Chapter 80: Persimmon Leaf Tea
With the blind prophet and sect master away to attend to cultivator business, Anji was left to Doctor He’s care along with Lizi and Gu Ying. It has been several days since Anji took her first step into the cultivation realm. However, she had not opened her eyes since the day her father brought her down from the mountain.
Nothing was wrong with the child physically. The physician checked her vitals very closely every hour on the second day when she had not woken up. Apart from the occasional rumbling of her stomach, Anji was not in mortal danger. However, nothing they did could wake her up. Lizi fed Anji with gruel and took care of her baths in those few days. On the other hand, Gu Ying had been doubly busy running errands for the sect and training outside the medical hut whenever she was on guard.
After one long week, Anji finally opened her eyes.
"The sleeping princess is awake," Doctor He announced after Anji groaned.
Immediately, Lizi rushed to tend to Anji, bringing water and helping her to sit up in bed.
Anji drank gratefully, feeling parched. She was still groggy, and her eyes had yet to adjust to the sunlight. However, part of the child knew that something was different.
After waking up to the same broken hut for almost two months, Anji had now grown used to the familiar sight of the ceiling there. The new environment felt both familiar and unfamiliar. Doctor He had somehow grown thinner than she remembered him to be.
As Anji slowly came back to reality from a very long nap, she realised where she was.
"Where’s shifu? What about father?" she asked, scanning Gu Ying’s expression. Something about the Manchurian bodyguard seemed different too.