With a loud crash, something broke through the s.p.a.ce in front of them to form an enormous hole . A strong hot aura charged toward them . The next moment, there was a flash of light and a presence that threatened to annihilate everything around it . The sea below them began to stir .

Lonemoon raised his sword array and all the swords in the air flew toward the intruder . Before they got to the hole, a big golden sword emerged out of it . An overwhelming sword Qi caused Lonemoon's swords to rebound back and fall to the ground like drops of rain .

That was pretty impressive . His expression darkened as he started to summon his sword intent .

“Wait!” Shen Ying, who was beside him, tugged at his arm .

“What's going on?”

He looked up and saw that a person had walked out of the hole torn in the sky . The man looked extremely haggard . His hair was in a mess and he was covered in blood and wounds . One hand was holding onto his side and both his eyes were bloodshot . He looked over at the duo and his eyes began to well up . A familiar face wore a crazed expression .

“Chef!” Lonemoon's eyes widened in disbelief .

The man who was covered in blood immediately appeared in front of them . He reached out and pulled Shen Ying into his arms . A low voice sounded by her ear, thick with indignance .

“Master…”

As soon as the word came out of his mouth, he fell to the ground, as if he had spent his last bit of energy speaking . Just before he hit the floor, Shen Ying instinctively helped him to his feet .

“He pa.s.sed out!” Lonemoon grabbed Chef's wrist and checked his meridians . He paled and cursed under his breath . “Holy s.h.i.+t, he's injured to this extent and yet still alive . ”

Lonemoon turned and saw that the hole was already beginning to seal up .  How exactly did Yi Qing get here?

“Let's go back first!” Shen Ying said in a low voice . She turned and tapped on something . Suddenly, another entrance opened beside them . Inside, they could almost see Shen Ying's familiar room layout .

Lonemoon helped Yi Qing – who was limp as a doll – into the entrance . In seconds, the few of them found themselves back in Shen Ying's room .

“Wait, don't put him here . Come with me . ” Lonemoon was just about to let Yi Qing rest on the couch when Shen Ying pointed to a room by the side and walked in .

It was the same empty white room from before . This time, however, there was a long rectangular stage in the middle of it .

“Put Chef there . ” Shen Ying pointed to the stage .

Lonemoon helped Yi Qing over . A red light flashed from the stage . At the same time, lines of numbers appeared on top of Chef .

Shen Ying did not speak . She began to tap away at the numbers, causing different colours to flash . Each time a colour flashed, Yi Qing looked slightly better . The wounds that were so deep they could see through to his bones began to heal in front of their very eyes .

Lonemoon looked anxiously at the weak Chef . There was utter silence in the room, all that could be heard was the sound of Shen Ying tapping away on her screen . Looking at Chef's injuries, Lonemoon could already tell that it was extremely difficult to heal him . What's more, there was no immortal Qi or even spirit Qi in this world . He could do nothing to help . Yet, Shen Ying did not rest . Her expression remained stern, as if she was conducting a surgery on Yi Qing . She focused hard on the screen and worked for an entire day and night before she finally rested .

“His condition has stabilised . ” Shen Ying's expression relaxed and she finally turned to look at Lonemoon . Out of habit, her tense shoulders slumped . “All we have to do now is wait for him to come to . ”

Lonemoon nodded and glanced at Chef, who was sleeping . He did look much better – no longer white as a sheet . Lonemoon heaved a sigh of relief and walked toward the door . “Let's go out and wait . ” Ai, all they could do was make him worry .

Shen Ying started to follow him out, but something tugged at the corner of her top . She looked down and saw that Yi Qing had tightened his grip on her clothes . He was unconscious, yet his grip was strong . His b.l.o.o.d.y fingers had caused the corner of her top to turn red .

“What's wrong?” Lonemoon asked, seeing that she was not moving .

Shen Ying wanted to pry Yi Qing's hand away, but retracted her hand . “I have to stay here to keep an eye on his data . You can go out first . ” She turned and tapped on the screen once again . A seat appeared next to her . Shen Ying sat down and resumed scrolling through pages and pages of data .

Lonemoon did not think much of this . He knew he would be of no help even if he remained in the room, so he walked out into the living room .

Chef slept for a total of five days and six nights . Shen Ying was beginning to suspect that something had gone wrong with the recovery process . Just as she was pondering what went wrong, something stirred on the treatment stage . Then, she felt a warmth on her left cheek . A trembling hand was there .

“Mas… ter?” Chef opened his eyes to look at her . His eyes were watery and he looked like he was about to break into tears any moment .

Shen Ying's heart fell as she said, “You're awake . ” She cleared her throat and tried to shake off the strange emotions that she was feeling . Turning around, she sent a message into the living room . “Father Niu, Chef's awake . ”

A moment later, the door to the room opened . Lonemoon ran in as quickly as the wind . “Chef, you're awake? Are you alright!” He scanned Yi Qing from head to toe and heaved a long sigh of relief . “Why do you always end up like this? What happened this time? I'm telling you, this world isn't like yours . If you try to cheat here, we can't help you . ”

Yi Qing kept his gaze on Shen Ying and acted like he could not even hear a word that Lonemoon said . He tugged on Shen Ying's arm nervously . “Master… . I couldn't find you . I looked all over the Three Realms… I couldn't find you . ” He lowered his voice, and spoke carefully, as if afraid to break something if he spoke too loudly . “Do you not want me anymore?”

Lonemoon glanced at the person in front of him . This was the first time he was seeing Chef so weak . His heart began to hurt and he tried to soften his tone . “Heh… Well, we were in the wrong . But we were sent over here too suddenly . We did not even have time to inform you . It was all that G.o.dfiend's fault!” Lonemoon felt a sudden urge to beat the G.o.dfiend up .

“Let's talk outside . ” Shen Ying stood up . Yi Qing's gaze followed Shen Ying as his eyes began to well up once more . He looked almost afraid to lose her again . She paused, held onto his hand and brought Yi Qing along with her .

Yi Qing was especially obedient . He followed Shen Ying . He followed extremely closely, making sure to stay close to her so that she would not get lost again .

“How exactly did you get injured to this extent?” Lonemoon scanned him from head to toe . Seeing that there was dried blood all around, he frowned, turned around and retrieved a new set of clothes . “Change your clothes . Your dharmic clothing will be of no use now . What's more, you can't go out like this . ”