Chapter 52
"You need to soak in this spiritual spring every day. It can slow down the loss of vitality in your body."
Shen Qi's voice seemed a little ethereal in the mist.
Tang An buried his chin in the warm spring water, revealing only a pair of worried eyes.
Shen Qi gently stroked the little fox sleeping on its back next to him: "We can't stay in one place for too long. Su Chengyue will track us here sooner or later, so I have an idea."
He raised his eyes and looked at the person in the spiritual spring: "Although Su Chengyue's intentions are not right, there is probably no one in the world who cares about your life and death more than him. My blood can only delay the disease, but it cannot cure it. But if you add his medical skills and cultivation, you may really be able to survive."
Tang An's eyelashes trembled, and drops of water rolled down to Leng Qiao's chin: "You want to hand me over to him?"
Shen Qi's eyes were calm: "He can save you. If you really need my flesh and blood as a guide in the end, just give it to him."
Tang An didn't answer immediately. He simply submerged himself in the water for a moment. When he emerged, his hair was wet and stuck to his forehead. His voice was muffled by the water vapor, "I want to live, and I want to live very much. But I'm not so shameless as to pave my own way at the expense of another person's flesh and blood, especially you. If I hand him over to a madman, how can you still have an intact body? Shen Qi, I have my bottom line too."
Hearing this, Shen Qi smiled softly: "What should I do? Apart from this little bit of blood, I have no other way to save you."
Tang An stretched out his hand from the water and helplessly spread it out: "Let's take it one step at a time. I might be back to my body in the next second. If you have any great sacrificial plans, go and tell Gu An in person. Anyway, I don't accept your proposal just now."
Shen Qi was speechless for a moment.
Yes, whether facing the stubborn Gu An or the seemingly gentle but actually opinionated Tang An, he never seems to have the upper hand.
but……
He lowered his eyelids slightly, and his thick and long eyelashes cast a small shadow under his eyes, covering up the haze and struggle surging in his eyes.
As long as Su Chengyue doesn't die, she will keep looking for him, but if Su Chengyue dies, neither Gu An nor Tang An, who is still in this body, will survive.
So what should we do?
Ask yourself, if the person in front of him was Gu An, he, Shen Qi, might be able to harden his heart and go to the underworld with him calmly, but it was Tang An, an innocent soul from the future who should not have to endure this.
Chen Qi closed his eyes and recalled how the man named He Miao in the future had contacted Tang An and the other man who were still in another time and space.
He had never seen the method used by the other party before. It seemed to involve rooster blood, black dog hair, and two bright red boxes with a big-headed boy printed on them...
Bu Suanzi said that it was called Wangzai Milk, and it was their ancestor’s recent favorite.
Shen Qi: “…”
The rooster and the black dog may still be found in these desolate mountains and wilderness, but where can I find Wangzai milk here?
Forget it, this road is blocked.
However, in the inherited memory of the dragon clan, the ancient dragon god possessed the supreme power to tear through the void and travel through time and space.
so……
Shen Qi was silent again.
He looked down at his own human hands, which were delicate and slender, and seemed vulnerable to any blow.
His mind moved slightly, and in the next second, Shen Qi's right hand was instantly covered with cold white scales, and his five fingers twisted and deformed, turning into a huge dragon claw that was shining with cold light and full of power.
He made a vague stroke in the air in front of him.
Tang An was so frightened by his action that he almost choked on water. He coughed and said horribly, "What are you doing?!"
Shen Qi gathered his thoughts, and his dragon claws instantly returned to normal: "I'm thinking, is it possible for the dragon clan to tear apart time and space and send you back."
Tang An paused, forgetting to cough, his eyes widened slightly: "Are you so arrogant?"
"Diao?"
Tang An smacked his lips: "Slip of the tongue, I meant to say, can you really do it?"
Shen Qi shook his head: “Ever since the dragon clan was driven out of the Ninth Heaven, it has been impossible to become a god.”
Tang An's curiosity was piqued. "Why were you expelled from the Ninth Heaven? Did you commit a serious crime?"
Shen Qi uttered four words expressionlessly: "The sin of adultery."
Tang An: “…”
Sorry to bother you, I didn't ask.
The cave fell into a suffocating silence again, with only the gurgling sound of the spiritual spring and the soft snoring of the little fox.
"but……"
After a while, Shen Qi's voice sounded again, with a desperate tone: "Maybe we can give it a try."
Tang An's face was filled with horror. He subconsciously thought it was the same obscene sin he had just committed. He covered his chest and said, "What do you want to try?!"
Shen Qi's tone remained calm: "My cultivation has been stagnant in the comfort zone for thousands of years. If I can force a breakthrough this time, even if I can't become a god, perhaps it will be enough to tear open a gap to send you back."
Tang An frowned: "How long will it take? How sure are you? What will happen if you fail?"
Shen Qi replied succinctly: "At the fastest, it will take three days. At the slowest, it will take more than ten years or even several dozen years. I have a 30% chance of success. If I fail, I will die."
This is why he has been reluctant to try.
The cost is too high, and the benefit is just becoming stronger.
But he was already strong enough.
Tang An was silent: "Then don't try it."
He continued his analysis: "Let's not talk about the fact that your breakthrough time is often measured in years. I simply can't afford to wait, and I can't hide from Su Chengyue. If you fail and die, even if Gu An climbs out of his coffin, he will strangle me to death."
Although he didn't know why he had such a fierce impression of Gu An, his sixth sense would not lie.
Shen Qi couldn't help but hold his forehead and sighed: "I regret telling you."
Tang An: “…”
Do you still want to hide such an important thing? ? ? ! ! !
The man and the dragon were once again in a stalemate.
After an unknown amount of time, Tang An, who was about to float in the water, finally waited until Chen Qi fell asleep before he carefully got up from the spiritual spring.
There was a sound of splashing water, and he didn't even bother to dry himself. He quickly put dry clothes on his wet body.
Just when Tang An was about to find a corner to sort out his tangled thoughts, the little fox that had slipped away while he was talking to Shen Qi suddenly appeared, holding a branch full of bright red fruits in its mouth. It ran back happily and presented it to him like a treasure.
“Ouch.”
"...Where did you get it?"
The little fox shook its ears proudly, rubbed Tang An's hand affectionately with its head, and called out twice, as if urging him.
Tang An hesitated for a moment, but still took the branch.
The fruit is round and plump, exuding a faint fragrance.
"Is that for us?"
“Ahhh!!”
The little fox nodded vigorously, then raised one of its front paws and touched one of them, looking at Tang An with its big wet eyes full of anticipation.
"Pick it?" Tang An tentatively stretched out his fingers and pinched the fruit.
The little fox immediately nodded excitedly.
Tang An applied a light pressure with his fingertips, and the ruby-like fruit fell into his palm.
The little fox continued to howl.
Tang An continued to try to understand: "Eat?"
The little fox whined.
Tang An probably understood what it meant. He smiled and patted the little fox's head: "Thank you, but I will eat it later. Can I wash some for you first?"
The little fox twisted its body, its big furry tail brushing across the back of Tang An's hand coquettishly, and a soft whimpering sound came from its throat: "Awoo."
Tang An was amused by it, picked up the branch, and began to pick the fruits one by one, placing them on clean leaves, and distributing them softly in his mouth.
"One for you, one for me, and one for Shen Qi."
"One for you, one for me, Shen Qi..."
Before Tang An could finish his words, his vision suddenly went dark.
W-what’s going on???
With a bang, he fell down heavily, and the red fruits in his hand that he had not yet divided rolled to the ground.
The little fox was stunned, his eyes wide open: "Ah ...
It was answered with dead silence.
The little fox panicked immediately and quickly moved forward, using its cold and wet nose to poke Tang Yan's cheeks and arms, trying to wake him up: "Ahhh..."
Its cries became anxious and helpless.
However, just a few seconds later, the little fox's limbs suddenly went limp, his eyelids drooped, and with a plop, he fell limply into Tang An's hands.
Inside the pitch-black cave, the last trace of sound disappeared, leaving only the spiritual spring still gurgling tirelessly and the even breathing of three figures on the ground.
Silence enveloped everything.
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