The Demon Swordsman 2
Ch. 6 - Deep Sadness
"Zhan Gege's..." Xin Chen shook the body of Xin Zhan who had been lying unconscious, before long the city guards and residents came together. They looked worriedly at Xin Zhan's already lying state and Xin Chen was so frightened there. It seems something bad has happened.
The whispers from their mouths began to sound, despite speaking in the smallest possible tone yet Xin Chen still clearly heard their words.
"I'm sure the kid's starting to make trouble again, look, the brother sacrificed so he wouldn't get hurt." Whispers from people's mouths began to sound.
"He shouldn't have felt like a hotshot earlier, what's wrong with waiting for a swordsman who is more skilled in handling a robbery like this. Now Young Master Xin must first accept the consequences of his actions."
"I heard last night something bad happened, you saw a bite mark on his leg, just to take care of himself he still couldn't. A child really fails... I'm sure his father's very embarrassed to have a child like him."
Xin Chen could not deny that he was indeed useless, but on the other hand the wounds he had obtained were not entirely because he could not keep himself. Instead he was trying to save Xin Zhan from the dragon demon.
But what power, defending even if no one wants to listen. Xin Chen simply closed his lips tightly, receiving the scorn of the citizens as his brother was brought back home. He hoped that Xin Zhan could still survive until they found the antidote.
Arriving at the house that first greeted them was Ren Yuan, the beautiful woman was unable to hide her anxiety when she saw Xin Zhan was injured. There was a bluish wound on his hand that had been previously exposed to the splash of poison, when it was brought inside it turned out that the poison had spread throughout Xin Zhan's body.
Some of the servants working in their residence shut their mouths in surprise. This can't be considered a small matter anymore. Xin Zhan had great potential to pass down the name Demon Sword. His life is now under threat from the poison.
With Xin Zhan's injuries many people grieved and blamed his useless sister. For a while Ren Yuan had Xin Chen confine himself first to the room. He could not scold Xin Chen over this matter.
Xin Chen pondered his actions earlier. If he hadn't been rash maybe Xin Zhan wouldn't have been hurt. Everything that happened was entirely due to his fault. So when night falls, Xin Chen intends to make amends. He sneaked into Xin Zhan's room which was now surrounded by many powerful medicine healers and concocters.
Each of them did not appear to have any hope, only the tension mixed with despair was seen when they met the first Young Master Xin.
Most of his upper body had been of a blackish purple color. Xin Zhan's lips turned pale blue, it didn't look like he was breathing in for quite some time.
"I don't really know about this poison, I've been searching all day and have been fruitless. Perhaps the senior healer knows the antidote?" asked the medicine man, he stroked his beard while watching Xin Zhan for a little longer.
The figure of the white-robed old man standing right beside Xin Zhan's bed was watching the child while shaking his head slowly.
He seemed to be losing hope, the temple on his forehead had been pouring out since the past five hours. Moreover, Ren Yuan had placed full hope on him, the man actually did not want to make Ren Yuan disappointed.
After thinking of some way to cure Xin Zhan they still found no common ground. With a heavy heart, the two men intend to resign.
The bad news was of course being delivered to Xin Fai, but it took him a while until he returned home.
Xin Chen was afraid that his father would come home and was disappointed in him for this. He made a fatal mistake. Xin Chen knew very well that his father placed great hopes on Xin Zhan. Her father was training Xin Zhan seriously. Today her brother lay paralyzed completely motionless from this morning. And it's all because of him.
In the frown that Xin Chen entered her brother's room, she grimaced in pain as she looked at the wound on Xin Zhan's body. The poison seemed to be eating away at his body.
Xin Chen recalled the man's words. "I have seven days to heal him. But... Where do I find the antidote? If I were as strong as Zhan Gege, maybe I could save him."
The boy muttered again. "After all, Dad won't let me go find the antidote. I still have to find the man, he has also taken away Father's Blue Jewel of Light."
Xin Chen's breathing sounded heavy, he shuffled his hair slowly and to calm himself the boy sat down on one of the chairs. Think for a moment in the silence of the night.
Meanwhile Ren Yuan and the others were walking towards Xin Zhan's room, the woman rubbed her face slowly.
Not so long ago one of the bodyguards reported Xin Fai had returned. Too many things to take care of made Xin Fai unable to divide the time between the safety of the family and the outside community. There was still one thing he had to investigate with the Sacred Sword Alliance. And he had to put it off for a while.
While opening the door of the room they had encountered was only Xin Zhan there, a few people went inside. After checking the state of her first child Xin Fai looked for the other one. He heard what happened to people. Feeling confident Xin Chen would feel guilty for this incident.
While knocking on Xin Chen's room door didn't sound any telling from within, Xin Fai began to suspect one thing. His feelings are getting bad. Without thinking much she forcefully opened the door by breaking into it, seeing not the slightest shadow of her one child.
Xin Fai walked slowly, glancing at the glance of the piece of paper on Xin Chen's table. He read carefully and shook his head.
In the letter Xin Chen said that he wanted to reflect on his mistake for a bit. It might take days too.
The boy didn't tell me where he was going. Xin Fai sat on the edge of her bed, too many problems happening to make her tired. If only Ren Yuan had known for five days in a row that he had never rested maybe the woman would have gone berserk.
Ren Yuan himself had never looked this sad, seeing the woman crying also made him sad. Xin Fai did not know how to comfort his beloved wife.
Before returning home he tells Lang to look for traces of the perpetrator, it is likely that the person knew the antidote to this deadly poison. But until now Lang himself did not return.