Chapter 88: Blood Exchange Technique
The stinging sensation in her mouth and nose passed, and Jiaoran no longer felt it was painful. She no longer felt any pain from the wounds all over her body, and what followed was extreme peace.
She closed her eyes, as if seeing flower petals all over the sky.
It's a rain of flowers.
No more evil dragons, cheats, immortality, or blood transfusions.
There is no longer A Niang and Mu Jin.
There is nothing left.
Only flowers.
The petals are falling in profusion.
Just as she was about to walk towards the sea of flowers, a whip hit her hard, causing her to grimace in pain.
When I opened my eyes again, there was a strong wind in front of me.
Jiaoran's eyes were full of surprise and a bit of fear.
She thought she was dead and didn't expect to return to this place.
If the previous one was a dream, what is happening now?
Jiaoran wanted to stand up with the help of the ground, but she was soaked all over and was covered with wounds. The dragon's teeth almost pierced through her body.
A long-handled jade spoon held down her body as she tried to move.
He walked up to her and tapped her shoulder with the jade spoon. "Can you move?"
Jiaoran nodded, but in fact he couldn't even move his fingers.
The jade spoon was approaching her eyebrows. Following her eyebrows, it touched her face. "You are really lucky. No wonder there is an old saying that those who survive a great disaster will have good fortune in the future. You have survived two great disasters."
After Jiaoran heard what he said, he completely lost consciousness.
When she opened her eyes again, she was back in the small house on the cliff.
He opened the window for some fresh air, and even the clouds between the cliffs were floating in the house. For a moment, she felt that she had died a long time ago and was now in heaven.
After ten days of treatment, she woke up in a daze and heard him say, "Don't worry, you won't die." Zhu Su said.
His voice fell into her ears, but she still couldn't hear it clearly. She thought that this time, she was really close to death.
"How did you find me?" Jiaoran's voice was hoarse.
He just said word by word, "In all rivers and streams under heaven, wherever there is flowing water, it is connected to the wonderland of fish and dragons. What's more, the place where you landed is the Dragon Locking Pond."
"Did you know there was a dragon there?"
Zhu Su smiled and said, "There are several dragon-locking places in the world. I know all of them, but the people who sealed them are also protecting them. Others cannot break in."
He thought it was destined to happen. "This time, the evil dragon of the Chai family is seeking its own death."
"But I couldn't kill it."
"It doesn't matter. Next time, you can kill it."
Then, Zhu Su asked in confusion, "You learned from Chai Rou that the entire Chai family is your enemy, but you didn't immediately kill the culprit, Chai Yu?"
Jiao Ran said, "He relied on the evil dragon to help him reverse life and death. I have eliminated the evil dragon, and I think he won't have much time to live. He also doesn't need Mu Jin's blood. In this way, everyone will be free."
Then I thought, "Aren't you unable to leave the Fish-Dragon Wonderland? Why do you speak as if you know everything?"
He said, "From the day you left the Fish-Dragon Wonderland, you were like a kite I let go."
"Kite? Why?"
"Through you, I can find the person I'm looking for."
Jiaoran nodded, not surprised. She had felt strange that Zhu Su was kind enough to let her go. Zhu Su did not look like a compassionate person. His purpose was always clear. If he did not get the result he wanted, he would not throw out the bait or let go of the prey.
"Have you found it?" Jiaoran only cared about this.
"The person you're looking for is the traitor you told me about in the Fish and Dragon Wonderland a hundred years ago?"
In his hand, the sword flashed like lightning, "Exactly."
"If I find you, I know he won't let you go."
"You were looking for him, and he was looking for me?"
Zhu Su said no, "He has never been looking for you, nor does he need to look for you."
Jiao Ran felt that he couldn't figure it out, "So you're saying he won't let me go?"
"I mean, you were under his control from the moment you were born."
"I do not understand."
"You don't need to understand."
Jiao Ran slowly sat up, supporting himself with the jade pillow. "Actually, everything is just a game, right?"
Zhu Su looked at her, not thinking she had guessed everything.
She's not that smart.
"So what?"
Jiao Ran said, "I want to know, besides my existence being a chess piece, my biological mother and adoptive mother are also chess pieces in this game, right?"
He was slightly startled. He didn't expect Jiaoran to be so perceptive. "Chai Rou didn't tell you this, right? She might not even recognize your adoptive mother, Zhou Zhi. She thought your only enemy was Chai Yu, so she only wanted you to kill Chai Yu."
"I know some of what Aunt Rou said is true, but I think she is much duller and crazier than when she was young. I don't know if Chai Yu did the same thing to her as Mu Jin, such as taking her blood, which caused her to go crazy."
Zhu Su said, "If you want to understand why she hates Chai Yu so much and why she's so crazy, you have to start with her martial arts skills."
When Jiaoran was reminded by him, he thought of Chai Rou's strange internal strength. Her internal strength was full and endless, but her moves could not keep up with her mental method. It was like the water flowing under the ice spring, but it could not break through the ice layer.
"Her internal energy is the most profound I've ever seen, and it's different from that of ordinary people. It's like it's endless, like wildfire that's reborn. If her moves and swordsmanship can match her internal energy, I don't think Chai Yu would be her opponent."
He asked, "Have you seen Chai Yu's martial arts?"
Of course Jiaoran had never seen it, "I just thought so."
"Don't underestimate Chai Yu."
"Could it be that his internal strength is even better than Chai Rou's?"
"certainly."
"How do you know?"
Zhu Su said, "They are practicing the 'Takayama Shou'."
"So, for all these years, Chai Yu has been able to remain invincible in the martial arts world and among the generals, all because he practiced 'Gao Shan Shou'?"
Zhu Su asked, "How else could he, with his mere mortal body, have such an ageless appearance and unparalleled martial arts skills?"
Jiao Ran followed up on his words and asked, "But if, as you said, Chai Rou also practiced, then why did she look even more aged?"
Zhu Su asked her to think about the difference between Chai Yu and Chai Rou.
Jiaoran had never fought with Chai Yu, so he naturally didn't know that the two people's internal energy methods and moves were actually similar. But if they practiced the same martial arts but had different effects, it must be that one of them took an extra step or the other took a step less.
"It's blood." Jiaoran figured it out.
"Chai Yu has been using Mu Jin to draw blood and transfuse it into his body, but Chai Rou hasn't done that, right?"
Zhu Su glanced at her with some satisfaction, thinking she was not stupid at all. "Chai Rou is just Chai Yu's test hand."
"So was this attempt a success or a failure?" Jiaoran asked.
Zhu Su handed her a pill and asked her to swallow it. "In my opinion, it's a failure. She's gone mad and lost her mind. She can't even control her internal energy. This shows that she's already possessed."
"Then how can I save her?"
Zhu Su asked, "Why did you save her?"
"She is my mother's sister. How could I stand by and watch her die?"
Zhu Su turned away and said, "You're sick."
"ah?"
"I said you were delirious too."
"I'm still conscious," Jiaoran said. "Even though I lost so much blood, I'm just dizzy. I'm not stupid."
"'Gao Shan Shou' is not an ordinary thing. Someone stole it. Those who practiced it later, even if they achieved some success, would be attacked by 'Gao Shan Shou'. This is the fate they deserve."
Jiao Ran asked, "But what if she was forced to practice by Chai Yu?"
Zhu Su said, "You are just guessing. The result is that no matter whether she was forced to cultivate the mental method, or she took the initiative, or she practiced it secretly, that was her fate. The curse of God is something that mortals cannot resist."
Jiao Ran sighed for a while, "Will she die?"
"If she doesn't continue her training and stays where she is now, she might be able to live for a few more years."
"If I give her my blood, will she stay awake like Chai Yu and not go crazy?"
Zhu Su frowned, her compassion was useless, "It's useless."
"Is this true?"
"Do you know why your blood can restrain the backlash of Takayama Shou?"
How could Jiaoran know what happened hundreds of years ago?
"I've told you that the descendants of the Fish-Dragon Wonderland are of a bloodline that serves the gods. You, like them, have Qilin blood. If nothing happens, you will live longer than the average person, perhaps over 180 years."
Jiaoran was overjoyed. "I'm twenty years old this year. Does that mean I can live another hundred and sixty years?"
Looking at his white hair, Jiaoran couldn't help but be curious, "Your hair is all white, so you must have lived for over a hundred years?"
Zhu Su shook his head, "Nine hundred and twenty years."
Jiaoran couldn't believe it. She knew he was a monk, but she didn't expect him to be so alive.
"You still have a master and a great master. They can't be older than you, right?"
Zhu Su was silent for a moment, "Nine hundred and twenty years old, all of them."
"Ah, why?"
"It has been nine hundred and twenty years since the last group of gods left the Fish-Dragon Wonderland."
"So you were born then?"
Zhu Su nodded, then shook his head, "You'll know later."
It was strange that she remembered that he, his master, and his great-grandmaster all had the same name: Zhu Su. Could it be that Zhu Su wasn't a person's name, but rather a conveyed position? Just like the emperor, everyone calls him "Huangdi," but in reality, that's not the emperor's name.
He didn't tell her, but his eyes flickered, as if this was the most serious secret that could not be shared with her, even though he could tell her the secret of "Takayama Shou" and her bloodline.
"My blood is peculiar because my mother's blood is peculiar. So, in short, our ancestors are actually the people in the Fish and Dragon Wonderland, right?"
Jiaoran waited for his answer. If he said yes, it would prove that her ancestor was actually a traitor to the Fish and Dragon Wonderland.
"If you don't say anything, it proves that what I just guessed is the truth."
Zhu Su asked, "If what I say is right, will you help me?"
"What do you want me to do? Help you get the Takayama Shou back?"
"The secret book must be taken back and cannot be lost in the world anymore. As long as it exists, people will be crazy about it."
"Okay, in that case, I'll find a way to help you find it."
"Also, you have to help me kill someone."
"Chai Yu?" Jiaoran couldn't think of anyone else except this person. He not only used blood from evil demons to maintain his lifespan, but also practiced the secret book of the Fish and Dragon Wonderland.
"Whether you kill him or not is your personal decision. What I want you to kill is—the Phoenix chick."
Jiaoran widened her eyes, then thought about it. When she seriously injured the Phoenix Chick in Huiying Inn, he was indeed a bit weird. He could absorb people's essence and blood to restore his original appearance. It was more terrifying than Chai Yu's blood transfusion. Chai Yu could only look for descendants with the bloodline of the Fish and Dragon Realm, but he could suck the blood dry from anyone who was a Phoenix Chick.
"Is Phoenix Chick the traitor who escaped from the Fish-Dragon Wonderland?"
"That's right. His name is Kuang Heng. Thousands of years ago, he was a servant of a divine master. Before the divine master ascended to heaven, he wanted to take him with him to cultivate."
Jiao Ran was puzzled. "If that's the case, shouldn't he have become an immortal long ago?"
Zhu Su said, "At that time, everyone was puzzled as to why he rejected the Divine Lord."
"He refused? He said he didn't want to be a god?" It's really strange. If he refused at that time, why did he steal the secret book and bring it to the mortal world later?
"I don't want to know why he stole the 'Takayama Shou' to tease mortals. I just want him dead. Anyone who betrays the Fish and Dragon Wonderland and steals the sacred object will be punished by the gods."
Jiaoran thought of the dragon, "Is he harder to kill than the evil dragon in the Governor's Mansion?"
Zhu Su nodded. Ten evil dragons could not defeat him alone. Of course, he would not tell this to Jiaoran.
"It's harder to deal with than a dragon. If you ask me to go, wouldn't that mean I'm sending myself to death? I can't even slay a dragon."
"Nonsense, you can't kill creatures outside the mortal world with mortal weapons."
As he spoke, he stretched out his hand, and a golden light flashed in his palm, revealing a sword with a golden handle. "This sword is called Shou Jiao. When I let you out, you can use this sword to help me kill Kuang Heng."
"Then this sword can also kill the dragon, right?"
"right."
Jiao Ran was relieved. "Then I can use this sword to easily kill the traitors and evil dragons in your Fish Dragon Wonderland. I have nothing to worry about."
Zhu Su was helpless, "Do you think you can kill Kuang Heng just because you want to?"
Even if he stood in front of him, he might not be his opponent.
Jiao Ran said, "Isn't it just a phoenix chick? I severely injured him last time and almost killed him."
"really?"
"Yeah, he's not that powerful."
Zhu Su told her not to take it lightly. "He set up so many schemes, all centered around Gao Shan Shou, which shows he was determined to get it. Your mother also had Qilin blood, but she died anyway. He must have been the driving force behind it. He could even kill your mother, but he spared your life. There must be a bigger conspiracy behind it."
Jiao Ran couldn't understand. "According to what you said, we are the descendants of the traitors of Yulong Wonderland. That means the Phoenix Young, oh, Kuang Heng, is our ancestor. Since he has Qilin blood like us, why did he kill my mother? We are his descendants."
Before Zhu Su could even speak, Jiao Ran sounded even more confused, "And why didn't he practice Gao Shan Shou himself after stealing it?"
Zhu Su asked, "Do you think he doesn't want to practice?"
Jiao Ran asked, "Then why doesn't he practice?"
"Originally, the lifespans of those in the Fish-Dragon Wonderland were much longer than those of ordinary people. Furthermore, we are blessed by the gods and rarely suffer from illness. Therefore, in exchange, except for the messengers chosen by the gods to receive divine will and cultivate the Tao, the rest of us are forbidden from prying into the will of heaven. Those secret books that can lead to longevity have long been forbidden by our ancestors. Even if those in the Fish-Dragon Wonderland open them, they will see nothing. There is nothing there."
"The secret book is right in front of you, and you can't see it?"
Zhu Su snorted, "I'm a divine messenger and a pill cultivator, how could I not see it? It's just that they can't see it."
Jiao Ran asked, "Did the Phoenix Young take the secret manual with him and then have someone outside to help him read it?"
Zhu Su said, "It's definitely not that he just found someone to read it for him."
Jiaoran thought so too, "He must have carefully selected someone, someone he trusts very much."
"Nine out of ten, this is the wife he chose in the mortal world."
"In that case, he might be the parents of my mother's parents, or my ancestor?" Zhu Su said that was almost the case.
Jiaoran suddenly had a terrible idea.
"Mu Jin's blood can be used by Chai Yu just like mine, so what does Mu Jin do?"
She suddenly became depressed.
Zhu Su saw through her thoughts at a glance, "Do you think he is your brother and shares the same blood as you?"
"Isn't it?"
Zhu Su said, "No."
"Why?"
"I said no, shouldn't you be happy? You mortals should care about human relations."
"Even though I do care, why isn't he?"
Zhu Su said, "The dragon in the Locking Dragon Pond wants to devour you, not him. This means that over the years, he has never been chosen by the evil dragon. His blood was only used temporarily. He is not a spiritual body. If I am not mistaken, an evil cultivator temporarily exchanged your blood with his. But as you grew up, your new blood regenerated, and Mu Jin, whose blood was exchanged, also regenerated his new blood, and gradually his spiritual power was insufficient. At a certain time, his blood will completely lose its spiritual power, and he will become no different from a mortal."
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