Ever since the day Zhongli Yueshui informed Fang Chaozhou that he needed to undergo marrow cleansing, Fang Chaozhou has not been able to leave the main house. On the one hand, there was his foot injury, and on the other hand, Zhongli Yueshui had set up a barrier.
Zhongli Yueshui moved the location of the exorcism for Xue Danrong to another room. During these seven days, Fang Chaozhou could not go out and could only listen to the noises outside. If he heard footsteps, he would quickly open the window. However, the person he saw was not Xue Danrong, but Zhongli Yueshui.
Fang Chaozhou's hand holding the window frame froze for a moment, then he forced a smile, "Master, I need some fresh air."
Zhongli Yueshui didn't scold him. He just looked at him and turned away, leaving Fang Chaozhou sighing silently behind the window.
As the day of marrow cleansing draws closer, Fang Chaozhou becomes more and more anxious. He doesn't want to have the marrow cleansing, but he has no say in front of Zhongli Yueshui. Now he can only put his hope on his master.
Maybe if his master knew about this, he would object and take him away.
Although this possibility is not very high, there is at least a glimmer of hope. Although Zhongli Yueshui is the leader of Tianshui Sect, he is the direct disciple of his master. Zhongli Yueshui has already acted beyond his authority.
And if he wants to contact his master, he can only rely on Xue Danrong.
After meals every day, Fang Chaozhou would wait by the window for seven days. Finally, on the seventh day, he saw Xue Danrong.
"Junior brother!" Fang Chaozhou didn't dare to shout too loudly, and only dared to call out quietly, "Junior brother! Here!"
Xue Danrong, startled by his voice, looked over, his eyes seemed a little confused, "Senior Brother?"
When Fang Chaozhou saw him looking over, he was delighted and waved, "Come here."
Xue Danrong paused for a moment before walking over and asking, "Brother, what's the matter?"
"Master wants to give..." Fang Chaozhou had only uttered four words when he found himself under a silencing spell. He opened his mouth, but could not utter a word. Then he saw Zhongli Yueshui suddenly appear in the courtyard, and realized that he had been discovered. He could only shut his mouth.
Xue Danrong saw Fang Chaozhou's expression, turned around slowly, and called out to the man not far away, "Master."
Zhongli Yueshui nodded slightly, "You don't need to come tomorrow, go back and practice well."
"Yes." Xue Danrong replied with his head down.
Zhongli Yueshui glanced at Fang Chaozhou who was still looking at Xue Danrong eagerly, his eyes darkened, and he continued: "Danrong, come with me to pick the sword stand."
As soon as he finished speaking, Fang Chaozhou closed the open window.
Fang Chaozhou looked at the closed window, and instantly felt depressed, leaning weakly against the window.
This time it was the last hope, he only said a few words, and his junior brother definitely didn't understand what he meant.
Because he had to have a marrow cleansing the next day, Fang Chaozhou did not sleep well that night. He tossed and turned and could not fall asleep until dawn. He managed to take a short nap, but he did not fall asleep deeply. He opened his eyes when he heard footsteps approaching.
Seeing the man standing beside his bed, Fang Chaozhou quickly closed his eyes again, trying to pretend that he was not awake, but it was too late.
"Fang Chaozhou, get up." Zhongli Yueshui's cold voice sounded.
Fang Chaozhou didn't move and continued to pretend to be dead.
"Do you think you can avoid the marrow cleansing by not getting up? Normally, the marrow cleansing only takes nine or ten days. If you stay in bed for a minute longer, you will have one more day of cleansing, which will improve your aptitude."
Zhongli Yueshui's words forced Fang Chaozhou to open his eyes. He sat up resignedly, "Master, I'm up."
As soon as he finished speaking, Fang Chaozhou's eyes suddenly went dark. When he opened his eyes again, he found that his spiritual power had returned.
He couldn't help but look at his hands, and he had returned to his original appearance.
He came out of the golem.
Yes, the marrow cleansing is naturally to cleanse his own body, not the puppet.
After returning to his body, the wound on Fang Chaozhou's foot healed naturally without treatment. He got out of bed with a fearless attitude and was about to put on his outer robe, but was stopped.
"No need to put it on, come here."
After Zhongli Yueshui finished speaking, he walked out. Fang Chaozhou glanced at his back and had no choice but to follow him. The person in the original book was doing a marrow cleansing, and it seemed that he had to soak in a medicine barrel to reorganize his meridians and spiritual roots.
It hurts just thinking about it, and marrow cleansing cannot be completed in one day. There is even a risk of failure. Although Zhongli Yueshui is there, Fang Chaozhou feels that he is heading towards death.
Especially after seeing the pool of milky white potion and the things in the pool.
Zhongli Yueshui modified the bathing pool and laid several thick layers of medicinal herbs, all of which sank to the bottom of the pool. Fang Chaozhou was standing by the pool, and his expression changed when he caught a glimpse of something.
"Master, that is..."
"Strange snake, with it, your marrow cleansing will be more effective." Zhongli Yueshui's tone was so calm that it seemed as if the snake, which was a full ten feet long, was just a small loach.
Fang Chaozhou couldn't help but take a few steps back, "Grandmaster, I really can't do this, I..."
How could he be in the same pool with such a big snake? And the snake was still alive, so he couldn't kill it.
But the next moment, his body was out of control and fell into the pool.
"Bang"--
After falling into the water, Fang Chaozhou couldn't help but close his eyes. Something swam past his waist and then wrapped around his legs. When he realized what it was, he immediately swam upwards, but the thing wrapped around his legs was getting tighter and tighter.
After Fang Chaozhou swam out of the water, he lay on the edge of the pool with his hands, his eyes filled with panic, and couldn't help but look down at the strange snake that was wrapped around his waist. The snake was dark green all over, and it coiled all the way up from the ankle.
Fang Chaozhou endured it again and again and finally didn't cast a spell on the snake. At this moment, he could only look at Zhongli Yueshui who was standing by the pool. "Grandmaster, I promise that I will practice hard in the future. I... I won't be lazy anymore, and I won't sleep. I will practice. Grandmaster, I really don't want to wash my marrow."
But Zhongli Yueshui did not respond to him.
How painful is marrow washing?
It's like someone breaks all the bones in your body and then puts them together bit by bit. It's breaking, not breaking.
Fang Chaozhou fainted several times, and when he woke up, he was still in the pool. Fang Chaozhou prided himself on being thick-skinned, but the cruelty of this marrow cleansing and the ugly appearance he revealed were too much for even himself to accept.
Zhongli Yueshui's clothes were wet with his tears, and he even bit Zhongli Yueshui just because he wanted to escape from the pool.
In the first three days, he still had the strength to struggle and fight with Zhongli Yueshui, but by the fourth day, he was completely exhausted. If Zhongli Yueshui hadn't held him, he would have slipped to the bottom of the pool.
Zhongli Yueshui looked at the young man leaning in his arms, took the teacup from the poolside, and brought it to his lips. This is the Lingshui liquid that replenishes Fang Chaozhou's physical strength so that he can survive the next few days.
But Fang Chaozhou turned his face away, as if he didn't want to drink.
Zhongli Yueshui knew that he was feeling uncomfortable, so he paused and softened his usually stern voice, "Be obedient and drink a little, or you will pass out again later."
Fang Chaozhou still turned his face away. Zhongli Yueshui frowned and had to do it himself. He forcibly turned Fang Chaozhou's face over, pinched his jaw, and poured the Lingshui liquid into him.
Fang Chaozhou naturally refused to cooperate, but his strength at this moment was about that of a kitten, and he couldn't push Zhongli Yueshui away with his hands. Being force-fed the medicine, he could only shake his head, causing a small part of the Lingshui liquid to flow down his jaw and into his collar.
After feeding Fang Chaozhou the medicine, Zhongli Yueshui wiped the liquid on his jaw with his fingertips, and then looked at Fang Chaozhou's eyelids which had turned pink from crying too much. Before he could say anything, he noticed the person in his arms tremble violently. Upon noticing this, Zhongli Yueshui immediately hugged Fang Chaozhou tighter in his arms.
The pain of marrow washing comes in waves. There will be a moment of respite in between, but the pain will become more severe with each wave. Few people can endure this kind of torture, and the risks are also high, so few people undergo marrow washing.
In order to ensure that Fang Chaozhou would have the best physical condition after his marrow cleansing, Zhongli Yueshui used the best medicinal herbs and even a strange snake. The strange snake will stay on Fang Chaozhou's body for a few days during the marrow cleansing. Its teeth will bite Fang Chaozhou and inject body elements into Fang Chaozhou's body. Those body elements can optimize Fang Chaozhou's meridians. Naturally, there are both good and bad effects. The bad thing is that Fang Chaozhou will feel more pain.
After ten days of marrow cleansing, the strange snake will become useless like the medicinal herbs in the pool.
Hearing the young man's suppressed sobs again, Zhongli Yueshui gently stroked his back. He seldom comforted others, so at this moment, he could only say a few words of comfort, "It's okay, just bear with it, it won't hurt soon, it's okay."
By the seventh day, Fang Chaozhou had almost no strength to speak. He kept his eyes closed, and only the intense pain made him open them suddenly. Zhongli Yueshui guarded him for seven days, never leaving his side. Compared with Fang Chaozhou, who was in a miserable state, he had hardly changed except that his clothes were wrinkled and wet.
Zhongli Yueshui saw Fang Chaozhou open his eyes and tightened his hand on his back, "Fang Chaozhou, there are still three days left. You can hold on."
At this moment, there was a scratching sound at the door. Zhongli Yueshui stared at the door for a while, then raised his finger slightly, and instantly a ball of white fur rushed in from outside the door.
It is white tea.
Tubai rushed to the edge of the pond and looked at Fang Chaozhou, who was nestled in Zhongli Yueshui's arms, with a pale face and weak expression. It meowed at Zhongli Yueshui anxiously.
Zhongli Yueshui ignored it, but lowered his head and said to Chaozhou, "Tubai is here to see you. As long as you hold on, Tubai can still compete with you in swimming. You can have fun for a few days. I allow you not to practice or read the jade slips during those days."
Fang Chaozhou's eyelashes trembled slightly. He gasped and looked at Tu Bai, his lips moving. After a while, he turned his eyes to Zhongli Yueshui beside him and spoke with difficulty, "Master... Ancestor, can I... can I hug... hug Tu Bai?"
Zhongli Yueshui looked at Fang Chaozhou, and after a while, he said hello.
Fang Chaozhou held Tu Bai weakly. It would be more accurate to say that Tu Bai leaned on him on his own initiative rather than that he was holding Tu Bai. At an angle that Zhongli Yueshui couldn't see, Fang Chaozhou wrote a few words on Tu Bai's body with his fingers.
He wasn't sure whether Tu Bai could understand what he meant, but he really felt that he would die from this marrow cleansing, so he had to give it a try.
Day 8.
Fang Chaozhou heard his master's voice.
"Master, I have something to ask you."
Zhongli Yueshui frowned, "What's the matter?"
"Master, please come out and see me. This matter needs to be explained face to face." Fang Chaozhou's master said.
"Whose business is it about?" Zhongli Yueshui asked again.
Fang Chaozhou's master paused for a moment before speaking, "It's Dan Rong."
After hearing this, Zhongli Yueshui frowned even more tightly. He slowly let go of the person in his arms and called Tu Bai, "Change into a human form and don't let him sink into the water."
Tu Bai meowed and immediately turned into Zhongli Yueshui and stepped into the water.
Zhongli Yueshui sent Fang Chaozhou to Tubai before getting up and leaving the bathing pool. He took his outer robe and put it on. The moment he stepped out of the room, his clothes and long hair became neat and dry, not as if he had just come out of the water.
He was just like usual, except for his bare feet.
Zhongli Yueshui stood at the foot of the corridor, looking at Fang Chaozhou's master not far away, "What happened to Dan Rong?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the door behind him was opened again. Fang Chaozhou ran barefoot behind his master without even putting on his outer robe.
"Master...father." Fang Chaozhou reached out and grabbed his master's clothes, his voice almost crying, "I don't... want to stay... here anymore, I want... to go back to Yizhi Peak, Master, can you take me... back, please?"
As he spoke, he accidentally glanced at Zhongli Yueshui and shrank even further behind his master.
He had just run out with all his strength because he was afraid that Zhongli Yueshui would catch him. He also discussed with Tu Bai that if Zhongli Yueshui tried to catch him, Tu Bai would help him block it.
Tu Bai listened to him and stared at Zhongli Yueshui at the door. However, when he ran over, Zhongli Yueshui did not stop him and did not even move a finger.
Zhongli Yueshui's expression didn't even change. He calmly watched Fang Chaozhou hide behind others and cried and said he wanted to leave.
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