BOOK 5. This is mainly a love story following the couple through their first meeting and going on to finding out about each other, they survive a few difficult situations and have to deal with other problems along the way. Crime, violence, becaus...
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Yunlan moved as quickly as he could, because hurrying was impossible in his condition, his aching body had a speed limit and the mad doctor wasn't far behind him. He was leading the lunatic to the doorway without having a plan on how he was going to force him to enter, and he could see the path ahead, but Ouyang had managed to circle around and block him, as he stood in front of the entrance which was 50 metres away.
"There's no escape Zhao Yunlan, Black Robe is dead, your team is trapped and you're injuredand on your own."
Ouyang stared for a second with a sick smile at Yunlan before he lashed out at his knees with the power that he'd hidden from everyone, causing him to drop sharply and kneel, while he bound him with power ropes, restricting his movements.
"This is how my world will see me, a benevolent ruler who destroys the enemy. My army willbring peace and the people will thank me for ridding the world of the two biggest threats." and he lashed out again, striking Yunlan's face, leaving a deep dripping red slash on his left cheek.
"Black Robe died too easy in that cave, I wanted him to suffer a bit more by watching you die again, and know who killed you. All the other times he never knew, but this time, I wanted to see the pain in his eyes as he watched, and now I can't. So you'll have to do, I can watch your pain instead," and he lashed out again leaving an identical wound on the right side of his face.
"How did you break the control over the soldiers? That was amazing, I had no idea that it was possible. When I start the next batch of medication, I'll need to change it slightly."
Ouyang said, not really expecting an answer,just enjoying the feeling of power over a weakhuman, who couldn't fight back.
"Not going to tell me, OK, then you need encouragement."
Ouyang raised his right hand sending a stream of black energy towards his prisoner which encircled his shoulders and buzzed with power causing pain in every fibre of Yunlan's body. He couldn't stop his loud cries as he threw his head back and howled, tears slowly escaping from his closed eyes, and breathing harshly when the power was switched off.
"Your team was amazing, four of them managed to defeat two squads of my super soldiers before I arrived, how was that even possible?"
Pain was inevitable, Ouyang was having fun as he clicked his fingers and switched the power on, watching in delight as Yunlan suffered and screamed, unable to stop the sadistic lunatic. He switched the power off to think of another question that Yunlan was not going to be able to answer, giving him a reason to continue, repeating the process until his prisoner was dead.
"What exactly was your relationship to the deceased Black Robe, friend, colleague, lover?" andhe laughed at the thought before he raised his right hand to give Yunlan another blast of pain.
The speed of the blow was completely unexpected and removed his hand from his arm, slicing it cleanly at his wrist and sealed the wound, he wasn't going to die from blood loss. The sadistic lunatic screamed from shock rather from pain because whoever had performed the surgery, had killed the nerves, he felt no pain.
Yunlan stared but couldn't work out who was responsible for stopping the mad doctor, his body was still stinging from the last blow and his eyesight was too blurred to see distinctly, but there was a white shape at the doorway.
"Thank you Zhao Yunlan, let me help a little before I leave, remember your promise." And Yezun removed Yunlan's binding before he violently grabbed the lunatic and hauled him back to where he belonged, before he sealed the doorway.
The White Guardian had disappeared before Yunlan felt the presence of Shen Wei closing in on his position and breathed a sigh of relief, less questions to answer, Yezun was gone.
Exhaustion and pain were working hand in hand when he saw Black Robe walk towards him as he lay on the ground, too tired to move and it hurt too much if he did. His eyesight had cleared and he studied his shoes, solid, they looked reinforced, maybe steel toe caps, laces of course, he couldn't imagine Wei wearing slip ons and then a thought brought a smile to his slashed face, newspaper in the rain, it was the same shoes.
Black Robe lowered himself to study the damage while slipping his mask into his pocket, and he sighed as he healed the scars, stopping the blood loss, and speaking to him at the same time.
"A-Lan, where is the madman, is he gone for good, because I would not allow him to live in thisworld?"
Yunlan knew that Wei would kill this man after seeing what he had done, and was glad that the White Guardian had taken him away so quickly. He watched the concentration in Wei's movements, as he felt his face heal with a soft warm touch, removing the stinging pain and he asked for help to stand.
Wei did have questions, but he was willing to wait for the answers, so he helped Yunlan to his feet and could see the pain in his movements, which softened his reaction, and he watched while Yunlan moved away from him to an open space.
He stood with his back to the doorway and took a deep breath in before he raised his arm, throwing the whip out behind him and sharply bringing it forward as he spun around to face the target. The whip followed the forward momentum, gathering speed on the turn and hit the object accurately. The blinding flash of lightning lit up the whole sky as the whip made contact, with the sound of power rippling and echoing into the distance, destroying all evidence of a doorway.
Shen Wei was shocked but concerned when he saw Yunlan sway slightly as he turned towards him, and he dived forward catching him before he would land on the ground again.
"Home I think and then explanations." Wei said as he wrapped his long sleeves around Yunlan and transported him to a warm bedroom and a hot bath.
Yunlan had given in to exhaustion as soon as felt the security of the arms inside the sleeves and nothing would wake him. Wei placed him on the bed while he changed out of his cloak into comfortable clothes, and returned to carefully undress Yunlan because he knew that he had pain but didn't realise just how serious the injuries were. He recognised the repaired breaks in his bone, highlighted with the dark bruising. 'It must have happened when he fell off the cliff,' Wei was thinking and he was right because although the bushes had slowed his descent, they had also injured him before he landed heavily at the base.
He gently lifted Yunlan and carried him through for a tepid bath which would be sufficient to cleanse the mountain dust from his skin and not wake him. Removing him from the water, he wrapped him in towels and used his energy to dry and heal all his injuries before placing him in a comfortable warm bed.
He sat beside him for a while, watching Yunlan as he slept and brushing the hair back from his forehead, he heard a name when he touched him, and wondered if it was the man in white at the doorway before it was destroyed, but when he touched Yunlan's face again, it was gone.
"Kunlun, speak to me quietly please, Yunlan's asleep."
The watch was lying on the table at the side of the bed and Kunlun appeared silently.
"Yes My Lord, what would you like to know?" he asked.
