Chapter 4: Burning fury
Grabbing an arrow for the holder she was carrying, she lined the arrow on the string as she pulled back, aiming at the man furthest away from the group and released. Although her shooting skills are far from amazing, it was enough.
Before transmigrating into the novel, Huang Jing Xuan used to practice archery in school and knew a thing or two about archery which had aid in her rapid progression.
She jumps onto another tree with her cultivation to avoid the assassins eyes as they would surely be able to tell where the arrow was from. Lurking behind the trees, she quickly shot arrows after arrows while swiftly changing her position. At least 80% of her hits were fatal and spot on.
A few soldiers who were directly under lieutenant Gui's command noticed the direction of her arrows and started charging towards the area with their swords in their hands.
"Shit! Why are there so many!?" She cussed under her breath when she saw more assassins approaching.
She quickly shot the neighbouring assassins who was hiding and dragged them away. She wasn't sure what's going to happen however she knew that the army wouldn't be in danger as they will defeat the South kingdom under the lead of lieutenant Gui, well, according to the book.
After ensuring that there isn't anymore hidden assassins, she jumped down from the tree and made her way towards the assassins she had dragged away. Pulling down their mask, she noticed 3 dots tattooed on their right cheek. This signifies that they are from the Python organisation, who are skilled in poison and they are directly under the commands of the royals.
Who could it be? To send assassins under the royals? Are they trying to cause a war to break out between the two countries that are currently both on their toes?
"The python organisation was a main focus in the novel." she whispers as she stood up and started pondering. "Python organisation, one of the top 5 assassination organisation, and one who are skilled in poison. Their headquarters are in West Kingdom and a small branch in South Kingdom. God! Could it be that the West Kingdom's king is planning to make the East and South kingdom go to war!? Because the West kingdom standpoint is to stay away from the fight, plus they're too strong anyways so we wouldn't suspect them to plan such a lowly attack! What a laid out plan. Wicked."
Hiding in the dark, there was a man wearing a black robe with gold embroideries. Upon hearing everything that Jing Xuan had muttered, the corners of his lips tugs upward to form a smile as he stared at the back of Jing Xuan.
"What a smart woman." He whispered.
"Haku, find out who she is and why she's here at the army." He commanded.
"Yes master." Haku came forward, bowed and quickly left to fetch the information his master wanted.
He took another glance at the lady and embedded her side face into his mind before he turned to leave.
Grabbing the bow she placed on the ground, she quickly left the forest and headed back to the army camp. Secretly heading back to her room to clean up first before heading towards Yu Heng's tent.
Upon entering the tent, she could see a lot of soldiers crowding around. Her heart beat quickens, as she made her way towards Yu Heng's bed. Blood was still flowing out of his wound, dark black coloured blood. His lips were turning blue, while sweat dripped down his forehead.
Should i tell them about the python organisation? They probably didn't have enough time to check their identity.
"Ming De have you called a physician?" Jing Xuan asked as she stood beside him.
"Yes, however there's quite a distance from the nearest village to here..."
They, the soldiers without the slightest knowledge about the art of healing who could only rely on the physician that is on his way, are unable to help Yu Heng. The poison in Yu Heng's body is spreading fairly quickly.
"Ming De, grab me clean cloths, hot water and scissors. The medicines I've brought, bring them to me. Hurry!" She commanded.
After Ming De bought back the stuff Jing Xuan asked him to bring, she grabbed the scissors as she cuts the cloth around his shoulder where the arrow had struck and resolutely pulled out the arrow, gush of blood started flowing out more rapidly. She quickly pressed a clean cloth onto the wound to stop the bleeding, when the bleeding eased up slightly, she poured some healing powder that her father had gifted her and then pressed another cloth over the wound.
"Ming De pressed down on this cloth."
She then took out a few pills, one of which is a cure for basic poisons, as long as its potency does not exceed 70% they will help to cleanse the poison away. It was a gift from her parents as it is common to lace poison onto the weapons in the army.
She also took out a pill to prevent him from having fever and a pill similar to a pain killer and force them into Yu Heng's mouth.
"Leaving his wound open will cause an infection but I don't have any equipment... I guess we'll just have to wait for the physician to arrive."
"Keep pressing onto the wound, I'll head to the kitchen to brew some porridge. I'm sure all the soldiers are already very tired go ahead to your tents to rest and I will go prepare the food for tonight." Everyone thanked Jing Xuan and headed back to their tents.
"Jun Xuan, I will go hunt some meat for you to add into the porridge." Xu Kang offered. He was also another friend that she had made at the army through Yu Heng. Smiling, she nodded her head and they went their separate ways, one headed to the kitchen and one headed towards the forest.
Jing Xuan grabbed a big pot and scooped rice into it, filling it up she started washing the rice. Filling the pot with water, she place it above the fire, covered it, as she started making other dishes. She couldn't cook amazing restaurant like dishes however simple home-cooked food, that, she can make.
She grabbed another big pot and cracked eggs into them, adding some seasoning into the egg she starts whisking them before pouring batches into the frying pan. She also cooked up some vegetables and she was done with the side dishes.
She checked in on her porridge and added in more firewood.
"Jun Xuan." Jing Xuan turned her head around and saw Xu Kang standing there with a few dead bunnies and fishes on his hands.
"Oh god, you got so much! Thank you!" Jing Xuan smiled, she didn't know how blinding her smile was that Xu Kang felt his heart skipped a beat. He stared disbelieving at Jun Xuan.
He looked so feminine that I cant stop thinking he's a female. With his hair tied up, and him frying cooking really reminded me of a housewife... his smile too, it looked too much like a girl's, he is seriously too pretty for his own good...
Xu kang calmed his heart down as he bought the fishes to Jing Xuan so she could clean them up and add them into the porridge while he roasted the bunnies.
"How is he?" Ming De asked the physician as he stood aside.
"Oh? Who is the one that help treat him? If he hadn't asked you to help press the down on the wound he would have died from blood loss. Not only that she also had him take fever prevention pills, pain reduction pill and also a poison dissolving pill. Such a level headed and smart kid." He chuckled.
He opened his medical box and took some thread and needle out and sown the wound up.
"I have helped stitch him up and he should be alright already. His wound should be kept dry after I've stitch it up, feed him light food instead of dry, greasy food as his body is still recovering from the poison. I will come back in a weeks time to remove the stitches. Then I shall take my leave." After leaving behind the instructions, one of the soldiers thanked him and escorted him out.