Chapter 14: The Autumn Hunt(2):

LI TIAN YOU POV:

From now on all of the mc quotes would be in quotation marks ( ' ' )

" Your Majesty I'm sorry I've arrived late. On my way back I saw a young lady who seem to have been poisoned. Please ask the Imperial Physician to check up on her," Rong Xia*(1) asked. Imperial uncle only replied was sending guards to alert the Imperial physician on standby and to help lift her off the horse, as her jade fell off her waistband I gasp in shock. ' It looks very similar to the one I gave to Shang Gu, this jade was personally made there should only be two the one with Shang Gu the other one is with her..... '. Running towards her I shouted " Shang Gu!, Shang Gu!". Yu Xuan caught my eye as we ran towards her, I push all guards near her away. Crouching down I observed how her skin had a light Green colour fading off her body, the sign of the Dandelion Poison. "Childe, do you think it is Dandelion?" Yu Xuan asked. " Probably," I replied. 'Damn Dandelion is a poison that could spread out quickly and contaminate anyone. The only way to stop is to eat the relief pill. I think I have some in my space. But it is not enough for everyone. Eh, I still have the Shang Guan twins. 'walking towards his majesty I utter "Report to your majesty, the girl that Brother Rong has*(2) brought back is the best friend she has been poisoned severely by a poison called Dandelion. It spreads very easily if you contaminate it,". People began to panic and scream as I continued shouting a little "The only thing I can do to help is to give the antidote to Shang Gu but I only have two on me. It's not enough for everyone so I suggest for everyone block off their acupoint until I get more pills. For those who don't know how to do so please request help from those who know how to," People began to calm down as they heard that there was a cure, humans would always be afraid of death...

" Yu Xuan, hurry up and send a signal to Shang Guan Tao and Shang Guan Yue requiring at least 200 Dandelion pills and more," I began to instruct Yu Xuan as everyone stood there dumbstruck " You know you'll all be in a more dangerous to catching the poison if you don't get a move on,!" My voice brought people back to sense as everyone begin pressing the acupoints alongside me. I watch as almost everyone knew how to do so*(3) of course exempting the noble princess, the quick way to find brother Tao and brother Yue is to use the fireworks, but they're so expensive!!!! my heart is breaking up. Nonetheless, I can always ask for compensation from my father 😈 . Getting out the two small pills I ordered Yu Xuan to send the fireworks as I popped one in Shang Gu's mouth and another into Rong Xia uttering " You found Shang Gu first so you might have accidentally touched her hand, eat this just to be safe,"

" My lord wow I never would have known the sun does rise from the west you called for us," Shang Guan Tao laughed. I shot them a deadly glare as Yu Xuan approached them telling them what has happened Yue di*(4) teleported himself away to get the antidote as Tao di came to take a look at Shang Gu. Using two fingers press down on her wrist as he tried to feel her pulse. " How is it?" I asked " The dandelion poison consists of three stages. The first stage is when she begins to feel drowsy and loses conscience. The second stage is when her body begins to turn green starting from her chest and to every part of her body, this states that the poison is slowly eating her organs. The last stage is when her organs have given up and the poison has taken control of her body even if she was to take the antidote she would still die," He replied, continuing " Miss Shang Gu's situation is exactly of the last stage, but I don't get it. It usually takes at least 3 days to get to this stage. Who was it that was so heartless not only poison miss but also fed her Chinese Lotus," I stared at him blankly as he continued " Chinese Lotus is a herb that can aggravate this poison... It's quite rare so I've never seen a situation like this...". Putting up my hand I interrupted him whispering " So is there any cure," " The nine beakers of Ice can slow done the process so that the antidote can take action," he muttered. The nine beakers of ice is a skill I learnt from one of the teachers I met whilst travelling through Jiang Hu, the last time I used it I went into a coma for half a month. I found out later on that this skill is not compatible with my body's poison. Well since it is my fault why Shang Gu is like this then it's only right I heal her. Striding past them I walked towards Imperial Uncle and proclaimed " Your majesty my allies have brought the pills which would soon be given to everyone, as for Shang Gu I need to use internal force to help her,". " You have my permission to do so as long as you don't endanger yourself," Imperial Uncle replied. I nodded at Li Tian Yao as she headed towards Yu Xuan.

Carrying Shang Gu in my arms I made my way to a nearby camp/tent, following me was Yu Xuan, seem like he has given the job of handing out the pills to Tian Yao. Shang Guan Yue and Shang Guan Tao tag along for oblivious reasons, the twins have long removed themselves from the court but are still the imperial astronomer's kids and getting recognised by the emperor is not quite ideal in this situation. Sitting Shang Gu down I punched her acupoints just in case the Qi re-bounced to the wrong median*(5) as I unpunched my own. ' Here we go'. Placing both my hands onto her back I closed my eyes in concentration, blocking out all sounds and focusing on the flow of internal energy as I passed some onto her. Drifting off I began to see memories, memories belonging to Shang Gu. Most of them contained me, smiling widely I pressed on the scene of how we met and begin to watch it. ' ah, childish days '....' She likes me' thoughts like this kept on going through my head as I watched her recent memories with her talking to Yu Xuan, apparently Yu Xuan had recognised her feeling for me and she admitted it. ' God I only treated her like my sister and good friend, AHHH this is even more complicated now, but how did I not realise she like me?' Removing these thoughts I began to focus again extracting my internal flow ice cubes began to form as I step into phrase 1 of the nine beakers of ice. The legendary nine beakers of ice was a skill belonging to the Zhong Nan sect (a sect that specialises in cultivating using water type moves) legend has it that this skill was created as a killing skill but was changed into a skill to heal one's broken internal energy, but by doing so the person using the skill would damage their internal energy which causes internal injuries and if not treated then death. Because of its dangers elders from the Zhong Nan sect had forbidden anyone from learning this skill, all books concerning it were bonfire hence the skill was lost from Jiang Hu and no one had seen it since I came across an old widow who gave me a book concerning this skill but I haven't seen her since. The last time I used this skill was a year ago, because I was distracted not only did I end up harming the old man I was trying to save but I also suffered injuries leading to 2 months of bed rest. The 1 phrase would be me giving energy to Shang Gu which would soon be turned into ice cubes these ice cubes would repair any damage to the median or internal injuries. This part is the most important bit because if I break the concentration between us not only would I be hurt but also Shang Gu as well. Not long after I started to force the internal energy I began to feel the loss of conscience, 'I've been using too much energy also the fact that my internal energy hasn't been healed yet,'.

Minutes passed as once again the nagging cloudberry appears in my space, " Tut tut host not even past 24 hours and yet I see you again, you do realise this isn't a good thing. You know what I'm about to say, seriously your poison would be activated and you would lose your life, would you like to see your father ' grey hair send black hair'*(6). Honesty can you please control yourself I know you love acting like a hero but can't you first care about your own body, honestly like mother like son," She nagged. "Are you done?" I asked, " If you're, then go away..." Cuttin she said, " Why you little brat why can't you act more mature?"Replying I spoke, " If you continue to interrupt me then ill be in a better position to await death,". Leaving in anger I shook my head at her foolishness, and drowsiness swept me as one of my hands broke contact with Shang Gu's body " Sorry Shang Gu I failed to save you," I muttered. The next thing I remember was a new power and energy surging into my body as I finished off healing Shang Gu later I found out that the energy was given from the Shang Guan twins, 'not bad that I treat them as true friends '.

Glossary:

1. Count Cheng'an name.

2. Endorsement used between the two.

3. Most descendants of nobles/royalty would send their kids to learn a certain degree of martial arts.

4. Protagonist calls him this cause he is younger than him.

5. There are a lot of medians in our bodies. ( I'm not quite much of a scientist if you would like to know more you could check to google).

6. This is a saying in Mandarin that means that someone of old age would send someone younger than themselves into heaven. In the content, it's been used in cloudberry is saying that Tian You would like to watch his father sending him off to heaven whilst prince Zi is alive, watching him being sad and mourning over his only heir. ( Illegitimate child such as Tian Ming can't inherit his title )