TEMBMBIWB Chapter 50
by VolareTan Zhui immediately stepped forward, using his spiritual energy to investigate the situation within the young man’s body.
As expected, he felt the Xiu Luo Demon Soul stirring restlessly. Although it wasn’t severe, it was enough to cause the young man’s entire body to ache.
Tan Zhui stuffed two calming pills into the young man’s mouth and used his inner spiritual power to soothe him, hoping to at least alleviate the young man’s pain.
He couldn’t help but worry. Why had the Hundred Turns Thousand Return Pill become ineffective now that they were in the Southern Sea?
Could it be because he had refined other immortal essences? … Tan Zhui quickly checked the essence within his own body, but found that the essence was completely still, as calm as if it were dead.
Or perhaps, it wasn’t because of the essence within his own body.
Tan Zhui’s brow furrowed, and his heart was greatly alarmed.
Could it be that there was something in this Southern Sea that would interfere with Sui Chunsheng’s mind…?
Just as he was pondering, he felt the young man’s whole body start to tremble.
The spiritual power from his palm was being transmitted too slowly. He had no choice but to embrace the young man, channeling his spiritual power throughout his body and overflowing it outwards.
The White Deer Immortal’s spiritual power completely enveloped the young man, and he indeed felt the young man gradually calm down.
Sui Chunsheng hummed, nestling closer into his embrace.
It was unclear whether he was craving the soothing spiritual power, or craving the White Deer Immortal’s embrace.
The young man’s trembling voice came, “Master, it hurts…”
Tan Zhui’s heart tightened. After pondering for a moment, he used magic to remove the last barrier between them, so that they were already pressed tightly together.
The young man’s body was incredibly hot, contrasting with the coolness of his own.
Spiritual power penetrated the young man’s skin, reaching deep within to soothe the inch by inch pain.
The young man gradually stabilized, and remained still in his embrace.
Seeing that he had fallen into a deep sleep, Tan Zhui checked his body and discovered that the Xiu Luo Demon Soul had returned to calm.
Only then did Tan Zhui slowly leave, quickly covering the young man’s body with a blanket.
He casually grabbed a piece of clothing nearby, wrapped it around himself, and was just about to get off the bed, when he felt a weakness in his legs, and he fell directly to the ground.
Tan Zhui’s brow slightly furrowed. He felt a wave of coldness erupt from within his body. The power surged from his dantian, as if it wanted to completely crush his body.
He calculated the time and realized that it was indeed time for the Hundred Turns Thousand Return Pill to take effect.
He had used up a lot of spiritual power to soothe the young man just now, and now he was utterly depleted, with no strength to resist.
Tan Zhui cursed in his heart. This thing really knew how to pick its time to torment him.
He curled up on the ground, the coldness making his whole body tremble. He subconsciously wanted to grab a blanket from the bed.
But he couldn’t even stand up. He could only grit his teeth and crawl a few inches before collapsing to the ground again.
The person on the bed seemed to have heard the commotion and slowly woke up.
Tan Zhui subconsciously wanted to hide himself. His current state was too pathetic, simply unbearable to see.
But the young man still saw him at a glance. His almond-shaped eyes widened, and a look of shock appeared on his face.
Sui Chunsheng almost rolled off the bed. He quickly picked up Tan Zhui from the ground. He was at a loss and anxiously asked, “Master, what, what’s wrong with you?”
Tan Zhui was unable to answer him at all, and wouldn’t answer him either.
The young man’s body was very warm. Tan Zhui nestled closer into his embrace, his voice trembling, “Cold, cold…”
Sui Chunsheng quickly pulled a blanket from nearby, wrapping the two of them together. He rubbed his master’s shoulders with his hands, trying to warm him up.
He looked down and found that a layer of light frost had formed on his master’s cheeks, and even his eyelashes and the tips of his hair were covered with frost.
Sui Chunsheng’s eyes widened. He wanted to use his own spiritual power to soothe him, but he only possessed a divine wood spirit root. Unless he set himself on fire.
The young man was almost frantic. He tried to probe the thing within the White Deer Immortal’s body. As he delved deeper, he was incredibly astonished.
How could there be two immortal essences within Master’s body? And one of them had completely lost its divine power, only a weak light remaining. The entire thing was held and confined by a round bead.
“What is this…? Master, what is this bead? Why is it in your body…? Master, it’s hurting you. What is it…?”
Sui Chunsheng’s voice was tearful. He sent his consciousness into Tan Zhui’s body, wanting to shatter the bead.
His spiritual power stretched out from within his consciousness, turning into a sharp blade. It slowly pressed against the wall of the bead.
But the White Deer Immortal in his arms immediately shuddered, moaning in pain.
The young man was so frightened that he immediately withdrew his spiritual power. He was extremely shocked. This thing had already fused with his master. If he forcibly shattered it, it would likely harm his master.
He could only press his consciousness against the cold immortal essence, trying to ease its frost power. But he immediately felt a splitting headache, and the frost power almost froze his consciousness.
The young man hurriedly pulled back his consciousness. The moment his consciousness escaped, he spat out a mouthful of blood.
The blood emitted a trace of black energy, looking very weak. The black energy struggled for a moment and then dissipated.
Sui Chunsheng looked down. This was a part of the Xiu Luo Demon Soul in his body, which had actually been directly injured.
He held his master tightly, their skin touching.
He didn’t know how much time had passed, but the sky was already beginning to lighten.
Tan Zhui didn’t know how many times he had fainted, but the frost on his body had slowly receded.
Sui Chunsheng felt his master’s body warming up and almost burst into tears of joy.
Although he had already cried countless times during the night.
Fortunately, that thing was almost identical to the Xiu Luo Demon Soul within him. Although it would repeatedly torment, it wouldn’t endanger Master’s life.
Even so, Sui Chunsheng still said countless times that if anything happened to Master, he would immediately take his own life.
Tan Zhui was in a state between waking and sleeping, fainting and waking up again. He heard similar words several times.
Those tearful, almost pleading words.
By the time the sky outside was completely bright, it was already the time of Si.
Still not seeing Tan Zhui wake up, Sui Chunsheng couldn’t sit still any longer and quickly went out to find Yue Shanglan and the others.
Yue Shanglan had just been hungover last night, and when the young man pulled him out of bed, he was almost scared to pee his pants.
When he came to his senses, he wondered, “Little Chunsheng, why are your eyes so swollen from crying? Did your master hit you?”
The young man’s face was unusually serious, his voice hoarse, “My master is in a very bad situation right now.”
Yue Shanglan’s drunkenness immediately faded. He quickly got out of bed, “I’ll go with you to see.”
He immediately sent a message to summon Elder Zhou You of the Heavenly Medicine Sect. He hurried so much that he almost broke his neck getting the man there.
When the group arrived, the person on the bed was still pale, and had not yet woken up.
Elder Zhou You had a solemn expression as he took his pulse.
Yue Shanglan probed around and asked in a low voice, “How did your master become like this? His old illness was clearly healed.”
Sui Chunsheng immediately said, “I sensed a bead inside his body. That bead is hurting him.”
Yue Shanglan was puzzled. His consciousness couldn’t enter Tan Zhui’s body, but when he tried to probe with his spiritual power, he indeed vaguely felt an extremely cold demon core.
“Hundred Turns Thousand Return Pill!” He was greatly alarmed.
Sui Chunsheng hurriedly asked, “What is that?”
Yue Shanglan’s face turned pale with fright, “This is the treasure of the Heavenly Medicine Sect. Although it is rare, it cannot cure diseases. Why would it be in A-Zhui’s body…?”
Suddenly, he seemed to have realized something, and his face was filled with sudden understanding. He nearly fell to the ground.
“Zhou You, how could you!”
Elder Zhou You finished applying the needles and sighed softly, “Of course I wouldn’t dare. This was decided by the Divine Lord himself. This old one has no choice!”
Sui Chunsheng was extremely anxious, “What did the Immortal realize? Please explain clearly.”
Yue Shanglan hesitated for a moment, then opened his mouth, “Your master, he did this for you…”
Sui Chunsheng was stunned, almost bursting into tears, “What do you mean by that, Immortal? Please explain it more clearly.”
Yue Shanglan struggled for a moment, then finally spoke, “This Hundred Turns Thousand Return Pill is not very useful, but it can restrain the Xiu Luo.”
“Has your master ever told you that ten thousand years ago, he fought with the Xiu Luo Lord, and was struck by a palm, resulting in his eye injury not healing and becoming a chronic illness.”
Sui Chunsheng: “Master has mentioned it.”
Yue Shanglan: “He definitely didn’t tell you that the Xiu Luo Lord’s palm injected an essence into his body, which is why his old injury didn’t heal and became chronic.”
“This essence just so happens to nourish the Xiu Luo Demon Soul within your body. That’s why when you and A-Zhui… afterwards the Xiu Luo Demon Soul would immediately erupt.”
Yue Shanglan’s expression wasn’t good. He poured himself a cup of tea, drank it in one gulp, and continued, “This Hundred Turns Thousand Return Pill should be meant to imprison that essence, thus cutting off the nutrients to the Xiu Luo Demon Soul in your body and saving your life.”
Elder Zhou You said, “Originally, even with the Hundred Turns Thousand Return Pill, there was no solution. But it just so happened that the essence and the Divine Lord’s immortal essence merged into one, thus providing this method.”
Yue Shanglan suddenly said, “That’s not right. If that were the case, the essence would have merged with him long ago. If the Hundred Turns Thousand Return Pill is used to suppress it, it would naturally cut off his divine power, turning him into a mortal!”
Sui Chunsheng felt weak all over, and his voice was choked with sobs.
“There are two immortal essences in Master’s body.”
Yue Shanglan was stunned for a moment, then suddenly understood.
“That’s right, who is your master? An ancient divine lord. It would be no problem for him to reshape an immortal essence…”
Elder Zhou You also sighed, “I’ve already applied the needles to him, and temporarily stabilized him.”
“This is the first time the Hundred Turns Thousand Return Pill has taken effect. It’s a bit fierce, but it won’t be like this after. Don’t worry, don’t worry.”
Yue Shanglan immediately retorted, “Shut up, how can you expect us not to worry?”
Zhou You wasn’t annoyed by the scolding, he just said, “Keep your voice down, don’t disturb the Divine Lord. He needs a good rest.”
“It’s strange, when I checked the Divine Lord’s body just now, although the previous immortal essence was sealed, the divine power of the other immortal essence was also not to be underestimated, it should have enough spiritual power to soothe the frost power.”
Sui Chunsheng muffled, “When my demon soul acted up earlier, Master spent a lot of spiritual power on my behalf.”
Zhou You nodded, then was puzzled, “How could the Little Immortal’s Xiu Luo Demon Soul act up again? It shouldn’t be like this.”
Yue Shanglan couldn’t bear to watch, wishing he could kick the old man in the butt.
“It must be because you didn’t master your skills! Wasn’t it said that it wouldn’t act up again? Now, things have gone wrong and lost both the wife and the army!”
Zhou You said seriously, “That’s impossible. There must be a problem.”
“Little Immortal, did you have a previous attack?”
“Did you feel anything unusual?”
Sui Chunsheng pondered for a moment, “There was indeed.”
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