Chapter 266: What is it?

Haru was lifted into the sky and then into the soft embrace of someone he didn't recognise at first. Long silver hair clouded his vision and he faded back to unconsciousness.

"You did great and protected everyone. Now it's my turn to protect you." Hong Xia said as she held Haru in her arms while using her Qi to support his body. She looked down at his sleeping face to see dried blood on his lips and chin.

'Looks like his internal organs are damaged. I need to get him back to a healer as soon as possible.' She thought to herself before taking off towards the resort that was miraculously still standing thanks to Lao's protective barrier.

The barrier took no damage at all from the rays of light that were responsible for destroying most of the buildings in the city of shanghai. What was previously a city known internationally for its skyscrapers and nightlife was left in rubbles and the same could be said for Haru's body.

The bones in his spine had shattered completely rendering him unable to move. But at least was still alive. The condition for Li Jun's soul to save him was that it would only activate if there was no chance of survival for Haru. If Li Jun didn't sacrifice himself then the ray of light would have extinguished both Haru's body and soul.

Hong Xia didn't have a full understanding of what had transcribed but she did know that Haru was the only one who had survived being hit by the ray of light since the battle had started. And not to mention his contribution to the battle.

Her teacher had only allowed her to watch from far away and she was placed on the sidelines and given the order to only fight if the demons made it past the first line of defence which luckily they didn't.

But as she stood on the sidelines she first hand witnessed Haru's prowess in battle as he slaughtered hundreds of demons singlehandedly even when the nascent soul cultivators were struggling to take on just a few of them.

Everyone was surprised with how Haru had come to the rescue but none of them were more surprised than Hong Xia. When she first met him she thought that he was a spoiled kid from a rich family and had been taught how to cultivate by some old master for a lump sum of money since it wasn't uncommon for people in high society to do that.

But later on, when she arrived at the resort with her family she had asked around and heard about all of the great things he had accomplished during his time in China. And what was even more surprising to hear is that he had only been cultivating for a fraction of the amount of time that she had.

She just couldn't believe that someone younger than her and had been cultivating for a quarter of the amount of time that she had was stronger than her and thought that the stories of his achievements were exaggerated. But her opinion of Haru soon changed after watching him fight on the battlefield.

Haru's eyes opened once again as Hong Xia carried him throughout the sky. He looked up to see that she was looking straight forward and was focused solely on getting him back to the resort. But Haru knew what was going on as his brain was trying to focus on staying conscious.

"What are you?" Haru asked but as soon as he did his vision faded to darkness once again. Everything around him went dark as he felt two gentle hands around his body and holding him tightly against a soft body. He felt safe although his body was in pain.

"It's okay. You don't have to worry about anything now just let me take care of you." Hong Xia said quietly as she watched his eyes close once again before landing at the entrance to the resort and rushing inside with her arm around his shoulders as she dragged his legs while holding his body upright.

"We need a healer right away!" Hong Xia shouted as she made her way into the building but no one looked in her direction upon hearing what she had said.

"Someone get a healer right away!" Hong Xia shouted once again but no one replied. She then looked up to see that everyone was standing completely still as if they were terrified of something.

She lay Haru down on the floor while making sure that his back remained straight so the healer wouldn't have to reline the bones in his body before healing him. And then stood back up before walking over to see what was happening.

"So who's going to take responsibility for this huh!? My son got his arm cut off and you refuse to heal him? Which one of you should I kill?" A large muscular man shouted. Hong Xia immediately recognised him as the leader of the Cheng family and one of the nascent soul stage cultivators that her grandfather had invited to come and help.

"Is anyone going to answer me!?" He shouted out once again but this time used his Qi to suppress all of the healers that were in the room.

"Sir it's not that we refused to heal him. The tissue in his hand had died by the time he arrived at her. Even if we reattached it there's a possibility of his arm getting infected. If that happened then he would have to get his whole arm amputated.

He is lucky that the person who did this is skilled enough to cut clean through the bone, arteries and tissue. We didn't even need to remove more of his arm to make sure that he would heal without getting an infection." One of the healers said to the leader of the Chen family but he was too blinded by rage to understand what he was saying.

"Are you saying that my son is lucky that he got his hand cut off!? Where is this Haru anyway!? Why hasn't anyone brought him to me yet?" The man called out. Then suddenly a man in a black suit came running in from a different entrance of the room.

"Sir! We had reports that Haru got injured during the battle and was picked up by Hong Xia. We believe that she should be on her way here as we speak." The man addressed the leader of the Cheng family and then his eyes scanned the room before spotting Hong Xia standing at the other side.

"Is that so? I should have known that the brat from the hong family would have something to do with this.

"Sir…" The man said quietly.

"What is it?" The Leader of the Cheng family asked. Upon hearing the hesitation in the man's voice.

"It seems like they are already here." The man said softly and then pointed over at Hong Xia who was standing over Haru as he struggled to draw air into his lungs while laying on the ground.