C5 Rescued

Just as she was thinking about the taste, the big rooster suddenly cackled in Zhang Xiaohua's direction. It scared her so much that she immediately turned around and ran, her dream about eating delicacies immediately shattering into pieces.

Forget it, let's just obediently go up the mountain to gather medicinal herbs.

The forest behind the mountain was lush and verdant, the deeper one went, the more superior medicinal herbs there were. Zhang Xiaohua was well versed in medical knowledge, and would stop to differentiate and collect all kinds of medicinal herbs along the way. She also picked some wild fruits and fruits along the way.

They unknowingly reached a steep slope. Just as Zhang Xiaohua felt that this place was a little familiar, she suddenly saw five leaves and a clump of green grass within a cluster of brambles.

This was a top-grade healing medicine, its entire body was full of treasures — Ye could treat wind chill and cough, the branches could clear the liver and eyes, the fruit could nourish the joint rheumatism pain, and the root's medicinal value was the highest.

Zhang Xiaohua happily put down the bamboo basket, took out his firewood knife and cut off the thorns, then carefully slipped down to the side of the Ghost Needle bush to prevent any injuries to her roots. She specially used the firewood knife to expand the range of her digging and took out the completed Ghost Needle Grass.

At this moment, a rustling sound came from behind him, and it got closer and closer …

She keenly sensed the dangerous atmosphere and turned around to take a look. She was so frightened that her face turned white!

It was actually a huge boar with gray fur!

Zhang Xiaohua held onto her knife tightly, her lower leg was weak, but she tried her best to keep herself calm. Facing the wild boar, she slowly retreated, and looked around for a cover.

Due to being too nervous, she forgot that there was a steep slope behind her. She slipped and fell!

To the wild boar, this was the signal to attack.

The wild boar howled and pounced towards Zhang Xiaohua fiercely, causing her to scream in pain as she subconsciously hugged her head. Out of the corner of her eyes, she saw a ray of grey shadow flying towards her, hugging her and rolling to the side.

"Hiss …" The man breathed in deeply in pain, the air was filled with blood Qi. Zhang Xiaohua crawled up worriedly, "Where's the wound?"

She raised her eyes and was stunned. "It's you?"

The weird cripple who was sitting on the grave that day.

At that time, he only felt that this person's entire body was ice-cold without any trace of life, but now that he looked closer, although this strange person was dressed in tattered clothes, his legs were not nimble, but he had been tidied up meticulously, and looked clean and fresh, especially that pale and cold face, it was extremely pleasant to look at.

"Cough, cough …" The man's cough interrupted her gaze. Just as Zhang Xiaohua was about to speak, she was suddenly startled.

The wild boar charged straight at the two of them, the man holding Zhang Xiaohua quickly dodged, but the wild boar was clumsy and rushed straight out.

Zhang Xiaohua's face turned white, "That was close."

The man took the wooden sabre from Zhang Xiaohua's hand and shouted, "Climb up the slope! Cough cough … "Hide."

The wild boar seemed to be very irritable as it opened its mouth and pounced on the two of them.

"Quick, hide." The man pushed Zhang Xiaohua out of the room, with one hand tightly holding onto the wood knife and the other holding onto a tree trunk, he waved the wood knife to attract the wild boar's attention.

Zhang Xiaohua worriedly looked at the wound on his arm that had been scratched by the wild boar, and knew that staying would only drag him down, so she quickly turned around and grabbed onto the vines to climb up the slope.

The wild boar became more and more irritable as it attacked, the trunk of the tree crumbling.

The man's gaze suddenly became stern. He infused his right hand with power and fiercely stabbed the knife into the wild boar's eyes. He then hooked his legs onto the tree trunk and leaped up a large section.

The wild boar, injured, charged at the tree trunk ferociously, making it inconvenient for the man to write a script for his leg. This time, it was almost knocked down.

"Jump over here." Zhang Xiaohua struggled to push a large rock to stand on the slope. When she found his position and threw it towards the wild boar, she heard a miserable scream, and the wild boar seemed to become even more crazy.

Taking advantage of the wild boar's attention being attracted, the man leaped towards Zhang Xiaohua's direction. Because his left leg was crippled, and he couldn't stand steadily, he directly threw Zhang Xiaohua onto the ground.

"Aiyo, my waist …" Zhang Xiaohua howled out, she heard the wild boar trying to dig the ground as it attacked him, the man embraced Zhang Xiaohua by the waist and stood up, "Run."

Zhang Xiaohua held onto his injured arm to help him maintain his balance. The man gave her a deep look, and a warm look flashed past her eyes.

Fortunately, the slope was not small and the wild boar was injured, giving them a chance to escape.

In the middle of the air, Zhang Xiaohua held onto the tree trunk and gasped for breath, "It scared me to death."

As soon as his voice fell, the man beside him began to cough violently, and the smell of blood became stronger in the air.

"Your injuries …" Zhang Xiaohua immediately pulled his hand and took off her clothes, "Let me see."

She had just touched the corner of the man's shirt when he dodged.

"What are you doing?" Zhang Xiaohua was depressed, "I just wanted to help you heal your injuries …"

"Cough, cough …" "No …" The man coughed until his back was bent. After a long while, he finally managed to choke out two words, "No need."

Zhang Xiaohua pursed her lips, "You don't like people touching you? Then why did you take the risk to save me just now? "

The man waited until the cough had subsided before he slowly said: "For …" "Thank you."

Zhang Xiaohua was surprised: "Why are you thanking me? I should be the one thanking you. "

The man lowered his eyes and silently walked forward. His back was extremely lonely as he limped.

Zhang Xiaohua didn't understand, but she was worried about his injuries, so she could only follow, "Your injuries …"

"Thank you." The man suddenly stopped and looked at the grave not far away. "You …" Cough cough cough … "He helped me before …"

Zhang Xiaohua turned her head and saw the familiar grave. She was surprised: "Unexpectedly, the two of them ran to the place where she just woke up from her teleportation!"

She looked at the man's pale, handsome face and thought of how he too had been sitting alone by the grave that day, as cold and deadly as a living corpse.

"Are you thanking him?" Zhang Xiaohua blurted out, "What is your relationship with him?"

As soon as she said that, she felt the air pressure around her plummet, as if she were in a cave of ice and snow.

The man raised his head, and his eyes, which were not the slightest bit disturbed, tightly grabbed onto her vision. His deathly pale face seemed to be distorted for a moment, but in the blink of an eye, it returned back to an ice-cold appearance.

Regardless of which it was, it made Zhang Xiaohua's entire body tremble, "You, you … why are you looking at me like that? Did I say something wrong? "

"Cough, cough …" The man coughed and looked at her with a cold gaze. The cough sounded like the sound of someone trying to take his life.

The trees were shady, and cold wind was blowing by her ears. Zhang Xiaohua swallowed his saliva, "If you don't want to say it, then forget it …" I... "I won't disturb you any longer."

She was really afraid that his eyes would be as cold as those of a dead person …

The man silently gripped the stick tightly. His thin lips moved as if he wanted to say something, but when he saw the girl's fearful eyes, he fell silent.

"I... I'll be leaving first. " The cold Qi this person was releasing was far too intense. Zhang Xiaohua immediately carried the bamboo basket and ran, only stopping when she did not have that ice-cold gaze following her. "What a weirdo!"

He always liked to stay on the graves, and he was cold like a corpse. He spoke in a strange manner and had a short temper …

She suddenly shook her head, no longer thinking about this weirdo. Along the way, she picked more herbs, but the deeper they went, the weaker the light became …

Zhang Xiaohua stopped in her tracks. The sound of leaves fluttering in the wind was amplified infinitely, and it seemed even more eerie in the forest. Suddenly, from somewhere, a strange insect cry sounded, and a hint of coldness came from behind her neck, causing her neck to go stiff and her back to feel cold …

It was as if Black Impermanence's metal chain would wrap around her neck in the next second and bring her to hell.

"This feeling..." Why are you so familiar with it? " Zhang Xiaohua touched her neck and suddenly remembered something. This kind of cold feeling was exactly the same one with that strange cripple's feeling when she looked at her.

She jerked her head back, but there was no one behind her.

"Strange!"

The forest was empty, and from time to time, there would be some unknown sounds. Zhang Xiaohua became more and more panicked: "Why do I feel like someone is staring at me?"

She shook her head, feeling somewhat suspicious. She had only taken a step or two when that familiar ice-cold feeling continued to circulate in her surroundings. She was so scared that she couldn't help but swallow her saliva.

'There shouldn't be ghosts here right? '