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Chapter 116 - Zhou Ye
Lin Mu would have never expected that he would be seeing Zhou Ye here. Zhou Ye was none other than the second hunter who had become a cultivator in the Northern Town. He was also the person who had won the annual martial tournament in the Wu Lim city last year.
It was also Zhou Ye, in whose hands Lin Mu had first seen a spirit stone in. Unlike Gan Ma, who was oppressive and disliked, Zhou Ye actually had a decent reputation in the town. While he didn’t particularly help people or did anything beneficial for them, he didn’t do anything to hurt them either.
Because of his neutral reputation, most people in the town recognized him and did not mind him. He and his small team of hunters were also the more sought after rather than Gan Ma’s. Though ever since the plague last year, Zhou Ye’s team of hunters had dwindled and now only two people were left. The other members had all succumbed to the plague last year.
Lin Mu had seen Zhou Ye a few times before, and even his father was acquainted with Zhou Ye, having cooperated in some hunts over the years. Though Lin Mu did not expect Zhou Ye to recognize him.
Pushing his train of thoughts to the back of his mind, Lin Mu rushed to the injured man to provide him assistance.
"CALL THE HEALERS!" Lin Mu shouted to the other mercenaries.
A few of the mercenaries immediately turned around to carry out his orders, while the rest rushed along with him. But still, Lin Mu was much faster than them and reached the injured man in a couple of seconds.
Zhou Ye too watched the people approaching him and the voice that had called out his name. His eyes were glazed over and the immense fatigue within them could be felt from the distance. There were multiple injuries on the man’s body, with the most prominent one being the Bone that was popping out of his left shoulder.
One could easily tell that his left arm was broken and the humerus bone had popped out sideways from the shoulder. The man also had multiple gashes and wounds all over his body, along with a large claw mark that extended from the man’s forehead onto his face, covering the nose, lips, and chin and then extending to the chest and the left arm.
Just from the distance between the five claw marks, one could tell that whatever beast that inflicted it was massive in size and had five claws on one limb, perhaps. Looking at Zhou Ye made one wonder how that man had still survived with all these injuries. Most of the injuries had stopped bleeding, and the blood had dried over, which allowed the observer to know that the wounds were perhaps inflicted a day ago.
Zhou Ye could not see clearly and only had one eye that was still open. The other one was too swollen to see from. Upon seeing that he had reached safety, a slight smile accompanied by pain, dressed his face as his mind relaxed in relief, making him collapse.
But just as he was about to hit the ground, Lin Mu appeared in a flash and held him up. He then gently turned him to the side and laid him down. He did a preliminary check on his body and discovered the multiple grievous wounds.
"Use your spirit sense and observer his internal condition." Xukong reminded Lin Mu.
Then, while using his spirit sense to trace his meridians, Lin Mu started pushing his own spirit qi into Zhou Ye’s meridians. At first, it was difficult for him, but soon under the effect of the two healing pills, Zhou Ye’s body started responding.
Lin Mu was successful in inserting his spirit qi into Zhou Ye’s meridians. Under the instructions of senior Xukong, he then guided the spirit qi in a special circuit.
While Lin Mu was doing this, the other mercenaries that were accompanying him checked up on the other person that was lying on the shield that was being dragged by Zhou Ye. They lifted the cloth that was covering it and then recoiled in shock.
The person under the cloth did not have a head, as it had been decapitated rather gruesomely. One could tell that a very strong blow must have hit the man’s jaw as it was separated from there. Five faint claws could even be seen extending from the base of the neck.
One of the mercenaries lifted the man’s arm and saw the symbol that was embroidered on the headless man’s clothes.
"It’s an elite mercenary from the Ashen Cloak mercenary company!" The mercenary shouted.
The other mercenaries came close to take a look and confirmed the mercenary’s claim. The symbol, while caked in blood and mud, was still recognizable to them.
By now, the other mercenaries had also reached the site. Hong Luo, Teng Xiaolian, and his team members were nearby as well. They were sprinting with urgency, and tense expressions could be seen on their faces.
A minute later they finally reached the location and saw Lin Mu sitting on the ground, with his hands on Zhou Ye’s body. Xiong An and Long Da were about to approach Lin Mu to offer him help when Teng Xiaolian suddenly shouted.
"NO! Don’t disturb him."
Xiong An and Long Da froze in their steps as they turned around and looked at their leader with an inquisitive look. Before Teng Xiaolian could speak anything, Hao Xiao suddenly spoke.
"Look, he’s using a healing technique." She exclaimed.
Surprise appeared on the faces of the six people as they looked at Lin Mu with an even more intense gaze. And with these very gazes, they saw the injuries on the man healing at a visible rate. The faint trickles of blood that were flowing down from the gashes on Zhou Ye’s body stopped bleeding.
The smaller cuts and scratches twitched and slowly started to close up under the effects of the healing pills and Lin Mu’s assistance. The swelling that was around Zhou Ye’s left eye also started reducing at a visible rate until when it completely disappeared and his eye was visible again.
~Gasp~
"It can’t be! A High-grade healing technique!" Hong Luo gasped in shock.