"Every Need"

Now that Cara was restricted by First Elder the new woman approached James and quickly placed her hand on his head.

From there she began circling her Qi inside of him which was a light green. As this happened the wounds and blood on James' face quickly dissipated before all signs of any fighting were gone.

'She has a healing Dao!' Cara thought in shock as she watched the woman at work. The reason for her shock was warranted since anyone with a healing Dao held high value to any type of sect or place.

The people who cultivated forms of healing were few and far between since in the long run, they would have less combat power than those who cultivated different things making healing people always end up as slaves for the powerful.

As the woman continued to heal James there was suddenly a piece of black Qi that shot out of his body and moved towards the woman.

However, unlike the many other times the black Qi appeared and nobody would notice it, this woman actually moved one of her hands catching it in the air.

When she caught it she concealed it in a bubble of her Qi before looking at it interestingly, "Ohh now this is something new~" The woman's mature voice chuckled.

The three other people present were confused by her actions since they saw nothing in the orb of Qi but she didn't decide to explain it to them but instead directly inserted the black Qi inside her body watching it as it entered her dantian.

When she saw it enter she discretely sealed it inside a small section of her dantian where it could only grow to a certain extent, "Time to wake up~" The woman finally said before tapping James' head three times making his eyes flutter open and his head shoot up from the ground.

"W-what happened?!" James asked in confusion as he looked all around not understanding where he was in the slightest.

The last thing he remembered was being hit in the face by Cara's sword before he blacked out which made him touch his face that surprisingly had no damage or blood.

While James was contemplating what happened to him he was suddenly tapped on the shoulder by someone making him turn around to see three people, "First Elder, Patriarch! What are you doing here?" James said in confusion when he saw the familiar faces.

"Well we were here to talk to Cara but we found you like this so we decided to stop by and help you out. We also want to know what exactly happened here." First Elder explained to James as he stood up.

Soon after James began explaining to the trio exactly what happened during the fight and even before that. He made sure to defend Cara as much as possible after seeing the misunderstanding since she had helped him not only break through but also improve his sword skill.

At the very least James was confident he could win against any Disciple at the first stage Elementary Realm and most people at the second stage now.

"So it's like that. I don't know how you became friends with someone like Cara but it seems it has worked out well for you, good work James." First Elder said with a smile proud that he was working hard.

"By the way, who is this woman?" James asked in confusion referencing the mature lady who was wearing a veil the entire time.

During the entire conversation and since he had woken up she had been silently looking in his direction while listening to the story. However, even after he was done talking she was still looking at him from what he could tell.

"My name is Noel Shanks. I'm a healer from the Heavenly Healing Sect." The woman explained as Patriarch Colton and First Elder gave the woman strange looks at her response.

When James finally knew Noel's name he felt like a burden had been eased in his heart. As if knowing everything about her was a must in his mind.

He would even go so far as to say he had an even more pleasant impression of her than even the First Elder which really confused him.

"Well nice to meet you, Noel, I am James a new Outer Disciple here." James said bowing his head in greeting to someone higher in status than himself.

"Fufufufufu~ How sweet~ I've changed my mind. The one who will help me during my stay here will be this boy." Noel suddenly said while turning to First Elder and Patriarch Colton.

When the two heard this their jaws dropped in shock while Cara immediately went to defend James, "What do you mean by this?" Cara asked threateningly.

James was confused by not only Noel's words but also the way Cara was defending him, "If that's what you want then I'm sure James will be happy to oblige. James, we will compensate you handsomely if you see to it that this job is done well." Patriarch Colton said with a sigh as he turned toward James.

"Job? What do you mean? What's happening?" James asked questioning every word that was being said around him. It felt like he was some sort of bargaining chip being thrown around.

"Noel is here at our request to help with some important matters. She requested that we have someone help her with her every need while she's here which we came to Cara for in the first place since she's the most knowledgeable Disciple here. However, since things have turned out like this we can only ask that you help us out." First Elder explained apologetically while Cara was fuming.

"No! Absolutely not! He can't do that! There's no telling what this vixen will do to him!" Cara shouted as her emotions overwhelmed her confusing both herself and the others present.

'Since when was Cara this into me?' James thought in confusion from her outburst. Despite his confusion, James also got a warm feeling in his heart when he felt her defending him like that.