The Red String Of Yearning

First Conversation Of The 'Dragon & Lotus'

Lian Jie shivers again. This is not good. He is facing misfortune one after another the whole day. Now, he is losing his composure as he feels scared. He has always been taught to keep his emotion in check as it severely affects the water qi flowing inside him. Water qi has a great influence on emotion, and it is one of the factors that make the Shui people vulnerable. Overflowing emotion means their unstable state of qi flow over their body. And if the water qi is unstable, the emotions become overwhelming.

"Your highness, please stop." Lian Jie pleads and creates a barrier between them.

Zhu XiangYu smirks. "Eh! You think you can put a barrier between us?" He punches on the barrier.

Lian Jie helplessly watches that a mere light punch of Zhu XiangYu has created a crack on the barrier.

"Blame your family who has sent you to me. Now, why are you hiding behind a barrier? Today I'll teach you a lesson." With his second forceful punch, the barrier breaks down completely, and Lian Jie coughs out a mouthful of blood. The pressure of Zhu XiangYu's fire qi was fatal not only for him but also for the bed. The bed collapses down as well.

Lian Jie closes his eyes with fear as he knows he can do nothing against this royal patient. But the weight over him removes abruptly, and a sound of vomiting comes to his ears.

Lian Jie opens his eyes and faces another scary scene. Blood is coming out of the prince's mouth and nose. His eyes are wide in panic, and his body is shaking violently before vomiting another mouthful of blood.

Zhu XiangYu is scratching the ground as if he is trying to grab something to protect himself. He raises his hand but doesn't call Lian Jie. Instead, he shouts, "Attendants! Father! Qi deviation! Die... I'm going... to die... Urgh!"

He vomits again. His body is twisting in pain on the vomited blood.

Lian Jie is in a fix thinking of what he should do. Suddenly an anxious voice of a woman helps him recover his thought, "Your highness, are you alright? Your highness Lian Jie, please save the prince. Please... we cannot come inside your wedding room now. Please save him." The woman cries loudly.

In the meantime, the crowd gathers in front of the gate.

The healers instruct Lian Jie. Lian Jie gets up quickly, removes his wedding robe fast, and takes on the role of a healer. Hadn't he been a healer, he would've let Zhu XiangYu die. That's what Lian Jie thought, but he throws that unforgivable thought out of his head and rushes to handle his new patient.

He opens a drawer of a shelf and brings out some crystal stones as per instruction of the healer outside of their room. These stones are qi absorbing stones. Now, he needs not any help from the outsiders, he alone will handle it.

All the qi absorbing stones get shattered one by one, but Zhu XiangYu's qi is still out of control.

Lian Jie slaps his own forehead in his mind. He should've realized this before. Zhu XiangYu's qi felt unrestrained to him because he was going to have a qi deviation attack. Now, what can he do to save him?

Zhu XiangYu's qi is fire attributed, and Lian Jie's qi is water attributed. Though Zhu XiangYu's level is higher than that of Lian Jie, he still can try to use his water qi to put out XiangYu's excessive fire.

Lian Jie keeps his hand on XiangYu's chest and starts to force his healing water qi into XiangYu's body. Xiangyu's body is burning. He is still twisting in pain. His eyes look impatient, and he wants to get a release from it.

Plip!

Plop!

After a long time, Zhu XiangYu hears the drop of water. Though his eyes are closed, he feels light blue rays surrounding him. The coolness of the light is soothing his body, soul, and his raging qi.