bookandnovel Chapter 29 Chen Cheng's Illness
Chapter 29 Chen Cheng's Illness
In response to Chen Hao's request.
Chi Le neither refused immediately nor agreed immediately.
He did not agree, not because Chen Hao had repeatedly asked for his lamp oil and used it to exchange for herbs to save Chen Cheng.
Rather, he lacked the confidence to resolve Chen Cheng's problems.
All told, Chi Le had only been in this bizarre world for a week.
He had very little access to information about the bizarre world, and the knowledge he possessed was simply insufficient to help him solve Chen Cheng's problems.
However, Chi Le did not refuse immediately because of Chen Cheng's appearance, and Qingshan Temple ushered in a long-awaited change.
[Note: This individual is currently under protection.]
[Note: This individual's ability awakening is about to fail. Upon failure, the individual will release the eerie mist within their body in one go, resulting in a significant reduction in the durability of the following buildings: Main Hall and Mountain Gate.]
[Note: After this individual's death, Qingshan Temple can no longer provide shelter for that individual.]
Well, Qingshan Temple is indeed a genuine Taoist temple.
The person is already dead, what need is there for protection?
You even specifically displayed a notification message.
Chi Le silently complained.
Although the last notification message from Qingshan Temple was not very useful.
However, the first two pieces of information do contain a lot of useful information.
"Ability awakening failed?"
Chi Le lightly tapped the wooden chair armrest with his index finger.
Chen Cheng lay in the main hall, her eyebrows, sideburns, and some of her hair tips covered with fine frost.
"Is her current strange state due to the awakening of her abilities?"
"But if the inability to awaken one's abilities leads to imminent death, there's nothing I can do about it."
"After all, I failed in my attempt to awaken my extraordinary abilities by consuming the Awakening Mist. So, failing to awaken an ability can actually lead to death?"
"But I tried at least eight or ten times that day... I'm so lucky to be alive."
Chi Le sighed.
In a sense, Chi Le and Chen Cheng are the same kind of people.
They are all people who failed to awaken their extraordinary abilities.
However, the consequences of Chi Le's failure were far less severe than those of Chen Cheng's.
Seeing that Chi Le did not respond to his request for a long time.
Chen Hao's heart pounded as he watched Chen Cheng, whose expression grew increasingly pained and whose thick quilt was beginning to frost over.
Each twitch brought him excruciating pain.
Chen Hao took out a well-sealed earthenware jar from the cloth bag on his chest.
He opened the seal and found the brown liquid that Lai Pi Zhang had given him.
Lai Pi Zhang confessed.
This medicine should not be given to Chen Cheng under normal circumstances.
But what if special circumstances arise?
For example, when Chen Cheng's condition worsened rapidly, he became confused, or even fell into a coma.
Only then can Chen Cheng take it.
This will alleviate her symptoms; she can find him at the east end of the village when the time comes.
"Unless absolutely necessary, remember not to use this medicine."
Chen Hao hesitated as he gripped the medicine jar, remembering the serious expression on Lai Pi Zhang's face when he said those words.
"Even the abbot said Chen Cheng is going to die. Isn't this a last resort?"
Thinking of this, Chen Hao didn't stop, he pried open Chen Cheng's lips and was about to pour the medicine into her mouth.
"etc."
Chi Le spoke up, trying to stop Chen Hao's actions, and reached out her hand.
"what?"
Chen Hao was taken aback, but he obediently reached out and handed the opened medicine jar to Chi Le.
Upon receiving the medicine pot, Chi Le felt the aura even more clearly.
The scent was both familiar and unsettling.
It was cold and damp.
Despite the discomfort, Chi Le leaned closer to the jar and carefully examined the liquid inside.
A chilling aura continuously emanated from the mouth of the jar, gushing outwards like an invisible fountain.
Chi Le tried to put the entire medicine jar into his inventory.
A message pops up on the panel.
[Item Obtained: A Jar of Concentrated Mysterious Mist]
[Item Description: A mysterious mist condensed into liquid form through special means, possessing some characteristics of a mysterious core, capable of replenishing the mysterious mist consumed by the user.]
Chi Le watched He Xiaoxiao's awakening of her extraordinary abilities very carefully last time.
After all, he was thinking that once Zhang Guanghai and his group returned to the real world, he would replicate them in the same way and give himself supernatural abilities as well.
Otherwise, in this treacherous world, with only the Green Mountain Temple and his own low strength, Chi Le would find it difficult to feel completely at ease.
Who would have thought that the way He Xiaoxiao gained extraordinary abilities had absolutely no effect on her?
However, even if he hadn't succeeded, he kept in mind all the changes that had occurred during He Xiaoxiao's success.
Chi Le clearly understands the most fundamental difference between ordinary people and those with extraordinary abilities.
The key lies in whether one can successfully absorb and incorporate the eerie mists of this strange world for one's own use.
And this is the symbol that marks He Xiaoxiao's leap from an ordinary person to an extraordinary one.
With the help of the awakened mist, she successfully contained the first wisp of eerie mist within her body.
In other words, ordinary people cannot absorb or contain the eerie mist without the help of external forces.
Now, Chen Cheng's situation is quite clear.
As an ordinary person without any external help, he contained enough eerie mist within his body to kill more than a dozen ordinary people.
It was already a miracle that he didn't explode and die the moment he absorbed the first wisp of eerie mist.
"How long has she been taking this medication?"
Chi Le asked.
Eight days.
Chen Hao answered quickly and confidently.
Chi Le frowned.
For eight days, if Chen Hao continued to feed Chen Cheng this concentrated, eerie mist...
It is conceivable that the amount of strange mist within Chen Cheng's body has reached an astonishing level.
If she dies inside the Green Mountain Temple, the evil mist within her body will explode without restraint.
It's likely that the durability of Qingshan Temple's main hall and mountain gate could be reduced to 2 points, or even 1 point!
This is practically a walking, talking fog bomb!
"snort……"
Chen Cheng let out a soft groan, seemingly feeling even more uncomfortable, her body curling up instead of lying flat.
The thick blanket shrunk into a ball as she moved.
Due to Chen Cheng's actions, the frost that had been frozen on the quilt cracked and fell off.
However, after the frost cracks and falls off, new, thicker frost instantly condenses.
Seeing that Chen Cheng's condition was becoming increasingly critical, Chen Hao asked a question.
"Master, what should we do with Chen Cheng now?"
After playing with the medicine jar in his hand for a while, Chi Le tossed it to his left hand and flipped his right palm, revealing a tangible, ever-changing dark gray mist in his palm.
"Two choices."
"First, continue taking your medication."
Second, use this item.
"But whether she can pull through depends on fate."
Now that things have come to this, Chen Hao can see a lot from the abbot's act of stopping him from feeding Chen Cheng the medicine in the medicine pot.
He could easily understand the reason for Chen Cheng's current predicament.
It clearly originated from myself!
"Xiao Cheng..."
Chen Hao reached out his finger and gently wiped away the frost from Chen Cheng's eyebrows and eyes.
As if making a firm decision, Chen Hao said resolutely.
"Master, use what you have!"
After saying that, Chen Hao seemed to have exhausted all his strength, his knees buckled, and he almost collapsed to the ground.
He didn't know if this choice would lead to Chen Cheng's death.
He had already realized that if Chen Cheng were to die, then after burying Chen Cheng next to his parents' graves...
He committed suicide in front of his parents' and Chen Cheng's new graves.
Chen Hao's thoughts drifted far away.
But what Chi Le said next shattered his romantic fantasy.
It felt like my heart had been gripped tightly, and then I was abruptly pulled back to reality.
He completely lost all his strength and collapsed to the ground.
"The matter of lamp oil has not yet been settled."