12dz Chapter 576 Escaping Danger
Chapter 576 Escaping Danger
"Jiang Heigou, your lightness skill is pretty good! No! I should be the one who learns it faster!" Lin Ping said excitedly as they escaped the enemy's encirclement.
"Senior sister, we are safe now. Once we leave the city gates, we will be able to return to Lotus Palace soon."
"Although my back is warm, you can't keep hugging me like that, my wife will get angry if she sees it."
Lin Ping muttered to himself as he ran. He had expected the expert from the Nightmare Palace to catch up, but the other party seemed to have made no move at all.
This made him a little strange.
"Senior sister, why aren't you saying anything?"
Throughout the journey, Lin Ping's mouth was dry, and he kept babbling on and on, while Guo Zhixi remained silent.
"Could she have fallen asleep? This woman is really carefree; she can even fall asleep at a life-or-death moment. Luckily, Master Ping is good at light footwork and carried you away."
Lin Ping shook his head helplessly, not wanting to disturb Guo Zhiqian, and even steadyed his steps a little.
Even while carrying Guo Zhixi, he was still very fast. Facing the tightly closed city gate, Lin Ping was not flustered at all; that was a lie.
Using X-rays, he found the weakest point in the defenses and jumped off the city wall.
"Senior sister, hold on tight, we're flying!" Lin Ping closed his eyes, not daring to look down.
The city wall of Huzhou is three zhang high. Although he wouldn't fall to his death, it would be enough to give him a hard time.
Faced with this aerial acrobat, the soldiers realized what was happening too late, even though it was too late.
Bang!
Lin Ping landed with a thud, and the powerful impact made him feel uncomfortable.
thump!
Guo Zhixi, who was clinging to his neck, slipped off his back and lay on the ground, her face deathly pale.
"Blood? You're bleeding? Senior sister, what happened to you?" Lin Ping then noticed that Guo Zhixi was covered in blood, her face was as pale as paper, and a cold arrowhead was stuck in her shoulder blade.
That spot was right in his back.
"Being hit by an arrow is nothing serious," Guo Zhixi shook her head, her voice extremely weak.
"You almost damaged your heart meridian and said it was nothing serious. If you hadn't received timely treatment, you could have died at any moment. Why didn't you utter a sound? Doesn't it hurt?" Lin Ping asked accusingly, thinking to himself, "You may not feel pain, but I do."
He knew that Guo Zhixi was injured while shielding him from an arrow, and he finally understood why the expert from the Nightshade Palace had not appeared.
It wasn't that it didn't appear, but rather that he didn't notice it; Guo Zhixi took all the hurt for him.
"I'm afraid it will affect you," Guo Zhixi said, sounding aggrieved, like a child who had made a mistake.
Lin Ping's heart immediately welled up with tears, his nose stung, and he even choked up a little.
"Senior sister, why are you so good to me? Waaaaah..."
Lin Ping pretended to be overwhelmed with tears, deliberately using a quirky tone to avoid being sentimental.
To prevent Guo Zhixi's injuries from worsening, Lin Ping could only treat her wounds in the nearby dense forest.
The arrowhead had barbs, so Guo Zhixi's skin and flesh had to be cut open to remove it.
Lin Ping had neither painkillers nor a special scalpel, so he could only use a fairly sharp dagger to slowly cut open her flesh.
"Senior sister, bear with it, it will hurt a lot," Lin Ping said truthfully.
"Stop talking nonsense, you're being so fussy and don't act like a man," Guo Zhixi said angrily.
If she were truly afraid of pain, she wouldn't have remained silent the entire way.
Whenever she showed any sign of interest, Lin Ping would find a place to stay temporarily in Huzhou.
While it was beneficial to her injuries, it increased the risk of her being arrested.
Guo Zhixi understood Lin Ping's personality, which is why she had been holding back.
Watching her snow-white skin being cut open bit by bit, with bright red blood flowing out continuously, Lin Ping felt a terrible pang in his heart.
Ah!
A pitiful cry echoed through the mountains and forests.
It wasn't Guo Zhixi who made the sound, but Lin Ping who was trembling all over from the pain.
Even though Guo Zhixi was strong, it was impossible for her not to feel any pain. In order not to cry out, she bit Lin Ping's arm hard.
A row of shell-like teeth marks kept oozing blood, and Lin Ping also became an injured person.
"Does it hurt that much? Why is a grown man screaming so pitifully?" Guo Zhixi said disdainfully.
"If it doesn't hurt, let me bite you and see," Lin Ping said, feeling wronged.
"Go ahead and bite, here's your arm, do whatever you want with it." Guo Zhixi didn't want to argue with Lin Ping, so she generously showed off her white, lotus-root-like arm.
Lin Ping swallowed a lot of saliva as he ate.
"Never mind, it doesn't hurt that much anymore." To avoid distractions, Lin Ping focused intently on treating her wound.
It took a full fifteen minutes to barely stop the bleeding.
It wasn't that Lin Ping's medical skills had declined; it was simply that he took many detours in order to prevent her from having scars.
"Senior sister, were all women in ancient times this fair-skinned?" Lin Ping couldn't help but ask boldly, unable to contain his curiosity.
Over the past few months, he had seen the bodies of several women to varying degrees.
Whether it's Jiang Yunying, Jiang Hongling, or even Xia Linglong and Lin Xinyin, they are all fair-skinned and beautiful.
Zhou Xiyin and Xia Linglong rarely left their home since childhood, so it's easy to understand why they have good skin.
Guo Zhixi and Jiang Yunying practice swordsmanship under the sun every day, so how can they maintain such fair skin?
Lin Ping was eager to know the answer. If he could travel back in time in the future, creating a fair-skinned beauty by his own hands would be a good option.
"Why an ancient woman? Her fair complexion might be due to her mother," Guo Zhixi replied.
Lin Ping could accept this reason.
In ancient times, wealthy men all had three wives and four concubines, and they specifically chose to marry beautiful girls.
Their offspring will surely be beautiful, and this will be passed down from generation to generation, making it difficult for them to be ugly.
"How strange," Lin Ping muttered to himself, feigning a bitter expression. "My two old folks at home are just average-looking, so why am I naturally beautiful?"
This might be the kind of trouble that comes from being handsome, and Lin Ping suffers from it deeply.
"Aren't you our biological child?" Guo Zhixi suddenly asked.
"This?! This is a bit ridiculous. If I weren't their biological child, would I be spoiled like this?"
Lin Ping said this very frankly.
As the saying goes, dragons beget dragons and phoenixes beget phoenixes, children should resemble their parents to some extent.
"Looking like one's parents is due to the inheritance of genes, which are divided into dominant and recessive genes. If I happen to inherit their respective advantages, I may not look like my parents, and eventually I will look like them."
Lin Ping spoke eloquently, saying he was unaware that Guo Zhixi was already fast asleep.
It wasn't that what he was saying was boring, but rather that the other person was genuinely tired and wanted to rest.
"This woman is actually quite attractive when she's not being fierce."
Bathed in moonlight, Guo Zhixi's face resembled a pink and white peach blossom, and her cherry lips made her look even more exquisite.
Some people look good when they smile, while others look good when they are asleep.
To prevent enemy attacks and to avoid worsening Guo Zhixi's injuries, Lin Ping decided to stay and watch over her for the entire night.
Whether it looks good or not doesn't matter; the key is that he likes to stay up late.