freenovelworld Chapter 302 Lanqiuze 5
Chapter 302 Lanqiuze 5
Following Cheng Jiu's gaze, Yan Yang said seriously, "My current strength can barely sustain one person's life!"
“Alright, one person can do the research!” Cheng Jiu wasn’t in a difficult position. The current priority was to examine the bodies of his senior brothers and sisters as soon as possible and find a solution.
Upon hearing Cheng Jiu's name, Yan Yang breathed a sigh of relief. A bubble was pulled down by her, and the moment it hit the ground, it disappeared with a bang.
Without the protection of the blisters, the senior sister was clearly somewhat disoriented and struggled desperately.
At that moment, under Yan Yang's infusion of magic power, she gradually calmed down.
Cheng Jiu placed his hand on his senior sister's wrist, and gentle wood-type spiritual energy flowed into her body.
Cheng Jiu was somewhat surprised to find that this senior sister was actually from Le Feng's sect.
During the beast tide, Cheng Jiu helped Le Feng's senior sister clear her spiritual energy.
This is even better; having had the experience before, this exploration went much more smoothly.
Soon, using his familiarity with the body, Cheng Jiu quickly found the abnormality in Senior Sister Le Feng's body.
A fish egg, about the size of two fingers, nestled in the senior sister's chest, absorbing and releasing pure heart blood and a continuous stream of spiritual energy.
Observing the fish egg thriving, and even vaguely revealing the outline of a fish, the egg was firmly locked by a blue current of air, which prevented it from completely taking over the heart.
Cheng Jiu's spiritual power transformed into needles, piercing the fish eggs with a sharp edge. At that moment, the fish eggs that were attacked burst forth with boundless vitality.
Amidst this vitality, Cheng Jiu keenly sensed two sources of life: one from the fish eggs and the other from this senior sister!
If Cheng Jiu hadn't possessed a wood-elemental spiritual root and cultivated the path of vitality as a secondary cultivation method, he probably wouldn't have noticed the anomaly.
Cheng Jiu immediately withdrew his attack. If he continued, the fish eggs would surely die, but Senior Sister Le Feng would probably lose her life as well.
These fish eggs are actually connected to my senior sister's energy; how utterly vicious!
Cheng Jiu's expression was rather unpleasant.
Although the fish eggs blocked the attack in time, the fish was still severely weakened and began to greedily absorb the host's life force to heal its injuries. If Yan Yang hadn't restrained it so tightly, Cheng Jiu would probably have witnessed the girl turn into an old woman.
Even so, as life fades, a few strands of gray inevitably appear in the senior sister's once black hair, and her young face shows signs of aging.
Cheng Jiu fell into deep thought. She was unsure whether the fish eggs were connected to her senior sister's life force or simply parasitized them.
Cheng Jiu leaned more towards the former. If the life force was connected, that would be troublesome. If the fish eggs died, then his senior sister would die, which would be very difficult to handle!
Cheng Jiu released her spiritual platform, and a seed full of vitality appeared in her hand. This was the life seed she had comprehended.
Cheng Jiu planned to implant this Dao Seed into his senior sister's body to further explore the relationship between the two. If he could find the root cause, there would always be a way to solve it.
Only Cheng Jiu would be so bold. The Dao Seed is extremely rare and precious to a cultivator. It is the foundation for future enlightenment. How many people do not have it?
Moreover, Cheng Jiu's seed can be taken away. Implanting the seed into someone's body and telling anyone about it is an extremely daring act!
As soon as the Life Path Seed entered the girl's body, her vitality was visibly replenished. Not only did her appearance become younger, but her body also seemed to have absorbed the essence of heaven and earth, restoring her to the best years of her life.
Yan Yang, standing nearby, was dumbfounded. Weren't people from the Guiyuan Sect all this bold?
Although Yan Yang had never seen or heard of it, he still recognized what the green seed was at a glance!
God knows how much self-control she had to resist the urge to take it.
If Yan Yang reacted so strongly, one can only imagine how much more intense it was to the fish eggs in her senior sister's heart.
For someone as irrational as her, who only knows how to rob and steal, the Seed of Life is no less than a perfect tonic.
The fish eggs struggled and writhed frantically, trying to forcefully break through Yan Yang's blockade, and quickly swam within the senior sister's body, heading straight for the seed of life.
Cheng Jiu's divine sense was constantly focused on the fish eggs. These greedy creatures rushed towards her Dao Seed, and Cheng Jiu used the Dao Seed as bait.
In the instant it approached, he swiftly withdrew, and with a flick of his Heavenly Wood Sword, the greedy creature was plucked from his senior sister's body. The fish eggs rolled to the ground, not dead, but instead uttering cries like a baby.
Looking at the fish eggs that had been picked out, Yan Yang kept screaming in surprise, and water elemental power kept gushing out from his hands, firmly locking the strange thing in place.
Cheng Jiu thrust his Heavenly Wood Sword downwards with force, and the next disgusting thing was obliterated by the Heavenly Wood Sword.
Although the fish eggs were killed by the sting, the senior sister's condition did not improve. Instead, she continued to breathe rapidly, her black hair turned white quickly, and her life force was draining away like water from a broken jar!
Cheng Jiu immediately gave this senior sister of Le Feng a pill, but even an eighth-grade vitality pill was still like a drop in the ocean for her.
Yan Yang rapidly channeled his magical power into his senior sister's body in an attempt to stop the deterioration, but with little effect.
Cheng Jiu frowned slightly. He injected the Seed of Life into his senior sister's body again, but he didn't stop feeding her the pills.
As long as he's not dead, Cheng Jiu will definitely be able to find a way.
With the help of the Seed of Life, Senior Sister's physical condition was laid bare before Cheng Jiu. Her spiritual aperture in her heart was damaged, which was why she could not retain her life force.
The fish eggs actually nested in the spiritual aperture at the heart of the body. Only after the fish eggs were killed did the spiritual energy and vitality leak out of the spiritual aperture like a large sieve.
Humans have nine orifices, which correspond to human wisdom, spirit, and consciousness. Human existence and actions are related to these.
Those whose nine orifices are blocked often appear stupid or dull; if all nine orifices are missing, the person will die.
However, for cultivators, the three most important apertures are the Yin aperture, which governs the spirit and soul, the Yang aperture, which governs vitality, and the Zhonggong aperture, which governs cultivation. The Niwan Dantian is located in the Zhonggong aperture.
The first two do not exist in any corner of the body; they do indeed exist.
The current situation is that the fish egg has parasitized the senior sister's yang orifice and taken her place.
Now that the fish eggs are dead and the yang orifice is damaged, if it cannot be repaired, it will probably only face death.
Cheng Jiu had never seen anything so insidious; repairing the yang orifice was no easy task!
Senior Sister's life force was draining away too quickly. Even with Cheng Jiu's life seed as a supplement, it was just a drop in the ocean, and there was no time to think of any other solutions.
Knowing the problem, there is only one way now: to live through death!
Cheng Jiu took out the ninth-grade pill he had obtained from Yao Lao, retrieved the Dao Seed, and waited for Senior Sister Le Feng's life force to completely disappear!
Seeing Cheng Jiu's state, Yan Yang withdrew his hand from channeling spiritual energy, did not ask any questions, and simply stayed quietly beside Cheng Jiu.
She believed that Cheng Jiu, as the junior sister of this female disciple, must care even more than she did. Judging from Cheng Jiu's appearance, she could tell that she had not given up.
The moment Senior Sister Lefeng's life force disappeared, Cheng Jiu quickly inserted the Seed of Life into Senior Sister Lefeng's body and stuffed the pill in his hand into her mouth!
A powerful life force rapidly washed over her body, and the intense life force caused the woman on the ground to struggle in agony, her body cracking and healing inch by inch.
The body underwent a tremendous transformation, with all the meridians and spiritual acupoints being thoroughly cleansed.
Under this scouring force, the originally damaged Yang Aperture was completely destroyed, losing its original ability to store life force. Then, with the powerful infusion of life force, the Yang Aperture was re-formed, breathing in and out life force and restoring its function.
Despite the impact, the Seed of Life firmly held onto the girl's last glimmer of hope.
In this silent contest, the kingdom resumed its operations.
The Yin orifice and the Zhonggong orifice also begin to function, silently supporting the Yang orifice and repairing the master's body.
With the unity of essence, energy, and spirit, his aged face slowly regained its youthful appearance, and black hair began to grow back. His cultivation guided his life force, repairing various parts of his body.
"Ugh~!" A painful whimper escaped her lips.
"You're awake. Is that alright?"
Yan Yang looked around at his senior sister with some surprise.
"Yes, ninth-grade healing pills are known to have the power to bring the dead back to life, so this can be considered a marrow cleansing and reshaping of her body!" Cheng Jiu nodded and explained.
Senior Sister Lefeng was still immersed in the pain of being betrayed by the local residents before her death. In her dazed state, she heard a female voice talking about a ninth-grade healing pill, so she opened her eyes to look.
After being unconscious for a long time, the senior sister's voice was hoarse: "Yes, Junior Sister Cheng Jiu!"
This senior sister knows Qingxu Immortal Lord's disciple; she had been saved by her before, so she is his savior!
"Senior sister, are you feeling unwell?"
Cheng Jiu knelt down in front of her, placed his hand on her shoulder, and extracted the life-giving seed.
Without the support of the Seed of Life, the senior sister's face turned pale, but her condition was not as bad as before.
Upon seeing the Seed of Life, the senior sister's pale face flushed slightly, and her voice, hoarse with excitement and gratitude, said, "Thank you, junior sister!"
That's a life seed! Which cultivator would take it out so easily?
To save her, they actually took it out!
This is no ordinary act of saving a life!
Senior Sister Lefeng was so excited that she was incoherent, only expressing her gratitude repeatedly.
"There's no need for that, we are all disciples of the Guiyuan Sect! Senior Sister, do you remember what you experienced before you fainted?" Cheng Jiu quickly declined, asking with concern.
"I remember!" Senior Sister Le Feng's face paled. "So many attacks! These people are utterly heartless!"
Good memories weren't lost. Cheng Jiu glanced at Yan Yang and thought, "This Lan Qiuze is truly hopeless!"
"Junior sister! Can you see? Can you see..."
Senior Sister Lefeng immediately thought of her teammates who had come with her. They were from the same sect and had been training together for a long time, so it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call them life-and-death friends! She was alive, but what about her teammates?
"I just arrived and only learned from the sect that many of my senior brothers and sisters have perished!"
"Only so many senior brothers and sisters are still alive!" Cheng Jiu pointed to her head, then to Yan Yang.
"This is Yan Yang, who was originally the river goddess of this Qiu River. She is the one who saved you from the water monster!"
Senior Sister also noticed the water ghost beside her. She had no desire to attack it, since Junior Sister Cheng Jiu allowed it to stay here, so it probably wasn't doing anything evil.
Now, upon closer inspection, the golden merit was almost blinding!
So much merit has actually appeared in a water ghost!
My senior sister is really something else!
She struggled to her feet, bowed deeply to Yan Yang, and said gratefully, "Thank you for saving my life, fellow Daoist!"
"No need for that! It was I, Lan Qiuze, who wronged you first. I didn't do anything; I just brought you out of that water monster's cave. As for the fish eggs, it was this fairy who helped!" Yan Yang quickly waved his hand.
"We came here to exorcise demons. This was due to our lack of strength. We are grateful to you for saving us!"
Senior Sister did not harbor resentment towards the water ghost because she was the river god of Qiuhe and a resident of Lanqiuze. After all, she was not the one who attacked them. They came to exorcise the demon voluntarily. Although they were betrayed, they did not have any reason to hold a grudge against the water ghost.
She took out a water-type spiritual item from her storage ring: "I obtained this from a secret realm many years ago. The quality is quite good, so please don't mind. Consider it a token of my gratitude!"
Yan Yang was somewhat at a loss and glanced at Cheng Jiu.
Cheng Jiu smiled at her and said, "Take it!"
Yan Yang then accepted it.
Senior Sister Le Feng didn't carry many valuables with her when she went on the mission, and she was afraid that Cheng Jiu would find it distasteful, so she didn't express her gratitude.
Seeing that Yan Yang had accepted it, she hurriedly looked up at the twenty-odd blisters, her eyes filled with eagerness and anticipation, hoping to see a familiar figure.
Thankfully, thankfully, there were four people who came with her this time. Apart from the senior brother from Jianfeng, the others were all there!
As for Senior Brother Jianfeng, Senior Sister Lefeng dared not think about it too much. When they were exorcising demons, he had taken on most of the damage by himself. When they were backstabbed and fell into the water, she already had a premonition that something was wrong.
It was nothing more than confirming her guess.
Thinking of those ungrateful residents who betrayed them, a nameless negative emotion rose in this senior sister Lefeng's heart!
She took a deep breath. There was nothing left to think about now; the sect had already come to rescue them!
Those ungrateful bastards will pay a heavy price for their actions!
This is offered to the spirit of my senior brother Jianfeng in heaven!
The most important thing is to rescue those senior brothers and sisters first!
She looked at Cheng Jiu expectantly.
Cheng Jiu did not take any further action, because the price was too high. Even if Cheng Jiu did not care about the ninth-grade pill, the Life Seed was not something that could be taken out casually!
That was all thanks to her cultivation level!
It's also because her cultivation level is higher than Senior Sister Lefeng's, and their life levels are not even at the same stage.
The life force needed to save Senior Sister Lefeng would be completely drained from her. Five or six Cheng Jiu could handle it, but what about the twenty-odd people and those unknown people who had fish eggs implanted in them?
Cheng Jiu just wanted to say that she couldn't do it, and she wasn't that rich and powerful to throw away ninth-grade pills like candy!
However, with Senior Sister Lefeng's experience as a precedent, Cheng Jiu now has a slight clue as to how to deal with the fish eggs.
However, we still need to wait for Senior Sister Yingyue and the others to arrive so that we can work together to come up with a solution.
Cheng Jiu then looked at Yan Yang: "River God, when will my senior brothers and sisters be able to come?"
Yan Yang carefully sensed their location: "Almost there, almost there. You know, for the sake of secrecy, the passage is a bit winding, so it takes a little longer!"