Chapter 54

Just when Wang Ludian was looking for someone to investigate the news about Xiao Mo and Chu Jinglan, the two of them had already contacted Liu Shao. Liu Shao did not let them go to Lin'an Academy, but gave them a route and asked them to wait in a pharmacy.

On the way to the pharmacy, Xiao Mo stepped on the soft grass, and the hem of his clothes was soaked with the moisture from the mountains and fields: "Jinxiu Pavilion should go to check our news."

Chu Jinglan pushed aside the branches that were blocking the road, and waited until Xiao Mo had passed before putting down his hand, and then he stepped half a step behind Xiao Mo: "Yeah."

"They will soon find out that you don't have a brother named Xiao Mo." Xiao Mo turned around and looked at him from the front. Without stopping, he walked backwards leisurely with his back to the direction they were heading. He was not afraid of falling. "I'm afraid the identity of blood brother is no longer useful."

"Come to think of it, even Yanchun and his three kids thought we were brothers," Xiao Mo said, "We are so bad."

He walked backwards, without using his eyes to see the road, but his consciousness was open and he could fully sense the terrain. However, Chu Jinglan still subconsciously reminded him: "There are stones."

Xiao Mo responded by taking small steps and lightly jumping over the stones blocking the road.

He was like a spirit creature between heaven and earth, light, agile, and free, but he was bound by the greatest constraints since he was born, tied to Chu Jinglan.

"Then let's not be brothers." Chu Jinglan said.

"Friend, confidant?" Xiao Mo asked.

To them, their identities are just for outsiders to see; no matter what their identities are, they are destined to be tied together and inseparable.

Chu Jinglan's gaze fell on Xiao Mo's forehead. Xiao Mo had hidden the red lotus magic pattern, but in Chu Jinglan's eyes, there was now a flower on his forehead that could not be hidden. It was the Taoist couple seal that Chu Jinglan had drawn on him personally.

Chu Jinglan didn't understand love, nor did he think he would have a Taoist partner in this life, but by some strange coincidence, he was actually branded with a Taoist partner first.

You should know that the Dao Couple Seal is a more solid contract than a simple marriage certificate. With the Dao Couple Seal, in the eyes of outsiders, you are definitely a family man.

The inner demon and the true body formed a seal together. They were probably the only ones in history, and no one would believe it if they told others about it.

Chu Jinglan: "All good."

Xiao Mo made the final choice: "Then we can be close friends. It sounds better than ordinary friends. As for our appearance, we just happen to be similar. We ourselves find it strange. We hit it off right away and became friends."

It's false to feel like we've known each other for a long time at first sight, the truth is that we were on edge at the first sight. It's not easy to ease the relationship to the current state without pissing the other person off to death.

Chu Jinglan: "You...be careful!"

Xiao Mo stopped abruptly. Chu Jinglan thought he was going to fall, so he subconsciously grabbed his arm. However, his pull made Xiao Mo jump in surprise and his eyes widened slightly.

It was only after Chu Jinglan grabbed Xiao Mo's arm that he realized that this man was standing very steadily.

Chu Jinglan was shocked: "..."

Xiao Mo blinked and said, "I didn't trip."

Chu Jinglan silently let go of his hand and pretended nothing happened: "I was mistaken."

Xiao Mo put his hands behind his back and walked closer, staring at Chu Jinglan thoughtfully. Chu Jinglan pressed his knuckles and endured for a long time, but finally couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong?"

Xiao Mo looked at it seriously, thinking as he looked at it. It was nothing, but Chu Jinglan felt uneasy. When he moved his lips and said the next sentence, Xiao Mo suddenly relaxed his brows and smiled leisurely: "Nothing, I just think my painting of You Ye Tan is really beautiful."

Chu Jinglan was shocked: "..."

Chu Jinglan's heart, which was hanging in the air, suddenly turned into a bubble in the water and burst with a "pop".

Xiao Mo dared to say it, he could clearly see a few words from Chu Lan's shocked expression: What are you doing again?

Chu Jinglan walked forward expressionlessly. Xiao Mo chuckled and walked back to Chu Jinglan's side. When the pharmacy Liu Shao mentioned appeared in their sight, Xiao Mo said, "If Mr. Liu doesn't want to be disturbed while practicing medicine, I will stay hidden in the house and watch."

"Don't worry, she's such a good doctor, she will be fine."

Chu Jinglan had just pinched his fingers for a long time, and the feeling of heavy pressure was still there. When he heard Xiao Mo's words, his fingers curled up reflexively.

Chu was surprised: ...He was teasing me just now to make me laugh, was he trying to make me not be nervous?

Chu Jinglan wanted to turn his head to see Xiao Mo's current expression, but when he thought of the look on his inner demon's face just now, he forced himself to control his neck, preferring to stay stiff rather than turn away.

He really wasn't nervous. He had come this far step by step. It was just a matter of losing some Dantian fragments. It wasn't even the final critical moment. What was there to be nervous about?

Some people fantasize that the Dantian can be glued and repaired, and they guard the fragments and dare not give it a try. But except Jing Lei, no one has successfully climbed out of the quagmire. Xiao Mo was right when he said that he had no way out when his Dantian was destroyed.

Xiao Mo's teasing just now only made people speechless and did not have any effect in relaxing the mood, hmm.

[Ding, mental attack successful, +10 points! ]

Xiao Mo: Although I don’t know what kind of extra points they have, I’m used to it, so it’s not a big problem.

The medicine room was plain and simple, surrounded only by a low fence outside. Willow branches were already inside the house, and a bowl of steaming freshly boiled medicine was placed on the table.

Liu Shao nodded to the two of them, and after carefully checking Chu Jinglan's pulse, she asked Chu Jinglan to drink the medicine and lie down on the low couch in the house. She then said to Xiao Mo, "I don't like to be disturbed. You can just wait outside."

Xiao Mo thought to himself that it was as he expected, and agreed obediently, closing the door when he went out. As soon as the door was closed, he withdrew the spiritual power that maintained his appearance in the blink of an eye, passed through the door panel and entered the house without any hindrance.

Xiao Mo sat down at the table in the room, and Liu Shao was unaware of anything. Chu Jinglan's eyes lightly passed over where Xiao Mo was, and he took the medicine bowl and drank it all in one gulp.

Liu Shao put away his tools and said, "I won't let you faint completely. When the drug takes effect, I will draw spiritual power from outside to your Dantian so that you can feel the location of the fragments. Remember to tell me which piece you want to keep."

Chu Jinglan just nodded when she heard Xiao Mo say, "It's not general anesthesia. Ask her how the pain relief effect is."

Chu Jinglan didn't ask, but just sent a message to Xiao Mo: "It's okay, she should know what's going on."

When Xiao Mo saw the shiny and small knife in Liu Shao's hand, he felt the urge to ask a question on behalf of Chu Jinglan.

The drug was taking effect, and Liu Shao asked Chu Jinglan to lie down flat: "How long will your dantian hurt every day?"

Xiao Mo was stunned: Chu Jinglan still feels pain in his dantian every day?

...someone said nothing and showed nothing.

It seems that except when they share the body in battle, Chu Jinglan will give timely feedback on any feelings. Other than that, his main attack is to not be able to say a word and just take it all head-on.

Mr. Liu Shao knew the numbers, but Chu Jinglan didn't.

Xiao Mo pursed his lips: "But you have taken all the necessary medicines. If it still hurts, Chu Jinglan will tell him. It seems that he can't give any help."

Chu Jinglan didn't feel guilty, but after Liu Shao's words, he was silent for a moment. He somehow didn't look at Xiao Mo's expression. He paused before saying, "It was on and off. The most painful time was about two hours."

Two hours equals four hours. Xiao Mo placed his hands on the table and clenched them into fists.

Liushao put her hand on his pulse to check the effectiveness of the medicine: "Although I don't know if you can succeed according to the thunder method, but if you clear the fragments, at least you won't have pain every day in the future. Well, the medicine is effective enough, let's start now."

Xiao Mo had also seen bloody battles and had even been killed by demons, but when the knife touched Chu Jinglan's skin, leaving a trail of blood, his heart still trembled. He closed his eyes, clenched his fists, forced his eyelids open, and looked over with a tense body.

Although it didn't hurt, the veins on the back of Chu Jinglan's hand, which was placed on the edge of the bed, were already bulging. He was in a situation where he was at the mercy of others. Although he knew that the other party was a medical practitioner, the vigilance he had developed since childhood made him instinctively feel unable to adapt to this situation.

Fortunately, after taking the medicine, he had no strength at all, otherwise his abdominal muscles would have been extremely stiff. The lack of strength also caused veins on the back of his hands to bulge. It was obvious that he was really resisting.

Chu Jinglan breathed slowly, trying hard to relax the tension in his heart. He could clearly feel the knife of the willow branches cutting through layer of his flesh. Chu Jinglan suddenly wanted to turn his head to look at Xiao Mo.

When he was hesitating and hadn't moved, he felt a slight coolness on the back of his hand.

Chu Jinglan's gaze fixed on the beam of the house, and then he slowly turned his head and looked at Xiao Mo who came to the side of the couch.

Xiao Mo lay on the edge of the couch with his long legs folded on the ground. His clothes were spread out beside the bed like a gorgeous flower. He patted the back of Chu Jinglan's hand and looked at him gently beside his pillow.

Chu Jinglan's lips twitched, and the blue veins on the back of his hand gradually disappeared.

"I've thought about it. I don't think I can help you share half of your pain." Xiao Mo rested his chin on his arms, resting his arms on the edge of the bed. "I can only look at you like this."

The willow blade had already cut through the flesh and reached the Dantian.

Chu Jinglan took a deep breath.

[Enough]

He said this to Xiao Mo.

The message that only the two of them can hear can reach each other's heart at any time.

[Ding, mental attack successful, points +300! ]

Xiao Mo didn't say anything, just patted him on the arm gently, then lay quietly on the edge of the bed without saying a word.

Liu Shao mobilized his spiritual power, poured it in, and used it to move the fragments one by one: "Feel which piece to keep, and make a sound when you move that piece."

Chu Jinglan felt it carefully and spoke at the right time. Liu Shao then used his spiritual power and knife to clean up the remaining fragments.

Dantian is the place where spiritual power is stored. The flesh and blood have long been completely integrated with the spiritual power, so it is in a strange state. Unlike other parts of the body, once the fragments of Dantian leave the body, they turn into green smoke and dissipate in the air.

Liu Shao's hands were steady. He carefully picked out the remaining debris one by one. It took him about an hour to clear all the debris.

Then he used silk from the Heavenly Candle as thread and spiritual power to seal the wound layer by layer. The silk from the Heavenly Candle could dissolve automatically. He smeared spiritual medicine on the wound with willow branches and bandaged it, then stood up and cleansed his hands with the cleansing technique.

"alright."

The effect of the drug that paralyzed Chu Jinglan's body had not yet worn off, so he couldn't get up. He could only lie down and said, "Thank you."

Xiao Mo hurried out of the house and appeared outside. When Liu Shao opened the door to let him in, he pushed the door open and walked in, as if he was not the one who had been lying on the bed just now.

Xiao Mo bowed to Liu Shao and said, "Thank you, sir, for your kindness. We——"

Liu Shao interrupted him: "It's not a problem at all. I said it was because of Chu Xia. Not only is the girl gifted in medicine, she also has a good temper. I am very optimistic about her."

Xiao Mo: "Thank you for your concern."

Liu Shao put down a bottle of medicine: "He will be able to recover in about two hours. He can get out of bed directly when his strength is back. The pharmacy can lend it to you for a day of rest. Take three pills of this medicine a day. You can feed it to him now. The wound will be completely healed in three days."

Liu Shao was as efficient as she was in her personality. She didn't exchange pleasantries with Xiao Mo and the others. She left after giving them instructions. Xiao Mo opened the bottle and took a look. From the looks of it, he determined that it was a fourth-grade elixir with a strong medicinal property.

Chu Jinglan couldn't move yet. Xiao Mo looked at the sky outside and said, "Mr. Liu said that the pharmacy can be borrowed by us for a day. Let's stay here tonight."

Chu Jinglan: “Yeah.”

Xiao Mo set up a protective formation around the room, took out a pill, lifted up Chu Jinglan's head and let him eat it. The pill melted in his mouth, but Xiao Mo still took the cup on the table and fed him some water.

There was only a fragment left in Dantian now. Xiao Mo thought of something and said, "You take a rest first. I will go back to the Sea of ​​Consciousness."

After Xiao Mo got used to his human form, he hadn't returned to the Sea of ​​Consciousness for some time. In the Sea of ​​Consciousness, his "Oriental Garden" was still beautiful, but Chu Jinglan's "Moon Lake Community" was rather miserable.

Originally there was a moon in the sky, which could still be seen. At that time, his Dantian was shattered, and Xiao Mo picked up a silver thread, which could barely be counted as a remnant moon. But now there is not even the silver thread in the sky, and only a dim star remains, which seems to be going out at any time.

The full moon became a few dim stars.

All that was left of Chu Jinglan's sea of ​​consciousness were half-dead stars, a lake without ripples, and a withered tree. It looked so desolate and miserable no matter how you looked at it.

Xiao Mo sighed. He did not continue to expand his territory in the sea of ​​consciousness. He let the black fog quietly lurk at the edge without invading the boundary. He confirmed the situation of the sea of ​​consciousness and was about to go out. When his residual light swept across the dead tree, it suddenly stopped.

Huh?

There seemed to be something different about the dead tree. Was he seeing things?

Xiao Mo immediately moved closer to take a closer look, pushed aside a few densely packed withered branches, and finally saw what was hidden in the gap.

I almost missed it because it was blocked by dead branches. On the dead branches below, there was actually a very small new bud with a very light color.

The scenery of Xiao Mo's territory in his sea of ​​consciousness was created bit by bit by himself, and this was the scenery when Chu Jinglan was still unable to look into his sea of ​​consciousness. Xiao Mo thought that the appearance would only change when Chu Jinglan was determined to transform his sea of ​​consciousness.

How did a tiny bud emerge? It was so small and looked fragile, but it brought great vitality to the dead tree.

It turns out that this is not a completely dead tree...

Xiao Mo loosened his hands and put down the outer dead branches, not daring to touch the new buds. He came out of the sea of ​​consciousness and immediately shared his discovery with Chu Jinglan. Chu Jinglan seemed to be thinking about something, so Xiao Mo asked him: "Do you know the specific reason?"

Chu Jinglan shook his head in shock: "I don't know."

"It definitely has something to do with your state of mind, but it's not surprising that sometimes people themselves can't understand their own hearts."

Chu Jinglan agreed very much. He himself also had some inexplicable emotions.

Liu Shao had already helped them. Xiao Mo took out the jade token for communication: "Tell the children as well. Besides, we will be in seclusion in the spiritual veins next, so we have to let them know."

So that the three children won’t have to worry when they can’t find anyone.

Thank you to them.

As a result, the call was connected, Xiao Mo said thank you twice, and the three children immediately became anxious and interrupted:

"If it weren't for Master and Senior Brother, my brother and I would still be slaves in the lower world. How could we step into the great Dao? How could we be worthy of Master and Senior Brother's gratitude?"

"Yes, I am still a beggar who is hungry and cold!"

"It's not enough for Chu Xia to repay her kindness!"

Xiao Mo smiled helplessly but relievedly, finished what he had to say, and ended the message. He found that Chu Jinglan had already begun to move his wrist reluctantly, and the anesthetic was wearing off. He asked him: "Does it still hurt?"

Chu Jinglan: "It doesn't hurt."

Xiao Mo said nothing, just glanced at him quietly.

Chu Jinglan was choked by his gaze and added: "It really doesn't hurt this time."

After the fragments were cleared away, the dantian area felt more hollow, but it definitely didn't hurt anymore.

Xiao Mo observed his expression and reluctantly believed it. He got up and went to the closet in the house to look for bedding. Chu Lan said in surprise: "We will set off for Qingquan Mountain Spiritual Vein early tomorrow morning."

Xiao Mo found the blanket, shook it out and spread it over Chu Jinglan: "Rest for half a day, and then set out after noon."

Chu Jinglan wanted to say something, but Xiao Mo tucked the quilt in for him: "Listen to me this time."

They discussed everything they did along the way, and most of the time they had the same opinion. This was the first time that Xiao Mo was so strong in a serious matter that he didn't even want to give Chu Jinglan a chance to refute.

But obviously, the other person who was silenced was not angry at all.

Chu Jinglan's hands and feet gradually warmed up under the quilt. He moved his lips, not to refute, but to say one word: "Okay."

Xiao Mo was satisfied: "Go to sleep if you are tired. I will practice tonight."

Chu Jinglan nodded, but kept watching Xiao Mo meditating. When Xiao Mo finished two rounds of breathing and closed his eyes, Chu Jinglan had already fallen asleep.

Xiao Mo walked over, lifted the quilt a little and touched the back of Chu Jinglan's hand, confirming that his hands and feet were not cold due to blood loss, and then he felt relieved.

The partner was stubborn and hard-nosed, and there was nothing he could do but to keep an eye on him. Although he couldn't physically take away half of the pain, at least he could make people feel a little more comfortable and alleviate the uncomfortable feeling.

Xiao Mo snorted lightly, and couldn't help but raised his hand to poke the Epiphyllum mark on Chu Jinglan's forehead: Just be stubborn, I can always find a way to deal with you anyway.