The Legend of Shen Li (English Translation of Yu Feng Xing 与凤行)

Chapter 21

"I'm only. . . tired."

Her head felt hot. A warm palm rubbed her head gently, 

"Rest. It'll be okay."

"Hmm"

She quietly closed her eyes. 

However, she quickly opened them once again, her arm reaching out only to grab emptiness,

 "Wait!"

Shen Li woke up. 

Her body was aching painfully, and her left hand clutched her the wound on her shoulder tightly . She couldn't help but moan in pain.

"K-King? King, what's the matter?"

Shen Li fixed her gaze on the speaker. A small soldier was looking at her in shock, almost in a panic. She disregarded him for now and looked at her surroundings, discovering that she was lying down on a bed within one of the field camp's tents. The pain wracking her body was so intense that it felt as if her body would fall apart at any given moment. She didn't even need to look down to know that her body must've been wrapped with bandages like a mummy!

 Although she knew that she should've been quietly recuperating, Shen Li just couldn't stay still after seeing the memories flow in her dreams.

"Help me up."

The little soldier hurriedly raised his hand, 

"King, cannot. 

That. . . that person has said you cannot move around heedlessly."

Deciding this and that, it must be the dumb army doctor. 

Shen Li secretly disdained him, but didn't continue to force him, but instead asked, 

"Do you have the statistics on how many soldiers perished in duty? 

Did you send off the souls of the deceased? 

How is General Mo Fang's injury doing?" 

Being shot with these rapid-fire questions one after another, the little soldier began to grow panicked and rushed to the exit, leaving a call, 

"I will hurry and notify the General!"

Shen Li slammed her fist against the bed unhappily, 

"It's not like I'll eat you! 

Hsssh!

Ow. . . pain. . . "

"Ah."

A laugh suddenly sounded from somewhere outside, causing Shen Li to feel startled, unable to even see who it was from inside the tent. 

She frowned, about to make an inquiry about the speaker when the flap leading in opened, revealing Mo Fang who was also covered in bandages tip to toe. He entered, leaning on his walking stick to slowly shuffle to Shen Li. 

When he saw Shen Li with her eyes open, he breathed a sigh of relief, finally letting loose of all the tension in his heart before speaking, 

"King. . . Are you okay?"

For a moment, Shen Li was surprised before quickly smiling, and said: 

"Mo Fang, these words should also be asked to you." 

Shen Li looked at him, his bandaged body cutting him as a rather sorry figure. Her own body covered by bandages ached in response. 

Suddenly, she smiled,

 "I just remembered, a few days ago, the me who was quarreling with the Demon Emperor had previously said that the Sky Beyond Heaven was nothing great, and just sealed in a few demonic beasts.