Chapter 20 Xiahou Lan

  "Brother Yun, what's wrong with you? Brother Yun, say something!" No matter how hard Zhao Fei called out, the Zhao Yun in his arms remained still. Looking at the wound on Zhao Yun's right arm, Zhao Fei couldn't help but blame himself. If Brother Yun hadn't been protecting him, he wouldn't be like this; if he hadn't insisted on following along, Zhao Yun wouldn't have suffered this calamity.

  "Brother Yun, wake up! It's all my fault, Brother Yun, please wake up. You mustn't have anything happen to you!" Zhao Fei hugged Zhao Yun tightly and shouted loudly, his eyes also streaming with tears. Then he shook Zhao Yun and burst into painful sobs.

  "Don't struggle anymore, or I really won't see tomorrow's sun. A man should be strong, bleed but not cry." Zhao Fei, who was crying in pain, vaguely heard Zhao Yun speaking from his arms.

  "Brother Yun, you're fine. That's great." Zhao Fei was extremely excited to see Zhao Yun awake. "I thought something had happened to you."

  "It's nothing now, but if you move a bit more, something might happen. And your tears are flowing onto my wound, it really hurts." Hearing Zhao Yun's teasing, Zhao Fei hurriedly wiped away the tears on his face. At the same time, he couldn't help but admire that even in such a situation, Zhao Yun could still maintain such an attitude, no wonder he was the famous Zhao Zilong who had charged up and down Changban Slope seven times without fear.

  Zhao Yun struggled to sit up, while Zhao Fei carefully supported him on one side. Although the movement was small, the blood had already stuck his clothes and wound together, and he still pulled at the wound. "Huff...huff." Zhao Yun panted heavily, his pale face frightening. "Quickly leave this place, there's a bloody smell here. Otherwise, after a while, it will attract other ferocious beasts, and then we'll all be in danger."

  "But, Brother Yun..." "No buts, it's not possible now but we have to make it possible, hurry up and help me get up, let's leave this place with a sense of ceremony." Zhao Fei wanted to say something else, but was interrupted by Zhao Yun. Zhao Fei could only follow Zhao Yun's words and carefully helped him get up.

  "Go, hurry up and leave here." Zhao Fei supported Zhao Yun as they limped away.

  Just after Zhao Yun and Zhao Fei left, a figure appeared in the place where they had just been. He looked at the trampled grass and then at the tiger lying on the ground, but said nothing and turned to leave.

  "Brother Yun, where should we go from here?" Feeling the weight on his shoulders growing heavier, Zhao Fei hastily asked Zhao Yun.

  "Follow this road all the way, and then..." Before he could finish speaking, Zhao Yun fainted again. Zhao Fei felt a sudden increase in weight on his shoulders, and with a strength that was not his own, he was dragged down by Zhao Yun.

  "Brother Yun, Brother Yun, what's wrong with you?" But no matter how hard Zhao Fei pushed or shouted, Zhao Yun still didn't get up.

  After trying several times, he found that he couldn't lift Zhao Yun. Looking at Zhao Yun lying on the ground, Zhao Fei felt helpless. What to do now? Brother Yun didn't say where Tong Shi was either. And where can we find someone to help us in this desolate mountain wilderness? A wolf howl echoed from afar. Looking around at the dark forest, Zhao Fei couldn't help but shiver. No, I can't just sit here and wait for death. Zhao Fei lifted up Zhao Yun and put him on his back, planning to use all his strength to carry him. "One two... one two." Zhao Fei muttered to himself as he stood up unsteadily with Zhao Yun on his back.

  But Zhao Fei's physical strength was limited after all, and although he had trained with Zhao Feng for a period of time, his foundation was too weak, so there wasn't much significant growth. Adding to that, they had rushed on the road for a day and were startled by the tiger, so he didn't take two steps before falling down again. His body heavily smashed onto the ground, but Zhao Fei didn't give up, gritting his teeth once more, getting back up once more, only to fall down again after a few steps. This kept repeating over and over. Slowly, both of Zhao Fei's knees were scraped raw. Fresh blood had already seeped out through his pants.

  At this time, Zhao Fei had already forgotten the pain, and the only thing that supported him was to protect his big brother behind him with his life. Just at this moment, through the sparse moonlight, a black shadow could be seen vaguely in front of them, walking towards Zhao Fei and his brother. Seeing the black shadow, Zhao Fei suddenly panicked, hurriedly trying to turn around and escape. However, he was too weak, and fell down again.

  Zhao Fei tried several times to get up, but failed. Looking at the increasingly close black shadow, Zhao Fei's heart was filled with despair, it seemed that this time he really couldn't escape. Thinking of himself as a transmigrated main character, dying in such a muddled way in the mouth of a wild beast. Thinking of himself still being a virgin, not even having... and being eaten away in such a muddled manner, what a tragedy! Looking at the increasingly close black shadow, Zhao Fei had all sorts of thoughts. "Come on, you damned beast, come eat me!" Zhao Fei shouted loudly towards the black shadow. Hearing Zhao Fei's shout, the black shadow clearly paused for a moment. Seeing that the black shadow had paused, a glimmer appeared in front of Zhao Fei's eyes. He continued to shout loudly at the black shadow.

  "Shout what shout, if you shout again, the beast will really come to eat you." Zhao Fei shouted a few sentences and suddenly heard a person's cry coming from the black shadow in front. The sudden sound almost scared Zhao Fei into fainting. Seeing that the black shadow was a person, all of Zhao Fei's strength immediately dissipated. His whole body was instantly replaced with pain, "Save... save... save me." Zhao Fei rushed towards the black shadow and used his last bit of energy to shout out one sentence.

  Upon hearing Zhao Fei's cry for help, the dark figure hastily ran towards him. Upon arriving at his side, he found Zhao Fei weakly sitting on the ground, with another person lying beside him, unknown whether dead or alive.

  "Friend, how are you? Why did you come to this deep mountain forest in the middle of the night and end up like this?" Although the dark figure had many doubts, after looking at Zhao Fei's condition, he quickly changed his tone: "Forget it, let's leave here first. I live nearby, let's go to my place and talk later."

  After helping Zhao Fei up, he asked: "How are you? Can you hold on?" "I can still make it, but please carry my brother instead." The dark figure looked at the person lying on the ground, then at the frail young man, looking at his tattered clothes. Suddenly, he understood something and was deeply moved by the young man's actions.

  Hei Ying gazed at Zhao Fei, while Zhao Fei was also carefully sizing up Hei Ying. With the help of the faint moonlight, he vaguely made out that Hei Ying was just a young man. Because Hei Ying's cheeks did not have any whiskers, and his face looked slightly youthful. Wearing a suit of armor, with a bow and arrow on his back, and holding a spear in his hand, he looked very heroic.

  Hei Ying supported Zhao Yun's body after the attack, carried Zhao Fei on his back, and handed his own spear to Zhao Fei to support himself. Slowly walking towards Hei Ying's residence.

  "By the way, I still don't know what your name is, big brother. Today, my brother and I encountered this great calamity, thanks to you for lending a helping hand. If I can escape with my life, I will never forget your great kindness." Zhao Fei said, deeply moved.

  "It's just a small effort, no need to make a fuss. My name is Xiahou Lan. You can call me Brother Lan. And you?" It's clear that the young man has a very down-to-earth personality and doesn't put on airs as if he's doing someone a favor.

  "Oh, Lan Ge, my name is Zhao Fei." Xia Hou Lan, Zhao Fei muttered to himself this familiar yet slightly unfamiliar name. "Why would Lan Ge live alone in the deep mountains? Could he be a hunter from these mountains?"

  "Oh, no. I was learning martial arts with my master in the mountains." Xia Houlan replied calmly.