Chapter 272 Applying Medicine

After some arguing, Ling and Youlu reached an agreement on applying the medicine - that is, Youlu would be responsible for applying the medicine to Ling and massaging him to ensure that the medicine was absorbed before the bruises on Ling's waist and abdomen subsided.

"You are really good at pushing things within a reasonable range..." Youlv frowned and looked at Ling, "Why do you have to complicate a problem that can be solved simply? Don't you always pursue efficiency?"

"I can't help it. I just lack a sense of security." Ling tilted his head to rub against Youlv's soft fur, and his tone softened. "And doesn't Xiaoyou think this is a good thing to promote feelings?"

"I think you just want to make me embarrassed--" Youlv hooked his tail around Ling's neck, "You are so bold."

"Haha... don't expose me," Ling laughed because of the tickling feeling on his neck and shoulders, but soon he breathed a sigh of relief, "Besides, there are still many things to do today, Xiaoyou, just let me go for now? Ah, if possible, how about telling me about the Yuyi clan?"

"Didn't I tell you? That clan just followed the old man first, so they took advantage of the name."

Youlu snorted, grabbed Ling's collar and hair and climbed onto his head. After tucking his claws in place, he wagged his tail and spoke, "What's more, after using the old man's name as their surname, those guys have become less motivated. At the beginning, they were a large clan that the Senju and Uzumaki clans combined could hardly deal with, but what happens now?

Humph - they are useless pieces of mud. I feel ashamed to let them take the old man's name and use it as the clan name."

"Eh? The Yuyi Clan was so powerful back then? Comparing their current situation, it's really touching." Ling opened the door of his room and put the two knives he had been carrying on the way on the cabinet at the door. "By the way, Xiaoyou, can you help me see where my father's birthday present is? I want to open the present first and then get ready to do my work."

"There's a box on your desk that I haven't seen before."

"Desk?" Ling turned around, took a step, and finally stopped in front of the desk accurately. He knelt down and opened the box. After touching the object inside, his movements froze, and his expression was a little sad. "Although I expected it, I didn't expect that my father's gift would really be this."

Youlu leaned over to take a look and snorted, "As expected, a boring breastplate. This is the fourth year you've received this, right?"

"Yeah, that's right... it's the breastplate again." Ling took the breastplate out of the box and rubbed the edge carefully, with a gentler smile on his lips. "In fact, before I became blind, my father only gave me protective gear the year I first went to the battlefield. He repeatedly reminded me to be careful...

But after I won the opponent's head with a small bet for the big, my father gave me weapons instead, and he didn't give me too many instructions until now - even if my father didn't say anything, I can understand. "

"Understand what?"

"I understand that I have turned back into the child that worries my father." Ling smiled and put the breast-protecting mirror back into the box. "How should I put it? I feel comforted and frustrated."

"Why did you put it away?" Youli tilted his head, "Aren't you going to use it?"

Ling raised his hand and tapped his chest with a smile, "I don't change this kind of protective gear so quickly - or rather, if I really updated the protective gear so quickly, my father would not just give me a heart guard, but would come to me in person and repeatedly instruct me."

Youlu watched Ling put the box into the closet. He didn't dwell on the topic any more. He just snorted and laughed, "Nothing can happen to you with me watching you."

"Yes, yes - thank you for your care..." Ling fumbled to find the ointment and the clothes he would change into later, and sat down on the spot, "Come and help me?"

Youlu jumped down by stepping on Ling's shoulder and squatted on Ling's legs. He watched Ling take off his coat to reveal the tight vest and breast protector inside. He also watched him roll up the vest to reveal the dark bruises around his waist. After a slight silence, he said, "...Aren't you awakened by the pain?"

"Of course there is, but there's nothing I can do. I can't wake Xiaoyou up, so I can only bear it." Ling chuckled and unscrewed the ointment box. "So, considering that I'm so weak, please be gentle to me in the future, okay?"

Youlu rubbed his claws unconsciously, and after a while he used his claws to dig a ball of ointment, and then gently pressed his claws on the circle of bruises, "...I will pay more attention next time."

"What's wrong?" Ling held the opened medicine bottle with one hand and supported his body with the other hand behind his back, still with that gentle smile on his face, "It's not like Xiaoyou to be so disappointed."

"I wonder if the tailed beasts are not suitable to coexist with humans," Youlu looked up at Ling, then lowered his head, "After all, even if we are willing to restrain our power, we will still inadvertently create dangerous consequences... Maybe I should keep a little distance from you, this will be the safest for you."

"That won't do - I should have told Xiaomata a long time ago, right? Don't try to betray an Uchiha after establishing a bond... No one can bear the consequences of that."

Ling lowered his head and faced the direction where Youlv was. "And I will eventually grow to the point where Xiaoyou can use all his strength without getting hurt, so just give me a little more time. I will turn everything you think of into reality for you to see."

Youlu raised his head and looked at Ling steadily, "You kid..."

Ling raised the corners of his lips, "Hmm? What?"

"What could it be?" Yalu shook his paws and jumped onto the tatami. "I've finished wiping this side. Turn around."

"……Oh."

Seeing Ling turning away with a slightly depressed look, Youlv couldn't help but curl his tail tip - [What an arrogant boy... Well, I don't hate him though. ]