107 Some Families Celebrate, Some Worry (1/2)
”Yes.” Li You Ran replied. He gently placed the Jade Sea Coral in front of Li Shang and then reached out with one hand to firmly press down on one side of the coral. He then closed his eyes before deeply exhaling a breath; a golden aura burst forth from his body, evidence that he was circulating his Xuan arts at full strength!
A ringing sound came from the Jade Sea Coral; what was once sparkling and translucent as jade was now radiating a faint and subtle light. An almost imperceptible blue Qi slowly rose up from its surface, and the entire body of the Jade Sea Coral transformed into a strange blue color.
The time has come.
A glint of desire flashed across Li Shang's eyes, but his state of mind quickly became calm. He slowly extended his dry and thin right hand and lightly placed it on the other side of the Jade Sea Coral. The moment his palm made contact with the coral, the fine strands of Qi aroused by Li You Ran avidly rushed up Li Shang's arm at a speed that can be seen by the naked eye and into his body.
As the blue Qi entered his body, a heartfelt happy expression flashed across Grand Preceptor Li Shang's formerly stoic face. He distinctly felt a soothing sensation in his meridians as more and more blue Qi rushed in; Li Shang's body responded by becoming more and more relaxed, almost as if his spirit was shaking in joy…
His dantian that had been severely injured all those years ago by one of Jun Zhan Tian's explosive punches and he had lost the ability to feel in that region ever since. But currently, he could feel a slight sense of pain before the mild and gentle blue Qi soothes it.
His dantian and meridians that have been damaged for so many years were finally recovering…
Both men had their eyes closed, but they could clearly sense a genuine joy excluding out. Both men did not realize that during their moment of intense excitement and happiness, the Jade Sea Coral had abruptly changed into a pure white color.
The blue Qi had originally enveloped the frenzied white Spiritual Qi such that the white Qi was unable to rush out. But in the wake of Li You Ran's prompting and Li Shang absorbing, the density of the blue Qi became more and more sparse as the white Qi became more and more concentrated. Under this condition, the strength of the guest gradually overwhelmed that of the host…
There is only one last step for the dantian to recover fully!
This decades-old infirmity that had bothered Grand Preceptor Li for half his life will recover very soon. How can he not be emotional? And not wild with joy? Even if Grand Preceptor Li was accustomed to strong winds and big waves, he still felt his heart stir at this moment…
Li Shang felt a sense of exultation in his heart as he uttered quaveringly. ”You Ran, my dantian should recover at any moment.”
Li You Ran ecstatically exclaimed. ”Grandfather, from now on, the shackle that Jun Zhan Tian had placed on your body can be eliminated! Our Li Family will be able to move unhindered! Haha…”
Both grandfather and grandson simultaneously broke out into a sincere smile filled with hope and dreams for the future…
Suddenly!
In the midst of their joy, an unexpected change occurred—
During the most critical moment of recovery inside Grand Preceptor Li's dantian, the entirely incompatible Spiritual Qi Jun Mo Xie previously injected suddenly broke free of the blue Qi's constraints like an evil dragon that struggled free of its chains. Lightning burst out from the past spiritual qi with irresistible force and followed the direction of the blue Qi.
A wisp of exceptionally frantic and violent Qi streamed like a loose demon and entered Li Shang recently restored meridians, bashing sideways and colliding straight on, before squeezing like a hot knife through butter into his dantian that was on the verge of a complete recovery!
Caught off guard, Li Shang only managed to feel an explosive rumble in his dantian as his complexion instantly became deathly pale. The nearly recovered dantian suddenly collapsed and broke apart like shattered porcelain. The cracks were crisscrossed like tree roots and spread in all directions through his meridians…
Li Shang violently sprayed out a mouthful of blood; having already lost consciousness sometime earlier, his limp body fell backwards.
”Grandfather!” Li You Ran cried out, confused and distraught.
At the same time that Li Shang collapsed, the Jade Sea Coral exploded into pieces without any warning under the intense reaction between the two types of Spiritual Qi. Li You Ran had been extremely worried and had stretched himself over the Jade Sea Coral to examine his grandfather. The fragments directly exploded across his whole face; a single miserable scream, a single bloody head, and a single bloody face…
”What had happened? Why? Why did this happen?Who can tell me what is going on?!”
Ah, Li You Ran couldn't keep his usual poise as he howled up at the sky. At this moment, the typically peaceful and always steady Li You Ran had a face contorted with panic, helplessness, anxiety, hideousness, and blood — looking very much like a monster!
”Jade Sea Coral! The Jade Seal Coral was obviously working fine so why did it explode?! Master had promised! He had promised!” Li You Ran, completely disregarding the grievous injuries to his face, tearing his hair as if he had turned completely insane!
To be honest, even Jun Mo Xie himself did not know that such an accident would occur. He did not expect that the stream of Qi he had poured on a whim would achieve… such an excellent result! His original intention was only to sabotage the Jade Sea Coral and make it unusable since he could not stand Li Zhen's face and nothing more.
Jun Mo Xie certainly didn't anticipate that the mixture of his Spiritual Energy and the pure energy of this word would trigger a formidable explosive reaction not inferior to a land mine! This explosion had utterly cut off Grand Preceptor Li's hope to restore his Xuan Qi. Even if a deity descended upon this world, he might not be able to restore Li Shang's dantian! Not only that, the damage to Li Shang's already feeble body was like adding oil to fire such that he's was almost at death's door!