"Hiss..."
Morning light fell on Su Jiu's face, which had become quite frail-looking. She slowly opened her eyes, the pain in her back driving away what little drowsiness remained. She wanted to get up but found her body was still soft and weak.
Although the wounds had been repaired by the feather, the nerve pain in her muscles still made her uncomfortable.
Feeling coldness on her face, she turned to look—Hungry Ghost was curled up in a ball. Su Jiu slightly twisted her sore neck and examined her surroundings again.
This was inside a tent, with sunlight streaming in through the gaps. Supporting herself to sit up again, she slowly rose and lifted the cotton blanket. Her waist-length green hair fell casually around her waist.
Looking down, Su Jiu discovered she was now wearing what looked like a noble school uniform.
The uniform was a gradient short skirt with green trimming that looked quite elaborate. Unlike Zhiyuan Middle School's uniform, it had many pockets and delicate patterns, looking like specialized attire for some kind of support profession.
Su Jiu rolled up her sleeves—all the injuries on her arms had disappeared. Her skin seemed even whiter than before, the ring still gleaming brightly, but the calluses on her fingers and tiger's mouth from dagger training were gone.
Picking up Hungry Ghost and placing her in a large pocket of her clothes, Su Jiu walked outside, shielding her eyes from the piercing sunlight with her hand, a trace of confusion floating in her heart:
Had she been rescued by someone? But why were there no scars?
As she pondered, a rather tall figure appeared beside her—wearing fresh combat attire, with wine-red hair in big waves that infinitely magnified her heroic aura.
"Yo, little beauty, are you awake?" The other party's hearty laughter interrupted her thoughts, her hand heavily patting Su Jiu's shoulder.
Su Jiu's legs went weak and she almost lost her balance. When she turned to look, she noticed the Qinghai City emblem on the other party's uniform. From her attire, she should be someone with combat-type bloodline, right?
However, only the noble schools in Qinghai City would differentiate these things. Places like Huayang, due to Huang Fusheng's strong-handed methods, directly became unified public schools, with only Zhiyuan Middle School as the single high school.
"Are you alright? Although you're developing in the healer direction, your body is way too weak, isn't it?" The red-haired mature woman heavily patted Su Jiu's shoulder again, laughing loudly: "Haha, when we fished you out of the river, you looked like you didn't have a single injury. We thought you accidentally fell asleep while bathing."
Feeling the shoulder pats, Su Jiu didn't go weak in the knees again. She found her condition was continuously improving.
"Thank... thank... Where is this? You are..."
Taking a light breath, Su Jiu slowly spoke. At first she was somewhat unaccustomed to it, gradually becoming more coherent. The dryness in her mouth made her voice somewhat hoarse.
She only remembered fainting by the tree, but looking at the wide small forest around her, it didn't look like the area she had been in before.
"Where? Aren't you a university student from Qinghai out for training? I'm Xiao Yun, class president of Linchuan High School, leading the training camp." Xiao Yun was slightly surprised, her expression somewhat strange. She obviously didn't think Su Jiu was from another city—after all, in her view, Su Jiu was just a healer.
For a healer to cross dangerous areas alone was too ridiculous, right?
"Qinghai City? Linchuan High School?"
After Su Jiu fell into thought, she slowly developed a trace of shock. She had actually come to such a distant place? Qinghai was the farthest place from Huayang—the distance between them was incomparable to Huawen.
Linchuan High School was Qinghai's famous noble school. Hadn't they not participated in training camps before?
Seeing Su Jiu's surprised expression, Xiao Yun's face showed a trace of astonishment as she asked: "Little beauty, you're not from Qinghai, are you?"
Looking at the other party's face, Su Jiu considered for a moment, her mind again conjuring up that Dragon Hunter's crazed face.
Dragon Hunter... Qinghai City was also led by Dragon Hunters. If the two had any connection, in her current state she might not be able to escape from a War General-level Dragon Hunter.
She then described herself as a student from another school's training camp, fabricating a story about being attacked by demons, fighting with demons, and falling unconscious into the water.
"You're also a high school student? But you seem to have almost completed bone setting, and... how does a healer fight demons?"
Xiao Yun looked deeply at Su Jiu. She found this elf-like girl seemed to be talking nonsense, as if concealing something.
"Bone setting complete? Healer? What the hell?" This time it was Su Jiu's turn to be stunned. She slightly felt her body—apart from muscle soreness, bone setting was indeed almost complete, and moreover...
Her body actually contained rich life elements! This... this wasn't something only healers would have?
She somewhat suspected she had transmigrated again.
Staring at Su Jiu's life-doubting face, Xiao Yun thought: Could this girl not be lying? Then she showed another smile: "It's fine. When we go out later, we'll take you with us. We'll go to Huayang for competitions together. Tell me your name—everyone can look out for each other."
After all, in demon territory, hiding one's identity was normal, but... for someone nearly at Advanced Warrior level to pretend to be a high school student was too fake, right?
So Xiao Yun's words also carried some probing intent.
"Mm, I'm called... Jiu Su."
Su Jiu roughly understood the current situation. The injuries on her body were probably healed by that feather, which also gave her wood attributes in normal mode, though using transformation should allow her to change.
She had no weapons, her body hadn't fully recovered, and Hungry Ghost had inexplicably fallen asleep again. Following these people would be safer—after all, this big sister seemed quite enthusiastic.
"Class President, our shield bro's leg artery was bitten through by a Crimson Flame Wolf. Sister Ling'er's Spring Radiance Technique isn't working at all, and we didn't bring hemostatic plates." An anxious voice rang out.
Su Jiu looked toward the sound—it was a girl with a single ponytail, cute-looking. Her attire was similar to Xiao Yun's, so she should also be in a close-combat profession, right?
"Not working? Right, after all Ling'er hasn't reached Intermediate Warrior... such serious injuries are hard to heal, but... now phones can't communicate, there's no way to contact the instructor."
"But among our dozen people, only Ling'er is a healer!"
Xiao Yun instantly became very serious, her brows slightly furrowed. As if thinking of something, she turned her head, her gaze slightly falling on Su Jiu, then placed both hands on her shoulders.
"Sister Yun, don't..."
Meeting the other party's gaze, Su Jiu blinked and tilted her head. What do you want to do? Although you're well-endowed, she, Miss Su, wasn't a casual person either.
If you forced it though, it wasn't entirely impossible...