Chapter 58 Borrowing Life
The first snow fell sparsely from the sky, a few flakes covered the two people's black hair, and then melted into meltwater.
To prevent the tears from falling, Ling Zheng clenched his teeth tightly, his masseter muscles trembling and the tip of his tongue feeling dry.
Crying can't solve any problems. He took a deep breath, adjusted his emotions, and stayed calm to make the right decision.
Wen Rensu handed Ling Zheng a white jade whistle and told him to blow it, then he lost consciousness.
The whistle was melodious but not piercing, echoing through the sky before dissipating into the air. As far as the eye could see, above the snowy landscape, only Ling Zheng and Wen Rensu existed.
Ling Zheng did as he was told, but he didn't hold out much hope. It was still unclear whether the rescuers would arrive in time, let alone whether they would be able to save Wen Rensu.
Snow flakes fluttered down on the back of his hand. Qi Yinhua suddenly raised his head and stared at the soaring hawk, which was making a loud cry, as if conveying some message. A trace of solemnity flashed in his cold eyes.
"Qiu Li, Yan Sui, and Jining, listen to my orders and set off with me immediately."
"Yes, Senior Sister Qi!"
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Ling Zheng wasn't one to sit still and wait for death. He opened the mahogany box, revealing the Jade Bone Orchid within. Its dark purple petals were crystal clear, their shimmering light unlike any other, truly worthy of the name Jade Bone.
When I took it out, a strange subtle fragrance floated in the air, which lifted my spirits. The fragrance also had medicinal properties, which should not be wasted. So without thinking too much, I bit off the flower bud in one bite.
The taste is a bit strange, but it is still edible. It does not have the fishy and astringent taste unique to plants as imagined, but instead has a refreshing feeling of ice and snow. Overall, it has no taste.
Ling Zheng chewed expressionlessly, the petals and juice flowed into his throat, along with the body temperature, turned into a pure healing essence, flowed into his limbs and bones, and after nine cycles of the great circulation, it flowed into his dantian.
The Dantian, which had been dry for a while, was suddenly baptized and washed by the vital energy. The first reaction was not the joy of rain after a long drought, but the torture like cutting flesh and cutting veins.
"Ah——" The pain gradually escalated until it exceeded the tolerable threshold. He let out a long cry to the sky as if to vent his anger, causing snow to fall from the branches and magpies to fly away in fright.
Ling Zheng was instantly sweating, his skin flushed red, veins bulging beside his temples, and his face was grim. He dug ten finger marks in the snow, and blood oozed from between his nails.
There was no part of his body that didn't hurt. It felt like thousands of needles were piercing his blood vessels, and his meridians were being destroyed and reshaped. Ling Zheng's consciousness gradually became confused, and he just wanted to faint from the pain.
No! He needed to recover his internal strength as quickly as possible. Wen Rensu was still waiting for him!
Ling Zheng bit his tongue fiercely, and the smell of blood made him regain consciousness. He shook his head and took out the pill from his sleeve tremblingly.
Jade Bone Orchid is the essential main ingredient, and its effectiveness is extremely demanding. The other herbs, however, can be refined into pills beforehand as supplementary ingredients. Ling Zheng poured all the pills into his mouth.
After a while, Ling Zheng could feel that these herbs enhanced the effect of Jade Bone Orchid, but also intensified the pain.
"puff--"
Ling Zheng's blood surged and he spat out a mouthful of blood. Then he pressed his hands to the ground, gasping for breath, and his expression became a little relaxed.
Through introspection, he witnessed that his dead Dantian was coming back to life and his internal energy was being stored again.
Generally speaking, if a martial artist's Dantian is destroyed, they become completely disabled. The method to rebuild the Dantian isn't something readily available in the market, but it doesn't work for everyone. Besides requiring precious resources, it also requires a bit of luck.
Fortunately, God still had mercy on me.
He had no time to be happy about his recovered cultivation. He rushed over to take Wenren's pulse - the pulse was so weak that it was almost undetectable.
Ling Zheng pulled his hand back abruptly, even losing his balance and falling backwards, quickly using his hands to support himself. His breath was suddenly strangled in his throat by an invisible hand, and he let out a short gasp.
He closed his eyes tightly, avoiding the fact like a coward, his lifeless eyes were red.
He touched Wen Rensu's hand and then touched her forehead. It was as cold as ice. The chill flowed up along his fingertips and froze his heart. Ling Zheng stumbled and tried to remove their clothes to keep Wen Rensu warm.
Because he couldn't see, the other party's belt became more and more tangled. In desperation, Ling Zheng's teeth chattered and a fierce brute force burst out from his hands. With a "swish", the cloth broke.
Then, without hesitation, Ling Zheng pressed his naked body against the ice-sculptured body, his entire body pressed tightly against it. He used the scattered clothes to wrap them together tightly like a cocoon. His hot chest pressed against the cold, stiff body.
Even though the situation was still tense, Ling Zheng couldn't help feeling a little embarrassed when Wen Rensu's skin texture came through the coldness, and his ears were quietly burning.
He caressed the face of the person in front of him bit by bit, tracing the peak of the lips, the bridge of the nose, and finally landing on the deep eye sockets. His fingertips gently scratched the eyelashes, as if he had made some kind of decision -
The young man's eyelashes trembled, and he held Wen Rensu's face carefully, leaning forward, and his slightly cool and soft lips, with desperate courage, were imprinted on the man's tightly closed lips.
The kiss was quite immature, yet so devout. The tip of his tongue carefully pried open the teeth and penetrated the mouth. Simultaneously, he activated his inner mantra to activate the Liang Yi Gu, which had fallen dormant due to the exhaustion of its internal energy.
Feeling the revival of the insect, the young man opened his throat and pressed down the root of his tongue. A black beetle with a shiny body crawled out quickly, and slid into the throat of another person along the gap between his lips and tongue with great agility.
The "Liang Yi" in Liang Yi Gu refers to yin and yang, collectively referring to a pair of mother and child Gu. The mother Gu is yin, the child is yang, and the yin and yang are in harmony. As Ling Zheng's natal Gu, it is connected to his essence and his cultivation depends on it.
Each Gu Master has a different direction of practice, and their natal Gu is also varied. The Liangyi Gu was created by Ling Zheng himself, and has been nurtured with his heart's blood. It was specially created to solve the problem of a weak foundation as a medicine man.
Once the sub-gu's host changed, it would cause a permanent backlash of Yin Qi. Knowing this, the young man's actions had a certain sacrificial connotation.
In a moment, the coldness completely invaded his body, and Ling Zheng's skin turned gray and dull, so strange that no blood color could be seen.
Even so, it did not diminish her beauty at all, but rather highlighted the exquisite carving of her facial features. Her temperament was like a solitary Lycoris radiata, gloomy and strange, with a strong presence.
On the other hand, Wen Rensu's complexion gradually became rosy and his limbs became warmer. Ling Zheng, whose skin was touching his, could feel it clearly.
This meant that the sub-Gu was taking effect. Ling Zheng finally relaxed the tension in his heart a little, closed his eyes, and regulated his breathing, unconsciously moving closer to the source of heat in front of him.
Wen Rensu seemed motionless, but in fact he was not completely unconscious and still retained some perception of the outside world, as if he was drunk. When two warm pieces of food touched his mouth, Wen Rensu's soul was still in the clouds, half asleep and half awake.
He never thought that a living creature would crawl into his mouth. It was so terrifying that it forced him to wake up. If he still had the strength, he would have jumped up. Unfortunately, he could only surrender now.
Could it be that Ling Zheng wants me to die early and be reborn soon? That would be quite his style.
When he heard someone finding joy in his complaints, he felt a stab in his heart, and a magical thing happened - a powerful and somewhat evil energy burst out from his heart, providing a constant supply of qi and blood.
Powerful and powerful true energy flowed into the body, healing the forcibly widened meridians. The originally numb wounds felt like ants crawling over them, causing dense itching.
Wen Rensu curled his fingers slightly, and then he realized that he had regained control of his body. He slowly opened his eyes and saw the furry head. He gave in to the urge to get closer and rubbed his chin. The unique fragrance of Ling Zheng's hair drifted into his nose.
Noticing the movement, Ling Zheng's face showed joy, and he suddenly raised his head up, just in time to hit Wen Rensu's chin.
"Hiss——" Wen Ren Su sucked in a breath of cold air, and the entire lower half of his face was paralyzed.
"You're awake!" Ling Zheng was excited. Then, he heard Wen Rensu gasp and asked hesitantly, "...Are you okay?"
The numbness quickly faded. Wen Rensu stared at the young man's pale, bluish face, his eyes thick with complex emotions. When he opened his eyes again, he subconsciously flirted with him, "Just now, you kissed me secretly."
Unexpectedly, Wen Rensu was still feeling something. Ling Zheng was stuck for a moment, his mouth moving as he forced himself to think of a word, "You are hallucinating."
Hearing this, Wen Rensu raised his eyebrows and pretended to raise his upper body. He felt a sharp pain in his back and suddenly his whole body became weak. He fell straight onto Ling Zheng's neck, and his nose was sore from the impact.
The fall was unexpected. Ling Zheng silently lowered his hands that were hanging in the air, and returned to his sides. He sneered, "Serves you right. You just woke up and you're moving around."
Wen Rensu, who had just fallen and was lying flat on his back, uttered a muffled sound: "You smell so good."
Just as Ling Zheng frowned and opened his lips to speak, Wen Rensu suddenly grabbed the branch behind him and pulled it out in one breath. His muscles tensed up and a sticky sound of flesh and blood being torn apart was heard, which made people's teeth ache.
A cold sweat broke out on him for a moment, but he remained calm. He threw away the bloody branch and lay on Ling Zheng, waiting for the pain to subside.
When the vital energy flows back, it is the time when the repair ability is the strongest. If the penetration behind it is not intervened, flesh and blood will grow on it, which will be more difficult to deal with later. It is better to suffer a short pain than a long pain.
The hot breath sprayed heavily on the collarbone, causing goose bumps on the surrounding skin. Ling Zheng turned his head slightly and no longer resisted, quietly acting as a human-shaped cushion.
An indescribable atmosphere of tranquility permeated the two of them, as they counted each other's breathing rhythms, forming a protective shield that blocked the outside world's wind and frost.
After Wen Rensu recovered, his Adam's apple rolled, suppressing the inexplicable throbbing. He composed himself slightly and said seriously, "This time it's your turn to save my life."
Ling Zheng's breath stagnated for a moment, and then a string of words burst out like firecrackers: "Do you think people in the devil's way don't have loyalty? You've saved me so many times, it's normal for me to save you once, no need to thank me."
The words seemed to have been rehearsed in advance. Wen Rensu couldn't help laughing and said, "I haven't even said thank you yet, and you're already saying you don't need to thank me?"
Ling Zheng noticed the teasing in Wen Rensu's words and was secretly annoyed by his bad manner. He cleared his throat and returned to his normal speaking speed. "Alright, we're even. There's nothing I can do if you're not satisfied. I don't have any other skills."
The implication of "clearing both sides" is that Wen Rensu will no longer pursue the matter of having sex with him by using both soft and hard tactics.
How could he not notice Ling Zheng's deliberate avoidance? Wen Rensu didn't give him this face and started a long speech:
"He was already suffering from a loss of vitality, and a penetrating wound to his lungs. The insect was implanted, and it unexpectedly reversed his vitality... This is truly unheard of."
Ling Zheng thought: Of course I've never heard of this, there's only one pair in the world. It seems the Zi Gu can only transport Yang Qi, so how can it save people? In fact, it has a hidden mechanism -
Borrowing life. The mother Gu host uses her own life and the Liang Yi Gu as a link to bind to the child Gu host to prolong its life.
If something happens to the host of the child Gu and the connection is broken, the mother Gu will die along with the host. However, the death of the mother Gu host will not have any impact on the child Gu host.
Borrowing Life is a skill that evolved from the Liang Yi Gu. When Ling Zheng first learned that his Ming Ming Gu was so selfless, he almost laughed out loud. He would never believe that he would one day willingly use this skill.
Hearing Wenren's thoughtful tone, Lingzheng smiled like a flower. His unusual skin color only accentuated his charming features, making him a real enchanting fairy:
"Is it amazing? There are even more amazing things." He slowly brushed his fingertips across Wen Rensu's left chest, poking at the heart. His tone was casual, deliberately distorting the facts:
"This is called the Soul-Stirring Gu. It's not just about saving your life, but I've bought your life. If the mother Gu dies in due time, the offspring Gu here won't survive either... and you too."
He applied a little force with his index finger, and Ling Zheng tilted his head slightly, smiling perversely. He thought clearly that saving people was his own business, and had nothing to do with anyone else, and he didn't need anyone's gratitude.
Faced with the malicious and harsh words, Wen Rensu remained unmoved. With a burning gaze, he gently lifted the hair that fell on Ling Zheng's face.
It wasn't that he didn't understand Ling Zheng's words, but he wasn't troubled by Wen Ren's complaint. Protecting Ling Zheng was his mission, and the Soul-Stirring Gu didn't contradict that.
Moreover, every bite and every drink has its own destiny. Changing one's fate is never easy. Wen Rensu was no fool; how could he not see the truth behind the young man's timidity?
His expression was undeniably grim. Besides what he had said, he must have paid a heavy price himself to save him. Observing the young man's dazed expression, Wen Rensu's heart softened.
Doing good deeds without leaving a name is kind of cute.
Since he was unwilling to tell the truth, Wen Rensu did not force him. He gathered his scattered clothes together, then slowly lowered his head and kissed her petal-like lips, like a dragonfly touching the water. He raised his head, his eyes curved:
"That means from now on, I will be your true flower protector." Wen Rensu put his hands on Ling Zheng's neck and whispered in his ear. His deep voice was like playing a string: "As you command, my master."
As each word fell into his ears, Ling Zheng's heart began to pound inexplicably, suspected to be the sequelae of the child Gu leaving the body. The other person's magnetic and smiling voice kept echoing in his mind.
His mind went blank. Ling Zheng pursed his lips tightly, remaining silent for a long moment before finally coming to his senses. He moved away as if struck by electricity, and at the same time pulled away someone's restless hand, clearly changing the subject: "I blew the whistle. Is that person reliable?"
The cold wind poured into the space between them. Wen Rensu put his arm around Ling Zheng's shoulders and shamelessly pressed himself against her. She was so warm and soft that he couldn't help but sigh.
"My senior sister is very reliable. As long as she is in the sect, just wait for two more hours." Although Wen Rensu woke up, he still had not recovered completely. The same was true for Ling Zheng. He had hardly had any rest and looked like two sickly people.
I never expected that this journey to the secret realm would be so bumpy, but fortunately, I have now achieved my goal.
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