BIRTH OF DRAGON WARRIORS
47 - New Destinations

Chu Kai was surprised by the words he heard. He could not believe that a figure like Diao Lin Wang did not even have an antidote for the cold poison.

"Tabib Diao, but how is it possible? Cold Poison... Did Physician Diao really do nothing?"

".............."

Diao Lin Wang took a breath and then took out a small brocade pouch from the pouch of his clothes sleeve. He handed the item to Chu Kai and said, "There are five pills in the bag. The pill I made couldn't cure the cold poison, but it was able to at least reduce the effect of the pain."

Diao Lin Wang said, "Give it all to you and besides I also want to ask for your help. Can it?"

"Tabib Diao..."

"I was indeed trying to make an antidote from the Cold Poison. But it's hard to do it alone, and with my identity... I can't openly make this antidote."

"Why... Can that be..?"

"Me and your Master Zhuang are the same. We can't stay in one place. As a healer, I am not attached to any stream and that is why I could have been considered an enemy by anyone." Diao Lin Wang said, "Although invisible. But I was actually being watched by various parties and one of the most dangerous ones was the region where the cold poison was located."

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"A-What's that... The Dead Moon Sect?"

"They are the most dangerous Black Stream Sect. No sect would dare to offend them, but this Dead Moon Sect was actually very fond of intersecting with anyone. Not only did they have a large area, but the warriors there also had high cultivation practices."

Diao Lin Wang exhaled and said, "It would be bad if they knew. It is not only about my salvation, but the safety of many. Swordsman Kai... Do you want to help?"

Chu Kai flinched. He looked at Diao Lin Wang and seemed to be unconscious... He instead asked, "What kind of help does Physician Diao want?"

Diao Lin Wang took out a scroll from the pocket of his clothes sleeve and said, "I want you to help me gather some of these types of plants. I marked every location, honestly... You could say it's not easy."

Chu Kai received the scroll and then read the contents. He was quite shocked because the thing in his hand was a map of the Central Plains and with red circles in several places. He also saw a picture of a herbal plant accompanied by the name of the plant.

"It's....."

"That was the ingredients I needed to develop the antidote from Cold Poison," Diao Lin Wang said making Chu Kai's eyes widen. He continued, "I can't trust anyone else for this task. But since Zhuang Yu Chen himself chose you, then I have no doubts about you. Well yeah... Of course I won't force it if you don't want to. After all, this task is indeed very heavy."

"No Physician Diao," Chu Kai breathed slowly. He looked at the subject before him and confidently said, "I'll do it. I'll help Diao healer to collect these herbs,"

"Son, you don't have to push yourself..."

"Absolutely not," Chu Kai solemnly said, "This time Miss Xia Ling Qing has always saved me. He was exposed to cold poison because of me. Now the opportunity comes, so I want to... This time I'm the one who's gonna save her."

Diao Lin Wang smiled and nodded slowly. He directed his gaze towards the floor and it didn't take long until a cat's voice sounded. Chu Kai flinched and immediately turned his head.

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"That?!" it was obvious that Chu Kai was shocked and astonished to see that there was an adult cat with black fur that had somehow appeared from nowhere.

Whereas in this room before there was only himself and Diao Lin Wang. The door of this room was closed and there was no way the cat could jump in from the window. That's impossible because this is one of the rooms on the second floor.

The black-haired cat jumped up into Diao Lin Wang's lap. The incident made Chu Kai widen his eyes again. He Lin Wang calmly started to open his voice.

The handsome man in all white clothes said, "Jinzi is a Moon Cat. He's a demonic beast that I've always assigned to send messages to. If you manage to find the herbs on the map, Jinzi will come and take them."

Chu Kai nodded, "I understand. But exactly how did the Diao Tabib cat get in here?"

Diao Lin Wang smiled. He gently rubbed the black cat's head on his lap before the animal jumped down and again made a cat-typical sound. At the same time, the cat simply disappeared and made Chu Kai jump in shock.

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"Ta-Tabib Diao..! Just now...!" Chu Kai was so shocked. This was the first time he had seen any beasts that could suddenly just disappear, and even right before his eyes.

Diao Lin Wang said, "If Jinzi's voice is heard for the first time, then he will appear. Then the second voice would make him disappear. That's how the Moon Cats move around,"

"Well..." Chu Kai blinked, "I didn't expect this at all. I meani... Are not humans and demonic beasts... Hostile each other?"

"Mn, right. Although there had been an agreement that demonic beasts and humans would not cross each other's boundaries and agreed not to attack each other, but that did not mean that enmity was not created."

Diao Lin Wang gave an explanation, "Basically every creature has greed. They will not be satisfied if they only get one achievement. Always wanting to win and even daring to sacrifice anything in order for his goal to be achieved... It's a superficial and easy thing to decide,"

Diao Lin Wang said, "Either you know this or not, but among the demonic beasts there are those who consciously kidnap humans, even preying on them. On the other hand, there were also humans who hunted demonic beasts for their own sake. Jinzi.... It's a demon beast I found when he was a baby. Her mother died in tragedy,"

"..............." Chu Kai lowered his gaze and quietly blessed, "Although this world is filled with greedy people, but in the moment there is one person who cares so much for other beings like the Physician Diao... Then the world still has hope to change for the better."

Diao Lin Wang gasped at the words of the green-eyed young man before him. He smiled and said, "But just one person who cares won't bring much change."

"Well..." Chu Kai pondered over it. What Diao Lin Wang said was indeed true and he could not do any rebuttal.

"Just..." Diao Lin Wang again opened his voice, "I don't want to stop at one point and that's just myself. I want you to help too... Doing good things, and helping those who really need help without distinguishing humans or even demonic beasts."

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Chu Kai looked at the man before him. He gulped and shook his head slowly. This is an impossible thing to do if you remember who he really is.

"Tabib Diao.." Chu Kai's voice trembled as if holding something back. He took a breath and said, "Can you pay attention to me?"

".................."

"This "body posture, face line, and eye color... I'm not from the Central Plains. To everyone, I'm just a stranger." Chu Kai said, "In fact no one can accept a stranger to be a part of them. So how can I make a change? Not for them... I'm the same as the demonic beast they hate?"

Diao Lin Wang, "There are two types of humans in this world. They are with a good heart and they are with a bad heart. You will always meet these two types of people, even on your journey. It doesn't matter what kind of man you meet... You just have to be yourself."

Diao Lin Wang said, "People who like you will give you the strength and spirit to keep moving. Then those who hate you will make you learn to be wiser and more mature. They'll teach you... How to be a real human being."

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The speech of the all-white-clothed figure before him reminded Chu Kai of what his father had said. He closed his eyes for a moment, gulped before then smiling.

Chu Kai's eyes looked slightly watery as he said, "Tabib Diao is right. L'm... I almost forgot my determination. And because of Physician Diao... This time I'll never forget it,"

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Chu Kai returned to the place where Xia Ling Qing and Wei Zhang Zihan were. Back then, Xia Ling Qing's face was no longer pale and even the improved condition of this girl could be noticed with her tone of voice as well as her rude attitude towards Chu Kai.

"Where have you been?" Xia Ling Qing opened his voice. He said, "Are you causing trouble again?"

"N-no..." Chu Kai waved his hand and shook his head slowly. He was nervous, but tried to keep talking.

Chu Kai said, "No-Miss Xia knows that I am... Go see Physician Diao Lin Wang,"

"Hmmm,"

"Well what did Physician Diao say?" Wei Zhang Zihan opens his voice. He made this natural green-eyed young man turn his head towards him.

Chu Kai replied, "Tabib Diao gave me a pill that Miss Xia Ling Qing could use to endure the pain of the Cold Poison. It's just..."

Chu Kai lowered his gaze. His voice softly as he said, "I'm sorry that Physician Diao apparently has no antidote from cold poison."

"Who asked you to do it?" Xia Ling Qing sneerily said, "When did I ask for help from you?!"

"No-Miss Xia.." Chu Kai flinched.

"Cold poison is not a problem. What I'm trying to say is why did you tell Physician Diao Lin Wang?" Xia Ling Qing looked dislike. He clenched his hands and roughly said, "Do you want to tell the whole world that I was exposed to cold poison from losing to Xue Xiaowen, huh?"

"Xia Ling Qing, she's just trying to help you." Wei Zhang Zihan spoke up.

"Then help me," Xia Ling Qing put her hands together and looked at Chu Kai. "Don't help me too much,"

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Chu Kai was stunned. He stared as Xia Ling Qing took his sword and stepped out of this room. The girl did not even receive the brocade bag containing the pills she had obtained from Physician Diao Lin Wang.

"..............." Chu Kai looked at Xia Ling Qing's back which was getting further and further away before finally being out of sight. Now inside this room there was only himself and Wei Zhang Zihan.

"Power Wei.." Chu Kai's voice was slow, barely audible. "Did I make a mistake? Miss Xia... Look angry."

"He is like that. Dislike getting help from others and least like being considered weak," Wei Zhang Zihan exhaled and said, "You brought such a pill to him offended. He'll feel that you see him as someone who's helpless,"

"REally?!" Chu Kai flinched, "But I have never thought that way. Swordsman Wei-"

"He'll be fine later, no need to worry." Wei Zhang Zihan interrupted. He asked again, "Why have you been so long? What are you talking about with Physician Diao Lin Wang?"

Chu Kai looked at this young blue-clothed young man in front of him and then began to reply, "Tabib Diao... Asked me to help him find herbs. L'm... I'm backing it up,"

"Herbal plant?"

Chu Kai revealed the scroll in his hand and said, "Tabib Diao gave me this. Map of where the herbs are located,"

Wei Zhang Zihan took the scroll that Chu Kai had given him and looked at the contents inside. He frowned and his expression changed a moment later. It was clearly realized by Chu Kai.

"Declaration Wei? You why..?"

"Are you innocent, innocent, or stupid?" Wei Zhang Zihan looked at Chu Kai and said, "The herbs that you want to collect are mostly in the black flow region and in the abode of demonic beasts. There were even marks on the territory of the Dead Moon Sect. Did you realize that you were looking for this herbal plant, huh?"

Chu Kai lowered his gaze and said, "I know that. I saw it clearly that the territory I was going to was a dangerous place."

"Then why did you agree to it?"

"...................."

Seeing this green-eyed young man silently made Wei Zhang Zihan guess, "Is this the ingredient for the cold poison antidote?"

Chu Kai flinched. Realizing that his guess was correct made Wei Zhang Zihan snort. The Sacred Swordsman of the Wushi Mountain Sect shook his head slowly.

Chu Kai said, "I want to save Miss Xia. Even if later Miss Xia refused this favor,"

"Too dangerous, do you know?"

"Of course," Chu Kai's hand clenched as he said, "I even know that with my current martial technique... It would look absolutely impossible. I am the one who knows best how weak I am compared to other warriors,"

"You are not weak," Wei Zhang Zihan opened his voice and made Chu Kai flinch. He also tonelessly said, "You've already defeated Xue Xiaowen in a fight... And what happened before clearly proves that you're not weak."

Wei Zhang Zihan said, "Your sword technique and your ability in fighting just need to be more honed. Experience will shape you into what you should be. I'll come along,"

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Chu Kai flinched, "Founder Wei... You're..."

"You can't go alone. You are still a warrior and the world is not a safe place. We will go together," Wei Zhang Zihan returned Chu Kai's scroll.

"Powerman Wei wants to accompany me..?" Chu Kai did not matter, instead he was relieved that a figure like Wei Zhang Zihan took the initiative to help.

"But Swordsman Wei... What about Miss Xia? Her.. Just went and.."

"Xia Ling Qing is coming. Wasn't he always your savior in the crucial moments?" Wei Zhang Zihan took his sword and said, "He... Not worth worrying about at all. Now let's go,"

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Chu Kai flinched and hurriedly followed Wei Zhang Zihan. He said, "Strade Wei. But what about the conference?"

"Your goal at the conference has not been achieved? You've met Physician Diao Lin Wang. So now that the business in this place is done, there's no point in us staying."

"Then - Warrior Wei, wait..!"

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