The jingles of a flying carriage echoed through the blazing wind. Fangsu was motionlessly lying in the shelter of the carriage, however, her grandpa was panicking in his mind and heart as he watched over Fangsu, "Yun Nan, do you know if Fangsu will recover?" She was surprisingly not screaming in pain which only scared him even more. He clenched his hand to keep himself from going insane.
Yun Nan grimaced as she chewed her lip as she stared at Fangsu unresponsive body, "I don't know," Confessing straight up, Yun Nan usually never had any difficulty in telling bad news to her patients but the Chen Family was the benefactor of her family who always supplies them with medical ingredients that many countries couldn't normally get a hold of, "I don't even think I can keep her alive anymore," Yun Nan was extremely stressed out as she began pulling her hair.
Fangsu's grandpa stopped Yun Nan from gaining a bald spot because of her bad habit of pulling her hair when she was bored or stressed, "Is there no other alternative to help Fangsu recover?" He held on Yun Nan's hand with a solid grip on hoping that there would be a method to prolong Fangsu's life. Her weak constitution was worsening over the years and the medicine was barely effective on holding back Fangsu's illness.
Yun Nan stared at the night sky hoping that time would slow down for them, "If we manage to reach the Poison Ravine before morning," Staring at the pale Fangsu with conflicted eyes, "My father may be able to find something to help Fangsu," Slapping herself in the face, Yun Nan was able to snap herself out of her panicked state. The flying carriage reached the cliff overlooking the foggy ravine until it flung itself down the endless ravine.
Bypassing the foggy cover revealed an underground mansion with a waterfall streaming down from the surface merging into the underground waterway. As the carriage landing on an arena like platform, Yun Nan and Fangsu's grandpa rush into the mansion. Where some fumes began smoking the mansion, "THIS IS THE SEVENTH TIME," a loud croaky old voice boomed throughout the mansion pausing the two before they ran to the direction of the voice.
Yun Nan fell to her knees, "Father please help Fangsu!" Begging with all her might hoping you convince him without letting him go crazy with experimenting with Fangsu.
The old man was Yun Nan's father who was an eccentric man who always wanted to experiment on Fangsu especially since she had a rare illness and she would be the one and only specimens of the rare illness. 'Unending Suffering' like the name of the illness the person afflicted by this disease would suffer indefinitely, but Fangsu was the only known case to have survived for 17 years, "Has she been struck by another relapse," The other few patients who were afflicted by this illness would have died during the birth process, "I thought you could handle it," He began lighting a pipe to smoke.
Yun Nan bowed her head towards her father, "It has progressed much more severely than you predict," Reporting that Fangsu was in severely critical condition of Yun Nan couldn't possibly handle to prolong Fangsu's life. The old man rushed over to the unconscious figure once Yun Nan had reported to him. Examining her body, he discovered that Yun Nan's report was indeed true the illness had progressed much more than previous cases.
Carrying the unconscious Fangsu, he entered a chamber where there was a pool of bluish water, Morning Dew Water. Fangsu's body was submerged into the water disturbing the tranquil water ethereal lights began slowly emitting in the water as Dawn's Breath, glowing extremely brightly. Fangsu's grandpa was extremely worried as Fangsu was being submerged into the water, "Yun Chang!" He felt the coldness of the water which could be bad for Fangsu's already weak body.
The old man brushed Fangsu's grandpa off, "You damn mother hen!" Continuing to tend to the sickly looking Fangsu, "She needs Morning Dew Water and Dawn's Breath to help stabilise her right now!" The colour slowly returned back to her face but she wasn't conscious.
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Ghostly Fragrance [COMPLETED] [UNEDITED]
Historical FictionChen Fangsu escaped from danger, away from the home she grew up in. With her new life in the capital with the last remaining member of her family, her grandpa, she happily works as the owner of her grandpa's store. Unknowingly she is involved in an...