In the cave the sound of the trickling water from the ceiling of the cave is calming. In the dark cave there is the flickering light of fire and two shadows can be seen vaguely.
Then a sound of coughing, a painful coughing, as his chest with his hard cough, the noise reverberates along the dampy cave.
'Hoh, hoh'
'Teacher, are you alright?' Xiyun said as he rubbed Arial chest trying to ease his teacher pains.
'Do I look like I'm alright?' He still is coughing a lumpful of blood.
Arial after he and Xiyun fly down the mountain Arial quickly hid in one of the caves, just outside the range of the mountain, before venturing to the harsh desert, as he is recovering his internal energy and Xiyun helping him bandaging his wound.
There is no other choice. He does not know if his bluffing work and he knows he is weak right now.