Su Han temporarily suppressed Jean's body with golden needles, then flew upward through the clouds. Feeling the surging thunder in the air, he slowly opened his arms and said, "Come on, I need to borrow your power for a moment."
The thunder within the clouds was drawn toward him, surging wildly in his direction. Almost instantly, Su Han was drowned in terrifying lightning.
Pain.
Burning.
Numbness.
So this is what being struck by lightning feels like?
Su Han gritted his teeth and endured it. His body was madly absorbing that strand of righteous Heaven and Earth energy within the heavenly thunder. When he felt the Golden Light Mantra about to collapse, he finally forced himself to retreat from the clouds.
Venti looked at Su Han's charred appearance with worry. "Are you alright? Do you need me to heal you?"
"There's no time. We'll deal with that later."
Enduring the pain, Su Han flew toward his bedroom. The most urgent task was to cure Jean before the power of heavenly thunder in his body dissipated. As for his own injuries, delaying treatment for a while would not be a problem.
Seeing Jean's delicate body darkened to purple-black, Su Han immediately activated the Five Thunder True Law. This time his method was similar to before, but he replaced golden light with thunderlight. As the lightning needle pierced skin, a foul-smelling purple gas drifted out from Jean's body.
"Hm? It really works!"
Watching her skin gradually return to a fair color, Su Han was overjoyed. Since it worked, he only needed to persist.
Over the next hour, Su Han continuously condensed lightning needles. When his power ran low, he flew out again to draw more heavenly thunder. Only when the last patch of Jean's skin returned to its normal white did he finally exhale in relief.
"At last, you're saved. This really took my life. I got struck by lightning four times for you."
Su Han looked at the pale, floating figure in the air and reached out to hold her. Since Venti would be leaving soon, he couldn't let Jean lie on the floor. What he didn't notice was that the moment their skin touched, Jean's eyelids trembled faintly.
After placing her on the bed, Su Han admired her for a while before reluctantly covering her with the blanket.
"What a pity. I still have to clean up the mess in Mondstadt later. But before that, I'll take a little interest." He leaned down and kissed Jean's lips. "When you have time, you have to come to the hot spring with me. I almost died saving you today."
Only then did Su Han turn and leave the room. What he didn't know was that after he left, the supposedly unconscious captain's face slowly turned red.
When he went outside, Venti looked at his charred appearance and asked, "How is she?"
"The poison has been completely removed. We'll talk on the way. You have to take us there this time, I used up all my power saving her."
"No problem. But do you want to leave a message first?"
"Mm, you're right. Yaoyao, can you pass along a message for big brother?"
"No problem, big brother. Please tell me!"
Su Han crouched down with a smile. "Please tell Ningguang that I have to go to Mondstadt for a while. If something comes up, she can send a message."
"Mm-mm, Yaoyao remembers. Right, big brother, here's some ointment Grandma just prepared. It's very effective for injuries. And this bottle is for nourishing the body. And this, Grandma told me to give you. It's a spatial artifact. She said it's a pot you can enter to rest, and it can store miscellaneous things. It's very easy to use."
Watching Yaoyao pull out item after item like Doraemon, Su Han was stunned. He didn't expect this little girl to be so thoughtful. While he was saving Jean, she had gone next door to seek help.
Su Han patted Yaoyao's head, touched. "Thank you, Yaoyao. Big brother really likes them."
"Hehe, it's good that I could help big brother. Oh, right! A few days ago you asked me to visit the little herbalist girl from Bubu Pharmacy. I went. She seems to have some kind of immortal fate. We played very happily. Can I bring her over to play sometime?"
"Of course. Hu Tao isn't home anyway. Qiqi can come anytime."
"Mm-mm, then Yaoyao won't disturb big brother anymore."
The little girl ran off to deliver the message. Su Han looked at the newly acquired Serenitea Pot and smiled. With this, he could bring both Shenhe and Jean along.
An incense stick later, Venti rode the winds and left Liyue Harbor.
In the back courtyard of Wangsheng Funeral Parlor, an old man enjoying his tea set his cup down and said softly, "I'll overlook it this time. If you cause another commotion without informing me, we'll need to talk."
On the Jade Chamber.
After Ningguang received Yaoyao's message, her willow-leaf brows immediately furrowed. She asked, "You said a bard arrived with an injured woman?"
"Mm. They flew straight in. From big brother's tone, she seems to be Mondstadt's captain. It was really scary. Her entire abdomen was pierced through by purple stuff. Luckily big brother had the ability, or she definitely would have died. After saving her, big brother told me to tell you he's going to help with something in Mondstadt and will come back later."
"The house is already so busy, and he still runs off? Forget it. Since he remembered to notify me, I'll forgive him this time."
Ningguang did feel a bit jealous, but knowing Su Han remembered to send word, her unhappiness quickly faded.
With Venti personally flying them, Su Han reached Mondstadt from Liyue in no time.
At the Knights' headquarters, Lisa saw them arrive and hurried over. "Where's Jean? I haven't seen her for a long time."
Venti gave an awkward smile. "She got a bit hurt. I'll go check the ruins first and come back later." He flew off immediately, leaving Su Han standing alone.
Lisa watched his fleeing figure, her uneasiness growing stronger. She looked at Su Han. "Did something happen?"
"Mm. Jean was ambushed by the Abyss Order and was seriously injured, but I've already saved her. Let's talk at the shop. Her condition shouldn't be made public yet."
"Alright."
When the two arrived at the comic shop's bedroom, Su Han released the unconscious Jean. Shenhe remained inside the Serenitea Pot cultivating.
Seeing her pale face, Lisa felt distressed. "What exactly happened?"
"Simply put, you were all tricked."
Su Han sighed and explained everything. When Lisa heard he was struck by lightning four times to save Jean, she was utterly shocked.
"The Abyss' power is that troublesome?"
"It's more than that. Even the bard couldn't act in that situation."
Although Venti had divine power, he wasn't skilled in healing or expelling Abyssal forces. Otherwise, he would have solved Dvalin's problem long ago.
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