The "Floating Cloud Cottage" on the peak of Yaochi Peak was usually a tranquil sanctuary where the Fairy of Yaochi lived in solitude, but at this moment, it had turned into a makeshift stronghold full of wounded soldiers. The scent of medicinal herbs mingled with the stench of blood, permeating the warm-jade-paved floor.
The Demon Lord's massive frame occupied the largest warm jade couch in the center of the cottage. Several young medicine apprentices were sweating profusely as they changed his bandages. His black-and-gold armor had been laid aside, revealing a bronze-toned back covered in knotted muscles and ferocious wounds. Bone-mending jade ointment was applied, making a faint sizzling sound. Even in his unconscious state, the Demon Lord frowned deeply, occasionally letting out a suppressed groan of pain from deep within his throat that made the jade couch hum.
"Be gentle! Didn't you see Lord Demon Lord groaning in pain?" a young medicine apprentice with double buns whispered in complaint to her companion, her hands trembling as she held the silver needles, terrified that she might wake this fierce man up and lose her own life.
Chapter 68