ATPnovel Chapter 711 - 444 Consultation
Chapter 711 - 444 Consultation
Chapter 711: Chapter 444 ConsultationIn the silent secret chamber, inscriptions on the walls emitted a soft light, illuminating the tables filled with various types of bottles and jars.
After gently taking the nearly lifeless Xu Yuan from Feng Jiuxuan’s hands, who was beaten like a dying dog, Lou Ji’s eyes revealed a hint of compassion as she asked with a slight reproach,
"Feng Jiuxuan, why were you so heavy-handed? He is your own nephew after all."
Feng Jiuxuan looked away slightly embarrassedly and coughed lightly,
"After catching up with him, he was spouting some dirt from his mouth, and I didn’t hold back in the heat of the moment. But I still know my limits. That strange energy inside him hasn’t completely dissipated yet."
"Sigh..."
With a slight heave of her chest, Lou Ji exhaled softly, "I understand. You can step out for now; I need to check on Changtian’s physical condition first."
Feng Jiuxuan’s eyes flashed with hesitation as he looked concerningly at the person in her arms, who was nearly at death’s door,
"Is there anything else I can do?"
"Not for the moment."
Taking Xu Yuan from her arms, Lou Ji turned around and placed him on the stone table in the center of the secret chamber, saying, "However, you shouldn’t leave just yet. We might need the Sacred Origin from you, a Saint, later on."
"Understood, call me if you need me—I’ll be waiting outside the door."
With those words, Feng Jiuxuan walked briskly out of the secret chamber but occasionally looked back at the boy he had beaten to the brink of death.
As the heavy stone door closed again, Lou Ji spoke softly to the empty chamber,
"Senior Luo, I entrust the examination of Changtian to you."
Given Changtian’s current condition, it’s best for Luo Xiran to do this.
Lou Ji could only probe Xu Yuan’s body with Origin Qi or Will-spirit, but since he can now devour others’ Origin Qi and Will-spirit, Luo Xiran, who commands the peculiar fungal network, wouldn’t have to worry about that.
As her words ended, Luo Xiran slowly materialized in the chamber.
However, the form she now took was much younger and smaller than the dignified beauty she previously appeared as.
With most of the control over the fungal network snatched away by Xu Yuan, she could no longer maintain her original appearance.
Luo Xiran, now in the guise of a young girl, said nothing as she gazed at Xu Yuan lying on the stone table. After a few moments, she gently placed her slender jade hand on his chest, which was exposed due to his torn clothes, and the threads of the fungal network began to carefully penetrate his body.
In the silence of the secret chamber, time stealthily passed by.
After an indeterminate amount of time,
Luo Xiran slowly withdrew her hand and said softly,
"This kid’s condition now is about what we initially surmised. His Life Origin and Yin Source have fully merged."
Standing at the edge of the stone table, Lou Ji peered at Xu Yuan’s body in the light of the Inscription Lamp, furrowing her brows as she whispered,
"That means we need to separate these two forces sooner, doesn’t it? Feng Jiuxuan may be able to achieve that."
Luo Xiran’s mind flickered with various pharmacological knowledge, and she gently shook her head,
"You said it’s a possibility, but Xu Yuan’s condition isn’t good now. If we forcefully separate the two energies, it’s very likely to endanger his life directly."
As she spoke,
a sigh flashed in Luo Xiran’s eyes,
"Moreover, even if we manage to separate them successfully and it doesn’t affect Xu Yuan’s life, we have already discussed Life Reversal Liquid before. The extinct dragon-herb could be replaced with Qing Ling flowers, thus solving the issue of Life Origin, but what about the Yin Source, which belongs to the Yin Ghosts, inside him?"
Lou Ji fell silent.
During the one day she spent in Zidu Prefecture, Luo Bingli had recounted to her the process of how Life Reversal Liquid was originally developed.
It was created to counteract the Ghost Catastrophe, and it took an exhaustive number of years and the concentrated effort of many of the world’s talents to develop.
But what about Yin Ghosts?
With humanity at its peak, Yin Ghosts aren’t worth mentioning, and naturally, no power would spend a vast amount of resources to re
The research on Yin Ghosts had cost many lives.
If it were only Yin Ghosts, with the power of the Prime Minister’s Mansion, they could still afford to devote many people to the research.
But compatibility between the two is almost an impossibility.
Seeing the situation, Lou Ji took a deep breath, inserted her slender fingers into her hair, and whispered a bit dejectedly:
"I apologize, I... I lost control a little just now."
But after a slight pause,
Lou Ji regained her composure and said in a low voice:
"I will instruct my people to look for a Secret Realm with Yin Ghosts, throw them into the ghost fog to see if they will transform into Yin Ghosts. If possible, we will at least have some material to study.
"If not, then we will have to let Jiang He create a formation that extracts the Yin Source of Yin Ghosts and attempt to implant that Yin Source into the body of a Yin Ghost.
"As for Changtian...
"You are right, Elder Luo. For now, we can only keep Changtian’s life hanging by a thread in this state...."