Gasp! She's a Time Traveler Using Modern Tech to Improve Ancient Life-Chapter 264 - 261: There’s Always a Cave When You Fall Off a Cliff

Chapter 264: Chapter 261: There’s Always a Cave When You Fall Off a Cliff

The feeling of weightlessness suddenly swept over her entire body, and Lin Wanwan’s heart tightened as she silently lamented her impending doom!

At this critical moment, Lin Wanwan felt a sudden tug on her back, unsure of what she was caught on to.

Trembling with fear, she lifted her eyes to see that Xiao Chong’s sword was wedged into a crevice in the mountain wall. With one hand holding the sword and the other gripping her clothes, he had actually jumped down with them.

Lin Wanwan raised her hand, grasping Xiao Chong’s arm. He then tactfully released her clothing and firmly grabbed her in return.

Assassins were still conversing above.

"Boss, all four of them fell, surely to their deaths here."

"Clean this place up, make it look like an accident, quickly!"

Due to the cover of night, the ambushers were unaware they were still hanging on the cliff and were already contemplating the aftermath.

Listening to the unfamiliar male voices, Lin Wanwan truly had no idea who wanted her life.

Hua Nong, whom she was holding, seemed to have hit her head somewhere and passed out silently, while Shu Qi was in even worse condition, possibly having fallen to save Xiao Chong.

Now Lin Wanwan and Hua Nong were both relying on Xiao Chong holding them. She couldn’t bring herself to ask him to let go, unwilling to abandon her life, yet she felt that if this continued, they might all fall to their deaths.

She didn’t have much faith in the Great Tang’s steel-making techniques. If the sword hadn’t perfectly wedged into the crevice, straight up to the hilt, it might have broken already.

Now there were the weights of three people hanging below!

They couldn’t just wait here for death; Lin Wanwan turned to observe the surroundings, feeling that she could try swinging her body to cling to the cliff and start climbing.

"Cousin, I’m going to try swinging over to grab that protruding rock. Let go in sync with me."

"Don’t move!" Xiao Chong objected, but it was futile—Lin Wanwan had already swung with force, reaching the cliff wall.

Xiao Chong’s breath caught as he witnessed Lin Wanwan clinging to the rock protrusions like a gecko, holding onto Hua Nong with one hand, standing on the rocks with both feet.

This girl, where did she get such courage?

"Cousin! There’s a cave here!" Lin Wanwan suddenly exclaimed excitedly while pressed against the cliff.

Xiao Chong looked in the direction she pointed with her foot and indeed saw a dimly lit cave entrance.

"Let’s go," Xiao Chong decided swiftly, "I’ll count to three, and we jump together. Three, two, one, jump!"

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

One after another, the three fell into the cave, and the package and medical box on Hua Nong’s back were still there.

An arrow was sticking out of the medical box, indicating it had shielded Hua Nong in the earlier chaos.

Lin Wanwan pulled out the arrow and tossed it aside, quickly opening the medical box to find the candles and fire starter inside.

Fortunately, when leaving the Xu Family, they insisted on returning the aroma candles in the glass holder to Lin Wanwan, otherwise they would be left in darkness now.

There were two pairs of aroma candles, the green ones with mosquito-repelling oil, the white ones with pine and eucalyptus oil for calming effects.

But at this moment, with one person facing uncertain life and death and another unconscious, they couldn’t be more relaxed.

Xiao Chong saw the cave light up and looked at Lin Wanwan, asking, "How are you, are you injured?"

Lin Wanwan shook her head, "No, what about you, cousin?"

Xiao Chong replied, "I’m fine."

"That’s good." Lin Wanwan finished speaking and held up a candle to check on Hua Nong’s condition.

A lump had formed on the back of Hua Nong’s head, confirming she had hit it, though it was unclear if there was a brain hemorrhage.

This loyal maid, risking her life to save Lin Wanwan when danger approached, left her deeply moved.

Now that they were safe, Lin Wanwan immediately took out the invaluable Angong Niuhuang Pill from the medical box, opened Hua Nong’s mouth, and fed her three pills.

Hua Nong’s swallowing reflexes hadn’t disappeared, indicating she wasn’t in a deep coma, and the situation was less dire.

After administering the medicine, Lin Wanwan took Hua Nong’s arm to check her pulse. Though her pulse-taking skills weren’t strong, she had memorized all the theoretical knowledge thanks to Grandpa Sun’s one-on-one teaching.

Comparing with the pulses, Lin Wanwan determined Hua Nong’s condition wasn’t particularly dangerous at the moment.

Angong Niuhuang Pill is lauded as the "Life-Saving Pill," not in vain, having the reputation of "called by Yama to die at midnight yet allowing you to stay till dawn."

Since the Qing Dynasty during Qianlong’s reign, it was invented by the great physician Wu Jutong and cured the pestilence in the Capital, after which it gained worldwide fame.

Later, Wu Jutong publicized the recipe for Angong Niuhuang Pill, allowing pharmacies everywhere to produce it, saving countless lives, a great benevolent deed, and remains a commonly used emergency medicine in modern society.

Western medicine criticizes Chinese medicine, albeit acknowledging this pill’s miraculous effects.

Ancient texts record: it is a prescription of aromatic turbidifier aiding orifices, salty cold preserving kidney water for peace of body, bitter cold purging fire entrails for heart evacuation.

It’s one of traditional medicine’s masterpieces, with real full-formula Angong Niuhuang Pills costing thousands to tens of thousands each nowadays, the original versions from fifty years ago only appearing in auction houses.

The market ones today are all toned down—certain elements became protected species, they’re unavailable, and substitutes cause less efficacy.

But the bottle in Lin Wanwan’s hand was crafted by Grandpa Sun himself, with ingredients gathered in the uncontaminated pure natural Great Tang medicine-collecting environment, so its effect is obvious.

After checking Hua Nong’s pulse, Lin Wanwan relaxed a lot, deciding not to give any Yunnan Baiyao Capsules since the Angong Niuhuang Pill for cerebral hemorrhage sufficed.

Having settled Hua Nong, she finally examined herself, finding no discomfort besides minor scratches, and sighed in relief before observing the cave’s environment.

Upon looking around, she was almost scared to death, for there were two snakes coiled in the corner!

Lin Wanwan was utterly petrified!

Her usual habit of holding up kept her from screaming out loud.

Xiao Chong, who was keeping an eye on the cave’s entrance, sensed her uneasy breathing, glancing back and soon noticed the situation’s cause.

He bent down, grabbed at his boot, instantly having a cold, gleaming dagger in hand.

Lin Wanwan only saw a blur in her vision before Xiao Chong sliced off the snakes’ heads and flicked them out of the cave into the pitch-black night.

Since it was done so fast, the snake bodies still writhed in place, presenting a horror scene in Lin Wanwan’s eyes.

Xiao Chong said, "They startled you, would you like to skin and roast them, avenging yourself?"

Lin Wanwan looked at Xiao Chong with a complicated expression, unsure where that idea came from, her mouth curving with a "Hehe."

Xiao Chong didn’t tease her further, using the dagger to toss the snake bodies out of the cave into the deep abyss below.

The goosebumps on Lin Wanwan’s body gradually subsided, and she asked, "Shu Qi, is he..."

Xiao Chong said, "He’s skilled, shouldn’t be easily dead."

"That’s good," Lin Wanwan sighed, trying to comfort herself.