Chapter 595 – I Will Fight This Battle for Him (II) (1/2)
Chapter 595 - I Will Fight This Battle for Him (II)
Translated by: Hypersheep325
Edited by: Michyrr
Sword intent crisscrossed, sword glows flowed like water. This was the hall in which the people of the Orthodoxy resided, but now it was under the control of Holy Maiden Peak.
Several hundred people stood outside, the Orthodoxy's people standing at the very front. Upon hearing this female disciple from South Stream Temple's declaration, their faces put on nasty expressions. They asked, ”Just what does the Holy Maiden want to do?”
This was the question that everyone wanted answered.
The crowd had still not completely awoken from their shock. In the first place, why had Chen Changsheng suddenly fallen unconscious? Could it be that he had failed in breaking through and the star radiance had flowed in reverse? But at the time, everyone had clearly seen that he had succeeded in condensing his own Star Domain. In the past records, there really had been no other cultivator who had experienced this sort of problem.
The second point was the appearance of Holy Maiden Xu Yourong. Just when everyone else was too late to respond and could only look on in shock as the Heavenly Dao Sword descended, she surpassed the expectations of all by appearing on the platform and not hesitating to suffer a heavy wound to block that strike for Chen Changsheng. How had she been able to anticipate this strike? Why had she been willing to block it for Chen Changsheng?
The story of the engagement had circulated throughout the continent for quite some time. Everyone knew of the grievances and resentments that existed between the Divine General of the East's estate and Chen Changsheng, everyone knew that she and Chen Changsheng were enemies, even regarding them as predestined rivals. Yet she had embraced Chen Changsheng to her chest and gazed at him as if nothing else in the world existed, revealing feelings of helplessness and fragility. Who dared to continue believing in those rumors?
Zhexiu was not thinking of these questions, he was only thinking about Chen Changsheng's current situation. To be pushed back by the sword array laid down by the disciples of South Stream Temple was a matter he could not accept. The only reason he did not continue to charge forward was that Tang Thirty-Six stood in his way.
There were very few people in the world that knew of Xu Yourong and Chen Changsheng's relationship, and Tang Thirty-Six was one of them.
Now, the Elder of Heavenly Secrets also knew, or perhaps he had merely confirmed his speculations, because he was now within this building, gazing at Xu Yourong.
Xu Yourong sat by the couch, no longer as panicked and helpless as she was before, already back to her customary calm.
But her beautiful appearance was still written over with worry and concern, her usual bright beauty greatly dimmed.
Her hand softly held Chen Changsheng's hand.
Seeing this sight, the Elder of Heavenly Secrets mentally sighed.
Chen Changsheng was still not awake.
Xu Yourong gazed at the Elder of Heavenly Secrets. She did not speak, but her question was clear.
The Elder of Heavenly Secrets shook his head, saying, ”His meridians are already severed. No medicine or stone can recover that.”
Chen Changsheng was the successor to the Pope, the future of the Orthodoxy. No matter what sort of relationship the Elder of Heavenly Secrets had with the Pope, he could not stand by and see something happen to Chen Changsheng on Mount Han. The countless precious medicines accrued by The Pavilion of Heavenly Secrets had long been delivered within, and a pile of crystals was stacked next to his body, but none of it had any effect on his wounds.
Anyone hearing this would probably feel despair, but Xu Yourong's expression remained calm. She asked, ”How many places were severed?”
The human body contained seventy-two meridians and three hundred and sixty-five Qi openings.
As the Holy Maiden who had been cultivating since she was a child, she knew more than anyone else the position and directions of these meridians and Qi openings, and also clearly understood the serious consequences of these meridians being severed.
She was very concerned about Chen Changsheng's situation, but she had to clarify the situation even more clearly so that future treatment could be more focused.
After a very long silence, the Elder of Heavenly Secrets said, ”All of them.”
”All of them?” Xu Yourong repeated.
Her delicate, thin, and supple brows arched upwards, seeming like swords.
Her eyes as bright as limpid autumn waters narrowed, also like swords.
She did not trust in the words of the Elder of Heavenly Secrets. Even if Chen Changsheng failed in breaking through and the star radiance flowed backwards, based on the records and medical cases of the past with similar situations, no matter how severe the backlash suffered by the cultivator, it was impossible for all the meridians to be severed in such a short time.
The Elder of Heavenly Secrets explained, ”His meridians have always had problems. I faintly knew of it in the past, but I did not expect for the problem to be so severe.”
Xu Yourong gazed to Chen Changsheng on the couch, gazed at his closely shut eyes, his pale cheeks. She asked, ”Just what sort of problem is there with his meridians?”
The Elder of Heavenly Secrets replied, ”His innate sun wheel was destroyed in the womb, blocking and rupturing his meridians. Simultaneously, the walls of his meridians were also made much weaker than a normal person's.”
Xu Yourong fell silent for a very long time at these words, the gaze she aimed at Chen Changsheng now tinged with pity.
”Why would a problem occur at this time?”
”I also did not expect for his problem to break out at this point. It now seems to me that when he broke through and the star radiance poured in, it directly broke the walls of his meridians.”
”This problem…why had he never attempted to resolve it before?”
”This is an illness, and there is no cure.”
”There is no such thing as an illness without a cure,” Xu Yourong calmly replied as she gazed at the unconscious Chen Changsheng.
The Elder of Heavenly Secrets looked at her with a hint of pity, saying, ”This is an illness he has had since he was in the womb—this is his fate.”
The world had no illness that could not be cured?
It did—it was fate.
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The stone seal appeared intermittently in the wind and snow.
The Demon Lord stood at the highest point of Xuelao City, looking over the country that he led. His expression was extremely indifferent, the broken mountains and rivers on his face already faded.
In the snowstorm, a thin and small figure slowly approached and then knelt before him.
”Rise,” the Demon Lord emotionlessly said.
She stood up, her expression even more indifferent than the Demon Lord's, her voice even colder. ”Imperial Father, I want to go to the capital.”
As she said these words, she thought of those encounters in the Garden of Zhou, those words Chen Changsheng had said to her, and she subconsciously creased her brow.
In this way, the wide distance between her two eyes seemed to slightly shrink.
”Denied,” the Demon Lord impassively declared as he gazed at his daughter.
Nanke's expression did not change. ”Chen Changsheng will return to the capital.”
The Demon Lord listened in silence.
Just a moment ago, the persimmon on that persimmon tree he had brought back from the stream in Mount Han had ripened, fallen to the white jade steps, and smashed into a pool of fruity pulp. It had looked just like a crushed head.
Only because he had sensed this did he come into the snowstorm to view his country, to ponder matters related to longevity (Changsheng).
His longevity as well as that human called Changsheng.
”I'm very curious to see just who will eat that fruit in the end.”
The Demon Lord continued, ”No person can resist that allure, just like your elder brother.”