Even if Tang Zixian really was from the Tang family and would become his opponent in the future, he would rather face her in broad daylight and defeat her in one blow. It shouldn't be like this. To watch her die would be like burning the bridge after crossing it, and he was never that type of person.

“Grab the rope and follow me.” Ning Tao's voice rang out from the dark.

Tang Zixian and Tu Wenjin picked themselves up from the ground, grabbed the rope, and walked into the dark.

“Doctor Ning, where are you?” Tu Wenjin asked nervously. It was dark in the cave and he couldn't see Ning Tao at all. Just now, when the rope dragged him along, he got grazed trailing on the ground. He felt burning pain and blood was even oozing out from some of his abrasions. Nonetheless, his fear of death and the dark overwhelmed him, distracting him from the pain.

Ning Tao didn't answer him.

Tang Zixian was also dragged into the cave, but only her clothes were grazed and she hadn't gotten any obvious injuries. In the same situation, she appeared quite calm, not nervous at all.

The two were moving, and so as Ning Tao.

Before they walked long, the sound of gunshots rang at the cave entrance. Bullets shot into the cave like pouring rains. In the dark, the dull sound of gunshots echoed, as if the shooting had come from all directions. Some bullets made sparks as it bit into the wall, but weren't able to light up the dark cave.

Ning Tao walked for another while and stopped.

He was away from the entrance and had cave walls as natural shelters. Even when those armed men launched grenades, they couldn't hurt those hiding behind the walls. Ma Tongtong and Yang Chen were lying in the corner and were both in a coma. Nonetheless, Ning Tao had stopped their bleeding with Sacred Needles, and also injected special spiritual power to sustain their lives. They wouldn't die so soon.

Ning Tao looked at Tu Wenjin, who was in terror, and Tang Zixian, who looked calm. He had aroused his state of looking, and Tu Wenjin and Tang Zixian looked like two glowing human lanterns in his eyes; he could even read the emotion in their eyes.

“Now what to do?” Tang Zixian asked.

Ning Tao said, “This is a large cave. Those soldiers don't dare to barge in. If I were the commander, I would leave two people to watch the entrance and bring the rest down below the cliff to trace the Feminine-moon people.”

While saying this, Ning Tao fixed his eyes on Tang Zixian's face, observing her reaction.

Tang Zixian didn't change her face and sounded composed as well. “But we can't get out either. We don't have guns, and we'll die if we want to rush out. And, don't forget those primitives are still in this cave. Without food and water, we'll still die if we stay in here.”

“What to do? What should we do?” Hearing Tang Zixian, Tu Wenjin got nervous again.

Tang Zixian sounded a little angry. “Quiet, you!”

Tu Wenjin then shut his mouth.

Then, Ning Tao faintly said, “I didn't say we'd rush out or stay here. Those primitives hadn't gone out since entering here, so there must be another way out. We'll leave here when we find the way.”

Tang Zixian said, “Can you find it?”

Ning Tao said, “Sure I can, but I don't want to leave with someone who might stab me in the back. Miss Tang, I have a question for you. If you answer me, I'll bring you and Mr. Tu out of here.”

“What question?” Tang Zixian sounded a little alert.

Ning Tao said, “What's your role in the Tang family?”

In the dark, Tang Zixian's eyes flashed with a strange light. She paused and then said, “My surname is Tang, and of course I'm Tang family's daughter. You've asked a weird question.”

“I don't mean any normal Tang family, but Tang Sect with history of hundreds of years and specializes in hidden weapons and poison.” Ning Tao stared Tang Zixian in the eye.

Tang Zixian was slightly startled and then she sneered. “Doctor Ning, do you mean Tang Sect in the Wuxia novel?”

Ning Tao said, “Indeed, I'm talking about the Tang Sect in the Wuxia novel.”

Tang Zixian said, “If I were really from that Tang Sect you talked about, then wouldn't I be a swordswoman who can fly, uses hidden weapons, and practices kung fu? Stop it, Doctor Ning. I don't know any Tang Sect you mentioned, and I don't believe such a kung fu Tang Sect even exists. But, even if it does exist, it doesn't have anything to do with me.”

“You're telling the truth?” Ning Tao said.

Tang Zixian frowned. “You don't want me to swear, do you?”

Ning Tao hesitated and said, “I'm going to consider the authenticity of your words. You two stay here and I'm gonna find the exit. I'll pick you up later.”

Tang Zixian didn't respond and looked calm.

However, Tu Wenjin was anxious, saying nervously, “Doctor Ning, you can't dump us. Those gunmen could run in here any time and they'll gonna kill me and Miss Tang…”

Ning Tao interrupted Tu Wenjin. “I've made myself clear. Stay here and don't move. Those soldiers won't come in. But if you act on your own, you have to be responsible for your actions.”

Then, he pulled Yang Chen and Ma Tongtong up from the floor and carried them on his shoulders respectively. He walked into the depths of the darkness and soon vanished.

“He…” Tu Wenjin stared in the direction of Ning Tao's leaving, but couldn't see a soul. He could still vaguely heard Ning Tao's footsteps but Ning Tao walked fast and the footsteps faded.

Tang Zixian looked in the direction of Ning Tao and faintly said only one sentence, “He'll come back.”

Tu Wenjin just couldn't calm down. He lay on the floor and looked in the direction of the cave entrance; dim sunlight should stream through it. He was worried that those armed men might rush in but no one came until the very end. Ning Tao seemed to predict it right. They left some people at the entrance and led the others to Feminine-moon people's relics. Nevertheless, one thing he couldn't figure out was that Ning Tao was just a doctor, but how could he make such sharp judgments?

In the dark, Ning Tao seemed to walk on air. The darkness that shrouded all couldn't bother him at all. The people he was carrying on his shoulders were like two rainbow lanterns, dissipating the black and lit up his way ahead. He had long recognized the smell of those Shennongjia primitives with his nose, only he was taking the opposite route.

It was indeed a large cave and had many turns. There were many cavities on the walls, leading to unknown destinations.

Ning Tao didn't go far. He took some turn and crawled into a cavity. Then, he bit his finger to draw a blood lock on the wall. He opened the blood lock and then returned to Sky Clinic carrying Ma Tongtong and Yang Chen.

Asking Tang Zixian if she came from the Tang family was just an excuse to get away. Ma Tongtong and Yang Chen were in danger; he had to cure them in time.

Black smoke swirled out of the good-evil tripod, and the person looking over the tripod smiled.

Ning Tao carefully laid Ma Tongtong and Yang Chen in the middle of the clinic floor and then dropped the backpack on his back to take a small medicine chest from it. He didn't immediately awake Ma Tongtong and Yang Chen; instead, he took out the ledger of bamboo slips to respectively diagnose them.

The ledger of bamboo slips gave two diagnoses of them.

Ma Tongtong, born on June 26, 1998. The first merit was to be filial to her parents, counting 10 merits of good intention; she donated to seven dropout children, counting 21 merits of good intention; the third merit was to protect and repair 110 ancient objects, counting 55 merits of good intention… She earned 100 merits of good intention in total and a prescription pact for merits of good intention would help to dissolve her disaster.

Yang Chen, born on Jan. 30, 1998. The first merit was to be filial to his parents, counting 10 merits of good intention; the second merit was to protect and repair 120 ancient objects, counting 60 merits of good intention. He owned 70 merits of good intention in total and a prescription pact for merits of good intention would help to dissolve his disaster.

Those diagnoses shocked Ning Tao. He was shocked not only at their many merits, but also at the fact that protecting and repairing ancient objects could also acc.u.mulate merits. Though one could only gain half a merit by doing that, he could gain surprisingly many merits by increasing the number of objects he repaired.

Why did one gain the merits of good intention by protecting and saving ancient objects?

It was another question that baffled Ning Tao, but now was obviously not the time to think about that. He put away the ledger of bamboo slips and then went to his desk to write two prescription pacts for merits of good intention, one for Ma Tongtong and the other for Yang Chen.

After doing that, Ning Tao woke up Ma Tongtong and Yang Chen.

“Don't kill me… don't…” The moment Ma Tongtong woke up, she screamed. She clearly was still remembering the danger when the enemy fired a barrage of bullets at them.

Yang Chen was nowhere near better than her. He gasped and gasped but still felt unable to breathe.

Ning Tao said, “Don't be afraid. We've escaped.”

When hearing him, Ma Tongtong and Yang Chen looked at Ning Tao, shock and bewilderment all over their faces.

Ning Tao said again, “We've escaped. But you're hurt and need treatment.”

Ma Tongtong finally calmed down a little. She looked at Ning Tao and said in a husky voice. “What… what is this place?”

Ning Tao said, “This is my clinic.”

“How, how did we get here?” Yang Chen remembered clearly where he had been before. Because he had recalled what happened at the deep chasm, he looked down on his stomach. However, he got utterly paralyzed because his clothes and pants were all soaked with blood. He hadn't felt the pain in the gunshot would; but now, he could feel a sharp and burning pain.

Ma Tongtong also noticed her injuries and she was even more badly injured than Yang Chen, so she just closed her eyes and fainted.