Sounds & Surgery 3

¨It might very well be that those taunt songs are best used on oneself during a duel. Of course, they are good in the traditional sense, but sometimes, and especially for you, the duel part is the better one¨ Meng Chin stated this to Xiao Fan, who was slowly beginning to listen to her advice.

¨Still I'm not fully getting what your meaning is, as to how will it help me during a duel?¨ He was listening, but the idea wasn't there; however, as she was so confident it would be helpful, there must be something.

Meng Chin, seeing that he was beginning to listen to her, was pleased, but it would seem that he wasn't getting the full benefit of the idea, though that might be because she hadn't told him everything yet.

¨First of all, it will help you focus on your opponent much more clearly, as you'll go into a state that should resemble Qian Ki's normal fighting stage, I'm not sure on that, but that is how it would work¨ Meng Chin knew only a little when it came to taunt songs, so she couldn't be completely sure, but it should go somewhere along those lines.

¨In short, I'll fight better?¨ Xiao Fan finally getting that there was something to gain in all of this spoke.

¨Yes. Moreover, when you have targetted the song on yourself, things like fatigue and pain are only minor feelings. Again, in short, it will let you fight longer and take more damage until you fall¨

¨Taunt songs do sound nice¨ Xiao Fan now noted that they seemed to hold many good things which he would like to possess. Those things that she had listed were simply amazing, for who wouldn't want to fight longer and take more damage?

¨See, I knew you would like them¨ Saying this Meng Chin's tone for the first time today was happy.

¨Then, can you teach me how to sing taunt songs, Master?¨ If she was so wanting him to try this song thing, he wouldn't mind and give it a try.

¨You want me to teach you?¨ She spoke while at the same time she thought something 'I don't want to, teaching is so much work...' She was lamenting that would she need to do something, this lecture was already enough.

¨Yeah, I would like you to teach me¨ Xiao Fan, not knowing what she thought, confirmed his want.

¨Aren't you already learning surgery from Zhuan Shan? And more importantly when was the last time you trained?¨ Meng Chin found something which she could use to slither out of teaching.

¨Yeah, Zhuan Shan is teaching me, and...umm....the last time I trained might have been in Hangzhou?¨ Xiao Fan first confirmed the surgery thing but then coming to the regular training of a Body realm cultivator. Yeah, he hadn't been doing much of that at all.

¨One shouldn't take too many interests ¨ Meng Chin said, hoping that Xiao Fan wouldn't start pestering her since with the image she was trying to show to him currently, she couldn't just say no or something, that would give it away, she needed a reason not to teach her only disciple.

¨You are right¨ Xiao Fan agreed with her.

'Lucky, lucky, me' Meng Chin thought when hearing him say so, she had taught him something but didn't need to do more.

¨A good disciple listens to his Master¨ Meng Chin replied outwardly to him, agreeing not to start learning voice cultivation for now.

¨Then I should get going, Zhuan Shan might as well be at the sickbay already¨ This place having no more knowledge for him would he travel to another place which would give it. And judging by the light coming into the room, Zhuan Shan should be at his job, and so he should be there too to learn.

Then as he was then getting out of the bed, she who was being left there with nothing slowed his departure, just a little.

A kiss that she had demanded later she spoke again ¨Come home early¨ To the back that left the room.

Xiao Fan, hearing her say so thought it was weird for her to act that way, all wifey like, but didn't mind, only happy from it, and continued to the sickbay and to Zhuan Shan's ward.

¨Where have you been?¨ Zhuan Shan who indeed had come to the ward earlier, and now noting him coming in, spoke to him this.

Thankfully his tone wasn't angry, only questioning.

¨Master thought me some stuff¨ Xiao Fan truthfully replied to Zhuan Shan, who was on the other side of the ward, taking notes of the patients well being today.

¨What stuff did she show you?¨ Zhuan Shan spoke, his tone indifferent, not lewd like Xiao Fan had thought it would be after realising what he had just said.

Also, it seemed that although every patient was listening to them speak, they didn't get the idea at all, well, why would they, he noted. Most likely, Zhuan Shan and Fei Peng only knew because their daughters had spoken of it.

Realising this his tensions eased as he walked over to Zhuan Shan while explaining ¨She thought me some stuff concerning voice cultivation¨

¨She does do that¨ Zhuan Shan could belive this as a reason why would Xiao Fan be late.

Now next to him, Xiao Fan inquired his feeling concerning voice cultivation ¨What do you think of those songs?¨

¨Good, good¨ Zhuan Shan said simply, then he noted him what their job here was by poking the paper he had in on hand.

Xiao Fan got the idea, and shut up about else, focussing on what they were supposed to do here, help others, not to chit-chat matters that were of no concern for their patients' recovery.

From there on stuff went on like it had yesterday, they gathered the information from every patient, then went over it. Then finally they were again in the operation room.

Everything was like last time, Xiao Fan was watching from the side, the patient had been given some drug, so he was sleeping, and lastly, but the most important Zhuan Shan was operating on the leg he had opened up yesterday.

Well, there was one thing that wasn't like yesterday, this being that Zhuan Shan was lecturing Xiao Fan on what was he doing every single moment, he spoke everything from the general idea of his to the smallest action of his fingers was being presented to Xiao Fan, who this time was keeping up with the operation.

Xiao Fan had noted yesterday that trying to reason the operation through the First Steps to Medicine book was a bad idea, so now only using it as a guide he was fairing much better.

Then soon, the leg operation was over, Zhuan Shan pushed the man back to his bed and then quit for today. Like yesterday doing these things had taken enough time to be called a day.

¨Why are you still following me?¨ Zhuan Shan asked Xiao Fan, who was still walking with him even after the route to his place had gone by them.

¨I have some stuff in this direction¨ Xiao Fan indifferently spoke and continued their usual talk that they had.

Zhuan Shan didn't ask anything regarding his business until they were inside his home, and Xiao Fan was still there, next to him as if he belonged here.

¨You are here for Zhuan An, right?¨ He guessed why Xiao Fan would barge into his house without saying a thing.

¨Correct¨ Xiao Fan spoke with loud enough voice that she would hear him and then smiled at the girl's father.

¨Whatever¨ Zhuan Shan said and then took his leave.

Xiao Fan didn't need to wait long till another Zhuan was already next to him, as like in his plan Zhuan An had heard him and then immediately left towards the divine voice.

'Ha haa' She happily thought when seeing that it really was Xiao Fan, who had come to see her for once, since until now it had been her coming to his place, so him coming over to her was to her a blessing.

¨Zhuan An!¨ He loudly called out when his eyes met Zhuan An's, he also noted that the girl sure was walking fast towards him, straight towards him, not stopping, a hug? Yes, hug, he noted when she was already upon him, her hands reaching for his back.

Though still at this point, she hadn't spoken anything, and she was now hugging him.

¨Not talking?¨ Xiao Fan asked about this.

Still no reply.

It took a good minute until Zhuan An came out of his chest, her hands that had been gripping his back easing.

¨Did something happen?¨ Xiao Fan now thought that something had happened to her, or she wouldn't be like this.

However, contrary to his thinking Zhuan An was all fine, there was nothing wrong with her, she was simply too happy when seeing him. What her father had said might be true. Zhuan An felt that Xiao Fan even breathing towards her was a blessing...

¨No, no, everything is just fine¨ Zhuan An eventually responded to Xiao Fan.

¨Then why were you like that?¨ Xiao Fan questioned.

¨Like what?¨

¨All quiet? Only hugging me nothing else?¨

Despite him asking this couple more times, he never got an answer, for Zhuan An changed the topic to dodge the question.

¨Why are you here? Already missed me that much?¨ She turned the whole thing around actually.

Xiao Fan didn't get this but seeing her be so wanting for this to be true, her eyes staring, her body waiting for a response, he decided to give it to her ¨Yeah, I missed you way too much, so I came to see you¨ He spoke.

When he said so, he could see how something weird happened in Zhuan An's eyes, plus the girl seemed to be literally falling from him saying so.

And as she was falling, someone would need to catch her.

¨Are you okay?¨ He asked was she okay for the umpteenth time after he had stopped her from falling with one arm.

Though, like last time he didn't get an answer since when Zhuan An got herself calm again, she changed the topic yet again, dodging the question. Maybe she did this because she was too excited or embarrassed, he didn't know.

¨You have some plan?¨ She asked, then again became waiting for Xiao Fan to say anything, anything at all.

¨No plans. Well, if you'd like to, we could go to the training field? I haven't been training for too long¨ Xiao Fan didn't have a plan coming here, the purpose of the visit was simply to come and see how Zhuan An was doing.

Furthermore, if he went home? Nothing would be done, so it was much better of an idea to come here to spend time with one of the other girls and get something done.

¨Sure we can go there¨ Zhuan An didn't seem to object at all, to this idea of his, she reacted to it by taking one of his arms and seemingly she was now ready to leave.

¨You don't need to take anything with you?¨ Xiao Fan questioned, surely she would have some stuff that she used during training.

¨It's the evening dummy, do you think I wouldn't have trained in the morning already?¨ She pushed her confidence and called him dummy cutely, and then very much so waited for his response, though she couldn't bear to watch his facial expression.

¨Then were are leaving smartie¨ Xiao Fan, having noted what she had done went along with it, surely she didn't mean it negatively, he didn't know, but he was confident.