Chapter 98
As the spell was completed, silver light burst out from Lin Ruo's fingertips, and he pointed steadily at the violent black bear: "Suppress it!"
The silver light was silent and faster than lightning, and instantly penetrated the black bear's eyebrows!
Time seemed to freeze for a moment.
The black bear's massive body suddenly stiffened. A mournful howl erupted from the depths of its throat, and its body began to tremble violently. Then, with its tail between its legs, it plunged through the dense brush without a backward glance, vanishing hastily into the thick fog.
The next second after the black bear left, the thick fog began to slowly dissipate, and the outlines of the surrounding ancient trees and rugged mountain paths gradually became clear.
Lu Yinzhou looked at Lin Ruo beside him, his voice full of concern: "How is it? Are you seriously injured?" He stretched out his hand to check, but was afraid to touch her wound.
"I'm fine..." She forced herself to shake her head, her voice a little weak due to the severe pain. She clenched her teeth, moved her mind slightly, and quickly took out a pill the size of a longan, which exuded a faint medicinal fragrance, from the space bracelet on her wrist and swallowed it without hesitation.
The pill melted in her mouth and she took a deep breath: "Let's go quickly." Ning Yuan was still struggling on the line between life and death, and now they had to leave here quickly.
Lu Yinzhou looked at Lin Ruo's pale profile, immediately squatted down, and turned his broad and solid back towards her: "Come, hold me tight!" His tone was firm.
Lin Ruo knew his current state and did not refuse. He used up all his remaining strength to lie on his back and wrapped his arms tightly around his neck.
After Lu Yinzhou figured out the direction to go down the mountain, he carried her on his back and walked quickly down in the dispersing fog.
The two finally got down the mountain. Lu Yinzhou carefully placed her in the passenger seat and quickly started the car.
Lin Ruo closed his eyes tightly, silently circulating the weak spiritual power in his body, and using the power of the elixir to repair the injury on his back. At the same time, his mind was tense, and he silently prayed that Ning Yuan could hold on.
However, when they rushed into the brightly lit hall of the hospital, exhausted and bruised, they saw a scene that surprised them.
In the corridor outside Ning Yuan's ward, several burly men wearing uniform black tights, with fleshy faces and unfriendly eyes, were surrounding Meng Mian and Qin Yu in a corner.
The two men stood staring at the people across from them, their eyes filled with coldness. Qin Yu clenched his fists, while Meng Mian clenched his injured arm.
"Brother, sister." Qin Yu was sharp-eyed and was the first to see Lin Ruo and Lu Yinzhou rushing in from outside.
Lin Ruo suppressed the pain in his back, which had been exacerbated by the bumps, and stood up from beside Lu Yinzhou. He nodded slightly, and his eyes shot towards the strong men like icicles.
There was no warmth in her eyes, only a cold light. That look seemed to be able to penetrate people's hearts, and it brought an invisible pressure, which made those originally aggressive men stunned for a moment, and their gazes lingered on her blood-stained back.
Lin Ruo had no intention of getting entangled with them. She fixed her eyes on the tightly closed door of Ning Yuan's ward. At this moment, a thick, suffocating black aura emanated from the crack of the door.
"There's no time!" Lin Ruo said hurriedly to Lu Yinzhou beside her, her voice trembling slightly with anxiety, and then she ran towards Ning Yuan's ward desperately.
Lu Yinzhou followed closely with a sharp look in his eyes, sweeping his cold gaze over the men.
Seeing this, Qin Yu and Meng Mian followed closely behind Lin Ruo and Lu Yinzhou.
The big men stood there, not knowing what to do, and could only look at each other.
Lin Ruo pushed open the door of the ward, and the piercing sound of the instrument alarm hit her eardrums fiercely. At this moment, Ning Yuan was lying on the pale bed, his face was ashen, and there was a black aura lingering around him. She had seen this aura of death many times.
Lin Ruo rushed to Ning Yuan's bedside quickly. The space bracelet on his right wrist flashed imperceptibly, and then several bottles and jars appeared on the small table next to the bed.
Time is life! She took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the sharp pain from the wound on her back and the dizziness caused by blood loss.
His hands moved quickly, precisely mixing several kinds of powders that exuded a strong herbal fragrance, and skillfully poured them into a bowl filled with half a bowl of hot spring water.
Then, he took out several strange crystals and carefully arranged them on the ground around Ning Yuan according to specific Bagua directions.
Finally, she bit the tip of her right index finger without hesitation, squeezed out a few drops of bright red blood containing faint spiritual power, and dripped them into the bowl of liquid mixed with spiritual spring water and medicinal powder.
When the liquid in the bowl came into contact with her blood, it instantly emitted a soft yet tenacious golden light. A breath of life emanated from the air, and the thick black aura surrounding Ning Yuan weakened slightly.
Without the slightest hesitation, she picked up the bowl, gently lifted his jaw with her left hand, and carefully pried open his teeth that were tightly clenched due to his deep coma with a special jade spoon, while her right hand steadily poured water into his mouth drop by drop.
At the same time, she chanted a spell and made a seal with her left hand, guiding the golden light in the bowl and the crystals on the ground to emit starlight, converging into a flow of energy, which continuously and accurately flowed into Ning Yuan's heart.
As time passed, Lin Ruo's face became paler and paler, and her forehead was covered with fine beads of cold sweat, which gathered into beads and slid down her tense jawline.
The wound on her back split open again, blood silently seeping out, spreading a larger, more glaring dark red on her light-colored clothes. Her body began to tremble slightly, but her eyes remained focused and determined.
Finally! When the last drop of golden liquid flowed into Ning Yuan's brow, Lin Ruo suddenly pressed down the seal he was maintaining in his hand.
At the same time, the almost straight faint curve on the ECG monitor screen suddenly jumped up high and turned into a stable beating curve again!
"Beep...beep...beep..." The regular tone indicating cardiopulmonary resuscitation sounded clearly in the silent ward.
"Alive! Alive!" Qin Yu was the first one who couldn't contain himself and cried out excitedly, his voice filled with tears and great joy.
Lin Ruo's body shook violently, and her vision went dark. The huge exhaustion made her unable to hold on any longer, and she fell back softly.
"Be careful!" Lu Yinzhou, who had been standing behind her, was quick-witted and quick-handed. He immediately stepped forward, steadily and gently supported her shaky body, and let her lean on his solid chest.
At this moment, Ning Yuan's eyelashes trembled violently several times on the hospital bed. Finally, he slowly opened his eyes.
At first, his eyes were empty and confused, and he searched subconsciously. At first glance, he saw Lin Ruo, who was being carefully supported by Lu Yinzhou, his face as pale as paper, and his back was soaked with dark red.
"Congratulations, host. Your capture target, Ning Yuan's affection value towards you has risen to 20." The system's prompt sounded in Lin Ruo's mind.
Ning Yuan's resurgence filled the ward with joy. However, Lin Ruo felt no relief. Ning Yuan's car accident was no accident, and it had nothing to do with blood ties. Even the Lin family's adopted son was not spared. If this wasn't resolved soon, who knows when the next tragedy would occur.
After everyone's excitement subsided a little, Lin Ruo forced himself to stand up straighter with the help of Lu Yinzhou. He told everyone what he had learned from his parents about the "Lin Family Curse".
"...So, the car accident was probably not just an accident, but the beginning of the fulfillment of this curse." After Lin Ruo said this, he swept his eyes across every face with determination.
The ward fell into deathly silence.
"Then...what should we do?" Qin Yu's voice trembled uncontrollably, his eyes full of helplessness, and he looked at her subconsciously.
She slowly scanned the four brothers present again and sighed, "We must find the source of the curse. Just now, while rescuing them, I felt that the curse seemed to be connected to the Lin family mansion. I want to go there, perhaps... it holds the answers we need."
"I know where the old house is." Lu Yinzhou responded in a deep voice. He held Lin Ruo's hand with a little force: "But there... the situation is very complicated. Are you sure you really want to go?"
"Go." Lin Ruo met his worried gaze, her eyes unwavering, only resolute. In fact, by now, she knew she wasn't just here for the mission. Over the course of her interactions, she'd developed a connection with these four brothers, a bond that seemed to have grown more special. She'd also developed a different kind of emotion, one she'd never felt before.
"I'm going too!" Ning Yuan struggled to sit up on the hospital bed, but the wires of the instruments on his body were pulled, and Meng Mian, who was standing beside him, quickly held them down. But he ignored it and stared at Lin Ruo.
"Let's go too!" Qin Yu and Meng Mian looked at her in unison.
Looking at the four resolute gazes before him, Lin Ruo wanted to refuse, unwilling to let them risk further danger. Ultimately, he sighed softly, his face filled with resignation: "...Okay. But we have to wait until everyone has recovered a bit before we set off."
In the next few days, with the help of the spiritual spring water and Lin Ruo's medicine, everyone recovered at an astonishing speed, even the doctors were amazed.
Lin Ruo's back wound was healing rapidly. Qin Yu and Meng Mian also recovered. Lu Yinzhou stayed with the three of them, not doing anything else.
A week later, the five of them returned to the Lin family, intending to inform Lin's father and mother about the incident and then immediately go and ask what the curse was all about, as well as what the master who had instructed Lin's father had said.
When they got home, Lin's father and mother came over immediately. Seeing that Ning Yuan was fine, they were relieved and looked at Lin Ruona in unison: "Are you going back to the Lin family's old house?"
"Yes, but I have something to ask." Lin Ruo nodded.
"Okay, ask whatever you want." The two sat on the sofa and sighed softly.
"I want to know what idea that master came up with back then?" When Lin Ruo said this, Lin's mother and Lin's father looked at each other.
Finally, it was Lin's mother who spoke: "That master asked us to come to this mountain and find a child to adopt, but our own daughter..." She hesitated to speak.
Lin Ruo instantly understood that this person wanted these four people to bear the Lin family's curse. She clenched her fists, and had another guess. Could it be that asking her to come and save them was the idea of the Lin family's ancestors?
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