Chapter 6: Antidotes

  The first two demonic spiders were almost instantly burned to ashes, so that the several other demonic spiders rushing forward couldn't stop their pace and could only barely launch an attack. One of them was extremely lucky and managed to scratch Rega's side with its claw, tearing open a narrow wound under his black cloak, and fresh blood suddenly spurted out from the wound. But before it could continue its attack, the Azure Sword sliced off its head with a beautiful spinning slash.

  The remaining few demonic spiders shrieked in horror, backing away to prepare for escape, but the Cang Jian sword had absorbed enough demon blood, its blade bursting forth like a rainbow, and Lei Ga merely lightly swung it a few times, slicing the demonic spiders in half, and the sword flames immediately incinerated them into ashes.

  The last, somewhat emaciated demon spider retreated with no way out, was forced into a desperate corner by Lei Ga, and could only let out a terrified shriek, raising its forelegs high in the air, striking a pose of despairing menace.

  The villagers who had been hiding saw that the situation was settled, and they all ran out of their shelters and hiding places, shouting excitedly: "Kill it! Kill it!"

  Lei Ga slightly furrowed his brow, the Cang Yue sword swiftly struck out, cutting off the demonic spider's raised foreclaw, then sheathed the sword and calmly walked out of the corner.

  The demon spider let out a miserable cry, its severed pedipalp continuously flowing with green sticky liquid. It seized the opportunity to quickly jump out of the enclosure and disappeared into the gradually rising sunlight.

  The villagers who were just shouting and making a big noise all fell silent.

  "Your Excellency—"

  The village chief still used a respectful tone, but his voice was laced with a hint of anger, "Why did you let it go?"

  Facing the questioning gaze of the entire Fenglin Village, Lei Ga did not rush to explain. His ribs were aching faintly, and his priority was to treat the wound that had been cut by the demonic spider's claw during the battle just now.

  In the face of a dozen or so demonic spiders attacking at the same time, to emerge victorious with such a small price to pay is something that even a heroic figure would find difficult to achieve. Yet, on Regas' pale face, there wasn't a single hint of joy in triumph, his firm lips still tightly pursed together.

  He walked to a relatively clean place, put down the Qinghuan sword in his hand, and then untied the cloak on his body.

  The cloak was already tattered and worn, another tear wouldn't make a difference, but the lining inside had also been ripped apart. Fresh blood gushed out of the wound, sticking to the lining, and even the slightest movement felt like being torn apart in agony.

  "Despicable."

  A faint wrinkle appeared between Lei's eyebrows as he muttered to himself, "I'm still not fast enough..."

  If it weren't for relying on the Cangjian Sword in his hand and the temporary absorption of the demonic beast's blood, with his current abilities, he would have absolutely no chance of winning.

  It must be even stronger.

  Lei Ga clenched his teeth and pulled down the torn fabric from the wound, the intense pain causing his eyebrows to furrow even deeper. He raised his elbow, carefully examining the long, narrow wound under his ribs. Examining the wound not only helped with accurate treatment but also allowed him to summarize his combat experience and avoid making the same mistakes again.

  The village chief ordered the villagers to clean up the remaining mess in Fenglin Village, and he personally carried a basin of clear water and respectfully presented it to Leiga.

  "Sir, please forgive me for my tone of voice earlier. I was just momentarily anxious. Please use clean water to clean the wound."

  The village chief glanced at the Cyan Sword beside Leiga and quickly withdrew his gaze. He was very dissatisfied with Leiga's intentional release of the last magic spider, but after all, Leiga had killed most of the magic spiders, and the strength he showed was not something that an ordinary person like him dared to offend, so he could only hold back for now.

  "Thank you."

  Lei Ga did not refuse the village chief's kindness, but the venomous fangs of the magic spider required the wound to be cleaned with clear water before a hemostatic agent could be applied to stop the bleeding. However, the wound was too narrow and in some places near his back he couldn't clean it himself.

  "Sir, let me find someone to help you!"

  The old village chief turned around and beckoned to a house in the distance, "A Xing, come quickly and help clean the wound!"

  The door creaked open a crack, and a young woman's face appeared in the gap, saying timidly: "Grandfather..."

  "Come quickly!" The village chief urged.

  The woman called Ah Xing was apparently frightened by the miserable situation outside, but she seemed even more afraid to disobey the village chief's order. After hesitating for a moment, she slowly walked out from behind the door panel, her head bowed in tension, staring at her toes as she approached Leiga, as if something heavy was weighing on her.

  "Your Excellency..."

  A Xing slightly bowed to Leika, her movements stiff and unfamiliar, clearly not often using etiquette. Her eyes darted back and forth, occasionally glancing at the Cang Yue sword beside Leika, her body tense like a drawn bowstring, as if she feared that in the next second Leika would draw out the Cang Yue sword and chop towards her.

  Her tense appearance made Lega suspicious, but considering that the girl had never seen such a miserable scene before, Lega didn't pay much attention to it.

  "Useless thing, dawdling and making me lose face!" The village chief scolded Ah Xing angrily.

  "Sorry, Grandpa, I was wrong..." Ah Xing's voice was as thin as a mosquito, his face almost buried in his chest.

  Her face was not good-looking, with a small nose and high cheekbones, several freckles under her cheekbones were very noticeable, a pair of big eyes full of fright, without any spirit, her pale lips were trembling after witnessing a cruel scene, her brown hair looked like overripe corn silk, dry and messy. However, under her ordinary appearance, her skin was as white as freshly squeezed sheep's milk, and the two breasts on her chest were proudly standing, squeezing each other in her thin dress, almost jumping out.

  By village girl standards, Ah Xing is indeed considered a beauty.

  "Your Excellency," the village head said with a hint of pride, introducing Leiga: "This is my granddaughter, A Xing. Let her take care of washing your wounds."

  Lega's face was slightly flushed, "I, I'll do it myself." Being taken care of by a stranger, especially by a mature-looking girl, made Lega feel somewhat at a loss.

  A Xing squatted down in front of Le Ga, examining his wounds while saying: "You killed those monsters and saved our village. It's my honor to serve you, sir. If you refuse, Grandfather will be angry with me." She looked up, her eyes filled with pleading tears.

  "Alright then."

  Compared to monsters, A Xing seemed more afraid of her own grandfather, and on her body, there was a strange aura. Le Ga lowered his head thoughtfully, preparing to ask questions, just in time to see A Xing's snow-white chest, the waves of flesh swaying with her wiping motion, like spring ripples, layer upon layer, and like summer harvest wheat waves that made people dizzy.

  He hastily shifted his gaze away, looking at a completely unrelated place. The words he wanted to ask were also forgotten.

  The village chief smiled silently, taking advantage of Ah Xing's help to clean the wound for Lei Ga, and threw out the doubts in his heart, "Sir, can you tell me why didn't you kill that last magic spider?"

  "It's not the last one."

  A Xing Meng suddenly stopped his actions and quickly recovered.

  "Is it the last one?"

  The village chief looked at Leica and said in despair: "If there are really many demon spiders, what should our Fenglin Village do?"

  "I left it unharmed, just so that it would leave behind the smell of sulfur to guide me and thoroughly eradicate their lair."

  The village chief let out a big sigh of relief, "Your Excellency, we will always remember your kindness to Fenglin Village!"

  "Axing said softly: 'Sir, you are injured, don't you want to rest in Fenglin Village for a day first?'"

  "Right! Ah Xing is absolutely right!"

  The village chief hastily agreed: "Your Excellency, you should rest! Replenish your physical strength! Those demon beasts must have suffered heavy losses and won't counterattack immediately." He regretted isolating Rega outside the village last night, letting him get rained on all night.

  Lei Ga shook his head slightly, "No need, just clean the wound and apply hemostatic agent, I can leave. I don't have any favors to ask of Fenglin Village, you just need to pay me the agreed task reward."

  The village chief hastily said: "I'll go and prepare your task reward right away! Ah Xing, take care of the guest!" After finishing speaking, he quickly turned around and left.

  Lei Ga saw that the wound was almost clean, so he took out the hemostatic agent from the package, opened the bottle cap, and handed it to A Xing. "Trouble you to sprinkle the hemostatic agent on the wound." While talking to A Xing, his eyes were fixed elsewhere, afraid of being pinched by Bai Hua's chest.

  A Xing carefully accepted the coagulant, as if afraid of coming into contact with Leiga. After receiving the coagulant, she first evenly applied it to her palm, skillfully rubbed it for a moment, and then applied it to Leiga's wound. Her movements were very careful, very gentle, like a warm spring breeze.

  "Have you ever taken care of wounds before?"

  A hint of panic flashed across Ah Xing's face, "My father was a hunter when he was still alive, so..."

  Lei Ga Mu nodded silently and took out a vial of antidote from his package. The cork was pulled out, and a pungent smell immediately emanated from it.

  "What kind of medicine is this... it smells so bad!" Ah Xing coughed violently several times, covering his nose and mouth, not daring to breathe.

  Antidote.

  Lei Ga said: "...if the tavern owner didn't get it wrong." After finishing, he drank the green medicine in one gulp, then closed his mouth tightly and didn't speak for half a day. His face first turned iron blue, then flushed red, and finally returned to normal.

  "You... are you okay?" Ah Xing asked incredulously, his tone mixed with a hint of terror.

  "It's all right."

  Lei Ga calmly looked at his own wound, and the hemostatic agent began to take effect. The narrow and long wound on his ribs was healing at a visible speed. "Thank you for everything you've done for me."

  A Xing's lips trembled slightly, apparently wanting to say something, but the words reached the tip of her tongue and were swallowed back. She saw the village chief holding a large bundle of money rushing over, hastily saluted Leijia, and ran back into the house with her skirt in hand.

  Lui shook his head lightly, adjusting his clothes while muttering: "Strange girl..."