Clouds and Moon Shadow

Chapter 2 Healing Ability

He turned around, put on his straw hat, and disappeared from the entrance of the dilapidated temple in a moment.

Only when the sound of horses' hooves faded into the distance did everyone realize that they had just been drenched in a cold sweat.

These people are terrifying!

Rong Qingqing patted her chest as she stood outside the door. She had just been hiding outside the dilapidated temple and, although she hadn't seen the faces of those people clearly, she could smell the bloodthirsty aura emanating from them from afar. Just who were they?

She quickly walked to Gu Qingyue's side, looked at the two packets of medicine powder next to Gu Qingyue, opened them and saw that they were wound medicine and fever-reducing powder!

That's great! She knows a little about pharmacology, and she recognizes this powder. Her family's old doctor always kept these two kinds of powder in their medicine kit. Thank goodness, the brat is saved!

Rong Qingqing arrived near the dilapidated temple an hour ago. She was carrying a bundle and tripped over Gu Qingyue's body in the dark, falling into the rain. It almost scared her to death!

With trembling hands, she touched the boy and found he was still breathing. She carried him to the dilapidated temple, but before the bleeding from his wound had stopped, she developed a high fever!

My forehead is so hot I could fry an egg on it!

She went out to look for something to hold water, so we could use a cloth to cool her down.

She had barely stepped outside when she spotted a group of men in black approaching. Each of them had a cold and stern expression and exuded a menacing aura. Terrified, she quickly hid behind a tree and didn't dare to come out at all.

Fortunately, the kid wasn't meant to die; those people left behind some medicine powder and a water pouch!

As Rong Qingqing fed Gu Qingyue her medicine, she muttered to herself:

May good people live a long and peaceful life! May the Bodhisattva protect them!

Oh, right, Amitabha!

Oh, and also, Infinite Heavenly Venerable!

May the Holy Maiden bless you...

Gu Qingyue could vaguely hear someone murmuring in her ear, but she just couldn't wake up.

About 15 minutes later, Gu Qingyue gradually regained consciousness, and her thoughts finally became clear, no longer dazed.

Her eyes darted around, still in this dilapidated temple.

Okay, I really was saved, it wasn't a hallucination.

She gave a bitter smile, recalling how she woke up by the woods yesterday and knew she had transmigrated into the body of a twelve-and-a-half-year-old girl.

This is a country that does not belong to any of the ancient dynasties in her previous life: the Great Chu Dynasty.

Since the original owner died from illness and starvation, she has been feeling dizzy since waking up yesterday, and extreme hunger has left her with no strength at all.

She had no choice but to sit and rest for most of the day. It wasn't until evening that she slowly walked forward, leaning on her cane and enduring her hunger, until she passed through a small mountain village.

Because of the hot and humid weather, she wanted to go to the village to ask for a bowl of water, but as soon as she reached the edge of the path outside the village, she saw three men pinning down two women and committing bestial acts in the roadside bushes.

The wicked laughter mingled with the cries and pleas of the two women, creating a jarring sound on the dark village road.

What a beast!

She turned to look at the small village; every household had its doors locked and was quiet, and no one dared to come out and take a look.

The woman's pale body, in the dim light of the night, resembled two fallen withered leaves.

She was only shocked for a moment, then anger overwhelmed her, and without thinking, she shouted to stop them...

Looking back now, where did she get the courage from, given her frail body?

Later, he was chased by those three men to the vicinity of this dilapidated temple...

Sure enough, I still can't shake the habits from my past life!

Looking down at my own little hands, I realized this was no longer my own body; the skin was rough and dry!

How much suffering did the original owner endure!

Thinking of this, a sharp pain suddenly shot through her mind, and Gu Qingyue couldn't help but press her brow. Some images that didn't belong to her reappeared.

"Kid, kid, are you feeling better?" Rong Qingqing was terrified when she saw her staring blankly at her, her hand pressed against her forehead, as if she were delirious!

Gu Qingyue looked up and saw the worried face of the woman in front of her. She blinked and asked, "I'm fine. How did I get here? Who are you?" Her voice was hoarse and stiff; it wasn't her own voice.

"It's good that you're alright," Rong Qingqing touched her forehead. The fever had subsided a bit, so it seemed the medicine was working.

"Drink some water quickly," Rong Qingqing said, opening the water pouch and bringing it to Gu Qingyue's lips. "This was given to you by a kind person when you were unconscious."

Gu Qingyue nodded, disregarding everything else, picked up the water pouch and gulped down several large mouthfuls in one go, finally feeling some relief in her throat.

Rong Qingqing breathed a long sigh of relief as she watched the child recover. This was a child she had personally saved, and she hoped that the child could live a good life.

“I carried you here; you collapsed on the slope outside the temple.”

As Rong Qingqing spoke, deep worry was evident in her eyes. The wound on her back was clearly inflicted by a long knife; she must have encountered bad people! Poor child!

“My surname is Rong,” Rong Qingqing paused, then added.

"Thank you, Aunt Rong, for saving my life..." Gu Qingyue forced a stiff smile, rubbing the water pouch in her hand as she spoke with difficulty.

I simply couldn't muster any strength, and I couldn't think of any way to repay the other person's life-saving grace in my current situation.

"No need to thank me, it was just a small favor. Besides, the kind person who gave you the life-saving medicine has already left. Look, this water bag was left by that person."

Gu Qingyue looked down at the water pouch in her hand, a hint of doubt flashing in her eyes.

Good Samaritan?

"Go to sleep, you'll feel better after a good night's sleep."

Rong Qingqing was also exhausted. In order to find the person, she had endured more suffering than she had ever experienced in her life in the past two days, running around and finally managing to escape from the slaughter of the southern barbarians.

Her brows furrowed deeply as she recalled the massacre in Mingzhi County.

"Okay," Gu Qingyue said weakly as she lay down.

The wind outside grew stronger, and the only fire in the dilapidated temple had been completely extinguished.

Through the intermittent light of the outside world, Gu Qingyue shifted to a slightly more comfortable position. She raised her left hand and stroked the jade buckle mark on her right wrist, lost in thought.

She changed bodies, but the jade clasp mark remained.

She gently placed her hand on her abdomen, looked around, and saw that no one was paying attention to her; Aunt Rong next to her was also asleep.

The next instant, a comfortable and cool healing energy flowed from her right palm, into her body, and slowly nourished and repaired her back, where the wound was still burning and bleeding.

Fortunately, the wound medicine that Aunt Rong applied was very effective, at least ensuring that she wouldn't bleed to death, giving her a chance to catch her breath.

This body has been almost completely drained by pain and hunger, and is on the verge of collapse.

She must risk using her healing powers.

Half an hour later, Gu Qingyue let out a soft sigh of relief.

Her body temperature had completely dropped, and the wound on her back had scabbed over, but she was even more dizzy. However, she had narrowly escaped death.

Although she was moved to another world, thankfully her healing abilities remained; it's truly a blessing from heaven!

Taking a breath, she thought of the two women who had been violated by those beasts. Her pitiful cries seemed to still echo in her ears. Thinking of this, she couldn't help but feel a tightness in her chest, a tightness that made her want to kill someone!

What kind of world did she come to?

Gu Qingyue shifted her body, looked outside, and then thought of the original owner of the body that kept appearing in her mind.

The original owner was also named Gu Qingyue. Her family lived in Xinghua Village, Mingzhi County. She was taken in as a child, so her grandmother and uncles exploited her as much as possible. She was made to do all the dirty and tiring work. She did a lot of work but ate little, so she was thin and weak. Her twelve-year-old body was like that of a ten-year-old child.

Not only that, but they also often had to endure beatings and scoldings from their grandmother and bullying from their cousins.

Until this time when she ran away from the wedding.

To avoid being searched by her wicked uncles, she hid in various places until the tenth day before finally arriving in Mingzhi County.

Unexpectedly, before even entering the city, they encountered the Nanzhao cavalry burning, killing, and massacring the county.

In the frantic shoving of the crowd, she was terrified, lost her belongings, and had to hide and evade capture. She fell ill and starved, and eventually died. It's truly a tragic story!

Ugh! What terrible luck!

She wanted to punch the wall!

Now she is dragging her sick body, penniless, and in the midst of foreign invasion, being hunted and slaughtered, and in danger of dying again at any moment. Did she not die thoroughly enough in her previous life?

She closed her eyes helplessly, not wanting to face what was in front of her. She wondered if she would realize when she opened her eyes again that this was actually a dream she had while she was seriously injured.

Very likely! Gu Qingyue wants to bury her head in the sand for now.

He silently counted to one hundred, then opened his eyes.