Chapter 88: Grant Her a Dream
On a night of torrential rain, lightning flashed and thunder roared.
A single lamp flickered like a bean. Within the collapsed mountain gate, three figures sat cross-legged before the candle flame.
By their attire, they were clearly a general, a physician, and a Daoist Nun.
The general’s hair was disheveled, his armor discarded, looking very much like a defeated soldier in flight.
The physician had lost his medicine box; blood stained his shoulder as he bowed his head, earnestly grinding a lump of dark medicinal paste.
The Daoist Nun looked the most miserable of all.
Young in years, yet her head was already full of white hair.
Her white Daoist robe was soaked in blood, her face pale, eyes half-closed, swaying on the verge of collapse.
“The rain is really coming down hard.”
The general watched the wind and rain outside, sighed softly, and looked toward the physician.
The physician immediately understood the unspoken meaning in the general’s words.
A dark, windy night is made for killing.
Especially with rain this heavy.
“They’ve come.”
The physician murmured to himself, as if asking, yet also as if stating a fact.
The general gave a slight nod, picked up his broken blade, glanced at the severely wounded and weakened Daoist Nun, and said to the physician, “Take Senior Sister and go first. I’ll hold them off.”
The physician shook his head, gently applying the medicinal paste he had ground onto the Daoist Nun’s shocking wounds. Seeing her eyelashes tremble as she opened her eyes, he hurriedly said,
“Senior Sister, rest easy. Nothing will happen tonight…”
“It’s just that the wind and rain outside are a bit strong. Second Senior Brother and I will go take a look.”
As the physician spoke, seeing the Daoist Nun close her eyes once more to regulate her breathing and recover, he finally nodded to the general.
The two walked into the wind and rain, one after the other.
“Actually, you should have listened to me and taken Senior Sister away.”
The general and the physician stood shoulder to shoulder. He suddenly spoke.
“Senior Brother, are you planning to admit defeat?”
The physician’s gaze was indifferent as he watched the few flickering torches in the wind and rain.
Those were the people who had come to hunt them down.
The general shook his head. “This matter started because of me. How could I admit defeat? I just feel it’s about time to end this. The one they want to kill is me.”
“If you and Senior Sister surrender, perhaps you can survive.”
“Even without me, Senior Sister can still live.”
The physician smiled. “You know Senior Sister’s talent. The reason we’ve been able to flee for so many days is precisely because they covet Senior Sister’s talent.”
“But you’re right. It’s time.”
“Back then, we clearly agreed not to drag Senior Sister into this.”
“Instead, we dragged her into this mess.”
“Now, it’s time to end it.”
The general fell silent at once. After a moment, he could not help but ask the physician, “Do you regret it?”