Chapter 302: Chapter 294: Unconscious

Hu Feng snatched the longsword at his side with a backhand grip and pierced the wolf’s throat. At that moment, another wolf was already lunging at him.

Bai Zhi didn’t know where she found the courage, but she snatched up the hatchet from the ground and threw herself in front of Hu Feng, intending to use it to kill the wolf. Unfortunately, she lacked the strength. The blade didn’t kill the beast in one strike, and its maw, filled with sharp teeth, lunged savagely to bite her.

Hu Feng was livid. ’Is this girl trying to get herself killed?’ He violently yanked out the longsword piercing the first wolf’s neck. Perhaps he used too much force, as his vision swam with blackness for a moment. Relying on his superior hearing and a warrior’s intuition, he thrust with all his might, driving the longsword through the second wolf’s mouth and into its throat, killing it instantly.

Just then, A Wu rushed over. He’d been terrified, watching helplessly as the two vicious wolves pounced on them. It had all happened too fast. He was too far away to help, and though he had scrambled over as fast as he could, he was still a step too late. Thankfully, they had reacted quickly enough to survive the ordeal.

After killing the vicious wolf, Hu Feng collapsed into Bai Zhi’s arms.

As Bai Zhi held him, she felt his body burning with fever, and his pulse was rapid and erratic.

"What’s wrong with Hu Feng?" A Wu asked urgently.

Bai Zhi’s brow furrowed. In a somber tone, she said, "He hit his head protecting me when we fell. He’d already run a fever from it, and just when it finally broke, now this—" She sighed. "The mountain nights are cold, and I don’t know when our fire went out. He’s caught a chill. Combined with his head injury and the exertion from the wolf attack, his body couldn’t take it anymore. That’s why he collapsed."

"Is it serious?" A Wu knew nothing of medicine, but from the look on Miss Bai’s face, he feared the prognosis was not good.

Bai Zhi said, "I can treat him, but we have to get him back first. Can you carry him?"

A Wu quickly replied, "I’m not good at much else, but I’ve got plenty of strength." With that, he bent down and hoisted Hu Feng onto his back.

Bai Zhi had also caught a chill. A wave of dizziness washed over her as she stood up, but she forced herself to stay steady. She picked up the wood-chopping hatchet, pulled the longsword from the dead wolf’s throat, and hurried after A Wu.

A path that had never seemed long before now felt like an endless, arduous trek.

Before they even reached the village entrance, they spotted an ox cart in the distance, hurrying out from the village. Uncle Hu, her mother, and the village chief were all aboard.

Uncle Hu spotted them too. He scrambled to his feet in the cart, pointing excitedly. "There! Isn’t that Zhi and A Wu?"

Zhao Lan and the village chief stood up as well. "It is them! It’s really them!"

The village chief said, "After A Wu returned with us last night, he went right back to the base of Mumian Slope. He said he suspected Hu Feng and Zhi had fallen."

Hu Changlin could no longer bear to stay on the cart. He saw that A Wu was carrying someone, and from the person’s build, he knew it had to be Hu Feng. Panic seized his heart, and tears began to stream down his face. ’Could it be... could he be—’

The village chief grabbed Hu Changlin’s hand. "Calm down. It looks like Hu Feng was just injured in the fall. He’ll be all right."

The three of them scrambled off the ox cart and rushed over to A Wu and Bai Zhi.

"Zhi’er, you’re safe! As long as you’re safe, that’s all that matters," Zhao Lan said, grabbing her daughter’s hand as tears streamed down her face.

"Mother, don’t cry. I’m fine." She glanced at the tear-stricken Uncle Hu and quickly added, "We’re both going to be okay. Hu Feng is injured, but rest assured, with me here, he’ll pull through."

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