latelenovela Chapter 411
Chapter 411
A force that did not belong to him was forcibly shoved into his body. At this moment, Zhong Ming was completely a beneficiary. Not only was the pain rapidly subsiding, but the injuries in his body were also slowly healing.
In that instant, a thousand thoughts raced through his mind. He thought of his master, the old Taoist priest who had sold his handsome, "ethereal" beard to buy him medicinal herbs to nourish his body and clear his meridians; he thought of the sharp-tongued but kind-hearted Miss Bai, who had asked the old Taoist priest to deliver the mother-and-child swords to him from afar; he thought of his mortal enemy, Gao Jin…
If I had that kind of luck back then, I'd be a battalion commander now! Maybe even a division commander.
After what Master Heli said, Zhong Ming almost believed that he had some talent. If he hadn't mentioned that he had found a vague thing in the Spleen Meridian and thought it was a spiritual root, Zhong Ming would have almost forgotten about polishing the mirror brick.
Now he has a very small and brief opportunity. When the opponent's "witchcraft" and "evil magic" are in operation, they will of course consume a lot of spiritual power. He Li Zhenren believes that he has sealed all of Zhong Ming's meridians, and the Great Circulation cannot be operated, so it is impossible to absorb spiritual power. However, he still has the Mirror Polishing Brick.
The polishing brick can replace spiritual energy, constantly "speeding" through the Great Circulation, absorbing spiritual energy and accumulating a small amount of power.
When the time was right, he put all his spiritual power into the storage stone denture.
The cold snap in the spring had been taken from the storage bag on his right hand, but the mother and child swords in the storage stone dentures were still usable.
When the time was right, he had the polishing brick smash into the "steel pillar" controlling his right hand with all his might, freeing his right hand to make a hand seal, summon the Mother and Child Swords from his storage stone, and try to launch a sneak attack on He Li Zhenren. Whether he succeeded or not, it was up to fate.
Unlike Zhong Ming, "Chong'er" was in a bad mood. His talent was extracted, but no aptitude was injected into his body. At most, some spiritual energy taken from Zhong Ming was injected into his body. However, because he did not cultivate, his dantian was empty, like trying to fill a basket with water.
Although he was asleep, his whole body was convulsing uncontrollably, which pained the woman to see.
"Chong'er, is Chong'er really alright?"
"Of course not. With such a heaven-defying technique, some pain is to be expected. Forcibly seizing spiritual roots is more painful for cultivators than having their tendons and skin peeled off. Just think about it, Chong'er only took a nap, and tomorrow he will be a completely new person."
The woman's expression was complicated as she looked at Zhong Ming. All of Chong'er's talents had been transferred to this man. She had a strange feeling in her heart, as if this young man of about ten years old had also become her child. Mixed with her feelings of guilt towards him and fear of his revenge, she finally made a firm decision to kill Zhong Ming.
"I agree to your plan."
"Huh? What?"
"It's about skinning him alive, turning him into a puppet, and then using him to blow up the warehouse."
"No, you're only agreeing now? You didn't think I was discussing this with you just now, did you?" He Li Zhenren felt like either her brain had crashed or hers had crashed. What kind of thought process was this?
He took out a mechanical skeleton from his storage bag. It was impossible to tell what kind of metal or extremely dense spirit wood it was made of, but just one look at it made him feel that it was very expensive.
"My puppet is all ready, now it's your turn to agree or disagree?"
“I am Chong’er’s mother.”
He Li Zhenren felt as uncomfortable as if he had swallowed a fly. Chong'er will indeed lead us to glory in the future, but that is something for the future. Now that things haven't even come to fruition, you've already risen to prominence because of your son.
I put in the most effort on this, so it seems like I should be the one who's most arrogant.
"Hmph, you can rest assured when it comes to handling things."
"dong dong dong~~"
Master Heli looked at the woman with a puzzled expression, "What did you do?"
"I didn't do anything. Haven't I been standing here the whole time?" He Li Zhenren asked, and she became nervous again.
"Has there been another problem with the transfer? You should go check on it quickly." She hurriedly pushed He Li Zhenren closer to Zhong Ming.
He Li Zhenren was initially somewhat annoyed, but when that plump body leaned against his back, he immediately became energetic. While silently reciting the Heart-Cleansing Mantra, he probed his spiritual power towards the base beneath Zhong Ming.
"It's alright."
"dong dong dong~~"
"A message coming from above? No way, we're in an underground cave."
The next moment, the strange sound suddenly amplified, and the rushing water sounded like arrows piercing his liver and gallbladder.
"Oh no, something's wrong with the magic circle."
As soon as he checked the equipment, he took out a stick of incense and candles. With a flick of his wrist, a pitch-black dagger appeared and sliced off most of the candles. The moment the candles touched the blade, the flames suddenly ignited, only to be blown back to normal by the turbulent energy created by the blade.
"Here, take it." He decisively stuffed the incense and candles into the woman's arms.
"What's wrong with you? What happened?" The woman seemed a little bewildered, as the other party had already lifted a corner of the magic circle and rushed out.
"Once the incense and candles have burned out, immediately take Chong'er and teleport away using the green teleportation array. Once the teleportation is complete, destroy the array immediately. Don't worry about me, don't worry about me!"
Then, all that could be heard was his roar outside, "All disciples of the clan, listen to my command! The prosperity or failure of our clan depends on this one battle! Hold the great formation and follow me to meet the enemy!"
The outer defenses were unaware that He Li Zhenren had already decided to betray them and had no intention of letting them and the woman evacuate together. They were filled with fighting spirit and vowed to shed their last drop of blood for their families.
The woman nervously took out a hairpin, her personal magic weapon. Holding the needle in one hand and incense in the other, she paced anxiously around, not daring to put the incense down even when it burned her hand, fearing that placing it horizontally on the table would cause even the slightest deviation in the burning process, leading to a miscalculation of the final time.
Zhong Ming was even more nervous than her because he was hesitant. He had only enough strength to draw his sword once. What if this woman was so foolish as to try to run away with her son and stab him first?
Zhong Ming struggled to open his eyelids, and when the woman saw this, she was not afraid at all, but happy instead.
The person opened their eyes, which means the ceremony is almost over and everything will be fine soon.
The incense and candle burned out completely in her hands, turning to ashes with the slightest pressure.
Ignoring the slight burns on her hands, the woman happily hugged her child. Both people on the altar were bound to the "bed" tightly. She nervously looked back at the exit of the magic circle, where the rumbling sound made her extremely uneasy.
"Chong'er, it will be over soon. Mother will take you away now, and you won't have to suffer anymore. Mother will be fine soon."