At last, General Zhong came to see him personally and dropped a sentence, "He is not going to die so easily. If he does, I'll pay for it." Only then did he send several military doctors to fix him onto a wooden stretcher and carry him away.

The whole palace gathered several thousand year old ginsengs, intermittently sustaining his life for three days. He had almost reunited with the old marquis several times. At last, Chen Qing Xu had come back from numerous mountains and rivers from outside the border.

She ran several horses to death, and after arriving in the capital, she did not sleep or rest for an entire day. At last, she was able to recover the Marquis of Order from the hands of the Hell King.

Gu Yun woke up at dusk for the first time. His eyelids could only vaguely feel the light coming through the window lattice. He had not yet been able to open his eyes, yet sharp pain had already come.

He was not dead, but Gu Yun was not very happy. First, he was startled: Has the capital been lost? Where am I now?

As he struggled wildly in confusion, someone grasped his hand.

The person seemed to know of his worries, he leaned in his ear and said: "The reinforcements arrived. It's alright... the capital is alright.”

The familiar scent of tranquilizers wrapped around him, Gu Yun's consciousness could only be sustained for a moment, he then fell into unconsciousness again.

It took Gu Yun several days to fully wake up. The effect of the medicine was long gone, he was once again a blind and deaf who could not see nor hear clearly.

Gu Yun struggled to blink, seeing a blurred figure beside the bed. He could tell it was Chang Geng by the scent.

His mind was full of turmoil, and a lot of questions poured in one after another without care: How many people were left in the Northern Camp? Where did the reinforcements come from? Whose forces were they? Where did the Western Army retreat to? What happened to the Emperor?

Chang Geng carefully dipped a little water to feed him. Gu Yun instinctively raised his hand to search around. There was no telling which wound he had moved, his entire body hurt enough to the point of almost causing him to faint.

"Alright, alright," Chang Geng said in his ear, "General Shen is back, Teacher is keeping guard. You should worry less, have some rest.”

Gu Yun: "..."

He took a deep breath and calmed down, feeling pain in all organs.