Chapter 00142: A Helping Hand
# A Helping Hand
Chapter 142
Novel: AFK Game: Portal to Another World
Chapter 142 A Helping Hand
The light of torches and the sound of chaotic footsteps were gradually receding along one side of the white cogon grass field.
The relentless Plum Blossom Guard was sweeping the grassland inch by inch, searching for the three young women who had fled in this direction.
Don't assume that because white cogon grass is grass, it must be short.
This stuff can grow to be eighty or ninety centimeters tall, and the tip of each stalk has a large, conspicuous tuft of 'white hair'.
A field of white cogon grass provided even better concealment than a forest.
A person could duck into it and become practically invisible.
Moreover, the extreme density of the white cogon grass meant that even if someone was hiding right next to you, it would be very difficult to see them.
It was because this white cogon grass field by the river was so dense and vast that the torch-wielding Plum Blossom Guard, sweeping back and forth, failed to notice that the three young women had already quietly swum across the river, holding a roll of dry cogon grass, and climbed onto the opposite bank.
There was another large field of cogon grass on the other side of the river.
The three of them walked a little deeper into it and found a spot where the grass was thick to sit down.
By now, the sky was already beginning to lighten.
In a little while, the passenger ship would arrive, and Zheng Yinping would be able to meet her scout and take a safe route back to her kingdom.
Yang Yiyi parted the cogon grass and watched the Plum Blossom Guard on the opposite bank move further and further away, finally letting out a sigh of relief.
Although they had escaped for the time being, this was not a place they could stay for long.
Once the sun rose, the footprints on the riverbank would be easily spotted, and the Plum Blossom Guard might track them over.
Just as she was about to ask the other two if they had anywhere else to hide, Li Yingluo suddenly exclaimed in a hushed voice:
"A Ping, you have an arrow in your back!"
In the darkness just now, they hadn't noticed at all.
A feathered arrow with its tail snapped off was stuck in Zheng Yinping's back, and blood was still seeping from where the arrowhead had struck.
The spear technique Zheng Yinping used was a family heirloom, a true art of battlefield combat that emphasized grand, sweeping movements and unparalleled power.
But this spear technique was meant to be used on the battlefield while wearing armor to achieve its maximum potential.
Certain less critical areas of the body didn't need to be defended by specific moves.
Right now, she had no armor to wear.
The regulations on armor were even stricter than those on red-tasseled spears, much like how on Earth, countries control bulletproof vests even more strictly than handguns.
Zheng Yinping naturally had no armor.
When the volley of arrows rained down, Li Yingluo and Yang Yiyi were able to block the arrows, one relying on her martial arts and the other on her tiger fur vest.
But Zheng Yinping had been hit.
"It's nothing, it didn't hit any internal organs."
Of course, Zheng Yinping knew she had been shot, but there had been no time to deal with it earlier.
She fumbled for the shaft of the broken arrow, grit her teeth, and pulled it out without so much as a grunt.
Now the blood flowed even faster.
Li Yingluo quickly tore a strip from the hem of her clothes, intending to use it as a bandage to stop the bleeding.
"Hey, hey, hey, don't use clothes as a bandage. If it gets infected, she'll definitely die."
The Jade Tablet jumped out from Yang Yiyi's bosom, and Li Chengxi's voice came out:
"First disinfect, then apply wound medicine."
"But we didn't prepare anything..."
"I have some."
Then, the two saw the Jade Tablet make a 'spitting' motion, and several small bottles fell to the ground.
"First use the tea-colored bottle. Yes, that one. Take a cotton ball from the bag, dip it in the liquid from the tea-colored bottle, and wipe the edges of the wound. This step is for disinfection, to prevent the wound from festering later."
Perhaps it was because her concern was making her flustered, but Li Yingluo's hands were clumsy as she followed Li Chengxi's instructions.
Yang Yiyi had to take over, deftly wiping a circle of iodophor around the wound on Zheng Yinping's back.
Yang Yiyi had used this stuff on herself before, so she had some experience.
"Now use the small vial. Pour the powder inside onto the wound. This is to stop the bleeding and promote healing."
The Yunnan Healing Powder was always a godsend.
Li Yingluo's hands were trembling slightly, and she almost poured out the entire bottle.
"Finally, the bandage... Crap, this is bad, I'm out of bandages."
Li Chengxi originally had a lot of bandages at home, which he used back when he played volleyball in school.
But a while ago, Qian Sen had been injured and used up a lot.
Later, when Yang Yiyi was injured, he sent her a good deal more.
Now, only a single short piece of bandage was left in the Sumeru Realm.
Li Chengxi's first-aid kit at home was completely empty.
"No bandage? Are we just not going to dress it?"
"It definitely won't do to not dress it. Wait, let me think."
It wouldn't be much trouble to go out and buy some; it would only take half an hour round trip.
But the three of them couldn't stay in one place for too long.
There was no guarantee the Plum Blossom Guard wouldn't find them again while Li Chengxi was out buying bandages.
So, what could they do without a hemostatic dressing?
An arrow wound wasn't something a simple bandage strip could fix.
Li Chengxi rummaged through his first-aid kit and then checked his inventory in the 'Sumeru Realm'.
"I have an idea. Use this to cover her wound first."
A small, square plastic packet flew out from the Jade Tablet.
Yang Yiyi's face turned red, and she said shyly:
"Brother Li, why did you take that out?"
"What's wrong with it?"
"But that's... that's..."
Seeing the confused looks on Zheng Yinping and Li Yingluo's faces, Yang Yiyi said in a voice barely louder than a mosquito's buzz:
"That's for when Kui Water comes..."
"Kui Water? Oh, you should've just said it was for your period."
"......"
"It's not something shameful, what are you blushing for? I've helped you put one on before."
Yang Yiyi was starting to feel like throwing herself into the river to end it all...
Although talking openly about sanitary pads and liners was a bit... well, Li Chengxi didn't think it was anything to be ashamed of.
You see them in TV commercials all the time.
Besides, if a customer wanted to buy sanitary pads, was Li Chengxi, the convenience store owner, supposed to just let the customer scan the product code themselves?
He not only sold sanitary pads but would sometimes even instruct customers on how to apply them...
"It's just a normal physiological phenomenon, don't be so prim. Hurry up and put the sanitary pad on her. You could search the entire world and not find a safer, more hygienic dressing. This is a matter of life and death, who cares about being embarrassed?"
Using a sanitary pad as a wound dressing was actually very reliable.
It was highly absorbent, breathable, and had been sterilized.
As long as it was produced by a reputable manufacturer, there would be no problem.
It was far better than tearing off a piece of clothing to use as a bandage.
Using a sanitary pad as a dressing to plug the wound even came with its own adhesive, though it wasn't very secure.
They had to use the remaining piece of bandage to wrap around it a couple of times to hold it in place, lest it fall off while they were running.
The wound wasn't large, so treating it didn't take much time.
It was just that Yang Yiyi's face was as red as a monkey's bottom, and Li Chengxi didn't quite understand which of his words had made her so embarrassed.
You tell me, and I'll repeat it a few more times.
"First, you aided us with your Immortal Art, and then you gifted us medicine. Many thanks, Immortal Li."
After her wound was treated, Zheng Yinping bowed respectfully to the Jade Tablet.
"It was just a helping hand."
It was quite literally a helping hand.
Earlier, when Li Chengxi saw that Yang Yiyi was about to lose, he quickly reached his hand into the screen and pushed Sun Wei aside.
Then, he used the same trick to push away the Plum Blossom Guard surrounding Zheng Yinping and Li Yingluo, giving the three of them a chance to escape into the cogon grass field.
"But I can only help you this one time. I won't be able to intervene again for a short while."
The Spiritual Power Value on the right side had already dropped to the bottom.
Whether it was direct intervention or sending items into the game, both consumed True Qi Value.
Moreover, the recovery of his True Qi Value was likely tied to Yang Yiyi's internal skill cultivation.
With her current abilities, Li Chengxi would probably be a mere spectator for a long time.
(End of Chapter)