Useless useless useless

'hurts'

That's all Lihui could think of

But he isn't quite sure if it's his ankle or his heart that hurts more

He couldn't move,barely awake,he wouldn't even be able to defend himself if a wild beast came

But he thinks he would rather want that,to end this pain,to end it all

It's been like this for hours, Lihui couldn't figure out the exact time,he just knows he has been lying here for a long while,and the pain never leaving even a fit throughout

A single teardrop runs down his dirtied cheek,he has given up completely,just waiting for the end when he closed his eyes

But suddenly a person picked him up and carried him carefully,walking toward what appears to be a village,not one that is being occupied by anyone,ghosts must've raided this place

He seems to be getting carried away too much this past weeks,he laughed at the thought despite his situation,when the person who carried him noticed him moving,he looked at him and it wasn't long before Lihui fell asleep

Lihui woke up to find a man sitting a distance away from the bed he is currently lying in

But the man was fortunately facing against him,his mind on something that was at the desk

Lihui tried to move but his ankles shot a sharp pain throughout his body "argh" he winced

The man jolted up,speeding toward him

From what Lihui could notice this man is quite handsome with sharp jaw that looked like it could cut paper,and his lip is a little thin, his overall features is sharp and toned

He quickly tend to Lihui,rubbing something that soothes the pain on his ankle

"M-might I ask who you are,mister?" Lihui asked

The man stared at him for a second,before quickly looking at his ankle again

"Why would you want to know?" The man asked his voice calm and nonchalant

"I would want to thank you for saving me"Lihui felt embarrassed,the man who is now tending to him,refused to even give him his name

"Shouldn't you be telling me your name first?"

"Oh!my name is Lihui and i am an official of the heavenly court!"Lihui said,missing a huge fact

"My name is Wan Zemin"

"As in?" Lihui asks

"What do you mean?"

"For instance my name in Lihui meaning "to understand",can you tell me what your name means?"

"It's not important" Zemin shrugs it off and Lihui doesn't push further

"and considering this you are an ex-official of the heavenly court now" Zemin said point at his ankle making Lihui suddenly realised he was forced to descend "same old emperor,huh?useless to the end"

"Please refrain from talking about him like that,he have no involvement in this" Lihui truly believe the emperor is the most gracious being,and wouldn't let anyone talk bad about him

"Then Lihui tell me,how did he let this happen to you?did you commit a war crime?" Zemin asked him,his eyebrow raising

"N-no,he was absent" Lihui couldn't look at him in the eye

"Yeah,useless"

Zemin got up and grabs his coat "i need to go, you can rest here until you recover"

"Wait where am i?" Lihui want to stand to see his rescuer off in a good and well mannered way but he is not able to,and would like to ask him so many questions like how he seems to be quite familiar with the heavenly court and the realm

"Someplace where no living beings would dare set their foots in anymore"

He left before Lihui could even ask any other questions

Leaving Lihui completely confused

He was already confused before,why this village was in such a mess and who actually Zemin was,but now he was even more confused because Zemin left him with such a weird sentence

"'someplace where no livings being bla bla bla' i just asked him where i am, couldn't he in gods name just given me the name?" Lihui is currently pouting in the bed,and the day ends with him resting and cultivating spiritual energy because he is gonna need them

It's been days since before, Lihui could walk just a short while after he was left by Zemin

He had decided to look around the village,and for certain did not meet any living creature,not even insect,what really could've happened here?

Gods cannot die but they can still get hungry and starve,so he look around for anything to eat,barely filling his stomach with store food from different house

He does feel bad because stealing was something he had never even thought of doing,but since it would just go bad he convinced himself that he is 'saving the food'

So,needless to say he got by! And another thing that puzzled him is the temperature of the whole village,he is quite sure it was still the hotter season back when he was still an official,and it's still not even months,but this place is extremely cold

There's no snow or ice,but Lihui is trembling violently anytime he went outside,he is sensitive to cold,yes,but not this much!

And now it's exactly around a month later after his descension,when he heard a scream

"Help me!help me!"

As if by instinct he jumped up from his bed and ran outside

Looking around in the dark trying to see anything,and just a distance away he notice a small glow of fire,he dashed towards it

He is nearing the place when he see a ghost choking a man in mid air,bloodlust filling the entire place

The ghost slowly raises his arm ready to struck,but before he did Lihui scream at him,he had recognised that figure

"Chanjuan?!what are you doing!?"