Chapter 91 Seriously Injured
A purplish-black demon core with patterns floated slowly into the air and was gently caught by Li Chang'an.
He looked at the cultivators outside the barrier; his excellent eyesight allowed him to clearly see the excited expressions on their faces and the admiring and convinced looks in their eyes.
Li Chang'an was stunned for a moment.
The silvery-white barrier slowly dissipated, and the cultivators cheered and rushed forward, only to find in the blink of an eye that the figure in mid-air had vanished.
"Huh?" The cultivators suddenly stopped and looked around in confusion.
Where is Li Chang'an?
Tianxuan glanced in one direction, then turned to Kaiyang and said, "Go and arrange for the villagers to come back."
Kaiyang nodded, about to say something, but just as he opened his mouth, Tianxuan teleported away.
Tianxuan found Li Chang'an at the foot of a nearby mountain.
As the sun set, Li Chang'an knelt upright in front of the two graves, his trembling fingers twisting open the yellow paper used for the sacrifice and throwing it into the two small fires in front of him.
Black Sword stood not far away, quietly keeping him company.
Incense and candles were placed in front of both graves. The one on the left was larger, and a photo of a family of three was pasted on the tombstone. The one on the right was smaller, and there was no photo on the tombstone, but the inscription indicated that it belonged to a husband and wife; the man's surname was Huang, and the woman's surname was Li.
Hearing footsteps, Li Chang'an turned his head and smiled when he saw Tianxuan.
"It's you, Star Lord."
He had just finished greeting someone when he suddenly coughed and spat out another mouthful of blood.
“You…” Tianxuan frowned and stepped forward, subconsciously circulating her spiritual power to try to heal him.
"It's alright." Li Chang'an waved his hand and said, "This is just a backlash from a severe injury to my soul. I just need to rest and recuperate when I get back."
He used too much of his divine soul fire in the demon realm, and then forcibly picked up the Li'e Sword to use the Myriad Swords Technique, which dealt a heavy blow to his divine soul.
The Li'e Sword is a divine sword. The Sword Spirit Senior said that he would need to reach at least the Nascent Soul stage to be able to wield it and use its techniques.
Injuries to the soul cannot be healed with spiritual power.
Tianxuan withdrew her hand.
Li Chang'an took out his magical talisman brush and drew a purification talisman to clean the blood that had just been vomited up and gotten on his chin and clothes before continuing to burn yellow paper.
"...I'm so sorry, it's been so many years, and only now do I dare to come and see you." Li Chang'an murmured, "It takes a hundred years after death to be reincarnated, so you should still be waiting for reincarnation on the Netherworld Tree, right? I just don't know if you can still hear me."
"I'm finally over my hard times, I'm doing great, and I'm even making a lot of money, so don't worry about me."
Li Chang'an spoke to them while burning paper money.
He randomly picked some interesting things that had happened in the past few years and then introduced Xuanling Immortal Mountain, talking about what the spirits and monsters there were like.
After speaking for a long time, he paused, and as he placed the yellow paper into the fire on the right, he whispered, "Grandpa and Grandma, I killed that spider demon."
"I..." He licked his lips, unable to say "I avenged you," and instead said, "I'm sorry, and... thank you."
After that, he didn't say anything more, but quietly burned the yellow paper until the incense and candles went out, and then he continued burning them again and again.
The world grew dark as the sun sank completely into the shadows of the western mountains.
After the last bit of paper money burned, Li Chang'an kowtowed several times to the two graves and said, "Dad, Mom, Changning, Grandpa Huang and Grandma Li, goodbye. I will come to visit you often in the future."
After kowtowing, he let out a long breath, straightened up, called for Black Sword, and slowly stood up, supporting himself with Black Sword.
"It's time to go back." Li Chang'an turned around, his mood no longer as heavy as before, and said to Tianxuan.
Tianxuan frowned: "Can you still fly on a sword?"
Li Chang'an smiled and said, "I'm afraid that's not possible."
"Then what will you do?"
"Sigh." Li Chang'an sighed and patted the black sword beside him: "I can only lie on the sword and let it carry me back."
The Li'e Sword is a divine sword, and he does not need to use spiritual power to control it.
Tianxuan: ...
Isn't there any other decent way?
He pinched the bridge of his nose, turned around and saw the spirit boat in the distant sky, raising an eyebrow.
I have a solution.
"Let's go..." Tianxuan was about to say something when her ears twitched and she heard a weak meow.
Li Chang'an heard it too and turned his head in confusion.
Lijia Village is close to Pingxi County. At the foot of this mountain, separated by a field, lies a wide road, and there is a bus stop not far away.
The meowing was coming from a trash can not far from a street lamp.
Li Chang'an patted Hei Jian on the shoulder, and Hei Jian immediately understood what he meant, helping him walk to the trash can.
A black and white kitten leaned against a dirty trash can, dragging its bloodied legs, and cried out in anguish.
It was only the size of a palm, and its two hind legs looked like they had been run over by a car, with broken bones.
Li Chang'an watched it quietly.
Tianxuan stood beside him, a silver glint flashing in her eyes. She looked at the kitten, then at Li Chang'an.
After a long while, when the kitten was exhaling more than inhaling, Li Chang'an slowly squatted down, sighed, and sent some spiritual energy to the kitten.
Now that he's powerful, he no longer seems to worry that a moment of pity might bring trouble upon him.
He can protect others and rescue small animals he wants to save.
Spiritual power is the power of living beings and has healing properties.
Under the golden spiritual energy that resembled sunlight, the kitten's hind legs visibly recovered, the bloodstains on its body gradually disappeared, and its fur became clean.
It stopped crying out in pain and looked at Li Chang'an with its blue-tinted eyes, still bewildered.
Li Chang'an coughed up another mouthful of blood.
His soul and dantian were severely injured, and he could no longer forcefully use spiritual power.
I just drew a talisman, and now I'm using my spiritual power to save the cat, but it can't hold on any longer.
As his consciousness faded, Li Chang'an leaned against the black sword and passed out, sliding to the ground.
Tianxuan quickly stepped forward, grabbed Li Chang'an's arm, and helped him up.
Only then did he notice how serious Li Chang'an's injuries were. His expression hardened, and he took out his phone to send a message to Kaiyang.
Please ask the sect leader of the Lian Tian Sect to come over. Thank you.
Before long, the sect leader of the Lian Tian Sect arrived with several elders, clasped his hands in greeting, and looked at Li Chang'an with delight in his eyes.
However, when they saw that Li Chang'an was unconscious, they were shocked and were about to speak when Tianxuan interrupted them: "Please lend me the Liantian Sect's spirit boat to send Li Chang'an back to Xuanling Immortal Mountain."
"He is seriously injured and cannot be delayed."
The sect leader nodded hurriedly, "Yes, yes! Please, Star Lord!"
Tianxuan nodded, then looked down and saw a black and white kitten hiding by the trash can. After a moment's thought, she waved her hand and used her spiritual power to tuck the kitten into her arms before teleporting Li Chang'an to the Liantian Sect's spirit boat.
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When Li Chang'an woke up again, he found himself lying in his home on Xuanling Immortal Mountain.
Feeling something warm against his neck, he looked down in confusion and saw a small, furry thing curled up in the crook of his neck.
Li Chang'an was startled: !
"What's this?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the bedroom door opened from the outside, and a joyful voice came from outside: "You're awake!"
It was a short, dark figure—a mandrill.
Behind the mandrill, the mushroom spirits, tea spirits, and Tianxuan quickly appeared.
The mushroom spirits swarmed in, flew onto the bed and scattered around Li Chang'an, checking on his condition. A few walked behind, with several vases on top of their umbrellas, each containing a picked stamen.
The delicate fragrance of Wan Lingrui filled the bedroom, and as Li Chang'an smelled it, he felt the excruciating pain in his soul lessen somewhat.
He touched the caps of each of the mushroom spirits one by one and said, "Thank you."
The mandrill lay down beside the bed, its tail swaying, and said, "You've been unconscious for seven days. If I had known you would be so badly injured, I should have taken us with me."
Li Chang'an smiled and patted its head, saying, "That won't do. Only I can prepare the conditions for the sacrifice."
The mandrill snorted and scratched its head in annoyance.
Li Chang'an raised his hand and lifted the warm lump around his neck again.
It has small white paws, a white belly, and its back and upper part of its head, including its ears, are black.
It was the black and white kitten he saved with his spiritual power before he fainted.
The kitten was lifted up, its two hind legs curled up, and its tail was also hooked up and pressed tightly against its belly. It looked timid but obedient.
Li Chang'an exclaimed in surprise, "How did it get here?"
Tianxuan and Chajing had already entered the room. Seeing that Li Chang'an was in good condition, they sat down on the sofa on the side.
Upon hearing this, Tianxuan explained, "This kitten seems to have a special connection with you, so I brought it along."
Li Chang'an turned his head: "We're destined to be together?"
“Hmm.” Tianxuan smiled. “Eight years ago, in the dead of winter, you fed a little tabby cat by a trash can in Pingxi County, but you didn’t expect to be targeted by a spider demon because of it.”
He looked at the black and white kitten and said, "This kitten's great-grandmother was the tabby cat you fed. But..."
Tianxuan paused for a moment and said, "That little tabby cat is gone, and all of this kitten's siblings are also gone."
Li Chang'an fell silent.
He looked at the black and white kitten in his hand, smiled after a moment, and gently placed the kitten on the bedside: "Okay, since you've brought it back, I'll keep it as a pet from now on."
The mushroom spirits scattered around Li Chang'an immediately gathered around the kitten out of curiosity. The kitten was not afraid and occasionally curiously stretched out its paw to touch the mushroom spirit's cap.
"Let's call it Li Xiaoguai," Li Chang'an said thoughtfully.
This is a black and white cat; he named it that hoping it would be well-behaved in the future.
"A nice name." Tianxuan smiled and said, "The tea essence has already healed the injuries on your body and the injuries from the overdraft of spiritual energy in your dantian. However, the sword spirit said that the injuries to your soul will take a long time to heal, at least half a year and at most two years, during which time you cannot use spiritual energy."
Li Chang'an paused for a moment, then hummed in agreement.
After confirming that he was in good condition, Tianxuan and Chajing left quickly.
Li Chang'an stared blankly at the ceiling.
After lying down for a week, the vegetables he planted before setting off for Lijia Village were almost ripe. He couldn't use his spiritual power, so what was he going to do about harvesting, selling the vegetables, and drawing talismans?
Could you please ask the Star Lord Tianxuan...?
The black sword on the desk in the room suddenly emitted a clang.
Li Chang'an was speechless.
Even in his condition, can't he outsource farming and pig raising to someone else?!
If Tianxuan Star Lord doesn't work, then what about tea essence?
The black sword teleported directly over and stood beside the bed, looking rather menacing.
Li Chang'an: ...
After a long while, he slowly got out of bed.
The mandrill raised its head: "What are you going to do?"
"I'm going to discuss something with Senior Sword Spirit." Li Chang'an gestured for the mountain demon to stay there, and, feeling weak, slowly left the room, leaning against the wall for support.
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Author's Note: This part won't be covered in later chapters, so here's some additional information about the Netherworld Tree:
【Netherworld Tree】: A tree in the underworld, there are many of them. When people from the Cangxuan Realm die, their souls come to the underworld and become leaves on the Netherworld Tree. After a hundred years, all ties to their mortal lives are severed, and their souls are purified by the tree, allowing them to reincarnate without any entanglements. [Hugs]
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