Chapter 22: Crisis
Zhangjiatun, the courtyard of Zhang Tingwei's house.
The sun is **, it is close to noon, the courtyard is as hot as a stove, Ah Bao can't stand it anymore, and Zhang Tianci is watching the fire under the vat, and at the same time, observing Zhang Cheng's changes.
Next to the flame is the crow Xiaohei, who has been lying here since the fire has risen, and it seems to enjoy the heat that even people can't stand it.
At this time, Zhang Tingwei came out of the hall and asked, "Ci'er, how is Zhang Cheng now?" At the same time, he glanced at the crow Xiaohei with a little doubt and deep meaning.
When Zhang Tianci saw Zhang Tingwei coming out, he hurriedly shouted "Dad", and then said: "Uncle Zhang Cheng's current situation is still relatively stable, and he is still in the stage of absorbing medicinal power, it has been three hours, and soon the medicinal power of the Continuation Pulse Grass will begin to work, it depends on the next, whether Uncle Zhang Cheng can survive it, by the way, how is Uncle Tie Niu?"
"Well, Tie Niu's injuries are not serious, but his legs are broken and there are some flesh wounds, I have already given him a bone dressing, and it will take a hundred days to heal if he hurts his muscles and bones. Zhang Tingwei said confidently, although his medical skills are not as high as his son's, but he is not an ordinary person, who made his son's medical talent so ungodly.
Gradually, the two fell silent, seriously observing Zhang Cheng's changes together, and suddenly, Zhang Cheng's voice in the medicine jar weakened, and Zhang Tianci found that his complexion began to turn pale, and his muscles atrophied at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Zhang Tianci immediately exclaimed: "It's not good, the medicinal power of the Continuation Pulse Grass is too strong, and other blood-replenishing medicinal materials can't suppress it at all, and now the Continuation Pulse Grass is extracting Uncle Zhang Cheng's flesh and blood essence to fill in the energy of repairing the meridians!"
Of course, Zhang Tingwei understood the crux of the problem, frowned, and said very worriedly: "But now that the situation is urgent, there is no time to find something that has a powerful medicinal power to replenish blood!"
"Dad, don't worry, we just got a blood lotus seed on the way back, and now is the best time for Uncle Zhang Cheng to use!" Zhang Tianci said comfortingly.
"Oh! Zhang Tingwei's brows soothed slightly, but he didn't show too much joy, he saw Zhang Tianci take out a blood-red lotus seed from his arms, exuding a strange fragrance in the air, it was the blood lotus seed that even immortal cultivators had to pity, but his heart was a little heavy, and he finally knew how Tie Niu's injury came about.
Zhang Tianci divided the blood lotus seed into two, put away half of it, and continued to grind the other half into powder, and then, took one-third of the dose, and fed the powder to Zhang Cheng to take, after all, the energy of the blood lotus seed was too huge, and it could allow the immortal cultivators in the Yuan Infant Stage to directly improve to a realm.
After Zhang Cheng took the blood lotus seed powder, sure enough, his complexion returned to blood, and his muscles no longer atrophied, but began to swell like a balloon, and after two hours, he began to shrink again, Zhang Tianci took a third of the dose for him again, and repeated it again until half of the blood lotus seed was used up.
The golden crow fell, the moon rabbit rose, six hours passed, Zhang Tingwei's family and A Bao, as well as the iron bull in the wooden wheelchair, all stood quietly in the courtyard, waiting for the flame to go out, of course, the crow Xiaohei next to the flame did not think so.
Gradually, the flames became smaller, until the last trace of fire was extinguished, and the crow Xiaohei immediately stopped, stood up, and shouted at Ah Bao with an impatient look: "Add firewood~Add firewood~"
"Ha~Ha~~"
For a while, some dull people were amused by the crow Xiaohei, Zhang Xiaomiao stepped forward, picked up Xiaohei, touched Xiaohei's feathers, and scolded with a smile: "You stupid bird, this is not for you to keep warm, I think you are addicted to roasting!"
The crow Xiaohei seemed to enjoy Zhang Xiaomiao's touch more, and no longer made a fuss about the fire, and stayed quietly in Zhang Xiaomiao's arms.
After a while, after the temperature of the medicine tank cooled down, Zhang Tianci said to Ah Bao next to him: "Come, Ah Bao come and take a hand." ”
"Well, okay!" Bao replied, following him.
They climbed onto the shelf, opened the stone cover, carefully lifted Zhang Cheng, who was still unconscious but peaceful, out of the medicine jar, and put him on the stretcher prepared on the ground, and then sent Zhang Cheng back to the ward.
Everyone came to the ward, Zhang Tianci gave Zhang Cheng an examination, covered the quilt, looked at Zhang Cheng after the serious illness looked a little thin, but also relieved, turned around and said: "Okay, Uncle Zhang Cheng is fine, but the mental strength and body are too exhausted, and he hasn't woken up for a while, I estimate that I will wake up early tomorrow morning, and when the time comes, my father and mother will be able to reunite with Uncle Zhang Cheng." ”
"Good!good!good!" Wen Hui couldn't hold back her excitement in her heart, and shouted three times in a row, and couldn't help but talk about the past with the couple and Zhang Cheng, Zhang Cheng was originally a little servant boy with her when she married Zhang Tingwei, but they have always treated him like a little brother and took care of him, always by their side, accompanied them to travel, accompanied them to build the city, accompanied them to fight for Zhenshan City, and the relationship over the years made them not relatives but better than relatives.
Zhang Xiaomiao listened to Wen Hui talk about those bits and pieces, and when she heard that their city was ruined and people were dead, life and death were in a vast, Wen Hui still couldn't help but leave tears, Zhang Xiaomiao had already been moved by the tragic story of the city's destruction and death, and hugged her mother's arm and cried with tears on her face.
Tie Niu was also in tears on the side, although he did not follow Zhang Tingwei and his wife since he was a child, but he was a brother who later married Zhang Cheng, but Zhenshan City also had his hard work in it.
Ah Bao, who stayed on the side, was the only ordinary person, and he couldn't fully understand all the content of Wen Hui, but the spirit of everyone fighting to protect the city deeply shocked him, it turned out that people can sacrifice everything for what they guard. Although he is very small compared to the characters in the story, he also has his own inner protection.
"Okay, okay, old woman, what are you doing here! Now that Zhang Cheng can come back to life, we should be happy, why are you still crying here. Zhang Tingwei stepped forward to persuade.
"Yes, yes, happy, we should be happy. Wen Hui put away her nostalgic mood and said with a smile: "Hehe~ It seems that he is old, and he feels sad at every turn." ”
"My mother is not old at all, and my mother will always be the most beautiful mother in Miao'er's eyes. Zhang Xiaomiao looked serious with tears in her eyes and said what was in her heart.
"Haha~ha~" Everyone laughed, the atmosphere became relaxed and happy, chatting for a while, they all dispersed, and after a busy day, they went back to their rooms to rest.
However, Zhang Tianci and the others did not know that the three disciples of the Chongyang Sect were looking for them everywhere, and the three of them were misled by the direction of Zhang Tianci's descent from the mountain, leading them to the east, while the real direction of Zhangjiatun was the southeast.
Of course, Zhang Tianci didn't mean to lead them away, it was just that it was convenient to go down the mountain in that direction, that's all, but it didn't matter now, the important thing was that they were coming south step by step.