Top-tier Unruly Master

"Senior, previously it was my lack of insight that led me to speak rashly, and I hope the senior will not take offense." Before Ye Ningqing could speak, Li Yu, who had been standing beside her, stepped forward in front of Ding Fan and spoke very respectfully, adhering to martial etiquette.

Although Li Yu had previously harbored doubts about Ding Fan, Ding Fan's impression of him was pretty good.

Li Yu was sincere, willing to correct his mistakes, and a man of responsibility. During the breakout, despite the desperate situation, he still refused to abandon a severely injured comrade and carried him on his back. If it were someone else under those circumstances, they would likely be more concerned about how to save their own life.

"This is bad, Sun Chao has started foaming at the mouth, he looks like he's not going to make it."

At this moment, Zhou Mei, who was standing nearby, looked at Li Chao on Li Yu's back with a worried expression and said.

Li Yu immediately laid Sun Chao down from his back, and indeed, Sun Chao was foaming at the mouth with an ashen face, and he seemed to be on the brink of death.

"Li Yu, what should we do?" Ye Ningqing asked Li Yu anxiously, standing beside him.

In this team, Li Yu was the captain, and he was the backbone of these people after all.

Li Yu pondered for a moment. "We cannot give up on him until the very last moment... Starting now, the three of us will take turns carrying him, and we must leave this forest and find a hospital in the shortest time possible."

"It will take at least half a day to get out of here, but Sun Chao's condition now..." Zhou Mei said this and sighed softly.

By this point, Sun Chao could no longer withstand being jostled around; they might not even make it out of this dense forest before Sun Chao would have lost his life here.

Li Yu naturally understood what Zhou Mei meant, but the thought of giving up on his own teammate was something he sincerely could not do.

"How about letting me try?" At this moment, Ding Fan, who had been quiet until now, spoke up indifferently.

"Senior? Can you treat Sun Chao's injuries?" Li Yu looked at Ding Fan as if a drowning person had found a lifeline.

In reality, Sun Chao's injuries were not that difficult to treat. He had a deep knife wound on his right chest, and the wound had turned purulent. As long as the wound was treated properly, saving Sun Chao's life would not be too difficult.

"It's not difficult to heal," Ding Fan replied to Li Yu indifferently.

Seeing the deep bond and righteousness among these three people, Ding Fan then decided to lend a hand. Having decided to help, he intended to save the person to the very end, to carry it through completely.

Li Yu now trusted Ding Fan's words unconditionally. Just by the way Ding Fan had led them out from the heavy encirclement undetected, Li Yu had no reason to doubt him.

At this moment, Sun Chao's condition was extremely critical, and the group quickly found a flat place to lay Sun Chao down.

Because Sun Chao's injury was at his chest and it required removing his clothes, it was somewhat inconvenient with Ye Ningqing and Zhou Mei around.

Li Yu directly assigned those two to keep watch over the surroundings, as they had not yet completely escaped from the hands of Jiu Jiao.

Having made the arrangements, Ding Fan quickly removed the bloodstained clothes from Sun Chao's body and then took out some herbs from his storage ring.

At this time, Li Yu was busy making a fire, so he did not see Ding Fan taking things out of his storage ring.

Ding Fan chewed the herbs in his mouth to a pulp, then applied the mashed herbs to Sun Chao's wound. After finishing this, he tore off a strip of cloth and began to bandage the wound on Sun Chao's body.

By the time Li Yu had managed to start a fire with the wood, Ding Fan had already helped Li Yu sit up and was pressing his hands on his back, using True Qi to help him heal his wounds.

Li Yu looked at Sun Chao's complexion, which was no longer as pale as before. On his cheeks, there was now a touch of color.

Seeing this scene, Li Yu naturally understood that Ding Fan's treatment was effective. Before, Sun Chao was on the verge of death, but in just a short while, there was already color on his face...

Thinking this, Li Yu was uncontrollably shaken.

Li Yu had seen his fair share of the world; although he was not clear about the method Ding Fan was currently using to heal the wound, he had heard others say that once a martial artist reached the Earth Level, their Inner Strength would become refined and could then be used to heal wounds.

If Ding Fan was using True Qi to heal, could it be that he was an Earth Level Martial Artist?

Surprised, Li Yu's face turned pale.

Ding Fan was only so young, looking about the same age as himself, at most in his early twenties. At that age, Li Yu was merely at the Human Level Third Grade, while Ding Fan was already an Earth Level Martial Artist...

Impressive, too impressive!

The Earth Level was like a legend to martial artists as they seldom mingled in the mortal world. Li Yu had grown up knowing of only one Earth Level Martial Artist named Zhou Qingshan from 3567.

But that was a story of the past. Now, within 3567, the highest cultivation level probably belonged to the captain, but even he was merely at Human Level Peak.

Thinking of Ding Fan's current young age, if he were to reach his thirties, what level of prowess would he achieve then?

This person is surely no ordinary individual...

Ding Fan used his True Qi to heal Sun Chao's injuries, and about an hour later, Sun Chao was already able to open his eyes.

At this time, Sun Chao looked around somewhat blankly, his face flushed, a stark contrast to his previous state. His appearance resembled someone who had just awoken refreshed from a deep sleep.

Seeing this scene, Li Yu could hardly believe his own eyes. The man who had been at death's door just moments ago now had a ruddy complexion and could even open his eyes…

"How... how are you feeling now?" Li Yu carefully asked Sun Chao.

"Li Yu... why am I here? Didn't I suffer a severe injury? How am I not dead?" Sun Chao said with a look of confusion.

Hearing Sun Chao's words, Li Yu was certain that his injuries had mostly healed by now. A word repeatedly echoed in Li Yu's heart.

Divine Being! Divine Being! Divine Being, ah!

"Ah?! Sun Chao, are you alright now?" At this time, Ye Ningqing and Zhou Mei came over, and they too were shocked upon seeing Sun Chao's condition.

They had seen skilled physicians before, but they had never seen such miraculous healing. In fact, 'skilled' was not nearly enough to describe Ding Fan's medical prowess.

This was truly a Divine Skill!

At this moment, Ding Fan paid no mind to the others' astonishment; he merely closed his eyes slightly, feeling the changes in his body.

While healing Sun Chao's wound earlier, he had recalled the content from the "Mysterious Medical Technique" that he had taught to Ning Luoxi.

Suddenly, Ding Fan seemed to have an epiphany. As he gently circulated his True Qi, he discovered to his surprise that he had touched upon the barrier to the Fourth Level of Qi Cultivation.

Ding Fan was overjoyed. He had not expected that merely lending these people a helping hand would lead to such an insight. At this moment, Ding Fan sat down cross-legged, his fingers forming a seal, ready at any moment to break through from the Third to the Fourth Level of Qi Cultivation.

Cultivation values opportune insights.

Now Ding Fan also felt fortunate that had he not involved himself in these people's affairs, he probably wouldn't have touched the barrier to the Fourth Level of Qi Cultivation so soon…

"Weren't you two supposed to be on watch? Why have you come here?" Li Yu looked at Ye Ningqing and Zhou Mei coming over and felt that something was about to happen.

"Jiu Jiao's people have caught up to us; we need to move immediately," Zhou Mei suddenly remembered the urgent matter at hand, anxiously speaking.

Li Yu glanced back at Ding Fan.

Li Yu, who had seen many things, understood that Ding Fan's meditation indicated an epiphany, which was why he behaved as such.

"The senior just had an epiphany, and he is now meditating. We cannot leave," Li Yu said thoughtfully after a moment.

Zhou Mei and Ye Ningqing looked at Ding Fan, who was meditating.

"Senior has helped us several times, and now he is being hunted because of us. It's our doing, so we cannot leave the senior alone here…" Ye Ningqing spoke with earnest seriousness.

"Li Yu, have you lost your mind?" Sun Chao, who had been silent until now, angrily rebuked Li Yu. "We are part of an organization; we can't let personal feelings guide our actions. Are we all supposed to die here for the sake of an unrelated person?"

Li Yu's brow furrowed.

"Sun Chao, you were unconscious just a moment ago, so you might be unaware—our successful escape from the encirclement was all thanks to this senior, and it was also the senior who rescued you when you were dying. How can we possibly leave the senior behind and go on our way?" Ye Ningqing spoke from the side.

Sun Chao snorted, "Ye Ningqing, do you know this person? What does his life or death have to do with us? Our main objective is to complete the mission. One of our own has already died; what does it matter if an unrelated person dies?"

"Sun Chao, without this senior, you would already be dead," Ye Ningqing, seeing Sun Chao's willingness to abandon Ding Fan, became quite angry, raising her voice.

"Li Yu! What's your opinion, you're the leader here!" Sun Chao no longer paid attention to Ye Ningqing and directly asked Li Yu.

Li Yu looked at Sun Chao. "Ningqing is right; the senior got involved because of us. We can't leave the senior behind and go!"

Sun Chao scoffed, "If you want to die, then be my guest, but I won't join you. Zhou Mei, come here."

Zhou Mei's brow slightly furrowed, and she hesitated for a moment.

Seeing Zhou Mei not move, Sun Chao raised his voice, "Don't forget, my dad is your dad's superior, and when we came on this mission, your dad told you to follow my orders above all else."

Zhou Mei looked helplessly towards Li Yu and Ye Ningqing.

Li Yu sighed softly. "Zhou Mei, take him and go…"

Sun Chao glanced at Li Yu, muttered 'idiot' under his breath, then called Zhou Mei over to carry him away…