The Huomai Pill is considered a relatively precious pill in the cultivation world. Zheng Chen felt that using it on himself was a bit too wasteful, so he did not take it. After all, even without the help of the pill, his injury would only recover in half a month.
Already.
After Yun'er left, half a month passed quietly.
One night in the cold winter, master Ge Shan, whom he had not seen for several days, suddenly came to Zheng Chen's house.
Zheng Chen was meditating on the bed. After hearing the noise, he opened his eyes and saw that the old master was coughing up blood and his breath was extremely disordered. He had obviously suffered a very serious injury.
Zheng Chen was suddenly startled. He quickly jumped off the bed, helped his master up, and asked again and again: "Master, what's wrong with you? How could you be so seriously injured?"
Geshan's injuries were too serious and he was unable to reply. He just waved his hands repeatedly to signal Zheng Chen to calm down.
How could Zheng Chen calm down? In his panic, he actually poured his skills into his master's body. However, because his strength was too low, it could not have any effect at all, let alone suppress the injuries in his master's body.
Soon, Zheng Chen remembered the Huomai Pill, quickly poured out one pill and gave it to the master to drink.
After nearly an hour of recuperation, Master Ge Shan's complexion improved a little, and his eyes were slightly opened, but his breath was still weak, as if he might pass away at any time. He looked like he was dying, which made Zheng Chen heartache.
"Master, what's wrong with you?" Zheng Chen, who had always had a strong expression on his face, now looked very upset.
"Haha, I went to the forest to collect medicinal materials for refining the Spirit Gathering Pill, and unexpectedly I encountered a golden elixir stage monster." The old Geshan said with a reluctant smile.
Hearing this, Zheng Chen felt even more painful in his heart. He knew that the master collected the medicinal materials for refining the Soul Gathering Pill to use it for his next attack on the Soul Gathering Stage. He knew that he had basically no hope of advancing to the Spirit Gathering Stage.
, the master is still working so hard, Zheng Chen's heart is filled with deep guilt and self-blame. If he could advance to the spirit gathering stage, how could the master suffer so much.
Looking at Zheng Chen with tears in his eyes, Ge Shan also felt miserable. After his energy and blood stabilized a little, he said: "Chen'er, master's time is short, and he is already dying. This little pain is nothing. These medicinal materials, you
Put it away and go to the peak master to refine the spirit-gathering pill for you in the future. I have already told him, and I think he will not break his promise."
As he spoke, Ge Shan took out a few medicinal materials with an earthy smell and motioned to Zheng Chen to accept them.
Looking at the dying master, Zheng Chen naturally did not dare to say anything and obediently collected all the medicinal materials.
Although Geshan took the third-grade elixir Huomai Dan, he was seriously injured. The elixir fire of the golden elixir stage monster still remained in his body, devouring his vitality. I'm afraid it would be difficult for him to survive the night.
In Geshan's case, not to mention third-grade elixirs, even sixth- and seventh-grade elixirs cannot cure him. After all, he is already in a state of exhaustion. Even if he is not injured, his life span will be over.
It would be difficult for him to survive for another five years.
"Chen'er, if the master leaves, you will have no one to take care of you in the door. In the past two years, you have to be stronger. In the past, when the master was here, others would have ridiculed you. If the master leaves, they will definitely be even more...
If I bully you even more, you should be calmer and don't show off when things happen. When your parents were here, they offended many people from both inside and outside the family, and I think they will settle those old scores on you in the future." Geshan said with an air of anger.
warned.
Zheng Chen did not interrupt, but nodded silently, indicating that he had taken note of it.
"Chen'er, I know you really want to know about your parents, but I promised your mother that if you can successfully cultivate to the golden elixir stage, I can tell you about that past. Now it seems that I still won't tell you.
.You have to remember that even if you are lucky enough to advance to the golden elixir stage or reach a higher level of cultivation in the future, before you reach the immortal level, you must not ask too much about what happened to your parents back then." Geshan seemed to
He explained with some concern.
"Why?" Zheng Chen asked with great confusion.
"Don't ask why. If you have the chance to become a strong man in the future, you will naturally know. By the way, is the jade pendant your mother left for you still there?" Geshan flatly refused to answer at first, and then asked.
Zheng Chen nodded, reached out and pulled out a red rope around his neck, with a light green jade plaque attached to it.
The jade plaque is one inch high and two fingers wide. Although it is always on Zheng Chen's chest, it does not carry any of his body temperature. Instead, it feels slightly cold.
"Your mother told me at the beginning that pouring spiritual power into this jade tablet might awaken a ray of residual soul sealed in it, which would be of some help to you. When you were young, I tried several times before, but nothing happened.
I can't make this jade plaque move at all, so I'll try again for you today."
As Geshan said that, he took the jade tablet from Zheng Chen's hand, closed his eyes, and all the energy in his body began to rush into the jade tablet crazily. Although Geshan was almost at the end of his life, he still retained the late-stage spirit gathering ability.
With his crazy pouring out his own skills, he indeed had considerable power, at least at this moment he pushed Zheng Chen into the corner.
As his skill continued to pass by, Geshan's body couldn't help but tremble, and the jade tablet seemed to be filled with aura.
Although Zheng Chen knew very well in his heart that if his master continued like this, his death would be accelerated due to excessive loss of skill, but he could not get close to him, let alone stop him. He could only call his master softly with tears in his eyes.
Soon, half a cup of tea had passed, and the jade tablet actually made some movement. It flew out of Geshan's hand and hung in the air in the room, shaking constantly.
Along with the shaking of the jade tablet, Geshan's skill surged out of his body more rapidly, even his weak life essence was involved, while Geshan's body weakened rapidly, like withered grass.
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After a cup of tea, the jade tablet let out a soft groan, stopped absorbing power, and wisps of fiery red mist overflowed from the jade tablet. At this time, Geshan's body weakened and he fell directly to the ground.
Zheng Chen approached and found that his master Ge Shan had expired.
"Master, master..."
Tears immediately broke through the shackles of his eyes and fell, and the boy's slightly hoarse cry sounded in the room.
In order to refine the Spirit Gathering Pill for himself, the master risked his life to collect medicinal materials. In order to awaken the remnant soul in the jade tablet that was said to be helpful to him, the master died directly. This feeling and kindness weighed on Zheng Chen's heart like thousands of mountains.
Even if time is short, it would never be possible for someone else to sacrifice his life just to buy a chance for others. Ants are greedy for life, let alone others?
While Zheng Chen was holding his master's body and crying, the fiery red mist leaking from the jade tablet gradually gathered and slowly turned into a human-shaped shadow.
"Unexpectedly, I, Duanmu Jun, am not dead... Although it is just a ray of remnant soul, I am not completely destroyed physically and mentally. If I can find a good skin and supplement it with various rare treasures, I wonder if I can..."
The human figure was in a trance for a while, and then began to murmur to itself as if no one was watching. Zheng Chen, who was sad at this time, naturally didn't hear a word.
"Little baby, was it you who woke me up?" The shadow who called himself Duanmu Jun looked a bit old. He walked directly to Zheng Chen and asked Zheng Chen who was crying.
Zheng Chen heard the sound and turned around. Seeing Duanmu Jun's state, he immediately exclaimed, "Ah! Who are you?"
Duanmu Jun frowned, but he also saw Ge Shan's body. After a few glances, he understood a little bit and said to Zheng Chen: "Little baby, it's difficult to wake me up with your strength. I think this junior did not hesitate to use all his skills to wake me up."
The seal was slightly loosened. Of course, the seal seemed to have some flaws deliberately, otherwise even he would not be able to wake me up. Little baby, don’t cry. People can’t resurrect after death. This is all destined. Since I
The remnant soul of the jade tablet is preserved in this jade tablet. The person who wants to refine this jade tablet does not want me to be completely extinct. It should be my old friend. This jade tablet is left by your ancestors? What is your last name, little baby?"
Zheng Chen was startled by Duanmujun's ghost-like presence. Seeing Duanmujun's amiable tone, he felt a little less fearful in his heart, but then he thought of the master who had just died and ignored Duanmujun.
, and fell on the body of the master and cried bitterly.
"Little baby, I am just a ray of remnant soul. I can't leave the soul-containing jade for too long. If you continue to cry, your master will die unworthy." Duanmujun naturally heard Zheng Chen calling his master while crying.
I understand a little bit, so I said this.
"Old senior, can you save my master?" Zheng Chen turned around and asked with tears in his eyes.
"Uh... I can't do this." Duanmu Jun didn't expect the young man to ask such a question. He couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, then spread his hands and replied helplessly.
Zheng Chen felt disappointed for a moment, then turned away and wiped the tears from his face.
Duanmu Jun smiled bitterly and shook his head. He could naturally understand Zheng Chen's state of mind at this time, but he kept looking at Zheng Chen, and his powerful spiritual thoughts scanned Zheng Chen's body in an instant.
"Huh? It turns out to be a body that goes against the pulse!"
A moment later, Duanmu Jun's originally calm and calm expression suddenly changed, full of incredulity.
As if he thought he had seen it wrong, Duanmu Jun looked at it carefully, and then laughed and said: "Not only is it a body that goes against the veins, but it is actually fire along the veins, and wood against the veins. Such excellent quality is really