Martial Arts World Assassin

Chapter 55 Healer

Huang Sixi was concentrating on guarding against the Five Poison Sect.

Little did he know that the situation he was facing now was far more complicated than just a feud among the underworld.

After Taoist Huang Mu was seriously injured and fell into a coma, Huang Sixi and Hu Guinan immediately rushed to the nearby county town.

But when they got outside the city, they saw a grim scene everywhere and had to stop their horses.

Huang Sixi looked into the distance solemnly and found that the city walls had collapsed in large sections, the houses were burnt black, and the city no longer existed, reduced to a ruin destroyed by war.

"Husband, there must have been a battle here!"

Hu Guinan had seen similar war disasters before, so he did not have much sentimentality. He was always concerned about this mission: "The city has been breached, and the people have basically fled. It is difficult to find a pharmacy or a doctor."

There would be no gain from entering the city, and there was a possibility of encountering rebel soldiers.

Hu Guinan wanted to persuade Huang Sixi to leave and go to the neighboring city to seek medical treatment.

However, the war here was so fierce that the nearby cities would certainly not be spared. Not to mention finding a famous doctor, they couldn't even find an inn to stay.

While I was thinking about it, I suddenly heard a panic shouting coming from the city.

Dozens of elderly, weak, women and children poured into the streets and ran frantically towards the city gate where Huang Sixi was.

Behind these civilians, there were seven or eight soldiers holding machetes. They drove away the women and children with experienced movements, their eyes full of coldness, and occasionally shouted and let out a threatening grin.

An old woman was running slowly and fell to the ground. The two boys beside her were forced to stop and try to pull the old woman up, but the boys were too weak to drag her up.

The boy looked back and saw soldiers approaching with knives. He was so scared that he burst into tears.

"Cry your grandma!"

A bearded man cursed fiercely and raised his knife to chop down, but he heard a "puff!" sound and something seemed to hit his chest.

The bearded man lowered his head and saw a bloody hole in his chest and abdomen. He instantly lost strength and fell on his back.

He looked back and saw his companion half a meter away from him, with a black iron sword stuck in his chest, and it was obvious that he was dead.

The companion's face was full of disbelief. He had just been following closely behind the bearded man when suddenly a dagger flew from a distance and pierced through the bearded man's chest. The sword's force was not exhausted and went straight into his heart.

He never figured out until his death who was wielding the sword? And how could he kill two corpses with one sword?

After he and the bearded man both fell to the ground and died, a sturdy middle-aged man nearby began to strain his neck and shout:

"Enemy attack! Enemy..."

As a result, he only shouted three words when another flying knife came flying from the air and stabbed into the forehead of the sturdy middle-aged man, going all the way to the handle.

There were only seven or eight soldiers in this team, and three of them were killed in a blink of an eye. The remaining ones looked at each other, turned around and ran back at the same time, no longer thinking of chasing the women and children.

But just as they turned around, Huang Sixi had already dropped from the sky and landed among them. He drew out the Golden Snake Sword with a "swish!" and swung his arm rapidly, and heads began to roll to the ground.

Huang Sixi killed all the soldiers around him, looked around, and found that a fish that had escaped had run away ten feet away.

He immediately used a forward throwing move, and the Golden Snake Sword flew out of his hand. The fish that had escaped the net was pierced through the chest by the sword and fell headfirst.

After Huang Sixi picked up the Golden Snake Sword, he pulled out the Iron Sword and the Killing Knife from the corpse.

He noticed that the dozens of women and children were all stunned where they were, silently looking at him for a moment, and then "whoosh!" rushed to his side.

They cried out to him, "Sir, Sir, there are a group of rebels over there. They will soon catch up with us. We don't know where to escape. Please show us a way to survive!"

At this time, Hu Guinan came up slowly. He looked at the corpses of soldiers all over the ground and was extremely surprised. He thought that his husband's Qinggong was really ridiculous.

Just now, the two of them jumped off their horses at the same time and went to rescue the people, but while he was still leaping and running, Huang Sixi had already killed all the chaotic soldiers.

He walked up to Huang Sixi and whispered, "Sir, there is chaos and war right now, and it is very likely that we won't be able to hire a boat. These people are all locals, so why not ask them where we can find a river boat!"

"Boat? I know where there is a boat!"

The people were very close and heard what Hu Guinan said. A white-haired old man quickly joined in the conversation.

He pointed eastward and said, "Mr. Lu, whom I serve, built a pleasure boat and parked it on the bank of the Jinsha River. In order to facilitate boarding, Mr. Lu dug a ditch on the shore leading to the back mountain of his family's outer house. There are several rows of old locust trees at the foot of the mountain, which just happened to block the boat. It is unlikely to be stolen by bandits." "Pleasure boat? It is for sightseeing, not suitable for long-distance sailing."

However, at this moment, the ground was filled with smoke and soldiers were passing by like bandits. It was already a rare opportunity for Huang Sixi to encounter a pleasure boat. If the white-haired old man had not provided information, he might not even be able to find a wooden boat.

He scanned the crowd and asked again, "Is there a doctor among you?"

There was silence for a moment.

Suddenly, a young female voice, soft and crisp, came to Huang Sixi: "I have learned medicine!"

A woman in yellow walked out of the crowd. She was petite and barefoot, and looked like a young girl, but she had deliberately smeared mud on her face, so her age could not be determined for a moment.

She also had a little girl on her left arm, clinging closely to her.

She was relatively calm, but the girl was trembling with fear.

The white-haired old man next to them looked at them and said unceremoniously:

"So she is the daughter of the county magistrate. When the bandits came, the county magistrate abandoned the people of the city and fled alone. He didn't even take his own daughter with him. He must have read the books of sages very well."

He was referring to Miss Zhuang, not sure if it was the woman in yellow or the little girl, and neither of them responded to him.

Huang Sixi didn't have time to inquire about the identities of the two women. He only asked the woman in yellow, "Can you treat the external injuries?"

The woman in yellow chose her words carefully: "Your question is too general. I don't know how to answer it. If you don't mind, can you let me take a look at the wound?"

"You come!"

Huang Sixi led her to the pony, helped up the unconscious Taoist Huang Mu, and showed the iron hook behind him to the woman in yellow: "These are the two wounds!"

"Oh my! This Taoist priest is seriously injured!"

The woman in yellow sighed softly.

She looked back at Huang Sixi and said, "I have learned how to treat injuries caused by sharp weapons, and I have a lot of medicine on me, but I have never treated this kind of injury before, so I can't guarantee that I can heal it."

"As long as you can heal me!"

Huang Sixi didn't have high expectations: "Besides you, there is no other choice now."

He called the white-haired old man to his side and discussed with him, "Please lead the way, old man, and take everyone to the pleasure boat. I will take care of your safety along the way. Once everyone is on the boat and sails to the other side of the Jinsha River, we will be safe and don't have to worry about being chased by the chaotic soldiers."

"Okay! Okay! Thank you, hero!"

The white-haired old man turned around and shouted: "Sir, you are willing to protect us, kowtow to you!"

"No need for the empty formalities!"

Huang Sixi waved his hand to stop them: "Everyone, get on the road immediately and try to go as fast as possible!"

All these people had personally experienced the disaster after the city was broken. They knew how difficult it was to survive. Hearing Huang Sixi's urging, they did not delay for a moment and immediately followed the white-haired old man, trotting towards the Jinsha River.

The woman in yellow and the girl walked at the end.

Huang Sixi saw that the woman in yellow was not wearing shoes, and if the soldiers caught up with them later, she might be left behind.

"Guinan!"

"Master!"

"Go find that girl a pair of shoes!"

"Ah? Shoes...shoes?"

"There are corpses everywhere here, just peel off a pair!"

Huang Sixi led his horse out of the city to cover the people, leaving Hu Guinan to figure out a solution on his own.

(End of this chapter)