A Time-Traveling Mishap: I Became an Ancient Nobleman

Chapter 149, Four Places of Birdsong and Fragrance

When Xiao Cuiyan saw Zhou Hanzhang turn the person over, she immediately let out an excited "woof" and stuck out her tongue to continue licking the wound.

Before long, it had licked all the places where it had been injured.

Zhou Hanzhang breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the bleeding had finally stopped. He then took out some medicine powder and applied it to the wound, but instead of bandaging it.

"Aren't you going to bandage him up?" Gu Qingfeng asked.

"We don't have that many scarves left, so let's leave it like this. As long as there's no bleeding, it's fine. It doesn't look that deep. I guess those bats carried some kind of paralyzing toxin, and Little Emerald Flame licked it, which actually helped to neutralize it."

After Zhou Hanzhang had applied the medicinal powder all over his body, he slowly woke up.

He saw Zhou Hanzhang in front of him, "Young...Young Master."

"Don't say anything for now, just rest."

However, she didn't listen and reached out to grab Zhou Hanzhang's hand. "Just now... when I came in here, I found... I saw a person in front of me who must have been injured. I was thinking of following him, but then I encountered a swarm of bats and they sent him away immediately."

"Can you see who it is?"

He shook his head with difficulty, "I...I can't see clearly."

"Alright, since everyone's gone, let's talk about it later. How are you feeling now?"

Zhou Hanzhang was worried that he hadn't fully recovered from the poison, and asked, looking at his pale face.

"I encountered a swarm of bats when I came down. They scratched me, and at first it was just some superficial wounds, but slowly my whole body started to feel numb, and then I started to feel a sharp pain. I saw that person chase after me for a while before collapsing here."

"Did you see where that person went?"

"He...he jumped straight off that cliff."

"Jump straight off the cliff?"

When Shi He regained some strength, she looked at Zhou Hanzhang with deep apology, "Yes, I wanted to go down and take a look, but my body just couldn't hold on. I'm sorry, young master."

"There's nothing to apologize for. You've done your best. Just rest and we can talk about other things later."

Zhou Hanzhang helped He Shi to lean against the rock wall, saying, "You should rest here for a while."

"Gu Qingfeng, could you please check what time it is? I'm going down to take a look."

"Why don't we stay here for the night and go down tomorrow?" Gu Qingfeng suggested.

Zhou Hanzhang shook his head. "We still don't know when or who we just met, whether she has any news about our master, or whether she is our master."

She looked at He Shi and asked, "Did you see clearly just now whether that person was a man or a woman?"

He shook his head. "It was too far away, I couldn't see clearly, but I'm sure he was injured too."

How do we determine this?

“That person must have injured his foot; he walks a little strangely. Besides, you should have noticed that there are other people’s bloodstains on the ground.”

Zhou Hanzhang glanced at the bloodstains on the ground, thought for a moment, and said, "Let's go down and take a look. I'll be right back."

Gu Qingfeng grabbed her, "How are you going to get down like this? We don't have any more flying ropes, do we?"

“We’re out of the flying rope, but we still have this.” Zhou Hanzhang pulled out another bundle of thin rope.

"This is?"

"This is the rope Xiangxiang gave me. She was worried that we wouldn't have enough flying ropes, so she gave me this."

Gu Qingfeng took it and examined it. "It's so slender, there won't be any problems, will there?"

"Don't worry, since Xiangxiang gave it to me, it should be safe. I'll tie it here. If anything happens, I'll pull the rope and call you, then you can pull me up."

Gu Qingfeng frowned deeply. He turned his head and saw that He Shi, who was leaning against the ground, had the same expression, but He Shi remained silent.

"Aren't you going to stop him?"

He Shi chuckled softly, "How can I stop him like this?"

Gu Qingfeng choked, "No, you..."

"Stop with all this 'you' and 'me,' or we'll all be lost. I'll go down and check. If I can find him, great; if not, so be it."

Little Cuiyan wanted to stay by her side, but she refused. She picked up Little Cuiyan and put it directly into Gu Qingfeng's arms, saying, "You watch it."

Even though she saw Little Cuiyan struggling in Gu Qingfeng's arms, she didn't change her mind. She just patted its head gently and said, "You stay here and take care of these two people for me. I'll go down for a while and come back up to pick you up soon."

"Awoo!"

Please don't lie to me.

Xiao Cuiyan quieted down after hearing Zhou Hanzhang's words.

Hearing the howl, Zhou Hanzhang laughed, "Don't worry."

Xiao Cuiyan then leaned against Gu Qingfeng's chest with peace of mind, and Gu Qingfeng couldn't help but marvel at the sight.

Zhou Hanzhang found a large rock, tied the rope to it, and tied the other end to his waist. Without caring what Gu Qingfeng and He Shi had to say, he jumped down.

Now, Gu Qingfeng and He Shi are both injured and crippled, so they have no way to stop Zhou Hanzhang and can only watch helplessly as she jumps off the cliff.

To be honest, Zhou Hanzhang realized something was wrong as soon as he jumped down.

First, the temperature around my body changed. I felt a bit chilly when I was up there, but the chill gradually dissipated after I came down.

The further she climbed down, the more surprised she became, because a cool breeze blew by her side. This breeze was completely different from the biting cold wind up above, and it felt very comfortable.

She tried to step down, but could no longer find a foothold.

With a heavy heart, she simply let go of her hands clinging to the rock face, grabbed the rope around her, and slowly slid down.

As she slid down, she could clearly see the stone wall right beside her, but when she reached out, she couldn't touch it; it was like a hallucination.

She continued down the rope, and suddenly the dark cliff changed.

The entire mountain was enveloped in light, and she couldn't open her eyes any longer, so she simply closed them.

Her feet touched the ground, and after feeling it and confirming that she was on solid ground, she slowly opened her eyes.

Then, she froze.

She looked at the scene before her, bewildered.

She was now standing in a completely different place, and if it weren't for the ropes binding her, she would have thought she was dreaming.

She had looked down from the cliff and found it to be pitch black and bottomless, but after jumping in, she realized that it was truly a hidden paradise.

Not to mention cliffs, she couldn't even see a mountain here.

The air was filled with the sounds of birds and the fragrance of flowers, like paradise.

Startled, she steadied herself, reached out and tugged at the rope binding her, finding it still fastened, which made her relax a little.

She first looked around at the surrounding environment, but then, still thinking about the two people above, she finally followed the rope back to the stone wall.

As she climbed the rope, she had a strange feeling. The stone wall that she could have touched just moments before had completely disappeared, so she was now relying solely on her intuition to feel her way upwards.