A firmed man stood in the middle of the stone floor. There was another man in white who was soaked with blood lying on the floor. He breathed heavily but not whining. His glasses-eyes slowly shut down. There were pieces of glass as if shattering ice all around him.

His hands clenched something tight.

Bai Chun’s hand had Fu Chou aimed at white pale neck. His red eyes looked at the one who can’t fight anymore.

He smirked.

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‘Wake up Bai Chun!’

He opened his eyes. He was in Lu’s house, it seems that he dreamed.

And in the world he dreams about the last incarnation.

Bai Qiang stood beside his bed. He was well-dressed. He shouted ‘Eat and dress up then we will bye uncle Lu and get back.’

Bai Chun was feeling dizzy. After a minute, he took out a new set of clothes from Qiankun clothes then dressed up. After that he started eating breakfast.

He followed Bai Qiang to the main building. Disciples were over there.

Lu Lan and Fong Leng were in the main building too. Lu Lan was smiling. Fong Leng’s expression was hard to read as usual. He changed to wear his normal white clothes again but somehow his body looked slightly thicker than yesterday.

Fong Leng disliked the cold. He always wore thick clothes. Couldn’t see how he treated his wound.

Disciples lined up. Young master was in the front. Lu Lan and his wife thanked them gratefully. THey cried with joy and gave them a gift.

They left Lu’s house back to the Bai clan. Bai Chun still feeled Lu Lan looking after him.

As the same from arrival, they started at 7 am again but the squad moved slower than yesterday because Fong Leng who is the leader was riding slower.

Bai Qiang asked ‘What happened to the teacher?’

Bai Chun whispered back and point finger at him ‘Look at the teacher. He used only his right arm to control the horse. His left arm definitely can’t move.’

As Bai Qiang listened, he was going towards him instantly. Bai Chun stopped him ‘How can you help him? You can only slow down the convoy. What we should do is hurry up and bring him to Re teacher’

Bai Qiang frowned hard. In the end he chose to listen to his brother's words.

He was worried but he knew how stubborn the teacher was. If it wasn’t vital, he would never have asked for help.

They arrived at Bai's clan around 5 pm. The sky turned orange. The convoy was 2 hours later than yesterday. They led the horses to the horse stall and prepared to climb the ladder to the dorm.

But Fong Leng told them ‘You all go first. I have little thing to do’

He didn’t wait for anyone's opinion. He disappeared into the crowd.

Bai Qiang gasped. The plan of bringing him to Re teacher was vanished.

How stubborn! Teacher!

Bai Chun frowned. They couldn’t follow the teacher anymore. Even though Fong Leng looked frosty, he was really nimble. It was crowded in the evening so it was easy to get lost.

Bai Chun ordered disciples ‘You all, no worries, get back and rest’

They nodded and climbed the ladder obediently. Only Bai Qiang who fussed for a while before going after.

Both of them climbed over three hundred steps to the master’s building. On the way, they met a tall man.

Bai Qiang greeted him by bowing ‘Hello, Re teacher.’

‘Ah A-Qiang…A-Chun. You are back? Where is A-Leng?’

This man was Fong Re, Fong Leng's older brother. He was taller than Fong Leng. His characteristics were completely opposite from his siblings.

He always wore a teeny smile on his face. He was playful and kind. There was a red mole under his right eye adding a charm.

The only thing that they were the same was a hard-to-read mind and a god-like personality. However Fong Re was more easy going.

He held a wooden fan with a simple engrave and small accessories. He looked at Bai’s young masters with a gentle smile.

Bai Qiang answered ‘Re teacher! My teacher had a bad injury but he went into town instead! You need to bring him back for treatment!’

Fong Re was frowning, which was hardly seen. He moved the fan to touch his lips, thinking ‘A-Leng…injures? That’s weird?’

Part of his face was hidden behind a fan that made hard-to-read expressions. He continued to ask ‘How?’

Bai Chun answered ‘Teacher…save me…’

Fong Re looked at Bai Chun. He frowned ‘Save…you?

Bai Qiang felt that Fong Leng was discontented. He said ‘It…it was me who was careless! Bai Chun helped me so that he was targeted!’

A minute later Fong Re lowered the fan. He sighed ‘Hurt because disciples again huh?...’

He placed his hand on the boy's shoulders. He was back smiling again. ‘I will prepare medicine beforehand. Please tell master Bai for me.’

Fong Re left. The boys continue walking to the master building.

Bai Qiang looked relieve. Fong Re was the grand master of spell and treatment. He was better than the doctor.

But Bai Chun was feeling uneasy. Fong Re’s warm smile was quite scary. His word’s full of fright.

Maybe…just paranoid from the last incarnation?

But…what did he do?

Bai Chun was confused.

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In the main building on the master’s chair was a middle aged man sitting. Beside him was a woman standing.

‘Qiang-Er. Chun-Er. Welcome home.’ This woman was Er-Furen. (1) She was Bai Qiang’s mother. And the sitting man was Bai Zhili, the present Bai’s mater

(1 read as Fu-Ren which means wife)

Bai Qiang walked to his parents. ‘I am back. The demon was killed. But the teacher was injured. Teacher Re asked us to report to you.’

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Bai Zhili nodded ‘Really? Then let him rest and recover. I will visit him later. How about you?’

Bai Chun said ‘No worry uncle. We are fine-’

‘Bai Chun’s wound opened! He needs treatment!’ Bai Qiang interrupted. He hit Bai Chun’s back. Bai Chun screamed, hestared angrily at Bai Qiang.

‘Oh my!’ Er-Furen exclaimed. She scolded Bai Zhilli ‘As I said that he shouldn’t go. He has not fully recovered.’

Bai Zhili replied ‘I was wrong. I was wrong. I only think that he should go gathering experience. Also his teacher was the supervisor this time.’

Er-Furn said ‘Chun-Er. Be good boy. I will prepare you medicine.’

After that Bai Chun went to have a bath and heal the wound again. Fong Leng’s medicine worked quite well. Bet that it was Fong Re’s which gave to his brother for emergency use.

Two Bai’s young masters went to the first floor for dinner. Then Bai Chun went to see Er-Furen for medicine.

Before she was married, she was a mistress of a tiny clan. Her clan’s specialization was herb. However, it wasn't as great as Fong Re.

She gave him a strong smell of medicine. Bai Chun drank it distastefully.

When he went back to his room. There was a paper wrap hanging on the doorknob.

Inside of it was a beef fried with chili he liked.

The beef was well seasontioning, fried with chili. Spicy smell clouded his room. There was also scorched grilled dough wrapped together.

Even though he was full, he started eating it. His stomach felt empty and ready to eat again. He tasted the flavor which he didn’t have for over ten years delightfully.

Beef from that tea shop…

That punishment made him skein. He never went to the red-light district ever again making him never eat it ever since..

After that, when he was Hechun Jun, he destroyed lots of clans. He killed everyone for revenge. The red-light district and tea shop which is the reason he was punished was burnt.

Spicy taste which burned his tongue made him smile. His lips felt numb. Grilled dough was slightly sweet ,softening down the spiciness.

It didn’t take long for him to finish eating. His tummy was stuffed.

Then he realized.

Who bought it? Fong Leng?

Suddenly, there was a sound of something falling on the floor in front of his room. Bai Chun stopped thinking and walked out.

There was Bai Qiang who was carrying numerous boxes. Bai Qiang can carry heavy stuff but when it came to many, it fell from his arms.

Bai Chun picked them up ‘Where are you going?’

Bai Qiang who was carrying stuff ‘Help me. We have to take all of these to Gedi building’

Bai Chun ‘What are these boxes?’

Bai Qiang answered ‘Herb, medicine and bandage. Father went to see the teacher. He is not feeling well…more like….worse. Mother ordered to take these to them’

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Gedi (2) building was in the fold of a hillside, really private. There was a protection spell made by the Fongs. Allow only them, Bai’s master and young masters to come in freely. So it must be the young master’s duty to be the one who brought the stuff.

(2 Gedi 哥弟 (Gē dì) was mixed from the words 哥哥 (Gēgē) which means older brother and 弟弟 (dìdì) which means younger brother)

Gedi is white wood building with a simple model. There was a living room with a small table on the floor and a small sofa. There were two separate rooms for each of them.

Fong Leng’s side was a clean room, and had only a few things. His stuff was mostly packed in the cabinet.

There was a small table on the floor and a bed near the window. A fluffy carpet paved around the bed.

Outside, there was a Chisuxinhua tree. White flowers usually flew through the window, making the room filled with faint flower smell and also made this to be Fong Leng’s personal scent.

Fong Re’s side was untidy. There was numerous stuff in his room; his personal things, medicines and herbs. There was a bed in the corner and a big table on the floor. The table was usually filled with herbs and stone mortar for crushing herbs.

There was also a small balcony for boiling pills and a small herb garden. So this room was usually filled with a green stench.

Fong Leng usually stayed in his rooms. But today, both of them sat in the living room.

Bai Qiang called out ‘Re teacher. I-’

‘Shh’ Fong Re shu. Bai Qiang shut up.

When two Bai’s young masters reached the building, they found that Fong Leng was sleeping, facing down the table.

They took off their shoes and entered the building.

The Gedi building had an odd tradition. Whoever entered needed to take off their shoes first. The Fongs usually walked in socks only.

On the table Fong Leng slept was covered with medical equipment; herbs, pins and needles.

Bai Qiang asked with a low volume ‘Does the teacher feel bad?’

‘Seems like it. He healed himself wrongly. He has a fever from the wound. ' Fong Re answered as he unboxed ‘My bandage and hemostasis nearly ran out. Thank you for carrying’

Bai Chun looked at Fong Leng who was sleeping. He was shivering and fidgeting because of uncomfortable. He was wearing only thin clothes since he just had a treatment.

Bai Chun said ‘Re teacher, Leng teacher seems cold’

Fong Re whose hands full of boxes ‘Seems to be. I needed to heal so I ordered him to take off his clothes. I also did acupuncture for him. When I realized, he had already fallen asleep already. Can you blanket him for me? I will prepare medicine. A-Qiang, please help me.’

He then walked to his room, Bai Qiang followed him.

The room had only Bai Chun and Fong Leng. Bai Chun walked to the patient. The floor beside him was a pile of bloody bandages. Some flesh stuck on the cloth made the room stink.

Bet that he used them to wrap himself making his body look thick in the morning.

Fong Leng’s sleeping face looked younger. His face was slightly red from fever. His white clothes fell from his shoulder showing his pale skin wrapped with bandages.

‘Ugn…’ Fong Leng breathed heavily. He wriggled. His hair moved showing his blush nape.

Bai Chun’s hand moved without thinking. His fingers touched his fair smooth nape. Fong Leng curled up and moaned lightly ‘Hgn…’

His skin was as smooth as the last incarnation. But his temperature was higher than normal.

Another difference….is the skin without any marks.

There was a sound of Bai Qiand and Fong Re talking but he didn’t care.

His hands trailed down from neck to his back. There were thick bandages between their skins but Bai Chun’s felt warmth. When he reached the middle of his back, there weren’t bandages anymore. His skin was smooth .

He dragged his shirt down more. This touch made Fong Leng curled up tiny. His skin was redder. Cold weather made Fong Leng sneeze.

He whispered ‘Xiao-Leng’

Fong Leng only wriggled. He didn’t wake up. He must be really weary.

There was a blow of wind, expelled a stinky smell in the room. Chisuxinhua scent flew into the room. Familiar feeling filled up made Bai Chun dizzy. He kissed Fong Leng’s pale nape lightly.

His lips felt as if it burnt. He wasn’t sure that it was a feeling in his chest or the remaining spiciness of beef.

Fong Leng was suddenly surprised and woke up. His eyes were wide open. He tightened his clothes. He asked with drowsy ‘Ah…eh? What…?’

Bai Chun called his consciousness and answered ‘I just want to blanket you’ he showed a blanket and covered Fong Leng’s shoulder ‘You were shivering. Are you cold?’

‘A…a little’ Fong Leng was still drowsy. He lazily nodded and tightened a blanket. He touched his burnt nape.

Fong Re walked into the living room. He said ‘You wake? Eat up and rest.’

Fong Re placed a bowl of medicine on the table. Smell of Chisuxinhua changed to a green stench again. ‘You two too. Have a rest.’

Bai Qiang nodded ‘Then I will take my leave. You rest too teacher. Hope you get well soon.’

Fong Re added ‘For now, you will do self-practice. Don’t let your teacher use a saber for a week. Please look after him.’

Bai Qiang ‘Yes, let’s go Bai Chun’

Bai Chun ‘Um’

Bai Chun nodded and quickly took his leave. Bai Qiang ran after ‘Hey! Why are you in such a hurry! Wait for me!’

Bai Chun ran with bright red face.

Urhhh! What a bad habit of mine!

I REALLY HATE him!

Two boys were running in the dark. Sound of footsteps and Bai Qiang shouting was resonant in the clan.

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‘Here. Eat up.’ Fong Re placed a food set in front of his brother. There was rice, a light side dish and soup.

Fong Leng picked up chopsticks and asked ‘Where are my bought?’

Fong Re smiled ‘Beef fried with chili? Your condition wasn’t good, you shouldn’t eat spicy food.’

Fong Leng bit chopsticks. He looked gloomy. Fong Re sighed ‘Only a few bite, you know? And you must eat up that food set.’

Fong Leng nodded and started to unwrap savorless beef. He used chopsticks to pick a piece of beef. It was so spicy that he had to eat a huge bunch of rice after.

Fong Leng liked to eat savory food but couldn't handle much. Only one bite made his lips go red. Fong Re sat beside him, he stole one bite ‘Tasty. But it was TOO tasty for you now. Stop for now. You can buy them again after you are fully recover’

He was going to keep that beef but Fong Leng didn’t let him. Fong Leng frowned, saying with wayward ‘I want to eat more.’

Seeing his calm brother spoiling, he let Fong Leng continue his meal. However, he frequently asked for keeping but Fong Leng forbade him.

In the end, he ate it up. Both beef and food set.

Fong Leng ate lots of spicy food making his lips bright red and he was sweating. Fong Re pointed at a bowl of medicine ‘Drink it. Don’t be stubborn.’

Fong Leng accepted and drank with a wry face. Fong Re kept an empty food set ‘Wait for the food to digest then have a big rest. Your disciples can look after themselves. This week, you are not allowed to go outside Gedi’

Fong Leng nodded. He patted his stuffed tummy. His lips and stomach were still burnt.

He stood up, he tightened the blanket and walked to his rooms.

Fong Re told him before leaving to return the food plate ‘When you fully recover, we will have a little talk. A-Leng’