I hiss as I feel pain ripping through my chest. I still am surrounded in darkness. Where am I? Why can't I open my eyes. I feel a hand putting what feels to be pressure on my wound. Lan Zhan? Lan Zhan? Where are you??

"Wei Ying, open your eyes." I hear his voice.

I turn my head.

"The wound is a lot deeper than I feared." I hear a villager say.

"Wei Ying, please, wake up." I hear Lan Zhan say.

What is happening? Where am I? I slowly pull my eyelids apart. Is everything supposed to be this blurry. I feel more pain in my chest and I bite my lip to avoid screaming. I turn to see Lan Zhan right above me. He moves his hand over my head. Wow, he looks really concerned. I look at my chest. Oh... now I get it. Yeah, that looks bad. That looks worse than I thought. I feel more liquid being poured on my wound. I wince.

"Wei Ying." He says.

"Where...?" I choke out.

"Don't worry young man, you're quite safe. We all owe your our highest gratitude." The man says.

"Here, these are for the wound." I see his wife coming in with more medicine.

"Thank...you..." I choke out.

She pulls back the cloth on my wound.

"This is going to hurt, quite a lot actually." She says.

"I'll...be...fine..." I choke out.

Lan Zhan puts his hand on my shoulder. She pours some herbal concoction on my open gash. It feels like fire mixed with bee stings. I wince hard. I try not to flinch as she starts bandaging my wounds. Lan Zhan uses his energy and I feel the blue fire on my head flowing through my body trying to give me some relief.