
"Xiulian, Yunhui is here! Please get treated! Please!"
Tang Xiulian's mother collapsed on the spot and shouted.
"Mom, I'm sorry. It was my dream to get married with a body that was purer than anyone else. The body of a virgin... that was my dream... I'm sleepy."
"Ah, no! Don't go! I can't let you go like this!"
Hua Yunhui shouted.
But Tang Xiulian's eyes were closing.
The urgent Hua Yunhui turned around and shouted.
"Please let me marry Xiulian. Right now!"
(End of Chapter)