Chapter 708: The Peril of the Lunar Eclipse IV (1/2)

Chapter 708: The Peril of the Lunar Eclipse (IV)

Translated by: Hypersheep325

Edited by: Michyrr

”Don't panic. I have no relationship with Elder Wu, so why would I harm him? Moreover… given Elder Wu's current condition, would I even need to harm him?”

Wang Chong put his hands behind his back and swiftly retreated, a smile on his lips.

Before the other elders present could say anything, a Wushang Protector angrily roared, ”Our Wushang Village doesn't need your interference. Speak! What medicine did you make the elder eat?” His hands clenched into fists and his body trembled, a clear sign that he was at his breaking point.

Although the village had already ordered that this youth was a marquis of the court and could not be recklessly attacked, these repeated incidents were truly too much.

”If anything happens to the elder, don't blame us for getting rough!” the other Protector growled.

”Relax; nothing will happen,” Wang Chong indifferently replied, his face calm and relaxed, unperturbed even in the face of these enraged Wushang Protectors. However, those shaking fingers at his back, where no one else could see, revealed his true state of mind.

There was clearly something strange. Wang Chong clearly remembered that Wu Jiumei had only been injured in this incident, but right now, Wu Jiumei's feeble breathing and the black blood leaking out of his lips and the corners of his eyes portended something far worse.

This definitely not something as simple as a heavy injury. A poor treatment would lead to death.

I hope that the pill works as normal! Wang Chong anxiously thought.

He could sense that the Wushang Village incident in this life was a little different from the one in his last life. While Wu Jiumei came away from that incident with severe injuries, he now seemed about to die in it.

With things having changed, he could no longer be so certain about many things.

”Ahhhhh!”

Just when he was beginning to get concerned, an elderly voice suddenly gave out a long sigh. This voice caused everyone to shudder and turn to the bed.

On the bed, Wu Jiumei's eyes, which had been showing their whites, had suddenly rolled back, revealing those slightly turbid yet pitch-black pupils.

And with this long sigh, the blackish hue on his skin slowly began to retreat, first from his face, then his neck, his arms, and then down through the rest of his body to his legs. A rosy hue began to emerge on his body.

Not only that, Wu Jiumei's eyes were moving, quickly falling on the Wushang Protectors and elders at his bed.

”Chongli! Yunwen!”

Wu Jiumei called out the names of two elders. Although his voice was a little weak, he could still be heard loud and clear.

”Elder!”

In the room, those villagers who had been attending upon him, ferrying around water and towels, were ecstatic and immediately rushed over.

”Wonderful, Elder is awake! Elder is awake!”

And this wasn't all. Shortly after, Wu Jiumei rubbed his head and, under everyone else's flabbergasted gazes, slowly sat up on the bed.

”!!!”

Shock!

Endless shock!

As they watched Wu Jiumei sit on the bed like nothing had ever happened to him, all the villagers turned to Wang Chong, the astonishment in their eyes difficult to describe. Those Protectors who had viewed Wang Chong with so much hostility had particularly complicated expressions.

”Impossible! No medicine can be this formidable!”

The elder that Wu Jiumei had called 'Yunwen' quickly stepped forward and gripped one of Wu Jiumei's arms. Wu Jiumei's pulse was stable and was gradually improving, his heart beating faster and more steadily.

This was not merely a complete recovery, as the pulse was growing even steadier than it normally was.

Instantly, Elder Yunwen turned to Wang Chong standing by the door, his expression one of shock, astonishment, and an indescribable excitement.

Wang Chong merely smiled.

Elder He Yunwen quickly turned back his head and tightly grasped Wu Jiumei's hand, his voice fraught with worry as he asked, ”Brother Jiu, how do you feel? How do your neck and shoulder, right leg, back, and organs feel? Do they hurt?”

”Very good. It doesn't hurt. What's wrong…”

Wu Jiumei slowly moved his body as he replied confusedly to the questions. Though he did not know why He Yunwen was asking these questions at the start, as he inadvertently gave his answer, he immediately noticed something. His entire body froze, his face flabbergasted.

For a moment, the room was deathly still, everyone looking in a single direction in extreme excitement.

”Impossible! We people of Wushang Village might be powerful, but starting from the age of three, everyone begins to suffer from a faint ache. At the end of every month or when the stars dim, when Yin energy is at its strongest, our entire body will begin to convulse. Many people even die before the age of fifty. A sorcerer that the village invited said that it was a problem of fengshui.