Chapter 269 - 269 Resurrection

Chapter 269: Chapter 269 Resurrection Chapter 269: Chapter 269 Resurrection It seemed that she had some awareness at this moment.

She knew Jiang Fan was undressing her.

However, she was still unconscious and could not wake up.

Jiang Fan shook off her hand impatiently and said, “Do you think I want to do this?”

“Stay still!”

Then he continued to take off her dress.

Although she kept resisting instinctively,

her hands had no strength at all.

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In the end, Jiang Fan stripped off her clothes and thoroughly checked her body.

What he found astounded him.

Her body was covered in shocking external injuries!

There were rusty chain fragments deeply embedded in the flesh of her chest.

A long gash ran across her abdomen from a cliff rock, with some gravel stuck in it.

Sharp wooden splinters pierced her thighs and abdomen.

While a Revitalizing Pill could heal the wounds,

the presence of these foreign objects prevented the wounds from healing quickly.

This was why the girl was in such unbearable pain.

Jiang Fan carefully removed the foreign objects one by one, cleaned the wounds, and wrapped them with bandages.

After confirming there were no more external fragments, he covered her with her dress.

Once the Revitalizing Pill’s effect took hold and the wounds healed, the girl would be fine.

He placed the girl on the ground.

Then, unable to contain his curiosity, he approached the stone stele.

In the firelight, the characters “Nascent Soul Cave Mansion, No Entry for Strangers” were clearly engraved on it.

This warning from a Nascent Soul expert sent chills down Jiang Fan’s spine.

He cast a hesitant glance at the cave entrance that was just a step away.

Nascent Soul experts were legendary beings.

With a casual strike, they could cause landslides and earthquakes.

If the expert had left any traps in the cave, his entry would lead to instant annihilation.

He pondered for a long time.

Jiang Fan then looked again at the chains scattered on the ground and then at the stone stele, a look of realization flashed in his eyes.

Resolutely, he headed towards the cave entrance.

The expected danger did not appear.

Instead,

a stone door blocked his path.

The stone door was engraved with characters that Jiang Fan could not recognize at all.

“That’s strange, what kind of script is this?”

Suddenly,

a clear and melodious female voice sounded in his ear.

“Not script, they’re runes.”

The sudden voice made Jiang Fan’s hair stand on end.

He instinctively swung his elbow back while shouting, “Who is it?”

Thud—

Jiang Fan felt his elbow hit something soft.

A woman’s groan of pain followed immediately.

Jiang Fan quickly shone his torchlight over and was stunned: “Why is it you?”

It was none other than the unconscious girl in red!

She clutched her chest, curled up in the corner, a pained expression on her face, and groaned:

“You brat… Are you trying to kill me?”

Jiang Fan looked embarrassed, hurriedly reaching out with his sword hilt from a distance to help her up, “Sorry.”

“I didn’t expect you to wake up so soon.”

It was indeed strange.

Even though the Revitalizing Pill was effective, it couldn’t work this quickly, could it?

It could only be said that she had an excellent physique.

That was why she woke up so quickly.

What puzzled Jiang Fan the most was, how did she come up behind him without him noticing at all.

Was he too focused on the inscriptions on the stone door?

The girl in red angrily slapped away his sword hilt and bit her silver teeth, saying, “I don’t need your help!”

“You have no sincerity at all!”

Jiang Fan touched his nose, withdrew his sword, and said, “How should I know if you’re good or evil?”

“Keeping some distance just in case.”

The girl in red tightened her fists in anger: “Right, right, you’re a good person.”

“Stripped me naked and checked every inch of my body, such a good person!”

This…

It seemed she did have some awareness earlier.

Jiang Fan coughed dryly and said, “Desperate times call for desperate measures, I meant no harm.”

The girl in red rubbed her still aching chest and said angrily, “If you hadn’t saved me, I would’ve chopped you in half already!”

Jiang Fan was speechless.

This girl was truly ungrateful.

He saved her life, but she didn’t thank him at all and had such a bad attitude.

He was too lazy to argue with her and continued to examine the runes on the stone door.

The girl in red walked over, glanced at the runes on the stone door, and said:

“These are array runes, you need to be proficient in arrays to open this.”

“Move aside, I’ll break the array.”

Oh?

Arrays?

This art was quite complex and esoteric; it would require at least ten years of research to achieve any proficiency.

How old was this girl anyway?

Could she understand arrays?

The girl in red stood in front of the stone door, and as she pointed at different runes, she said in an old-fashioned manner:

“I don’t like owing people favors.”

“Once we get inside, I’ll let you pick one thing first.”

Jiang Fan chuckled.

How strong could she be at such a young age?

She just recovered from her injuries; she shouldn’t have much strength left.

Why would he need her consent to take whatever he wanted?

However, she wasn’t as bad as he had imagined.

At least she knew how to be grateful.

He casually nodded, “Fine, consider it the consultation fee.”

The girl in red rolled her eyes and asked seemingly casually:

“How did you treat my injuries just now?”

She was well aware of her own injuries.

Multiple broken bones and external wounds were minor compared to the severe internal injuries to her organs.

She thought she was a goner.

Miraculously, she was saved by this young man in front of her.

She was very curious about how he did it.

Jiang Fan could tell that she was trying to probe about the Revitalizing Pill.

This wasn’t something he could casually talk about.

So he replied with a blank expression, “First this, then that, and it was done.”

The girl in red turned her head and glared at him:

“You’re young, but even more cunning than an eighty-year-old man.”

It was clearly a young man standing before her.

Yet dealing with him was rather exhausting.

Jiang Fan rolled his eyes: “As if you’re any older.”

The girl in red retorted angrily, “I am…”

She wanted to reveal her identity but reconsidered, thinking that it might bring unnecessary trouble since her injuries hadn’t fully healed.

So she huffed instead, “Mind your own business.”

“Right, my name is… Yue Mingzhu, what’s yours?”

Yue Mingzhu?

Jiang Fan couldn’t help but recite, “In the sea of Canghai, the moon’s pearl weeps.”

“That’s quite a poetic name.”

“I’m Jiang Fan.”

Yue Mingzhu snickered, “Jiang Fan? That’s such a plain name!”

Jiang Fan’s face tightened, he snorted, “Stop talking nonsense, can you unlock it or not?”

This unpleasant girl!

With a confident smile, Yue Mingzhu said, “Piece of cake.”

She then quickly moved her hands,

touching different runes in a specific sequence.

Jiang Fan leaned against the stone wall, studying the surroundings of the stone door, and said thoughtfully:

“When the stone door opens, be careful of mechanisms.”

Yue Mingzhu raised an eyebrow, “Aren’t you being overly cautious?”

“This cave mansion has existed for at least a hundred years. Any mechanism inside should have corroded and become non-functional.”

As soon as she finished,

her finger pressed the last rune.

With a crack,

the stone door immediately started to rumble open!

Jiang Fan’s expression changed.

He swiftly pulled Yue Mingzhu into his arms and pressed her against the wall.

Yue Mingzhu, suddenly trapped against the wall by a broad chest, stomped her foot in embarrassment and anger: “You, you presumptuous!”

But at that moment!

From the opening stone door, came the sound of mechanical grinding.