Chapter 063 Chapter 63 (Second update)
Cheng Zizhuo only held her for a short while and immediately let go.
But even so, Xia Muqing blushed, and Xu Ling next to her covered her mouth with her hands, her eyes wide open.
She nudged her friend's shoulder with her elbow and lowered her voice excitedly, "Mu Qing, Mu Qing, when did you meet him? This is too much! You didn't even tell me!"
Xia Muqing didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "I told you, the last time I was swept away by the space crack in the other dimension, I met a boy..."
Xu Ling: "But you didn't say that boy is the youngest beast master in Daxia!"
"He wasn't even a divine beast user back then," Xia Muqing said softly, pulling her friend aside. "Quickly, take away those gossipy eyes of yours. We're just ordinary friends."
Xu Ling looked at her with a teasing look: "She came all the way here, obviously she's very worried."
"Okay, I'll go home now and not disturb you two. But Mu Qing, you have to talk to me properly later!"
After saying that, she winked at Xia Muqing, and without waiting for Xia Muqing to explain, she put on her backpack and ran away like the wind.
Xia Muqing looked at her friend running away, shook her head helplessly, and turned to look at Cheng Zizhuo: "When did you come out of the alien space? Why didn't you tell me?"
Cheng Zizhuo stared at her without blinking: "I just came out this morning and sent you a message, but you haven't replied yet."
There was an inexplicable sense of grievance in his voice.
Xia Muqing pulled out her phone and glanced at it. Sure enough, she saw a barrage of messages. She quickly stuffed the phone back into her pocket and rubbed her nose. "Sorry, I was so busy I didn't have time to check my phone."
Cheng Zizhuo's gaze fell on her right hand. Looking at the back of her hand wrapped in gauze, his brows suddenly furrowed. "Are you injured?"
"show me?"
"It's okay, just a scratch," Xia Muqing waved her hand. "I just applied medicine and can't remove the gauze anymore. Don't look at it."
"It's really okay, come in quickly. It's a good thing you're here, can you help me check on Xiaofeng and Xiaozi?"
She invited Cheng Zizhuo into the ward, then walked to the bedside and opened the curtains, letting the bright sunlight fill the room.
Cheng Zizhuo summoned Fairy Caiyun, and the man and the beast carefully checked the injuries of the Gale Dog. After more than ten minutes, they both breathed a sigh of relief.
"The destructive force within it has almost dissipated. Now, that life energy is repairing the subtle details of its meridians."
Cheng Zizhuo said, pinching the little hurricane dog's furry paws: "Don't worry, what the beastmaster said before was right. When Xiaofeng wakes up this time, his strength will definitely be improved."
"We'd better prepare the materials for the second-stage evolution in advance. If Xiaofeng is willing to evolve, we can let him try. Do you have any ideas for the materials for the second-stage evolution of Fengluo Beast? Do you need me..."
Xia Muqing was slightly stunned: "So fast? Won't it put a strain on its body?"
"No," Cheng Zizhuo said firmly, "For Xiaofeng, this injury can be considered a blessing in disguise. You can think of it as his foundation being shattered, and then reconstructed using his life energy."
"The Gale Dog was originally just an ordinary mystical beast. No matter how strong Xiaofeng's talent was, it was still restrained by the upper limit of its species. However, after this serious injury, the potential of its body has been completely stimulated. In the future, its growth rate will definitely not be inferior to any rare mystical beast."
"However, this nourishing process may take several months. After all, it is a major undertaking to rebuild the body."
Xia Muqing rubbed the little head of the Swift Dog, a smile on her lips: "That's good, my Xiao Feng is not inferior to any rare mystical beast."
When she moved, Cheng Zizhuo saw her right hand wrapped in gauze again.
The snow-white gauze was extremely dazzling in his eyes, making Cheng Zizhuo feel anxious and inexplicably regretful.
"Does your hand... hurt?"
Cheng Zizhuo stretched out his hand, as if he wanted to touch Xia Muqing's right hand, but just as he raised it, he stopped.
Xia Muqing glanced at the back of her hand and said, "It's okay. It doesn't hurt anymore. I'm telling you, it's just a flesh wound. It doesn't affect the movement of my fingers at all. Look."
She picked up an apple from the fruit bowl beside the bed, spun it in her hand, and threw it to Cheng Zizhuo.
Cheng Zizhuo caught it with one hand, but did not eat it.
His expression still wasn't very good, and he pursed his lips slightly: "...I wish I hadn't gone to the practical class."
Such a big thing happened, but he was in a distant space. Not only was he unable to be with Xia Muqing, but he also learned the news very late. Every time Cheng Zizhuo thought of this, he felt sour and bitter in his heart, and was very unhappy.
Xia Muqing rolled her eyes at him and said, "What nonsense! Practical classes are so great! I can't wait to enter the alternate dimension again."
"By the way, didn't you say there were a lot of interesting things in this practical class? Do you want to tell me?"
Cheng Zizhuo suddenly realized what was happening and reached into his pocket: "Yes, I passed by District 7 and brought it to you--"
His fingers pierced through his pockets and came out from under his coat.
His pockets were empty. He had been in such a hurry on the way here that a hole had been torn in his coat, and colorful stones had fallen to the ground without him even noticing.
Cheng Zizhuo: “…”
He was like a bloated balloon that was punctured by a needle. His entire body became weak and he raised his head pitifully, looking at Xia Muqing speechlessly.
Xia Muqing: "...Puff."
She looked at Cheng Zizhuo's miserable appearance, and for some reason, she suddenly wanted to laugh.
"What's going on? What's going on, Cheng Xiao, the Divine Beast Master?" Xia Muqing deliberately raised her voice, "Where's your surprise? Are you trying to frame me?"
Cheng Zizhuo raised his hands in panic: "My bad, my bad! I—ah, I owe you this, I'll make it up to you next time!"
Xia Muqing laughed happily: "Okay, considering your good attitude in admitting your mistake, I won't pursue it this time."
"Do you know anything about life energy? Can you help me look after the little caterpillar?"
…
It turns out that things like emotional energy and life energy are so rare that even the knowledgeable Cheng Zizhuo is at a loss as to what to do with the little caterpillar's current situation.
He listened to Xia Muqing's detailed account of what happened that day, and the more he listened, the more frightened he became.
Poaching gangs, wild beast kings used as experimental subjects, accumulated emotions and resentment, and the wrongly evolved ghost butterflies...
Every word Xia Muqing uttered lightly made Cheng Zizhuo feel as if he was witnessing a bloody storm.
He clenched his hands on his knees, and his heart was filled with fear - in such a thrilling battle, if he took a wrong step, Xia Muqing might very well be dead!
"When can you come to Yandu?"
"Come to Yanda University soon, I can protect you when you come to Yanda University!"
Cheng Zizhuo's nervous look made Xia Muqing feel a little embarrassed. She tilted her head slightly and brushed the hair by her ear: "Don't worry, I'm not a greenhouse flower. I can take care of myself."
"So, you don't have a good solution for the little caterpillar?"
Cheng Zizhuo thought seriously for a while, then suddenly slapped his leg.
"The little caterpillar has the ability to sense emotions and absorb them as energy, right?"
"In that case, I have an idea."
…
After arranging Koi Fish to look after the Gale Dog, Cheng Zizhuo pulled Xia Muqing out of the hospital and boarded a bus.
Xia Muqing held the little caterpillar's cocoon in her hand and looked out the window curiously: "Where are you taking me?"
"The final stop," Cheng Zizhuo said, "Don't worry, it's not far away. It'll only take about ten minutes."
Twenty minutes later, they got off the bus on the outskirts of the city.
The environment here is quiet and the air is particularly fresh. Not far away is a cemetery filled with lush pine trees. The breeze blows, and the pines sway like waves.
Cheng Zizhuo pulled Xia Muqing into the cemetery, walked along the white marble steps, and passed by towering monuments.
Although it was a weekday, there were still quite a few people in the cemetery. Xia Muqing also saw a female teacher with a dozen children lining up to bow to the monument and present small white flowers made of paper.
"Those buried here are all beastmasters who died in the beast tide 16 years ago."
Cheng Zizhuo whispered, "When the beast tide broke out, the Dark Beast King conquered three counties and cities, including Ka City, which is not far from S City. S City was also affected by the beast tide and suffered heavy casualties. If it weren't for the beastmasters who fought to the death, S City might have fallen..."
Xia Muqing nodded, looking very serious.
She also knew all this. After all, when she was in elementary school, she was led by her teacher to lay small white flowers at the monument.
Could it be that Cheng Zizhuo brought her here in order to use the hero's remaining emotional energy to encourage the little caterpillar?
Xia Muqing tried to use her mental power to sense the mysterious beast contract on the little caterpillar, and then she saw a scene that shook her soul - tiny lights as bright as stars floated up from every monument, from every person who came to worship, and from every little white flower presented by the children, and were blown into a sky full of starlight by the wind, illuminating the entire world like daylight!
"Really, really amazing..." Xia Muqing couldn't help but murmur.
She could feel the power contained in that emotion: fearlessness, protection, gratitude, admiration, and inheritance...
The faint light attracted the faint light, and the faint light chased the faint light. Each ray of light was very weak, but when they gathered together, they turned into a sea of light, covering the entire cemetery and most of S City.
The light was holy and warm, and Xia Muqing's eyes were hot.
The next second, the wind and waves came, and the light in the sky condensed into a stream, falling from the sky and injecting into the cocoon of the little caterpillar!
The pines and cypresses were shaking, and the gray cocoon was trembling violently. This force forcefully pushed away the previous dark resentment, like a giant axe condensed from light, splitting the thick clouds in the sky!
The resentment was not to be outdone and began to fight fiercely with the holy light. The two forces intertwined together, making the cocoon look like it was filled with neon lights, flashing violently.
At this moment, Cheng Zizhuo also stopped in front of a stone tablet.
He looked at the tall granite with a gentle look in his eyes. He raised his hand and gently wiped away the dust on the surface of the monument.
There are two lines of words engraved on the stone tablet:
[Cheng Qiang was one of the Great Xia Divine Beast Envoys. He died in the Beast Tide War in 2xxx at the age of 35.]
[Ru Yuwei, one of the Great Xia Divine Beast Masters, died in the Beast Tide War in 2xxx at the age of 33.]
When Xia Muqing saw the familiar surname, a flash of lightning flashed in her mind and she was suddenly stunned.
"This stone tablet..."
"Yes," Cheng Zizhuo said softly, "It's my parents' monument."
"Both husband and wife were divine beast masters, and both perished in the beast tide 16 years ago."
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