Ji Yunxi remained silent. It was hard to change her elder brother's mind once he made a decision. At present, there was only one person who could persuade him.
"The king has just retrieved a part of his soul and spirit. We must not let anything go wrong at this critical moment," said Rishou without hesitation, hoping that someone could persuade Ji Zhuanxu.
Ji Yunxi cast a silent glance at Li Jiuge. That person was standing still on the spot, motionless. She didn't know if Li Jiuge had heard what Rishou said.
Feng Xingzhi followed Ji Yunxi's gaze. Li Jiuge was expressionless. He shook his head helplessly. It was not appropriate for outsiders to interfere in the matters between the two of them.
"You all can go and attend to your own business. What does it look like for you all to be crowding around me?" Ji Yunxi retracted her gaze and issued an order to dismiss them. Feng Xingzhi wanted to stay but couldn't. He said reluctantly, "You should rest. Call me if you need anything."
"Okay, okay, go ahead." Ji Yunxi waved her hand with a smile.
"Jiuge." Feng Xingzhi called her name. Li Jiuge seemed to have just woken up. No one knew where her mind had wandered.
"Oh, coming." Li Jiuge glanced at Ji Yunxi and then walked out of the tent with the others.
After seeing them all leave, Ji Yunxi jumped out of the bed and asked the guard to summon the doctor.
Soon, the doctor arrived. He was an old man, over fifty years old. He was dressed in a white robe, with white whiskers. His eyes sparkled with wisdom, and his steps were brisk.
"Hey hey hey, little girl, you can't just get out of bed like this."
"Hehe, please sit down. Have some tea." Ji Yunxi flattered with a smile. She moved out a stool for the doctor to sit on and then filled a cup of tea for him.
The doctor looked at the small stool and then at Ji Yunxi, but didn't sit down. "Little girl, just tell me what you want. Don't try this on me."
"Hey, it's nothing really. It's just my injury..." Ji Yunxi pointed at her wound and hesitated.
"Well, this injury is very serious," the old doctor nodded, looking mysterious.
"How long will it take to recover?"
Hearing this, the old doctor instantly smiled and said proudly, "Fortunately, I'm highly skilled in medicine. You'll recover in about seven days."
"Seven days?!" Ji Yunxi almost jumped up.
"Um, is that too long?" The end of his voice rose slightly, with a hint of interrogation.
"Hehe, no, not long at all," Ji Yunxi waved her hand and forced a dry laugh. She thought to herself secretly that the battle would be over in seven days.
"Is there any other way?"
"What do you mean?" The old doctor met her gaze.
"I mean to recover my cultivation faster."
"As for other ways..." The old doctor stroked his beard, paused for a moment, and shrugged his shoulders. Ji Yunxi immediately stepped forward to massage his shoulders and looked at him eagerly.
"Of course, there are other ways, but forcing a quick recovery of cultivation in a short period of time will definitely have sequelae in the future," the old doctor took out a secret manual from his bosom and waved it in front of Ji Yunxi. Ji Yunxi reached out to take it, but the old doctor dodged her hand and put the manual in front of his chest.
"You little girl, why are you so stubborn? I've already said there will be sequelae. It's not advisable!" The old doctor sighed and shook his head.
"I can't care about that for now. I want to fight side by side with them."
"I've been a military doctor for several years. I'm used to seeing life and death. But it's the first time I've seen such a desperate girl. Alright, alright. What's the harm in giving you this secret manual? Take it, but you have to think it through."
"Thank you," Ji Yunxi bowed gracefully to him.
The old doctor waved his hand. "Everything in the world is predestined. You gain something and you lose something. There's no need to thank me."
After seeing off the old doctor, Ji Yunxi started to meditate and practice according to the records in the secret manual.
The pain from the wound really disappeared. Ji Yunxi tried to cast a spell, and sure enough, her magical power had increased. Outside, the sun was setting in the west. The orange twilight illuminated the earth brightly, and a ray of sunlight sneaked into the room.
Unexpectedly, the time for practice passed so quickly. Ji Yunxi lifted the tent curtain. There was some food sent by the maid outside. She brought the lunch box in. After eating, she continued to practice.
Before long, a figure approached outside the house. The candle flame flickered. A moth fluttered towards the flame and instantly turned into ashes.
Ji Yunxi joined her palms to gather her qi and stared motionlessly at the shadow. But the person stopped moving. The shadow became distorted with the flickering candle flame.
Helplessly, Ji Yunxi showed a smile, got out of the bed, and lifted the curtain. Sure enough, she saw Li Jiuge standing in front of the tent.
When Li Jiuge saw Ji Yunxi, her feet seemed to be glued to the ground and she couldn't move.
"Do you want to take a walk with me?" Ji Yunxi invited with a smile.
"Okay," Li Jiuge nodded silently. The two strolled in the military camp. At this time, the sentries on duty were full of energy. They passed by the two of them without looking sideways.
"How did you know I would come tonight?"
"Because of that look in your eyes before you left the tent. We've known each other for so long. We still have this much understanding."
Li Jiuge raised her eyes, full of shock. She didn't know what to say for a moment.
"Jiuge, do you have anything you want to ask me?" Ji Yunxi tilted her head and looked at her. Her smile was innocent. Li Jiuge was stabbed in the eye by that bright smile. She shifted her gaze and fixed it on the front.
"I've always had a question. Why did you enter the God - created World back then?"
Ji Yunxi stopped walking. Why? She seemed to have forgotten.
The pictures in her mind were constantly changing. When she was a child, her mother affectionately called her name. When she was a teenager, she worked hard to learn martial arts. Her mother's earnest exhortation on the sickbed.
"Yunxi, I've caught you. Let's see where you can run."
"Yunxi, the strong should protect the weak. You must not be complacent, and never bully the weak."
"Yunxi, you've grown up. Mother can't always be with you. Protect, protect the Jiuli people."
"Mother, no, don't!!!"
Ji Yunxi looked up at the moon and tried hard to hold back her tears. Her voice trembled slightly.
"Mother once sacrificed herself for the peace between the two tribes. I didn't want to see all her efforts go to waste. At that time, Mother had just passed away and I was in a daze. And for some reason, the God - created World might collapse at any time. I put myself in Mother's role and stubbornly thought that as long as the God - created World still existed and the Jiuli people were still alive, Mother would come back. So I exhausted my divine essence to maintain the stability of the God - created World and my soul scattered."
Ji Yunxi calmly narrated this past that had almost cost her half her life. All the madness, stubbornness, and tears at that time, looking back now, were just a little girl's obsession with her mother. But she never regretted it.
"Later, Feng Xingzhi saved me. I faced the reality. Mother wouldn't come back. I saw the happy lives of the Jiuli people. And at that time, I began to understand what Mother had said to me. I really wanted to protect them and see them live happily."
After hearing this, Jiuge was extremely shocked. Her heart was full of tears. I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I didn't know you had such a painful past.