Chapter 268: Old coot.

The room fell silent once again before an audible gasp echoed around the room. Followed by the sound of someone struggling and panting.

"What are you doing!? Unhand me, woman! Don't you know who I am?" Mr Cheng shouted out. Hong Xia felt confused by what she was hearing and didn't know what to expect but as she opened her eyes she saw something that made her feel relieved.

Mr Cheng was holding his hand over Haru's chest like she expected to see but Haru was perfectly fine. There wasn't even a scratch on his body from Mr Cheng. His only injuries were what was inflicted by the blast of the Colossal ship's cannon.

But as she followed Mr Chen's arm down to his wrist she saw that a wrinkled yet feminine hand was wrapped firmly around his wrist and was holding it in place.

Mr Cheng was struggling to pull away from her but she seemed relaxed as if his strength was nothing to her at all. She looked up at Mr Cheng who was trying to retreat and then back down at Haru.

"Whoever thinks of Laying a hand on this boy will become an enemy of my sect. If you dare to act against him again I shall cut you limb from limb and hang you outside as a warning for anyone who comes looking for trouble with Haru here." The woman said in a cruel and heartless tone with so much authority that it made Hong Xia's heart begin to palpitate as she looked at her.

The old woman then released Mr Cheng's hand upon saying what she had to say and then turned to look at Hong Xia who was standing on one leg and not daring to put any weight on her broken one.

"You there." The woman directed her voice towards Hong Xia which made her jump slightly. She didn't know what to think as she had never seen this woman before and she was now addressing her directly.

"Yes ma'am?" Hong Xia put on her best act to be polite so she wouldn't make an enemy with someone strong enough to stop an attack from a nascent soul stage cultivator with just one hand.

"Come over here, my dear. Let me take a look at that leg of yours." The old woman said in a caring and gentle voice which Hong Xia didn't know if she could trust. She had just seen her go from a ruthless killer to a caring old lady in just a few seconds.

But her voice seemed to have a certain authority over her body that she didn't even know about. Before Hong Xia could say anything her body had already begun to hop towards the old woman who was now kneeling beside Haru and smiling.

Mr Cheng on the other hand was holding his wrist and rubbing it back and forth while staring at the old woman.

"Who are you? I haven't met an old coot as strong as you before. Which hole did you crawl out of and what is the name of this sect that you speak of?" Mr Cheng demanded answers from the old man but she paid him no attention as she directed it towards Hong Xia.

She held out her hand towards Hong Xia's leg as a blue light began to emerge from her fingertips before wrapping around her leg like vines.

"This might hurt a little bit but please bear with it." The old woman said before another excruciating shock shot through Hong Xia's leg and up into her thigh. It was the same pain that she had felt before but this time her leg had now been straightened and there was a slightly soothing effect lingering within her leg as the old woman removed her hands.

"It might feel a little weak for the next couple of days but it should be fully healed within an hour. Just don't go too hard until then okay?" The woman asked with a smile. She had healed a broken leg with just a touch from her hands and then she turned her attention towards Haru who was still lying unconscious.

"They did a number on you, didn't they? You silly child. What were you thinking about getting involved in a fight like that? Don't you know that you are still far too weak to go up against the demon clan?" The old woman asked before placing her hand against Haru's chest.

"Miss… That's not true at all. Haru is really strong. I saw him kill hundreds of demons with my own eyes." Hong Xia said in Haru's defence but the condition that he was in said otherwise.

"Is that so? Then how did he end up like this?" The old woman asked, dismissing the story that she had just heard from the young girl who had entered with Haru as an exaggeration.

"You know that red light that hit the resort but ran into that strange barrier?" Hong Xia asked casually. She felt confident enough that the old woman wouldn't harm her since she seemed to be familiar with Haru.

"Yeah? The cannon fire from the ship? What about it?" The old woman asked. She didn't see how the light from the cannons would have anything to do with Haru's condition since it was a known fact in the upper realms that anyone below the chaos destruction stage would die instantly if they were hit with a blast from the cannons.

"He was hit by one of those and then thrown into a building." Hong Xia said bluntly.

"What bullshit is that? I saw what that thing did to a cultivator of my level. How could this little brat survive it while a stronger man died? And you, Old bat. You better answer my questions or else I will kill the boy before you can heal hi-" Mr Cheng began to say but just as soon as he opened his mouth he was quickly silenced as his body suddenly went stiff before collapsing to the ground.

A blue light was now flowing from the old woman's hand as what looked like a stream of electricity faded into the palm of her hand.

"I thought I said that's enough out of you?" The old woman asked before placing her hand back against Haru's chest.

"He was hit by a cannon blast? Tell me more." She then looked back up at Hong Xia with questioning eyes. She was interested to hear more since she knew someone couldn't survive the injury she said that he had suffered.