As evening approached, the sun began to set, and the entire Adventurer's Guild was engulfed in smoke, with flames visible everywhere. It looked as if it were burning under the fiery glow of the setting sun.
Xiao Xiao and Qiao Ying sat on a large boulder, looking exhausted. Not far in front of them, Ye Feng lay on the ground, bandaged like a mummy and unconscious.
“Thank you… thank you both so much this time!”
Beside Ye Feng, Wu Ye Lan, also wrapped like a mummy, spoke to Xiao Xiao and Qiao Ying in a hoarse voice. He glanced at Ye Feng as he spoke.
“Grandpa, where are you?”
“Ye Feng!”
At that moment, Wu Ye Ling’s voice, filled with anxiety and bordering on tears, could be heard from a distance.
“Ling sister, I’m here!”
Xiao Xiao, having no energy to shout after the fierce battle, took out a small microphone and whispered.
A moment later, Wu Ye Ling’s figure appeared in the line of sight of Xiao Xiao, Qiao Ying, and the others.
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On the third day, on a green lawn within the Adventurer’s Guild,
Xiao Xiao and Qiao Ying, their bodies bandaged in multiple places, sat together. Xiao Xiao looked at Ye Feng in the tent ahead with a worried expression.
“Sister Qiao Ying, why won’t you let me heal Big Brother? I can help him recover from his injuries!”
Xiao Xiao looked at Qiao Ying beside her with great confusion.
“Xiao Xiao… Ye Feng has used up all his strength and is unconscious. He’ll recover naturally with some rest!”
“There’s no need to use your… healing…”
As she said this, Qiao Ying’s brow furrowed tightly. “Xiao Xiao, you must never use that kind of healing carelessly… That healing is more like…”
“Cough, cough!”
Before Qiao Ying could finish speaking, a cough was heard from the tent ahead. It was Ye Feng.
“Big Brother!”
Seeing this, Xiao Xiao ignored Qiao Ying and rushed towards the tent.
…
Inside the tent,
“Xiao… Xiao Xiao, how long was I unconscious?”
Ye Feng opened his eyes and tried to rub his throbbing head, only to find his hands and feet restrained.
“Big Brother, don’t move, your wounds will split open. You’re so badly injured… You scared me to death back then!”
Seeing this, Xiao Xiao quickly crouched down and held down Ye Feng’s hand.
“Uh…”
At Xiao Xiao’s words, Ye Feng immediately felt immense pain all over his body and couldn't help but groan.
“Xiao Xiao, how are you and Qiao Ying?”
After a while, Ye Feng spoke to Xiao Xiao.
“Sister Qiao Ying and I are fine!”
Xiao Xiao shook her head slightly. “Big Brother, let me heal you!”
“Xiao Xiao, no!”
At this moment, Qiao Ying also arrived outside the tent, holding a bowl of steaming lean meat porridge. Her expression was somewhat anxious.
“Big Brother, you’re so badly injured. I wanted to heal you like before, but Sister Qiao Ying wouldn’t let me, saying it would be very harmful to me or something!”
Xiao Xiao glanced at Qiao Ying and then said to Ye Feng.
“Like before?”
Ye Feng frowned slightly. “You mean when we fought with Sikla and his gang?”
“Mhmm!”
Xiao Xiao nodded quickly.
“Xiao Xiao, your healing… is probably not the kind of healing we understand. Your method… is more like giving your own life force to… the person you ‘heal’!”
Qiao Ying frowned and finally said it.
“This…”
At Qiao Ying’s words, Ye Feng’s expression also turned serious.
He had felt that Xiao Xiao’s healing was strange. Although it was immediate and he recovered quickly, Xiao Xiao’s face became pale and she broke out in a cold sweat after only a short while…
“Ye Feng, you just woke up, so you shouldn’t eat anything too heavy. Have some lean meat porridge first!”
Saying this, Qiao Ying scooped a spoonful of porridge for herself and tasted it, chuckling lightly, “The temperature is just right, not too hot!”
“Xiao Xiao, you feed Ye Feng. He can’t move right now.”
After a pause, Qiao Ying handed the bowl and spoon to Xiao Xiao.
“Oh, okay!~”
…
The next day,
As the sun just rose, Ye Feng, whose injuries had recovered considerably, was gnawing on a chicken leg. Breakfast was just starting to be prepared, and he was already starving.
“Um… are you guys going to eat such greasy food first thing in the morning?”
Lei Jian, covered in bandages and leaning on a cane, looked at Xiao Xiao and Qiao Ying, who were grilling lamb chops and pan-frying beefsteak, with some bewilderment.
“Big Brother is hungry, he said eating meat helps wounds heal faster!”
Xiao Xiao replied while flipping the steak.
“Indeed!”
Qiao Ying nodded, looking at Ye Feng with considerable surprise. “However, Ye Feng’s injuries are recovering astonishingly fast. The stronger a person is, the less likely they are to get injured, but once injured, the harder it is to recover… but Ye Feng doesn't seem to be like that…”
“Big Brother, this steak is ready!”
“Oh, coming right up!”
…
The lavish breakfast, which started with the sunrise, lasted until almost noon. Most of it was consumed by Ye Feng.
“Big Brother, shouldn’t you stop… is it good to eat so much at once…”
Xiao Xiao, looking at the table full of bowls and plates, couldn’t help but feel a little worried.
“Hiccup!~”
Ye Feng let out a satisfied burp and nodded. “Alright, let’s go for a walk…”
…
Soon, Ye Feng, Xiao Xiao, and Qiao Ying were strolling in a green area.
“The scenery here is nice. You can see most of the Adventurer’s Guild from here!”
Ye Feng looked ahead and let out a sigh.
“Mhmm!”
Xiao Xiao nodded. “Sister Ling originally wanted to arrange a suite for us, but I felt this place was better. It has a wide field of vision, making it easy to spot situations, and from a commanding height, it’s easy to defend and hard to attack!”
“Ye Feng!”
As Xiao Xiao finished speaking, Wu Ye Ling’s voice came from afar.
The three of them turned and saw Wu Ye Ling, also covered in a lot of bandages, walking towards them quickly.
“Ye Feng, how are you?”
Wu Ye Ling reached Ye Feng and asked with concern.
“Nothing serious, just still a bit sore. How about you?”
Ye Feng shook his head slightly and inquired.
“Other than my strength not recovering in the short term, nothing else is a problem!”
As she spoke, a light flashed in Wu Ye Ling’s hand, and three emerald green fruits, about the size of apples, appeared. She handed the three fruits to Ye Feng. “Ye Feng, this is for you, it’s a Hua Tuo fruit!”
“Hua Tuo fruit?”
Ye Feng looked at Wu Ye Ling with some confusion.
“Mhmm!”
Wu Ye Ling nodded. “It’s a rare fruit that grows at the junction of wood-attribute arcane stone veins and water-attribute arcane stone veins. It has strong effects in replenishing qi and blood and recovering injuries!”
“Someone who was on the verge of death ate a small piece of the flesh and became lively in moments. An elderly person in decline drank the juice and regained their youth… and there are even instances of severed limbs regenerating… This is the origin of the name Hua Tuo fruit!”
“There happens to be a Hua Tuo fruit tree in the Adventurer’s Guild, and the fruit ripened the day before yesterday… There are only three fruits in the entire Adventurer’s Guild. Grandpa asked me to bring them all to you!”
Wu Ye Ling explained quickly to Ye Feng.
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