Chapter 161: Night Under the Moon

  "Huh..." Hu Gao gently put down Hu Cai's pale face.

  After Hu Caihong saved him, the two rushed all the way. Half an hour later, the relationship between protector and protected was reversed, because after severe blood loss, Hu Caihong's body began to soften, and he could only be supported by Hu Gao on the way forward.

  All the way, in order to cover up the traces of the two and the floating bloodstains, Hu Gao not only used the stinky liquid of the tree again, but also hugged Hu Caiyun and dived into the water for a while. Of course, the cost of diving was also very obvious - Hu Caiyun's physical condition became even worse.

  Hugao finally put his mind at ease as he looked up and saw the rolling dust and smoke drifting away in another direction.

  If Nalan could still chase in that direction, Hu Gao had no other choice but to release the heat energy within his body and engage in a desperate battle.

  Hu Cai's condition was extremely poor. The wound on her waist was too deep, and even with her desperate use of yuan force to suppress it, she couldn't completely stop the bleeding. As she rushed along, her face had long since turned white as a sheet. Swimming underwater while injured not only accelerated the speed of the bleeding but also made her entire body icy cold, her life hanging by a thread.

  It's not time to escalate yet!

  Hu Gao constantly reminded himself not to do anything stupid and bring trouble in another direction, while thinking about how to rescue Hu Cai Piao who might close her eyes at any time.

  Hu Cai Piao was seriously injured because she saved herself from danger and blocked the fatal knife light for her own sake when the situation was not good at that time.

  As he thought of this, Hu Gao couldn't help but feel a little puzzled. The effect of the Blood Slave Oath made it impossible for the blood slave to betray their master or disobey their orders, but when the master didn't give any orders, they still maintained a considerable degree of autonomy.

  Since the incident at Hou Shan Waterfall, Hu Gao has been unable to sense Hu Caifeng's location. Just now, in the midst of danger, Hu Gao didn't even know that Hu Caifeng had been following closely behind him, let alone give her any orders.

  That is to say... Hu Cai Feng appeared to save him completely out of her own free will.

  "No reason, huh……" Hu Gao muttered to himself in confusion. Logically speaking, he was the one controlling Hu Caifeng, forcing her to do such things, and although she wouldn't hate him, there's no reason for her to be grateful either. If he were to die like this, with the Blood Slave Contract being triggered, Hu Caifeng would regain control over herself, which should be what she wants most, right?

  He shook his head, which was aching from excessive mental exhaustion, and Hu Gao gave up thinking about the problem. After all, how to help Hu Caifeng escape the danger of life and death was currently the most important issue.

  He reached out to feel Hu Cai's body temperature, and Hu Gao's eyebrows furrowed. Hu Cai's current body temperature was shockingly low; if not for the warm air still emanating from her mouth, Hu Gao would have almost thought she had turned into an ice person.

  The key to the problem is still on her waist knife wound!

  The healing effect of the mysterious jade pendant was only useful for Hu Gao himself and could not help Hu Cai Piao. The elixir and space ring were also destroyed by Lang, so except for using local materials, Hu Gao really couldn't think of a second solution.

  Hú Gāo's attainments in herbal medicine were appallingly low; if not for being forced by Hú Wú Shuāng to memorize a few common hemostatic and detoxifying herbs before his last outing, Hú Gāo could almost be called an herbal idiot.

  Relying on a few images in his memory, Hu Gao started his first search for medicine in his life...

  When Hu Gao returned, he was holding a dozen or so medicinal herbs in his hand and dragging a whole bloody bear skin.

  "I saw a wild bear and killed it with my bare hands. I have to say, skinning it manually is really troublesome, I'm starting to regret giving the Xuanlu sword to that kid Yunfeng. It seems like from now on, I need to carry a small knife with me at all times." Hu Gao walked up to Hu Caifeng and said to himself.

  Hu Gao said it lightly, but in fact, the battle situation at that time was not so easy. If he were in his prime state, an ordinary wild beast would naturally be killed by him with one punch. But with his current physical condition, it would definitely be another desperate battle. Hu Guang and Hu Cai Xiao also understood this point.

  He slowly unbuttoned his shirt, which was soaked from diving, and for the second time faced the temptation of a perfect physique in a wet swimsuit. Hu Gao couldn't help but swallow his saliva.

  "Calm down! Calm down! I'm now applying medicine for her sake! I'm doing it to save him! As a doctor, I have a parental heart, I won't have any other thoughts, I absolutely won't have any other thoughts... How could someone as upright and simple as me possibly have any other thoughts?"

  Hu Gao was constantly hypnotizing himself, but something in his lower body that was about to burst through his pants exposed his true self.

  Hu Gao never thought his will could be so strong.

  Looking at the snow-white and the crimson on it, touching the smooth skin like sheep's fat jade paste, Hu Gao calmly chewed the herbs in his mouth, mixed with saliva, and applied them to the wound on Hua Caishen's waist.

  Throughout the process, Hu Gao's hands were shaking due to the struggle between his will and instincts. He stole a glance at Hu Caifeng with his peripheral vision and found that her pale face had somehow gained a faint pink hue, he didn't know if it was because of the quick effect of the herbs or some other reason...

  After great difficulty, Hu Gao finally found a relatively clean piece of cloth on himself, tore it off and made a bandage to wrap around the wound on Hu Caifeng's waist.

  "I'm going to wash the bear skin." Hu Gao dragged the bear skin and walked away, not even bothering to deal with the small tent, afraid that if he made any unnecessary moves, he would thoroughly provoke the divine instrument's ferocity.

  Hu Cai Piao was taken aback for a moment, and only after Hu Gao had turned around did he nod slightly towards his back.

  Washing the bear skin stained with blood was not an easy task, especially for Hu Gao who was empty-handed. Fortunately, Hu Gao found some strange-shaped stones by the creek that could be used as a temporary tool.

  By the time Hu Gao had thoroughly processed the bear skin into a simple bear fur blanket, night had quietly fallen.

  Wrapped in a bear skin blanket made entirely by himself, the joy of "self-sufficiency" completely covered up the fatigue on Hu Gao's body. Walking to Hu Caifeng's side, Hu Gao checked her forehead again: "En... much better than before. Once it's completely safe tomorrow during the day, I'll start a fire, and you should be able to recover even faster!"

  Hu Cai's eyes, shining like starlight in the night, blinked, but she didn't say a word.

  "Take a rest!"

  Hú Gāo covered Hú Cǎi Piāo with a bear skin blanket, covering up the figure that made all women jealous to the point of madness. He then lay down on the grass beside her left side and fell asleep immediately.

  Hu Gao is really too tired!

  The days of fleeing and rushing not only consumed a lot of his physical strength and vitality, but also made his spirit stay in a tense state. If this state lasts for a long time without getting enough rest, the spirit will become very fragile and can be broken at any moment.

  Finally having time to rest, Hu Gao's body immediately obeyed the instinct of rest, allowing him to sink into a deep sleep at the fastest speed in history...

  But beside Hu Gao, Hu Caihong was not asleep. Instead, she quietly gazed at Hu Gao's unattractive sleeping posture under the bright moonlight. Her star-like eyes blinked from time to time, sparkling with a hint of stardust. No one knew what Hu Caihong was thinking about, perhaps not even herself.

  As the night grew darker, Hu Caihong finally felt that she should rest too. Before closing her eyes, Hu Caihong carefully pulled up the bear skin quilt to cover Hu Gao who was already asleep.

  Actually, Hu Gao's body had also been feeling a bit chilly all along, he just didn't say anything about it.

  This bear skin blanket isn't very big, it's impossible to cover two people who are separated by a distance of several fists. After discovering this, Hu Cai Piao first shifted her body towards Hu Gao's side, but then worried that the cold air on her body would affect Hu Gao, so she quickly retreated and gently covered the entire bear skin blanket over Hu Gao's body, moving herself to one side and shrinking into a ball as she fell asleep...

  When the morning sunlight woke up Hu Gao, the bear skin blanket was still covering Hu Caifeng's body just like it was when he fell asleep last night.

  Hú Gāo stretched his waist comfortably, feeling that he hadn't slept so soundly in a long time. He thought to himself that even if there was a huge thunderstorm last night, it would be impossible to wake him up from his sleep. The noise of Hú Gāo getting up startled Hú Cǎi Piāo, who opened her sleepy eyes and found Hú Gāo looking at her, then shifted her gaze elsewhere.

  "You sleep quite lightly, and yet you were startled awake by this." Hu Gao laughed.

  Hu Cai Piao didn't say anything.

  "By the way, do you still remember that surge of heat in my body last time?" Hu Gao continued to make small talk, "Now I think it's not entirely useless. Last night before going to sleep, I even felt a bit chilly, but after a night passed, this morning when I woke up, my body was unexpectedly warm. I think it should be the effect of that heat, what do you think?"

  Hú Cǎi Piāo hesitated for a moment and nodded slightly.

  Speaking of that hot energy, Hu Gao thought of that enchanting moment under the waterfall again. His eyes gradually had something else in them, and the small tent was set up once more. Poor Hu Gao's pants, if this continued, it would be unknown when they would be pierced by that hard-as-iron divine artifact.

  Hú Cǎi Piāo keenly noticed the changes in Hú Gāo's lower body and eyes, of course understanding what Hú Gāo was thinking, her face also subtly flushing slightly red.

  This blush is simply a fatal killer for Hu Gao. If it weren't for considering Hu Cai's physical condition, Hu Gao would have pounced on her long ago.

  "I'll go pick up some dry firewood and come back to start a fire, you wait here for me." Hu Gao stood up and quickly walked away, he didn't want to test his willpower again.