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Fortunately, the tail hitting his face failed to slow down Ling's running speed. Ling, who carried Rupert on his back with one hand, used his actions to make her understand why he chose to run away with her on his back.

Because he moves really fast.

Carrying a person on his back, Ling Dengxian was still able to easily climb over a series of rock obstacles at the end of the canyon, and he seemed to be very familiar with the route. In a few flashes, he finally rushed out of the canyon.

Why rush out of the canyon? This question soon received an answer. When the lavender-haired Rupert heard a noise coming from the direction of the cliff, he turned around and saw another group of tumor beasts with sharp horns rushing over from the side of the canyon. They were more threatening than the group of claw beasts chasing her.

"Why, why are the prairie beasts here? Shouldn't they live in deeper areas?!" the girl exclaimed. These beasts have thick skin and flesh and are extremely aggressive. Most hunters will not provoke them because they are too dangerous!

One may not be a big deal, but these tumor beasts usually cluster in units of hundreds.

Ling Dengxian originally wanted to take advantage of the terrain of the canyon to hide, but he never expected the scene below to be like this.

Damn it, why am I running away again?

Ling Dengxian and Chi Yu ran hard for seven or eight hundred meters. The terrain changed in front of them and an inconspicuous gully appeared. The Messenger of Calamity was startled and was about to remind the people under him, but the latter jumped up and jumped over the gully as if they were prepared and quickly hid in the increasingly lush grass.

The movements were smooth and seamless. The herd of tumor beasts, which arrived a few seconds late, stopped in front of the ravine and looked around, looking for the hateful invader.

They could jump over, but by then they had already lost their target, so they could only turn around angrily and slowly leave.

The grass leaves rose and fell, and the two men were silent to each other. Under the scent of grass and trees, they suddenly calmed down. Neither of them was in a hurry to speak. They waited until the herd of tumor beasts walked away before sitting up from the grass.

The two black wolves on the side did not make a sound. Chi Yu generally would not show his special abilities in front of outsiders unless there were special circumstances, so he continued to maintain his adult form.

It was then that the girl realized that the movements of the young man in front of her seemed a little unnatural. Upon closer inspection, she discovered that one of his hands was half hanging in front of his body. No wonder he had always done everything with one hand, it turned out that he was injured.

"Are you... okay?" Suddenly, an inexplicable feeling of oppression blocked Rupert's heart, and he almost took back his concerned words.

What happened to me today?

"Hmm? Oh, my hand? I accidentally dislocated it a few days ago. It's not a big deal. But you, are you not hurt? It happened suddenly just now and I didn't ask for your opinion and just..." Ling Dengxian responded with an apologetic smile.

"No, I have to thank you for helping me out, otherwise I don't know what would have happened today." The girl shook her head and stretched out her hand despite the discomfort in her heart. "Hello, I am Provence, a natural disaster messenger, and this is my partner, Mr. Grape. Thank you for your help!"

Ling Dengxian noticed that the other party was concerned about his injury and stretched out his left hand, so he smiled sincerely and shook Provence's hand: "Ling Dengxian, an unlucky guy, she is Chi Yu, my friend."

"Thank you." Provence nodded to show that he remembered it.

Luckily I didn't cause him too much trouble...

"Oh, by the way, I'll return the arrow you shot at me. I was able to block it and retrieved it with my backhand." Ling Dengxian handed the armor-piercing arrow on his waist to the silent Rupert girl, while muttering, "I heard that the material requirements for this kind of arrow are very high and very expensive... It really hurts my hand."

Provence felt very sorry for her hand twitching.

"Um... do you want to say something?" Ling Dengxian looked at Provence who seemed to be hesitant to speak and asked in confusion.

"Um... that is, I can straighten bones. Do you need my help?"

Scourge messengers often encounter various dangerous situations. It is a high-risk profession and they must master all kinds of knowledge and skills in case of emergency.

"This is a good thing. Why are you hesitating to say it?" Ling Dengxian reflected on whether he had behaved too dangerously.

"No...it's just that I have learned this technique but have never properly straightened anyone's bones." Provence whispered, while carefully observing the changes in Ling Dengxian's expression.

Ling Dengxian smiled gently: "It's okay, my physique is quite special, you can play with me as you like."

Ling Dengxian didn't realize that he had chosen the wrong Victorian language, and Provence showed a puzzled expression. She looked at his appearance and body signs, and then tentatively asked: "Did you just say 'play'? (Yanyu)"

"…I'm sorry, I meant to say 'use it at will'."

"Please forget what I just said." Ling Dengxian said sincerely.

"...Okay." Provence suddenly found this young man quite interesting.

As the sounds of bone straightening were heard three times, Ling Dengxian rubbed his shoulders and moved his arms to activate his blood circulation, hoping that the swelling would go down as soon as possible. With Bai Yan's help, it would surely go down much faster.

As for why there were three bone-setting sounds, Provence was hiding aside, holding his tail and criticizing himself for being just as unreliable.

Yes, she used to think Ling Dengxian was a little bit unreliable.

She noticed the curling white flames of Ling Dengxian, and her heart moved and hope arose.

"Do you have any healing Originium skills?"

"Oh, yes, do you need my help?" Ling Dengxian nodded.

"Well, my partner Mr. Grape is injured. Can you please help me? Please!" Provence asked with his hands clasped together.

"Of course, no problem, Miss Provence, please don't do that... It's just a small favor, I'm really embarrassed." Ling Dengxian immediately stepped aside and waved his hands to indicate that it was nothing, "I'll go see what happened to your tamed beast first."

"To say that he's taming animals... isn't quite accurate. Mr. Grape is very capable. He can do everything. Most of the time, he's the one taking care of me." Provence looked at Ling Dengxian squatting down to check on his partner's injuries, his eyes becoming softer.

"If you want to say it, he is my family."

A certain word made Ling Dengxian's fingertips tremble, but he quickly adjusted his mood. White flames rose from his palms and he carefully pressed them onto the wound of the purple wolf.

Mr. Grape had expected a burning pain and had gritted his teeth to endure it, but what he felt from the wound was a warmth he had never experienced before, soft and light, like running water, dissolving the pain and leaving behind warmth.

"Well... it's just an external injury. My Bai Yan can handle it. If it's serious enough to hurt the bones, it will be difficult to deal with." Ling Dengxian patted Mr. Grape's paw and signaled with a smile that he could stand up.

The purple wolf slowly stood up, stretched its limbs and found that its wound was indeed healed. It became visibly excited, then turned to the young man, nodded solemnly and whimpered softly to express its gratitude.

Seeing that her partner was really getting better, Miss Rupert was extremely happy and thanked Ling Dengxian from the bottom of her heart.

"It's okay, it's okay. By the way, Miss Provence, you are the messenger of natural disasters, you should know where the Dragon Gate is, right?" Ling Dengxian suddenly remembered the "main mission".

"Well, it's almost time for me to take a break from this operation. The nearest mobile city is Longmen, and I'm going there to get supplies and upload some information. Would you like to join me, Mr. Ling Dengxian?" Of course, Provence would not guess why someone would ask this question. After all, this guy has been wandering around in the wilderness like a headless fly for a long time...

It turns out I made the right choice this time!