Yu Xuan woke up to find the sky above bathed in moonlight. His head throbbed like someone had crammed a hundred different headaches into one.
"Ahh..." he groaned, pressing a hand to his temple.
He glanced up at the silver moon and muttered, "At least I survived."
Then promptly slumped back down like a sack of defeated potatoes.
***
By morning, golden sunlight slipped past the canopy and landed on his face. His eyelids twitched, and a moment later, they snapped open.
For nearly five minutes, Yu Xuan just lay there staring blankly at the sky, too dazed to think, too sore to move.
Eventually, he pulled a small pill from his space ring and swallowed it.
A warm sensation spread through his body, knitting together torn muscle and fractured bone. Within twenty minutes, the pain dulled and his injuries mended, the pill clearly wasn't cheap.
