Ink Blade Chapter 62 (Part 1)
Translated by Sylver
Chapter 62.1 Grace (part 1)
Since that day, Mo Ren’s body had been deteriorating day by day. It’s as if he had gathered all the strength of his lingering in the world into that arrow, and then shot it out.
Chu Yan no longer tried to negotiate with Yan Luo and Wuxian Sect. At this point, it was a fight to the death, and there was nothing to talk about.
He only wholeheartedly accompanied Mo Ren, wishing he could split the twelve hours of a day into twenty-four hours to be with Ah Ren.
But Guard Mo always resisted.
“This subordinate’s sick and disabled body can no longer be driven by the Master. This subordinate is already overwhelmed by the Master’s mercy.”
That day, when Mo Ren was being fed medicine by Chu Yan in his arms, he said softly with his head down, “How can this subordinate continue to entangle the Master every day.”
The sleeping hall was filled with a scent of medicine, and the warm autumn sun fell on the window lattice, warming the heart. The curtain was down, half covering the two figures inside.
Chu Yan blew on the soup in the spoon, and said helplessly, “But now this Master’s heart is tied to Guard Mo, and this Master feels anxious and short of breath when he can’t see you. What do you want this Master to do?”
Mo Ren hesitated and said, “If not… Master… Master should take a few more obedient ones into the back room? While Ah Ren can still… help you keep an eye on things, don’t let any dirty things in again?”
Chu Yan laughed in anger, “Scram! Come, come, come on, open your mouth, the medicine is cold.”
…He really is getting bolder and bolder, even daring to make such jokes. Even in the past life when they hadn’t fallen out, Ah Ren never interfered with his affairs.
Chu Yan thought about it while feeding the medicine, and then looked at Mo Ren’s face.
His guard had become paler and thinner… Although this person was pale and thin before, now he was so thin that it was frightening to look at.
Chu Yan wished he could empty all the good medicinal materials and supplements in the Jiuzhong Palace, and even sent people to various places in the Jianghu to buy prescriptions. But Mo Ren gradually couldn’t eat anything.
In the past few days, his condition had worsened, and he could only barely drink a small half bowl of porridge or sheep’s milk, and he couldn’t swallow fish and meat, and if he ate it, he would vomit it out.
It’s coming soon. They all knew in their hearts that the final moment was approaching.
Now there was no way to prevent that moment from coming.
Two more days passed, and Mo Ren’s condition suddenly improved a lot, and he also had energy and could get out of bed.
Chu Yan asked Qiu Jin to prepare a carriage and took him down the mountain for a walk.
Unfortunately, he couldn’t walk too far, and it was impossible to go sightseeing in the mountains and water, at most he could go to the market in the small town at the foot of the mountain.
On this day, the sun was shining brightly, and it was the harvest season. The market was full of stalls selling fruits and food, and the vendors were full of smiles and shouting, bustling and good in the world.
Chu Yan carefully protected Mo Ren from being bumped by the crowd all the way, and asked in a low voice, “Does Ah Ren want anything?”
The last time, Chu Yan and Mo Ren were shopping in Changqing City, he also asked this question. Mo Ren said he lacked nothing.
This time, Mo Ren thought for a moment and said, “The Master can buy whatever he thinks is suitable for Ah Ren.”
Chu Yan then smiled, with a hint of sadness in his smile.
They walked a few more steps, and Chu Yan stopped in front of an old woman’s stall, dropped a few copper coins, and said, “Want this.”
Mo Ren looked down and found that it was a bracelet made of red beans. Each red bean was shiny and full, except for the bright red, there was no other color, which was very cute.
Chu Yan paid the money amidst the old woman's happy smile, and quickly tied the red chain on Mo Ren’s thin wrist. “Does Ah Ren like it?”
Mo Ren would not be unaware of the meaning of red beans. He lowered his eyes somewhat at a loss, gently stroked it with his fingers, and felt that his heartbeat seemed to speed up a bit. After a few moments, he carefully said, “…Ah Ren likes it very much. Therefore, this subordinate wondered if…after this subordinate is gone, could the Master bother to burn it for this subordinate? And the sword given by the Master, can it be buried together?”
Chu Yan’s smile stiffened, and his heart seemed to be cut open by a sharp sword, cold and painful.
The palace master understood in an instant: Ah Ren was afraid that he would be reminded of him by these objects. So when he left, he wanted to take all his belongings with him, clean and tidy, so as not to entangle his master.
“Okay,” Chu Yan’s voice was hoarse, “whatever you want.”
The two walked very slowly, and Mo Ren couldn’t walk for long before he was exhausted. He still wanted to persist for a while, to stay outside with the palace master for a while, but Chu Yan saw that he was tired and wanted to go back with him.
Mo Ren had to obey, and they turned back a few steps. Chu Yan was still worried, so he simply ignored Mo Ren’s opposition and directly carried the guard on his back.
The body on his back was very light, and Chu Yan was in a daze for a moment, feeling as if he was carrying a piece of paper that would fly to the sky with a blow of the wind. It was also like snow, melting in the blink of an eye, melting…into his heart.
Chu Yan thought blankly: If he could take this heart, along with that red bean bracelet, and that sword, and go with Ah Ren, it would be good. It would also be a conclusion to these two absurd lives, and in the next life…he didn’t know if they still had the fate to have a next life.
On his back, Mo Ren didn’t know when he closed his eyes, as if he had fallen asleep.
Chu Yan stopped by the road for a moment, took off his outer robe, carefully wrapped it around Mo Ren, and finally lowered his head and kissed the sleeping person’s eyebrows.
The next day when they returned, Mo Ren coughed up blood and fainted, and became unconscious.
After taking his pulse in the Medicine Hall, Lin Yun sighed deeply and said that he was afraid that Mo Ren would not have two months left.
Chu Yan’s mind exploded, and he staggered back two steps, his face pale. Lin Yun exclaimed, “Palace Master!”
Chu Yan seemed to have his soul hollowed out, feeling dazed and unreal.
His breathing became violently shaky, his voice also trembling, he said in a daze, “At least… at least until spring… when the pear blossoms bloom again at the foot of the mountain, isn’t that possible?”
Lin Yun couldn’t bear it and closed his eyes.
That day, Chu Yan didn’t know how he got back to Zhongqian Palace from the Medicine Hall, and also brought Ah Ren back.
This memory disappeared completely, if it weren’t for Qiu Jin saying that he was the one who carried Ah Ren back to the palace, Chu Yan would even think that he had fainted on the spot.
In the evening, Chu Yan sat at the head of the bed with a candle lit. The Zhongqian Palace was quiet, almost like death, the light illuminating the dark circles under the palace master’s eyes and his cracked lips.
He looked at Mo Ren’s sleeping face, those tightly closed eyelashes. After watching for a while, he suddenly became frightened, quickly reached out to check the guard’s breath, and only when he felt the weak breath did he let his hand fall weakly.
After a while, Mo Ren on the bed showed a look of pain between his eyebrows and unconsciously curled up and shivered.
“Ah Ren!” Chu Yan was panicked, quickly stepped forward to hold him, transferring his internal strength to him, murmuring neurotically, “This Master is here, this Master is here… Ah Ren, where are you uncomfortable, don’t be afraid, this Master is holding you.”
The body in his arms was cold like an ice cube, due to the cold nature of the poison. Mo Ren was so weak that he couldn’t wake up at all, the guard’s lips were purple, he suddenly struggled a bit, and murmured, “Cold…Master.”
In an instant, a cruel pain suddenly whipped on his spine, and Chu Yan’s body shook violently.
He suddenly remembered that when he had just been reborn, he had made a secret decision: to endure for a while, and wait until he had cleared his enemies in the future, he and Ah Ren still had a long way to go.
