Playboy: Medical and Martial Master

At this moment, Sun Zhe could feel Su Nanzhi’s delicate body trembling in his arms; she was clearly terrified.

The aura exuded by that Red-haired Ghost was indeed dreadful. It was so terrifying that even from a distance, it made Sun Zhe, a cultivator at the Late Stage of the Nascent Soul Realm, feel oppressed.

His intuition told him that if they really started fighting, he would probably be killed in an instant!

”That beast even brought reinforcements.”

Su Nanzhi gritted her teeth. Ignoring Sun Zhe, she suddenly pushed him away with all her strength.

”Run! Don’t worry about me!”

She knew that in her current state, she couldn’t run at all. If Sun Zhe tried to escape with her, neither of them would make it.

Better for one to die than both!

”Ah Zhe, you must get back alive! Take care of my sister and my grandfather!”

”Tell my sister to kick that beast Ye Fei out of the Su Family! He was the one who led people to ambush the herb-gathering team this time!”

After hastily blurting this out, Su Nanzhi got up and limped toward the two Mountain Demons.

”Ah Zhe, if there’s a next life...”

Before she could finish, she suddenly felt her body lighten. Before she could even react, Sun Zhe had scooped her up and soared into the sky.

Sun Zhe looked down at the exquisite face in his arms and said, ”I promised your sister and grandfather that I would bring you back safely to Yang City.”

”As for that bastard Ye Fei, you can deal with him yourself when we get back.”

Su Nanzhi’s beautiful eyes trembled. It was as if she hadn’t heard his words; she just stared at him in disbelief.

”Your wings...”

”Aren’t they cool?”

Su Nanzhi suddenly hugged his neck tightly. ”No wonder you said you were in the sky before. It turns out you can fly.”

”Just say they’re cool and be done with it.”

”Cool my ass. You’re a birdman.”

”Believe it or not, I’ll drop you.”

”Go ahead and drop me, if you can bear to.”

”Alright, you win. I can’t bear to.”

”...”

At that moment, on the ground, the Red-haired Ghost saw Sun Zhe and Su Nanzhi fly away. It let out a furious, strange cry and slapped the smaller Mountain Demon on the head. Then it leaped to the side, casually uprooted a tree as thick as a bowl, and stripped off its branches with a single swipe of its claws. Hefting the trunk like a javelin, it hurled it toward Sun Zhe in the sky.

”Ah Zhe, watch out!” Su Nanzhi, who had been watching the ground, screamed.

Sun Zhe remained calm and composed. Holding her, he twisted his body in mid-air. Just as the ”javelin” flew toward them, he swung his dark wings and sliced it in two. With another powerful flap, he sent them spinning straight up into the sky.

On the ground, the two Mountain Demons, large and small, could only watch helplessly as Sun Zhe and Su Nanzhi flew further and further away until they vanished from sight, so angry they were fit to burst.

* * *

Due to his severe True Qi depletion, Sun Zhe couldn’t fly for long.

After flying for seven or eight minutes, once he was sure they had shaken off the two Mountain Demons, he landed with Su Nanzhi in a dense forest.

Su Nanzhi sat on the ground, gasping for breath and patting her chest. ”That was really close. Good thing you can fly.”

Beside her, Sun Zhe let out a long breath as his Yin Yang Wings dissipated. He tossed the trousers and shoes in his hands to her. ”Quick, put these on. I grabbed them for you while we were escaping.”

Su Nanzhi’s beautiful eyes flickered. Only then did she realize that her lower body was covered only by a pair of tights. She hurriedly grabbed her clothes and turned her back to Sun Zhe.

Sun Zhe paid her no mind, turning to survey their surroundings.

After putting on her clothes and shoes, Su Nanzhi walked up behind Sun Zhe. Looking at his back, her lips pursed as if she wanted to say something but held back.

After the earlier scare, they had both calmed down, and the blazing passion between them had cooled.

Sun Zhe broke the silence. ”Who is he?”

Su Nanzhi was startled. ”Who? Which he?”

Sun Zhe’s tone was slightly heavy. ”The one... from your first time. You’re the one who brought it up.”

Su Nanzhi rolled her eyes. ”I’m not telling you. And even if I did, what would you do? Go look for him?”

Hearing this, Sun Zhe felt a growing tightness in his chest, and he was suddenly struck with the impulse to lunge at her.

Su Nanzhi looked at him with a half-smile. ”Someone said they just wanted to be ordinary friends, yet they care so much about my first time. It’s clear their motives weren’t pure from the start.”

”I...” Sun Zhe was momentarily speechless.

Su Nanzhi’s expression turned serious. ”We should figure out how to get out of here first.”

”You’re right.” Sun Zhe nodded, no longer dwelling on the matter. He looked around and said, ”Earlier, when we were in the sky, I made a note of a particular mountain. As long as we find it, we can find the way out.”

”Can you fly up and look for it now?”

Sun Zhe shook his head. ”My True Qi is severely depleted. I can’t fly right now. We should find a place to rest first.” He turned to Su Nanzhi. ”Do you need me to carry you?”

”No, I can walk by myself.”

”Alright.” Sun Zhe said no more and turned to walk ahead.

Unexpectedly, Su Nanzhi hadn’t taken more than a few steps before she fell, hissing in pain. ”Actually... you’d better carry me.”

Sun Zhe walked back, helped her up, then turned and squatted down. ”Get on.”

A short while later, the soft pressure of her chest against his back sent his mind racing again, and the Yang Qi within him began to stir. For a moment, he lamented his situation bitterly. Fortunately, Yao Yuelong’s powerful Initial Blood Yin Essence was suppressing the Ice and Fire True Qi in his body. If the Ice and Fire True Qi were to act up now, he would be in serious trouble.

The air gradually fell quiet.

Sun Zhe carried Su Nanzhi slowly through the dense forest, neither of them speaking.

Su Nanzhi lay quietly on his back, hesitating for a long time before she said, ”Let’s meet when we get back to Yang City.”

Sun Zhe nodded. ”Earlier, you started to say, ’if there’s a next life,’ but you didn’t finish.”

Su Nanzhi rolled her eyes. ”I was going to say, if there’s a next life, I will never come to a place like this again.”

Sun Zhe asked, ”Is that all you wanted to say?”

”What else?”

Sun Zhe shook his head. ”You disappoint me greatly.”

Su Nanzhi laughed and playfully slapped his shoulder. ”Well, what did you want me to say?”

”...”

They chatted as he carried Su Nanzhi for a long, long time. Sun Zhe finally stopped when they came across an ancient tree with a hollow in its trunk. He decided to use the tree hollow as a temporary camp to rest.

”I saw a lot of herbs along the way. While we have time, I want to gather some to take back.”

”Do you need my help?”

”No, you get some rest. I’ll stay nearby and be back soon.”

”...”

* * *

Time flew by. In a flash, two days had passed.

In those two days, Sun Zhe gathered a large bundle of herbs. They were all rare and priceless materials that even the Ten Thousand Medicines Hall would struggle to obtain. Thanks to the Pure Yang True Qi and the herbs Sun Zhe had found, Su Nanzhi’s sprained ankle was about seventy or eighty percent healed.

Early this day, Sun Zhe finished his cultivation and woke Su Nanzhi to prepare for their journey. The previous night, after his True Qi had recovered, Sun Zhe had flown into the sky and located the mountain he had noted before.

”Nanzhi, wake up. It’s time to go.”

”Mmm... Why so early? I want to sleep a bit longer.”

”Still trying to sleep in, even out in the wild?”

”It’s your fault for spoiling me.”

Sun Zhe shook his head helplessly and was about to fully wake her.

AOO—!

Just then, a deafening beast’s roar echoed from the distance.

The terrifying roar seemed to crack the very air, making their cheeks sting inside the tree hollow.

Su Nanzhi’s drowsiness vanished instantly. She shot up. ”What’s going on?!”

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

At that moment, dull thuds sounded from outside the tree hollow, like the impact of massive feet stomping on the ground.

Sun Zhe held his breath, slowly moved to the entrance of the hollow, and peeked out. He was stunned to see a massive black tiger fighting an equally huge Three-headed Snake.

Wherever the two giant beasts passed, not a blade of grass remained. The very earth was torn to powder by the True Qi erupting from their bodies