There is a god in the sky

Chapter 99 On the Road 4

After a long time, someone finally emerged from the water and climbed up the rope.

"Lord Xiao, the 'water ghosts' down there are quite troublesome. They killed three or four of them, and the rest escaped. Our brothers were also injured or killed."

The officer was exhausted and lay panting on the deck.

Xiao Ji had someone carry him down to rest, and then a new group of people went into the water. "Bring our people up, no matter if they're dead or alive."

"Yes."

The remaining officers went into the water in an orderly fashion and quickly pulled their colleagues out of the water.

One person died, one person was seriously injured, and several others sustained minor injuries.

There was no doctor in their group, and everyone was used to carrying some emergency medicine with them when they went out. It wasn't until they saw Miss Shen come out carrying a suitcase that they realized she knew medicine.

Shen Lan took out the hemostatic medicine and asked them to help bandage the wounds of the lightly injured soldiers.

She glanced at the seriously injured patient, whose back had a long wound, and whose clothes were already stained red with blood.

Shen Lan had someone cut open his clothes, used a cotton ball soaked in high-proof liquor to wipe around his wound, and then used a needle and thread to close the wound for Feng Hao.

Her stitching technique was quick and excellent. Before the others could react, she gave the order: "Move the person into the cabin, give them a bowl of medicine that's been brewing on the stove, and take good care of them."

"Is this all? Will he survive?"

Shen Lan nodded. "Don't worry, I'll take care of it."

The injured person hasn't been injured for long; the wound just looks big. As long as the bleeding stops and there's no inflammation, there shouldn't be any major problems.

The weather isn't very hot, so I don't think his life is that fragile.

On the other side, the officials were finding a white cloth to cover their colleague's body.

"Wait a minute."

Shen Lan knelt beside the corpse, first checking his vital signs. After confirming that there was no breathing or pulse, she began to examine the wounds on his body.

"Strange, there were no fatal wounds on his body, how did he die?" Shen Lan asked the surrounding officials.

One person recalled, "It seemed like he was hit on the head."

Shen Lan quickly took off her hat, brushed her hair aside, and examined her head. There was indeed a red and swollen area, but the skin wasn't even broken. Could it be intracranial hemorrhage?

She gently pressed around the area and found nothing wrong, so she decided to try performing a set of CPR.

She asked Sui Feng to help deliver the air, and after hearing her explanation, the latter looked shocked and confused, but did not refuse her.

Following Shen Lan's instructions, he cooperated with her and demonstrated a two-person CPR procedure in front of everyone.

Shen Lan demonstrated and explained at the same time, trying to teach them this first aid method, even though it might not be effective.

After two sets, Shen Lan's arms were sore, but the person beneath her didn't react at all.

Someone couldn't stand it anymore and said, "Miss Shen, you should just give up. What you're doing isn't right."

They even heard the sound of ribs being crushed. Could it be that Lord Xiao's little maid has gone mad?

Xiao Ji stood aside and watched carefully, but did not stop Shen Lan.

“Lord Xiao, this…” An official wanted Xiao Ji to speak, but saw the other party shake his head at him.

Shen Lan wiped the sweat from her forehead with her sleeve and said to Sui Feng, "Let's do another set."

She should have switched places with her partner, but she was afraid that Sui Feng wouldn't be able to control the pressure.

Too light and it won't have any effect; too heavy and there's no point in trying to save it.

This time, after only half of the pressure had been applied, the person beneath him suddenly coughed slightly, startling Sui Feng, who was about to breathe into his mouth, who jumped back three zhang away.

"A...a zombie?"

Although he understood that Shen Lan was trying to save someone, how could he save someone who was already dead? He was simply cooperating with her to do things he didn't understand.

Shen Lan saw him spit out a mouthful of water, and then his coughing became more frequent, and he spit out even more water.

She was finally certain that she had really saved the person's life, but she wasn't sure whether the person would live or die afterward.

She placed her hand on the patient's pulse, which was weak and feeble, but the fact that the pulse had returned from nowhere was already a miracle.

After she helped the other person up, she saw that there was only Xiao Ji standing within five meters of her, and he was quite far away from her.

"Come and lend a hand," Shen Lan said to Xiao Ji.

Xiao Ji's expression was hidden in the dim light, so Shen Lan couldn't see it clearly and didn't look closely. She only felt that his outstretched hand was a little cold.

Shen Lan looked suspiciously at the hand on her shoulder and said, "Sir, you've come to your senses. Please move the patient to the side."

Xiao Ji quickly withdrew his hand, bent down, picked up the person, and placed them directly on the stretcher that had been prepared to the side.

By this time, the others had calmed down and asked in disbelief, "Miss Shen, what happened? How... how did Guisheng come back to life?"

"Yes, he... I was sure he was dead when I pulled him up."

"Did it really come back to life?"

"Guisheng? Guisheng? Are you a human or a ghost? Please answer me!"

Shen Lan deliberately tried to scare them: "Stop shouting. I just used a soul-summoning spell. Who knows if I'll summon back the real person or a wandering ghost?"

Even Xiao Ji stopped what he was doing and stared at the patient in disbelief.

The man probably understood his situation, so he quickly made a sound, raised his hand and said, "I...I am Wang...Guisheng."

"How can we prove it?" everyone asked, trembling with fear.

If it's just a wandering ghost, that's fine, but what if it's an enemy?

Shen Lan quickly said, "Alright, he's still very weak. We'll testify for you when he's feeling better."

Although the person has survived for now, they still need proper medical treatment.

"Lord Xiao, look! That boat on the river has disappeared!"

Everyone was so focused on the people who had come back from the dead that no one paid attention to when the enemy ship left.

It was nearly dawn when a thick fog rose from the river, obscuring everything beyond ten meters.

So whether the boats sailed away or were blocked by the fog, no one was sure.

Several corpses were still floating on the river. Xiao Ji ordered his men to retrieve one of the bodies, hoping to find some clues by examining their clothing.

The ship moved slowly forward, with a team patrolling around it, and whenever a ship appeared in sight, they would immediately send someone aboard to confirm its identity.

Xuan'er drifted off to sleep in the early morning. Shen Lan went to the stove to watch over the medicine and only went to rest after she had prepared enough for the required amount.

Apart from the wounded who were able to fall into a deep sleep after drinking the calming herbal decoction, everyone else gathered outside Wang Guisheng's cabin, waiting for him to wake up.

"Do you think he's still Guisheng?"

"Probably so. Is it that easy for wandering ghosts to come back to life?"

"But I was certain he was dead. How can a dead person come back to life?"

One of the honest-looking officials slapped his thigh and said, "I know! It must have been Brother Suifeng's divine energy that saved him!"

After thinking about it, everyone realized it was quite possible.

Sui Feng is highly skilled in martial arts and possesses abundant yang energy, which must have a special function.

"If that's the case, can our qi (vital energy) also save people?"

"That's right, our martial arts skills aren't weak either. Did you remember Miss Shen's steps just now?"

"I've memorized it! I've memorized every single word Miss Shen said!" someone said proudly.

They were filled with anticipation and trepidation, sometimes as happy as if they had discovered a treasure, and sometimes as afraid as if they had seen a ghost.

Chen Shi was the leader of the team and suffered a minor injury when he went into the water.

I just took a nap and feel much better. When I woke up, I saw a group of people gathered outside the cabin.

"Don't just stand there, go and change shifts so the guards can get some rest too."

After they left, Chen Shi sat outside the cabin, still puzzled by Wang Guisheng's situation, but it would be a lie to say he wasn't afraid.

"Don't let it really attract some wandering ghost, Guisheng, you'd better live up to expectations!"

He brought these men out with the intention of bringing them all home safely.