Chapter 130: Leaving Dragon Wrath Is Still Being a Blazing Dragon

Chapter 130: Even Outside Dragon Wrath, He Is Still Flame Dragon

"What is this?" Fan Shuang'er asked, frowning as she held the Yellow Bone Pellet.

"It's for internal use. The Leopard Fist used by the Leopard Girl demands fingers as hard as steel hooks—powerful, swift, and highly versatile. You’re lucky you met me; otherwise, even if your arms weren't crippled, they would have been permanently ruined." Xu Yun looked at Fan Shuang'er’s arms and frowned. "If they had swollen up like elephant legs, it would have been a real headache."

Fan Shuang'er was a girl, after all, and no girl is indifferent to her appearance. Forget about her arms looking like elephant legs; she wouldn’t want to live if her actual legs ended up that way.

As for this former leader of Dragon Wrath, Fan Shuang'er had heard many legends. He was hailed as the greatest genius in pharmacology that the Divine Dragon Brigade had seen in a century. If not for his incredible natural talent for martial arts, he might have pursued medicine full-time.

"Then why don't you hurry up and treat me?" Fan Shuang'er grew anxious. "Aren't you known as the Divine Healer of Dragon Wrath? Think of something!"

Xu Yun pointed to the small bottle in her hand. "I already gave you the medicine, didn't I? This is a treasure; I wouldn't give it to just anyone."

Fan Shuang'er quickly opened the bottle. A pungent, acrid odor assaulted her senses. This smelled terrible!

"You want me to eat this?" Fan Shuang'er suspected Xu Yun was messing with her. "This hasn't expired, has it?"

Xu Yun shrugged. "If you don't trust it, you don't have to eat it. Wait for Azure Dragon to come back and show it to him; see if he doesn't fight you for it. If I wasn't worried about your bone damage, I wouldn't have given it to you. I would have just rubbed some Heavenly Fragrance Ointment on you."

Heavenly Fragrance Ointment! Fan Shuang'er was startled. That was a miraculous medicine for trauma, capable of curing any injury from a fall or strike. She hadn't expected Xu Yun to carry such a precious item with him.

Fan Shuang'er didn't stand on ceremony and extended her arms. "Just use the Heavenly Fragrance Ointment on me, then."

"Uh..." Xu Yun rummaged through his bag for a long time but couldn't find it. Finally, it dawned on him that when Qiangzi was injured, he had used it all up. "I think I've run out."

"Hey! You really are infuriating!" Fan Shuang'er felt her anger rising and dropped her arms. "Are you even capable? Why do I feel like you're becoming less and less reliable?"

Xu Yun glared at her. "Never tell a man he isn't capable."

As he spoke, Xu Yun grabbed Fan Shuang'er’s arms. Just as she was about to resist, she felt a unique internal energy gently stroking the damaged muscles beneath her skin. It felt incredibly soothing.

Could he be using internal energy to heal her? Trying to purge the cold and fatigue directly from her body? This was something only an expert could do; one had to be intimately familiar with the body's meridians and acupuncture points, or else it would easily cause secondary damage.

Now, Fan Shuang'er was completely convinced of Xu Yun’s medical prowess.

"Tell me why you two came back," Xu Yun asked calmly while continuing to circulate his energy to clear her fatigue.

"We only went back to inform the Master about your situation," Fan Shuang'er said, feeling there was nothing to hide. "Once he heard the circumstances, he immediately concluded that you were in trouble, so he ordered us to return immediately. Since he had already received word that Green Ghost had brought men to Hedong, he deduced it was related to Red Scorpion."

Xu Yun frowned. "So, that means the people from Dragon Wrath have intervened in the Green Ghost Sect's affairs. Why haven't they mobilized everything to wipe them out?"

Fan Shuang'er shook her head. "There was such a plan before, but Green Ghost is too difficult to deal with. He always stays in places that are either densely populated or highly concealed. We delayed taking action because we were afraid of harming innocents, and secondly, to avoid unnecessary losses."

"I understand." Xu Yun gave a wry smile. "It seems you told him that I broke through my mental state?"

"Yes, the Master knows you’ve broken through to the ranks of a top-tier expert," Fan Shuang'er said, then asked curiously, "You left Dragon Wrath back then specifically to break through your mental state. Now that you’ve achieved it, why are you still not planning to return?"

Return? Xu Yun smiled faintly. If it were only about that, he wouldn't have left Dragon Wrath for such a small city. There were too many things that couldn't be explained, and Xu Yun didn't intend to clarify them.

However, Xu Yun knew clearly that his Master must have known he was embroiled in this trouble and simply dumped it on him. Since the Master knew he had broken through his mental state, he was clearly intending for this to be a trial.

Sigh, if it were just a trial for him, that would be one thing, but to throw a tag-along at him as well? Xu Yun felt truly helpless. If he needed help, he only needed Azure Dragon. Why send this newcomer, who had just taken over the position of Silver Dragon, as well?

Xu Yun muttered to himself: *Old man Wang Yi, your plan is truly killing two birds with one stone. You’re training me while making me babysit a rookie. You’re happy and relaxed, but you don't care if I mess up and get crippled by Green Ghost.*

A soldier who hasn't experienced a true life-or-death battle isn't a qualified soldier. Clearly, Fan Shuang'er was thrown here to experience exactly that.

This was her first head-on confrontation, and she had already nearly lost the use of her hands.

"Did Wang Yi say anything else?" Xu Yun raised an eyebrow. "Did he tell you to be obedient?"

Fan Shuang'er nearly popped her eyes out. This guy actually dared to call the Master by his name—it was completely disrespectful! If the Master were here, he would be furious.

Then again, there were things Fan Shuang'er hadn't made clear. When arranging for her and Azure Dragon to come here to help Xu Yun, Wang Yi had explicitly told them that even if Xu Yun was no longer the instructor of the Dragon Wrath special forces, Flame Dragon, they must still act according to his wishes.

As for Qian Feng, he had no objections. Even if Wang Yi had told him not to listen, he would still follow Xu Yun’s orders. Xu Yun was the only leader he truly recognized and the person he admired most.

"This... I, I don't remember that much," Fan Shuang'er said, her eyes shifting downward, her voice vague. "The Master only said that even if you left Dragon Wrath, you are still Flame Dragon..."

With that, Xu Yun understood. "Fine. Since the old man has arranged it, I can't chase you away. However, the rooms at the medicinal restaurant are limited. If you want to stay, you'll have to make do. You wouldn't mind squeezing into a bed with me, would you?"

What?! If Fan Shuang'er’s arms weren't injured, she would have slapped him across the room!

Xu Yun continued to plan out loud: "As for that kid Qian Feng, he'll have to make do with a floor mat..."

Qian Yan suddenly pushed the door open, pointed at Fan Shuang'er, and shattered Xu Yun’s plans: "She can stay in my room."

"And you?" Xu Yun felt a surge of excitement. Could the cold and frosty Fox Venerable suddenly be having a change of heart? Was she planning to replace Fan Shuang'er in warming his bed... Wait, Xu Yun quickly shook his head. Such a fantasy was impossible.

"I'll sleep on the sofa," Qian Yan replied decisively, clearly having already prepared for this.

Fan Shuang'er shook her head hurriedly: "No need, Azure Dragon and I have already booked rooms nearby. We have a place to sleep."

"You two? In one room?" Xu Yun asked with envy.

Fan Shuang'er glared at him: "Of course, two separate rooms!"

Phew... Taking advantage of the moment Fan Shuang'er was distracted, Xu Yun suddenly exerted force, pushing a burst of internal energy directly into the most severely injured areas of her arms. Fan Shuang'er almost shed tears of pain! If it weren't for Xu Yun’s words distracting her, she doubted she could have endured it.

However, after the unbearable pain, she felt a wave of relief. Fan Shuang'er looked at her arms in disbelief; the swelling was gone, and when she moved them, the heaviness and pain had completely vanished.

"Remember to take that Yellow Bone Pellet," Xu Yun reminded her again. "Don't treat that thing as anything less than a treasure."

Fan Shuang'er truly hadn't intended to treasure it; who could swallow such foul-smelling medicine?

"Yellow Bone Pellet?" Qian Yan couldn't help but be startled upon hearing this. "You actually have something like that? That’s a pill that sells for an astronomical price, one that can increase the toughness of human bones after consumption. How do you have one?"

Xu Yun smiled slightly and said to Fan Shuang'er: "It seems I really shouldn't have given the medicine to you. You don't know its value, and I doubt you'll appreciate it. How about you give it back?"

Upon hearing this, Fan Shuang'er didn't hesitate; she opened the bottle and forced herself to swallow the pellet inside.

Qian Yan’s lips parted, speechless. She hadn't said she was going to fight her for it...

"..." Xu Yun was speechless for a moment, then gave a thumbs up: "Forgot to tell you, if you don't take the Yellow Bone Pellet with water, it’s easy for the user to feel uncomfortable."

No sooner had he said this than Fan Shuang'er felt a burning sensation throughout her body, as if she were a ball of fire in desperate need of being extinguished.

Qian Yan sighed: "It seems the rumor that taking the Yellow Bone Pellet without water causes special effects is not nonsense."

"Coo-coo-coo-coo~"

Suddenly, the call of a scops owl came from outside the medicinal restaurant. The third note was an ascending pitch, while the others were flat.

Obviously, this wasn't a forest, so there wouldn't be any birds of the Strigidae family. Xu Yun knew Qian Feng had returned, so he walked to the window of the hallway and replied with the same scops owl call: "Coo-coo-coo~"

This was a contact code between Dragon Wrath members in the jungle; different sounds, durations, pitches, and frequencies represented different meanings. The sound Qian Feng had made was a search for companions, and Xu Yun’s reply was telling him to come straight up.

Hearing this, Qian Feng vaulted directly to the second floor of the medicinal restaurant: "Boss, how is Fan Shuang'er’s injury?"

"It's no longer a big problem," Xu Yun said. "Come to my room, I have things to ask you."

Qian Feng knew Xu Yun wanted to know about the Master’s arrangements. He obediently followed Xu Yun into his room. He probably wouldn't be sleeping tonight; he felt his own mental state loosening and wondered if he was about to advance. He wanted to seek some experience from his boss. If he could reach the seventh level of the top-tier after this mission, he would definitely make those other brats back home green with envy.

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