Three hours later, the sun had set.
Ye Fan lifted the curtain and looked at the snow outside the carriage. He ordered Coachman to stop the carriage.
"Hey …" Coachman stopped the carriage, "Young master, what's the matter?"
"Let's stop here," Ye Fan said.
"Here?" Coachman was puzzled, "This is the wilderness, and it's late …"
"Someone will come to pick us up in a while." Ye Fan took out a golden leaf and handed it to Coachman, "Thank you for taking care of us, husband and wife. Please accept this as a token of my appreciation."
"Young master, what are you saying," Coachman was overjoyed and took the golden leaf, "Thank you very much, young master."
"Wife, we should get off the carriage," Ye Fan said to Fujiwara No Chiko.
"Yes," Fujiwara No Chiko replied with a red face.
Ye Fan carried Fujiwara No Chiko and carried her out of the carriage.
"Young master, why don't you and your wife rest in the carriage for a while. I will leave when the carriage picks you up," Coachman said. The amount of money he earned this time was much more than what he had earned in the past year. Furthermore, he had a very good impression of Ye Fan. Not only was Ye Fan generous, what was even rarer was that Ye Fan was very polite to a servant like him.
"No need," Ye Fan said, "I will take my wife for a walk around here. You go first."
"Yes," Coachman bowed to Ye Fan, turned around and got on the carriage. He turned around and waved the whip. In a moment, he disappeared in the snow.
"Are you feeling better?" Ye Fan asked Fujiwara No Chiko.
"Much better," Fujiwara No Chiko said. During the journey, Ye Fan took good care of her, and from time to time, he would "annoy" her. She felt much better now. She knew that Ye Fan was deliberately making her happy to ease her pain. When she was about to fall asleep, she had secretly looked at Ye Fan. His face was anxious and his brows were tightly knitted. He was not as calm as when he was teasing her. She saw everything and remembered it in her heart.
"It seems that the poison in your body doesn't like the cold," Ye Fan said as he picked up Fujiwara No Chiko again. "Hold on tight."
"What are you doing?" Fujiwara No Chiko asked hurriedly.
"Up the mountain." After saying that, Ye Fan activated his movement technique and leaped into the sky. At this time, he had already recovered 40% of his Spirit Qi, so flying in the air was no longer a problem.
"Ah! Fujiwara No Chiko shouted. "This …" Fujiwara No Chiko looked at Ye Fan, who was floating in the air, and was stunned. She knew that Ye Fan's cultivation was not the same as before, but she did not expect that Ye Fan could actually fly in the air!
Looking at the road that had become like sheep's intestines and listening to the sound of the wind, Fujiwara No Chiko felt like she was in a dream. She thought that her movement technique was not bad, and she was also a first-class expert in terms of speed. But compared to him, it was like the difference between heaven and earth.
"Hold on tight." Ye Fan said as he began to activate his movement technique and floated to the mountain peak.
Fujiwara No Chiko was so scared that she hugged Ye Fan's neck tightly.
Ye Fan only felt that Fujiwara No Chiko's body was soft to the touch, and a delicate fragrance assailed his nostrils. The hands that hooked around his neck made Ye Fan's heart ripple. He really wanted to hold her like this, and fly like this for the rest of his life.
But when he thought about the condition of Fujiwara No Chiko in his arms, he immediately calmed down. Grandpa Ye Yun said that the Spirit Fortifying Pill could only last for seven days. Within these seven days, she must be cured, otherwise …
Ye Fan thought of this, and looked down at Fujiwara No Chiko in his arms, who was staring at him with wide eyes and a look of shock on her face. His eyebrows furrowed again, and he sped up his movement technique.
"Where are we going?" Fujiwara No Chiko looked at Ye Fan's uncertain face, and did not know what he was thinking.
"Qing Yun Mountain." Ye Fan answered her.
"Qing Yun Mountain?" Fujiwara No Chiko had a puzzled look on her face.
"En." Ye Fan said, "It's the mountain where you saved me. Tonight we will spend the night there. "
Fujiwara No Chiko did not say anything after hearing this.
In less than the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, Ye Fan had flown halfway up Mount Azure Cloud. He stopped, and slowly landed in front of the cave where Fujiwara No Chiko had saved him. Revisiting this place made him sigh. Thinking about it, it had only been a few days since he was saved, and now that he was here again, the situation was completely different, and he was the one who saved her.
Fujiwara No Chiko also had a lot of feelings, and the scene at that time was still vivid in her mind.
"Let's go in." Ye Fan helped Fujiwara No Chiko into the cave again. After entering the cave, the scene inside was the same as before, with a few bluestones and a thick mat of firewood, it was the place where he woke up. Beside the remaining fire, there was a one foot deep pit that was very eye-catching. It seemed that Fujiwara No Chiko was right at that time, Hattori Chio, who had been frozen by his cold air, was indeed buried under the fire to defrost him.
Ye Fan put down the food box and the cloth wrapped sword case, and began to check if there were any wild beasts in the cave. The snow had sealed the mountain, and many wild beasts would look for natural caves to hide from the wind and snow. Fortunately, there were no living creatures in the cave.
Fujiwara No Chiko took out a fire starter from her bosom, grabbed a handful of hay, and prepared to light the fire.
"You rest, I'll do it." Ye Fan helped Fujiwara No Chiko to sit on the straw mat, and took the fire starter and hay from her hands. He turned around and picked up a handful of firewood, and began to light the fire.
The blazing bonfire made the originally cold and damp cave warm and bright. Ye Fan divided the fire into two piles, and placed the other pile at the entrance of the cave. This way, not only could it prevent the cold wind from blowing into the cave, it could also prevent the wild beasts from entering the mountain. He was careful, and used a tree branch to wipe away the footprints of the two people on the snow. Then, he returned to the cave, and used the stones in the cave to surround the fire at the entrance of the cave. This way, no one would be able to see the fire from outside.
Ye Fan tidied up everything before returning to the cave, and sat opposite Fujiwara No Chiko.
"Are you hungry?" As Ye Fan spoke, he took out a water bag and a roasted chicken from the food box, and passed the water to Fujiwara No Chiko. The roasted chicken was skewered with a tree branch, and slowly roasted above the fire.
"I'm not hungry." Fujiwara No Chiko took the water bag and drank a small sip. "You're more tired than me, you eat."
"Hehe." Ye Fan laughed. "Thank you for your concern."
Fujiwara No Chiko angrily rolled her eyes at Ye Fan.
"That piece of spiritual jade of yours is indeed full of spiritual energy, it's a treasure." Ye Fan said as he twirled the roasted chicken in his hand, "But why is your body's spiritual energy still depleted?"
"Although spiritual jade is full of spiritual energy, it still needs to recover, just like humans." Fujiwara No Chiko explained. "After you wore it, the spiritual energy in the spiritual jade was almost completely absorbed by you, so it naturally needs to recover."
"So that's how it is." Ye Fan finally understood why the spiritual jade did not have any reaction when his spiritual energy was almost depleted in the Ye Clan's ancestral home.
"It's about time to eat." Ye Fan passed the fully heated roasted chicken to Fujiwara No Chiko. "Even if you're not hungry, you still need to eat. Now that your body is weak, you need to eat more."
"Okay." Fujiwara No Chiko took the roasted chicken from Ye Fan's hand. Ever since Ye Fan pretended to be poisoned, her personality changed greatly. She listened to Ye Fan's every word. Ye Fan also felt this change. Although he kept calling her his wife, she was only pretending to be angry. She did not have the cold and unapproachable appearance that she used to have.
Ye Fan got up and walked to the sword sheath wrapped in red cloth. He took out the sword sheath, opened it, and took out Fujiwara No Chiko's Chihō sword. With a swish, he pulled the sword out of the sheath. Cold and murderous aura filled the air. Ye Fan held the shining Chihō sword and walked in front of Fujiwara No Chiko.
Fujiwara No Chiko looked puzzled as Ye Fan approached her with the long sword in hand.
"Put this sword beside you. Use it to defend yourself." Ye Fan bent down and put the sword beside Fujiwara No Chiko. "If someone comes near you, just hack at them. No matter who it is, don't show mercy." Ye Fan said and turned around.
"Where are you going?" Fujiwara No Chiko asked.
"I'm going to guard the entrance of the cave. You just sleep peacefully." Ye Fan said, "I'll call you when the time comes."
"Is it not safe here?" Fujiwara No Chiko said, "There shouldn't be any problem."
"It's better to be safe than sorry." Ye Fan said, "If you hear a sound at the entrance of the cave, quickly put out the fire and take the opportunity to escape." Ye Fan continued. "The people who can hunt you down are not ordinary people." Ye Fan said and was ready to leave.
"Wait a minute." Fujiwara No Chiko called Ye Fan.
"What other orders do you have?" Ye Fan smiled and turned around.
"You take the Lihuo sword." Fujiwara No Chiko said, "First of all, you have spiritual power. If you encounter a strong enemy, you can use the power of the Lihuo sword. Second of all," Fujiwara No Chiko whispered, "the Lihuo sword is also very warm. It's too cold at the entrance of the cave."
"Wife is right. Husband will do as you say." Ye Fan said jokingly while taking out the Lihuo sword, turned around and walked to the entrance of the cave.
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