Chapter 69 The cure for the Love Curse is not the Love-Longing Curse, but the Burning Love Curse.
Ye Tanzhou was furious but dared not speak out against Xiao Bumian's sudden visit.
In the middle of the night, he had only remembered that he had an extremely precious spiritual herb that needed to be placed under the moonlight to absorb its essence and undergo special drying. He was worried that his disciples might be clumsy and accidentally damage the herb's spirituality, so he got up, dressed, and went to the courtyard.
As soon as he stepped into the courtyard, he saw a figure dressed in pure white, who silently pushed open the gate like a ghost. Between the person's slender, pale fingers, he held an oil-paper umbrella that was strikingly red, completely contrasting with the person's aloof demeanor.
Ye Tanzhou: "..."
He shouldn't have come out tonight.
He silently cursed in his heart, wondering if this damned devil was injured again.
"Xiao Bumian," Ye Tanzhou said irritably, his voice heavy with sleepiness, "Don't you ever sleep at night?"
He recalled that when Xiao Bumian stayed overnight last time, she had taken several of his treasured spiritual herbs, and his voice unconsciously carried a hint of emotion.
Xiao Bumian's lips curved into a faint smile, her voice light and airy, "I used to want to, but now it doesn't matter whether I sleep with you or not."
He only slept with Mingjian because he needed to sleep.
Now that Mingjian has betrayed him, he naturally no longer needs to do these things to cater to Mingjian's habits.
Upon hearing this, Ye Tanzhou frowned slightly, unable to immediately grasp the deeper meaning behind Xiao Bumian's words.
His first thought was: Could it be that this guy is so badly injured that he's on his last legs and doesn't have many days left to live?
The moment this thought crossed Ye Tanzhou's mind, he couldn't sit still any longer. His medical instincts instantly brought him to his senses, and he hurriedly asked, "You're not going to live much longer, are you?"
As he spoke, he carried the lantern and walked quickly toward Xiao Bumian.
As they got closer, under the glow of the lanterns, Ye Tanzhou was horrified to discover that Xiao Bumian's moon-white shirt was stained a large patch of still-dry blood, making it a striking crimson stain.
Ye Tanzhou was stunned for a moment, then suddenly looked up at Xiao Bumian's face.
Xiao Bumian still maintained his gentle and mild demeanor, with a habitual, faint smile playing on his lips. However, a closer look would reveal that his current state was extremely off.
His eyes were reddish at the corners, his face was ashen, and fine beads of cold sweat trickled down his forehead. He looked utterly listless.
"Go to the alchemy room and get the best blood-nourishing pills! The more the better!" Ye Tanzhou hurriedly instructed the disciple standing to the side behind him, and then said to another person, "Go and clean up Tingyuxuan, and prepare hot water and clean towels!"
"Yes!" The two disciples dared not delay and quickly accepted the order and left.
Ye Tanzhou then looked at Xiao Bumian again, his tone grave, "Who injured you like this? Was it that old bastard Ji Sui?"
In his view, there are very few people in the world who could hurt Xiao Bumian to such an extent.
Xiao Bumian, with that unchanging smile on his lips, looked at Ye Tanzhou. After a long while, he denied it, saying, "Well, that's not it."
Ye Tanzhou was even more confused. He blinked and asked, "Who hurt you?"
Aside from Ji Sui and Xie Wuwang, who had already perished, he couldn't think of anyone else in the world who could have injured Xiao Bumian so badly.
Unless it's him personally.
Then, in the next instant, he heard Xiao Bumian say casually, "I stabbed myself."
Ye Tanzhou choked up. How to put it? In fact, the moment he saw the shape and force of the wound, after ruling out Ji Sui and Xie Wuwang, the only suspect that came to mind was Xiao Bumian himself.
This guy is always ruthless towards himself.
"...You," Ye Tanzhou paused, but finally couldn't resist asking his curiosity, "the reason?"
Otherwise, why would someone harm themselves for no reason?
Xiao Bumian raised his hand and gently covered his chest. The bleeding had actually stopped. The blood of a high-level demon was an excellent nourishment for the bone chain. After greedily absorbing his blood, the bone chain eagerly began licking the wound, accelerating its healing. So, it wasn't long before the wound stopped bleeding.
"I feel terrible here. It feels like there's fire burning inside, or like something is blocking my breathing. I thought that if I stabbed myself with a sword and cut it open, it might make me feel better."
He paused, then smiled and said, "Unfortunately, it seems to be useless."
Ye Tanzhou was startled by Xiao Bumian's words. It took him a while to process what he said before he finally connected the matter with Mingjian and asked, "Is this why you came here?"
Xiao Bumian nodded with a smile and said, "That's how it is for now. Do you have any pills here that can relieve the pain here?"
He pointed to his heart.
Ye Tanzhou: "..."
This is Medicine King Valley, not a relationship counseling center that specializes in treating lovesickness!
"Never mind, you come in first."
It's quite windy outside; we can't really let Xiao Bumian stand in the yard in the wind.
Inside Tingyu Pavilion, the lights were on.
Ye Tanzhou carefully took Xiao Bumian's pulse and confirmed that apart from some disorder due to blood loss and emotional excitement, there was no substantial damage to his heart meridian. He then breathed a sigh of relief, poured out two lustrous blood-nourishing pills from the medicine bottle and handed them over, saying, "Here, take these two pills first to replenish your qi and blood."
Xiao Bumian took the pill as instructed, but his beautiful eyes remained gloomy.
Ye Tanzhou was actually incredibly curious, like a cat scratching at him. He pretended to casually tidy up his medicine box and asked in a conversational tone, "What exactly happened to you this time?"
I can't believe I got myself into this state.
Xiao Bumian turned her head, a smile playing on her lips, but her words were cold: "Do you really want to know?"
Nonsense, this demon's state clearly shows he's heartbroken!
In the past, he would never have dared to imagine that Xiao Bumian, a half-demon born with a lack of emotions, would ever fall in love.
Ye Tanzhou coughed lightly, concealing his excitement, and pretended to be indifferent, "It's alright."
Yes, he really wants to know!
Xiao Bumian seemed to see through his thoughts and chuckled, "How about I tell you first, and then kill you? That way, we won't have to worry about it getting out."
Ye Tanzhou choked up.
Damn it!
You deserve to be upset!
"Fine, fine, don't tell me then."
Ye Tanzhou reluctantly changed the subject, "So you came all this way so late just to ask for a couple of Blood Nourishing Pills, didn't you?"
Xiao Bumian's injuries were far from warranting a visit in the middle of the night. In the past, unless he was on the verge of death or severely injured, this guy would never have set foot in Medicine King Valley on his own initiative. He must have something else to discuss with me.
As night deepened, a chill seeped into the room through the window lattice.
After a long while, Xiao Bumian finally smiled and asked, "If you want to remove the love curse from my body, what do you need?"
He was wrong.
Xiao Bumian thought to himself that he should have killed Mingjian when he realized he didn't want to kill him or turn him into a puppet, instead of keeping him alive until now.
That's why Mingjian's every move, his joys and sorrows, can so easily affect his emotions, making him unlike himself.
This can't go on any longer.
At first, he only saw Mingjian as an interesting cat that needed to be kept and protected. Later, he developed these inappropriate feelings for Mingjian, which must have been caused by that damned love-sickness curse in the merman ruins.
What's inside him is definitely not the mother Gu, but the offspring Gu controlled by someone.
Otherwise, it would be impossible to explain why he was in such great pain, while Mingjian seemed completely detached and unaffected.
Mingjian is in love with the female cultivator. No matter what he does, it's impossible for Mingjian to only love him.
If that's the case, why does he continue to like Mingjian? It's utterly foolish.
He has always lived like this.
He never puts himself in any dangerous situation. If this continues, his keen insight will become his fatal weakness, and he will easily die because of this vulnerability.
It's just a cat.
Xiao Bumian's eyes even showed a hint of relief.
He lived for a thousand years, while Mingjian's life was but a mere two years. In the long river of time, these two years were like a drop in the ocean, passing in the blink of an eye.
In a few years or decades, the memories of Mingjian will naturally become more and more blurred and eventually fade away completely.
By then, he might not even be able to remember what Mingjian looked like.
Ye Tanzhou was visibly stunned when he heard Xiao Bumian's words. He blinked and asked incredulously, "You mean you want to get rid of the love curse in your body?"
Six months ago, Xiao Bumian absolutely refused to solve the problem, but unexpectedly, not long after, Xiao Bumian took the initiative to come to his door.
Xiao Bumian tilted his head, looked at Ye Tanzhou, and asked, "Is it not allowed?"
Ye Tanzhou dared not say no. Judging from Xiao Bumian's current demeanor, if he did not agree, Xiao Bumian would rather stab himself with his sword than not kill the Gu worm.
He was simply surprised that Xiao Bumian had gone this far, wanting to remove the Gu worms but unwilling to kill Mingjian.
The latter is clearly the fastest and most effective solution.
Ye Tanzhou clicked his tongue lightly, thinking that this Love-Longing Gu was indeed one of the four great Gu worms in the ancient book. Its efficacy was amazing. Even Xiao Bumian, a half-demon who was naturally indifferent to emotions, could be forced to develop love and hatred.
“It is possible, but the materials needed to remove the Gu worms are all top-grade treasures. Furthermore,” Ye Tanzhou looked at Xiao Bumian with some hesitation.
Xiao Bumian looked listless and glanced coldly at Ye Tanzhou, signaling him to continue.
Ye Tanzhou then forced himself to continue, "I just took your pulse. If the diagnosis is correct, you have reached the Demon Tribulation stage. The Demon Tribulation stage is closely related to lust. If the Love-Sickness Gu is forcibly removed now, your obsession with Mingjian may vanish instantly."
"At that time, your Demon Tribulation period will most likely end. And the Demon Tribulation period may only happen once in a lifetime. If it is interrupted here, you may have to wait another thousand years to wait for the next one."
Or perhaps it will never be possible again.
After all, the Demon Tribulation period is essentially something that only descends upon demons when they first experience the stirrings of love. Xiao Bumian, being a half-demon and possessing emotions that are inherently different from ordinary people, has only experienced it now.
Countless demons, in their quest to break through cultivation bottlenecks during the Demon Tribulation, would even resort to aphrodisiac pills to forcibly induce arousal. The losses from such interruptions would be immeasurable.
Xiao Bumian has always scoffed at these behaviors of relying on external objects to improve one's cultivation, let alone actively taking them.
Previously, Ye Tanzhou did not forcibly remove the Gu worms for Xiao Bumian. Firstly, because Xiao Bumian himself strongly opposed it, and secondly, he also had some selfish motives. He thought that if Mingjian could really help Xiao Bumian successfully get through this rare demonic tribulation period, it might change his state of mind, which might not be a bad thing.
Xiao Bumian suddenly stood up, walked barefoot to Ye Tanzhou silently, then squatted down to look him in the eye.
He reached out, his icy fingers easily gripping Ye Tanzhou's neck, his tone chilling, "So what if it's over? What, you still haven't given up? Do you want me to sit on that Demon Lord's throne?"
Ye Tanzhou gasped for breath, his face flushing crimson. He stammered, "No...no! Absolutely...I didn't...have that thought!"
Xiao Bumian then slowly released his grip.
Ye Tanzhou, who had regained the freedom to breathe, rubbed his aching neck while mentally cursing Xiao Bumian to the point of being furious.
Who says only the Demon Lord is qualified to enter the depths of the Ten Thousand Demon Cave? If it weren't for the legendary spiritual herbs within the Ten Thousand Demon Cave, he wouldn't have even considered it.
Oh well, he couldn't be bothered with it anymore.
Xiao Bumian looked at him expressionlessly.
Look, even Ye Tanzhou said that he fell in love with Mingjian because of that Gu worm.
Once the Gu worm is removed, everything will be over.
These absurd emotions and unnecessary pain will all vanish.
At that time, whether Mingjian wants to marry Yun Hanyi or be with someone else will be none of his business.
This time, Ye Tanzhou honestly stated which spiritual herbs he needed. After he finished speaking, he added, "These spiritual herbs are all of Heaven-grade or higher, extremely rare in the world, and it will probably take quite some time..."
Before he could finish speaking, Xiao Bumian casually took out several spiritually potent herbs from his spatial storage and tossed them in front of him like trash.
Ye Tanzhou stared in disbelief at the spiritual herbs he had longed for.
Damn it!
Any single spiritual herb would be enough for him to use for several years.
"Is it ready?" Xiao Bumian asked with a smile on his lips, but his tone was cold.
"That's enough, that's enough," Ye Tanzhou said hurriedly.
With these magical herbs, curing the love curse is not difficult.
The process of removing the Gu poison lasted for a day and a night. When it was over, Xiao Bumian's forehead was covered with fine cold sweat, and his face was even paler than before, but his eyes were unusually calm, even with a sense of relief and emptiness.
Ye Tanzhou was also exhausted. He carefully handed a jade bottle to Xiao Bumian. At the bottom of the bottle, a Gu worm that had stopped wriggling could be seen. He breathed a sigh of relief and said, "The Lovesick Gu has been removed. You don't need to worry about this matter anymore."
It's just a pity that Xiao Bumian will have to revert to being that ruthless killer again. Ye Tanzhou sighed silently in his heart.
Xiao Bumian remained silent for a long time, simply sitting quietly as if sensing something.
Ye Tanzhou was feeling a bit strange and was about to turn around to check on him when his gaze inadvertently swept over the Gu worms in the jade bottle again.
Upon closer inspection, he suddenly realized something was amiss. This didn't seem to be a lovesickness curse, but rather a burning passion curse…
The next moment, he heard Xiao Bumian let out a desperate laugh.
Xiao Bumian raised his hand and pressed it hard against his chest. His eyes, which he had expected to regain their coldness, were now churning with even greater pain and confusion than before. He asked in a hoarse voice:
"Ye Tanzhou, why does it hurt even more here?"
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